we need do is send a message to washington, d.c. we need to send a message to politicians and politics as usual and say, we are taking our country back. we are taking it back in the form espoused those -- in the form of those policies that have been put in place where we see corruption at the top and corruption at the bottom. the deal makers and it s time to take our country back to the constitutional principles. [applause] we have a plan to do that. i want to introduce you now to that plan. we have over 40 but groups to have said, we want to be a part of the coalition of the willing. remember ronald reagan? he said we need a coalition of the willing. well we have it. give that the party of big hand. -- given that the party of big hand. [applause] they have played an integral role in this victory tonight, and that is because they remember what "tea" stands for: "taxed enough already." we can take back our country. our country deserves better. we have the gun owners of america and nevada patriot as well. we have the nevada home schoo

by saying you can't buy a gun. >> they put so many obstacles that the average citizen in washington d.c. cannot get through this process. >> and because of those new restrictions people like wayne brought a lawsuit, brought a couple lawsuits against d.c. and the federal courts applying the heller definition of the second amendment said that it's okay. actually in that period of time crime has gone down significantly. the police department is working with the new law, working with the people that have gotten the guns, working with the people that already had guns before the restrictions went into place in the mid 70s and crime is on the way down. still we make it too easy for dangerous people to get guns in this country. >> the activist judges are still going to be a problem. when the glass breaks in washington d.c. in the middle of the night and some family is sitting there and some criminal is coming at them, they're still alone and defenseless against violent criminal. >> you're allowed to have a gun in the home for self-defense. >> ifill: is there a middle ground here in which there

pastor henderson contacted me when he was planning his family's trip to washington, d.c., and it had been a dream of his to give the opening prayer and i was pleased to be able to recommend him to the speaker to have that privilege. in addition to his duties at his home church of first baptist church located in my district in lincoln, illinois, he's also a pastor for memorial medical center located in springfield, illinois. in addition to that, he's a public servant in his own right, being elected to his second term now for the west lincoln school board. he's in a whole host of organizations, constandly giving back to his family -- constantly giving back to his family. a member of the orchestra, an officer of the can you be scouts organization in his

2% of washington d.c. is corporate lobbyists. they have been working their asses off to fix the system so at 2% of americans reap all the benefits and the other 98% get left out. if we can go out and shake up the existing narrative tha this is left verses right, at t party verses progresses, if we can't go out and say 90 percent of us -- 90% of us are not having our first -- not having our voices heard because we have not held elected officials aountable and have left corporations run wild, we will organize with success. then, we wille about to keep up with the need to build infrastructure to help people join us in the fight to defeat the corporate insiders said that the folks who were with us can help level playing field we can get a fair shake. thank you very much. [applause] >> we do have about 50 minutes for questions. we're happy to take a few questions. i will open up the floor to the audience. >> and good afternoon. thank you for keywords. i'm with the national committee for responsive philanthropy. where the nation's watc

that " is in washington d.c.t the jefferson memorial and i would like everybody who is watching know that you can do web searches for law enforcement that say our founding fathers were terrorists. >> as we hear from you, let's look at the new numbers for the senate race in nevada where sharon engle is the republican nominee with almost 60% reporting. angle at 39% compared to lowden 28%. are you with us? >> the tea party movement and how some of the more conservative right wing people like the lady in nevada, i wonder how she would fare against harry reid. >> that is a question we are keeping an eye on her campaign. sharon angle the winner. this is what it looks like from the early pictures as they await the final results from that race. she has been declared the winner. there will be two reeds on the ballot. harry gray is the senate democratic leader. tomorrow morning, in the water will join us on "washington journal." >> first of all, i want to thank you for c-span. i think it is wonderful you are able to get on

. >> it is a clause 25 in washington, d.c. president obama hold his first meeting -- 8:25 in washington, d.c. president obama hold his first meeting with executives from bp. the president wants money to go into a damages fund run not by the people at by an independent third party. the federal government wants to crack down on college recruiters. the department of education will announce the rules that will prevent colleges from paying recruiters for students or for in beijing in aggressive student recruitment. -- or for engaging in aggressive student recruitment. officials say israel will significantly ease its blockade of the gaza strip. it was under international criticism on a flotilla delivering aid to civilians. the israeli naval blockade of will remain in tact. france is raising is a retirement age from 60to 62. -- 60 to 62 to rein in its deficit. it has angry reactions from labor unions and some parties. with demonstrations against the measure on the way before its unveiling today. those are some of the latest headlines

