reagan did succeed along with some of his failures. the success can be defined this way. at the end of the day, by 1988, reagan and the administration relatively spending by the federal government had declined. that is government spending as a proportion of national wealth, national gdp had come down. in the 40 years prior to reagan, it had -- the trend was that about every year just a little less than 1% of gdp was transferred over into the government side of things. with reagan for the first time, that trend broke. and you really for the next 20 years have relatively speaking a plateauing. you go -- instead of continuing forward and the trend from 1950 to 1988 continued, by the time 2005 or so is the last time i looked at it, you would have expected that the federal government would have had about 40% of gdp. in fact, it had about 30, 31%. ... >> and even in my view wrongly or incorrectly the line-item veto. none of these things are actually accomplish. the changes in the rules and budgetary rules he was not able to get through. i do see that come and i think it's one of break-ins accomplishment because it shows the flexibility an

agreements that started in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now -- watch the moment that made history right now available free online. supreme court justice anthony kennedy on the prospect of a new justice. >> it is stressful for us. weep so admire our colleagues, we wonder if it will -- we so admire our colleagues that we wonder if it will ever be the same. the system works. after the appointment and the confirmation process is finished, if there is a confirmation, the system will bring as a very good justice. >> with the confirmation hearings for elena kagan starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court in disease and's latest book -- "the supreme court -- in c-span's latest book about the supreme court, available now in hardcover and also as an e book. ms. week on "the communicators," the discussion about expanding broadbent -- this week on "the communicators," the discussion about expanding broadbent in the united states with jonathan adelstein. >> he is now the administrator

if you believe that it was the reagan administration people who leaked it, the motivation might have been to show that we were -- that reagan was getting tough on the soviets and had embraced this program. either way, somebody in the bureaucracy had an interest to get it out, and it -- and it leaked. c-span: you have a number of footnotes i want to ask you about in here. >> guest: sure. c-span: it'd probably be better just to read this. this is on page 369 in the george bush chapter. 'kissinger, as a commentator for abc news, argued on the evening of june 4th against imposing economic sanctions on china. over the next several months, he rationalized beijing's crackdown in a series of newspaper columns and media appearances. it was not until september 1989, however, that kissinger acknowledged that he was in the midst of launching a multimillion-dollar investment syndicate, china ventures, in which he was the managing partner and stood to gain millions in fees and profits. kissinger's conflict of interest was disclosed by richard cohen of the washington post and john piacca of the wash

when the reagan administration targeting to put in this idea of the consumer welfare, a lot of peoplefrom democrats and people who believed in his consumer movement said on in. but we have to be -- we should really understand the basic logic of consumers. consumers, this is the basic logic. consumers are served best by lower-priced. lower prices our g3 economies of scale, ergo monopolies are our best friend. to accept this inefficiency argument has always been, and this is true any 18th century, france, the sister in 19 century, this is true in 20 century soviet union. it's always been to accept a straight line to concentrated political power. and in the three decades since that happened, in this country, then market after market. in market after market, trading companies run by wall street, financiers have inserted themselves into the relationships between american citizens. and i give you an example of how this works. one of the things i did was write this book as i said i'm going to go find out, i'm going to go buy myself a yeoman farmers, one of the last jeffersonian, madisonian f

early in the reagan administration, there were initiatives made by the korean leader on behalf of the north koreans to establish a trilateral context for negotiations. dong was carrying some of north korea's water. it is discussed with the secretary when he visited beijing in september 1993, followed in a matter of weeks by the bombing in burma. intended to bring is more hopeful expectation to an end. the story has been repeated in one version or another many times. so, i don't want to dwell on this history, too much, but it does suggest to me that history and geography -- the understanding between the u.s. and china continue to limit possibilities for more meaningful movement, a least in the near to midterm, in pursuit of shared goals. there is to be sure cigna began debate in china. it comes and goes. it is certainly the atmosphere in which barry sharp views of north korea can be expressed contents to be a function partly of north korean behavior. in the the immediate aftermath of both tests, the political environment that beijing is more conducive to openly express anger and frustr

it has one piece of the reagan administration and a record producer. in terms of being an editor, think about what i remember to recover research about affirmative action or partnerships in cities or in the 1990s to put in with reagan foreign policy and the economy and other things. >> how different is this for the sole operator? >> it will be a lot tougher. .. .. c-span here. c-span, as most of you know devotes 28 hours every week to book tv and has probably, not probably but has been the for myself and the general read and more than any other organization in our history. it's truly fantastic. but we just finished the bicentennial celebration of lincoln and i can say without hesitation that c-span did more to celebrate with lincoln's bicentennial this year than in any other networks combined. they did a fantastic job of presenting lincoln had to the american people i want to tell you a little bit about lincoln and our culture today and then i want to take you back to the assassination and take you in search of the murdering beast as he tries to escapes

