watch us in hd. like this on facebook. and follow us on twitter. students 2014 can is complete. the grand prize entry comes from a team of high school students from long beach california. here is more about them as well as the other winners and information about our annual contest. is -- 355 entries that came from 46 states, the district of onvia, taiwan, and from the united arab -- you and -- >> this is one of our favorite times of the year at c-span. the time when we get to announce the winners of our annual student documentary contest. it is called student cam. the 2014 theme for students who are interested in entering is what is the most important issue that congress should consider in 2014? this year we received a record number of entries. 200,355 entries that came from 46 states, the district of onvia, taiwan, and from the united arab emirates. students from around the country and some internationally. 8416 students participated either individually or in teams. one of the things that was special about the contest is we doubled the number of prizes and the amount of money.

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> alexander russo sat down with booktv at the catholic university of america to discuss his book, "points on the dial: golden age radio beyond the networks." this 25-minute interview is part of booktv's college series. >> host: and you're watching booktv on c-span2. we are at catholic university in washington, d.c. interviewing some of the professors who are also authors. and now joining us is alexander russo who is the author of this book, "points on the dial: the golden age of radio beyond the networks." alexander russo, who invented radio? >> well, that's a complicated answer, and, you know, the march coney often gets credit for it, but like many of these stories, there were lots of different actors operating and lots of different times. and that kind of institutional history or erasure is one of the reasons why i wanted to write book. you know, i initially conceived it thinking about our current moment and the tendency of media industries to not particularly turn on a dime. we see lots of industries, and our current er

watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," educator, journalistnd author betty medsger discusses her latest historical narrative titled "the burglary: the discovery of j. edgar hoover's secret fbi." >> betty medsger, what is your book, "the burglary," about? >> it is about the burglary of an fbi office that took place in 1971. for half a century until t

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. cofounder, microsoft bill gates talks about poverty, global health issues, and the u.s. education system. he said that in the next 20 years because prosperity is spreading around the world, there should be fewer than 10 countries in poverty. here is a little of what he said. >> you offer an incredibly bold prediction. you say that there will almost be no poor countries remaining by the year 2035. what do you mean by that? is gdpprimary measure per person. we still do not have a substitute measure. countries codifies with over $1200 per person per year moving up into a middle income bracket, low income to middle income. we have 45 countries that are still in that low income category. be less there should than 10. they will mostly be places like north korea, where you have a political system that basically or theiroverty, landlocked african countries where the geography, the disease burden, the disparate ethnicities mean that they have not been able to bring together that does the most m

watch us in hd. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. a spring À la report said the drought in the west could spread. here to talk about how these weather conditions can impact a isdent prices -- food prices volpe.d guest: we are worried about commodities and we see severe weather. if food prices go up, it will be three commodity markets. our i mostly on california. --re is on the great drought. powerhouse agriculturally. most of these markets in california are the biggest producer of consumers. if there is a problem with the weather, commodity prices will increase. pricesow soon our food impacted by specific weather events? guest: it depends on the event. it also depends on a commodity. we headed drought in the midwest. that drove up field crop prices. shoot up itrices takes a long time to see any major impact. there's processing and packaging and contracts. but the onesrable, in california are fruits and nuts,bles and milk and they don't undergo much cancer mission from the farm to the kitchen. prices case, we see the transmission quick

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. if time magazine has been around in 1864, who would have been chosen person of the year? your callstaking live today on american history tv starting at 1:00 eastern time. we will be answering questions about the civil war and why he nominated general sherman as person of the year. you can watch that and call in over companion network, c-span3. here on c-span, federal reserve chair janet yellen held her first news conference. she talked about unemployment and her views about wind comes to raising interest rates. she spoke for about one hour. >> good afternoon. i'm pleased to join you for the first fomc press conferences. like chairman bernanke before me, i appreciate the opportunity at this press conferences afford to explain the decisions of the fomc and respond to your questions. the market committee concluded a two day meeting earlier today. as you already know from our statement, the committee decided to make another modest reduction in the pace of its purchases of longer term secur

watch us in hd, like us on facebook mind folacin twitter. >> so to say that we -- pretty serious. some scientists would say we're only on the verge of the sixth. maybe we can still prevented. others would say we are pretty deep into the already. we are changing the world very radically and very fast. not on like an asterisk. in fact you will hear and i have heard a scientist say this time we human beings of the astor. so how we doing this? how are we changing the world? well, actually there are a lot of ways. i'm going to just focus on three tonight. that's our changing the atmosphere canal or changing the oceans and elliott changing what dowling, the principles of geographical distribution. so let's start with the atmosphere. every year we humans and in the order of 10 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. that's calling for the most part from burning fossil fuel. you all know this. i'm really not calling to belabor it. its ordinary stuff. the driver cars, we turn on lights. this over 7 billion people on the planet right now, and it adds up. will we doing when we burn fossil fue

watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," educator, journalistnd author betty medsger discusses her latest historical narrative titled "the burglary: the discovery of j. edgar hoover's secret fbi." >> betty medsger, what is your book, "the burglary," about? >> it is about the burglary of an fbi office that took place in 1971. for half a century until that night, j edgar hoover's fbi operated in total secrecy. americans didn't really know what the fbi was doing, that there was a public fbi and a secret fbi. everything changed. >> what one thing do you remember that bothered you the most when you found out about the secret fbi? >> can i name two? first, one is from the first set of stolen file that i received when i was a reporter at the washington post. it was the very first document. it was an instruction to agents to act in such a way that they would "enhance the paranoia" and also make people think there was an fbi agent behind every mailbox. that was a really striking thing to find, the kind of thing that most people would not think was placed

watch us in hd. follow us on twitter. houset, the chair of the ways and means committee unveiling his plans for overhauling the u.s. tax code. this is 20 minutes. >> there have been some any changes to the tax code over the past decade. ite than one every day that is now 10 times the size of the bible with none of the good news. i know this seems like an old joke but when i travel around michigan it still gets a pretty good joke. taxpayers and job creators talk about how we need to simplify and fix our broken outdated tax code. but what isn't funny is the impact that washington's tinkering has had. too long have to look before we see with the current tax code has done to jobs and take home pay. lakers have been steadily falling. this week economy cannot even produce enough jobs for all the kids coming out of college today. there are a record number of moving back in with their parents. the last time we heard from and tax it was 19 86. the america was a beacon for investment hiring and small wages. it is now falling behind

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> lead palestinian negotiator saeb erekat discussed the process of the two-state talks between israel and the palestinians today at the wilson center. he praised president obama and secretary of state john kerry. >> i am very impressed that you managed to brave the climate and the security in this building and join us to welcome someone back who is a wonderful friend of the wilson center. i'm jane harman, the president and ceo, a recovering politician and someone who cares very deeply about the work that saeb erekat is doing. as most of you know, our scholars closely track the ever-shifting tectonic plates of the middle east. nearly half of our signature ground troop briefings, which many of you listen into featuring experts in hot spots around the globe commenting on breaking news as it unfolds, have focused on egypt, iran, syria and the peace process. our middle east program, led by our iranian inmate, has held 63 events in this last year alone, and that program, too, is keenly interested in this latest washington leg of th

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the u.s. house gaveling in. they'll take up a bill today that puts restrictions on the president's executive authority to designate national monuments. live coverage here on c-span. f that you have done for us, not just within the last few moments but over the sweep of our lives, the triumphs as well as the turmoil. we pray that as the members of congress deliberate today, grant them even greater wisdom so that their actions will honor you in what they do to serve the people they represent. help all of us to continue to look beyond ourselves and our personal interests and to seek ways to make life better for those around us, both near and far. i pray that even with and through our differences that you will unite us as a people so that our nation will continue to prosper and honor you, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman fr

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> the senate foreign relations committee held a mark appearing wednesday on an aid bill for ukraine. the committee passed the bill and a 14-3 a boat sending it to the full senate. it includes $1 billion in loan guarantees for ukraine imposes economic sanctions on russia and extenze the lending authority of the imf. this is one hour 10 minutes. >> this committee, markup will come to order. we are here today to mark up legislation that sends a message to russia and the world that we will support the ukraine and the sovereignty of the ukrainian people. the russian invasion and occupation of parts of ukraine is the most recent example of a series of events requiring little imagination to connect the dots of disruptive russian behavior throughout the world. in my view president putin has miscalculated by starting a game of russian roulette with the international security and will never accept this violation of international law. this committee and the u.s. congress have a role to play which is why i am offering along with the ran

watch us in hd. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> winners of the student cam competition have been chosen. there is more about the winners and our annual contest. >> this is one of our favorite times of the year at c-span. the time when we get to announce the winners of our annual student documentary contest. it is called student cam. the 2014 theme for students who are interested in entering is what is the most important issue that congress should consider in 2014? this year we received a record number of entries. 2355 entries that came from 46 states, the district of onvia, taiwan, and from the united arab emirates. students from around the country and some internationally. 4816 students participated either individually or in teams. one of the things that was special about the contest is we doubled the number of prizes and the amount of money. it went from a $50,000 contest to us giving away 100,000 dollars in prizes. that meant 150 for student documentarians, 50 prizes for teachers,

