up next on "the communicators" is deborah wheeler. she's a professor at the united states naval academy, and we'll be talking about the internet and the middle east. we're now joined by deborah wheeler who is a professor at the u.s. naval academy and the author of this book, "the internet in the middle east. "and we invited her to be on "the communicators" to talk about what's happened in egypt and how it's happened. deborah wheeler, how was the country of egypt, the government of egypt able to shut down mobile and internet traffic for six days? >> guest: well, thank you so much for having me, and before i get started i just want to say that my views today will be my own and not respective of the naval academy or the united states government. [laughter] so -- but back to your fundamental question. yeah, shutting down the internet, right? our worst nightmare. actually, most egyptians' worst nightmare as well. as you saw when they shut it down, not only did the government lose $90 million during that two days, but the protests grew rath

we are now joined by deborah wheeler, professor of the u.s. naval academy at the author of this book, "the internet and the middle east." we invited her to be on the communicators to talk about what's happened in egypt and how it's happened. deborah wheeler, how was the country's egypt, the government of egypt able to shut down mobile and internet traffic for six days? >> thank you so much for having me. before i get started by want to say that my views today will be my own and not representative of the academy or the united states government giving it back to your fundamental question, yes, shutting down the internet, our worst nightmare. actually most nightmare as well. when news of the shutdown not only did the government lose $90 million during that hiatus of internet traffic but the protests actually grew rather than declining, and some have argued that that's because all of the board teenagers who don't have jobs and are educated and computer savvy have nothing to do so they may as well join the protest so it backfired. >> but how did th

winslow wheeler. the book is called "the pentagon labyrinth: 10 short essays to help you through it." where can you get it? >> at some web sites. cdi.org, pogo.org. the simplest yet is to simply google the terms "the pentagon labyrinth." >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, internet reaction to the situation in libya. after that, c-span's conversation with former arkansas governor mike huckabee. then the nation's governors talk about what the nation should be doing on cybersecurity. tomorrow on "washington journal," terence samuel talks about the short-term spending. the latest on egypt, libya, egypt, and bahrain. and the president and ceo of the children miracle ho

winslow wheeler.he book is called "the pentagon labyrinth: 10 short essays to help you through it." where can you get it? >> at some web sites. the simplest yet is to simply google the terms "the pentagon labyrinth." >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. a visit us at q-and-a.org. these programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." following the president's day recess, the u.s. -- the u.s. has gavels then after that. two health committees hold a joint hearing on the future of the u.s. presidential libraries. it will cure for the archivist of the u.s. and a director of the ronald reagan and john f. kennedy presidential libraries and other presidential historians for a live coverage begins at 10:30 eastern on cspan 3. the national governors' ass

if you want history of iwo jima reed richard wheeler. if you like the history of six nice boys read james bradley. c-span: again, working with the writer on this, did you record the stuff, physically recorded? >> guest: i don't like to record because you lose the tape then you get lazy, so what i have done for probably 20 years is take verbatim notes. when i'm listening i'm not interpreting. i am just documenting verbatim. so yeah there are a lot of misspelled words but when i hang up the phone you go back and clean up all the misspelled words and put in the words that you know you heard but didn't have time to type. a one-hour interview you have to sit there for two hours and clean it up. c-span: when it came to the descriptions in here of all the battles and all that kind of stuff, were those your words or did you have ron powers do that? >> guest: i did all the research. c-span: you sent him the research and he put it in some kind of context? >> guest: we worked in different ways. there are parts of the book that i row completely. oth

at russell wheeler. activist judges, legislating from the bench -- i don't know what those terms mean. they are used by both sides of the political spectrum to criticize judges whose opinions they don't like. i would caution against the view that no nominees are getting through. keep in mind, until the obama administration, district ambnominees were getting approved by and large about 90% of those submitted. it is not as of nominations are not getting confirmed. it is just that we had in the core rate of confirmation, especially at the district level, -- have a lower rate of confirmation, especially at the district level, and we have seen historically. host: you found the opposite in your research, is that correct? "evidence shows that a nominee's political views are accurate in predicting future rulings"? guest: i don't know what that evidence is. one prediction might be the party of the appointing president, whether it is a republican or democratic president. what i said is that there is not a lot of s

