. >> a lady wrote a wonderful book and gamman meant surviving the unsurvivable, sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was the high incidence of suicide and so people would make these things of beauty to give to each other to say we support you and care about you. >> the tour continues. the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. each weekend on american history tv learn more about the presidents, their policies and legacies through their historic speeches and discussions with leading historians. every sunday morning at 8:30 eastern and again at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. here on c-span 3 and to find out more about the series and our other programming including our weekend schedules and online video. next, radio talk show host moderates a panel discussion on teaching constitutional history. david mccullough and gordon wood join a panel of five other historians and scholars at this

kansas, missouri and nebraska, hoping that using frightening language like "catastrophic" or "unsurvivable" tornadoes in the warnings will encourage residents to take cover even more quickly. so what do you do if you find yourself in the path of one of these storms? safety experts say stay away from windows, get into a basement if you can, and, if you can't, find a ground floor bathroom or closet, cover yourself with a mattress, and wear a helmet if you have one in case of flying debris. they sound simple, but they could be lifesaving tips for the start of what some experts could be a rough season. for "nightline," i'm sam champion in new york. >> abc's mike becher joins us from dallas. mike, you started your day in norman, oklahoma, then you drove all the way to dallas. tell us what you saw and heard on the way. >> reporter: well, i bolted out of my classroom at the university of oklahoma, drove three hours through heavy storms. and when i hit north dallas, there was bulletin after bulletin warning residents of tornadoes. you could see the dark, ominous clouds and it looked very, very bad

in kansas, missouri, and nebraska, hoping that using frightening language like catastrophic or unsurvivable tornadoes in the warnings, will encourage residents to take cover even more quickly. so what do you do if you find yourself in the path of one of these storms? >> safety experts say, stay away from windows, get into a basement if you can. if you can't, find a ground-floor bathroom or closet, cover yourself with a mattress and wear a helmet if you have one. they sound simple, but they could be life-saving tips for what some experts say could be the start of a rough season i'm sam champion in new york. >> mike joins us now from dallas. you started your day in norman, oklahoma, now you're in dallas. tell us what you heard on the way. >> at my classroom i left and when i hit dallas, there was bulletin after bulletin, warning residents of tornadoes. you could see the dark, ominous clouds. it looked very, very bad. >> did you see much destruction on the way? >> no. i was surprised. i thought i would see a lot of destruction because some of the tornadoes were heading towards the downtown are

. >> a wonderful book, the art of surviving the unsurvivable sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity. and it gave them something to do. and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps. people, there was high incidence of suicide. so people would make these little things, of beauty, to give to each other just as a way to say -- you know, we support you. we care about you. >> our cities tour continues, weekend may 5 and 6. from oklahoma city. c-span, 2 and 3. >> dwight eisenhower served over 40 years in the military before boeing being elected president. this is half an hour. >> the united states army presents -- "the big picture. "unofficial report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now, to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart clingy. >> in preavious big picture, we brought you pictorial biographies of our military leaders whose lives and careers played an important part in the fab rick of our nation's history. today the big picture brings y

unsurvivable, sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity. and it gave them something to do. and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was the high incidence of suicide. and so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you. >> our cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th on krr c-span 2 and 3. >> this past october, frank gary, the architect behind the proposed eisenhower national memorial spoke at the archives about the ideas behind his design. he was joined by his collaborator robert wilson. this is about an hour. >> thank you for the introduction. i know how much you were looking forward to this great program. my remarks will be brief. but as a representative as the eisenhower memorial commission, i'm happy and pleased that tonight we have with us three commissioners, chairman from beverly hills, kra. california, c