watch us in hd like this on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> giunta leadership program of the rockies conference james carafano of heritage foundation discuss the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the obama administration's foreign policy. this is about 40 minutes. >> so how many of you know that i am substitute speaker? i don't know how you guys feel about that. doesn't bother me at all. actually i didn't the substitute speaker for many famous and powerful people. i'm not making this -- i have filled in for very important centers like jon kyl and john mccain. i have spoken in place of high government officials like secretary of state decades. i have filled in for some of the most influential americans in the country like steve forbes or any my most important speaking whatever i was kiefer sutherland but if that doesn't affect you then i won't tell you about ben affleck. they asked me to talk about benghazi antiquing and you thought this is really cool because we'll get the inside story of benghazi, you will be really disappointed. i was one of the first people to test

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter your. >> author kayla williams is an army veteran. in her book "plenty of time when we get home" she describes her difficulties and readjustment to civilian life and her husband's brain injury caused by an ied. she appeared recently at the politics and prose bookstore in washington. this is one hour. >> first allow me to express my most profound regrets for being late. i had an interview run late and didn't have an expense of traveling on the beltway, which i think maybe more stressful than driving in iraq because you're not allowed to carry a weapon on the beltway. so as my introducer mentioned, i am also a veteran. and before i get started i want to take a brief moment to thank all of you for coming. i really appreciate you taking time to get out before we are inundated with snow, have a look at the fund before we get started. and to all the troops and veterans in the room, i want to say welcome home your end to all the military families, i want to say thank you for your service as well. i enlisted in the army in 2000, and

created by the cable industry 35 years ago and brought to you by your local producer.atellite watch us in hd and follow on facebook and twitter. host: we will talk u.s. and mikaila icy with dodge. how are russia's actions in crimea changed the playing field for missile defense in europe? guest: for us, we tend to think of russia as this changed country toward the end of the cold war by demonstrated acts of aggression in crimea in georgia, it shows us that we have to start thinking seriously about russia as a potential adversary, and we have to adjust our missile defense and clear weapons policies accordingly. host: some people might wonder why we are being quick to go into a cold war set of mindset here. here's eugene robinson's column in the "the washington post" from earlier this week. "tilting at cold war windbags ." eugene robinson writes these are not the 1980's and this is not the cold war. i believe most americans realize this and some day the hawkish wing of the republican party will catch up with it. why are we talking missile efense and nukes as well? we're talking the u.s. and wha

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ashington journal continues. to welcome an attorney in washington dc. director of aviation litigation in the reagan administration. initiated onation travelers with two stolen passports. they are not linking these individuals to the disappearance of the airliner. we wanted to use that as a way to focus on interpol and how many passengers may be traveling on stolen passports. .his one headline can you blame? guest: it is a very difficult thing to explain. interpol has a database of the 40 million lost travel documents. the actually half of checks are made by three countries. why every country is not checking that database is quite frankly beyond me. host: what is interpol? poll: enter poll -- enter thenter poll is international police organization. it is an organization that was founded in the early part of the 20th century. it became active after world war ii. it is not a police force per se. it is an organization to foster international cooperation among national police forces. it serves a number of functions in

watch us in hd. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> the u.s. census bureau recently released a report focused on the number of people living in the u.s. under the age of 35 not registered citizens. next, a closer look at the report from the morning's "washington journal" this morning on the washington journal, we want to look at a new u.s. census study on noncitizen populations. joining us is the former commissioner of the u.s. immigration and naturalization service, doris meissner, and elizabeth grieco, with the u.s. census bureau. , what is thisco new study? guest: it is titled "noncitizens under age 35: 2010-2012." a little confusing to people. these are people who are not yet citizens. they may have green cards. they may be here on temporary visas. they also could be the unauthorized. host: what is the importance? guest: it is a unique group. these are the young people that years -- here 4, 5, 10 many of these people will eventually become u.s. citizens, many of them. this research is about the potential or possible future of citizens in the

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and followers on twitter. >> twenty-four soldiers who had been denied the medal of one because of their race or ethnicity were admitted into the medal of honor hall of heroes ceremony. ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave? >> let us pray. almighty father whose command is over all and his love never fails, let us be aware of your presence and obedient to your will. we acknowledge what we've achieved was done through you and because of you. we acknowledge also the what we've accomplished is due to those you place around us in support and inspiration. in his sacred moment of recognition of courage and humility, we thank you fo

