from c-span at book tv to american history and c-span radio. get started at twitter.com/cspan. >> we are pleased to welcome the chairman of the republican national committee to our studio. he took over the gavel in january. nice to have you with us. we have to start with the obvious. it is friday afternoon and the deadline is hours away. no deal in sight. are you confident there will be one? what are the political ramifications of a shutdown for the party? >> i am not sure if there will be a deal or not. and the republicans and the speaker very concerned about spending in this country. is the number-one issue in america right now. i really believe that borders -- voters around the country are really concerned about the trajectory of our spending, debt in this country, the deficits that are crushing our economy. that is front of center right now with the speaker. those are definitely the most important pieces of this debate, to get spending under control. the american people are demanding it. the deal depends on how much the president is willing

from but tv and c-span radio. get started at twitter dhaka on --twitter.com.k students from across the country to consider washington duke -- d.c. through their lands. to better understand the role of the federal government. >> our homes are important to us. we sleep in them. most people take them for granted. what happens if somebody takes it away? millions of families have already lost their homes due to one problem -- home foreclosure. on foreclosures can happen to any house no matter what shape for size. you may be wondering, what exactly is home for closure? >> it is when a party cannot pay the bank for the bone that the paint gave them. >> the bank will file a petition to close on the property. after that, the bank has to prove the owner -- the person will go to court. the debate will issue an order of foreclosure. broadcasting live with katie, for closure rates have been alarmingly high. in our community, there is a foreclosure it in one and won every 189,000 houses. the numbers continue to add on. >> most people do not want to live in neighborhoods ful

at c-span.org/history. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span 2, paul and julia child's career during world war ii. so this weekend, sarah vowell examines the americanization of hawaii. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> next tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in what was the soviet republic of the ukraine. it is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. there was a forum looking at the history and its short and long term effects of the environment and public health. this is about two hours. >> distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for accepting the invitation and coming to the embassy of the ukraine for today's important event. i am employees --is likely to open this important conference with a panel called "lessons on chernobyl." this is a unique opportunity to effect on the events at the chernobyl power plant in 1986. we have to think about how to prevent such catastrophes from happening in the future. recent tragic events in japan, earthquake and tsunami and then destruction of nuclear power unit at fukushima, calle

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on book tv, on c-span2, a recounting of paul and julia's career in the o.s.s. on world war ii a fresh look at the legend of america's first president and debunks several myths, some centuries old. also this weekend, an examination of the americanization of hawaii beginning with the arrival of new england missionaries in 1820. and on the complete schedule at booktv.org and sign up for book tv alert. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory. a complete guide to the first session of the 112th congress. inside, new and returning house and senate members with contact information, including twitter addresses, district maps, and committee assignments. and information on the white house, supreme court justices, and governors. order online at c-span.org/shop. cnn founder ted turner and energy entrepreneur t. boone pickens spoke about energy policy at the national press club today. the two billionaires talked about their renewable and alternative energy initiatives including solar and wind investments. mr. pickens also talked about his plan to conver

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he will take your phone calls and e-mails live sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> realstate developer and potential gop rep spoke to a group of republicans in las vegas. he spoke about the obama handling of foreign policy issues, including afghanistan, iraq, china, and libya. his speech comes courtesy of ktmv in las vegas. this contains language that some viewers may find offensive. >> i was traveling up to new hampshire. i got a call. i was in the helicopter. i was just about to exit the chopper. and what happens? i hear that obama finally give his birth certificate. i got such credit for that because i, was something that no deals have accomplished. it was amazing. they all said, you know, her earlier -- hillary clinton tried to get him to do it. bill clinton tried to get him to do it. john mccain, who is a wonderful guy, tried to get him to do it. nobody could get him to do it. and he did it because we went after him hard. we are tough negotiators, like this country needs. i just ask one thing. why did he not do it two years or three years ago? why does he have to pu