[applause] in fact, i think they can hear you all the way to washington, d.c.pplause] from the moment i declare my candidacy, over 7000 volunteers, over 20 coalitions, a 12,000 donors, and a tireless, hard- working staff have made this the greatest team effort i have ever had the privilege to be a part of. all of you worked together to make together -- to make tonight a reality and i owe you a debt of gratitude that is very difficult for me to express. [applause] while i cannot thank all of you, that there is one very special person who has been my running mate for over 25 years now, my husband frank, the rock of my life. [applause] i want to begin tonight by acknowledging two committed republicans who also have sacrificed and work hard for the cause of victory in november. chalk devore --vhuck devore and tom campbell. we worked hard for the privilege of this office and i salute them for their determined work to change the course of america and i look very much forward to their help and support in the common cause we now share. [applause] and congratulations as

only washington, d.c., can you go spend $33 billion and say it's not going to cost anything. the problem is if this program is participated up to $33 billion, we don't have $33 billion. and so we're going to go have to borrow $33 billion from the chinese to loan banks to loan to small businesses in this country. and a lot of folks, i think, understand that kind of how we got here was that the whole world, small businesses, individuals and governments, have been on this borrowing and spending binge, borrow and spend, borrow and spend, and quite honestly that's how we wove this web where we are our financial markets in somewhat of a wrinkle right now. and while i applaud the gentleman's amendment, i still go back to the fundamental point here that, one, this bill will not help small businesses have any additional capital, but more importantly we are going to go spend $33 billion that we don't have and i don't think that's the right prescription for our country. with that i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. green: thank you, madam chair. let me simply say i

end-of-the-school year education update on budget cuts, layoffs and a new teachers' contract in washington, d.c. >> woodruff: betty ann bowser looks at the health implications of a shortage of fresh foods in the rural south. >> the mississippi delta has some of the richest farmland in the country. but a lot of what gets grown here, doesn't necessarily get eaten here. >> lehrer: ray suarez wraps up his recent reporting trip to china. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the campaign against hepatitis-b-- a deadly disease afflicting millions of asians worldwide. >> about one in 20 people in the world are chronically infected. one in 20. 10 times more than people in the world are infected with h.i.v. ♪ michelle, my belle... >> lehrer: and we close with paul mccartney singing for the president and the first lady at the white house. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: but the workings froze in the deep, cold water. after that, a hose was inserted into the leaking pipe to siphon oil. it sucked up some of the oil, but not nearly all of

2% of washington d.c. is corporate lobbyists. they have been working their asses off to fix the system so that 2% of americans reap all the benefits and the other 98% get left out. if we can go out and shake up the existing narrative that this is left verses right, at t party verses progresses, if we can't go out and say 90 percent of us -- 90% of us are not having our first -- not having our voices heard because we have not held elected officials accountable and have left corporations run wild, we will organize with success. then, we will be about to keep up with the need to build infrastructure to help people join us in the fight to defeat the corporate insiders said that the folks who were with us can help level playing field we can get a fair shake. thank you very much. [applause] >> we do have about 50 minutes for questions. we're happy to take a few questions. i will open up the floor to the audience. >> and good afternoon. thank you for keywords. i'm with the national committee for responsive philanthropy. where the nation

we are in washington, d.c. this week and then we are opening in denver.alm springs, new york and los angeles and it will be available on dvd starting in august. >> how much will it sell for? >> i don't know. that is a good question. i should find out. >> on many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew, about seven people shooting the film we have a pretty small team. >> did you edit this yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that but i did not have -- that budget reflects me doing a lot of things. >> we want to go to another club. here is eva moscowitz talking about kids being educated no matter their circumstances. >> we do our best to support these kids for the main thing we do is educate the children no matter what the circumstances. they need to learn to read and write. we need to provide more to schools and make focus for the child. can children be distracted? absolutely. we cannot change the hands that the child was dealt or that we have been dealt that schools. get that job and get

