of all of its rules and traditions and things that most americans, when you tune into c-span, don't really understand. use either terminology unparliamentary removing, but robert byrd was the master. not just as longevity -- more than 50 years -- but through his own hard work, he decided he was going to be an inside player. he would master the roles of the senate. he would figure out through his career how to increase its power by understanding the various ways in which the senate works better than anyone, well into his 80s and 90s. he could still go to the floor and he understood things better than sometimes the parliamentarian himself. so, byrd, he is the author of a history of the united states senate. when you say he wrote the book of the senate, that is literally true. host: legislatively, what will he be best remembered for? guest: it is interesting. it is hard to pick a particular landmark bill, but he is best known by most americans for the lot of pork barrel spending for his home state. remember, west virginia was and remains a very poor state. if you have driven through we

watch c-span i would say every morning -- i imagine pretty politically active. i watched c-span every morning. go ahead. host: thank you very much for your call. it would be interesting if some of our older callers have had a migration in their attitude over the years. warren, ohio. gene, republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. the reason why i'm calling this morning, saying that the richies are trying to get power. i hate to go into the old double standard, but if they are going to print about that, they need to talk about all of the democratic very, very wealthy people who have been in power for many years and continue to do that. and the democratic money of george soros that floats into all of these candidates. i am 65 years old. i would be more than willing to cut back on my entitlements. i'm still working and i intend to work until i'm 70 if the good lord is willing -- as long as the government cuts back on everything. i have nothing against working hard red i live a very frugal life. i love this country. and whether a person is a man or a woman means nothing. let

this. even c-span has had oil coming out of your ears. i know it is a critical issue, but like you have not even had anyone on from this flotilla. last week you did not cover when it took off. all we are seeing are israeli clips on when it took place. host: there are clips from the other side. caller: i counted how many times they showed that israeli click on msnbc last night. you need to show the other side of issues. even c-span is obsessed with just one or two issues. we need to be more well- informed. show the other side. host: thomas, independent line. go ahead. caller: i think that mr. obama needs to use more common sense rather than the motion. it is my belief that if a submarine was put down their to plug the hole, it would stop pushing out. i know what a submarine can do. i really believe that if a submarine was used, things would be a lot better. have a beautiful day. host: more from the column from maureen downd. -- dowd. "this president has made it clear that he is not comfortable out side of the the main he is a flying half -- he has the find, but unless he wants his s

have been listening. thank you for c-span. you really open things up. i am a republican but i am seriously thinking of voting democratic. host: why is that? because of this? caller: i am all in favor of cap and trade. i have seen the republicans fighting everything that has to do with the environment and i think that they are making a big anti-environmental.ng totally i am not a flag waving, tree bark eater, but it started with dick cheney, it disturbs me when he decided on global energy policies for the secret meetings with oil and coal giants during the bush administration. i am a republican and i have worked with intelligence services. every time we fill up our suv with gas the oil comes from wonderful places like kuwait, saudi arabia, and the united arab republic. i am sorry but these are all despotic regimes. every time that you do that it goes to charity in the hands of al qaeda. host: john boehner last i said this, "i hope the the obama administration will not try used toocut -- a crisis for political points on the backs of americans living and working on the gulf coast."

-- you can always reach us at twitter, send it to c-span-wj, and also by e-mail, journal@c- span.org. if you called in and reached "washington journal" in the last 30 days, give others a chance to have their voices heard. here is the story -- "more thomas balad." lanny davis, former special counsel to present and -- these comments were made to a blog there and have been available online. we will give you a look at those comments. this was posted on line over the weekend. something -- some of what helen cupp -- helen thomas had to say. >> any comments of israel? >> tell them to get the out of palestine. [laughter] remember, these people are occupied. and it is their land. not german, not: -- but where should they go? >> go home. >> where is home? >> poland, germany. >> jews should go back to poland and germany. >> and america and everywhere else. host: that video posted on a ,.com. lled rabbiliv here is "the new york post" this morning. this is concerning the ari fleisher comment. that is the former white house press secretary under president bush. your thoughts. pensacola i

