c-span: used to be with nbc. >> guest: yes. c-span: and then to his right, john chancellor... >> guest: john chancellor. and... c-span: ...and peter hackes. >> guest: ...peter hackes, and art buchwald. and you can see from the expressions on their face that they were just as engrossed and involved in everything that was going on, and that was saying--as any of the spectators were, because people could not believe what they were hearing, and the facts that were being revealed, and then when the vote came and he was impeached, that--then they were--the articles of impeachment were passed, it--it--you know, sort of supported all that maybe a lot of them had thought and felt about what had happened with this white house and in the cover-up. c-span: where are you from originally? >> guest: new jersey. c-span: where? >> guest: new brunswick, channel--i mean, exit 9, to some people. i went to school there, sacred heart grammar school, st. peter's high school, and then joined the navy in world war ii. c-span: go to college? >> guest: ye

thanks a lot. >>> use c-span's 2012 website to watch videos of candidates on the campaign trail. see what the candidates say on issues important to you and read the latest from candidates, political reporters and people like you from social media sites at cspan.org/campaign2012. tonight on the communicators, the third in our series from this year's consumers electronics show on developments in communications, consumer technology and policy. this week with the head of mercedes-benz cars and toyota's vice president for advanced technology. they will discuss voice command, internet integration and increasing car safety n-some cases aiming for crash-free cars. the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> a new america where freedom is made real for all without regard to race or belief or economic conditions. i need a new america which everything lastingly attacks the ancient idea that men can solve their differences by killing each other. >> as candidates campaign for president this year we look back at 14 men that ran for the office and lost. go to our website cspan.org to see o

this is american history tv on c-span three. >>> you're joining us on c-span 3 american history tv every weekend. 48 hours of the people and the events that tell the american story. we're continuing our special look at the nation's first ladies on this presidents' day weekend. and we revisit nancy reagan's 1999 tour of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> mrs. reagan, for somebody who's not been to this library, how do you get here? where is it? >> it's in simi valley, and it sits high on 100 acres. and it's not too far from los angeles. we can leave our house and be here in 45 minutes. it's beautiful. just beautiful. everybody should come and see it. >> one of the things that struck me after being at the ranch was there some similarity here. the winding roads and all that. do you think about that? >> well, ronnie always liked to be high, shining city on the hill. our house in bel air is high. and the ranch is high. this is high. and that always peopled -- he could never live in a valley. you know, in a valley, i guess you'd call it. >> when you thought about this library, what was

. >>> for more resources in the presidential race use c-span's campaign 2012 websites to watch video of the candidates on the campaign trail, see what the candidates have said on issues important to you and read the latest from candidates and reporters and people like you at cspan.org/campaign2012. >>> the u.s. house voted in december to change the 1988 law restricting the release of customers' video rental history without their consent. the senate judiciary subcommittee heard about the issue from the general counsel of netflix, online privacy advocates and scholars. this is about an hour and 30 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. it's my pleasure to well you come you to the third hearing on the subcommittee of privacy, technology and the law. now before we start, i just want to applaud the supreme court for its decision in the jones case. it was, i believe, the right result, but it was also call to action to congress because while law enforcement now needs a warrant to track your location, all of the companies that get your location information almost every day, your smartp

. >>> for more or resources in the presidential race, use c-span's campaign 2012 web site to watch videos of the candidates on the campaign trail, see what the candidates have said on issues important to you, and read the latest from candidates, political reporters and people like you from social media sites at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >>> now, iowa's governor terry branstad speaks to his general assembly on the condition of the state. he talks about his budget, the state of the economy, job creation and the importance of education in developing job skills for the future. from des moines, this 30-minute event is courtesy of iowa public television. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> madam lieutenant governor, mr. president, mr. speaker, leaders, justices and judges, legislators, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends and fellow iowans: today it is my honor to stand before you and deliver this, my 17th state of the state address, in this great chamber. and while 17 doesn't sound like such a big number to me, my wife, chris, would say