i grew up in washington, d.c. that has many advantages. you are exposed to d.c. and how it works, and you also have connections and relationships through your family and friends and parents. my parents worked for the government. my dad worked for the federal communications commission, and my mom was a computer person who did government contract in in somewhere in complicated way that i still do not understand. >> word to go to college? >> northwestern university in chicago. i always knew i wanted to be a reporter and that was a good way to get a good background. then i came back to d.c. and dove in. i was an economics major. for my fortune the background, i did a volunteer position at the washington bureau of "the wall street journal" when i was in high school in 1992. back then, a bunch of senior reporters -- they said do not major in journalism. they said if you want to cover medicine, go to medical school. if you want to cover science, be a biology major. if you want to cover washington, major in economics or history or political science. their advice was not

washington, d.c., should help. if i am hungry, the government should help. we are very top-down, and get these little free countries have to be built from the bottom up. this counterinsurgency plan is a way to try to win those villages and hearts and minds of the individuals. that is what makes it very difficult for the president, because general mcchrystal was well thought of by the leadership in afghanistan. host: the news in the past month from afghanistan has been pretty mixed, i would say, at best. casualties are up. president karzai is not optimistic about our efforts there and is beginning to forge his own relationships with the taliban. many of the analysis this morning suggests there will be lots of questions on capitol hill about whether or not, no matter how much money, no matter how many trips, we can never be successful there. guest: we have always heard that. that happened in iraq. "well, we cannot win, so we have to leave," and then six months later we win, basically. these counterinsurgency situatio

we believe it should come to washington, d.c.e will be doing ather one abou corporate reform very soon. if you aren our list or another alliedrganization, we hope you will participe. at the same time, weeed to say these are ouralues. we are entsting th to you as elected leaders. the need to fige and hoto imemt them wl orou will be held accountable becau we put you in office. there are examples of that working. one woman in the room helped lead an organized service candidates around the idea of the responsible planned war in iraq. not because a liberals tried to figure out how to end the war but because these people unanimously said we would only let people who are committed to ending a war. the candidates got together and said, here is how you do it. >> we will ta one last question. >> thank yovery much. im wh the opportunity agda. thank you very much to mention values. we are a values driven organization what i wanted to a you to is -- i am sitting herwith my iend of four years. i really wanted to ask a question that i think wil

>> i wasn't too surprised by that because within the sort of washington, d.c.ttering classes, general jones, though obviously a very well-decorated military veteran, doesn't -- he doesn't have the sort of -- he's someone who takes a lot of flack within the washington, d.c. gossip circles. >> larry: is this going to change the pentagon and the press? >> it's probably very doubtful that one story will do much to change the pentagon or the press. the pentagon has a budget of $600 billion a year and the press seems pretty incore ridgeable in their behavior anyway. will it change the relationship between -- no, i don't know who the first journalist is who's going to profile general petraeus in his new job as commander in afghanistan. but i can probably guess it's not going to be me, though i'd be happy to if they talk to me. >> larry: we'll take a break. when we come back, ari fleisher will join us. the impact of the departure on the troops, the taliban, the war. michael's going to hang around too. don't go away. on a second... come on up here, where your brothers s

choice but to pass their own version of existing federal law so that they could enforce what washington, d.c. it would not. they saw no other option. but before the ink was even dry on that law washington set out to condemn it. and without doing anything to solve the crisis that forced arizona to pass a law in the first place. you saw it. from house speaker pelosi to senator charles schumer the same political elitists who want to deny your right to protect yourself from violent criminals want to block enforcement of a law that could stop those drug cartels, kidnappers, and killers. ladies and gentleman, it has been reported that two months ago in cochise county, a rancher reported a massive drug shipment on his county. drug smugglers came in, tied the man up and his wife, and vowed to kill them both if they ever interfered with drug shipments again. a week later, a few miles east along the border, another rancher was working his land and minding his own business. just a few hours before sun up on palm sunday, authorities believe the gunman came back and shot that man down. they killed him in

here in washington, d.c. and nationwide on xm satellite channel 132 and live on the web at c-span.org and you can also follow us on facebook and on twitter. >> c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history and non-fiction books all as a public service, created by america's companies. >> of course, the lotry is prescribed by law if demand outpaces supply, you have to do a lottery. >> i really think this is the civil rights issue of today, and it's not just about race. i mean, it's about class. >> tonight the lottery producer director madeline sackler on the family she chronicled hoping to and tone -- at 8:00 eastern on company's -- let me say to the american people, this is a change in personnel but not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall. and he both support and helped design strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head u.s. forces in afghanistan. general david