. -- in the reagan administration. it did not seem as so nakedly opportunistic as the arlen's which several years later. >> you >> smart fryer whose father was in the congress and now he is. did he writis he right? >> he was partly joking. this was a discussion taking place in the context of what you remember as the nuclear option of getting rid of the filibuster. very acrimonious. it looked like the senate was going to completely come to a standstill. my question was, was is happening? how could this be happening when it is custody this collegial body? the senses the senate is supposed to be proven and wiser -- prudent and wise in the house of representatives was this raucous carnival and was talking about that. i think part of the point the book makes is that there are less and less difference is then used to be. >> encore, the on the republican, how close did you get to him? -- bob corker, the only republican, how close did you get to him? >> he is an earnest, genuine guy who made the point -- he was the only republi

it the theme in the '80s, the assistant the reagan administration were the state se department had the will of its own. it didn't care who was in office because it had an agenda and is going to push it. the thing that he was the new do. i showed this movie on the new deal, and i talked to the french audience about how wonderful fdr and the new deal were. that was my task. so i go to this one town near the french-german border. it's a tragic city. it's been marched through more often than your advertised above the. this is places you don't want to grow. older people of been there for a while had seen a law. not all that good. so i give the talk. i share the movie. at the end of the movie, the most poignant scene of the movie, all these okies, you know, filled out their model a's in maltese and a low them up and drive off to california and in the new deal saved everyone, both. so i'm taking questions at the end. i'm doing it in english because my french isn't all that good. this one old guy raised his hand. he must've been 80 years old. and i said, yes? i call on them. he said, during th

like so many of our heroes today, he served in the reagan administration. he worked for the small business administration. like many of you today, john was dean ed and the state party in south dakota. in 1996 he joined it to shake things up in the house after the 1994 revolution. he kept his term-limit pledge and went home after three terms. in 2004, we were cheering wildly. i am sure you can remember where you were on that election night when he took down at tom daschle. [applause] in honor of that great feat, we plan to take down harry reid. [applause] at that time, it was the first time in 52 years a sitting senate leader had been taken out. this man came with his best game and got it done. we look forward to having that great moment again this year. the senator is the head of the politics committee and i have the pleasure of meeting with him and many of the senators every tuesday as they talk about not opportunities in the senate but how, as a party, we get through the message. he is number four in leadership in the senate. his heart is in grassroots. it

go back to the 1970's, and particularly of the series of agreements that were started in the reagan administration and considered in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watch the moments that make history. right now, online at the c-span video lie brabe. it's washington your way. every program since 1987 available free online. >> california congressman, the top ranking republican on the house oversight committee called for an investigation into allegations by pennsylvania congressman who says the white house offered him an administration position in ex change for not running for the senate seat now occupied by arlen spector. he recently defeated him in the democratic primary. he speaks for about 10 minutes. >> today i received a copy of the administration's answer to our 10 week investigation as to the allegations by congressman former admiral in which he has repeatedly said he was offered a job in return for getting out of the race. during these 10 weeks, congressman has repeated many, many times with exacting detail. he was offered a job for getting out of the senate race by someone

the legislation happens to be. social security. reagan administrationor they reach an agreement or taxes as we saw in welfare reform in the clinton administration. is it becoming more difficult for both parties to reach the compromises for what's happening in the primaries. guest: think that's possibility. we're seeing some tests of that now. congressman ingliinglis, he's endorsed by thenra and taking strong anti-abortion condition positions and continues to do that. has taken republican positions that set him with the odds with the standard story of the republican party. obvious example is when joe wilson yell at the president in joint section of congress. he was one of seven to vote in a favor of a resolution that rebuked him from doing that. doesn't have political consequences but set him at odds with the rest of the republican party. >> as you watch the lead up to the june 8th prior mare what are you looking at in this race? guest: very interesting. much of the race is happening in a way that's very hard to track. the two leading candidates of him a