us. remember and be proud. ♪ >>> you're watching american his other tv. all weekend every weekend on c-spa c-span3. for more information, follow us on twitter,@c-spantory. >> hosted by our time warner cable partner, american history tv is in beaumont, texas, this weekend to explore its history in literary culture. for more information on our tour of six city, visit cspan.org/local content. >>> we're standing on crockett street in downtown beaumont in buildings that were probably built around the turn of the 20th century. they were built along the railroad tracks where the railroad came through town. so they were an important part of the business district there. at some point, parts of crockett street became more notorious and they were a mainstream establishment. beaumont had turned a blind eye more or less to prostitution as long as it was in some remote corner of the town. however, this was not. at some point the dixie hotel became a brothel. but it was considered to be a very fine one and the clientele was limited. the employees there were supposed to be the prettiest girls around. and it was not the sort of thing that anybody could just walk in

everyone beginning with its namesake responsible for the lecture series, not to mention those joining us via c-span. i recognize many a returning face from last month. this means one of two things. either a, you're a student of all things washington, or b, you are a glutton for punishment. but in any event, i'm delighted to see you. character, said mark twain, is the architect of achievement. it was twain, after all, who famously declared himself to be a greater man than the father of his country for the simple reason whereas george washington couldn't tell a lie, he twain could. on closer examination, the joke isn't on washington at all, but on the humorist and his hero worshipping contemporaries. for the same mark twain who chuckled over a god-like washington came close to defying ulysses grant. above all, twain marvelled at grant's self-possession, the single quality that comes closest in my opinion to defining washington. but whereas grant seems to have been born with his thermostat set on woe, washington waged a life-long struggle to control his combustible emotions. a warrior of mercurial tem

. >> let's look at a comment coming to us from c-span junky on twitter. if congress doesn't earmark, the administration gets to earmark and make decisions on how to spepd, right? let's look at the break bout bos in "washington post." members of congress, earmarks sent home and what it means for the bottom line for taxpayers as well as for their local districts. this, of course, is the leader of the senate democrats. he is from nevada. $21.5 million. in 2004 rein and 2005, he secur million to secure a bridge over the colorado river. nevada with arizona, rezoned the undeveloped land in bull head city. ousl reported by "los angeles times." a spokesman says it has been stated before senator reid supports the bridge and has absolutely nothing to do with property he owns and that the based on the fact that a project is good for southern nevada and nothing else. let's go to georgia. hi, merlin. >> caller: good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: i'd like to know how we got money going moo their districts. they should really be illegal. i think congress should d

c-span 3. for more information follow us on twitter @c-span history. >>> a generation before president john f. kennedy, acting on behalf of a grateful nation, designated him an honorary american citizen. winston churchill paid his own heart-felt tribute to his trant atlantic origins. appearing before a joint session of congress on the day after christmas 1941, he puckishly observed "i cannot help reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother british, instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. today outside the british embassy on massachusetts avenue, churchill literally two nations in one bronze footprinted on british soil and the other on american. this pleased the old man himself no end. of the statue announced on his 89th birthday, thesaid, "i feel rest happily on both feet." controversy arose over sculptor william mcvay's depiction of the war time prime minister, not because of his characteristically defiant stance with right hand raised in a trademark v for victory salute. no, it was another churchill icon. the cigar in his left hand. that offended so

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thank you for being here with us on c-span. >> my pleasure. >> this is "washington today" carried live today on c-span 3 and heard coast to coast on xm channel 119. >> senate republican leader harry reid threatened to move his own payroll tax extension as democrats across the capital called the republican plan to obstruct the extension. the deadline is approaching by the end of this month. house senate conferrees tried to hammer out a resolution and also on unemployment insurance benefits and a way to keep the medicaid doc fixes from seeing a cut to their federal reimbursements. as always as expected a number of disagreements to offset what is expected $100 billion cost. democrats are pushing a surtax on millionaires and republicans remain in types that plan. senator reid critical of republicans for bogging down the payroll tax conversation today with a debate on what's called the boiler mac rules which are regulations to remain toxic emissions from boilers. it's hurting small businesses and could potentially kill thousands of american jobs as it's currently written. this one issue par

