senator tom harkin is responsible for introducing the legislation 20 years ago. the senate passed a resolution recognizing the anniversary. the house is expected to bring up a similar bill sometime today. senator harkin not in the room just yet, but he is expected to moderate. the first panel looking at the history of the disability movement, and the second movement will look at new initiatives. senator harkin now entering the room. we expect this to get underway shortly. we do expect given to go until noon eastern. the house will double in at 12:30. we will have live coverage of the house. the senate is in today at 3:00. senator harkin, who is monitoring -- moderating this event, is just entering. live coverage here on c-span. >> we're waiting at the start on the events of the 20 anniversary of the americans with disability act. senator tom harkin is the moderator of the event. the first discussion underway in just a moment. we expect to appear from the house majority leader, steny colliehoyer. the first panel will look back at the history of the disability bill

senator tom harkin of iowa. the labor and pension committees chairman, he will be our guest and steve verdier, executive vice president of the independent community bankers association to talk about the financial regulation bill that passed and signed into law and what it means for community banks. all that, your calls and the newspapers tomorrow on "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. we'll see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, "newsmakers" with senator carl levin. then federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on the economic outlook. after that, nomination hearing for james clapper. >> this week we welcome carl levin. senator, thank you for being with us. let me introduce our two questioners, pentagon correspondent. covers nuret for "national journal." and we'll start with you. >> senator, i wanted to ask you how you would define victory in afghanistan, what you think that will look like and how much time do you think c

tom harkin. thanks for joining us. coming up next, we'll talk about community banks with our guest steve verdier. first, an update from c-span radio. >> more on the lead to u.s. documents relating to the war in afghanistan. pakistan spy agency says allegations that it had close connections with insurgents are militias and unsubstantiated. and the afghan government says they are "shocked at leaks of thousands of u.s. documents on the war, but they say most of the information is not new." an update on iran, earlier today, the european union formally adopted new sanctions against the country that are good their foreign trade, banking, and energy sectors. the announcement comes one day after former cia director michael haden in remarks on cnn's state of the union says military actions are now more likely because no matter what the u.s. does diplomatically, tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program today is the 20th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act. several events around washington are

after that, senator tom harkin hosts a discussion about the americans with disabilities act signed into law 20 years ago today. "washington >> this morning on "washington journal" gerald prante on what

senator tom harkin talks about the 20th anniversary of the signing of the americans with disabilities act. later, a look at our recent bills in congress affect community banks with steve verdier. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span, our public affairs content is aab

bob dole, tom harkin, ted kennedy, steny huher, all these amazing leaders who did this because they knew it was the right thing to do. we have yet to have somebody do it because they are afraid of us as a voting bloc. >> woodruff: and are you saying that is one of your goals. >> absolutely. >> woodruff: i sit across from the table from you, i don't feel afraid but... but i understand what you are saying. andy imparato, amelia wallrich, thank you very much, both of you. >> thank you. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day. the web site wikileaks released more than 90,000 classified documents on the war in afghanistan. and it was widely reported that tony hayward is on his way out as b.p.'s chief executive. instead, he'll work for the company's joint venture in russia. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: judy has penned a blog on the anniversary of the americans with disabilities act and how life has and has not changed for those with disabilities. find that on the rundown. you can find links to the afgh

bobby silverstein who did such an extraordinary job on behalf of tom harkin and the senate. and on behalf of the representatives, too, your extraordinary in your work. i want thank you for your efforts. and melissa, who did the same thing for me. is melissa here? melissa was the one that coordinated those five committees and numerous subcommittees and all of those members along with steve and his staff. i want thank you. i have lifetime experiences, i could pick up the phone and say, we've got a logjam here and you needed to get it done. he did it because he knew that his principal, its philosophy, the president of united states wanted it done. i thank all of the people on the panel. i think all of you in this room as well. as i say so often, this bill would not have passed if it were simply the members of the senate and house. it was that thousands, the tens of thousands, indeed, the millions of people across this country who had the courage and vision and tenacity to say, knocked down these barriers. ronald reagan said bring down this wall. all of you said, bring down this

tom harkin is tops about the 20th anniversary of the signing of the american with disabilities act. and then a lookit community banks with independent community banks association executive vice president steve verdier. that is live at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. >> c-span -- our public

senator tom harkin sponsored the 1990 law and he has a discussion with steny hoyer, and representatives from advocacy groups. that is live on c-span monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the sec was to establish an emergency communications network by selling radio waves to a private entity. some emergency officials would rather see that go to them. the association for public safety communications a cecil's and engineered discuss the proposal monday night on "the communicator's" on c-span2. c-span is available and over 100 million homes bringing you a direct link to politics and non- fiction books all as a public service, created by america's cable companies. >> now a discussion on trials for guantanamo bay detainees. we will hear from all four -- a former federal judge and an attorney representing detainees. this is about an hour. >> i hope everyone picks up a copy of the report that is available in the back. just by way of a very brief introduction for those of you who do not know, human rights and first is a human rights organization that works to advance protections globally. i think it's

one of its main sponsors was iowa center -- senator tom harkin. today he monitored -- he moderated a panel on its passage. this is about 20 minutes. >> i am sorry that we are all late getting started. >> at least you got started. [laughter] [applause] >> and guess what? we're going to get to finish, too. for everyone watching on c- span, there are some many people here, many of the chief sponsors of the american with disability act addition to the senate. we join with celebration that 20 years ago today, and george h. w. bush signed into law. i never will forget the words that he said. but the sample walls of discrimination come tumbling down. 20 years ago it did. [applause] justin dart described it as the emancipation proclamation for people with disabilities. it said four great bowls for people with disabilities, equal opportunities, full participation, and economic self-sufficiency. i can tell you what the heart, it is about securing the right to live in the world. it is about ensuring that people with disabilities can go places and do things t

tom in detroit. caller: i can sympathize with the last caller. working in the school lunch program, senator harkin recently said there were not enough food and vegetables to give everyone 5 servings a day. how are we going to get to the point, let alone in these food deserts', how are we going to look at this systemic problem, maybe give extra credit for food stamps? i have to be available. host: you are a physician in your helping your local school? how did you do that? caller: a physician was in the newspaper said he had the guts to call himself capt. breakfast coming getting kids to eat. i congratulated him and he asked for my help. i have been donating some of my time, here in michigan. i cannot really say much more than that. host: 1 not? w --hy not? -- why not? caller: just because of the school district, because of other pr matters. host: talk about what you did for the school system and how you went about changing it. caller: one of the biggest problems was there was money being offered to the schools for a limited choice of food, much of which was high in fat or sodium. many of these thin

tom in detroit. caller: i can sympathize with the last caller. working in the school lunch program, senator harkin recently said there were not enough food and vegetables to give everyone 5 servings a day. how are we going to get to the point, let alone in these food deserts', how are we going to look at this systemic problem, maybe give extra credit for food stamps? i have to be available. host: you are a physician in your helping your local school? how did you do that? caller: a physician was in the newspaper said he had the guts to call himself capt. breakfast coming getting kids to eat. i congratulated him and he asked for my help. i have been donating some of my time, here in michigan. i cannot really say much more than that. host: 1 not? w --hy not? -- why not? caller: just because of the school district, because of other pr matters. host: talk about what you did for the school system and how you went about changing it. caller: one of the biggest problems was there was money being offered to the schools for a limited choice of food, much of which was high in fat or sodium. many of these thin