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. >> booktv is the only television network devoted to non-fiction books and their authors watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. here is a look at books being published this week: massachusetts democratic senator elizabeth warren recount her congressional life and career in "a fighting chance" and john paul reports on his tenure. and joe becker talks about his account on same-sex marriage on "forcing the spring: inside the fight for marriage securi security". and we investigate the impact of drug smuggling and traffic across the board. and recounting the life of joseph smith, the found of mormanism in his book. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors on booktv in the future. >> we should have finished al qaeda in 2001. our general who was there, but more than just the general, i think all of us, think back, we were attacked on 911, 3 thousand americans died more than al qaeda. and we had bin laden trapped and didn't finish him off. and then we led him to pakistani territory and said oh wait. but think for a moment during world

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. next, washington post editor bob woodward leads a discussion on media coverage of national security issues. with william cohan . then another chance to see the bbc review of the major event in parliament. next, a discussion about the difficulties covering national security issues moderated by bob woodward. it is part of the sources and secrets conference held recently at the new york times building. the discussion is 45 minutes. >> do we get a cold start here? i am bob woodward, "the washington post." let me introduce the panel. first, jane mayer, whom i have known forever it seems, worked at "the wall street journal," "the new yorker" for almost 20 years now. many journalism honors, especially for your 2008 look "the dark side." that is one of those titles where you know where you are coming from. we have bob dietz, a distinguished professor of public policy at george mason. he has been the consiglio ari to the intelligence community. did you work for dulles or not? the first cia dir

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and but you as a public service watch us in hd, watch us, and like us on twitter. >> citizens united and americans for prosperity hosted their inaugural freedom summit in manchester, new hampshire. the highlights from the event including remarks by senators ted cruz and kentucky's rand paul. also donald trump and i can't be. but first. the day kicked off quite a speech with mike lee of utah. >> thank you very much good to be back in america it is a pleasure for me to honor my friend. a few weeks after we got there the lead singer for u2 -- a good moment -- i was the youngest senator. i was 39 at the time i was elected into office. i was reading at the level of a 40 year old which i told was very impressive. 42 now but read at the level of a 43-year-old. i try to stay ahead of the curve. my wife sharon is here somewhere. when i got there, it was interesting. apparently to some people in washington i did not look like a senator. to some of them i looked like a staff member by comparison. from time to time when i got to the door of the senate in order to vote, there were these very heavi

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> james fallows and his wife deborah fallows sit down to talk about their observations of social changes taking place across the country. discussion is in our. -- this discussion is an hour. >> thank you for hosting us. thank you for joining us here in this wonderful place. i would like to say quick word about -- what he had before you is one of the most remarkable, if not most remarkable productive partnerships in american journalism. it is a partnership that, over the years, has taken them and millions of readers from austin to washington to seattle, tokyo, shanghai, beijing. now it has them hopscotching across america in a single engine airplane. it has shown this partnership in its most clearest light. we see their complementary interest at work. they write about the compelling or quirky characters they meet in the adventures they have along the way. jim writes more about factories, and deborah writes about schools. deborah writes about language in the way people talk. jim writes about beer. [laughter] >> right. >> but they

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week: >> look for these titles in booksts coming this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> we'll be back with more live coverage from the annapolis book festival in maryland in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> it really gets to me because i get to know these young men and women when i'm out there, and i keep seeing some of them killed or amputated, and i want out of there as fast as anybody else. and let the afghans fight their own fight. i just think we have to do it in a prudent way. but what i try to say to the ghost -- gold star mothers when i'm talking with them is we can't get too hung up on the defects in, of maliki and iraq or the defects of karzai and the afghan politics. of we do have to keep a larger perspective that those who have died did not die in vain. if, begin, i'll go back. -- again, i'll go back. if i had said to to anybody in 2001 that ten years later there

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> several live events to tell you about today. the economic club of washington will discuss defense spending here on c-span2 at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on c-span at 10:45 a.m., a pentagon briefing with defense secretary chuck hagel and his polish counterpart. washington institute for near east policy will examine human training efforts in syria at 12 p.m. eastern. speakers include british former secretary and former u.s. ambassador to syria. >> social historian earl lewis, ma the president of the andrew mellon foundation is the author of seven books an 11 volume young oxford history of african-americans. his speech from vanderbilt university on philanthropy, humanity and higher education is a little more than an hour. >> thank you. one as histone, you always wonder whether not you want to really play with mythology. there's something i think very elegant about a story that always is wrapped in some degree of truth and then gets to be told and retold in different ways, and in some ways it's the mythology that binds communities. i