thank you for joining us on c-span. the house energy and commerce comed today approving legislation that would reverse the president's rejection of that keystone oil sands pipeline. the bill latest to the advance the alberta to texas pipeline. republicans trying to punish the president politically. there's a story about this at the hill.com, all of this ahead of the 2012 election. critical of the president for failing to green light the project that republicans say will create jobs and boost energy security. a number of amendments being put forth by democrats on the committee. ed markey, his amendment failed 14-37 that republicans claim would with curb account reliance on oil from unstable nations. also a proposal put forth by john dingell from michigan. his amendment using the same process that was used by previous administrations, again all of this part of the ongoing debate over the keystone xl pipeline. the senate is not scheduled to take up the measure. let's hear from congressman john dingell on his proposal. >> y

. >> carey brown joining us from the political newsroom, and thank you for join uing us on c-span and c-span radio. >> thank you, steve. >>> let's turn our attention to a couple of bills making it through the house and the senate of the department of energy and transportation specifically. house republicans deciding to split what was the $260 billion transportation bill into three separate parts, and house republicans did so according to the "hill" newspaper after it was clear that the vote was not there after the provisions were packaged together. last night over some democratic objections, the house committee ruled that the rule that governs the debate on all three bills which possibly began earlier today on that rule tries to clarify some of of the bills, and also sent members of congress back and forth on not only the issue, but also the rule that was put forth, so to give you a sense of how this is unfolding here as we listen to jim mcgovern from massachusetts. >> and speaker boehner said it would not pass the straight face test, but i will tell you that i'm having trouble having

. >> carrie brown joining us from the political newsroom, thanks for joining us on c-span and c-span radio. >> thanks, steve. >> let's turn our attention to a cull of bills moving through the house and senate, energy and transportation specifically, as a way of background. house republicans this week deciding to split what was the $260 billion transportation bill into three separate parts and house republicans did so according to the hill newspaper after it became clear the votes were not there when the provisions were packaged together. last night over some democratic objection, the house rules committee approved a rule that governs the debate on all three bills, now, the house debate which began earlier today on that rule tries to clarify some of the bills. it also sent members of congress back and forth on not only the issue but also the rule that was put forth so to give you a sense of how this is all unfolding in washington we'll begin with congressman jim mcgovern, a democrat from massachusetts. >> madam speaker, speaker boehner used to be fond of criticizing bills by saying th

to those who are joining us on c-span i'd like to introduce myself and dr. timothy j.orr. i'm a professor of history here at old dominion university and you are joining history 3 51. we've been going all semester talking about related to the coming of the civil war and we'll be finishing up in a few weeks with how it ended and its legacy. today we'll be talking about a rather depressing subject and nevertheless an important one. the story of the prisoners of war. i would like to begin by kind of offering two expregs in latin, use in bella and use ad bellum. does anyone know what it means? >> it means justice in war and use ad bella is justis of war. if you try to consider the philosophies of just war theory, there are two ing thises you want to examine. is the war fought for quote, unquote just purposes and is it fought with, quote, unquote, just methods and you can examine any american conflict this way. you can sort of mix and match the two ideas. you can fight a just war with unjust methods. you can fight an st methods. in the case of the american civil war, we certainl

us. >> thank you. >> you're listening to "washington today" being simulcast on c-span3. check us out at c-span radio.org. a long-term outlook that many say congress needs to work on, one of the issues that senator ron widing put forth as ben bernanke testified on capitol hill. last week he was before a house committee. today before the senate budget committee. >> i want to ask you a little bit more about the shocks to the committee that you the have been discussing. you talk about the pace of the recovery being slow and particularly for the millions of people who are hurting, unemployed, underemployed and that all of this really comes together as part of a sluggish expansion that's left the economy vulnerable to shocks. so i can see plenty of shocks. the payroll tax debate bogging down into a quagmire and talking about two months or another short-term effort. we mentioned europe as another one. mentioned the question 69 sequestration and you know, to me, that will alone puts a very negative spectacle you know out because it would mean that in a lame duck session in the 2012 congress, you would