agreements that go back to the 1970's and particularly of the agreementsb that started in the reagan administration and then continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now on line at the video library. it is available free on line. president obama started his day with -- >> president obama started his day with a tour of a beach where he took a look at the damage. during his visit, he also spoke with the coast guard admiral and thad allen. about five minutes, we will have his remarks to reporters. -- in about five minutes, we will have his remarks to reporters. >> what i just heard from thad allen was that this parish has been as effective as any in responding quickly. >> i just had meetings with admiral thad allen who is in charge of response efforts. we have been looking at mitigating the efforts that are being done. the admiral gave us an update with the latest information on the efforts to plug the well as well as giving us an update on arrangements and coordination that is being made with respect to mitigating this damage that has b

like so many of our leaders and heroes today, senator thune served in the reagan administration. he worked in the small business administration, and like many of you, he was the e.d. of the state party. i do not know how many of you knew that. he was an upstart, shaking things up in the house after the 1994 revolution. kaat he kept -- he kept his term-limit pledge and went back. in 2004, we were all cheering wildly. he took down tom daschle. [cheers and applause] well, senator, in honor of that defeat, we plan to take down harry reid this year. [cheers and applause] and at that time, it was the first time in many years a sitting senator had been taken out, so this man came with his a game, and he got it done, and we are looking forward to having that great moment again this year. he is the head of a committee, and i had the pleasure of meeting with him and many of the senators every tuesday as they talk about not just the leadership opportunities in the senate but how as a party we get through the policies and the mission--- and the message. he has his ear and his heart with the g

particularly of the series of start agreements that started in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now online at the c-span video library. washington your way, every program since 1987 available free online. [applause] d>> barbara bush, the daughter of president bush and laura bush, made a speech recently about help corps. at the national press club. >> i wanted to thank a few of the friends who have helped us. gene case, she has supported us from the very beginning. thank you, gene. charlie hill is one of our other co-founders. he is representing google at the national geographic spelling bee today. geeta gupta has been instrumental, sitting in the back and i am thrilled that she could make it. lastly i wanted to thank my sister, who is ironically now a member of the club. to my surprise and under the support of my family, she is a member of nbc's "today" show. she is now a member of the press, formerly the enemy. [laughter] i am thrilled that she can be here today. thank you all for th

that go back to the 1970's, and particularly of the series of agreements that started in the reagan administration some form in every subsequent administration. to go watch the moments that make history right now online at the c-span video library. it is washington your way. every program since 1987, available free online. >> mrs. bahel talk about the importance of love. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] t>> hi. that is an incredible honor. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. i get nervous. are you a little nervous? today is your big day. you look just gorgeous out there. i am going to be official. thank you president noble again, and the dennison board of trustees. and the faculty and all of you for inviting me to say something i your graduation. it is a commencement speech, wright? it has to be a little bit interesting, so i was thinking, what do i say? first things first, congratulations to the class of 2010. you did it. [applause] you have a lot to be proud of, and a lot to look forward to. your family and friends of deserve the applause of two that you just gave them for all of their

that go back to the 1970's and particularly of the periods of agreements that started in the reagan administrationhen continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watch the moments that make history, right now online at the c-span video library. it's washington your way, every program since 1987. available free online. >> california, congressman darrell issa called for an investigation of joe sestak who says the white house offered him an administration position in exchange for not running for the seat now occupied by senator specter. congressman isa speaks for 10 minutes. by congressman former admiral joe sestak in which he was repeatedly said he was offered a job for getting out of the race. during these 10 weeks congressman sestak has repeated many, many times with exacting details, he was offered a job for getting out of the senate race by someone from the white house. today the announcement came from the white house from their council that, in fact, rahm emanuel had instructed former president clinton to make such an offer. the offer is allegedly an unpaid position in the dep

