c-span. c-span is very fair. i watch c-span in the morning.and other media, always questioning and throwing light some sort of -- where the american public has doubt. all of this doubt out here in the media. i think with the american public, and it just makes fear. host: used the word undermining. the media may be undermining the present but they are creating this fear? caller: i really feel that. i'm young. i have to tell you, i voted for mr. obama. never really been a major politics, never really been into politics but the best president has really started a lot of young people into really motivating a lot of young people into politics. is he doing to much? all of these lies. trans. administration -- everything is on line. you could see everything. he constantly tells us that. live is and lies, all of this doubt. host: we appreciate your view this morning. larry from oak grove, illinois with a republican view. caller: the more i listen to c- span lately the market disappointed i am in the callers calling in. this reduction of nuclear weapons

thanks for watching c-span. our next call is from florida. >> hi, my name is montez, and i am calling because i strongly support the plan. i have personal experiences. i became ill and started paying a lot of money for cobra, and then i could not pay for that. i applied to a health company to get insurance, and they rejected me. >> has it been costly for you? >> extremely, but then, your money runs out, and there are people that are saying that this is a bad thing, and they are people with money, and there are people who are saying they are not sure is a good thing. people do not know. i have worked as a nurse, and i have seen people turned away because they do not have health care. something is better than nothing. >> all right, thank you for your comments. missouri. >> hi, i am strongly opposed to the health-care bill. it is in back room bribes, and we're going to end up with high taxes. we're going to have approximately 17,000 irs workers. what are they going to do? are they going to try to seize our homes if

c-span. i've been watching c-span for years and some of the people that are on should never be on. pay for this program too. the best thing you can do is have the tea parties. i watched it last week and all the politicians trying start trouble like nancy pelosi. that's one person that should be out of the white house and senate as far as i'm concerned. keep it up. it's good work. thank you. host: thanks for the call. go ahead. guest: go ahead. host: wyoming. democrat line? caller: thanks for taking my call. i want to talk about the poles. you keep saying american people are against the health care bill. yeah, i'm against the health care bill but i'm for public option and single payer. okay we can't get the public option but at least you got something to cover people without insurance. the pole was done that because the questions were not asked properly. where were you people when president bush fought two wars without paying for them with taxes and then asked the people to sacrifice anything. we didn't raise taxes or ask us to volunteer. he since said, go out and shop. you people n

from capitol hill, you are watching c-span live coverage. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning now, the firm will please come to order. >> madam chair, you don't have order. >> we're here today to consider h.r. 4872 reconciliation act of 2010. and happy to welcome the distinguished committee mr. waxman and the committee's ranking member of mr. barton. gentleman, please come board. we are going to do it all it wants and the distinguished chairman of the ways and means committee. i want all of you up there. [inaudible conversations] >> is mr. levin hear? >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning gentleman, we're pleased to have such a distinguished group of guests with us this morning and we're going to start with -- we will with the chairman of energy and commerce. according to mr. waxman if you will begin and mr. waxman has always we will accept your whole salmon into the record and you may summ

c-span. and this is the very first time i've had a chance out of 30 years i've been watching c-span to call. o i'm very excited to get on the air. and again, i start my day with c-span. i had a comment and a question for the congressman. the first thing i want to observe, i really tried to get in when congressman nunes was on the program and i took some exceptions to what he was saying when you first asked him about some of the reports from some of the demonstrations in washington against this bill that the n word was used. and he sort of justified his comment as saying when there's a totalitarian system, then people have a tendency to get just as aroused and they use those kind of terms. i really think that certainly at the decorme and civility that was unacceptable with his response. the second thing is that a veteran called and indicated to him that he was satisfied with his health care. and mr. nunes was saying again that there was no free ride. and i'm a military veteran. i'm a combat veteran of vietnam. and for him to say that there's no free rides, a military veteran who has put on the

[laughter] tonight is my first time on c-span, which is a channel i obviously always watch. the sensationalism and demagoguery of pbs and qvc. [applause] if i can still fall asleep after watching c-span, there is c-span2 and c-span3. [applause] thank you very much. so i became a u.s. citizen in 2008, which i am really happy about. thank you very much. [applause] america is number one. that is true. because we won the world series every year. [laughter] after becoming a u.s. citizen, i immediately registered to vote for obama and biden. you are welcome. [laughter] you had me at guess we can. [laughter] that was their slogan. so, after getting obama and biden elected, i felt this power trip. and i started to think, maybe i should run for president myself. i have to take a step back and explain a little bit, because i had always been a pessimistic guy. i felt that life is kind of like being into the snow on a dark winter night. you probably made a difference but it is really hard to tell. [laughter] now we have a president who is half black, half white. it just gives me a lot of