. >> it is a cloth 30-year in washington, d.c. -- 8:30 in washington, d.c. are things that the obama administration could implement today that could get the zero and mr. back to work without a six month time limit. the head of libya's national oil corp. says he is happy for bp to continue to operate in his country's territorial waters despite the oil spill. the oil minister said it the spill is a tragedy, but it is exaggerated in a way. bps signed a deal with the -- bp is signed a deal with that company. and one person must explain his controversial comments about some colleagues. he said that general stamina crystal had been instructed -- stanly mcchrystal had been instructed to its plan his comments. and europeans plan to spend more than last year on summer holidays. there to travel plans however have been weighed by the financial situation many plan to take one holiday trip this summer. those are some of the latest+ headlines on c-span radio. >> several events to tell you about today. the treasury secretary will speak at an oversight of the tarp program.

we're in washington, d.c. this week. and then we're opening in denver. we're also in palm springs, new york, and l.a. an then it will be available in dmb vd starting in august. -- dvd. >> how much will it sell for? >> i don't know. that's a good question. >> and how many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew. we had about seven people shooting the film and we have a pretty small team now. we're all wearing a lot of hats. >> did you edit it yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that, but i didn't have the budget somewhat reflects my doing lots of things. >> we want to go to another clip. we're running out of time. here is eva talking about the need to educate kids no matter the circumstances they came from. >> we have families who are in very challenging circumstances, and we do our best to support them. but the main thing we do is educate the children no matter what the circumstance is. they still have to learn how to read and write, and so we need to provide more at the school, we nee

. >> it is 9:00 04 in washington, d.c. a new poll shows 52% of those asked disapprove of the president's handling of the oil spill situation. that disapproval rating is about the same of george w. bush after hurricane katrina. the overall approval rating stayed stable at 50%. the poll also indicates that the economy remains people's top concerns. 64% of respondents say their household budgets are sound. new figures out today on the economy. home construction plunged last month by 10% from april since the lowest level since december as builder scaled back without a federal tax credit to work by years. building permits also fell. wholesale prices fell for a second straight month in may. the first time that has happened in the year, reflecting big declines in the cost of energy and food. north korea is warninn that tension over the sinking of the south korean war ship could trigger a nuclear war unless the u.s. security council act impartially. the threat came just hours after the un ambassador told reporters that if military

i love washington d.c. there are questions about how we participate in this war of ideas. my answer would be to save some money and let these guys eat themselves up because they are. clerics have come out against al qaeda's ideology. the organization has shown it will be crippled. individuals involved talked about this on things like blogs. i noted the difference in statements. read them before and after fort hood. different statements. the guy is trying to figure out -- he does not have a problem in justifying fort hood. he actually says something like it would have been better if it was a military target. no kidding, chief. this ideology is killing itself. a most recent example is an organization that slowly established some version of safe haven in pakistan that is taken the step of doing the same thing again, killing some many pakistanis that the parliament which believes the government acts at the behest of the government, said we better go after these guys. countries still believe some of the motivaaions for al qaeda are solid. be heading's overseas, -- be , this is

we can't get this economy moving again until we get washington, d.c., under control. i urge my colleagues reject this phony, bologna deeming of the budget. -- baloney deeming of the budget. let's give the american people a budget they deserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in 2002 representative stephanie tubbs jones introduced legislation to crack down on predatory lending and subprime borrowers. acting then to protect american homeowners could have prevent the foreclosure crisis which led to the financial crisis which led to the deepest recession in generations. but instead of acting in 2002 or 2003 or every other year they controlled the white house, my republican colleagues stood by and did nothing. we can now clearly see the result of that inaction. this week we will take long overdue steps as we vote on the most sweeping refor

the american people don't want washington, d.c. in that business. they want a refereed private sector that says yes to traditional bankruptcy and no to bailouts because we are here to protect the taxpayers, not wall sthreet. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. frank: i recognize again one of the leaders in protection from consumers, the gentleman from -- the gentlelady from new york, ms. maloney, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. maloney: thank you for presiding over the most open period of the congress. it will allow our financial services industry to continue financing the creativity and innovation which has, even in these very difficult times, made the american economy the envy of the world this bill restores safety and soundness, reduces the likelihood of another systemic crisis, restores faith and confidence in our institutions and markets while safeguarding americans from predatory, unfair, and deceptive pra