agreement that go back to the 1970 cost, and particularly a series of treaties that started in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now online at d.c.'s ban video library. it is washington, your way. every program since 1987, available free, and online. >> for more than 65 years, the u.s. so has presented programs to boost the morale of servicemen and women of the military. it george h. w. bush recently celebrated the efforts of the at his presidential library in texas. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by thanking everybody who helped arrange this very special celebration. one of the very finest organizations in existence today, i particularly want to single out uso board members dave mcintyre, stand up, dave. [laughter] >> he brought gary sinise to us today. his company held so many of our service members in so many ways. my friend sue is here with her husband. [laughter] she and her husband, he was our ambassador in germany for many years. she is a board member of uso and w

agreements that started out in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequentadministration. >> watched the moments that make history -- watch the moments that make history. it is washington your way. every program since 1987 is available free online. >> supreme court justice anthony kennedy on the prospect of a new justice. >> it it is stressful for us. we so admire our colleagues. we wonder if it will ever be the same. but i have great admiration for the system. the system works. after the appointment and the confirmation -- if there is a confirmation -- the system will bring us a very good justice. >> with the confirmation hearings for elena kagan starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court in c-span's latest book. there are pages of conversations with all of the justices, active and retired. it is available in hardcover and as an ebook. >> we have an impact -- an update on the impact of the gulf of mexico oil spill. host: let's check in with sandy davis to get the latest on what has been happening in the gulf of mexico. good morning. how a

executive function reporting prosecutorial intent many when samuel alito was a young lawyer in the reagan administration, he wrote memos strongly endorsing this unitary executive philosophy. if there are now five votes on the court to the unitary executive philosophy it could mean a dramatic change in the law. what might it mean for example with how the members of independent regulatory agencies are chosen and are removable and there could be five votes for that. we'll see when the case comes down. >> at the beginning of this panel, paul calledett which frequently flies under the radar screen even though it's a very substantial part of what the supreme court does. what the solicitor general's office i suspect i spend 40% of my time on criminal cases. and that's reflective in large part of what the supreme court is doing in its docket. this year might be a case in which some criminal cases fly above the radar screen, particularly with respect to the honor services statute. so why don't you talk a little bit about the criminal docket that supreme court started with those cases? >> sure. this involves a pa

. >> it goes back to the 1970's and a series of agreements from the reagan administration, continuing in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now on line at the c-span video library. it is washington your way. every program since 1987, available free, online. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can connect with us on tour, facebook, and you too. sign up for our schedule alert e-mails @ c-span -- order -- at c-span.org. >> in this panel, the pp drilling engineer who wrote plans for well casing and cement seals on the rig. this is from louisiana and it is 90 minutes. >> is a go on the record appeared before we start the hearing, i would like to make a couple of comments. we want to maintain the dignity of these hearings. i respectfully request that all parties not engage in conversations exceptional one at the end of the hearings. clear guidance on the rights of the parties and interests are in the regulations of the manual. particularly, if you have witnesses or evidence that yo

i also worked in the reagan administration in the pentagon. i may lieutenant-colonel in the u.s. army reserves. i have served in the legislature for six years were have developed a perfect conservative record against big government and for lower taxes. >> thank you very much for having us. but this is a wonderful place where we are reminded always a never to forget the horrors of the holocaust. it is a wonderful place that teaches tolerance and the great diversity that we have in this country. unlike my two opponents, i am not a career politician. i have never run for public office before. i believe our founding fathers intended hours to be a citizen government by and for the people. i have received recommendations from sarah palin's and the list goes on. i signed the taxpayer protection pledge the day i announced my candidacy something that mr. campbell refused to do. i think washington, d.c., has a spending problem. our government is it too big. it is too expensive and too intrusive. >> the oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico has caused the governor to reduce his position o

executive function reporting prosecutorial intent many when samuel alito was a young lawyer in the reagan administrationrsing this unitary executive philosophy. if there are now five votes on the court to the unitary executive philosophy it could mean a dramatic change in the law. what might it mean for example with how the members of independent regulatory agencies are chosen and are removable and there could be five votes for that. we'll see when the case comes down. >> at the beginning of this panel, paul calledett which frequently flies under the radar screen even though it's a very substantial part of what the supreme court does. what the solicitor general's office i suspect i spend 40% of my time on criminal cases. and that's reflective in large part of what the supreme court is doingn its docket. this year might be a case in which some criminal cases fly above the radar screen, particularly with respect to the honor services statute. so why don't you talk a little bit about the crinal docket that supreme court started with those cases? >> sure. this involves a part of the 18 united states cod sec