23 years of c-span just watch 2 minutes of c-span. [ight laughter ] this is pretty interesting -- a new study found that dancing comes naturally to babies. their favorite place to get their freak on? all up in their crib. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that's where they do it. [ laughter ] and finally, spencer pratt is leaving "the hills" -- [ audience aws ] [ cheers ] -- to study software engineering at usc. [ laughter ] producers of "the hills" call it, "a huge blow." while the president of usc called it, "a huge blow." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show! give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, you guys. hey, everybody. i have a huge announcement. may 10th through may 14th is going to be rolling stones week here on "late night with jimmy fallon." it's all in honor of the rerelease of "exile on main st.," one of the greatest albums in rock 'n' roll history. every night that week, we're going to have a different artist cover one of the songs from "exile." and they're awesome songs, l

have been politically active for 20, 25 years and watched c-span for a long time.ting those treaties. the we talk about the health care bill that nobody has read. the gatt bill was 7 feet high and i do not think to this day anyone has read the whole thing. we have hypocrisy run wild in this country. i used to say we have capitalism run wild and government run wild, but there 1 in the same. one party thinks it does not smell so good. we have a bunch of traders upon the hill but of exported not only manufacturing, but the industrial base. that is what got us out of the great depression. host: here is the "washington 61% of republicans a major news organizations to a good job of covering all the important subjects that matter to me. the nation, meanwhile, is news hundred. çó many of you heard this morning that harold ford has decided not to challenge senator gillibrand in new york for that primary. he has an op ed in today's "new york times" on why he is not running for the senate. try have examined this race in every possible way and if i run, the likely result will

i watch a lot of c-span. i think everyone in america should watch c-span and learn. they talk about 45,000 a year dying because they don't have health insurance. it doesn't take effect for four years. so that's another 180,000 that will die. so 32 million that will be insured by this plan have to wait four years to get it. and the pre-existing condition for children is six months after the president signs it, but for adults it's four years. if they're going to do something that involves so many people in this country and insuring 32 million -- this is america, they should be covered -- it should take effect the minute he sets the pen down. >> the president arriving now at the capitol and about to address members of the house. live coverage on c-span. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> congress will come to order. mr. president, majority leader reid, welcome to the president's caucus, america's caucus. [applause] madam speaker, while the body was waiting outside to bring the president in, i was informing our caucus that it didn't happen under speaker cannon, nor did

i know on c-span, people watch things very closely. .: they do the equivalent of a congressional election of choosing his representative in your district, and our job, the person who has the most members of parliament becomes the prime minister. but when you look at the analysis of why people vote, you see that the nature of the leader end the party are very much factors. they need to sell themselves nationally as well as locally. host: we will get to the calls in just a moment. you can also join the conversation on line at twitter.com/wj. how has margaret thatcher been these days? guest: she is well into her 80s and she no longer does extended public speeches. there are occasions which we have seen where her mind tends to wonder a bit like a lot of old ladies. but she has to -- to wonder a bit bulike a lot of old ladies. but she has good days and bad days. she likes to be out there seen supporting the military and the conservative party. and david cameron goes to see her. i would say she is for real -- frail. host: winston churchill pas

c-span. c-span is very fair. i watch c-span in the morning.ia, always questioning and throwing light some sort of -- where the american public has doubt. all of this doubt out here in the media. i think with the american public, and it just makes fear. host: used the word undermining. the media may be undermining the present but they are creating this fear? caller: i really feel that. i'm young. i have to tell you, i voted for mr. obama. never really been a major politics, never really been into politics but the best president has really started a lot of young people into really motivating a lot of young people into politics. is he doing to much? all of these lies. trans. administration -- everything is on line. you could see everything. he constantly tells us that. live is and lies, all of this doubt. host: we appreciate your view this morning. larry from oak grove, illinois with a republican view. caller: the more i listen to c- span lately the market disappointed i am in the callers calling in. this reduction of nuclear weapons is almost ir

and tonight is my first time on c-span, which is the channel i always watch. when i couldn't stand the sensationalism and demagoguery of pbs or qvc. [laughter] >> if i still couldn't fall asleep after watching c-span, there's c-span2 and c-span3. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you very much. so i became a u.s. citizen in 2008, which i'm really happy about. [applause] >> thank you very much. america is number one. that's true. because we won the world series every year. [laughter] >> after become the u.s. citizen and i immediately registered to vote for obama and biden. you're welcome. [laughter] >> you had me at yes, we can. [laughter] >> that was their slogan. [laughter] >> so after getting obama-biden elected, i felt this empowerment. and i started to think maybe i should run for president myself. meanwhile, had to take a step back and explain a little bit, because i have always been a rose and pessimistic hi. i felt that life is kind of like p. into the snow in a dark winter night. you probably made a difference, that it's really hard to tell. [laughter] >>