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. [applause] >> secretary of state kerry live at 1:30, he's expected to talk about his recent comments on israel. meanwhile, the israeli ambassador to the u.s., ron dermer, says if hamas is at the negotiating table, israel will not be there. he spoke yesterday at the anti-defamation league's national leadership summit in washington. >> of both israel -- [inaudible] someone who has dedicated his life to the state of israel and to promoting strong u.s./israeli relations. ambassador ron dermer was born and raised in miami beach, florida, a city where his late father and his brother both served as mayor. in 2004 ambassador dermer co-authored the best selling book "the case for democracy: the power of freedom to overcome tyranny and terror," which has been translated into ten languages. since serving of israel's ambassador of economic affairs in the united states, ambassador dermer became senior adviser to prime minister netanyahu, and in this capacity he was labeled as bebe's brain by "tabl

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> next, president jimmy carter talked about human rights abuses against women around the world and discusses what can be done about the problem. this is a little over one hour. [applause] >> mr. president? >> mr. president, women as you pointed out in your book do not fare very well in most religions around the world. at best they are second class citizens. at worst they have been in prison common slate, tortured, raped, eden, murdered. and i've had a lot of women saved me over the past

watch us in hd. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> at a forum on immigration policy, political analysts examined the obama administration's record on immigration. minutes.n hour and 20 >> welcome everybody if i can ask everybody to make sure your tune off your ringer's -- turn off your ringer's. i hope this will be eye-opening to many people here. it is on a hot topic in washington. the obama immigration and .nforcement the president has not followed the law. given them pause that he is a trustworthy partner. this is central to the way republicans are approaching the next few months and whether we will have an immigration bill not.- or this is a hot topic. there are dreamers demanding it did return to the country. the issue of what has really with border and immigration enforcement is really the single most important , and we are really pleased to have with us three experts from across the political spectrum, people who are well sides,d by people on all independent thinkers who have done a lot of work. there a

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> on monday, the heritage -- held a hold it conference on russian politics and influence. panelists talked about the effectiveness of government backed media broadcasts like voice of america. this is just under two hours. >> welcome. we would ask everyone here if you will check that cell phones have been turned off. it would be appreciated as we prepare to begin. our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions or comments, simply e-mailing us. hosting our discussion today is a senior fellow for public a douglas and sarah allison center for foreign and national security policy. she is a media fellow at the hoover institution, she also serves on the board of visitors at the institute of political journalism and the center for free inquiry at hanover college in indiana. please join me in welcoming hello dale. as a look at a highly eastern situation in ukraine and presidential elections coming up in may, these efforts by russia, i think we can all say can be trusted to intensify. the russian actions against crimea and

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watch us in hd, like us on >> house budget committee chairman and former vice presidential candidate paul ryan was the two republicans in cedar rapids, iowa tonight. live coverage begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. washington journal begins in a moment. on c-span. later this morning, or conversation on digital currency and bitcoin. that is from the atlantic consul, live at 10: 30 eastern. at noon eastern, first lady michelle obama will host an event at the white house for military and veteran caregivers. jack lew will hold a news conference after the world bank meeting. that is live at 6:00 eastern. coming up this hour, we will talk with the heritage foundation's john malcolm about the investigation. later, we will talk with georgetown university history about the professor 50th anniversary of the 1964 civil rights act. we will also take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ >> good morning. very atiday, april 11 to "washington journal." will announceius today that she is stepping down. that comes months after the troubled rollout of the