. >> he removed the leg to take a ride on a 4 wheeler he was repairing. >> i saw the leg and helmet. so i said, he he will be right back. >> when he came back the leg was gone. it was new and it had a unique raiders design on the front. he does not have the $7,500 to replace it. his old leg does not fit properly. >> i cannot use crutches because my left arm is paralyzed, the stolen leg has little resale value, it is custom made to fit turner that lost his own leg in 1985 in a motorcycle accident. >> i feel like i lost my actually leg again. i do not understand what they will do with it. >> medicare insurance only will pay for one leg every three years so he can not get a replacement. >> ktvu, channel two news. >> oakland police conducted a massive sweep in an effort to round up parole violaters. they paid a total of 10 arrests during operation sun rise. they wanted to improve safety for children can walking to school. >> -- for children walking to school. >> this operation was successful based solely on the fact that the community is see us working with them instead of against them.

wheeler also have the planning code consideration and whether or not it meets the obstructions and thatome of the process concerns. we have not sent out the neighborhood notification yet. we still have the permit. revisions could be submitted for what we have on file. i would imagine that if the board was to choose that the trees should be removed, they need to come up with an alternative. we have the permit and we have not sent out a notification. sut the board of vote -- the board is aware of where the processes. >> thank you. >> what about the historic facades? >> in the staff reviewed the current proposal and felt that that wasn't adequate proposal. i have not reviewed any alternative proposal. >> thank you. bédj >> the matter is submitte. >> it appears that neither party is against the construction, it might be the location and maybe the trees. from a technical point of view, there is greater safety in aligning the foundation and the wall that will be constructed with the major structure of the building. in these kind of instances, there is always the potential for settlement. >>

winslow wheeler. the book is called "the pentagon labyrinth: 10 short essays to help you through it." where can you get it? >> at some web sites. the simplest yet is to simply google the terms "the pentagon labyrinth." >> did you for joining us. >> thank you very much. -- thank you for joining us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. a visit us at q-and-a.org. these programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, international reaction to the situation in libya. after that, a c-span conversation with former arkansas governor mike huckabee. and at 11:00 p.m., "q&a" with winslow wheeler. tomorrow, on "washington journal," representative from the national journal, terrence samuel. bobby ghosh, and john lauck. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i am excited about what happens in society when it gets boring. discusseslay shirky where the fut

we are now joined by deborah wheeler, who is the author of this book. "the internet to tyhhe middle east." we are talking about how egypt was able to shuyt down mobile and internet traffic in previous days? >> my views are not those of the naval academy. shutting down the internet. not only did the government lose $90 million but the protest in all theros grew because bored teenagers without jobs who are computer saavy, so they joined the protests. >> how did they do this? haveny of the country's traffic that is managed, with information -- or the amount of loyal corporate entities. we have what is happening in egypt, we tell them to stop service. >> and how will they stop the service? there is the kill switch. is there a way to stop traffic at the border. >> this is a matter of removing the trip -- the address from the roster of applicable traffic, and enclosing this down. i am not a specialist on the side of things. i am looking into the social and economic impact of these technical relationships. >> you said that $90 million -- this is government rev

a trailing driver captured video of an 18 wheeler driving under an overpass. the snow scraped off. created that giant blinding explosion right in the faes of that driver. that's got to be terrifying. now for a look at your national and regional weather. here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. let that be a lesson to everyone. >> yeah. i think anyone that's driven in the north, you've done it before. you go down the highway, and you see the chunks flying off the truck. yeah, not fun. ié'r a big debate. do you pass them or stay in back? >> and videotape at the same time. you worry about your windshield. the west is pretty quiet today. the middle of the country is the stormy spot. very cold air is plunging down from the north. we got all the warm air in the south coming up the gulf of mexico. it's combining for a pretty potent winter storm. we have winter storm warnings again for dallas. this is the third storm in two weeks. oklahoma city, and even up there towards kansas and colorado. now, our computers are projecting about 6 to 12 inches of snow from little rock to okl

. >>> in new mexico, a police cruiser was sandwiched between an 18 wheeler and a concrete barrier.take a look at this. the cruiser's dash cam captured the big rig switching lanes and slamming in to the police vehicle on interstate 25. the truck driver did not stop and is wanted for questioning. the officer was injured but is expected to be okay. >>> in washington, explosives were used to bring down a piece of american history. ah, there she blows. workers deoeished multiple structures including a powerhouse built in 1943 as part of the manhattan project which created the world's first atomic bomb. >>> finally in idaho, rescuers worked 19 hours straight to free a dog stuck in an underground pipe. the jack russell terrier was with his owner when he wandered off and fell inside the pipe. the rescue crew had to remove asphalt and steel before they were able to pull the dog out and return it to the owner for a little love and a much needed bath. ah. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you know,