c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. >>> an air of mystery has surrounded this bronze likeness of alexander hamilton. so claims author james m. good in his definitive book on the outdoor sculpture of washington, d.c. in dedicating the ten foot tall figure, the great visitors president warren harding talked about an anonymous donor. could it have been andrew mellon who liked to describe as the greatest secretary of the treasury since hamilton himself. sculpted by james earl fraser, the protege of augusta st. gardens, hamilton wears a slightly quizzical look. perhaps he is trying to recognize his surroundings. after all, it was his famous deal with congressional supporters of thomas jefferson that led to the assumption of the states debts to an entirely new city or the built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays tribute instead to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the natural resources that reads an abundant streams of revenue gusts forth. >>> this is c-span 3 with

to those who are joining us on c-span, i'd like to introduce myself, i'm dr. timothy j. orr, professor of history here at old dominion in norfolk, you are joining history 351, history of the civil war and reconstruction. all things related to the coming of the civil war and we'll finish with how it ended and its legacy. so today we'll be talking about a rather depressing subject but nevertheless an important one. the story of the prisoners of war. and i'd like to begin by kind of offering kind of two expressions in latin. use in bello and use ad bellum. does anyone here know what they mean? yeah, it's kind of a tough language to decipher. it means in war and justice of war. if you try to consider the philosophies of just war theory, there are two things you want to examine. is the war fought for quote, unquote, just purposes? and is it fought with quote, unquote, just methods? and you can examine any american conflict this way. you can sort of mix and match the two ideas. you can fight a just war with unjust methods. and you can fight an unjust war with just methods. in

c-span and definitely thank you for an excellent lecture, guys. enjoy the rest of your day. >>> you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. >>> in may of 2011, mistoron richard norton smith led a ten-day bus tour from north carolina to texas. the group stopped at many presidential and historic sites along the route. one of the stops was the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza in dallas, texas. the mee sum was located in what was once the texas school book debaas toir. from the sixth floor of this building, lee harvey oswald shot john f. kennedy on november 22nd, 1963. curator gary mack talked about the museum and how the information on the assassination and ensuing investigations is presented. >> what we set out to do was to basically tell what happened and not draw any of our own conclusions about what it means, but to present what history has told us. and there have been several investigations, and various developments over the years. most people, according to the public opinion surveys, have never been satisfied that it was just lee harvey oswald. but none of these other theories have been

us, to meet three people who cared about it, and wanted ko convey that significance to you. thank you all three for tonight. >> you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter@cspanhistory. >>> hi, i'm mark, i head up c-span's lcv project, local content vehicle. we have three of them. the purpose of these vehicles is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. now, how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they're able to roll, record, produce and edit things from the road. that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i want to do this is to get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all of our networks. we're doing what we're calling lcv cities tour. we'll descend on each city with all three vehicles. one will do historic sites, the other will do book tv programming catching up with authors and the third one does community relations events. it's important to us because we work with our cable partners in each one of the cities. the last thing that's important to know is want this gets put on the website, c-span video li

you can download each program individually at c-span.org or subscribe using itunes. access the c-span app or your mobile device. >> welcome back to "washington today." congressional republicans and democrats moving closer to an agreement to expend through the rest of this year. that payroll tax cut. it would also end result the conference committee saying ging they would accept the payroll tax ex-attention without, the take roll tax cut, the impact that it has on those americans, especially middle-class americans, fravrm, if you make $50,000 a year would mean another $80 per month in your paycheck. >> over the past two years, our businesses have added over 3.7 million new jobs. our manufacturers are hiring more new workers to make more new things here in america than at any time since the 1990s. so our economy is growing stronger. and the last thing we need -- the last thing we can afford to do is to go back to the same policies that got us in this mess in the first place. the last sthing we need is for washington to stand in the way of america's comeback. first and foremost, that mea