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watch us in hd, like this one -- like this in facebook or those on twitter. >> tonight the iowa republican party's lincoln dinner. the keynote speakers house budget committee chairman paul ryan. the dinner starts at 8 p.m. eastern. before congressman ryan we will hear from several other speakers including iowa governor terry branstad. that's live from cedar rapids, iowa, starting at eight eastern on c-span. we will therefore more potential 2016 presidential candidates tomorrow morning on c-span. citizens united and americans for prosperity holding what they're calling the freedom summit in manchester, new hampshire. speakers include rand paul, texas hundred 10 is -- ted cruz, former arkansas governor mike huckabee and also don't draw. that starts at 10 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning live at c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the bracket commission, base realignment and closure and commission during i think the clinton administration. an outside group with integrity, former members of congress, no current elected poli

onch us in hd, like us facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> now, a discussion on reducing poverty in american cities. we will show you as much as we can until her program get started at 1:00. robert woodson is the president of the center for neighborhood enterprise. get yourn, could we reaction to something paul ryan recently said in a radio interview? [video clip] >> we have got a tailspin of culture in our inner cities. men are not working and generations of men are not thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work. so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. guest: and he was absolutely correct. i think he was mimicking something somebody else said. back in 1978 -- " our children are living in depressed neighborhoods and on the verge of ethical collapse. morally weak people inhabit their own personal group and contribute to the politics of -- a generation of people lacking moral and physical stamina necessary to fight a protracted civilizational crisis. its is a danger to itself, neighbors, and future generations." that was the reverend jes

watch us in hd. like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next, technologies role in helping to grow the middle class. how jobs are being lost to innovation in the digital revolution. a former white house green jobs adviser van jones and scott murphy, a venture capitalist, take part in the discussion. >> to my left is van jones, the president of rebuild the dream which is a platform for bottom-up innovations to help fix the u.s. economy. he the cohost of "crossfire" on cnn with his old friend newt gingrich. he was formally the green jobs adviser in the obama white house and he has written two new york times bestsellers. next is andrew mcafee. he and eric are co-authors of a new book called "the second machine age." work, progress, and prosperity. those that sign up, you are going to get a book and he is happy to sign them for you. it is really an interesting book. we have scott murphy, the former u.s. representative for new york's 20th congressional district and a venture capitalist. is the pr

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> now a debate on the safety of geneticallyodified food. you will hear from consumer advocate and author jeffrey smith and biotech entrepreneur gregory stock in this individual of our debate -- helio-our debate. two-our debate. >> jeffrey smith is a national best-selling author and film maker. he is the executive director for the institute of responsible technology. his book includes seeds of deception come exposing industry and government lies about the safety of genetically engineered food you're eating, which is the best bestseller on gm owes -- on gmo's. gregory stock, to my immediate left, dr. gregory stock is a biotech entrepreneur, best selling author and public communicator. he is a leading authority on advanced technology. he founded the -- at ucla school of medicine in 1997. served as its director for 10 years. a series of high-profile lectures, dr. stock has categorized and brought to the debate about the public policy applications. one of you ask him what bio informatics means. among his books are redesigning humans

us on hd and follow us on twitter. this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in the c-span documentary competition. annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. this year students were asked to create their video based on the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider? binghamr parker, david and cliff white are from new waverly, texas. they would like congress to change the way the federal reserve guide the economy. >> unfortunately today we face a manufactured political crisis that is beginning to deliver an unnecessary blow to the economy. >> if you pay any attention at all to the news or even everyday life for the past six years, you probably know our nations economy has had rough times recently. some might ignore this fact. ignorant view of economics may be the majority held about the population. unfortunately, many people only think of the here and now when it comes to the economy. near as concerned about the present as we are about the future and what it holds for us. as the federal reserve continues wit

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> at the national book festival in washington, pillage prize-winning historian taylor branch talked about the civil rights movement and his book trend 12 -- "the king years." this is 45 minutes. >> thank you, jeffrey, thanks to all of you for coming. this is a very exciting time and hope to use of this overwrites history to look forward rather than backward because i think all of you as citizens on an equal share of this country devoted to the idea of equal citizenship and that we should aspire to the mall of the civil rights era in which the the eight year-old children who were denied the right to vote advance freedom and democracy is by studying its basic principles and taking risk to make it real. [applause] something this overwrites movement is about our past but it's also about our future, which has a number of implications for those of us who are not students, one of them is that we should be concerned when our schools are teaching only reading and math because history in america, the only country in the world founded on an