particularly the periods of start agreement that were started in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watch the moments that make history, right now online at the c-span video library. it is washington your way. every program since 1987, available free online. >> supreme court justice anthony kennedy on the prospect of a new justice. >> it is stressful for us, because we so admire our colleagues. what i have great admiration for the system. the system works. after the appointment and confirmation process is finished, if there is a confirmation, the system will bring us a very good new justice. >> with the confirmation hearings for elena kagan starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court in our book, "the supreme court," available now in hardcover and also as an e-book. the health and human services secretary said rebate checks for senior citizens experiencing a gap in their drug coverage will start going out in june. she spoke with reporters on the new health care law. this is about 30 minutes. >> welcome to our firs

early in the reagan administration, there were initiatives made by the korean leader on behalf of the north koreans to establish a trilateral context for negotiations. dong was carrying some of north korea's water. it is discussed with the secretary when he visited beijing in september 1993, followed in a matter of weeks by the bombing in burma. intended to bring is more hopeful expectation to an end. the story has been repeated in one version or another many times. so, i don't want to dwell on this history, too much, but it does suggest to me that history and geography -- the understanding between the u.s. and china continue to limit possibilities for more meaningful movement, a least in the near to midterm, in pursuit of shared goals. there is to be sure cigna began debate in china. it comes and goes. it is certainly the atmosphere in which barry sharp views of north korea can be expressed contents to be a function partly of north korean behavior. in the the immediate aftermath of both tests, the political environment that beijing is more conducive to openly express anger and frustr

is because by the time the administration finally fills all the most important positions, maybe sometime next year, many of the appointees will be rotating out. in the first year of reagan's administration, filling 255 of 295 top positions. no president did better until president obama last year, filling 272 such positions. the number of senate confirmation positions went from confirmation positions went from 295 to 422 in the obama administration. are there lessons from the uk when it comes to transitions? something we could see again in 2013 or 2019. here was this scene last week in london with gordon brown, the outgoing prime minister, and david cameron, the new prime minister. >> i have informed the queen's private secretary that it is my intention to tender my resignation. in the event the quicksteps, i will adviser to invite the leader of the -- except as i will advise her to invite the queen to accept. >> before i talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed appeared compared with a decade ago, this country is more open at home and more compassionate abroad. that is something we should all be grateful for. on behalf of the

he served in the white house and state department during the nixon, ford and reagan administrations. to find out more visit cato.org. >> host: well, there's a new worldwide community gathering to read a book. and it's called "one book and one twitter" and the organizer is jeff howe. mr. howe, explain to what one book one twitter is? >> guest: well, you know, in a sense it's a global book club but the inspiration was really not book club. which twitter has a few of and they're really wonderful. but the big reads we've seep over the last at the point years. the first one being nancy pearl's "what if everyone in seattle read the same book" where in 1998 where all of seattle read "the sweet here after. i was reading one book one chicago, the first -- the inaugural case where they read "to kill a mockingbird" and the source of connections that drew. and i was reading -- i was a fellow at harvard and i was taking a course at harvard and the idea that these programs, you know, while they get people to read and that's wonderful, what necessity do is they build social capital. they build conne

the museum of tolerance. i'm so pleased to be here. i served in the administration of former reagan. served five terms in the united states house of representatives. and the united -- and the national taxpayers union foundation ratede the single highest of the house of representatives. i could not be no. 3 -- #one and all of them. there is ron paul and congress as well. barbara boxer this and that goes back not just the last year when he was running for governor in support of the largest tax increase in u.s. history at the state level, but in thirty-two cents a gallon gas tax hike on top of america's highest gas tax. i think that leaves something to be desired when it comes to conservative principles. and so i am the only person who is unambiguously opposed amnesty. i think that is saying something for conservative principles as well. i worked in the reagan and ministration. i worked for caspar weinberger in the pentagon. i'm a lieutenant colonel in the army reserve and i've been serving in the legislature for six years where i have developed a perfect record against big government a