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killed two people in pakistan makes an even worse combination joining me to discuss it all as marcy wheeler blogger firedoglake marcy thanks so much for joining us let's start with this report of the washington post basically a look at some independence of his pigs what they could gather from the cia said that we've only killed two high value militants that would have been on the left in the past year after we've had a record of drone strikes is that supposed to make us feel like these things are worth the money i mean even if you use a slightly more expansive definition of who we got that was worth getting we still only got maybe sixteen people which works out to be about nine million dollars for top target it's a lot of money it's not clear that it's getting us anywhere and it's really pissing out. well we know one thing that i find interesting is when they first launched the drone campaign really this was used only to go after these high value how valued militants people that we had on the list now they're congratulating themselves for getting the low level foot soldiers you know they're

and wheeler said i know that is what you want me to do and that is the last thing in the world i will do. than what they said as he said many times we can bomb those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and then george bundy said perhaps our problem is they are too close to the stage as it is. that was the last i saw of those people. let's shift our focus now to president obama and what he is likely to face in the next couple of years in terms of military decisions of i think equal consequence although of slower impact. in the first place a i think that president obama is not going to talk very much about military affairs tonight. he will make an obligatory reference to what is going on in afghanistan and pakistan. he may give a sentence or two to north korea but it will largely be about the creation of jobs and i think he is very smart to do that. he is way ahead of where president kennedy was and where lbj was in terms of generalship. i knew all of the three commanders who were in charge of our forces in vietnam. i worked on that war for four years. g

and pakistan or it out when to speak to marcy wheeler on that subject but first let's move on to tonight's top story. the protests are continuing in wisconsin for the seventh day today as public sector employees students other supporters even a sprinkling of rock stars and celebrities fight against governor scott walker's plan to take away collective bargaining rights tens of thousands have come out over the last week many camping out inside of the state capitol building and walker has shown no signs of changing his plans and fourteen democratic lawmakers have left the state but with poor weather conditions and perhaps most notably a concern over schools being closed how much longer can we expect all this to last joining me from wisconsin is andrew state associate editor at the badger herald andrew thanks so much for joining us now as you've been watching this unfold over the past week how has you know how is the crowd changed has it changed at all over the last week was it just teachers at first and then you saw people from other states come in and tea partiers and the like as well. well

. >> when so wheeler is critique has written to just-published essays in "the pentagon labyrinth." >> they have the power to go to war, the power of the purse, the power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war and of the purse, are meaningless if congress does not exercise the power to investigate. and it is not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview tonight on c-span. and this morning a reporter's roundtable, on this week's budget showdown between congress and the white house over spending cuts and a potential government shutdown. then muyrna

later, russell wheeler from the brookings institution discusses brookings institution discusses judicial

. >> host: professor wheeler, have you been monitoring tweets and et ceteras from other countries such as yemen, jordan, some of the countries that seem to be having a little bit of rebellion? is. >> guest: yes. yemen's an interesting case. 1.8%of the society in yemen has access and that represents more than 2,000% growth from 2000 to 2010. >> host: is it because of poverty or government restrictions? >> guest: it's both. ill literacy, poverty, government restrictions, put it all together. lack of literacy in english. we're having rebellions in yemen without massive access to the internet, so that would be a case where if you're trying to make a case for social media, you don't want to include yemen in your equation at this point. laugh. [laughter] but jordan, 28%, almost 30% of the society has access to the internet. the king starting in 2000 but going full throttle in 2004 built telecommunity centers throughout the country including in impoverished areas and, again, wants to be part of that digital economy. but it's a double-edged sword. you give people access, and they're going to c

. >> winslow wheeler heads the reform project. he has written two just published essays in the pentagon laboratory >> cong chris has three essential -- congress has three essential powers, to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war end of the purse, are meaningless yet congress does not exercise power to investigate and it is not doing that. >> either rest of the interview sunday night on cspan's "q &a." >> at the national press club, a former arkansas governor and 2008 republican presidential candidate mike huckabee said that he believes a republican will be president -- will beat president obama in 2012. he said he is seriously considering a second bid for the presidency. the governor was in washington, d.c. to kickoff a tour for his new book. the next stops are in the state's scheduled to hold the first presidential caucus in 2012, iowa. this is 50 minutes. >> can everybody hear me? good. it is great to see this great crowd here. wonderful. mike huckabee is here today.