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> in the senate yesterday majority leader harry reid tried to secure agreement to have votes on two nominations later in the day. republicans sought to delay the vote until april 28 after members return from a two-week break. the debate widens into a back and forth about the new senate rules on nominees and the pace of send work with minority leader mitch mcconnell and others taking part. >> we're here this afternoon because republicans are holding up confirmation of two important nominations. our leader today, the senate wrote to invoke cloture on michelle friedland, ninth circuit court of appeals. so the only question is, when will she be made a federal judge in the ninth circuit? there are some who say that 30 hours should run so they can speak for themselves on why they insist on doing so. there's no question that it's not to debate the nomination but it's just to do nothing, stand around and do nothing. she was nominated nine months ago by president obama, so it's time to confirm this well-qualified nominee. enough of de

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> congressman tim murphy has introduced a bill to improve access to mental health resources. he talks about the bill at the american enterprise institute. this is one hour 25 minutes. >> thank you for coming today. i am a resident scholar here at aei. our discussion is on the role of mental health and the role of the government and mental health policy. we typically think of mental health as a state responsibility. to a large extent it is. the federal government can have a very influential role in shaping services and policies for mentally ill patients. there are huge gaps through which mentally ill patients fallen to the street and into jail. it is heartbreaking situation. today we have representative tim murphy. the panel discusses helping family and mental health crisis act. it addresses persistent problems in mental health care systems, among them, the shortage of psychiatric beds. there was just a hearing two days ago on that. the inadequate education of evidence-based treatment. small problem of violence and mentally

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the u.s. senate will gavel in in just a couple of moments. they will start with speeches after their party lunches action of the party lunches come up at 12:30 and members will return with senator barbara mikulski was the sponsor of the equity built which is before the senate and democratic colleagues talk about that bill which requires employers to pay men and women a similar publications the same wages for similar jobs. now to live coverage ofde the. senate. dr. black. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, today make our lawmakers instruments of your grace and goodness. teach them how to be patient with themselves and each other. forgive them when they permit impatience to lead them astray preventing them from seeing the wonder and majesty of your purpose for our nation and world.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. .. the david morse lecture series, honors lawyers, public servants and internationalists who have been in active, honoring lawyer, public servant and internationals council member for nearly 30 years. our guest today, why you here, president of the world bank, dr. jim yong kim. he will speak with opening remarks, chat and then have about a half hour of q&a. we will wrap up right on time. thanks so much for coming. dr. kim. >> good morning, everybody. thanks, michelle, and also thanks to our host, the council on foreign relations to i'm very honored to be here giving the david a. morse lecture. i want to talk today about some fundamental issues in global development and the world bank group's role in helping countries and the private sector meet the greatest challenges in development. you know, for a very long time, the rich have known some extent and certainly too much greater extent in recent years the rich have known how the poor around the world live. but what's new in today's world is

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. center'stisan policy commission on political reform had its final convention in late march. susan page moderated his town hall meeting at the jfk library in boston. you'll hear from some of the members including former u.s. senators, congressmen, and white house advisers. >> welcome back. i'm susan page of "usa today." we have been honored to participate in this project with the bipartisan policy center and its commission on political reform. we cannot claim to have solved the issue of congressional dysfunction and political polarization, but over the past year we have tried to foster thoughtful and productive conversation about it among policymakers and engaging a lot of americans, including you. today we have another very impressive group of panelists, former members of congress and others, all members of the bipartisan commission on political reform. as we start, i want to say to our panelists, thank you so much for your service to your state and our country. [applause] let me intro

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> earlier today house budge committee ranking member -- budget committee ranking member chris van hollen spoke at a breakfast sponsored by the christian science monitor. we'll show you as much of this as we can until the pentagon briefing on africa starts at 1:30. >> i'm dave cook from the monitor. our guest is congressman chris van holdingen of maryland -- van hollen of maryland. this is his seventh visit with our group, his last was in september of last year. his parents both served as u.s. diplomats and, thus, he was of born in pakistan. he earned his bachelor's degree at -- [inaudible] a master's in public policy from the kennedy school at harvard and a law degree from georgetown. he took that impressive resumÉ to a position on the staff to the senate foreign relations committee, was elected to the maryland senate in '94 and to congress in 2002. in 2005 he became co-chair of the dccc working with rahm emanuel and was named chairman himself this -- in 2007. in 2010 his democratic colleagues elected him the ranking memb