host: you can watch all the coverage of the house on c-span.ler: i have a few suggestions to help out with health care. i think they should make all medical bills tax-deductible without having to achieved 7.5% of your net income. they should also give tax incentives to companies that of pickup 150% of the cost. no matter how much money you make, you should be able to write off medical bills. people will spend more money and people -- and money will be put into the economy. host:" the weekly standard" is calling the health-care bill the anti-jobs bill. they say the end game is as unseemly as the various maneuvers and back room deals got them this far. they say this is outrageous and embarrassing. we're joined from madison, wisconsin, good morning. caller: i think obama should have taken a page of the clinton book. i think he been off more than he can chew. he should brought down the cost and made it more affordable for those of us who have insurance. we would be more likely to contribute to the cost of health care for those who do not have it. h

i was in the doctor's office when i -- a moment ago and i had the opportunity to be watching c-span and listen to what the gentleman from kentucky said about yucca mountain and i just thought i'd better come down here and set the record straight. obviously my esteemed colleague from kentucky doesn't know the yucca mountain issue very well. with this five minutes i'd like to help enlighten him and the rest of my colleagues. the state of nevada is opposed to storing this nation's nuclear waste at yucca mountain, nevada. president obama pulled the plug because, and only because, there is no scientific evidence and there never has been that yucca mountain can safely store thousands and thousands of tons of toxic radioactive nuclear waste within the yucca mountain complex. let me tell you why, mr. speaker. at yucca mountain, we have discovered there are groundwater issues, seismic activity, volcanic activity, to refresh everybody's memory, the e.p.a., environmental protection agency, had a radiation standard of 10,000 years, where they wanted to be able to safely store this nation's nuclear

i have been watching c-span, and they were talking about about this being deficit neutral, and they are talking about you can't $500 billion for medicare and have the subsidies and have the same money and put it into the obama trust fund. the other thing, the doctor fix, that is not in the bill, and that is going to cost between $210 billion to $371 billion for the doctor fix. host: let me jump in because our time is short. help him understand what the bill does. guest: they came out with a score last night that says over the first 10 years, this legislation the one they are going to be voting on today, boast pieces examined, will cut the deficit by $143 billion. that is significant. they said that over the following 10 years, it will reduce the deficit about by $1 trillion. that is significant. what the republicans have said is that the democrats plan on making sure the doctors don't get a scheduled 21% cut in their salaries. that separate piece of legislation would cost about $210 over the next 10 years. now, the democrats put that aside to just focus on this piece of legislation, but

national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> you're watching c-span. here's what's ahead. next, a number of speeches on the current economic situation in great britain. at 8:00 an update on the financial regulation bill being worked on in congress. and later, u.s. secretary of state clinton and her pakistani counterpart discuss relations between the two countries. >> an update now on health care. yesterday the president signed the initial bill into law that allow the senate to begin work on health-made changes to the measure, using the reconciliation process. the senators have been taking votes since 5:30 p.m. eastern and are expected to continue voting on republican-offered amendments tonight, possibly throughout the night. a final passage vote is expected this week. and a reminder that we've got all kinds of information for you on health care, read all the different proposals from the house and senate, democrat and republican. watch hearings, speeches, town hall meetings and rallies and link to analysis and articles. again, that's all available to y

i watch c-span a lot. i get a lot of information from ron paul who was on the house show. and bernanke said flat out that he's not going to tell people where the money went. i used to listen to "n.p.r." where i read the world bank forgave 180 nations in debt as long as they give up the natural resources. you got david rockefeller and soros trying to bank rupt america, to bring everybody down and the rest of the world up. it's -- ron paul was winner of the cpac -- guest: i think it's iceland and not switzerland that doesn't want to pay back the debt. yeah, i think -- a lot of -- yeah. i think the greek situation and iceland situation are quite a different because greece has a much larger economy and it has a thriving tourism industry. probably over the long run can get itself back into a healthier state. iceland is a lot more serious. they have a very small economy and a very large debt. i would imagine they wouldn't pay it off and i think the british would probably back off at some point. host: next phone call, garland, texas. addie on the independent line. caller: good mo

i just wanted to say that i have been watching c-span for a while now and each time i hear the republicans talk about fannie mae and freddie mac, to meet it is the sort of a code word for minorities who have been shut out of the housing industry. i mean, when you go in to try to buy a house, you are shuffled into -- what do you call it? the subprime mortgage is what you end up getting. to me personally, i feel that to the housing problem is a result of the racism actually in this country where it permeates every system in this society. so, when they tried to blame fnma and freddie mac as a result of -- blame fannie mae and freddie mac, they should blame racism. guest: it is certainly a very charged issue. i don't know about the shorthand for subprime loans -- fannie mae and freddie mac guaranteed what are called conforming loans, which traditionally had not been the subprime loans. in recent years they did get into the subprime market to try to compete with the private lenders. but fannie mae and freddie mac were not big subprime lenders throughout most of their history. host: define what