would rupture and come up through the sea floor. thank you. >> tonight on c-span, we continue our look at the gulf oil spill. up next, a talk radio show inside new orleans with eric asher books at the effect this bill is had on the region. after that a couple of republican primary debates, a south carolina gov. debate followed by a debate in nevada with the candidates vying to replace harry reid. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," daniel weiss from american progress on the response to the bp oil spill. paul light on ways to streamline the federal government. later, an update on a tax package that congress has been working on. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2, warren buffett testifies before the financial crisis inquiry commission. live coverage at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> we've got three new c-span books for you. abraham lincoln, the supreme court, and whose it is buried in grant's tomb." -- and who is buried in grant's tomb? to order, the two c-span.org -- go to c-span.org/books. >> this weekend bp announced the failure of their top kill ef

, you can search the c- span video library. you can search it by congressman kantor's the's name and watched the video yourself name.gressmen kanjorski's caller: good morning. i think one of the big problems and afghanistan is we have rules of engagement with our forces. what it does is -- i'm a vietnam veteran. that is what hampered us over there. we had so many men, we could have won that, but we couldn't do this and that. an example was, when they were building the sam sites, like mccain said one time -- i heard him -- and they were not allowed to shoot those sam sites down. and when they got bilked they were shooting our planes down. that is one thing in vietnam. the other thing was, if people were in the village and the vc was shooting at us, we cannot she back to kill innocent people. that is going to hamper the whole thing. host: republican, kansasscity, missouri. caller: i think we should get out of afghanistan. we might have been doing the right thing at the very first trying to get obama -- but i think the heroine issue is something that we don't talk about enough. there ma

judiciary committee starts monday. our live coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. we continue our look at related supreme-court programming now, with a discussion on c-span posing alleged -- newly published book, "the supreme court: a c-span book featuring the justices in their own words ." it is based on interviews with current and former justices. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> honorable, the chief justice and the supreme -- and the justices of the supreme court of the united states. >> something is going on of the capital and in the white house and we need to understand how important is to our system of government. >> this is the highest court in the land and the framers created it after studying great lot givers in history -- lawgivers in history. >> the government concedes the destruction in these proceedings. >> we do not make a lot to decide who we want to win. we decide who wins and a lot that people have adopted. >> -- under the law that people have adopted. >> he would be surprised at the high level of congeniality. >> there are

continue with live coverage on c-span 3, c- span radio and c-span.org. their 4 daybacke up two of questioning, day three of hearings. guest: the take away from yesterday is the nominee backed away from many of the controversial statements she had made it -- she had made it in her career printed in 1995 characterized these same hearings as vapid and hollow and a charade. when she was asked to offer more substantive views on the merit of the issue of abortion and other matters like gun control and the war on terror and so forth, she said, like predecessors, she would refuse to talk about cases that might come before her as a judge. democrats seemed pleased. republicans seemed upset. nothing out of the or never. one of the things that strike me as interesting about the cake in the confirmation -- the fourth one -- clearly the media coverage has been less. part of it is she has the votes to succeed. she is well known in washington. she has a good reputation. lindsey graham, republican senator from south carolina, is likely to vote for her. so there is not a whole lot of drama. it host

. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i am grateful for c-span. i have a couple of things about the way i feel about obama's speech last night. he did not mention anything about the government's coming in and doing things. bp does not have to do anything they do not want to do. he did not mention anything regarding american people and because of this. we still have people on the east coast hurting from the offshore moratorium, but we should not be drilling in the water. we have to blame ourselves. host: does the legislation talk about deep water drilling in the moratorium? guest: trilling safety is going to be a big focus. that is the immediate process confronting lawmakers retina. -- right now. then it is a question of how much more room do you make in the legislation for other energy policies given that it is something they may want to move quickly on. host: virginia, independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i am a first-time caller. keep this bill moving. we need things to export. have a great day. host: phoenix, republican line. caller: thanks for your contributors, c

