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

you'll hear a case cited saturday on c-span's historic supreme court argumenting from 2003. the washington state department of social and health services petitioners versus the guardianship estate of kepler, respondents. >> if you look at the complaint in this particular case by the respondent, if you look at the certification of the class that's present here, if you look at the holding below in every

caller: good morning c-span. i thought it was interesting about one year ago, china put together a super committee of intellectuals, economists, and so long to come up with what kind of future problems china is facing. the number one priority they were going to face was the growing income disparity between their lowest peasant class, who are pre rarely their manufacture -- who are primarily their manufacturing workers and the middle and upper classes. other priorities they had was corruption. they were going to have to address corruption and the growing lack of social trust that chinese people had. in the way they were going to deal with their number one priority of the income disparity -- they were going to raise chinese people's sense of nationalism. they were going to begin talking about their founding fathers and they're proud history. they were going to get people to rally around the flag. they felt that this would help all press the peasant class -- help supproppress the peasant class. host: draw this to a

by the way, you can follow the campaign on c-span's site for politics. we want to take a step back and look at one issue that rick santorum is being asked about, his loss in 2006 when he was running for a third term in a u.s. senate. his background, he's from western pennsylvania, he served two terms in the house of representatives and then went on to serve two terms in the u.s. senate, losing by 18 percentage points in 2006, terry is writing about this. we'll hear from him in just a moment. let's go back to november of 2006 as rick santorum conceding the race to bob casey. >> we also stood up in this campaign and we didn't back away from any of those principals or the most important one that we talked about. and that is -- and that is we didn't -- we didn't back away from the great threat that confronts this country from overseas. we stood up. and all of the political pundits maybe correctly now saying, why did you go out and talk about those unpopular things like the war, future threats like venezuela, north korea and iran? why did you talk about that

american history tv airs each weekend here on c-span 3. >>> one of the trickiest things about writing this book for me was thinking through the way, particularly in the international human rights context, rights were both kind of straddled, a moral imperative, and aspirational ideal, and more practical and formal mandate. >> on "after words" from distributing food to the poor in india, to sex trafficking in japan, richard thompson ford defines human rights and how well-meaning person reforms can lead to increased exploitation, saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, saturday at 7:00 p.m., house historian looks at the americans who have served in congress. he is joined by former congressman ron dellams. and al simpson, written by his press secretary and chief of staff. book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> there is a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs, as well as access ah tv's history tweets, history in the news and special media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american

thank you for being here for c- span's "washington journal." here.uchanan will be you russ feingold, we will also be talking about campaign finance. in our last segment, we will be looking at america by the numbers and college education rates. as we begin this morning, president obama announced a new corporate tax proposal this week. that is in addition to the various plans proposed by the gop candidates on the campaign trail. we are going to talk about america's corporate tax rate this morning. to much or too little? we would like to hear your thoughts on this. we will show you the marginal tax rates, the effective tax rate, and compare what's the united states corporations pay compared to corporations around the globe. here are our phone lines. host: good friday morning to you. you know, you can also participate in our discussion this morning on facebook. we posted the question. tweet us @cspan. thes take a quick look at top line proposals among the candidates for president on corporate tax rates. president obama made his announcement this we

"washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve sculley. the u.s. and nato will seek an end to the combat mission in afghanistan next year. a shift to the role the u.s. is providing in support and training of afghan security forces. that announcement today from defense secretary leon panetta. u.s. military commanders had said they would begin a transition this year toward taking more of an advisory role in afghanistan with its national army and allow the police there to take on a greater responsibility for fighting the insurgency over there. in presidential politics, mitt romney moving on to minnesota. politico saying he was giddy today on the campaign trail as he took aim at former house speaker newt gingrich, who placed a distant second in florida last night for failing to be a true conservative. that's the claim by newt gingrich. meanwhile the former house speaker is back on the campaign trail tomorrow. he will be in nevada, the site of the next round of caucuses taking place in weekend. >>> news late today from donald trump. he's expected to mak

all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. hosted by our time warner cable partner, american history tv recently visited beaumont, texas, to explore the history and literary culture of a city where the oil industry in texas got its start. for more information on our tour of six south central cities this year, visit c-sp c-span.org/localcontent. >> we're in courtroom number one which was the courtroom in which judge lamar cecil presided i think 1954 through '58. in this courtroom he made two decisions with respect to desegregation in beaumont. there had been the famous case brown versus the board of education which ordered the designificantgation of public schools, ruled that separate but equal was not constitutional. so based on that, there were people around the united states challenging the jim crow segregation system. like americans were barred from hotels and restaurants and cafes, libraries and golf courses. and in beaumont, texas, black golfers were barred from playing at the terrell park public golf course in beaumont,

vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >>> each week on american artifacts we visit the center for education and leadership across the street from ford's theater where john wilks booth shot president lincoln as he enjoyed the play "our american cousin." the center is the newest addition to the ford's theater campus on tenth street in washington where visitors can learn about the life, death and legacy of abraham lincoln. ford's theater society director paul tatro talks about the center's purpose and goals. curator tracy avan walks us through the exhibits. we are in the center of education and leadership directly across the street from ford's theater on tenth street in washington, d.c. behind me is the tower of books which is a concept that really started about five years ago to visualize and showcase the unending quest to learn more about abraham lincoln. and so this tower of books represents, as we all know, that abraham lincoln is the most written about figure in world history next to jesus christ. >> during the past couple years we've been worki

but eappreciate your calls and comments on c-span radio's listener feedback line. well, we've got more from the head of the congressional budget office who did project that economic growth will slow by next year. unemployment will be on the rise and we are facing another $1 trillion budget deficit this year. adding to the overall debt so what does this mean for the country overall? susan tanaka is vice president of research for the peterson foundation. she's joining us live from new york tonight. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, happy to be here. >> as we look at your study which by the way is available online, you indicate some sobering information, something that many americans already know but based on where we are today as a country, we're on "an unsustainable and an uncertain path." explain. >> well, in just a few words, it means that we're spending far pore than we have coming in in the form of revenue at the federal level. anybody knows if you have a gap between income and expenses you're going to end up in debt and that means trouble. >> part of the

george stephanopoulos. >> your five sunday tv networks replayed on c-span radio. noon eastern, nbc's "meet the press." abc's this week. cbs' face the nation. the top issues, key political leaders, brought to you as a public service by c-span and the networks. replay of the sunday tv networks talk shows. >>> welcome back. this is "washington today." republicans politics, first on the issue of senator olympia snowe, news tonight that she's not running for re-election. she's confident that she would have won, but she's frustrated by the atmosphere >>> christian science monitor pointing out that rising gas price prices, improving economic data make it more difficult in a head-on assault on the administration's economic policies but gas prices, well that's fair game and today on capitol hill, a number of senators including matt blunt of missouri taking aim at gas line prices now averaging between 3.50 and $5 in many parts of the country. in california, it's now close to or exceeding $5 a gallon. >> this gas issue at home when i was at home, one was a person who i didn'

those of the latest headlines from c-span radio. >> tonight on c-span, eliot spitzer joins the debate about whether to prosecute wall street banks or mortgage fraud. >> they had a sign on wall street that was very accurate. we would know that corporations were people when texas executes one. [laughter] the problem that we have right now is that we have given corporations all of the upside, but none of the downside. we have given them the rights and privileges that we extend to individuals, but when it comes to holding them accountable because of the diffusion of responsibility the layers and buffers built in, all doing their job in good faith, it is difficult to ascribe criminal intent. justice on the financial side, we said that we will guarantee a big sale of the downside. in the criminal context we do not have a way of holding you responsible. guest: -- >> c. the remarks as part of the president's day lineup. also, -- >> c. the remarks as part of the president's day lineup -- see the remarks as part of our presidents to a lineup. >> today, joined american history television for 24

." >> up next, former senator russ feingold appeared on c-span's washington journal to talk about his new book and to take viewer questions. in the book "while america sleeps," senator feingold presents his thoughts on the political and social obstacles facing the united states and the world today. it's about 45 minutes. >> host: and at our set in new york city at pace university joining us next is former senator russ feingold of wisconsin. senator feingold has a new book out called "while america sleeps." you selected the title, as you tell, from winston churchill's famous book from world war ii, "while england slept." what are you trying to do with this book, senator? what are you telling americans about the state of our international relations and our terrorist threat right now? >> guest: thanks so much for having me on the show. yeah. um, during the ten years after 9/11 when i was serving in the united states senate on the foreign relations committee, on the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee, you know, i saw some changes in the way we were responding to 9/11. at f

you can watch news makers on sunday on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span's washington classroom is a partnership with the washington center and george mason university. this week we look at the tea party movement. >> to the students at the washington center here in washington, d.c. and across the potomac at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, we want to welcome the students. we also want to welcome to the george mason campus peter mara of cbs news. he's covered the white house since the reagan administration and here in our studios a professor at harvard. thank you for being with us. let's dig into the book, and one of the points i want to highlight as we focus the on the tea party, it's role in the 2012 campaign and the president's own re-election effort. you write in the book that the tea party p in all of its manifestations has pulled want the republican party sharply toward the right and shifted the u.s. public at a critical juncture, blunting the reformist force of barack obama's historic presidency. >> yes. i think we mi