hi watch c-span a lot and i get a lot of information from ron paul who is on the other show.nd he has a bill where bernanke says flat out he will not tell people where the money went. listening to npr writer i read that to the world bank for gave 180 nation's foreign debt as long as they give up natural resources. then you have david rockefeller and george soros calling for a world government to bankrupt america to bring america down to bring the rest of the robot. ron paul was the winner of the cpac straw poll greta wodele brawner i think it is iceland and not switzerland it does not want to pay back the debt. yes. i think the situation is quite a bit different because greece has a much larger and has a thriving tourism industry and over the long run could get a soften to a healthier states. they have a smaller economy and large debt i would imagine they will not pay off and i think the british will back off at some point* >> host: the independent lines. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i am just an average person calling because it is all intertwined.

all the health-care debate by watching c-span and by going to our health care website. p next on c-span, treasury secretary timothy geithner , followed by the senate confirmation hearing on the president's nomination for the ambassador to syria. and later, house debate on health care. education secretary arne duncan goes to capitol hill tomorrow to testify on the president's proposal to overhaul that no child left behind at 3 live coverage of the education committee at 2:30 p.m. eastern time on our companion network, c-span3, and on our web site, c- span.org. >> c-span -- public affairs content available on radio, television, and on line. you can also communicate with us on pointer, facebook, and what -- one twitter, facebook, and youtube. >> timothy geithner told congress today that the worst days of the economic crisis are behind this. he is testifying with other top of ministration officials before the house appropriations committee. he also warned that u.s. debt levels are unsustainable. this hearing is 3.5 hours. >>> good morning, everybody. we are here today to dis

i was watching c-span last week and watching the hearings on for $30 million that could -- i'm sorry, maybe billion dollars, that could be going to either -- going in to help credit for businesses. and i was wondering about the guests opinion on whether the argument that the sba should be having that money so that they can do direct funding or whether it should be going to the banks. in my opinion, just quickly, is that the banks already had a chance at this and the small business is a big deal in this country and sba is setting up to be doing more assessment for the small businesses. so i would prefer to see it go to the sba but i was wondering what you folks were thinking. thank you. >> guest: it is a very good point. by the way i grew up in the syracuse area, a little time in new york, so i hope that you are enjoying a the winter. one of the biggest problems the economy faces right now is the lack of liquidity, lack of capital for small businesses. one of the problems we have seen in the wake of the financial crisis is new rules that were really intended for large banks, rightly in

we asked how much they watched any proceedings on tv, mainly on c-span. we went back and ask, if it were televised, how regularly do you think you might watch those proceedings? in between, we phrased the question about the court and cameras intruding in the court a couple different ways. by the leg, we asked them -- by the way, we asked that question as it impinges on public opinion. one of the concerns would be the question of whether it would be too much democracy. that is to say, when you have tv cameras in the accord, if people in the living room are watching the justices at work, would it make the justice is too sensitive to public opinion. -- that is to say, when you have tv cameras in the court, would it change the way they make decisions? if it changed the way they behaved, would that be a good thing or a bad thing? in that case, i think tv has won out. 45% said that the cameras, even under those circumstances, would be a good thing. 31% said it would not be a good thing under those circumstances. host: how does it break down along party lines on

no one watching c-span has heard of them before. they are not in the middle of some controversial mess. they are trying to get our country moving again. so for people that are trying to get jobs that, trying to move this country, they need people in place in the government to help them take those holds off, get this moving, put these people in place. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, i rise today to decry the attack of my republican colleagues on the executive branch of the united states of america. the constitution, which we are sworn to uphold, calls for a balance of power between three branches of government: executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch. and in it, it gives us a certain ability to test the fitness of high appointees to the executive branch. that is the advise and consent clause of the constitution. the discussion does not have a delay and obstruct clause. it has an advise and consent cla

we asked how much they watched any proceedings on tv, mainly on c-span. we went back and ask, if it were televised, how regularly do you think you might watch those proceedings? in between, we phrased the question about the court and cameras intruding in the court a couple different ways. by the leg, we asked them -- by the way, we asked that question as it impinges on public opinion. one of the concerns would be the question of whether it would be too much democracy. that is to say, when you have tv cameras in the accord, if people in the living room are watching the justices at work, would it make the justice is too sensitive to public opinion. -- that is to say, when you have tv cameras in the court, would it change the way they make decisions? if it changed the way they behaved, would that be a good thing or a bad thing? in that case, i think tv has won out. 45% said that the cameras, even under those circumstances, would be a good thing. 31% said it would not be a good thing under those circumstances. host: how does it break down along party lines on