the bombardment and this weekend, american history tv on c-span 3 brings you the sights and sounds from fort sumter and charleston with a special look at wartime fights in the 1860's and interviews with civil war scholars and reactors from the north and south. get the schedule at c- span.org. >> president obama was in chicago last night for a democratic party fund-raiser. due to technical problems, our coverage of the event that the navy pier begins as he was honoring the current and former mayors of chicago. this is about half an hour. >> we owe him a huge debt of gratitude for taking a world- class city and we are grateful for richard daley. [applause] rahm emanuel is a guy who stepped down to one of the toughest jobs in washington, if not the toughest job, and stood by my side every step of the way and i have seen how he performs under pressure. i have seen the kind of commitment he has to the american people . guys made a good choice. he will be a great mayor. i am proud to call rahm emanuel my friend. [applause] i look around the room and i see friends everywhere. , people i have been yelling for a long, long time. it is good to b

book tv, and c- span radio, get started at twitter. >> now available, the congressional directory, a complete guide to the first session of the 100th of congress. new and returning some house and senate manners with contacted for mission, with twitter addresses, and committee assignments. information on the white house, supreme court justices, and governors. order online at c-span.org/stop. >> the house on wednesday consider the spending bill for the rest of the fiscal year which ends september 30. a spending bill needs to be passed this week to avoid a government shutdown. this part of the house debate begins with rules committee david dreier. this is an hour. mr. weiner: thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. dreier: i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from boulder, mr. polis, during which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of the rule all time is for debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend

from book tv, american history, and more. get started at twitter.com/c span. host: in our last 20 minutes, we will get your thoughts on the congress in the white house avoiding a government shutdown. the numbers will be on your screen if you want to weigh in. you can send us an e-mail or a tweet. on the republican line, james you are a first. good morning. caller: i wanted to try to get in when he was on. he brought the point of taking out a picture of your family and thinking about what their future will be. within the next 10 years, they will be wearing silk and talking chinese. host: augusta, ga., a government worker. what do you do for the government? pauline, are you there? one more chance. next to columbus, ohio, on the democratic line. good morning. caller: yes, with all of these billion dollar tax cuts and they are talking about $1 trillion, that means jobs lost. that means less revenue. if you on a beauty shop, barber shop, or whatever small business, mom-and-pop shop, you will not get your money and your business will suffer. these people pay taxes.

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv, to a series of 14 paintings, which are taken back to the 19th century white house. pepperdine university professor looks at the constitutional effects of the election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams. and white house photographers on what it is like to document the life of a president. for schedules, due to c- span.org/history. >> now, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book, "known and unknown -- a more." it focuses on the years he ran the defense department, including the 911 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. panelists include peter pace and scooter libby. this discussion is almost two hours. >> secretary rumsfeld has been a friend of the hudson institute for almost four decades. he has been the recipient of our award for extraordinary contributions to american national security. it is an honor to welcome you back. this year, has been institute celebrates a half century of forward-looking policy research. the hudson institute was founded in 1961 because there is a need for a publicly e

at 3:00 p.m. here on c-span. join us later today when "book tv" will host a live web cast with author shirin ebadi, who won the nobel peace prize in 2003. that gets under way at 5:00 p.m. eastern on booktv.org. >> tonight on c-span, a look at the news industry. you will hear from a panel of journalists as the discuss the current state of the news and commentary on what happens if they converge. >> most smart people i know are not listening to nancy pelosi for their world view, nor to john maynard. and most -- john boehner. and most do not go home at night talking about continuing resolutions to fund the united states government. maybe it is different in the room. >> in my house we talk about that. [laughter] >> but the people you know, let's be honest. you are probably conservative about some things. you want your taxes to be low, but if a couple of gay guys want to get married, what do you care? >> right. >> why is it in the media we still have to be red teamed or blue team? >> watch this tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight on c-span2, a discussion on education reform with the rev. al sharpton, and the