joseph on our independent line, washington, d.c. caller: hi, peter. i'm a west virginian. i lived in washington -- live in washington. i have a lot of memories of the senator byrd. i have to say that i will offer condolences to his family and your the historic figure. -- and him as a historic madri -- a historic figure. not have the same views of robert byrd as the lady who just called it he took too long to change. 1964, he filibustered the civil rights bill. there are the things he could have done for minorities -- other things he could have done for minorities. i think he is called some, with his views on the war of late, -- he evolved some, with his views on the war of late. his relationship with ted kennedy is well documented he is one of the greatest orators the senate ever had. i met him twice. his mind was not as it once was, but he was still brilliant. he pulled together a wonderful speech to the students at -- he pulled together a wonderful speech. west virginia tech -- 1980 -- i was a yoong turk and and i was boycotting his appearance on campus, because he was a

care is the politico from washington d.c. -- here is the "politico" from washington d.c. and here is "the hill" newspaper. here is what joe barton had to say yesterday. >> i am not speaking for the republican party or anyone in the house of representatives, but myself. i am ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday. i think it is a tragedy of the first portioproportion that a pe corporation can be subject to what i would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion shakedown, with the attorney general of the united states who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation, and has every right to do so on behalf of the american people. it amounts to a $20 billion slush fund. it is unprecedented in our nation's history and has no legal standing and, i think, sets a terrible precedent for our nation. host: here he is with a scrum of photographers all around taking his picture. and here is "the wall street journal." the "washington post" have no picture, but a lead story as well. and inside the money section. and before we get to calls, here is the

[cheers and applause] you know, career politicians in sacramento and washington, d.c.warned, because you now face your worst nightmare. [cheers and applause] two business women. [cheers and applause] who know how to create jobs, balance budgets and get things done. [cheers and applause] i have so many people to thank tonight and so many who made tonight possible. first, let me thank my husband and our two sons. [cheers and applause] you cannot take on a challenge like this without the love and support of one's family. i also want to thank former governor pete wilson, the chairman of my campaign. [cheers and applause] i would also like to thank my campaign coceres, congressman kevin mccarthy, congresswoman mary bono mack, state senator tony strickland, assemblyman, nathan fletcher, former assemblywoman sharron runner, and bill simon. [cheers and applause] now le met thank my incredible campaign team and the more than 20,000 volunteers in 58 counsel to worked so hard. -- in 58 counties who worked so hard. [cheers and applause] what an amazing effort. i am so proud of eac

washington, d.c., republican line. what is your top issue this summer? caller: i am interested in the immigration law in arizona. i am a native of tucson and lived there all my life before moving to the wonderful state of washington, and i experienced firsthand the immigration problems in arizona. i have a number of friends, close friends, who are hispanic. most of the ones that i know have come into the country legally, as well as other nationalities that i know that have come into the country legally. i remember as a young girl, my parents lived in the outskirts of tucson, out of the city limits, and we had a little ranch. we would have numerous illegal aliens coming across the border. and my dear, sweet mama would always give them sandwiches and water because it is a rough area to come across the border in that way. i'm very distressed at the way the nation has condemned arizona. you must understand that a lot of the problem with illegal immigration in arizona is condoning of the small businesses in hiring illegals. i recently have worked for a major

this is washington, d.c.. we play politics down here from time to time. some people may see this as an opportunity. there is a debate over net neutrality and whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. those folks who believe in net neutrality and want to see consumers empowered think the chairman is making good moves. the other side does not support net neutrality. does that do not support it probably see this as an opportunity to make sure that some of the rules the chairman wants to implement to empower consumers do not happen. >> a lot of commentators are saying and some republicans are saying that this third way could land telecommunications policy in the courts for several years. do you agree? >> the do not think so. i think what the chairman is trying to do is take a very light touch. if you look at what he is trying to do and give a fair reading to it, he is basically taking four of the principles that many people basically agreed to and adding one or two more provisions of consumer protection. like i said, this is about empowering consumers. the