the museum of tolerance. i'm so pleased to be here. i served in the administration of former reagan. served five terms in the united states house of representatives. and the united -- and the national taxpayers union foundation rated me the single highest of the house of representatives. i could not be no. 3 -- #one and all of them. there is ron paul and congress as well. barbara boxer -- to be back. we're reminded never to forget the members of the holocaust and it is a wonderful place that teaches tolerance and the great diversity that we have in this country. on like my two opponents, i am not a career politician. i've never run for public office before. i believe our founding fathers intended ours to be a citizen government, by, for, and of the people. i am proud of the conservative endorsements that i've received. i am particularly proud to have signed a taxpayer protection pledge the day i announced my candidacy. it's something mr. campbell was reduced to do. i think washington, d.c. has a spending problem and i think that when somebody has a spending problem, you quit sending

the bush administration. j.f.k. was followed by ronald reagan and bush. both of them used the same approach by cutting taxes and turned us out of a recession. you can see that on the first chart that we had. you can see that this recession that president bush inherited here, he had in 2001 -- you have lack delup luster job growth in 2002 and 2003 and then put policies of these tax cuts which he was able to get through the senate despite of the fact that we did not have 60 republican votes. we had tax cuts through the senate, capital gains, dividends and the death tax. when we got that through, you could see that the recovery followed. so that's the effective way. and i think it's not american even to be critical of a political party or somebody else's solution without proposing a better idea. and so certainly the better idea is cut taxes. that's what always works. it's worked in other economies and and other parts of the world as well. so here we have a little bit of a cartoon of what's going on. sometimes you have to laugh a little bit, even though it doe

the museum of tolerance. i'm so pleased to be here. i served in the administration of former reagan.rms in the united states house of representives. and the united -- and the national taxpayers union foundation rated me the single highest of the house of representatives. i could not be no. 3 -- #one and all of them. there is ron paul and congress as well. barbara boxer -- to be back. we're reminded never to forget the members of the holocaust and it is a wonderful place that teaches tolerance and the great diversity that we have in this country. on like my two opponents, i am not a career politician. i've never run for public office before. i believe our founding fathers intended ours to be a citizen government, by, for, and of the people. i am proud of the conservative endorsements that i've received. i am particularly proud to have signed a taxpayer protection pledge the day i announced my candidacy. it's something mr. campbell was reduced to do. i think washington, d.c. has a spending problem and i think that when somebody has a spending problem, you quit sending them money. our m

the legislation happens to be. cial security. reagan administrationor they reach an agreement or taxes as we saw in welfare reform in the clinton admistration. is it becoming more difficult for both parties to reach the compromises for what's happening in the primaries. guest: think that's possibility. we're seeing se tests of that now. congressman ingliinglis, he's endorsed by thenra and taking strong anti-abortion condition positions and continues to do that. has taken republican positions that set him with the odds with the standard story of the republican party. obvious example is when joe wilson yell at the president in joint section of congress. he was one of seven to vote in a favor o a resolution that rebuked him from doing that. doesn't have political consequences but set him at odds with the rest of the republican pay. >> as you watch the lead up to the june 8th prior mare what are you looking at in this race? guest: very interesting. much of the race is happening in a way that's very hard to track. the two leading candidates of him and his

caller: robert, i am a reagan republican, and i think that the whole direction of the obama administrationollows the same follow-ups of roosevelt -- roosevelt never got unemployment under 15%. look at the reagan-bush years, 16 years of low employment -- low unemployment. what is this stimulus stuff? it doesn't work. for example, eisenhower had low unemployment for eight years. there was no stimulus. reagan-bush, 16 years, there was no stimulus but all stimulus is is a reward to government employees. the democratic party is essentially a government employee party. they hire 200,000 white-collar bureaucrats that absolutely nothing except sop up energy, taxes, taxes, and more taxes. furthermore, i think the democratic party? these recessions. they are in no big hurry to -- i think the democratic party likes these recessions. they are in no big hurry to get out. during the roosevelt era, unemployment was a problem during the war, and they loved it. they were not in a big hurry and they are not in a hurry now. they hurt the economy deliberately. when unemployment is high and industry goes to ch