. >> a lady here wrote a beautiful book called "the art of gaman" and that meant surviving the unsurvivable sort of. she talks a lot about how the arts and crafts were sort of hough they kept their sanity and it gave them their sanity and how about the depression was so bad in the camps and there was a high incidence of suicide and people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and care about you. >> our tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. >>> recently the national u.s. arab chamber of commerce organized a forum bringing together u.s. ambassadors to arab countries. in this portion the focus is the economies of saudi arabia, qatar and kuwait. it's just under an hour. >> i would like to reconvene our forum at this time. as you know, we are still on our tight schedule with one hour remaining on our second panel. the same procedures would pertain to questions from the floor so please begin sending them up as the panelists give their opening remarks. >> moderating our second panel is the hon

under the new system, it may say tornado may be unsurvivable if shelter is not sought below ground level. >> it's giving us more tools and hopefully more of a way to get people to act when they really need to act. >> more sophisticated radar allows earlier and more accurate warnings, even detecting tornadoes on the ground before eyewitnesses spot them. >> oh, boy. >> we have a debris ball. >> in regions where severe weather is common, meteorologists say warning fatigue could set in. >> i was laying in bed and i heard the siren go off, but i didn't think anything about it because it had been going off all day. >> linda never sought shelter but still survived last year's tornado that killed 26 in her tiny alabama town. >> there is somewhat of a cry wolf syndrome out there because three out of four times, they are false alarms. >> hoping that new stark language will make sure the most critical alarms are heard loud and clear. john yang, nbc news, chicago. >> and a quick word here about the month of march. we have learned that 7,500 individual daily temperature records were set during last m

. >> wrote a book called the art of gamam meaning surviving the unsurvivable. she talks about how the arts and crafts kept their sanity and gave them something to do and how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people, there was a high incidents of suicide so people would make these things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you. >> our cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city. >>> house republicans passed a budget last week that raises veterans spending by had%. most of the increase in both budgets would be used for medical and other programs. veterans repairs secretary explained the plan to a senate committee. we are going to show you that two and a half hour hearing now. he is joined by a number of under secretaries and a group of independent budget analysts give their perspective later. >> good morning and welcome to this morning's hearing on the fiscal year 2013 budget and the fiscal year 2014 advanced appropriations request. i want to welcome our panelists tod

and gaman meant surviving the unsurvivable sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was the high incidence of suicide and so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say, you know, we support you and we care about you. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. and now experts on iran nuclear weapons and national security debate the pros and cons of a u.s. military strike on that country and the prospects for the next round of nuclear talks expected this month. michael adler of the wilson center said the chances of a military conflict have decreased in recent weeks but the diplomatic process would be long and difficult. cato institute here in washington is the host of this event. it's about an hour and a half. >> we're good. >> all right. thank you very much.

. >> a woman wrote a wonderful book, surviving the unsurvivable sort of. she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was the high indents of suicide and so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say, you know, we support you and care about you. >> lcv cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. air force officials are investigating the cause of oxygen system problems in f-22 fighter jets. the pentagon says the air force experienced 14 incidents from 2008 to 2010. the air force has been directed to modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its fleet of f-22 raptor fighter jets. >> welcome general retired greggry martin chair of the advisory board. major general noel jones, air force deputy chief of staff for operations plans and requirements, and major general charlie lyon, air combat

. >> a lady wrote a wonderful book called the art of guman, and it meant surviving the unsurvivable sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity. and it gave them something to do. and how about depression was so bad in a lot of the camps, and that people -- there was the high incidents of suicide. so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you. >> our cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. >>> two granddaughters of dwight d. eisenhower voiced their opposition this week to the proposed design of a memorial honoring the 44th president. they appeared before a subcommittee hearing held to consider the views of both supporters and opponents of the design created by architect frank gehry and his collaborator theodore wilson. this hearing is 90 minutes. >> the subcommittee of national parks, forests and public lands is meeting on the proposed eisenhower memorial. under the rules, the opening remarks are

and gamon meant surviving the unsurvivable, sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and gave them something to do. and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was a high instance of suicide. so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you. >> our cities tour continues the weekend of may 5-6, from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. >> this saturday at noon eastern, on c-span 2's book tv, our live call-in program with author chris kyle as he talks about his life from professional rodeo rider to becoming the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. >> if you think of yourself as a family, and if you think of yourself as a team, and she said you know, when i get a raise at work he is so proud of me and it's like we got a raise, our family got a raise. but i really felt as though she had redefined providing to include what her husband does and she had a lot

. >> a lady wrote a wonderful book, and gaman meant surviving the unsurvivable. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity, and it gave them something to do. and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the examples and that people -- there was a high incidence of suicide. so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say, you know, we support you, and we care about you. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. >> on thursday the head of the consumer financial protection bureau outlined a number of new rules and initiatives under consideration at the agency including a plan for universal mortgage servicing standards. the agency's first report to congress shows it received 13,000 complaints over the last six months related to mortgages, credit cards and other financial products. mr. cordray is the former ohio attorney general who was begin a recess appointment in january by president obama. >> the committee w