world's economic and military superpower, we are going to have to change the way we do business in washington, d.c. performance-based budgeting can be an effective tool to do just that. they can make clear what federal programs are not performing and then it can spell out what federal programs are duplicative in nature. performance based budgeting dictates we identify the problem and enact a solution. it's not enough to just recognize there's a problem. mostal of us can step forward and say we are spending too much money. but the question is, the core question becomes what are the changes that -- what are we going to make? one of the challenges that we see within the bill is that it's not necessarily performance-based bugging -- budgeting because the question becomes what are you going to do about it? it sets out to diagnose a problem that we already know exists but does not necessarily follow through and prescribe a cure. we know there are duplicative and nonperforming federal programs. we know this. we need to finish the job and actually cut those programs. to be complete the bill must suggest t

>> once comcast decided to sue the fcc in federal court in washington, d.c. district court, we knew there was going to be trouble. the d.c. court treats the fcc very skeptically. in the past, the fcc has not been as careful about their record as they could have been. this is a gamble on the part of the industry. the federal record -- the federal court could take the fcc's jurisdiction away and force it to reclassify broadband under title ii and make it a common carrier. that is problematic for the industry. be careful what you do. you could end up in a place you did not anticipate and you could win a battle and lose a war. the war has kind of moved to title ii lite, as it is being called. it will be interesting to see how that shift occurs. we would be happy as regulators to give them jurisdiction as long as they focus on nondiscriminatory access and interconnection access. we're not excited about content stuff or anything like that. we also believe everybody has to be caught in the game. the big players, whether you are comcast, at&t, or google -- everybody

the white house has called afghanistan commander, general stanley mcchrystal, to washington, d.c. to explain comments in an upcoming "rolllng stone" article. senator john kerry urged everyone to stay cool and calm and not let the comments interfere with the mission in afghanistan. his comments are about two minutes. we are going to be showing you those remarks from senator kerry a little bit later. right now we're live at the white house where president obama has just finished meeting with health insurance scomblecktiffs and state insuranceeccmmissioners. he's expected to talk about the ongoing effort to implement the health care law passed by congress earlier this year. associated press writing that today at this event here at the white house president obama will talk about consumer safeguards, announcing a patient bill of rights, including guaranteed coverage for children. also, a ban on lifetime coverage limits. more than 100 million people are enrolled in plans that currently impose such limits. that's what's happening here at tte white house today live on c-span. this event w

. >> suarez: at the south african embassy in washington, d.c., spectators were jubilant at the start of the first match. the host country's team took on mexico. more than 80,000 packed the stadium in johannesburg, including bishop desmond tutu. >> unfortunately, there was a tragedy in the mandela family. >> suarez: his country's best known personality, nelson mandela had planned to attend the opening game, but the former president's great-granddaughter was killed in a car accident last night. south africa scored the first goal of the cup to the delight of millions. but the match ended in a tie when mexico scored late. ( cheers and applause ) played once every four years, the tournament began in 1930. teams are divided into eight initial groups; two advance from each group to face a 16-team knockout contest. hundreds of millions will watch these matches on tv. the frenzy over soccer around the world, however, has never been matched in the u.s. but this time around, americans have bought more tickets than residents of any other country, except south africa. >> they call it "the beautif

flats in the headlines from washington, d.c., -- >> in the headlines from washington, d.c., that therere no oil plumes detected from this bill. the comments came this morning on network news programs. one day after the government said they confirmed underwater oil plumes from the oil spill, although the concentrations are very low. we will be talking about this bill -- we will be talking about spill on "washington journal." as said earlier, hostile fire brought down the helicopters in southern helmund province, where the taliban has heavy influence. speaking on public support for the war in afghanistan, robert gates said that it will adapt -- evaporate unless proved can be made that it is not a lost cause. israel is allowing some previously banned food items into the gaza strip. taking a small step towards easing its 3-year-old blockade of the territory after worldwide criticism of last week's raid on a gaza bound international flotilla. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> no candidate in this race, democrat or republican, has given the voters of new hampshire mo