i appreciate your c-span, and you probably increased the watch. -- watchership.er] >> again, i hope we can call upon you as mean move forward. we had a meeting with the first lady twice on this issue. she is really taking the song. that gives us a nice bully pulpit. -- she is really taking this on. i really think we can start to make a difference this year. now the we have the nutrition authorization bill coming that rage she pointed out that there are a lot of things happening in the communities, all sorts of isolated things. if you don't mind cutting back to i was some time,mr. mendenhall, in a much more gentle capacity than in the past, we have a high school doing great things in iowa. every child comes in -- actually, when you first enter grade school you get measured your bmi and weight, blood pressure, everything. their track all the way through grade school and high school. every child has to exercise even those with disabilities. if the program around individual children. it is amazing what they have done an incorporated into their school systems. the par

c- span. -- you can watch it live here. this is from a protest today.uals predicted by the first amendment? the supreme court will decide. the appeals court tossed out a reward to the father of the marine killed in iraq demanding sued for emotional stress an invasion of privacy. new york congressman blaming his resignation on the conspiracy by house democratic leaders to force him out before crucial vote on health care. he says he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male stripper who felt uncomfortable during an exchange with them. he is one of 39 democrats voted against the bill in december. -- the acquisition was made by a male staffer. as we look at the stem as program which is now more than one year old, about $350 billion have been committed. just under $195 billion has been paid out. we have a web site devoted to following it. c-span.org/stimulus. . . and insights about their lives. who is buried in the tomb? now available at your favorite bookseller that it would if the peace and discount at the publisher's web said. >> over 10

today, i hope that my parents are actually watching c-span because they are both research engineers. at a certain level i remain concerned that i still regret that i left science and technology first for law and now for what i call fun service. when i was here on this floor being sworn in, i could remember seeing them right there and what was going through my head was, you know, i wonder if my dad is still angry that i left science and technology. he cares about it, and my mom does also, because they realize that engineering is hard and that it's important. and recognition in this resolution today is appropriate because it recognizes that engineering is hard. all of us can remember that when we went through college, the engineers took these classes where they worked really, really hard and got three credits for it. and we took things that weren't that hard and we got five credits for it. so it is a difficult thing for a student and it remains challenging as a young professional, and i think that this body and this nation should recognize and celebrate those things which are hard. at

watch it live beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 and c- span.org. >> obama and his socialistic ideas, deciding salaries, this is a life lesson in progress right now for conservatives. >> sunday, the founder and president of the booth policy institute. sunday night on "q&a." >> kathleen sebelius testified yesterday for a budget for the health and human services department. increased funding for the food and drug administration and other topics. this is a little less than an hour. >> the subcommittee will come to order. madam secretary, welcome back. i want to start by commending you for the outstanding work you are doing to help enact health- care reform. we can see the finish line. it will be tempting for senators on both sides to want to debate the pros and cons of health reform with you today but i would urge the subcommittee members to keep their focus on the subject of our hearing, which is the budget for the 2011 budget for health and human services. the president's budget hold the line on non security related spending for

microphones so not only the people in this room can hear you but all of the fine folks watching at home on c-span can hear you as well. and then of course after we are done here, dan has graciously agreed to sign copies to all those who would like one. he will be at the madden media signing area, tent b. i don't know if that is how they decided. he is right out light into the right and of course if you are watching at home you can go on amazon.com as we speak and order his look or any of your find local bookstores. dan balz is truly the dean of national political journalists. he has been writing for "the washington post" since 1978 and has a massive track record as someone who is not just been covering the day-to-day events, but really providing a level analysis and thoughtfulness that is fairly unique. he has been called i tom brokaw somebody who goes to the head of the class when the subject is presidential campaigns. and if class is the right word he used with dan for many reasons because in a field where it has a share of egos and prima donnas, dan is a somebody told me the other day, a true

caller: i stopped watching c- span sense you have mostly idle chatter.like the previous caller, legalized drugs. legalize all of them, all the opium products, take the profit motive out t. killing will stop instantly because the people who want to tell us will not have any money. the point is, host: what about the social cost? it might sell the violence problem but what about health care costs, treatment issues like that in the united states if drugs were legalized? caller: the people who want to get drugs get them. there is no problem with getting drugs. if you make them legal and provide clinics and facilities to get them off drugs, fine. there is a huge cost in letting people make huge amounts of money from drugs and violence associated with it. that is unconscionable. if we actually do this, is bad for business. does that for the defense industry, the prison industry, the dea because there will be no need for them. that is the problem we have institutionalized the never ending wars against drugs. host: what can the u.s. do about mexican drug pilots?