. >> for more resources, use c- span's website to watch videos of the candidates. what they have said on issues important to you and i read the latest from reporters and people like you from social media sites at c-span.org. >> a discussion now on american culture and civil life. monday, moral convictions, and national myths. you'll hear from robert kuttner, writer robert to george and susan jacoby. the discussion is moderated by e.j. dionne. this is two hours. >> i am a co-director of the center along with peter and peggy. we are pleased to this evening to be hosting a three-way debate, what rules america, money, morals, or myth. joinedrateful you have us tonight. but me ask you to turn off yourself phones and other electronic devices. let me alert you that the cards and pencils are for your questions. please formulate them at any point tonight. then hold them up and one of our them up.nts will pick be certain to write legibly. so that we can make use of your questions. when you saw the format for tonight, perhaps you side and lamented that in this primary season,

c-span3. then a hearing on the use of presidential recess appointments. next c-span radio's "washington today" with news and events of the day from the nation's capital, including reaction to president obama's 2013 budget request. p. >>> i asked a simple question. you're the director of the >> i ask a simple question. you're the director of the omb, does your budget -- >> our budget is a more honest budget. it looks at what's happening. >> will the witness not answer this simple question? i just asked a simple question. >> it's a more accurate reflection of what we're going to spend. >> will it spend more or less? >> just some of the exchanges earlier today on capitol hill as members of the president's administration provide details to members of congress on the 2013 spending blueprint that, exchange with senator jeff sessions, republican of alabama and acting director of office of management and budget, jeffrey zients. a new poll out showing rick santorum and mitt romney essentially tied in the race. this the latest from the abc news/"washington post" poll. also sho

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they tell us they have a much better deal than we have in the united states. i would like c-span to have some of these people on. let us get some different perspectives other than the insurance companies. that would be a great help to make up our minds as to where we need to go with our health care. i am not a very religious person, but i do understand the first and greatest socialist person was jesus christ. for these republicans and people who want to talk out of both sides of the mouth, they need to read the bible and see that taking care of your neighbor is part of being a christian. guest: i think the caller touches on a point that we see strong support for the program. i think there is general agreement across party lines and at the state and federal level about the importance of providing coverage to children. the broad political and public support has been key to the program's success. host: this $44 billion is a five-year figure. it goes until 2013. what is the future of funding for the program? guest: the figure you are referring to is part of the reauthorization act th

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c-span 3 and online. >>> all day today, american history tv is featuring america's first ladies. who do you think was our most influential first lady? vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3 and we are marking this weekend on presidents' day, looking at the nation's first ladies. up next, lady bird johnson takes us back to 1968 and shows us the white house she knew. >> a rather small room, it will be a little crowded. move up this way. >> many years ago when i was the wife of a brand new texas congressman i snapped photos outside the iron gates. i never imagined one day i would live on the other side of that fence. i had the distinct feeling that this house belonged in part to me. i think that's a feeling that everyone who visits here shares. just like the thousands who come here each year. i was impressed by the majesty of the great state rooms on the first floor, and was proud of the stream of history that ran through each of them. what the passerby doesn't always realize is that there are two sides to the white house. the official side that remains in the public eye and the private side tha

c-span. >>> primetime programming across the c-span networks today. join us tonight at 8:00 for speeches from the recent world economic forum from davos switzerland. topic, the global economy on c-span. c-span2 at 8:00, book tv focus. tonight the focus is on african-american lives, and here on c-span3 at 8:00, american history tv examining the lives and times of george washington. >>> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power are salute. >> they said black power. they intimidated so many people. white people in particular, by using that phrase. black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power, it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blow up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. there wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having an america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we could truly be with each and every one of us doing that pledge going to elementary school and junior high school about the land

