. >> the united service organization was founded back in 1941 at the request of president franklin roosevelt. ever since world war ii, the uso has traveled the world, helping to boost troop morale. some of america's biggest stars have entertained troops in far away places like korea, vietnam and afghanistan. and the sole purpose of this organization is to provide support to our military and their families both at home and abroad. >> that's why the uso is so supportive of hearts to home. >> we will be sending over throughout the course of the year thousands of phone cards to our troops serving in iraq and afghanistan to keep their families connected. >> clare gorman knows first hand how it feels to have a family member stationed abroad. >> my nephew patrick was enlisted right after college into the air force and a few months later he was deployed to iraq. to a place called camp bucca. >> patrick became the inspiration for the teens to take action. >> they came to me after they decided that they wanted to do something special at the bronxville youth council and i had talked to patrick and said

the united union has 60 reports and the conciliation service is trying to organize a meeting between these two sides. the motorist was caught doing 180 miles per hour in his mercedes in switzerland. he could be given a fine of over $1 million. the level of the fine is determined by the 12th and the speed that was recorded. -- will finance of the driver and a speed that was recorded. the introduction of this species began last year. the kits were born in different areas. they were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. 11 beavers were brought in from norway as part of a trial. this is very cute. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for

principles and calls on or about -- calls on governments, organizations, and individuals to join the united states in delivering more health services to more people in more places. that is live, monday at 11:30 a.m. on c-span. >> welcome to "newsmakers." we have a live round-table discussion. we cover capitol hill and the white house to thank you for being with us. let's begin with the news that received a lot of attention. when did you sit down with the white house press secretary robert gibbs, ended his statement about the left -- cars and kucinich and others -- surprise you? >> we sat down together in his office a week ago friday. we published the story after the weekend. it was a very candid interview from beginning to end. there was a story that ran just before that and it did not get quite as much attention about christina romer's departure. he told me that the economics team was exhausted. also a very newsworthy story. from beginning to end, it was a very candid interview, and no more so than when he vented frustration that the white house is feeling towards what they are calling "the professional left." >> the house and sen

core principles and calls on governments, organizations, and individuals to join the united states in pursuing a sustainable approach for delivering health services to more people in more places. live coverage monday at 11:00 -- at 11:30 a.m. eastern. >> would provide coverage of politics, non-fiction books, and american history. it is available on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites. and are content any time throughout c-span video library. we take it on the road, bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way, now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> president obama spoke to gulf area residents and small business owners about gulf coast recovery following the oil spill. during his remarks in panama city beach in florida's panhandle, he described the oil spill as the most technologically complex built in the nation's history. here is the president. it is about 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. it is a privilege to be here in panama city beach with the men and women of the united states coast guard. i wanted to come here personally and

principles and calls on governments, organizations and individuals to join the united states in pursuing a sustainable approach for delivering essential health services to more people. live coverage monday at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now an event with investigative journalists and authors. he's best known for the book "blackwater the rise of the world's post powell mercenary army." this is about 55 minutes. >> thank you for that. pap is broad -- c-span is broadcasting this and i'm not actually speaking about independent media. i'm announcing my candidateship for wasilla. the rumors about me and bristol i won't comment on. i want to thank campus progress for hosting this conference and making scholarships available for so many young people to come here and to study journalism with some of the best people in the business. as was stated before, these are dark times in many ways for the media industry. we see newspapers going under, foreign reporting budgets slashed. it is not just a crisis of economics. we are in a crisis when it comes to quality reporting. we live in this society where media permits -- personalities as figures that used to be c

response so you have the united nations working with organizations like the american refugee committee who then work alongside of the pakistan government to get these services going. as a humanitarian organization and particularly in these kinds of contested areas we tried to stay very visibly separate from the army. so we haven't been utilizing the helicopters, and we haven't been working alongside of them. >> woodruff: that's because you don't want to be seen as taking sides? >> well, maybe partially that. actually it's more that we have to stay in this region. we have to keep working with these people. this flooding is a major crisis, but it's part of a long-term problem that's existing in that region. we need to be there after this flood. we just... we want it to be very clear for everybody involved that we are focused absolutely on the men, the women and the children who live in these villages. we don't want to get that message , you know, made murky in any way. >> woodruff: because you're worried about the political perceptions? is that what you're saying? >> yes. >> woodruff: and again in terms of fund-raising, what is your message to anyone watching

principles and calls on governments, organizations and individuals to join the united states in pursuing a sustainable approach for delivering essential health services to more people. live coverage on monday at 11 pisme 30 a.m. monday on c-span. >> new york democrat charles rangel said tuesday he is not resigning despite 13 charges of ethical wrongdoing. the former ways and means committee chairman told the house that he made mistakes, but that he is not corrupt. congressman rangel made his comments from the house floor in between votes when most of the members were there. it's about a half hour. re re-- i retire or remove myself from this body and i've always tried to play by the rules and i cannot think of anybody that has encouraged me to speak here . and i want to thank all of you who are concerned about me for saying that, you know, a guy's a fool to represent himself as some of the people have said. but i have been losing a lot of sleep over these allegations and my family and community. some of these rules that they have is that i'm restricted by confidentiality, but for years i have been saying no comment, no comment, no comment to a lot of

principles, and calls on governments, organizations and individuals to join the united states in pursuing a sustainable approach for delivering essential health services for more people in more places through the live coverage, monday at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the committee analyze and technical causes of the deep water horizon or real explosion held a meeting for it is about 2 hours 10 minutes. we are delighted to be able to give you our perspective on this. i want to mainly thank you on behalf of secretary cells are for convening this group and for participating in this very important activity. as you know, we reached out very early to the national academy because we are most interested in getting a completely independent and highly credible technical analysis of the probable causes of the deep water horizon disaster. it that is really what we are looking for. on what likely but ron, here. or the probable causes -- what likely went wrong here. what were the probable causes? our assumption is that that will help us confirm that we are on the right path in terms of addressing the root causes and systemically coming up with recommendations on