with the oobama administration giving speeches, like ronald reagan in shanghai, they want to be able say, let's be that beacon of the american ideas, talk openly about freedom and democracy, the importance of free speech, openness, the open exchange of ideas. but they are also saying, let us see the world as it is and know that we have to work and engage with nations beyond the military. i wrote a story in march in which i quoted someone from the nsc saying, it felt like four years, we would go into countries and the vast majority of people were not terrorists, and we would build them this hospital for school so that they would not become terrorists. well, the vast majority were not going to become terrorists. it is the way that you engage countries and individuals that they see as a parallel between this and the cold war. host: matt apuzzo, thank you for being here. in a couple of minutes, a conversation with mary landrieu. perce, a news update. >> president obama plans to announce a moratorium on new deepwater oil permits will be continued for six months, while a presidential commi

the bush administration. their focus was on the wealthiest americans, the whole notion of trickle down which didn't work with under president reagan and clearly, as you can see, as big a red box as we're looking at here on the chart, didn't work under the bush administration either. so the choice that the american people will have is to go back to big red boxes like this one and continue to bleed jobs, bleed money and move in the wrong direction or under president obama and the democratic congress, continue to focus on job creation, on opportunities for young people, on investments in alternative energy, on weaning ourselves off our dependence on foreign oil, what's going on ithe gulf of mexico today doesn't prove we need to do that, i don't know what would. but those are the choices the american people have. our friends on the other side of the aisle have choices too, mr. tonko. they have choices and they've repeatedly made them. they've repeatedly showed which side they're on. they've showed that they are not on the sign -- on the side of the american worker struggling to get back to work and find a job. they've shown they're on

s and particularly agreement that is were started in the reaganed a manipulate stration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. watch the moments at the c-span video library. washington your way. available free online. two survivors of the explosion and fire on the deep water horizon oil rig testified today on capitol hill. the judiciary committee was focusing on liability issues related to the disaster. this part of the hearing is 2 1/2 hours. the committee comes to order. we welcome everyone, particularly the distinguished witness that is are before us to -- to discuss the legal liability issues surrounding the gulf coast oil disaster. the jurisdictional basis -- basis for this hearing and judiciary is the liability issues under the federal law fall to the jurisdiction of this committee. particularly the death on the high seas act and the limitation of liability act in particular. we all know the oil spill in the gulf coast is one of the -- is one of monumental proporings, the worst spill in u.s. history. these considerations are particularly within the jurisdiction of this committee. the current state of t

reagan. here is what he has to say. o call it surprises me to learn that opponents of the treaty are invoking president reagan's name, arguing that he would have opposed. during his administration, with full support from president reagan, we made it clear that we would support ratification if our positions on the seaboard issues were accepted." my opponent argues that "american participation will undermine the united states military operations." here, ladies and gentlemen, one might ask some questions about mr. steven groves military credentials. as he stands on this position, and opposition to all living former chiefs, all of the four commandants of the coast guard, the head of homeland security, virtually all of the secretaries of state, and many secretaries of defense and heads of the cia. i think you have quite an explanation, mr. steven groves, indicate why you are right and that collective group is all wrong. further, let me give you one of the specifics of the kinds of arguments that i believe i can probably you -- probably use the term on informed. he argues that "u.s. submarines will be required to transit on the surface and show their flags while in the territorial se

reagan and bush, a good steady growth of the economy, the more jobs, more money, in 1993 clinton is inaugurated the home ownership rate is lower than when nixon is inaugurated and the clinton administration looks around and they want to put people into the home. he wants to see the numbers. that is how he got elected. but when they look at the numbers why has the homeownership rate gone down? they refuse to look up the real issue that the family had crumbled under the homeownership rates. they don't have ozzie and harriet living in houses in a more. people were buying homes but they could not afford the we were one broken refrigerator way from defaulting and they're moving into the home ownership market. looking at the numbers it is inevitable a single-parent makes 20% of the and come up a mere couple a single mother makes 40% the homeownership rate 1993 point* couples was 85%. there is no problem. if we had been a nation of married couples moving forward there would have been no economic crisis or subprime crisis. none of that would have happened but instead the homeownership rate was less than 30% four single parents that was pulling it down. instead of saying what could cause this?