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welcome to c-span. >> steve, it's nice to see you. good morning. >> the book is titled "the obama hate machine: the lies, distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them." let's get right into it. you point out no president should be spared criticism. no president has. but the president and his personal attacks at barack obama have been more relentless and uglier than those against any other president in our lifetime. >> in our lifetime. i think since my research at any rate, any other president since abraham lincoln, whom we think of as saint abraham, was not in his lifetime. he was reviled. and i'm glad you started where you did in the sense you and i go to the white house just about every day, right? i love seeing the protesters in front of the white house every day. it sort of reminds me of who we are as americans. criticism of any president is valid and important. i believe in our democracy. but when it gets to be personal, ugly, you know, just vicious personal attacks, that's what i think is wrong. and t

watch this and past panels on political ads online at the c-span video library. search "watch, clip and share." it's what you want when you want. >>> next a discussion which compares and contrasts the political philosophies of theodore roosevelt and barack obama. in 1910, theodore roosevelt delivered his new nationalism speech which es spoused his progressive ideas. last year, president obama went to the same kansas town in which roosevelt made his speech and spoke about his own political philosophy and about the u.s. economy. this two-hour discussion was hosted by the hudson institute in washington, d.c. >> is c-span ready? good. get underway. good afternoon. i'm bill schambra, director of hudson's institute for philanthropy and civic renewal. we welcome you to today's panel discussion entitled "osawatomie then and now." the title of today's panel "osawatomie then and now" might be a bit misleading. if you're expecting a civic pageant with our panelists re-enacting scenes, you'll be disappointed. i tried to talk them into it but it was a no go. that town in east

c-span visits ford's theater in washington, d.c. for a look at the coat abraham lincoln was wearing the night he was shot. and to discuss its preservation and restoration. at 8:30 p.m., life, death and legacy, american artifacts, c-span visits the center for education and leadership across from ford's theater in washington, for a look back at the april, 1865 assassination. then at 9:00, the president and the press. abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman harold holtzer discusses lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. and we wrap it up at 10:30, lincoln and the todd family. author and history professor steven barry discusses the relationships of president abraham lincoln and the todd family. the brothers and sisters of first lady mary todd lincoln. american history tv in prime-time beginning tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span3. and live this weekend on our companion network c-span the national governor's association 2012 winter meeting being held here in washington. our coverage gets under way a

eastern on "after words" here on c-span radio. ♪ >>> this is an economic relief package. because the president's policies have not only failed, they've actually made the economy worse. we were doing policies like those that we've passed and sent over to the senate be no need for this type of economic relief package. >> i'm just glad for the american people that the drum beat that president obama created across the country, remember public sentiment is everything and the public overwhelmingly supported a payroll tax cut for 160 million americans. the republic overwhelmingly supported that we have unemployment compensation. >> the democratic leader in the house of representatives, congresswoman nancy pelosi and the speaker of the house john boehner in agreement on a payroll tax deal that will be signed into law before the end of this week. welcome to hour one of washington today. i'm steve scully. thanks for joining us. nancy pelosi talking about the president who by the way is in california today, a series of fundraisers four in fact scheduled to raise $8 million for his r

and searching for american artifacts. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on "american artifacts." and "the presidency" looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view our complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium called "understanding richard nixon and his era." the following discussion focuses on politics inclueing the former president's weak partnership with vice president spiro agnew, his relationship with the press in the 1960 presidential election. this program is an

all weekend on c-span 3. >> the presidential library. the following discussion his relationship with the press and the dynamics of the 1960 presidential election. this program is san hour. >> my name is scott spitzer and this is our panel o