especially bely politicians, tend to be full of political rhetoric that they live and breed here in washington, d.c. if they use that rhetoric and continued to espouse what the talk is here in d.c., they will perform pretty poorly against a challenger or someone who does a much better job of connecting and understanding the needs and wishes of young voters. understanding and listening to young voters and what they need is really key. >> let me ask you the same question. >> there is no silver bullet in campaigns. there is never one thing that does the track. --trick. the high-bs factor that young voters have is absolutely true. they grow and a world where tb is big. they grew up in a tv culture were looking at reality or seeing things that are not scripted is the real thing. when you translate that into the political world, and the campaiin that is more open and direct and honest or at least lets you inside to know the candidates personally will have a better engagement and better penetration with young voters because they look at that as genuine. authenticity is critical for young voters. >> you ta

we are in washington, d.c.s week and then we're opening in denver and palm springs, new york, and l.a. it will be available on tv -- on dvd starting in august. >> how many people work on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small group. we had about seven people shooting the film. now we're wearing of hats. >> did you ever edit yourself i don't always recommend that but it does someone reflect my doing. >> we want to go to another clip. here is the but rigid eva talking about educating kids no matter the circumstances that come from. >> we have families in very challenging circumstances and we do our best to support them. but the main thing to do is educate the children, no matter what the circumstances. you still have to learn to read and write. we provide that in schools. we need to -- need to make focuses easy as possible for the child. can children be distracted and do they have trauma and their lives? absolutely, but we cannot change the hand that the child was killed or that

the reason we are here in washington, d.c. this week is to raise the profile with the fcc and members of congress. we provide transparency and openness to the governmental process in a way that both congress and the fcc are looking at as one of the key elements as to what is needed in our democracy. we are here to say that we do that type of coverage every day. we provide transparency and openness. for those congressman who don't come from states that don't have a public affairs network. they do not understand the great work being done every single day. host: our viewers can find more about your organization t napa an.com. in just a moment, we will speak to ambassador john negroponti. we will be right back. host: white house adviser david axelrod will talk about the steps the government is taking to deal with the oil spill. on thursday, bp cdo tony heyward makes his first appearance in front of congress. that is thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 3. host: should the federal communications communication -- should the feder

in washington, d.c. because the had lbyists wmany, many thousands, and hundreds o thousands and millions of dollars, which th ge out to political people in washington, d.c. so freddie mac and fannie mae were very popular anit was quite a nuer of people, particularly democts said no, there no real problem with m. as know, freddie mac and fannie mae did have a problem anthey aren a tremdous crisis and as that crisis developed, what happe then is not only does acorn d the social enneing thre just the housing mket, but it affected noonly just our economy,ut ei world economy andreated is cisis ich stard inoing,u unfortunatelyid not stay contained just te housing market. soe see beginning ofhe econom problems that we're experienci now started with acorn,tarted in housg market now threople o -- theare pple whsay this is evidence he flu of free enter price. rile at thecau this isn't a failure offree enterprise but governmential engineerin the loans thatidn't rk, suppose thathosens made in the name of compassion,

they had many, many lobbyists in washington, d.c., and they gave lots of money away to senators and other political people. so the president is asking for authority to control freddie and fannie. the president got the bill through because republicans controlled the house at the time, got a bill through the house that went to the senate. but because the republicans did not have 60 votes in the senate, the bill was killed by the democrats in the senate. . in the men time the senate democrats disagreed and congressman frambing who is the one in -- congressman frank saw it differently. he said these two entities are not facing any kind of financial crisis. the more people exaggerate, the more pressure there is on these companies and less we will see in terms of affordable housing, so he did not want to regulate freddie mac and fannie mae. he said they're just fine. this is the same article, "new york times," september 11, 2003. of course, as it turns out through the eye of history, we can look back and say, of course congressman frank is completely wrong. and president bush was right, we shou

. >> brown: the hope is when "sophisticated ladies" finishes its washington, d.c., it will begin a two-year tour. ( applause ) >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. b.p. agreed to set up a $20 billion fund to pay damage claims from the gulf of mexico oil spill. the chairman of the oil giant publicly apologized after a white house meeting. on the newshour, b.p.'s managing director called the encounter with the president a good meeting of the minds. he said a stream of cash flows into the new fund will help settle things down in the gulf and on the financial markets. and he said it was too early to reach conclusions about b.p.'s safety record in building and operating the deepwater horizon rig. the newshour is also on line. we have a preview of what's there. >> you can watch more of jeff's interview with maurice hines. also, excerpts of the manzari brothers dancing. find out about another wind energy project in baja, and we posted a video timeline tracking president obama's comments over the past eight weeks. tomorrow we'll live blog b.p. c.e.o. tony ha