quite conservative, a reagan democrat ty typele in critz who just won, are not necessarily on board with all the changes that need to take place to stop this obama administration's agenda and pelosi's and reid's agenda that will harm this country. >> chris: but i do have to ask you, because you're quite right. mark critz, the democrat in the special election of western pennsylvania did run against the healthcare, did run against cap and trade, but the fact was a lot of people thought, including you, it would be a republican pick-up. why wasn't it? and doesn't that raise questions as to whether or not all this talk about a big g.o.p. sweep in november is overblown? >> well, remember in pennsylvania, too, though, in that district, 2 to 1 registration of democrats outnumbering republicans. why wouldn't a lifetime democrat vote for the democrat who was anti-obama in the race? that just makes sense. but no, this again speaks to the common sense conservative who wants to see changes in our country to put government back on the side to not take any race for granted. now, of course, this is essentially a temporary seat to be held there in replace of murtha. we'll see in

the time. reagan offered the gentleman a for pay position. the job that was offered in this situation was a nonpaid position. there's no problem here. this goes on with every administration. it's just a tempest in a tea spot, and these people need to settle down and think about their lives and straighten their heads out, because they're all wrong on this. thank you. host: ok. and i wanted to make a correction from something i said earlier. the president is attending o monday the abraham lincoln national cemetery outside of chicago, where he will be in illinois on memorial day, rather than in arlington national cemetery. let's go to our next call. little also in texas, this time in marshall. james, independent line, hello. caller: hello. host: hello, welcome. caller: yeah, i think the whole thing -- i'm 35 years old. i've been around for a while. and this whole thing seems like a big media hype. if they want some arm twisting, they need to remember president johnson. it's a big media hype, and guys say about the color of his skin, no, no, no the reason he's a good president is because he's intelligent and doesn't do with the color of his skin. if he was white, he'd still

the time. reagan offered the gentleman a for pay position. the job that was offered in this situation was a nonpaid position. there's no problem here. this goes on with every administration. it's just a tempest in a tea spot, and these people need to settle down and think about their lives and straighten their heads out, because they're all wrong on this. thank you. host: ok. and i wanted to make a correction from something i said earlier. the president is attending on monday the abraham lincoln national cemetery outside of chicago, where he will be in illinois on memorial day, rather than in arlington national cemetery. let's go to our next call. little also in texas, this time in marshall. james, independent line, hello. caller: hello. host: hello, welcome. caller: yeah, i think the whole thing -- i'm 35 years old. i've been around for a while. and this whole thing seems like a big media hype. if they want some arm twisting, they need to remember president johnson. it's a big media hype, and guys say about the color of his skin, no, no, no the reason he's a good president is because he's intelligent and doesn't do with the color of his skin. if he was white, he'd still

reagan that you don't negotiate without leverage. we're begging right now. meg mg it's not working. they don't care about our begging. they're going to get the nuke and then what? >> the administrationi think, has resigned themself to that. and what they're talking about privately is can they push israel and the palestinians into some kind of peace agreement that will change the momentum in the middle east? i think it's a pipe dream. you've got to face the fact that you're going to have a nuclear iran and a nuclear middle east -- scariest, most dangerous part of the world get anything the hands of who knows who -- or your going to have to take military action -- meg would you be telling president obama to bomb them? there i would be telling him start doing something now. megyn: he says he is. they're trying to get china on board. what would you tell him to do? >> immediately, tomorrow, gasoline sanctions even if they're unilateral where the united states cuts off the trade. bring iran to its knees. develop ties with the democracy movement in iran, encourage regime change. it's pretty clear from what ahmadinejad said today he personally is never going to stop. megyn: yeah. >> it's a

he held by senior posts in the reagan administration including the state justice. in 1989, they presented him with the benjamin franklin award with the writing on the constitution. in 2001, he is awarded the alumni metal distinction. he debate in law schools across the country and testified frequently in front of congress. one of the most impressive things he has done is to help free issue the united states constitution. there was an introductory essay that he has done. it is very important in helping to frame and understand the declaration of independence said that has relevance. he holds in ma and ph.d. from the george washington school of law. she will talk to us about whether the constitution matters anymore. it is hopefully more than someone leg down the road. >> thank you very much. i want to welcome me here to this program. you have heard that year has gone to hell and american is going to hell and the terrorists are out there. does the constitution matter any longer? no. there is one more piece of dour state of affairs. i will end on a high note. the questi