. >> a lady wrote a wonderful book called the art of ga man meant surviving the unsurvivable sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps. there was a high incidence of suicide. so people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say you know, we support you and we care about you. >>ure lcv cities tour continues the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. >> and we have more from the atlantic magazine's economic summit next with economist allen meltzer. he talked about the federal reserve's role in policies in the current economic situation and says the reserve should start slowly raising interest rates. his comments are about half hour. >> well, this is quite a parade of talent that you've got unfolding in front of you, but i do want to commend this interviewee allen meltzer, one of the most eminent scholars in the world, an authority on monetary policy, and an author of a won

monday, five weather service offices in kansas and missouri will use word like mass devastation, unsurvivable, and catastrophic. to describe the potential severity of a storm's impact. >>> in the presidenties news. thal ran -- republican presidential campaigned in the same state and same place it to. mitt romney leads in the wisconsin polls. rick santorum hasn't done well in midwest states but is hoping for a turn-around in the badger state. >> if santorum were to win in wisconsin, it would be huge for his campaign because he hasn't had a win in a state that doesn't have a lot of evangelicals in it. so, if he can win in the state, particularly after all the controversy they have had with the republican governor, i think it would be a big thing for santorum. >> ama: given -- newt gingrich was the third candidate to address the group. maryland and columbia also hold primaries on tuesday. >>> we're still waiting for the winners to step up with the mega millions lottery tickets. >> reporter: winning tickets were sold in three states, kansas, illinois, maryland. after days of frantic buying the re

instead of hearing tornado warning, people in kansas and missouri will hear things like unsurvivable and catastrophic. the testing starts tomorrow and it runs through the fall. >>> a family vacation in kansas, five people died when a mobile home flipped over. it belonged to a minnesota family who were making their annual trek to texas for vacation. >>> in colorado, dozens of people are back home after a wild fire forced them to evacuate. the blaze charred six square miles and killed three people. investigators think the blaze was sparked by a controlled burn that was fanned by strong winds. >>> a man driving through the neighborhood saw the flames inside the home, he stopped the car, and started banging on the door. when no one answered, he jumped into action. >> they were still up on the second floor and they didn't know the house was on fire. >> what did you do? >> i kicked down the two doors. >> his daughter called 911. the fire grew to a 7-alarm blaze. thanks to paul, everyone made it out safely. >>> the government is watching a scary new trend. thieves are starting to steal the

monday five weather service offices in kansas and missouri will use word like mass devastation, unsurvivableastrophic. to describe the potential severity of a storm's impact. >>> in the presidenties news. thal ran -- republican presidential campaigned in the same state and same place it to. mitt romney leads in the wisconsin polls. rick santorum hasn't done well in midwest states but is hoping for a turn-around in the badger state. >> if santorum were to win in wisconsin, it would be huge for his campaign because he hasn't had a win in a state that doesn't have a lot of evangelicals in it. so, if he can win in the state, particularly after all the controversy they have had with the republican governor i think it would be a big thing for santorum. >> ama: given -- newt gingrich was the third candidate to address the group. maryland and columbia also hold primaries on tuesday. >>> we're still waiting for the winners to step up with the mega millions lottery tickets. >> reporter: winning tickets were sold in three states kansas illinois, maryland. after days of frantic buying the record jackpot

its meant surviving the unsurvivable for them. talks a lot about how the arts and crafts were and how they kept their family. it gave them something to do. about how depression is so bad in a lot of the camps. there were high incidences of suicide. people would make these little things of beauty to give to each other, as a way to say, we support you. we care about you. >> and artur continues the wake of may -- the weekend of may fit -- our cities tour continues the weekend of may 6. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with eleanor holmes norton. let me begin with the budget. guest: i represent the people happen to live there. host: that is the point i want to bring up. many of them are federal employees. paul ryan's 2013 budget. for what would be the impact on the government and federal employees? -- t: the ryan's budget employs a party given $70 billion to the deficit. they are likely, no matter what the ryan budget says, to continue to downsize. make sure that happens and that the pay, which is frozen yet again, co