c-span. you can use the #poty1862. we will look at some of those tweets after the next historian speaks. also at facebook.com/c-span. we will read those questions as well. you are watching live coverage from the library of virginia in richmond. it is an event co-hosted by the museum. robert krick, the first of five historians speaking. david blight is next. we will hear from james mcphearson here on american history tv on c-span 3. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you could return to your seats, we'll get restarted in just a moment. okay. let's get restarted if we could. our next speaker, i mentioned earlier, he is a detroit tigers fan. i think the reason that he particularly likes richmond is we sent justin verlander to the tigers. but david blight is a familiar face here in richmond. coming down from connecticut quite frequently to speak with us in the virginia historical society and the american civil war center. david has done quite a bit to help our understanding here and nationally about the civil war. david is the class of 1954 professor at yale university. excuse me. professor of ameri

continue the conversation online as well if you can go being to twitter.com/c-span, our handle is c pan history. and also use the hash tag poty 86. person of the year, 1862. we'll try to take a look at some of those tweets after the next historian speaks. also at facebook.com/c-span, the question is posted there. we'll read some of those throughout the day, as well. watching live coverage. you're watching live coverage from the university of -- from the library of virginia in richmond. it is an event co-hosted by the library and also by the museum of the confederacy. once again, robert krick the first of five historians who will speak today. we'll hear everywhere james mcpherson, all of that on the way today here on american history tv on c-span3. ladies and gentlemen, if you could return to your seats, we'll get restarted in just a moment. okay. let's get restarted if we could. our next speaker, i mentioned earlier, he's a i detroit tigers fan. i think the reason that he particularly likes rich monday is that we sent justin verlander to the tigers. but david blythe is a familiar face here in richmond. comin

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thanks for being with us on this tuesday and a reminder. live coverage on c-span radio as we watch the results from florida. thanks for being with us on this tuesday. enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> coming up on c-span3, richard cordray, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau testifies on capitol hill. then, a senate hearing on u.s. domestic energy production. later, the defense department undersecretary for policy gives her last speech before stepping down on friday. >>> c-span's road to the white house political coverage takes you to the candidate events. >> i played out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last. that has a firm foundation. where we are making stuff and selling stuff and moving it around. u.p.s. drivers are dropping stuff off everywhere. that's the economy we want. >> if i'm president of the united states, i will stop all the obama era regulations. i will make sure any of those that kill jobs, we eliminate and i make sure we get america back to work again. >> i think you will see the economy recover the minute obama is go

us a tweet. twitter.com/c-span. our hashtag today if you want to jot this down #poty 1862." post your choice on person of the year on facebook. just a quick tweet and facebook reading, ben says that his choice would be horace greeley, second choice would be robert e. lee. that's from ben denikian. on facebook a look at our facebook page, james -- george b mcclellan "as much as i desize him, the army of the potomac is not what it will become in 1863." some of the thoughts of viewers on twitter and facebook. let's go back to the library and james mcpherson who just nominated admiral david farragut as his choice for person of the year 1862. james mcpherson if you look at the time magazine selection since 1927, admiral farragut would be the only admiral on that list. you talked in your speech here about the political implications of his victories in 1862. were they the main reason that france and britain hesitated on recognizing the confederacy that year? >> certainly the main reason why they delayed what looked like was going to be some kind of recognition in the spring of 1862

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the ng a's winter meeting live saturday, sunday, and monday on our companion network c-span. join us later for more from american history tv. the focus is george washington and his lasting impact on american life. historian richard nor on the smith lectures on the first president from washington's home in mt. vernon, virginia. american history tv gets under way tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> at the 1968 olympic games john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, black power, because when they use that word or that phrase black power it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be with eachnd every one did their pledge when we were going to elementary school and junior high school about the land of the free,

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vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >> lisa kathleen graddy is the curator for women's political history here at the smithsonian. tell us where we're at in american history museum. >> you're in the first lady's exhibit. welcome to the newest version of the exhibit, by my count, the ninth version of the first lady's exhibit since it began in 1913. so we're almost 100 years old and the longest lived exhibit at the smithsonian institution. >> and this iteration just opened up. so tell us the concept behind it. >> we tried few new thing. the challenge the first ladies collection and exhibit is always to balance. to balance the great interest in the dresses and the china with other kinds of stories about the first ladies, and we're always trying to find a way, i hate to say marry, they love to talk about marrying the presidency in the first ladies' exhibit, but to marry the two things so you get a fuller picture of the first ladies but really get a picture of what you want to see when you come here which are the beautiful dresses and the fine china. w

