the university of minnesota. >> we have a clip and it starts with the early days in the life of victor denoble. >> back in the 1960's, -- victor is going to go to plumbing school. that is what the plan was. that was my goal. one day my father said, what are you doing at night? i said, hanging out with my friends. why do you not go to college? that was strange. my father had never mentioned college in my 17 years of existence. i said, why do i want to go to college? he said, to meet smart women stupid. i ended up going to college. i went to a delphi university. it was close to my house. i was not going to make this a career. i was going to go to school to meet smart women. why not stay close to home? >> what was your approach to get the public interested? >> i produced the film without this get to know victor sequence. but, it seemed that of the blue so i felt like you had to get to know him. know where he came from. no the remarkable obstacles he overcame to become an academic force. i think that helped ease us into the story. >> how did someone spent 15 years on a documentary financially? >>

and victor denoble. evans is the producer and director of a documentary which features former philip morris research scientist victor demobile. the film chronicles denoble's unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco, when coupled with nicotine, makes cigarettes more addictive. they'll talk about the company's efforts to keep the information private. charles evans jr. and victor denoble on "q and a" this weekend here on c-span radio. >>> we welcome you back to "washington today" here on c-span radio. kathleen sebelius testifying on behalf of the president and his budget plan for 2013. taking questions from among others senator orrin hatch, a republican from utah, member of the senate finance committee, and of course a lot of attention on last friday's announcement of a modification which allows religiously affiliated employers to shift contraceptive costs to insurance companies, part of the compromise or accommodation as the white house put it but still getting sharp questions from members of congre

and victor denoble. evans is the producer and director avenue documentary which features former philip morris research scientist. it chronicles denoble's unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco when coupled with nicotine making cigarettes more addictive. also talk about the company's efforts to keep the information private. charles evans jr. and victor denoble on q and a this weekend here on c-span radio. >>> welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. some news from michigan first. governor of that state supporting mitt romney in his presidential bid. more on that in a couple of minutes. detroit economic club former senator rick santorum defending his record against a new onslaught of attacks by the romney campaign. he out lined his economic agenda before business executives in detroit. here's a portion of his speech. >> would you have voted for t.a.r.p. money in particular for the auto loans to gm and chrysler? romney has stated woe not have support the decision to bailout the auto

this includes charles oveandevan and victor denoble. and then a discussion in parliament about imposing new sanctions on syria. monday on " the washington journal" our guests include robert shapiro on the impact of the eurozone crisis on the u.s. economy, trade and thanks. and the president of the research council on the issues important to social conservatives in the run-up to elections and the senior correspondent who will talk about the president's proposed $36 billion in cuts for the federal air marshals service and how the program has evolved since 9-11. >> this president's day who of former navy seal talks about his new book on the mission and resulted in the killing of osama bin laden. >> one thing that promoted me to write his book is that by august this had metastasized into a story who about them blowing their way into the building after shooting for 30 or 40 minutes, finally shooting their way through the building to the third floor where the wounded of man's wife and child in cold- blooded. that did not sound like the missio

. >> a former philip morris research scientist victor denoble and charles evans jr.00 eastern on c-span. >> final vote in the house was 293-132. in the senate it was 60-36. here is the debate on the payroll tax cut measure. this is one hour 20 minutes. nized for such time as he may consume. mr. camp: i come to the floor today in strong support of this conference report. as a result of a lot of long hours, hard work, and determination on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol, this agreement shows the american people that congress can govern and washington can work. first and foremost, this legislation prevents a tax increase on 160 million americans. as a conservative, i look at the agreement and see some very big wins. chief among them are the most significant reforms to the federal unemployment program since was created i the 1930's. all designated to promote re-employment and paychecks instead of unemployment and benefit checks. while extending unemployment benefits through the end of the year, this agreement creat a national jobs search standard fo

victor denoble and charles evans at 8:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. >> president obama gives his weekly address from the boeing production plant in washington. he talks about removing tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas and giving them to businesses that create jobs in the u.s.. then, cathy mcmorris rodgers delivers the republican address in which she criticizes the budget request. >> hello, everyone. i am speaking to you this week from the boeing plant in everett, washington. what they're doing today as folks really excited. at this plant, they are building the plane of the future. the dreamliner. it is an impressive sight. to be honest, part of why i came was to see it up close. the last few decades have not been easy for manufacturing in this country. new technology has made businesses more proficient and productive, which is good, but it has also made a lot of jobs obsolete. the result has been painful for a lot of communities and families. jobs that provided decent livings have been shipped overseas. the hard truth