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter.coming up tonight at 8 eastern on c-span, the national museum of women and the arts hosts a discussion on women judicial leaders with supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and rosalie abiela. here's a portion. >> it was inconceivable when we started practicing law that we would ever be a judge. inconceivable. there were no women judges, maybe two or three in the whole country. so one of the reasons that was an advantage, and especially if you're kind of an outsider, and i know it's hard to talk about outsider/insider when you're on the supreme court, but we all understand what it feels like to be an outside insider. you do what you feel is the right thing -- >> what do you mean, outsider? what do you mean? >> if you're different, if you know you're different, if you're not like the rest of the culture that you are professionally in, if you're not -- i mean, for me in ontario, i mean, i was jewish, immigrant, female in a male profession that was largely, i mean, grandfather was a su

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> here's a recent panel discussion >> now, a discussion on the future of conservatism and the republican party that includes authors, columnists and journalists. there is a question and answer session with the audience from the manhattan institute in new york city, this is an hour and a half. >> what is the future of good evening everyone. thank you for joining us. >> what is the future of conservatism? what policies should embrace western mark there are a great number of people qualified to discuss these questions. we have assembled a number of younger leading-edge journalists, scholars and authors who come from a variety of backgrounds to discuss what the way forward could be. they will not always agree, but perhaps through a thoughtful discussion we will illuminate the finer points of the debate. in a way, it reminds me of the early days of city journal, when people like kevin mcdonald and george kelling, hardly people who would be characterized as classic conservatives, manage to get together and form a conservative p

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> president obama leaves tomorrow fora weeklong trip to asia. he'll visit japan, south korea, malaysia and the philippines, but first he'll make a stop in washington state to survey damage from the mud slide that killed more than 30 people last month. president obama will be the first sitting u.s. president to visit malaysia since lyndon johnson visited there in 1966. , "the washington post" reporting president obama will meet with the leaders of four asian nations, he'll answer questions at a town hall-style event at a university in malaysia and answer u.s. service members in south korea during a weeklong trip that begins on tuesday. the trip comes after the president missed a scheduled visit to four asian countries in the fall during the partial u.s. government shutdown. >> if you start with the basics which is everybody acknowledges that a consumer has the right to an antenna, everybody acknowledges a consumer has a right to make a recording of free-to-air content for themselves, everybody acknowledges there is nothing

us in hd and like us on facebook. about taxre talking preparation. should people be doing if they are not done? gettingthey should be it done. they don't have much time. it is easy to get an extension if you can't get it done by the 15th. most people don't have to file a form. you pushed the deadline back to october. you don't have to file it if you have a refund coming which 75% of americans do. make some strains alike in on the form, the 15th doesn't matter. it is time to sit down. it always comes this time. it can pizza with the final poor -- it competes with the final four. host: are there things that have changed? almost nothing has changed. there will be changes coming up next year because things will expire. the tax code is almost identical. you can look at last year and it is a great roadmap for where they will be this year. host: we talk about the overlooked elections. i came up with a short list. some of the things like state loans,ax, student military reservist travel, paid to ans, jury employer. most employers continue to pay salary when

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the first thing i would do is not let the largest cable tv second largest cable tv company. that is where i would start. y job here on the judiciary committee is to -- at these hearings is to raise my concerns. like a reallys smart guy, a really great guy. earns what he gets. ask tough was to questions. they have 107 lobbyists on capitol hill. they are swarming capitol hill with lobbyists. got 100,000 people, more than 100,000 people write me their objections. the first thing i would do is stop this deal. i would not let this go through if i were -- it is not up to me, it is up to the fcc and the doj. >> senator franken weighs in on the proposed comcast-time warner cable merger. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. a lookn mondays we take at how taxpayer dollars are being spent. today we are taking a look at the united. funds nations. joining us from new york is louis charbonneau with reuters and the united nations bureau chief. louis charbonneau, what is the united nations and why was it st