eastern here on c-span. c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now, and house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing on the obama administration's decision to deny the keystone xl pipeline that would have to. oil from canada to the u.s.. this is in response to subcommittee republicans not infighting key witnesses for democrat and a previous hearing on january 25. for over two hours, you will hear testimony from engineers and the bureau of land management. later, remarks from nebraska rancher who supports president obama's decision to deny the pipeline. this is about two hours, 50 minutes. >> this is about the north american energy access act. this is being held to rule 11 of the house rose at the request of mr. waxman. although begin opening statements at the first hearing, pursuant to an agreement between them, each side this morning will be given 10 minutes for opening statement. at this time, i would like to recognize myself for five minutes. like many people, i was quite disappointed when the president decide

simmons saturday at 6:00 eastern on c-span radio. >> wcsp-fm across the country. we're on xm channel 119. and "washington today" continues. >> it's an honor to welcome the vice president along with the organization. i told him his visit to iowa tomorrow will ensure him more delegates i got than the last time i was there. >> the comments of vice president joe biden at the state department earlier in the day as he welcomed his counterpart from china following a series of meetings between the two here in washington and in beijing. also, the vice president of china met with the president and was hosted by the luncheon. welcome. i'm steve scully. thanks for joining us. in other news, the u.s. does despite some sharp policy differences over. but the u.s. did reiterate its longstanding concerns like human rights. >>> rick santorum has pulled ahead slightly over miromney. newt gingrich at 10%. terry madonna is writing about the santorum rise in the polls. he'll join us later in the program. his piece was lost by physical, a proef of public affairs at franklin and prand mo

c-span has requested cameras inside the supreme court. we'll have more on that as we hear back from the chambers. but first, here's more from today's national press club events. >> what i had i gives rise to the central constitutional issue is the starting observation ta this is a fairly unique or completely unique provision of law. there have been a lot of crises in this country over the years that economic other where congress might have thought that forcing individuals to purchase a particular good or particular service might be a useful means of government action. but the government never did it. just to take an example that as i was resonated with me because it's so recent and seems to me so obvious that a compelled purchase would have been an even more effective regulation. there was the famous cash for clu clunkers program involving a series of incentives to get people to help the car industry by giving them incentives to purchase cars. it seems to me it would have been much more efficient and effective for the government in accomp

you can also watch it on c-span television. federal policing of oil on public lands, only 6% of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years as according to house democrats in a report released today. fines over that time totaling less than $275,000. an amount the democratic staff at the house national resource committee characterizes a little more than pocket change for oil and gas companies. the head of the transportation security administration says more travelers will be able to enroll in a test

. >> now washington today, a simultaneous cast of c-span radio with the day's political news. >> last night i watched the speaker on one of the evening news shows and he wasn't confident they would maintain the majority of the house. some of you should look at that. i was stunned. he was throwing a big softball and he missed it. >> senator reed we know that you guys are like -- >> senator harry reid, democrat from nevada, mat jort leader joined by democratic senators sh schumer, durbin. that was after the weekly party lunches. before that you heard the republican leaders. around the country on xm satellite radio channel 119. coming up in a minute "washington today." >>> the number again for c-span radio over your phone, 202-626-8888. >> first of all, let's put in perspective what this conference is all about. our time in short. we don't have a lot of time left, and we need to begin to move very quickly. >> we don't center time. in fact, we have less time than i think we have. by that i mean i think we have to wrap this up in a matter of at least close to wrapping this up in a matter o

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caller: thank you for c-span. somebody brought up the aspect of romney's's religion religion that would be a liberal thinkg. they criticized obama up and down. they still claim he is a muslim. he was in a christian church and they criticize that. any correction of any kind of historical knowledge would tell you that momrmonism is a cult. thank you. guest: that is an interesting point. i do think there are strict limits people feel on what they can openly criticize one another is religion. that is probably a good thing in politics. it gets to a different level when you start attacking people over religion. when that came up in 2008, it came up in the primary. the issue about reverend righwright and all the talk about the muslim business -- all that was during the primary. john mccain criticized for making a concerted effort by saying i'm not going to talk above reverend wright and the church, and republican said he removed a powerful weapon from his table and should have been able to use it because it informed pres

look for c-span and join the conversation there. to get more details about this tentative deal, we go now to take sherman. congressional reporter with political. good morning. guest: good morning. host: tell us where we are at right now. can we call it a deal? guest: we were wrestling with that last night. we need to sign it and move out of the conference committee. the house leaders say they want to get it on the floor by friday. they do not want this winter out there before the president's recess. everybody sounded hopeful. we are used to these cataclysmic moment in washington. it looks like we may avoid one this time. host: give us the details of what has been hammered out. who has made compromises and what should americans see happen? guest: republicans have moved off of their longstanding position that they should pay for their payroll tax holiday. that was their position last time which kept them busy until christmas in december. they moved off of that. they said they will not pay for and allow it to be on paid for. they can n

. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend with american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. join in the conversation on these social media sites. >>> the ninth circuit court of appeals struck down proposition 8, california's ban against same-sex marriage tuesday, ruling two to one that it violated the u.s. constitution. the ruling upheld a lower court decision, which struck down the ballot measure in 2010. judge stephen rinehart wrote the opinion opinion. it requires there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different people differently. proposition 8 serves no purpose other than to lessen the status of gay and lesbian men in california. supporters of the same-sex marriage ban can either appeal to a larger ninth circuit court of appeals panel or directly to the u.s. supreme court. this is the oral argument that took place before the ninth circuit in had december 2010. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >

>>> coming up on c-span 3, a look at the no child left behind education law. next, president obama's announcement of changes of the law. from 2001, president george w. bush's proposal from no child left behind. we will talk to sam dillon. >>> when president lincoln was shot on april 14th, 1865, he was wearing a black coat made for his second inauguration by broobrook brooks brothers. it is displayed in the ford museum lobby. american history tv showed the original coat on display for the public and learned how the artifact is preserved for future generations. lincoln's coat on american artifacts this sunday morning at 8:00. >>> just the way i'll remember it. here is the wonderful moment when senator lott revealed his nostalgia. >> when he ran for president, we voted for him. we're proud of him. >> talkingpointsmemo.com, josh marshall into the breaking news business. >> the media ecosystem is such a different world today than it was ten years ago. i think things like that happen all the time now. i know that there are certainly big stories that, tpm has had. we

on c-span's >> the president addressed attendees of this year's national prayer breakfast. in remarks, he says the teachings of jesus motivate his actions and policies such as health care reform and leveling the playing field for everyone. this annual event is hosted by the fellowship foundation. it is about 20 minutes. >> thank you. thank you so much. please, please, everybody have a seat. well, good morning, everybody. it is good to be with so many friends united in prayer. and i begin by giving all praise and honor to god for bringing us together here today. i want to thank our co-chairs mark and jeff, to my dear friend, the guy who always has my back, vice president biden. all the members of congress - joe deserves a hand - all the members of congress and my cabinet who are here today, all the distinguished guests who've traveled a long way to be part of this i'm not going to be as funny as eric -- but i'm grateful that he shared his message with us. michelle and i feel truly blessed to be here. this is my third year coming to this prayer breakfast as president. as jeff

. >> host: so people who may be interested in watching c-span, would c-span have to sign up for your service for people to get that over their mobile devices? >> guest: it all depends on the deal. we would love to have c-span in. everything we're broadcasting now is free and in the clear. we would lo to have c-span if your pl of stations and channels that we're building. >> host: does it include the broadcast networks, abc, cbs? >> guest: it does. there's a second consortium headed by fox and nbc, and they're lining up their stations. the nbc, fox and telemundo stations across -- >> host: where's your device manufacture? >> guest: the companies that are designing it are in israel and germany, and it will be manufactured probably in china. >> host: well, we're or also joined here at the booth by brian mchale who is the vice president of technology for fisher communications out of seattle. mr. mchale, what are you going to demonstrate for us today? >> guest: what i want to show, basically here is, again, live television over the air from a station from -- >> host: this device here. >>

c-span is covering that event. just east of the capitol building since the supreme court, now in its mid-winter break. this year justice ruth -- ruth bader ginsberg is on a different visit to north african countries were popular uprising toppled longtime leaders. chirac of the visit to egypt is the with the public -- she wrapped up a visit to egypt with a public seminar. she said she was inspired by lester's protest. those are some of the headlines. >> c-span's "road to the white house" coverage takes you to political events. >> we balance the budget every single year, and kept our schools first in the nation. my leadership will and the obama era and beginning new era of american prosperity. >> there is a mess in washington. the of giving us a lousy foreign policy, a lousy budget, and a lousy recession, but with the wonderful thing is happening is in the grass roots. people are beginning to realize the problem is there's too much government. we need more personal liberty. >> if you're prepared to do what it takes t