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> now on booktv, amie parnes and jonathan allen speak about their biography of hillary clinton. in the book, the co-hours look at clinton's political career since her primary defeat in 2008. after this hourlong politics and prose event, we'll bring you a book party for the authors. >> we're going to, we're going to read a little bit from the book. i just first wanted to say thank you to everyone who showed up. i see a lot of familiar faces. i'm from silver spring originally, so it's a big kick to be here because i've been sitting in the audience. i was telling folks earlier that i saw ted kennedy deliver the midnight ride of paul revere here many years ago,. [laughter] which was kind of school. so it's -- kind of cool. it's hard to make me really nervous, and i'm kind of nervous now, so thank you all for showing up, really appreciate it. [laughter] and i guess we're going to start with a reading so that we can get to questions as soon as possible. this is actually from the beginning of part two. chapter's title, "brook where

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> now the senate banking committee holds a confirmation hearing for the nomination for federal reserve vice chairman, and the nominees for the housing department and the national credit union administration. this is 90 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> i call this hearing to order. before we begin this morning, ig want to say a few words about housing finance reform. first, i want to thank rankingga member crapo. he has been a great partnerfirs throughout this process, and i'm very pleased we were able to announce our agreement tuesday.m second, i want to thank all the. cosponsors of corker-warner. a lot of work went into their effort, and it provided a good pace for the committeeso t negotiations. i also want to thank other members of this committee whone. provided invaluable input during this process. last, i look forward to workingp with all of my colleagues on the last, i committee in the coming weeks ae we look to move the bestming possible out of the wee committ today, we consider five nominations. today we cy f

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the annual american/israel public affairs committee or aipac conference with -- is going on here in washington. today speeches from new jersey senator bob menendez and benjamin netanyahu as well. reporters are reportedly lobbying members of congress in support of new sanctions on iran. president obama has vowed to veto that legislation saying it would disrupt ongoing talks over iran's nuclear program. this is set to get under way shortly here on c-span2. while we wait, remarks from secretary of state john curry who spoke at this -- kerry who spoke at this conference. secretary kerry is in crew -yard line to show -- kerry is in ukraine to show support for the country's military. and as russian president vladimir putin said he wouldn't be deterred by economic sanctions imposed punitively by the west. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> norm, thank you. thank you very, very much. thank you all. 14,000 strong or more. [applause] executive director howard core, incoming president bob cohen, incoming chairman, michael cassen, outgoing chairman l

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twister. >> tonight, on c-span2 a u.s. supreme court oral argument dealing with the limits on the court's ban against executing the intellectually disabled, followed by a political discussion on the influence of and are its history with the united states. then experts discuss russia's intervention in ukraine and possible next steps for the united states. >> this week the supreme court heard oral argument in hall v. florida, case testing the limits on the court's ban against executing the intellectually disabled. the issue rests on how states define intellectual disability when uses iq tests. florida has a cutoff of 70 for determining intellectual capable. the counter-will dtc if the cutoff is unconstitutional in 2008 the supreme court ruled -- 2002 the court ruled that execute those who are mentally retarded is cruel and unusual punish. they would court decided to leave it to the states to determine the criteria for meeting the standard. this is an hour. >> argument this morning in case 12, hall versus florida. mr. waxman.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> yesterday investigators discussed theirnquiry into the closure of traffic lanes wailing through the george -- wading through the george washington bridge between new york and new jersey. lead attorney randy mastro says new jersey governor chris christie had no prior knowledge and assigned blame to an aide to the governor and a port authority official. this briefing is a little more than an hour. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. my name is randy mastro of gibson, dunn and crutcher, and i'm here today with my colleagues, five former federal prosecutors, a team we put together to conduct this investigation on behalf of the governor's office of new jersey. and we're here today to brief you on our report and our findings of after that ten week investigation. this is a team of professional former federal prosecutors with more than 50 years of government experience and many, many internal investigations. as part of our backgrounds. ten weeks ago we set about to do this investigation. we've since conducted over 70 interviews.

watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, a house hearing examines brainnjuries in sports. then crimea. after that, vice president biden talking about the contributions of committee health centers. a house energy and commerce subcommittee look at spore safety and brain injuries in football, hockey, and other sports. nfl and nhl officials talk about the safety steps they have taken. we'll also hear injury stories from a professional soccer player and a high school student, and medical professionals explain the science behind brain injuries. the hearing is about three hours. >> all right. i want to thank everybody for being here. we're now with the full committee ranking member, the gentleman from california joins us. we now have the ability to start our hearing. i will introduce you after my statement and before you start your testimonies. i will open with my opening statement will stop good morning, jan. good morning. welcome to this morning's hearing. today it is my hope to learn what steps are being taken to make sports participation safer for all athlet

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the u.s. house gaveling in. they'll take up a bill today that puts restrictions on the president's executive authority to designate national monuments. live coverage here on c-span. f that you have done for us, not just within the last few moments but over the sweep of our lives, the triumphs as well as the turmoil. we pray that as the

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, or follow us on twitter. >> today house democratic leader nancy pelosi held her briefing with reporters. she discussed medicare payments to doctors before the house later heard approval of a measure of boarding large cuts of those payments set to change april 1. >> good morning, everyone. today marks nine months since the senate passed a comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform bill. nine long months the american waiting for the republican house to allow a vote to fix our broken immigration system. yesterday, house democrats took action to force a vote on this essential legislation. filing a demand to vote petition to bring our bipartisan bill to the floor. more than 150 members have already -- this happened in the snow, in case you were there -- it was quite exciting when we heard from people and about families affected by this, over 150 members have already signed up position. they're doing what is in our power. people around the country are having bus tours, hunger strikes, visiting congressional offices, everybody is doing what is in their

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the senate foreign relations committee today held a hearing on the syrian civil war. deputy secretary of state william burns testified along with an assistant secretary and the director the national counterterrorism center. they were asked about the russian military intervention in ukraine. bob menendez chairs the hearing. >> this hearing will come to order. let me thank deputy secretary of state byrnes for coming while this was planned well before the , weent state of events appreciate you still being here today. as well as the panel for being here to provide their own from the increasingly violent spillover from the conflict in this area and to hear about the implication of russia's military intervention in the ukraine. note, it will be taking place at 11:20 a.m. we may have to recess briefly. it is just one vote and then coming back. i'm sure the deputy secretary would be happy for us to cast that vote. of thenter year three syrian crisis, headlines coming out of the region are no longer limited to the violence within s

watch us in hd. like this on facebook. and follow us on twitter. blockedweek, the senate president obama's nominee to lead the justice department civil rights division. it was the first time the senate has voted down denominations democrats changed the filibuster rules last november. here is texas senator ted cruz talking about his opposition to the nomination of followed by tom harkin after the measure was defeated. the comments are about 20 minutes. >> mr. president, i rise today to a tribute to the minute women of the country serving as lease officers who protect law-abiding americans. it is out of this respect for our nations lease officers that i also rise to oppose the adebola.n of dabo remember our phone police officers who have bravely given their lives to serve our nation and kept us in police officers helped form the back of our country that supports the rule all. they risk their lives everyday to keep law-abiding americans safe. 2012,ing to the fbi, in 95 law enforcement officers were killed in line of duty incidents. officers were victi

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. quick secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign rov met toergei lav discuss the unrest in ukraine and the russian intervention in the country. he spoke to reporters briefly after the meeting. this is courtesy of russia today. >> we have just had a meeting with john kerry regarding the situation in the ukraine and the actions that our partners are trying to undertake with the russian nato council and others. we need this kind of atmosphere and it's very difficult to work in the atmosphere of ultimatums and threats. it would be very difficult in this type of environment to stabilize the situation. we have agreed that we need to toport all ukrainians achieve -- no, to implement what was achieved on february 21. right now, we will go to the foreign ministry of france. other parties will join us including france, poland, and germany, foreign ministers who were also present when this was signed on february 21. thank you. >> secretary jack lew announced guarantees to help ukraine with

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the headline says that obama releases 2015 budget proposal. elizabeth the back -- elise viebeck joins us. >> the budget either cut nor added substantial amounts of funds for the rollout of the affordable care act. we are seeing a rehash of what the president has previously proposed with regard to health care. he wants to make changes to medicare in order to generate savings that he can use for other priorities. >> secretary sebelius unveiling the hhs budget. how is capitol hill viewing it? >> capitol hill's reaction was fairly predictable. they are looking for the budget to be cut, given that the fact that medicare and medicaid services have been spending money that congress is not completely in control of in order to shore up the problems of the rollout. in the health care world, there are a lot of health care provider groups that were upset with the obama administration which did propose to cut their budget, skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes that would see their budgets cut, in addition what is already coming