. >> this campaign is about opposing tax and spend, let's make a deal, politics as usual washington, d.c. corruption that has taken a claim on our senior senator harry reed. >> woodruff: republican voters in california backed two former corporate executives as their senate and gubernatorial nominees, former hewlett-packard c.e.o. carly fiorina will challenge democratic senator barbara boxer. and former e-bay c.e.o. meg whitman will face off against state attorney general jerry brown for governor. in south carolina's republican gubernatorial primary, nikki haley received 49% of the vote, just shy of the majority she needed to avoid a runoff later this month. her opponent will be congressman gresham barrett. haley overcame allegations of infidelity by two men in recent weeks which she vehemently denied. she says south carolina voters had had enough. >> we said no to inside deal making and backroom politics. and this last two or three weeks we said no to the dark side of politics. >> woodruff: haley, an indian american, would be the first woman and racial minority to be elected governor of

supreme court justice thurgood marshall and entered the private legal practice at the prestigious washington, d.c. law firm. before joining the faculty of the university chicago school where sheer anded tenure in 1995. from '95 to '99, she served with the clinton administration first as an associate white house counsel and then in positions with the domestic policy counsel. in 1999, she returned to massachusetts to join the fact of harvard law school. where she would become later dean in charles hamilton houston professor of law. while at harvard, her article "presidential administration" was named the year's top scholar little article by the american bar association section on administrate i be law ann regulatory practice. she was nominatenated on 2009 to be solicitor general. i'm proud our nation's woman deep solicitor general has such deep roots in massachusetts. if confirmed, she would be the first in the history of our court. as solicitor general, she frequently represents the united states before the supreme court and she's argued several high profile cases before the court and was recently

years ago, as a college student, i was driving from new york city to washington, d.c., when an officer stopped me on the highway. he said he wanted to search my car for weapons, and he asked me to open the trunk of the car. i had done nothing wrong. i had not done anything that might have aroused suspicion. although it has been years since that day, i can still remember how humiliated and how angry i felt as i opened the trunk of my car. but my story was not unique, nor does it represent a worst-case scenario. we have all seen heart wrenching stories of misguided racial profiling in the past few months alone. but we must always remember that virtually all of our nation's law enforcement officers serve their communities honorably and risk to their personal safety every day. their work it improves all of our lives. the justice department will not stand idly by as the discrimination by a few unfairly punishes the a standing work being done by some money, and nor will we stand idly by as law-enforcement agencies engaged in discriminatory policing of any kind. our nation is better than that

he attended lincoln university and law school at howard, the historically black institution in washington d.c. at a time when his home state, university of maryland, was still segregated. >> i wrote.... >> brown: thurgood the play is presented as a one man 90-minute talk to students at howard. with a now elderly marshal looking back and recounting key moments in his life. >> one day i'm sitting in the dining room, the bailiff comes in. judge, judge, fred, i told you not to bother me while i'm eating. but, judge, the president wants to talk to you. the president of what? the president of the united states. >> brown: originally staged on broadway two years ago, thurgood was written by veteran film and tv producer and director george stevens jr.. >> it's the man that makes the play possible because he had a gift for narrative. and a sense of humor. and through his life, he was telling stories to illustrate his experiences and to illustrate the civil rights issue. and all of that is fodder for telling his story on the stage. >> reporter: stevens was able to use many of marshal's own words and sto

the men were all from the washington, d.c. area. they've been in custody since last december. today, they were sentenced to ten years in jail for plotting attacks inside pakistan. defense lawyers vowed to appeal. australia now has a new prime minister-- julia gillard, the first woman to hold the position. she was sworn into office today, after ousting prime minister kevin rudd. the vote by the ruling labor party was uncontested. >> i asked my colleagues to make a leadership change, a change because i believed that a good government was losing its way. and because i believe fundamentally that the basic education and health services that australians rely on, and their decent treatment at work, is at risk at the next election. rudd had been prime minister since 2007, but his support had fallen sharply with another election just a few months off. he championed climate change legislation, but the australian senate rejected a tax on polluters for carbon emissions. rudd shelved the plan last april. a new bid for campaign finance reform advanced in the u.s. congress today. house democ