when he removed the leg to take a quick ride around the block on a four wheeler he had been repairing. a neighbor saw the leg. >> i saw a leg and a helmet. so i said, oh, well he will be right back. and didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: buteneer says when he came back the leg was gone. it was new. he just got it in december and it had a unique raiders design on the front. he says he doesn't have the $7500 to replace it. >> yes, this is my old leg, the one i had before they made the new one. >> reporter: the old one no longer fits properly causing pain. >> i can't use crutches because my left arm is paralyzed so i can't walk on crutches. >> reporter: he tells us that the leg has little resale value and won't do anyone much better because it is custom fit to turner who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. >> it feels like i lost my leg all over again. my actual limb, this is how it felt, you know. i don't understand what they are going to do with it. >> reporter: turner's medicare insurance will only cover one every three years so not covering a replacement. turner hopes someo

when he removed the leg to take a quick ride around the block on a four wheeler he had been repairinga neighbor saw the leg. >> i saw a leg and a helmet. so i said, oh, well he will be right back. and didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: buteneer says when he came back the leg was gone. it was new. he just got it in december and it had a unique raiders design on the front. he says he doesn't have the $7500 to replace it. >> yes, this is my old leg, the one i had before they made the new one. >> reporter: the old one no longer fits properly causing pain. >> i can't use crutches because my left arm is paralyzed so i can't walk on crutches. >> reporter: he tells us that the leg has little resale value and won't do anyone much better because it is custom fit to turner who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. >> it feels like i lost my leg all over again. my actual limb, this is how it felt, you know. i don't understand what they are going to do with it. >> reporter: turner's medicare insurance will only cover one every three years so not covering a replacement. turner hopes someone

. >> winslow wheeler has written two just published essays. >> congress has the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the public to investigate. it first two powers to go to war and of the purse are meaningless if congress does not use the power to the best it is not doing that. prexy threst of the interview tonight on c-span's "q & a." >> we will take you live to the national governor's association meeting. today, we will begin with a panel talking about how states can afford medicaid. we will hear from douglas holds the can -- douglas holz eakin. while we wait, let's take a look at congressional redistricting. host: joining us from new york, the senior counsel at the brennan center. appreciate your time. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: our focus is redistricting. and let me put on the table a snapshot of what we're looking at in terms of the latest census information and what it means for states. first, those expected to gain seats in the u.s. house of representatives include arizona, which will gain one seat, florida will gain one, georgia gaining an additiona

. >> winslow wheeler, at the center for defense information.he's also written two just published essays. >> the congress has three essential key powers -- the power to go to war, power of the purse, and power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war and of the purse, are meaningless if congress doesn't exercise power to investigate. they're not doing that. >> this morning, jennifer depaul discusses how current domestic and international events could affect consumer confidence in the economy. .then jim glassman talks about the role of diplomacy and use of the internet and social media and political uprisings. and later, montana governor

one 18-wheeler, one 18-wheeler of 70,000 pounds does 10,000 times the damage, the wear and tear, vibration to a highway as an automobile, yet the trucks don't pay 10,000 times the gasoline tax as the automobile driver does. if we asked them to do so, trucking would be noneconomic. not suggesting we do so. but at the same token we need rail transportation because it is three times as energy efficient. far more energy efficient per passenger. we want to decrease our dependence on middle east oil and borrow less money from china to give it to middle eastern dictators who fund the war on terror. we need more rail. the only way we can do that is by funding amtrak and amtrak has to improvements because there are improvements on the rail system. an amendment like that is totally destructive because we must have a choice, a choice for shippers and people of the modalities of transportation to make our economy more efficient and so they don't sit on the highways in congestion all the time. amtrak is cheap enough and $850 million for the entire country is much too small, we should maintain that leve

to shut down the internet, and deborah wheeler of the u.s.aval academy of the impact of the internet on the middle east and its contribution to political awareness. tonight on c-span2. >> mr. president, it is my great honor today to speak on the floor for the first time as a united states senator. >> the new class of freshmen senators have been giving their first speeches on the senate floor. all their appearances on line with c-span's "congressional chronicle." track the daily house and senate timelines, read transcripts of every session, and find a full archive for every member. >> on television, on radio, and online, c-span, bringing public affairs to. created by cable, it is washington your way. them coming up in about an hour, we will bring you a panel discussion on the role of white house press secretaries. scheduled to take part, several former presidential spokesman. you can see that live starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. to get us there, here is the current white house press secretary, robert gibbs. he briefed reporters