at 8:00 on c-span. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span2, "the new york times" up and columnist david brooks on how ournconscious mind -- character, intelligence, and biases. on "afterwards" white house correspondent on the long history of african americans serving in the white house residence. live on "in depth" calls and suites for writer ishmael reed. sign up for the book tv alerts. >> for more than four decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant. muammar gaddafi. he denied his people's freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorize innocent people around the world. >> follow what key leaders are saying about libya and how the process has unfolded, from the president and other administration officials, from the house and senate floor and other leaders around the world, all long line at the c-span video library. a search, watch, click, and share, and the time. "washington journal" continues. >> on your screen, congressman rob woodall, republican of georgia, member of the 87-strong republican class but not a newcomer to capitol hill. tell people about

c-span at 2 p.m. eastern followed by your phone calls. tonight on c-span2 book tv and at 9 eastern, former defense secretary on his mom mori, and 10:15, author, bruce riedel looks at the global jihad movement. our coverage including highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter streaming at c-span.org. >> well, the aviation commerce is at lunch, we'll show you comments from donohue's goals for the conference. >> anyway, carol, thank you, good morning, everyone. we appreciate everyone who has taken time out of very busy schedules to join us here today. i want to particularly thank carol and the national chamber foundation team for putting together another outstanding conference. i understand as she said this is the best attended we ever had a in this town and in this room, i find that's generally created from an equation that the level of problems have gone up, and therefore the level of attendance is more significant in looking for solutions. i think the high level of interest is being driven by one overriding question: what's next in the a

at noon eastern here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> order online at c-span.org/shop. this weekend on book tv on c-span2, "afterwards" the politically incorrect guide to socialism, kevin williamson defined socialism and how it's at work in the u.s. today. he's interviewed by commentary editor john pahoritz. and african-american elites living in 19th century new york sitty. also this weekend a look at first ladies barbara bush, jacqueline ken dirks and eleanor roosevelt. can you find a complete schedule on book tv.org. sign up for booktv alert. >> winner from our c-span student cam video. this year's theme asked students to produce a video on an issue, topic, or event that helps them better understand the role of our federal government. today we go to knoxville, tennessee, where we talked to andrea from farragut middle school. hello. >> thank you. >> why did you choose to focus on home foreclosures for your documentary? >> well, we realize that home foreclosures are everywhere. like we were reading the newspapers, listening to the cradeo, and we heard a lot about home foreclosures. we understo

at noon eastern on use book tv. >> let's meet another winner from our c-span student cam video competition. this year's theme is a top you could other event that helped them better understand the role of our federal government. today we go to knoxville, tennessee, and we talk to andrea. hello and congratulations. >> hello. thank you. >> why did you choose to focus on home foreclosures for your documentary? >> we realized that home foreclosures were everywhere. we were reading the newspaper and listening to the radio, and we heard a lot about home foreclosures, so we understood it was a big topic. >> how have you been personally affected by home foreclosures? >> my family and i, we were fortunate enough to never experience a foreclosure. but it could happen any time. >> had how has your community be affected? >> knoxville in general, it is not one of the states with the bigger foreclosure rates, but the numbers have gone up. it is going to be a big issue. >> in your opinion, who has been hardest hit by foreclosures? >> in the united states, i would say california. and from my research, in 20

that is live sunday may 1 at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> to be a parent means you are training the people you can't live without to live without you. his son's college process. weekly standard senior editor was not prepared for crazy u. >> nothing like that happened to me when i was looking for or thinking about college in the mid 1970's. so it was starting to dawn on me that this is a very much different process. >> find out if he catches up tonight on "q&a." you can download a podcast of "q&a". it is available online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our sunday roundtable we want to welcome jamal simmons democratic strategist and leslie sanchez republican strategist. thanks for being with us. how serious is the president in reducing the deficit? guest: that is a good question for jamal. i think republicans are open minded and you saw two-thirds of the cuts were proposed by the republicans and the president after this election cycle is talking the right game but i think there is a lot of concern about the president's speech this week and his long-term impact. it sounds