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> american university's washington college of law hosted a discussion tuesday on legal issues facing documented and undocumented immigrants. a panel of hispanic legal advocates examine issues such as people offering fraudulent legal services and hospitals supporting immigrants who cannot afford to pay for medical care. this is one hour 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for coming. dean grossman, thank you for this great conference and the like to thank the panelists and it prohibits this great coverage together every year for giving such a wonderfully other time. as the said my name is fernando rivera. we are in our 37th year. we love to partner with american university every year that supports a very significant cohort of the latino law student community here in the district of columbia. we do this because it's the right thing to do and we do this because we are here to support those of you who are law students now become lawyers, ma successful ones, an those of yon the audience were actually practici

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> gm ceo mary barra scituate allow herson to drive a chevy cobalt now but only if you use only the ignition key and execute our objects dangling from it. her comments ken turner second day of testimony on the hill. this sunday for the senate transformation subcommittee and some protection and product safety. the gm recall started in february and covers more than 2 million vehicles. a chevy cobalt and hh it, the saturn ion and the pontiac j5 and solstice made from 2003-2011. this testimony is just under two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> ms. barra, it would go ahead and take the witness chair. this subcommittee will come to order. it was a rainy night on march 10, 2010, broken the own who is 29 and a pediatric nurse was driving her 2005 chevy cobalt to meet her boyfriend for her birthday dinner outside of atlanta. as she was driving on the highway, her car suddenly lost power. unable to control the vehicle, it hydroplaned, crossed the centerline and slammed into another vehicle at 58 miles per hour. her car ended up

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues.t: our first guest this morning is "tim ryan." thanks for joining us. now, with the state passing the unemployment bill, where you see it going. i don't think this is something a speaker was take up, but if you can get any kind of compromise out of the senate, i think it would behoove us to at least have the speaker bring it to the floor, which i think would be smart. i think democrats would put up the number of votes to help pass it. the compromise seems to center on job creation issues. think of focus has to be on job creation. republicans have failed to put anything forward in the past couple of decades. in their own philosophy on how to create jobs and the economy. there is a balance between ,overnment investments, taxes and other strategies that the republicans seem to think we can get there with george bush strategy. it really didn't work out. they had opportunity to implement their philosophies of supply-side economics. they did it when bush came in and they control both chamber

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> it is a temper town. town.ber it was to begin with. industry,ght of the if you were to drop into bend in 1928, you would have smelled the and get itawdust on your clothes. you would hear periodic mill whistles from the two gigantic super mills that were on the banks of the river. it would have permeated everything. it would have been 10 minutes whereom the downtown core all the shops were but you would've seen the smoke from the smokestacks and the burners. you would've heard the whistles and known right away that you were in the middle of timber town. >> book tv in american history tv look at the history and literary life of and, obend, oregon. >> washington journal continues. host: our final segment this morning is with scott and the executive director of compete america. good morning. for those who don't know, what is compete america? that has a coalition been in existence for two teches. it is made up of companies primarily. a lot of companies that you have heard of. google, microsoft, hp, intel. compa

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. : earlier this month, the supreme court handed down a high profile of ruling in mccutcheon v. federal election commission. here to talk about what the fec does is fec chairman lee goodman. what does the sec do, and how does that work change as a result of what happened earlier this month? >> well, the federal election commission if the federal agency in washington, d.c. that regulates the flow of money in politics, that is the flow. we had minister of the law, we interpret the code as written by congress, and issue regulations and add more detail to the laws that congress writes. we educate the public and the regulated community on how to comply with that law. we have training sessions, online webinars, we review all of the federal financial disclosure reports submitted by all committees, we review those for accuracy, for mistakes, community regularly with the filers, that is the campaign, political actionm committees. we are a clearinghouse for all of the data. that means the federal

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. washington journal continues. host: the labor department releasing jobless figures on friday. 6.7% the number of americans currently out of work. an editorial this morning from the wall street journal. the decline of work, looking up at appointment ratio, stagnant even for americans of rhyme working age. coming up at the top of the hour the chair of the presidents council of economic advisers to take a look at the jobless numbers and also the economy. we want to get to your calls and comments as well about the senate taking up the jobless benefits tomorrow. 202 is the area code. -- the senate is expected to vote tomorrow to pass a bipartisan bill that will restore long-term unemployment benefits that were allowed to expire in december. all the attention is turned to the house where early indicators say the deal may be dead on arrival. what will house republican still? -- do? both say the senate bill does not do enough to create new jobs. here's is more from our conversation on the issue. >> let me tell you why i t