. >> louisa: wheeler seeing snowfall on mount hamilton, rain everywhere this morning.e you closer. that wide area shows no fault over the peaks. also heavy rain taking it down to the done burned bridge. also palo alto, as we take it to morgan hill, we are seeing heavy downpours there as well. the looks into oakland, san francisco light showers expected to continue heavier showers through, creek. future cast 4 showing you an active looking radar. as we take it through the afternoon we will see things taper off. hit or miss showers through a good portion of your friday. into saturday we could kill a lot of that cold air moving in. we do have a winter weather advisory for the later part of your friday into saturday morning. east bay hills and the diablo hills. 1 in. of snow falling run 1,000 ft.. current temperatures on warm side, 42 san rosa 50 as their francisco and oakland. upper 40's and the south bay. freeze warning is enough fact for the north bay, afternoon highs thursday into the upper 40's low 50s. 49 in san francisco, 50 in richmond, low 50s upper 40's for the e

>> it's a game changer de weeks demint deborah wheeler is a professor of u.s. naval academy. we appreciate your participation on the communicators. >> thanks for having me. >>> up next, fcc chairman julius genachowski of a plan to promote a broad and expansion to rural areas by redirecting a federal subsidy now used to support phone service. he spoke in washington for half hour about the sec's national broadband planned and priorities for this year. >> well, good morning everyone. welcome to a itif eve ensler we are honored to feature julius genachowski to talk about impending universal service reform efforts at the fcc. as you all know, universal service is a critical component of our nation's telecommunications and broadband policies, but it really hasn't been updated in a long, long time would be the kind way of saying that, and the chairman is leading a major effort to do that, so we are really honored to hear from him today. let me start by if you all know the background, but let me start, chairman of genachowski was nominated by president obama as the chairman of the fc

. >> winslow wheeler has the defense project at the center for defense information. >> congress has three essential key powers, the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two hours, to go to war and of the purse, are meaningless. if congress does not exercise the power to investigate. and it is not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: scot ross is the executive director of one wisconsin now. thank you for joining us on c- span. guest: thank you for having me. host: madison has been called the ground zero in the fight on the issue of collective bargaining. how did it get to this point? guest: steve, what happened was the governor, scott walker, pushed out a budget repair bill, what he called a solution to some economic challenges he feel the state of wisconsin has. he tried to ram it through in less than a week. all heck broke loose. there was a hearing of our budget writing committee, which is called the joint finance committee. in the middle of the committee with hu

. >> reporter: we showed up wheeler led to believe these people wanted to talk to us.we understood emotions were rob, there were women crying, hugging we shot video when they turned arkansas' they became very angry i try to explain we were there to cause any harm. they continue to get more entry it was a fairly large crowd there were gathered 30-40 yds away as they heard the woman getting angry the rush. as you saw there was one guy that went for the camera. border cannot allow someone to go for the camera i stepped in, i have to look out for the photographer. it escalates. people circle around, tricked rebecca to the ground. it was a flash point. >> james: that memorial service was for a 27 year- old man who was shot and killed after a fight in front of that restaurant early sunday morning. the reporter and photographer were left with cuts come about scum bruises. it is beginning to look like there will be no mufflers competition this year and half moon bay the reason, no bigger lives waves. it doesn't k like additions will be right. we spoke with last year's runner-u

at 11:00 p.m., winslow wheeler of the straus military reform project. >> secretary of state hillary clinton addresses the human rights council on the situation in libya. our live coverage from geneva begins at 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. as the nation's governors meet here in washington, accused the c-span video library to learn more about the chief executives. watch their speeches and appearances, see in all boroughs of new governors, and your state of the state addresses all free online. search, watch, click, and share any time. former arkansas and governor and presidential candidate mike huckabee is the author of a new book entitled "a simple government." c-span had a chance to talk with them about his possible run in 2012, social and fiscal issues, and about growing up in hope, arkansas. this is 40 minutes. >> mike huckabee, the book is "a simple government." >> allen born it is to take complex problems in the country, and even the world, and to back up and say, what common sense proposal could apply here that would make sense. i wanted this book to be a book that when a person ready,