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next, senator richard blumenthal talks about making change those fisa court and the need to protect both national security safeguard privacy. the connecticut democrat took questions at an event hosted by the constitution project in philadelphia. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. we have the pleasure to have at this wonderful institution, those of you who have been here before know, is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseptember -- disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis, and as part of our inspiring mission, we're a museum and america's town hal, the one place where citizens can come to hear the best arguments on all said of the constitutional debates that are rifting the country, and make up your own mind. we have had a spectacular series of programs. last week there was a discussion on whether the president has the constitutional authority to target and kill american citizens abroad. on march 27th professor deer-witness will

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> officials from the state department, usaid and the treasury department testified on capitol hill thursday about russia's actions in ukraine. after the hearing the committee took up a resolution condemning russia's intervention there. this portion is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm going to call the chao to order at this time. we'll ask all the members if they can come in and take their seats for this hear aing, and let me begin by pointing out that ukraine is facing not one crisis, but a number of them. it's new government is confronting an economic and financial crisis brought on by years of mismanagement, years of corruptionit by previous goth officials.l cr government officials. and it is doing this while under military invasion and economic coercion by neighboring russia. the world has been speaking up, sending a clear message and, and that message is that moscow's actions over the past week are out of bounds. the new government in kievmo cannot succeed without strong and rapid support by the i

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> a look now at the worldwide energy situation to a council on foreign relations weaselly hosted dennis blair who co-owned and energy and geopolitics commission the recent release a new report on oil security and former bp ceo john browne, author of a new book on energy resources just released. from new york city this is about one hour. >> good afternoon. i'm bob blackwill, i'm to henry kissinger senior fellow for american foreign policy here at the council your and on behalf of the council, let me welcome you to this particular event with admiral dennis blair and lord john browne on this strategic conferences of the american oil boom. the way we will proceed is, we'll hav have a conversation. among the three of us for about half an hour, and then we'll turn it over to you for comments and questions. and we will and probably at 2: 2:00. -- end promptly at 2:00. again, thank you for coming on this cold, wintry new york afternoon. let me start, john, if i could with you your we often read about fracking. i think not all of us are te

watch us in hd. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome congressman republican of wisconsin. he sits on the budget committee. president obama unveiled his proposal for 2015 on tuesday. he was talking about it yesterday as well. he is out rallying support. what was your reaction? all budgets, you are making a statement of values. he is making a statement of values. it is more of a campaign document it seems. the budget agreement signed into law a few months ago by the hegress and the president, seemed to ignore it. that was surprising to many of us. we thought he would try to use those baselines but he did not. taking a look at some of the good things. should we can agree we invest more in disease research. diseases like alzheimer's cost the american taxpayer a lot money and are devastating to families. more in research for those, that makes sense. we can really reduce costs down the line if we can't cure these diseases. the idea of investing in infrastructure makes a lot of sense as well. that is a broad agreement the earn

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> agriculture secretary tom vilsack testified before a house subcommittee outlining his department's $23 billion budget request for next year. it includes funding for food safety, the forest service, research and conservation, crop insurance and nutrition programs for women, infants and children. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. good morning, everyone. subcommittee will come to order. before we begin today, i would like to express to you,od mr. secretary, and to the u.s.i forest service our condolence in the officer who lost his life this week, jason crisp was killed in the line of duty this past wednesday along with his k-9 partner.hris we do appreciate the men and women who serve in law enforcement at the local, state and the federal level, and as they put their lives on the lewin in the line of duty on aut daily basis. mr. secretary, we realize anytime you lose one of your finest, we certainly have sympathy and certainly along with the forest service and, of course, the crisp family. so i did want to mention thatsyp morning

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> we will take a look now at balancing privacy and security and concerns about data collection by the governmen govd the private sector to this discussion was hosted by stanford law school. also on the panel, two attorneys who represent target against claims resulting from last years data breach which affected about 70 million customers. the discussion is about two hours. >> before we begin we want to give you all one reminder. this is being taped for c-span. so that explains the lights but also as you might be asking questions or if you want to interject, we'll try to get a microphone to you. we might ask you to repeat it. also, keep in mind because of that you may want to think twice about what to say. we are delighted to see giunta of a great panel. i'm a piker and his crowd. i practiced here in california, the san francisco office and also a certified privacy professional which those of you who practice in your you know what that is. that's enough about myself. by join me on the screen from the beautiful wilds of new j

watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> historian joshua zeitz examines abraham lincoln presidential tenure through the eyes of his secretaries, john a. and john nikolai, next on tv. [applause] >> thank you all for braving this weather, low as i understand it last week might have been worse. i probably picked the right week to be here. i might've been delivering this from the airport if we don had e this last week. i want to begin our story a little bit after the civil war. on june 13, 1905, it was less than three weeks before his death that john milton hay a will in his cabin room on the rms baltic, a great ocean liner esteemed from the report -- liverpool back in your. he was a noted poet and historian, former newspaper editor and railroad executive. he had served as u.s. ambassador to the united kingdom. since 1898 he had been the secretarsecretary of state, firr president william mckinley at that after his death under president theodore roosevelt. this point, hay was one of the most powerful man in the world. but his bright. was fast burning out a fra

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. before we open up our phones this morning, we want to talk about primary day in texas. to do that, we are joined by a senior political writer with dallas morning news. thank you for joining us today. i have the front page in front of me. the headline, gop continues pushing to write. headlineshe main going into primary day in texas caps on guest? guest: the decision is pretty much over. willbbott and wendy davis win easily the nominations but there are ballot races that are terrifically competitive. the lieutenant governor's race has four candidates, including the incumbent lieutenant governor. they have all moved as far to the right as they can in a strong appeal to texas primary voters, who are quite conservative. if you are here in austin or fullon, your television is of television ads in which virtually every republican candidate to agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner are featuring basically three things, and one is a bible, one is a gun and an assurance they do not l

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: to continue our discussion on today's supreme court discussion, we are joined by whelan.h wyder and ed guest: one of the questions is whether hobby lobby as a corporation 10 ring their claim that these particular forms of contraception are being covered under the affordable care act violate their religious liberties. host: this is a standing issue? guest: it is a question of whether the corporation can claim the rights to free exercise of religion in the same way a living breathing human being can do. my organization filed a brief that said if you look at the original meaning of the constitution, you see the founders thought of religious liberty protection as being very personal, a right of conscience and dignity. it doesn't translate well when you are talking about a an artificial corporate entity. do you think this is going to turn -- guest: i think there may half dozen issues that the court will explore. address thisy question of corporate exercising religion. the history of

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter.ngton journal" continues. 5 202 is the area code, 85-3880. who best represents your views? (202) 585-3881 if you are a liberal and live in the mountains/pacific time zone. we want to hear from you. this tweet, "joe biden is my pick." politico is reporting on a letter to ralph nader sent to bernie sanders. offering some advice for senator bernie sanders as he weighs a presidential bid. stop going it alone. nader urged attentional longshot candidate sanders to change the way he does business in the senate and to fill his " unfulfilled potential." nader wrote the vermont independent. without networking there are no strategies beyond speeches and amendments that go nowhere, an occasional hearing where you quitestion witnesses. a nader aide confirmed the letter sent to the senator who says he is "prepared to run for president and an unconventional campaign." who is aas, progressive that represents your views? caller: the president of the united states. thereason being, a, republican party s

watch us in hd. follow us on twitter. >> this morning, the heritage foundation reviews missile policy and how it affects russia and the ukraine. later, american legion director talks about the veterans claims backlog and the budget reduction and how it affects members of [indiscernible] host: in international news, following a surprise call from president obama to vladimir putin, the united states and russia will hold talks on how to diffuse the crisis in ukraine. here at home, general motors 8000 vehicles to its recall for faulty ignition switches. and yesterday new jersey governor chris christie held his first press conference in nearly three months to discuss the findings of an internal review that absolves him of responsibility in the lane

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. is time for our weekly "your money" segment. you may remember back in february, defense secretary chuck hagel went before cameras to talk about a variety of issues but also talking about the funny 15 dod budget. he talked about finding ways to reduce costs, and part of that involves base closures. [video clip] achieve our fully goals for overhead reductions for not cutting unnecessary and costly infrastructure. for that reason, dod will ask congress for another round of base realignment closures in 2017. i am mindful that congress has to the requests of the past 2 years. but if congress continues to block these requests, even as they slice the overall budget, we will have to consider every tool in our disposal to further reduce infrastructure. host: and helping us walk through the process of what are commissionac closings, brian lepore from the government accountability office, defense capabilities and management director. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. host: these commi