we're going to pound some beers, paint our faces and watch the health care vote go down on c-span. ah! [ cheers and applause ] woo! i've been watching the ncaa tournament, and there's been some huge upsets. in fact, sports writers said ohio's win over georgetown was the first time a number 14 seed beat a number 3 seed since 2006. [ laughter ] 2006. that's such a huge deal. i mean, it's like, dude, you don't understand the last time that happened, "lost" was on tv -- [ laughter ] beyonce was popular. it was, like, crazy stuff, man. "tell me about it, grandpa." "yeah. 2006, man, wow. heady days." here's some movie news. "repo men" came out today, starring jude law as a guys who rips out your internal organs if you can't pay for them, or, as we call it in the u.s., your insurance company. [ laughter ] speaking of health insurance, the democrats are working overtime to get 216 votes to pass health care on sunday. which means rahm emanuel is brawling the showers like the head of a prison gang. [ laughter ] "you guys vote yet?" here's some good medical news. there's a new technique that l

. >> you're watching c-span. next, the white house briefing. followed by a state department briefing on the situation in somalia. later, the growth of islamic radicalism in the united states. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . the >> premier robert gibbs said president obama is postponing a trip to indonesia. this briefing is about 50 minutes. >> nice to see you. let me get a few pictures over here. what was that groan for? come on. >> show us again, come one. >> you can't go yet, i'm not ready. >> don't worry, we'll do a couple of non-serious announcements in my -- >> what position did gibbs play, anyway? >> this is -- i am, first of all, as you can tell, not in my normal attire -- though it does signify friday here at the white house, casual friday as we newly instituted. [laughter] i am making good on my aspect of my wager with dimitri, my canadian counterpart, who is somewhere several hundred miles north laughing. >> are you itching yet? >> i am not. no, i'm a little warm. the number 39 is for ryan miller, who of c

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span this morning's "washington journal" we will talk about the 2010 elections and the collapse of bear stearns. the house committee voted to change the nation's health-care system for the full house should vote on the measure later in the week. here is part of the health budget committee debate from yesterday, including debate on abortion. we start off with opening statements from committee members. be deficit neutral but actually improve the deficit. the president subscribed to that principle and so have the house and senate. the budget act asigns us, our committee, the role of packaging the reconciliation bills and transmitting them to the house, quote, without substantive change. the rules committee has the authority to make substantive changes and report reconciliation rules, bills as amended to the floor. i'll briefly describe your purpose and make an opening statement limited to ten minutes followed by an opening statement limited to ten minutes by the ranking member mr. ryan. witho

c-span. we're going live to a press conference from the afghan ambassador to the u.s. first, some introductory remarks for your watching live coverage on c-span. >> obviously nobody knows what afghanistan's fate and the next while will be. we have heard various versions from various corners. but one thing is certain -- that the operations of the last decade have convinced many thoughtful people around the world that afghanistan can never be neglected again. one way or another, people of good will around the world are going to do what they can and use the resources that they had at hand to foster economic, social, and cultural development in that country. that is certainly one conclusion that is beyond dispute. a second one has only become obvious as time has passed, and that nothing serious and afghanistan in terms of these developments will occur unless afghans themselves are front and center. it is not going to be done from the outside or by the outside. it might be done in partnership with the outside, but it will have to involve, centrally, the development of afghan capacity in each of these areas -- economic, soci

you can watch them on studentcam.org or tune into c- span. our website, to watch all the top ent >>> thank you. appreciate everyone coming back quickly from the break and getting back into the room. we definitely want to accommodate the secretary's expect, which is quite busy today. madam secretary, we're delighted to have invited you, delighted you accepted our invitation to come and speak to our conference today. you join a long line of your predecessors when i began in this organization donna shalala, secretary shalala one of the first secretaries, she came to our podium many times and participated in this conference. followed by her successors. so we're delighted to welcome you as well. and i think on behalf of the working men and women in our community, a wonderful representation here this morning to hear your remarks. i think our colleagues would want me to make just a couple of points as you take the podium. one, we we entered 2009 with a major commitment to do something that was unexpected by various communities in the stakeholder aren

of course to welcome those who are joining us on our heritage.org website as well as those watching on c-spannetwork. we would ask everyone in in-house to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been turned off as a reminder internet viewers another set questions or comments can be sent to us at anytime e-mailing speaker@heritage.org and we will of course post a program on our heritage home page later today for your future reference. hosting a discussion this morning is cully stimson. mr. stimson is fellow understudies piteously neuropathic and military law, military commissions and detention policy. prior to joining heritage he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs. he advises secretary detainee issues worldwide including of course guantÁnamo bay, iraq and afghanistan. he has also served four years and his assistant u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. previous to that he was a homicide prosecutor in maryland in a domestic violence prosecutor in san diego. he served three active-duty tours in the navy and continues to serve as a judge advocate gen