and wheeler says i know that's what she wanted to do and that is the last thing in the world i'll do. and then lemay said and i'm sure he said it many times, we can bomb those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and then george bundy said perhaps our problem is that they are too close to the stone age as it is. that was the last i saw of those people and then shift our focus now to president obama and what he is likely to face in the next couple years in terms of military decisions of people's consequence, although lower impact. in the first place, i think that president obama is not going to talk very much about military tonight. he'll make an obligatory reference to what's going on in afghanistan and pakistan. he may give a sentence or two to north korea, but it's largely going to be about creation of jobs. and i think he's very smart to do that. he is way ahead of where president kennedy was and where lbj was in terms of generalship. i knew all of the three commanders who were in charge of our forces in vietnam. i worked on that works for four years

. >> winslow wheeler heads the strauss military reform project. false -- also written two essays. >> congress has three essential powers -- the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two powers to go to war and of the purse are meaningless if congress does not exercise the power to investigate and it is not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview tonight on c-span's "q&a". with congress in recess and a march 4 deadline for funding the federal government, with house members said about h.r. 1. with 162 amendments. the entire debate is online at c-span's congressional chronicle at c- span.org/congress. "washington journal" continues to. host: our send it roundtable. we want to welcome felicia sonmez. welcome. and kara rowland of "the washington times." the president is sitting out the budget brawl. his been largely absent. why? guest: he released his three- point trillion dollar budget for next year. the administration has spent a lot of -- focused on the spending freeze next year. as far as the argum

the bus driver, a teacher and drive of the 18-wheeler.ncy and help came from all around to set up a triage center at the local fire station. that's where dozens of injured students were transported on local school buses. at least ten students were taken by ambulance and helicopter to area hospitals. radis, c news. o cfo illegal cockfight in the central part of the state when the that's where dozens of injured students were transported on local school buses. at least ten students were taken by ambulance and helicopter to area hospitals. their injuries are not life-threatening. the seniors were returning to ackerman high school after a career day visit to the university of mississippi. brad wheelis, abc news. >>> another bizarre story this morning. a california man has died after being stabbed by an armed rooster. police say jose ochoa was at an illegal cockfight in the central part of the state when the accident happened. the rooster had a sharp blade attached to its leg which is a common practice in cockfighting. ochoa was cut in the calf

have to make sure we focus every day on how to make the country stronger and more competitive and wheeler going to be -- be able to meet a substantial share of the growing demand for goods and services around the world we want more of that by investment in the united states and what the president's but it does is proposed a range of reforms to make it more likely that the next great american business in the next factory in the united states and the great foreign competitor of the united states builds or her next factory in united states and the tax code is working to encourage those investments and not to discourage those investments. it is very important when we think about the policy choices that we look at them through the prism of what is going to be a better strategy for growth and investment. not simply an exercise of reducing future deficits. that is very important to future growth but how you do is critically important. if you get the set priorities make sure you are preserving capacity to invest in things that it is important for every business in the country. for example any bus

to shut down the internet and deborah wheeler on the impact in the middle east. feddis tonight on c-span2. >> every weekend, experience american history on c-span3. it is 48 hours of american events in first-person story. history bookshelf features the best known history writers of the bus -- past decade. and it traveled to important battlefields. every weekend visit college classrooms across the nation as professors delavan and to america's past during lectures and history. of joy and curators, collectors and historians -- and join curators, collectors and historians. american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. pixar schedule on line and how -- and signed up to have them e- mail to you using the c-span alert. now from -- former vice president dick cheney, the keynote speaker at a banquet saturday celebrating the 100th birthday of ronald reagan. his remarks are just under an hour. >> good evening. i am delighted to come participate here in the functions of the center as well as the reagan not 100 celebration. it really is an historic occasion becau