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. journal"ngton continues.t: welcome to a washington correspondent for the las vegas sun. we want to talk about this gentleman, cliven bundy, and his ranch in nevada. guest: guest: he is the new most famous person from the state. he is a 68-year-old rancher. grazing his cattle in an area that the government wants him to stop. the family has been doing this since the 1870's. -- the federaln government has no jurisdiction to tell him to stop. this all resolved in the last week in an armed standoff. they tried to forcibly remove his cattle. then, a bunch of militia members came in and he stood down. is, legally,on what will happen? the federal government does not want to get into a firefight. for 20s been going on years. will he, won't he? maybe the cattle will be taken away. host: this is a reference to the bureau of land management. he moved west of the mississippi. in nevada, 80% of the land is under federal concert -- control. 87%, depending on who you talk to. the population is very concentrated. there is a b

. >> you can track rain in the bay area using life doppler 7 hd on our weather app. >> moving on now there is a manhunt in benicia. police search for two men involved in a highway shooting. you can see s.w.a.t. teams driving and joining the search effort near second street. police say someone opened fire, hitting a car and a gas station. the man got out and ran. police took him into custody. two other men kept triefg. the car spun out they ran into a neighborhood near south hampton. >> a former firefighter charged with felony driving under the influence after colliding with a motorcyclist in june is now free on bail. the video shows a truck hitting a motorcyclist who suffered multiple broken bones a grand jury indicted the firefighter last week. the 43-year-old turned himself in. results found he had a.13 blood alcohol level >> state senator leland yee appeared briefly in court. outside his attorney said something seemed like an indication of a possible defense strategy. carolyn? >> senator yee's attorney is declining to tip it's hand he says the state lawmaker will plead not guilty w

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal continues -- washingtonal" continues . host: we have kurt volker. guest: thanks for having me. host: developments over the weekend -- continued unrest in eastern ukraine. russia -- headlines indicate that russia is behind this. what is going on? guest: this is like what we saw in crimea a few weeks ago. the testers in eastern ukraine taking over government buildings -- protesters any string ukraine taking over government buildings, asserting they have the right to be independent or to be part of russia. they were very well armed. the intention of russia is to take these provinces back to the russian federation. host: this is a quote from the "l.a. times" article. guest: ukrainians having seen what happened in crimea, are now prepared to respond more forcefully to try to take back these buildings. there is an antiterrorist operation to reassert control. washington is warning them off taking those kinds of steps to assert control. host: what is next? guest: russia has 40,000 plus troops on the other side of th

watch us in hd. follow us on twitter. like us on facebook. >> washington journal continues. join us to discuss the ukraine is matthew rojansky. he is from the wilson center. you're glad to have you back on "washington journal." we are three-day removed from that international pact. it is still early. is that succeeding? guest: it is better than nothing at this point. the united states and the european union and the russians as well as the ukrainians are involved in the process on some level. the geneva talks that came out of it, that they were able to get any agreement means that diplomacy has a chance. there has been violence, the separatists have not abated the buildings that they occupied the russian side has asked that program ukrainian forces stand down, nobody has moved in that direction. we have relative quiet. it seems like the agreement gives us the opportunity to let cooler o or heads prevail. host: everybody aggrieved -- agreed to this except the separatists on the ground. guest: the challenge is the relationship between the geopolitical actors and the forces on t