tonight on book tv prime time at 8 eastern here on c-span c-span2. >> joint chief of staff chairman admiralke mullen gives his thoughts now on military leadership and developments in the middle east, northern africa, and asia. he spoke earlier this week at an event hosted by the national event club. >> welcome admiral michael mullen, chairman of the joint chief of staff who is here for the 5th consecutive year. thank you very much for being here. it's early. earlier than we usually start. and so a double thank you for this full run. i was thinking that we could view this as, you know, good practice for tomorrow. and we have to get up even earlier for the royal wedding. we may not offer as much glamour as the royal wedding, but i'm going we're going to have a lot of interesting substance to deliver here today thanks to admiral mullen's being here. admiral mullen has served our country in uniform for 43 years. ever since graduating from the naval academy in 19 68 and going off to fight in the vietnam war. he has been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for the past three and a half years an

at 3:00 p.m. on c- span. join us when book tv house a live webcast with author shirin ebadi. is the founder of the center for defense of human rights, and she won the nobel peace prize in 2003. that will be at 5:00 p.m. eastern on booktv.org. >> tonight on at c-span, a look at the news industry. you will hear from a panel of journalists as they discussed news and commentary and what happens when they converge. >> most smart people i know are not listening to nancy pelosi for their world view, nor to john boehner. most smart people i know don't talk about continuing resolutions to fund the government. maybe it is different in the room -- >> not in my house. [laughter] >> no, absolutely, and we forget that. don't you -- people you know, probably conservative about some things did you what taxes to be low, but if a couple of gay guys want to be married, what you care? why is it in the media we still have to be read timor blue team -- red team or blue team. >> what this event tonight at 8:00 on the c-span. on c-span2, a forum on education reform with the rev. al sharpton. they wi

that is at 4:45 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on "book tv" on creep2. janette recalls paul and julia child during the cold war. >> and edward lengel. and also sarah talks about the arrival of new england missionaries in hawaii. find more at booktv.org. sign up for book tv alert. >> last month, former secretary defense secretary donald rumsfeld talked about his new book, "known and unknown: a memoir," focused on his decisionmaking during the years he ran the pentagon including the 9/11 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. this is just under two hours. >> good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. for today's book forum on the publication of former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld's "known and unknown: a memoir." i'm ken weinstein, president and c.e.o. of hudson institute, and i'm delighted you could be with us here today. i'd also like to welcome our viewers on c-span's "book tv," as well as our distinguished panel of experts. secretary rumsfeld is well-known around these parts. he's been a friend of hudson institute for more

at c-span. long-time director of the house, radio and tv gallery, where he was known as a journalist's best friend. thank you, mike. we appreciate your service as well. we have a special group of student journalists we want to introduce you to tonight. let's bring the treasury of the radio correspondents association to the table. >> thank you, peter. and thank you so much for inviting radio roots. radio roots is a youth media educion program that teaches underserved students radio and journalism and media, both in washington, d.c. and n york city. right now we have five of the most outstanding radio root students with us tonight. they've done really important students in thei community and are currently working on a piece on the school dropout crisis with the pbs news hour. please stand. crystal, mario, calys and ingrid. give them a welcome. [ applause ] this is an organization very close to my heart. as journalists, feel free to go to them and tell them about the trials and tribulations of being a journalist. thank you. >> thank you. >> lee ma, thank you for organizing had it had and bringing the

c-span. and at c-span.org follow with our interactive video player featuring polls, photo gallery, social media comments, and live h.d. video. this weekend, on book tv on c-span2 panels on science, american history, climate change, and the constitution. and call-ins with larry flint, sally pipes and walter mosley. a few of the highlights from our live coverage of "the los angeles times" festival of books. get the entire schedule online at book-tv.org and get our schedule sent to your in-box. sign up for book tv alert. joint chiefs of staff chairman admiral mike mullen today talked about military leadership. and developments in the middle east, northern africa and asia. he spoke at a briefing hosted by government executive magazine at the national press club. this is an hour and 10 minutes. special welcome to our guest, admiral michael mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who is here for the fifth consecutive year. thank you very much for being here. it is early. earlier than we usually start, and so a double thank you for this full rung. i was thinking that we could view this as good practice for tomorrow when we have tget up even earlier f