and you can let us know at facebook.com/c-span. our coverage of today's reaction to the president's budget plan will continue shortly as top democrats on the budget committee will respond to reporters' questions. we will have that live coverage at 2:30 eastern. and in the meantime, a look at the cost of prisons around the country. >>> every monday here in the last hour of "washington journal" we turn to your money talking about taxpayers dollars. that's when we put a special focus on your money and different types of federal programs, state programs that are out there. today's segment we look at a new report looking at how much cost -- how much it costs states to operate prisons. joe joining us from new york is michael jacobsen, current executive director or the very institute of justice. and, mr. jacobsen, the very institute out with this new report about what really goes into the cost of prisons for states. can you tell us what is the headline from this report? >> well, i think the overall headline is that everyone sort of had a

c-span. >>> join us later from american history tv. the focus is george washington and his lasting impact on american life. historian richard norton smith lectures from washington's home in virginia. american history tv gets under way tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. >>> we got started because there are a lot of conservative think tanks. there have been no progressive organizations or progressive thinking that works on economic policy or national security. >> neera tanden on the mission of the washington d.c. think tank. >> you know, we think there is often an ideology behind the washington thinking with little facts behind them. our job is to make the arguments and factual arguments behind our own views. i do think that sometimes when the facts don't argue for our position, we reexamine those positions because we unfundamentally believe the most important thing is to be right about your views. >> a look at the center for american progress sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q& a. >>> michigan's governor rick snyde

live sunday, monday on our companion network c-span. join us later from more american history tv. the focus is historian richard norton smith lectures on the first president from his home in mt. vernon, virginia. american history tv gets under way tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >> tonight on c-span, from this year's world economic forum, see the heads of the world bank and international monetary fund along with other global leaders as they talk about the future of the world economy. >> no one is immune in the current situation. it's not just a eurozone crisis. it's a crisis that could have collateral effects, spillover effects around the world. and you know, we'll hear from others, but what i have seen and what we have seen in numbers and in forecasts is that no country is immune and everybody has an interest in making sure that this crisis is resolved adequately. >> i have been in public service most of it involved in public finance for over four decades. let me share with you, i've never been as scared

us. >> thank you. >> this is washington today on c-span radio. >>> tomorrow at the white house, a dinner honoring iraq war veterans and family members. tomorrow morning, a preview. david jackson of usa today will discuss the purpose of the dinner and what the white house hopes to accomplish to pay tribute to those who served in iraq. we will talk about the results in michigan and arizona. a supporter of mitt romney will join us at 7:45 eastern time. a hearing taking place in which federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is testifying before the house financial services committee. a member of that committee, a democrat from new york, will join us. and how would you like to earn $189,000 per hour? that is the subject of a bloomberg business week article. is any ceo worth that amount? yes, i said $189,000 per hour. you can read this online at businessweek.com. roger lowenstein will join us at 8:15 a.m. that is tomorrow morning "washington journal." thanks for joining us on this tuesday. more primary coverage coming up here live on c-span radio. >>> coming up, a couple of hearings on the president's 2013 bu

c-span radio. thanks for being with us. a new poll out showing that rick santorum and mitt romney essentially tied in the race. this is the latest from the abc news/"washington post" poll. the survey shows rick santorum is increasing his popularity a week and a day before the next round of primaries that will take place in -- the next debate that will take place in two weeks before the next round of primaries in arizona and in michigan. a couple of new ads on the air in michigan. we'll have more on that later in the program. meanwhile, the hill newspaper reporting they could extend the payroll tax cuts and emergency benefits and the medicare reimbursement rate for doctors. the sources say lawmakers on both sides of capitol hill showing, quote, real signs of progress on a package to extend the tax cut without paying for it. the negotiations include senate republicans as well. let's turn our attention to the budget, and among those testifying on capitol hill, defense secretary leon panetta as well as the nation's top general,