. >>> live saturday on american history tv on c-span 3, five civil war historians make their case for 1862's person of the year. the museum of the confederacy. it ends the day with the audience vote. you can join in the discussion with your calls and tweets live saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> watch our live coverage of the national governors association 2012 winter meeting being held here in washington d.c. our coverage gets under way at 10:00 eastern tomorrow with an opening news conference. a couple of breakout sessions looking at state economies. our coverage continues on sunday with a look at education and childhood hunger as well as homeland security and the role of the national guard. live coverage of the annual national governors association winter meeting this weekend c-span. >>> illinois governor pat quinn recently delivered his state of the state address from the state capitol in springfield. heend the national gas tax and create a for parents. this is a little over a half hour. >> please be seated. mr. governor. >> thank you. president cullerton and

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

c-span 3 viewers can join in with your calls and tweets, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> we got started because there are a lot of conservative think tank that work across issues. but before cap there had been no single progressive organization that works on domestic policy and national policy. >> the president and the ceo of the center for american progress on the mission of the washington, d.c. based think tank. >> we think there's often an ideology behind

on c-span 2 book tv and c-span 3 we are focusing on beaumont, texas. looking at the history and the literary life of a city where oil was first discovered in texas in 1901 ushering in the petroleum era. it is also a series of vignettes on c-span.org/local content as the local content vehicle travels around to focus on individual cities and we showcase them on each insurance, c-span 2 and c-span 3 over the weekend. if you want to check it out. c-span 2 focusingen our in-depth book programming and c-span 3 history. that is all weekend long. back to the gone calls on the issue of -- phone calls on the issue of syria. where are you phoning from? are you still with us? caller: yes, hi. i wanted to echo one of the previous callers about how america positions itself against a resolution against asisrael a on the apartheid resolution against south africa people had to die to go to jail to get sanctions. it is like full circle that we went to iraq and there were thousands upon thousands of innocent lives lost basically in iraq. host: thanks for the call. every

look for c-span. eleanor says -- sam weighs in and says -- host: let's go to castle rock, washington. joyce, democratic caller. good morning. caller: i watched c-span one, two, and three. i get so sick of all the corruption going on. i think earmarks are fine if they have to be passed like everything else, and if they are open to everybody. we would know what the money is going for. i would love to see in the investigation on how many in congress have benefited financially. i mean, big time, by their secret little earmarks. i watched "in the middle of the night." this led them in with other stuff and nobody is supposed to know -- they slide them in with other stuff and nobody is supposed to know. i've watched you guys for years and years and years. i used to think that you were so fair and i enjoyed it so much. all three of your channels anymore -- i cannot turn the channel without the announcer talking to a republican, or a republican on the channel. it gets very disgusting, you know. host: we certai

. >> and we are back live on capitol hill here on c-span 3. the dirkeson senate office building for the senate judiciary committee. they're meeting to mark up legislation that would permit, require televising u.s. supreme court proceedings. senator grassley there in the middle of your screen of iowa the cosponsor of the legislation s-1945 along with democrat dick durbin of illinois. the markup session should get under way in just a little bit. also on capitol hill today the senate's in session and later today we'ill take a vote on whether to work on the surface transportation bill. in the house meanwhile they're voting on the stock act. a slightly different version than what the senate passed last week and that is under way now. votes should be imminent in the u.s. house. you can follow that on c-span. >>> senate judiciary committee member chuck grassley of iowa one of the cosponsors of legislation that would require televising supreme court proceedings, this ahead of a major court case in march, the health caremedi organizations including c-s

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

eastern on c-span. will have more from the world economic forum tomorrow including a panel on the future of africa, and the ceo's of many corporations talk about the role the company is playing in the economic recovery. >> arizona and michigan hold republican primaries next tuesday. earlier this week, republican voters that in maricopa county. they talk about a legal in immigration, and president obama's birth certificate. this is about 50 minutes. >> wow, what a crowd. i do not know that i have never followed one of the top-tier candidates in a presidential primary. what an honor. i am grateful for many of the things that were said. god bless america and our fallen heroes. [applause] >> freedom is not free, and to use a famous quote, "you have a republic, if you can keep it." that is what this election is about. i'm fearful of our government, and our god-given rights. i made a couple of notes here. i am at the age where i can do without sex, but not glasses. if you see me polo's out, you will know why.