c-span2, book tv. susan jacoby and the myths on the age of health care. then, donald rumsfeld on his meme roar, and bruce riedel looks at the global jihad movement. on c-span tonight, federal chairman's first economic outlook news conference. until today, the federal open market's committee report on interest rate changes was released in rating. today, he answered reporter's questions about it. it's on 8 eastern tonight over on c-span. >> now a discussion on the difference in wages for men and women. former massachusetts lieutenant governor evelyn murphy is head of the wage project and eliminating age discrimination against women. she spoke to students at the university of massachusetts in boston on april 14th. this is just over an hour. >> good evening, i'm the directer of the center and prm of women in politics and public policy in u-mass public boston's graduate school. thank you for being here tonight. tonight's program is called "i want my million dollars, and why everyone should be concerned about the gender wage gap." this event is brought to you by the women in public policy at umass boston. studentings are with us tonight in the front rows playing

during the viewers who already follow was from a book tv to american history on c-span3 and c-span radio. get started at twitter.com/cspan. >> now remarks from top officers of all four branches of the military on a house hearing on repealing don't ask, don't tell. an opening statement from the chairman of the armed services committee. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. we are, i think, going to have voting in 20 minutes so we will try to get there as much as we can. and today will receive a status report on the changing policies governing the service of openly gay and lesbian service members. this past fall, i was troubled by the process employed for the repeal of the law and announced -- known as don't ask, don't tell. following this report, there was none of the in depth analysis that is so essential to sound decision making here in the house of representatives. as a result of the rush to judgment to bypass this committee, congress was denied the opportunity to ask questions and identify weaknesses in the repeal implementation plan. now we are confronted by the imple

c-span and add c- span.org. we will have social media comments and live video. >> this weekend on "book tv," p and. on science get the entire schedule online at booktv.org.n up for a book tv alleged. >> the university of arkansas held a conference to review the presidency of george w. bush and compared them to the clinton years and the obama administration. this panel of academics will produce a book. this event runs just under two hours. >> he has just completed a volume, a manuscript on the obama administration. currently, he served as chair of the department of political science at purdue university. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much, don. and thanks on behalf of all was at the fulbright's center. i am personally pleased to be here again at the university of paul gosar -- university of arkansas. we are here to talk about george w. bush. in the latter stages of his presidency, bill clinton bemoaned the fact that his presidency was devoid of the great challenges that marked a great president. george w. bush was not so handicapped. he had many challenges. he lacks the wherewithal for greatness and possibly even competence. he came into office in

at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. may 1 indepth your university professor, tibor machan, and will take your e-mails and tweets, live sunday, may 1 on c-span 2 tv. on today's "washington journal," a political discussion on the state of economy in egypt. this is about 40 minutes. contin. host: we're pleased to welcome to the table two egyptian women here on fellowships. they were in egypt and during the tahrir square uprising. we want to talk about their experience and what they see for the future of egypt. we'reoing to start by introducing you to mirette bahgat. she is with the atlas corps as is may kosba. may, what are you doing in washington? guest: we e on scholarship with the atlas corps. we are serving with the public policy organization. host: what are you learning? guest: we're learning whatever we can get our hands on. i have a chance to share my experience in my field with the organization i am serving with. i have been learning about policy-making, advocacy lobbying, networking. a big thing in this city is networking, meeting people, discussions. host: are you finding that what you are learning here will translate back ingypt or is si

