. >> doesn't the white house inc. needs help -- think it needs help? >> i think the ranking members obviously understand would have just explained. i think there are nist customs and negotiations -- discussions and negotiations that will be dealt with after the other ersions have been worked out. it is a tough issue and a big issue, and an important issues, but there are other important issues that need to be resolved. most of the focus today, and most of the focused this week, most of the focus next week will probably be on some of those other key issues that need to be orked out. the dairy portion for example. >> speaking more broadly on the snap program, a major milestone, expiration of a major boost in the stimulus program. in february of 2009, the nemployment rate was rising, and the people using snap was 33 million. ow ecb unemployment rate alling, and yet we have 47 million people using the snap program. what does that say about our economy? >> i think the first part of our -- your question, you answered, the fact that we have unemployment lower,

the kennedy administration. lyndon johnson himself commented publicly after his white house years that the president kennedy and the administration were running a murder inc. and the caribbean with castro and other leaders accountable world. >> host: why was kennedy and texas? >> guest: it's very clear he was trying to help the texas democratic party reunite. there have been a split between the liberals and the conservatives best represented. on the conservative side by governor john connally. lyndon johnson was kind of in the middle, and he was trying inttoput the party back togethe. >> host: he was a protÉge and close member. >> guest: kennedy's presidency is only understood well in the electoral context that you would understand well. kennedy had been elected by a smidgen. 118,000 especially on the official record. texas, tiny number of votes. a few tens of thousands in the large texas electorate. kennedy during his whole term worried about that reelection. it didn't matter that things were good. he remembered how close it had been and he needed texas and that's why he was there. >> host: i want to go back because i didn't give enough time to the disco

the white house and one. my google searches would be very intimidating. different things for my mysteries. people sitting there with a -- with their computer inc. they are engaged in a secret activity not knowing there is a big eyeball on the other end keeping track of the things they do. laurie andrews monday spanthe communicators" on c- 2. roomspan puts you in the on congressional hearings, briefings, and conferences, and offering you gavel to gavel coverage. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. next on c-span, our series on first ladies looks at the life and legacy of jacqueline kennedy. followed by white house coverage with martin o'malley at the jefferson dinner in new hampshire. then paul ryan in iowa at a friend riser -- a fundraiser. >> i think every first lady should do something in this tradition to help the thing that she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best. the entertainment that is given here. >> children are the same the world over and so is our feeling for children. i think it is go

the obama approach. >> first of all, you know, people sort of vast, is obama worse than bush? let's remember here that under bush and cheney was like murder inc. you actually have players in the white houseat the geneva is quaint and you have these black sights were set up in the reverse engineering of what was called the seer program survived if they race to escape which was established by the u.s. military to prepare american soldiers for torture at the hands of a lawless enemy. the reverse engineer the program and start to use them prisoners they were interrogating. in answering your question, i don't want to understate in any way how reprehensible the policies of the bush and cheney error were. .. and they paint a picture for obama of a world where there are hundreds if not thousands of concurrent threats against american interests, against indices, against aircraft, against tourists. and in a unified voice said to obama if you don't continue these programs, in fact if you don't expand our authorities in certain regions of the world like the arabian peninsula in east africa we will get hit again and we could get hit on the american homeland. you have political advisors like axelrod a

inc. tomorrow on this debate on the upton bill, will democrats support that billio e -- bill? if not, do they have an alternative? >> house democrats were putting a lot of pressure on the white house to come up with some solution that they can vote for. they were worried about the constituents who are getting these cancellation notices. they worry that they are going to get a campaign had in the next election that says they were helping the president break his promise, that their constituents would be able to keep the coverage they like. when the white house came out with their solution today, they came to the helen pitched a solution, many democrats who were thinking about voting for this bill from fred upton, they are reconsidering. they might oppose it. the white house says that the upton bill would undermine the affordable care act and they are very worried about a lot of protections. we will see some democrats but for the measure, typically most of these bills against the affordable care act have gotten a little bit of support from republicans. we will probably see a little bit more than normal on this. probably at least a few dozen. i think the huge defections, 100 oma