severity would be changed, and it would be split into three tiers and words like mass devastation, unsurvivable and catastrophic would separate some tornado warnings from others. today there won't anything be catastrophic. but there will be storms and some of them severe. indianapolis, cincinnati, all in the heart of where that wind and hail would be. some isolated tornadoes possible. large-scale wind possible from the northern plains back into the mountains there, and, of course, you've got fire damage or fire danger when that comes along with the low humidity. we have some record heat to be talking about more, and i will give you aga >> again, more than 7,000 heat records happening in march. i'll be showing you a list of which cities were included in the warmest march ever. and it's a big list. >> yeah, incredible spring/winter, mostly spring, though. ginger, thank you. >>> we're going to hear for the first time from the people in this extraordinary piece of video. take a look at this. these firefighters pulled off a daring, death-defying act to make sure that everybody got out of this buildi

unsurvivable, mass devastation and abandon all mobile homes. that ought to get some attention.need for any of that in today's forecast. it still feels like march in the northeast, rainy and cool. but april has brought summer like temperatures to much of the country. a mostly warm, mostly wet week lies ahead. next, a matter of trust. and,,,, [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help. the largest class size in the nation. 47th out of 50 in per-student funding. but right now, we can make history with a ballot measure to send every k-through-12 dollar straight to our schools. to every school and every child. not to sacramento. it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online calculator and find out how your school would benefit. visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. >> osgood: statistically fewer thaun one percent of all medical devices fail their patients, far fewer, in fact. small comfort if one of those very rare failures strikes you or me or someone we love. our cover story is reported now by jim axelrod. >> reporter: how often do yo

unsurvivable, mass devastation and abandon all mobile homes. that ought to get some attention.need for any of that in today's forecast. it still feels like march in the northeast, rainy and cool. but april has brought summer like temperatures to much of the country. a mostly warm, mostly wet week lies ahead. next, a matter of trust. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> osgood: statistically fewer thaun one percent of all medical devices fail their patients, far fewer, in fact. small comfort if one of those very rare failures strikes you or me or someone we love. our cover story is reported now by jim axelrod. >> reporter: how often do you think of joshua? >> ev

unsurvivable, mass devastation and abandon all mobile homes. that ought to get some attention.need for any of that in today's forecast. it still feels like march in the northeast, rainy and cool. but april has brought summer like temperatures to much of the country. a mostly warm, mostly wet week lies ahead. next, a matter of trust. and later, >> osgood: statistically fewer thaun one percent of all medical devices fail their patients, far fewer, in fact. small comfort if one of those very rare failures strikes you or me or someone we love. our cover story is reported now by jim axelrod. >> reporter: how often do you think of joshua? >> every day. >> reporter: is his memory what motivates what you're doing? >> a lot of it. >> reporter: joshua was 21 when he died search years ago of a heart attack. robert houser is not a relative. he was joshua's cardiologist. why is joshua the case that got you? >> well, first of all, he was young. it shouldn't have happened. it just shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: the story of what happened to joshua begins with the discovery as a teen th

there were no storms that were so deadly, we call them unsurvivable.rything yesterday was survivable and everybody survived because they did the right thing. the people in texas know what to do. this is tornado alley for a reason. we are now just finally getting into tornado peak season for them there. may and june are the peak months, and it will be a bumpy right. >> all right. chad, thank you. so glad people are all alive in there. it's hard to believe when you see those kind of pictures. >> it's incredible people didn't get picked up in their vehicles the way those trailers were picked up. it's amazing there weren't a couple people picked up in an suv or minivan and thrown as well. so amazing. >> very lucky. thank you. >>> you can find them all over the united states from chicago to l.a., dallas, milwaukee, in between. we're going to have a look at what life is like on martin luther king street for the man who wrote the book on it. [ female announcer ] there's a science to the perfect swisssh. it's about zero weight, 100% more nourishment, which mea