coverage is live on c-span 2 and cspan.org. on c-span 3, a discussion about new state voter id laws with live coverage from the national press club at 10:00 eastern. >> here on c-span, "washington journal" is next. followed by the house democratic steering committee. then coverage of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. tucker carlson on the presidential race. we'll talk about the obama administration with rebecca wilkins and we'll talk with loren steffy on the oil and gas development in the gulf of mexico. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]

, you'll also get the capital spotlight news story, trivia and unique c-span promotions. two more alerts available for book tv weekend lineups. sign up at cspan.org. >> around the country we're on xm satellite radio channel 119. ♪ >>> this is at an early stage and there is a lot of good work being done but there's no plan yet that we can point to. >> the plan being referred to as what to do next in syria, the comments of secretary of state hillary clinton as she testified before the senate foreign relations. welcome to hour two of "washington today." i'm steve scully. we'll hear from the president, who spoke about the auto bailout and politics in arizona and michigan. >>> let's begin though with some news today from portland, maine, and here in washington. olympia snowe saying that she's not running for re-election saying that she's confident that she would have won but is frustrated with what she called at months fear of particularization. she's in congress for a total of 33 years. in politics, rick santorum has dubbed himself a conservative heavyweight, he was respond

the c-span campaign 2012 bus is visiting the university of tampa, florida. we have a few students helping us to rest questions today and we want to give a special thanks to those who prepare the students for the program and the bright house networks for sponsoring. let's start with a student down there. hamilton ryan? >> hello, reid. i recently read your article about mitt romney and his trouble getting the hispanic vote. more importantly, how do you see him doing in florida? i know that he showed with a lead over newt gingrich in the last poll. it is looking like a big win for him tonight. i know that in 2008 john mccain overwhelmingly took the hispanic vote. how you see hispanic " getting behind mitt romney in future? guest: thank you for the question. -- hispanic vote getting behind mitt romney in future? guest: thank you for the question. the hispanic populations are rising so fast, and you are right, mitt romney did very well in 2008. amongst hispanics, he did very poorly. rudy giuliani took 24%. mitt romney has to turn that around, if he is going to wi

eastern to 4:30 pm eastern on c-span 3. >>> hosted by our time warner cable partner, american history tv recently visited beaumont, texas. to explore the history and literary culture where the oil industry in texas got its start. for more information on our tour of six south central cities this year, visit c-span.org/localcontent. >> gladdy city, as we refer to it here locally, was built in 1976 for the bicentennial. and it is a recreation of the boom town that was built when spindle top came in on january 10th, 1901. by 1976, there was nothing left of what was the original gladys city which was just across the highway from us about 1/2 mile. so as a project for the bicentennial, you know, this group of people came together to try to preserve the history and memory of gladys city. it is named for a young lady that was in the sunday school class. i kind of call him one of our main characters. although he probably wouldn't like this, we call him our dreamer. he's the one that came up with a lot of the ideas for gladys city. and her name was gladys stingam and she was in his sunday schoo

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

more primary coverage coming up here live on c-span radio. >>> coming up, a couple of hearings on the president's 2013 budget request. first, lisa jackson, the head of the environmental protection agency. and in a little more than three hours, you will hear from steven chu. then from the world economic r for forum, a panel of what ceos need to do to compete globally. >>> a budget of $900 million in the red. in shreveport, it is mostly cloudy and 38 at the airport. 38 in menden. you are listening to news radio. >> this weekend, book tv and american history tv explore the history and culture of shreveport, louisiana. author gary joiner on the union army failure in louisiana. the red river campaign of 1864. then a look at the over 200,000 books housed at the lsu archives. then a walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson. then sunday at 5:00 p.m., from barksdale air force base. a history. then visit the founding fathers autograph collection. then from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment during the war. shreveport, louisiana. this weekend on c-span. >>> and now environmental

i would like c-span to have some of these people on. let us get some different perspectives other than the insurance companies. that would be a great help to make up our minds as to where we need to go with our health care. i am not a very religious person, but i do understand the first and greatest socialist person was jesus christ. for these republicans and people who want to talk out of both sides of the mouth, they need to read the bible and see that taking care of your neighbor is part of being a christian. guest: i think the caller touches on a point that we see strong support for the program. i think there is general agreement across party lines and at the state and federal level about the importance of providing coverage to children. the broad political and public support has been key to the program's success. host: this $44 billion is a five-year figure. it goes until 2013. what is the future of funding for the program? guest: the figure you are referring to is part of the reauthorization act that occurred in 2009 that extended

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