tom baxter?s that republicans are having a hard time getting up the message, i think it's true. as a plea on jobs, it is always the latest statistic. that is something i learned a long time ago. it is never the big numbers but the small matters that mattered most. if your brother in law gets a job, that matters more than it added 200,000 jobs nationally or not last week. i would certainly agree from a strategic point of view that republicans have really let themselves get off track on this. they have not concentrated in their lack of focus, at the national and state level. if you look at how much jobs legislation or economic development legislation is coming out of any of these legislatures across the south, even the newly elected lieutenant governor of south carolina resign, be invited to come and be convicted on the same day. you have the collapse in alabama of this bingo trial, and for viewers not from this part of the trial, but the alabama legislature went from democratic to republican two y

tom baxter? guest: if his point is that republicans are having a hard time getting up the message, i think it's true. as a plea on jobs, it is always the latest statistic. that is something i learned a long time ago. it is never the big numbers but the small matters that mattered most. if your brother in law gets a job, that matters more than it added 200,000 jobs nationally or not last week. i would certainly agree from a strategic point of view that republicans have really let themselves get off track on this. they have not concentrated in their lack of focus, at the national and state level. if you look at how much jobs legislation or economic development legislation is coming out of any of these legislatures across the south, even the newly elected lieutenant governor of south carolina resign, be invited to come and be convicted on the same day. you have the collapse in alabama of this bingo trial, and for viewers not from this part of the trial, but the alabama legislature went from democrat

tom baxter? guest: if his point is that republicans are having a hard time getting up the message, i think it's true. as a plea on jobs, it is always the latest statistic. that is something i learned a long time ago. it is never the big numbers but the small matters that mattered most. if your brother in law gets a job, that matters more than it added 200,000 jobs nationally or not last week. i would certainly agree from a strategic point of view that republicans have really let themselves get off track on this. they have not concentrated in their lack of focus, at the national and state level. if you look at how much jobs legislation or economic development legislation is coming out of any of these legislatures across the south, even the newly elected lieutenant governor of south carolina resign, be invited to come and be convicted on the same day. you have the collapse in alabama of this bingo trial, and for viewers not from this part of the trial, but the alabama legislature went from democrat

southern political expert tom baxter with me again.t's talk about the main issues that voters in mississippi and alabama want to hear and are these four republican candidates addressing any or all of these issues. >> you know, you would think in a state where in the middle of last year, a third of the people were on food stamps like alabama that they would be talking about maybe disaster relief or what do we do about the tornadoes and stuff like that. but i really do believe when you're talking about the republican electorate in both these states, you're talking about people who are specifically concerned with the big national issues. they're concerned with too much government spending and any issues that might have ariz ari locally. these are states that are not really been with it in primary season. they really are thinking of the national story rather than their local story right now. >> you talk about tornadoes, mississippi, alabama, they're part of that tornado alley. and most recently, we heard from candidate ron paul who said he

we'll talk with columnist tom baxter. this week during question time british prime minister david cameron responds to questions on six british soldiers missing and presumed dead. they also asked about the upcoming visit with president obama. tonight at 9:00 eastern and pacific. we have the chairman of the senate armed services committee. thank you for being here. >> great to be with you. >> two reporters to be with us. go ahead. >> senator, this past week there have been reports that israel asked the united states for arms that could help in an attack on iran's protected nuclear sites. can you confirm whether there were such requests? >> i can't. i wouldn't be surprised if there were such a request but i don't know that there was such a request. >> what do you think of that as a possible quid pro quo? it's been portrayed as the possibility for the u.s. to add leverage in its request to israel to hold off for now and give diplomacy a chance. >> for what? >> weapons in exchange for an israeli willingness to hold off on any

tom baxter looks at the influence of southern politics in presidential elections. kalev sepp talks about the mission and training of u.s. special operations forces. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> fired j. edgar hoover? i do not think the president could have gotten away with it. >> tim weiner details the fbi's 100-year hidden history and j. edgar hoover's fight against terrorists, spies, and subversives. >> he is like the washington monument. he stands alone like a statue encased in grime as one of the most powerful men that served in the 20th century. 11 presidents, 48 years, from woodrow wilson to richard nixon, there is no one like him. and a like deal of what we know or we think we know about j. edgar hoover is a myth and legend. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q&a. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

tom baxter looks at the influence of southern politics in presidential elections. kalev se p, p,, former secretary of deputy defense talks about the training of special operation forces. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c chance. -- 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> fire j. edgar hoover? i don't think the president would have gotten away with it. >> tim weiner details the f.b.i.'s 100 year history and hoover's fight against terrorists, and spies. >> hoover stands alone. he's like the washington monument. he stands alone like a statue encased in grime. as one of the most powerful men who ever served in washington's 20th century. 11 presidents, 48 years. from woodrow wilson to richard nixon. there's no one like him. and a great deal of what we know, or we think we know about jay edgar hoover is myth and legend. >> tim weiner on enemies, a history of the f.b.i. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle city tour takes our book tv and american history tv program on the road the first weekend of each month. march featu

then political columnist tom baxter and the overall process of southern politics. then the special operation forces and what impact budget cuts could have on their jobs. plus your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. sunday on "newsmakers," michigan senator karl 11 on u.s. policy towards iran in light of the country's further nuclear enrichment program. he's interviewed by jim wolf of reuters and jim michaels of u.s.a. today. >> congratulations to all this year's winners of c-span's student cam video documentary video competition. a record number entered a video on the theme the constitution and you. showing which part of the constitution is important to them and why. watch all the winning videos at our website and join us mornings in april when we show the top 27 videos on c-span and we'll talk with the winners. >> earlier this week, china's commerce minister discussed the trade administration. last thursday, the u.s. house approved a measure allowing the commerce department to impose higher duties on goods from chinas. this portion is a little more than an hour. i wo

we will also have political coddle -- columnist tom baxter, and a discussion on the mission of u.s.pecial forces and their training with