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. another winter storm heads to d.c. john fund is heading south. he joins us from florida. he is a columnist for "national review." we will not ask you for the weather forecast. guest: it will make you envious. host: i am sure it will. you wrote that the midterm elections are going to be a disaster for the democrats. how so? predictell, we cannot the demands of how the campaign and other issues and events will affect how people vote in november. if something dramatic does not happen, even democrats are saying it is big trouble. chris matthews of msnbc, who is a note od political handicapper, says that the situation for the democrats would be to lose five seats. potentially, they could lose up to 10 feet. that would make it 55 republicans and 45 democrats. host: let's talk about the tea party movement as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. what influence do you think they will have this year? how is the changed over the last five years? guest: first, some context. the tea party is not a

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues.norman, us oklahoma, is joshua landis, the university of oklahoma center of muslim -- of middle east studies. professor landis, welcome. guest: it is a pleasure being with you. host: today marks the three-year anniversary since the uprising in syria, and we wanted to get your sense on not only reminding viewers of what happened to start the uprising, but where we are now. guest: right, well, this uprising began three years ago in march as part of the arab theng, and the syrian -- arab spring really stalled in syria. people expected bashar al-assad, the president of syria, to fall rapidly, and that these small clique that was around him, largely brand by alan wites, the religious group he belongs to, they thought he would collapse. but bashar al-assad turned out to be much tougher, his military fought hard for him, they did not abandon him, and the russians and iranians stepped up and began to give him money and arms. -- has law and lebanon been law -- hezbollah and lebanon has come ove

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues.st: congresswoman marcy captor is back on our table, democrat from ohio, sits on the appropriations committee founder and cochair of the congressional ukrainian caucus. i want to begin with your personal ties to ukraine. why did you found this caucus, when did you do that, and what is the goal? guest: first of all, i'm a founding member of the caucus. congressman sander levin of michigan and former congressman bob schaffer, now congressman jim girl lack, we all worked to create a presence inside our congress to relate to the newly elected parliament of ukraine after 1991. i have a very long history with ukraine. i'm a polish america -- i am of polish american heritage, but our grandmother and grandfather came from there, fled from thei re before world war i -- host: fled from ukraine? guest: it was a czarist territory than come but the bolsheviks were taking over. our grandmother came here at 17. because their one cow was taken away. when that was done by the bolsheviks, they couldn't

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> washington journal and continues now. michael capuano is a democrat from massachusetts. he serves as the ranking member on the housing and insurance committee. we'll get to those issues in just a minute. congressman, i do know if you heard of for segment on "washington journal." we had attorney general holder say he wanted to reduce times for people are guilty of drug crimes. been a supporter of mandatory minimums. i do think we should have mandatory guidelines that require a clear and unequivocal explanation as to why they wouldn't be followed if they are not followed. i don't like mandatory minimums. it take away the concept that each of us are individuals and they treat everyone the same. i think they do burden the system. the concept is a good discussion to have, i look forward to seeing the details. much --host: how much do spend on drug and crime issues? caller: quite a lot. it is one thing if you want to destroy your life. that is not good, but it is a whole other thing if you want to break into my mother's house

watch just in hd and follow us on twitter. >> next, the regulations of greenhouse gas emissions. decisions after 2007 by the court that allowed the epa to regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles under the clean air act. that issue is whether the epa has the right to regulate stationary sources that limit greenhouse gases like power plants and factories. >> may it please the court. the situation here is unprecedented in two respects. one, the epa agreed that -- according to their terms result in a program that would have been unrecognizable to the congress that enacted it. country to congress's and 10, the agency calls a absurd. epa to the conclusion -- took the conclusion as a basis for re-writing other parts of the statute. the agency wrongly believes it fixes the problem. this is not a one-time act of statutory rewriting. the agency has said it intends to adjust and readjust the

in the south bay, lisa? >> yes, we are that moist onshore flow with us throughout the day today. live donor it 7 hdg the cloud cover and the green representing the light showers that are pushing through the santa cruz mountains and ending up on the other side in parts of highway 101 and the south bay. so if you're headed out early this morning, don't be surprised in willow glen to see a few light showers as well as santa clara, and well towards the north bay notice highway 80 by vallejo looking at a few showers as well as sonoma. temperatures are mild with all the cloud cover, low to mid-50s in at 54 and the forecast throughout the afternoon much of what we have right now which is cloud cover, the chance of intermittent showers and the bulk of the day will be looking at mostly dry conditions but upper 50s to upper 60s around the bay, so if we see anything at all it should be light but definitely showers out there, so it will keep a little gray and damp out there for you this sunday. matt? >> thanks, lisa. >>> breaking news, firefighters are at the scene of a two-alarm fire in san leandro. this is n