and see what your elected officials said at c-span congressional chronicle with transcripts of every house and senate special -- session. >> this weekend on " tv, -- book tv, been presented criticism of health care legislation. jeff presents three alternate histories. the jfk administration that never was. the reelection of gerald ford and the feet of ronald reagan. he is interviewed by ted koppel. also, live coverage from the annapolis book festival with panels on war, scientists, race, and more. but for the schedule at booktv.org. >> the head of the irs spoke today at the national press club. he emphasized that this year's filing deadline would not be pushed back by a government shutdown. he also talked about the future of u.s. tax system. this is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. leaders fororld's journalists. while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our web site? press.org. you can see more see act press.org/library. i would like to welcome our speaker. her table includes working journalists to our club members. if you hear applause in our audience, we would like to not

c-span: did you even call around to your neighbors? >> guest: "colored on channel 2." we all did that. and today almost all the black tv shows are listed at the end of jet magazine. but there was no such listing, so when an individual is being interviewed or sammy davis jr. was making a guest appearance, or i remember a black team from fisk university on the college bowl. there was no way you would know, necessarily, and so we would have to use the grapevine. we'd have to call each other, we'd have to stand on our porches -- we all lived scrunched together in the same neighborhoods -- and say, "sammy davis jr.'s on channel 5,'"and we would all run to watch sammy davis jr. or whatever it was. c-span: you are not offended by "amos and andy"? >> guest: no. i didn't think of -- and no one in my household thought of "amos and andy" as being the national geographic anthropological treatment of the nature of the negro. i mean, it it was bunch of buffoons. but "amos and andy" also had several different class types. for example, there were black lawyers and black doctors and black judges and black undertakers, as well as the black trickster figure

c-span. c-span is filming this for a future broadcast. if you have a question, don't give it out. at the microphone man come over so it gets picked up on the tv. i was attempting to do a number of things when i began to write this biography of bobby fischer. the me tell you, those who here do not want to play chess and all you can read this book. this is not a chess book. it's a biography. of course it's a great interest i would hope to chess players, but you don't necessarily have to know the game very well in order to enjoy it. i had written a number of other biographies and from person to aristotle onassis. i approached bobby's life in the same way as a biographer. as a microscopic look at his life and i attempted to leave no fat behind. i mean, that's the way i approach all of my books. i want to note every fact -- every trivial fact. i may not use it, but it gives me confidence that i know my subject and then they use it somewhere along the line. and there was no bite very unvisited, no archive on the research undone on my part. in addition to approaching this as a biographer or researcher, i was also an official witness to a participate

c-span. c-span is filming this for a future broadcast. if you have a question, don't give it out. at the microphone man come over so it gets picked up on the tv. i was attempting to do a number of things when i began to write this biography of bobby fischer. the me tell you, those who here do not want to play chess and all you can read this book. this is not a chess book. it's a biography. of course it's a great interest i would hope to chess players, but you don't necessarily have to know the game very well in order to enjoy it. i had written a number of other biographies and from person to aristotle onassis. i approached bobby's life in the same way as a biographer. as a microscopic look at his life and i attempted to leave no fat behind. i mean, that's the way i approach all of my books. i want to note every fact -- every trivial fact. i may not use it, but it gives me confidence that i know my subject and then they use it somewhere along the line. and there was no bite very unvisited, no archive on the research undone on my part. in addition to approaching this as a biographer or researcher, i was also an official witness to a participate

american history tv on c-span bring issue -- on c-span3 bring to the sights and sounds with reactors from the north and south. get a complete schedule at c- span.org. >> let -- let's meet one of our top winners from this year's student camera competition. we asked students to produce a video on the topic of helping them better understand the roles of their federal government. today, we talked to an eighth grader. why did you create a documentary about the funding of indiana's education system? >> i made this film because over the past year, our school had to make cuts in several programs. they took out classes like a foreign language and [unintelligible] >> what did you learn about the financial state of indiana's educational system of? >> i learned there is not enough funding for the programs we have and cuts will have to be made. >> do you think the financial state of the indiana situation is affecting your education? >> it could if [unintelligible] without it, i would not have been able to enter this contest. >> [unintelligible] to keep important clauses like a foreign language. >> what did you learn with your interview with the ind