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and in kansas city, this 18-wheeler flipped on its side, off the road, into a pitch. 13.6 inches of snow had fallen in chicago, a record at o'hare airport. by 6:00 a.m., a foot and a half covered the streets, with 40 to 50 miles per hour winds. the winds here at chicago are 42 miles per hour. in order to be a blizzard, they have to be 35 miles per hour for three consecutive hours reducing the visibility to a quarter mile. it looks like this storm has the power. chicago city firefighters traveled on 50 snowmobiles to help stranded drivers push their cars to safety. even wrigley field was damaged in this storm. other commuters were trapped in standstill traffic on lake shore drive for five hours. >> everything is frozen. nothing is moving. it's just insane. >> it's a parking lot. there's no lanes. everyone is facing every direction you can imagine. all the cars are rocking because the winds are so high. >> reporter: also a parking lot, chicago's o'hare airport. one air traffic controller broke the bad news to a pilot, hoping to take off. >> good luck getting back out tonight. i doubt it, t

joining us now is "popular mechanics" auto editor larry wheeler. good morning. dealers are trying to push their new spring lines. why else is this the time of year to see good sales? >> usually there's a lot of sales at the end of the year, the previous year, and people don't want to go out and buy when it's cold months. presidents day, they're off. they've got time, and dealers and car manufacturers push this time to sell cars. >> last year we were told to stay away from preowned vehicles because the prices weren't as good because simply weren't turning in their vehicles. is that the same this year? >> absolutely, it's the same. in fact, used car prices are actually going a little bit higher. so while that means you probably want to buy a new car, the nice thing is your trade-in is going to be worth a little bit more. >> how can we find the dealerships in our area that have the best deals? when you go online, it's a little overwhelming. >> you've kind of got to go old school and just get the newspapers. if you look in the back, they'll have an awed 0 section. y

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. >> winslow wheeler at the center for defense information. he's also written two just published essays in the pentagon labyrinth. >> congress has three essential key powers, the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war and of the purse, are meaningless if congress doesn't exercise the power to investigate. and it's not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> in june of 2010, f.b.i. agents arrested 10 people of russian decent on charges that they spent years in the united states spying for russia. the u.s. government operation was referred to by federal investigators as the illegals program. now former see yea -- sigh yea mark stout talks about it. this is part of the spies within undercover in the u.s.a. series. >> good morning. and welcome to the international spy museum. we're delighted to have you here for the next in our series on spies. >> i am peter ernest, executive director of the museum. the number of people who come up to me,

wheeler said i know that's what you want me to do, and that's the last thing in the world i will do.d, and that sure he said it many times, we come of those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and that george bundy said our problem is that they are too close to the stone age as this. that was the last i saw of those people at less shift our focus now to president obama and what he is likely to face in the next couple of years in terms of military decisions of all i think equal consequence, although of slower impact. in the first place: i think president obama is not going to talk very much about military affairs tonight. he will make a reference to what is going on in afghanistan and pakistan. he may get a sentence or two to north korea, but it is largely going to be about the creation of jobs and i think he is very smart to do that. he is way ahead of where president kennedy was and where lbj was in terms of generalship. i do all three of the commanders in charge of our forces in vietnam. i worked on that or for four years. general harkins, the first

to shut down the internet, and deborah wheeler on the impact of the internet on the middle east and its contribution to political awareness tonight on c-span2. >> mr. president, it is my great honor today to speak on the floor for the first time as a united states senator. >> the new class of freshman senators have been giving their first speeches on the senate floor. follow their appearances online with c-span's congressional chronicle, track the daily house and senate timelines, read transcripts of every session and find a full video archive for every member. congressional chronicle at c-span.org/congress. >> the heads of ibm and dell gave their recommendations for how the federal government can save a trillion dollars over the next decade and improve its place in the global economy. both are part of the technology ceo council which met with president obama during the week. this 50-minute event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> they are going to have to leave fairly quickly, too, so we're going to really dive into this very quickly. and i'm going to,

. >> winslow wheeler heads the reform project at the center for defense information and has written two just published essays in "the pentagon labyrinth." >> they have three essential key powers, the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two hours, to go to war and the purse, are meaningless if congress does not exercise the power to investigate. it is not doing that. >> to the rest of the interview tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> you are watching c-span bringing you politics and public affairs every morning. is "washington journal," our live calling the program connecting with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. watch live coverage of the u.s. house on weekdays. also, supreme court or arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturdays, "the communicator's." on sunday, "newsmakers," and "q&a." you can see our programming any time on line on c-span.org. c-span -- washington your way. created by america's public cable companies. >> the house and senate return monday for the presidents' day break.