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues.t: joining us now, lee rainie of the pew research center, he is the director for the internet and american life project. thank you for joining us. 18% of people finding that their information has been compromised? guest: even more strikingly, we did a survey last summer asking the same question and found that 11% of internet users had had their really important information compromised, social security number, record number a banking information, stuff like that. just in january when we did this new survey, it jumps to 18%. it was particularly striking among younger folks, people between the ages of 18 and 29. so the line of breaches that we have seen in recent months starting with the target stores' breach around christmas time now with new information coming out pretty regularly, a lot more people are aware of what's going on and they have probably had direct experience. host: with the server you took, how to these breaches take place? what kind of information was compromised? guest:

not many in the mood for the ice cream at the local baskin robbins. >> you can use live doppler 7 hd on our weatherup to track the weather. >>> in the sierra, a snowboarder from san francisco who disappeared on monday has been found alive and well. the 25-year-old was snow boarding when his father in the back country across interstate 80 from the resort when the two were separated in the snow and cord. finding a home last night around 8:00, he survived using snowboard and debris to use a shelter. he was taken to the local hospital. >> in oakland, southbound 880 have re-opened after a deadly crash that blocked lanes for several hours. the highway patrol says a car that spun out of control on the freeway south of high street led to a deadly chain of events that was hit by another vehicle and one of those drivers got out of the car to walk on the shoulder and they were hit and killed by credit another driver. >> in the east bay, oakland hills investigating a double shooting that left one dead and sent another to the hospital. the victims were found last night in the street at 11:30. name

in san francisco. good evening, everyone. >> sky seven hd shows us firefighters fighting back flames in san francisco. can see the flames from the roof top close to other homes. that fire put out a lot of thick snoek seen for miles rising from th building. >> flames first reported before 5:00 this evening. that is where abc7 news joins us live now. have crews knocked down this power for good? >> yes. they have. still, a very chaotic situation here at dolores street. temperatures continue to search this building for hot spots i've counted a dozen firefighters here cutting through the roof, trying to vent late the situation. take a look. sky 7 overhead minutes after it started about 4:40 this afternoon. it was upgraded to a second alarm when it came clear to firefighters more help was needed. about 60, 70 firefighters are on the scene nochlt reports of

watch us in hd, like this on facebook, follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: each week and this segment of the "washington journal," we put a spotlight on a magazine piece. we welcomed enough i'm erin -- maren ofe dina fine "scientific american," are e-cigarettes safe? no one knows for sure. guest: thank you for having me. that is a complex question. there are several controversies that go back to the heart of it, which is the science or the lack of science about this issue. nicotineertainly that is part of an electronic cigarette, that is addictive. we know there have been incidents of people overdosing on nicotine, which could be a problem. we know what is in them, typically it is three ingredients -- nicotine, a flavoring, and something called propylene glycol. which is a syrupy liquid that is used typically in foods and shampoos to keep a product moist. the difference here is the same difference that, for example, we know what happens when we eat it. we do not know what happens when we inhale it. host: is that the biggest concern of the components th

in san francisco. good evening, everyone. >> sky seven hd shows us firefighters fighting back flames in san francisco. >>. you can see the flames from the roof top close to other homes. that fire put out a lot of thick snoek seen for miles rising from that building. >> flames first reported before 5:00 this evening. that is where abc7 news joins us live now. have crews knocked down this power for good? >> yes. they have. still, a very chaotic situation here at dolores street. temperatures continue to search this building for hot spots i've counted a dozen firefighters here cutting through the roof, trying to vent late the situation. take a look. sky 7 overhead minutes after it started about 4:40 this afternoon. it was upgraded to a second alarm when it came clear to firefighters more help was needed. about 60, 70 firefighters are on the scene nochlt reports of injuries. let's go back live, more firefighters accessing the roof if needed the chief confirms the fire is now under control. he says the building was built around 1925, he said that is not his biggest concern. if you can see to our left there

you can track rain using live doppler 7 hd in our abc7 weather app. >> patrol found a body inside of a car that appears to have plunged off a krif near highway 1. detectives have not said if the 93-year-old was in the car that disappeared today. his family offered a $5,000 reward in the hopes of finding him. >> the attorney for the man prosecutors call the central figure in the racketeering conspiracy involving state senator leland yee says his man was ensnared by the fbi. >> vic lee joins us live with the latest. >> a close confident to state senator leland yee was in court today was on court today. the judge continued a hearing to decide whether or not to make that bond $250,000. prosecutors want to keep him in custody. the prosecutor called jackson a flight right after this sxk a danger to the community saying the campaign fund-raiser was quote, a one man crime wave the complaint says jackson was involved in drugs, weapons trafficking and murder for hire. prosecutors say jackson brought former chinatown gangster raymond shrimp boy chow and senator yee together to commit crimes. hi

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