at museum exhibits and historic sites on american artifacts. american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. get our complete schedule online and sign up to had an e-mail to you with our c-span alert. >> in a few moments, president obama's facebook town hall wednesday from palo alto, california. then, washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern with segments on the debt ceiling and federal spending. on washington journal this morning, we will be joined by robert nichols, president of the financial services forum to talk about the debt ceiling, financial regulation, trade, and jobs. democratic representative gerald connolly from va will take your calls about the budget, deficit reduction, and unrest in the arab world. our series on the recommendations for the national -- with commission member alice rivlin. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. a couple of light is best to tell you about this morning. the haitian president elect will hold a news conference at 9:00 a.m. eastern. that is on c-span2. here on c-span, the center for american congress will talk about the occupational safety and health administration. they look at the agency and a pane

c-span. >> next a bipartisan discussion on the first 100 days of congress. after that, the joint economic committee will look at the march unemployment numbers. the annual radio and tv correspondents association dinner was held wednesday here in washington. the speakers include senator gramm paul. larry wilmore of the daily show was also there. we will show it to you tomorrow at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. >> one difference between a deputy in the mayor, is that i could say pretty much whatever i wanted to as a mirror, and the only person they got in trouble was me. >> today he has a boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i want to make the streets safer. i want to prove that the large cities have a vibrant future. and would like to steer away from things that would detract from that. >> 8:00 p.m. eastern c-span sunday. >> on book tv, this weekend, c- span2, howard our unconscious mind shapes ever character. on "afterwards", a correspondent on the history of african- americans serving. and after that, ishmael reed. signup for our book tv alert. >> now a panel including one democrat and one republican discuss the first 100 days of the 100 will

at those issues and ensure social security remains solvent and strong for all generations. host: century, florida. please turn down the volume on your tv. we are getting some feedback. caller: i watched c-span the other day. for about half the day, this one woman all she could talk about was abortion. what does this have to do with the government closing? guest: it is a great question. republican leadership in the house can admits the worst economy since the great depression were almost the singular focus should be on the economy and jobs, raised plans to defund planned parenthood, a health care plan that provides cervical exams, provides health care to women who would not otherwise be able to afford health care. they wanted to the fund that. they did it as a way to speak to the extreme ideologues in their party. it was not an issue we should taken up. we should be working on jobs and getting the american people back to work and the economy back on track, but they are speaking to some extreme portions of their caucus to try to please them rather than focusing on the american people. host: next phone call. this is ted, a democrat. caller: congratulations on winning your election, one of the

tv on c-span 3 gives you sights and sounds from fort sumter and charleston. we will have interviews with civil war scholars and reactors. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. >> congressional aides on capitol hill are drafting legislation that will fund the government for the rest of the year. the house and senate are expected to pass that legislation mid-week. we talked this morning with the editor of "hot line." booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest for the next 40 minutes or so, reid wilson, joining us from "the hot line." mr. wilson, what is your sense, so far, of the political fallout following friday night's deal? guest: the immediate fallout is that both sides won little bit, both sides get to claim some victories. but not many people in 2012 will not remember this particular fight. we have next year's budget to deal with. the preliminary sense is that everyone dodged a bullet by avoiding the government shut down, but at the end of the day this freight train is getting closer. the real fights are still to come. host: describe the oncoming freight train. this past week was fairly intense. how much more int

american history tv on a 3 c- span brings you the sights and sounds from fort sumter with a special look at wartime life as well as interviews with civil war scholars and reactors from the north and south. to get the complete schedule, and go to cspan.org. >> top postal officials said the post office will default this september if congress does not pass new legislation changing the rules that govern the agency. the house oversight committee examines the tentative labor agreement between the postal service and the workers union. officials say the agreement would save $3.8 billion over four years. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> we have been focused on simplicity and making sure we can grow the business consumer channel, especially for small businesses. we have something new called every door direct. you can reach everybody their lives within a couple of the codes. we have been teaching people how to use ebay, amazon, to grow other small business. one product we are working on is the opportunity to show you what is coming in your mailbox. we can do things for small business and for those