they were not tornadoes that we call unsurvivable. the air in a car. because had that not been a tractor-trailer that was empty, had that been a suburban, your suv, that was picked up thrown down, would have killed somebody. >> it's just extraordinary. we wish the folks there, obviously they have a lot of cleanup ahead, but no one lost their lives. >> and for today there's less than a 2% chance of anywhere getting a big tornado. so this isn't going to continue to the east today. there's a chance of some hail and wind, but we're not going to get big maxi tornadoes. >>> here is a rundown of some of the stories we're covering. we're going to go live to arlington, texas. that's where people are cleaning up the damage from the storms. >>> and they call this the woman problem at the masters. it could be decision time at the biggest boys' club in golf. >>> and later, check your chocolate. could be the bitter truth to the basket of easter goodies. yeah! if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here a

typically, that's a closet or a bathroom and an ef-5, and sometimes we call those unsurvivable.hing left except the slab. if you are in that home you're pushed away. luckily, there is only one ef-5 on average every few years even though we've had quite a few in the past couple of years. that certainly was not the norm, wolf. >> certainly not. chad, stand by for a moment. we have someone who survived this tornado. jonathan cooke is on the phone right now. i take it you were caught in the middle of a tornado in the dallas-ft. worth area. you took shelter in a bank. walk us through where you were and what happened. >> well, i was in the bank meeting with my loan officer and she had two windows in her office and we saw lightning strike what looked to be just across the street and just a second after it struck we heard really loud thunder and it happened with another lightning strike followed by loud thunder and i said we have to look out the window and see what's going on. >> i said i've got to go so i ran out the front and i got my truck and took my truck across the street to the r

and it meant surviving the unsurvivable, sort of, and she talks a lot about how the art asks the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was a high accidents -- incidence of ands people would make these things, these beauty to give to each other just to say we support you and we care about you. >> our cities tour continues. the weekend of may 5 and 6 from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with phil kurbin here to react to president obama's speech yesterday. calls the house g.o.p. budget radical. want to show you a little bit of that speech and get your reaction. >> this congressional republican budget is something different altogether. it is a trojan horse, disguised as depths of reduction plans is an attempt to impose radical vision on our country. it is thinly bailed social darwinism. it is -- upward mobility for everybody who is willing to work for it. a place where prosperity doesn't trickle down from the top but gr

a lady here wrote a wonderful book called "the art of the gaman," and that meant surviving the unsurvivable and she talks a lot about how arts and crafts is how they kept their sanity and gave them something to do and how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps, and there was a high incidence of suicide and people made things of beauty to give to each other as a way to say, you know, we support you and we care about now. >> our lcv tour continues from oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. >> this year's student cam asked students to create a video and what is important to them and why. we go to grand junction, colorado where the third prize winner is a senior. hi, vinny. >> religion plays a huge role in people's live, and how people act in everyday society, and so it obviously it'll play a role in government whether we try to have it as in government or not, and so i wanted to see all the different aspects of it because i'm not religious, i find it a really fascinating subject. >> in your documentary, you spent time with various religious groups, how do you describe the experiences. i contact

. -- the unsurvivable. she talks about crafts or something to do.e camps and suicide. they would make these things of beauty to give to each other just to say, we support you and care about you. >> our tour continues the weekend of may 5 and sixth on c- span2 and c-span3. >> in his final campaign event before the primary, mitt romney held a town hall meeting in milwaukee. he was joined by house budget committee chairman, paul ryan, who endorsed him last week. this part of the event is a little more than one hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for coming here today to hear the next president of united states and to answer -- [applause] when i decided to cast my vote in tomorrow's primary, i looked at the four candidates. i ask myself two questions which you should ask your cells and then spend the next 24 hours or so spreading the word. one, who would make the best president if elected? second, who is the best person to be brought -- to defeat barack obama? [applause] if you thought the last three years was that, just think of what wou

. >> he wrote a wonderful book called the artists of come on and it meant surviving the unsurvival, and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts for sort of how they kept their sanity and he gave them something to do and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps, and there was a high incidence of suicide. so people would make these little things, of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you. >> the annual meeting of the clinton global initiative university was held last week you're in washington. former president bill clinton and founded the organization, moderated a panel discussion and focused on public service and how to foster a broader culture of civic engagement. among the speakers, president clinton's former secretary of state madeleine albright. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much and welcome to the this clinton global initiative university meeting. i thank you for being here tonight and i especially thank president and the whole staff here at george washington university who ha