the argument here is that even though the people in this chamber a and those who happen to be watching on c-span, have seen these bullets -- the bullet points to make it clear on the chart from the the gentleman from wisconsin, who is a friend, by the way, and i have a good personal relationship with, two wars, this side will argue they were both necessary. this side of the aisle can argue they were both necessary. and the tax cuts, i've argued that one was only a sugar high and the other one was effective and necessary. apparently this side of the aisle will argue they wrnt necessary. the drug entitlement language, as i recall, there were large number of democrats that voted for that bill and the argument was, would you actually set up a medicare proposal that would not have included prescription drugs today as much as prescription drugs are involved in providing health care to everybody in america? you wouldn't imagine you can go to the doctor and specialists and get your examination. you might get your surgery in outpatient care, but the pharmaceuticals that are part of the stability for our

it is my privilege to welcome you here, as well as those watching us on c-span, as well as those watching that all of you check to make sure your cell phones are turned off. for our internet years, questions can be sent to us at any time. we will post the program on our heritage homepage later today for your future reference. i think our program today is -- posting our program today is >> mr. crapo. -- hosting our program today is charles "cully" stimson. he has devised the secretary of defense on detainee issues worldwide. he has also served four years as an assistant to the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. previous to that, he was a homicide prosecutor in maryland, and a domestic violence prosecutor in san diego. he served three active-duty tours in at the navy, and continues to serve as a judge advocate general reservist in the navy. please join me in welcoming my colleague, charles "cully" stimson. cully. [applause] >> thank you. welcome. this week i had the opportunity to speak to some distinguished citizens about u.s. detention policy. in that audience or several world wa

you're watching public affairs programming on c-span and up next, fed chairman bernanke testifies onl hill about federal supervision of banks. after that, we hear from the education secretary who is pushing for changes to the u.s. secretary -- to the u.s. education system. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube. you can sign up for our schedule alert e-mails @ c-span.org. >> ben bernanke expressed some concerns with the financial regulations bill making its way through the senate. he testified before house financial services committee along with former federal chair reserved -- federal reserve chairman paul volcker. [gavel sounding] >> will the photographers please stand down? the only thing we could see is volcker. now we can see everybody. this hearing will come to order. it is an important hearing that is relevant to the legislative task before us as members know. the senate had been considering very much the question of what the supervisory breach of the federal reserve sho

watch every morning on c-span just before "washington journal." and during the program meet the students who made them. for a preview visit the website. >> palestinian president abbas spoke to readers in libya and warned that talks with israel will stop if they continue to build settlements. leaders voiced concern when israel said they are planning to build thousands of new homes in east jerusalem. this 20-minute event is courtesy of the arab television. >> today i address you, dear brothers, in the name of my palestinian people. from our belief that the cause of the palestinian people regaining its right is the center -- the center of the arab countries represents the point of consensus on one of the strategic bases of the joint arab action in the future, particularly that we are living in exceptional circumstances. and in very dangerous conditions that will form a turning point in history as a whole. the direction of the future will rely on how we deal with this phase that we're going through, and to what extent we are ready to face these challe

you can watch the house live on c-span as they continue deliberations and votes on health care tomorrow with live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern. we now return to >> historian andrew lewis presents a history of the student non-violent coordinating committee. better known as sncc. key members included julian bond, john lewis and marion barry. andrew lewis follows many of the sncc members from their early activist efforts to their later careers in politics. the university university of richmond in richmond, virginia host the hour and a half talk. >> my name is j-juliett land fair and i work here at the university of richmond for westhampton college. tonight we are going to be talking about how the sedans changed america. this is a big topic, a very big topic and we are lucky to have two significant scholars here to talk to us about it. 50 years ago, this past monday, for college men from north carolina a. nt college arrived back at their campus in greensboro, north airliner for the second semester. it was just ticks weeks in two or a few weeks into 1960, a brand-new decade. six y

president obama watched the vote on c-span.hen the final numbers came up he high fived his chief of staff, rahm emanuel. then he declared victory. >> it's about every american who knows the shock of opening an envelope to see their premium's just shot up again when time ares are already tough enough. trying to cover a child with chronic illness only to be told no again and again and again. it's about every small business owner forced to choose between insuring employees and staying open for business. they are why we committed ourselves to this cause. >> reporter: president obama lobbied hard to get here. since monday, he held 92 meetings and phone calls with democrats of every stripe. now some measures will go into effect immediately, within six months of signing insurers won't be able to drop you you if you get sick, insurers won't be able to limit the amount of coverage you get in a lifetime, and your children will be able to stay on your plan until you're 26 years old. the house passed the senate bill. but they never really

you ask and i will repeat it for the c-span watching audience. >> i ran into my colleague and i saidi'm going to see robert mcchesney and john, a nasa what you think of them? he said the going to talk about government subsidy. they went out and organized. in addition, you can see pr specialist going up. you are seeing organizers and communities and more pr specialist. the one challenge here today is we can create a new government subsidy or you can fund your little newspaper or online magazine in louisville, kentucky, or marietta, georgia or something like that. should we be pushing for subsidies or both or what? >> i will start because you mentioned the populace. as a state would have it, this is something we were interested in, too, so the leading historian has written a history of the post office and done a lot of the great archival work of the subject that i said to them, it looks like these subsidy petered out after the civil war. he said i want to the polls archives and spent a lot of time and there was room after room their of stuff from the populist demand lower postal rates

c-span. >> tomorrow, house majority leader steady haulier talks about theçó president's recently created commission. you can watch. eastern here on c- span. >> monday, on the communicators, senator patrick leahy kicks off the congressional internet caucus which highlights internet technologies. >> the new c-span digital library is an archive of the c- span programming over 157 hours of video is now available to you with baathist -- is fast and free. intelligence gathering. this took place at kansas state university. the event had to be moved to another building because of an incident that is referred to here. we pick it up after introductory remarks from general richard miers. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is a great pleasure to have such a distinguished graduate as a former colleague and such a good friend. i have done little intelligence on this occasion, and i was told that bomb threats were primarily exam week phenomenon, so i thought i was that, but apparently that was not very accurate either. thanks very much to all of you for your flexibility in changing being used and for stickin

c-span student cam competition. we will announce the 75 winners on march 10 and show you their winning bids at studentcam.org. >> you are watchingibility. in about 45 minutes, a cato institute preview on tomorrow's supreme court gun rights case. later, a director of national intelligence will speak. >> the new c-span video library is a virtual library of c- span's archives. over 157,000 hours of c-span video is now availablq=to you. kit is fast and free. try it out. >> as washington post international correspondent, t.r. reid has traveled the world.

." >> you've been watching "the communicators," c-span's weekly look at the issues shaping the digital age. if you missed any of this program, you can see "the communicators" again tonight in its prime time slot at 8 eastern right here on c-span2. >> this weekend booktv is heading west with live coverage from the tucson festival of books. starting saturday, hear from authors about their experiences living on the mexican border, timothy egan on teddy roosevelt's legacy. sunday, panels on writing about history, the war in afghanistan, world war ii and the military and leadership. the tucson festival of books this weekend on c-span2's booktv. for more information go to booktv.org. >> and now a panel looks as counterinsurgency operations in afghanistan. part of an all-day conference examining the history of counterinsurgency from vietnam to present day warfare. speakers include ronald newman, former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. co-hosted by johns hopkins and texas tech universities, this is about two hours. >> thank you very much. my maim is steve, identify the directer of the vietnam c

you can watch this conference on c-span 2. more violence in afghanistan.omb concealed on a bicycle killed two people and injured 38. this as admiral mike mullen says that nato forces hope to reverse the momentum of the taliban in an upcoming offensive. speaking earlier at a news conference, the admiral said that kandahar is a cornerstone in reversing the momentum of the taliban. congress is in two week recess. reporting on one member this morning, politico said that senator john isaacs and was admitted to a hospital last night for the second time in a week because of an original -- because of an irregular heartbeat. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> as you have probably heard this morning, the president is said to announce a major expansion for offshore drilling along the atlantic coast and the northern coast of alaska. the summit will be held this morning at a joint air force facility in andrews air force base. also today, the sec bar association is posting a discussion on -- fcc bar association is posting a discussion on regulati

and, of course, to welcome those joining us on our heritage.org web site as well as those watching on the c-span network. we would ask everyone to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been turned off as i remind our internet viewers and others that questions or comments can be sent to us at any time e-mailing speaker@heritage.org, and we will, of course, post the program on our heritage home page later today for your future reference. hosting our discussion this morning is mr. stimpson, senior legal fellow in our center for legal and judicial studies. he is a leading expert in military law, military commissions and detention policy. prior to joining heritage, he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense where he advised the secretary on detainee issues worldwide including, of course, guantanamo bay, iraq and afghanistan. he has also served four years as assistant u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, previous to that he was a homicide prosecutor in maryland and a domestic violence prosecutor in san diego. he served three active duty tours in the navy and continues to serve