on the line from georgia. republican. caller: thank you very much. love c-span. i think the president ought to say we need energy independence. just because would happen with bp, bp said they will be held responsible. they should be responsive. increase our energy supply. a great thing that happened yesterday. tom grays was sworn in for my district. a good friend of mine. he talked about cutting spending. the thing president obama tonight needs to talk about even with by pithos a responsibility is but also would need to cut spending. in all the years i call c-span, this is the most exciting day because tom grays will be my congressman. sworn in yesterday. a good friend of mine. and he wants to give us teeth -- cheap energy -- will have to drill, we have to increase the supply. i went to georgia tech. if you increase the supply, the price goes down. host: the point about drilling -- what rules should be in place in light of this bill? caller: i think that the role of to be if there is a spill, the company -- bp in this case -- ought to be held responsible. that is no question. they are

, sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the summit in canada. those start sunday at 6:00 eastern, also on c-span. >> next, a supreme court nominee elena kagan and associate justice antonin scalia on campaign finance. >> these expenditures would corrupt the federal system. congress has a self interest. we are suspicious of congressional action in the first amendment area precisely because we are -- at least i am. i doubt that one can expect a body of incumbents to draw election restrictions that do not favor incumbents. is that excessively cynical of me? i do not think so. >> i think justice scalia is wrong. in fact, corporate and union money go overwhelmingly to incumbents. this may be the single most self-denying thing congress has ever done. if you look at the last election cycle and look at corporate tax money and ask for it goes, it goes 10 times more to incumbents and challengers. in the prior election cycle, even more than that, and for an obvious reason. when corporations plate in the politica

, will be on capitol hill to talk to the subcommittee. we will have this on c-span and c-span.org. >> television is on this one. >> this is what it along the march to pick up the oil that has been pushed into the near shore. and what else we see, this is to try to protect us from hitting the shore. this has been working fairly well. this is looking like -- i am sing less oil on the shore. you see that this is all white. you see that they are changing this out every way -- every day, and they put the fresh 1 in. >> if the oil touches the grass, this is going to kill it. this is eroding the marshes. >> we should be on the land right now. this is how bad this erodes. this is going to go away that much quicker if we have a storm. we have to move the coastline further in. >> the position -- we see that we are on land. we are 50 feet away from the shoreline. this used to the land here. this is from over the years of the hurricane and the coastal erosion. >> what would you be doing here? ing.'d be shrimp >> i just want to have this back. >> i am upset about this. we just need to clean th

ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. all next, our reason number of commencement speeches. leigh ann tuohy, the mother of baltimore ravens football player michael oher. she was betrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie opened "the blind side -- she was portrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie: "the blind side." >> it is my privilege to introduce for the first time dr. leigh ann tuohy. >> it's good to have some women appear instead of men helping me. i am truly honored to be up here today. when cbu called, our schedules are crazy right now and i hesitated a little bit. my husband has to call a doctor tuohy took on a whole different meaning. so here i am and i am happy, let me tell you. i don't know how many of you know our story. that think three years ago that i would be standing here speaking much less giving a graduation speech to an amazing bunch of people was beyond my wildest imagination. but we firmly believe that god is in control of the story of our lives right

thursday night. it will be broadcast live on channel3 and nationally on c- span. th will be 7:00 eastern time. we also want to thank the audience. it is now up to you and all the people watching to have your voice heard at the ballot box next voting day. vote, it is so important. the primaries are june 8. r more about -- tha >> thursday, three democrats face off to be their party's nominee to be the state governor. state senators robert ford and vincent shahid will participate in an hour-long debate hosted by wbtw news 13. live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron answers questions in his first prime minister's questions as head of the coalition government. live from the british house of commons wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, noted feminist, author, and legal scholar martha nussbaum has written or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education, ethics, sexism, and legal justice. live sunday on c-span 2. >> nv's primary election is june 8. re

calls. the next phone caller is from upper marlboro, maryland. democrat. caller: thank you for c-span but i'm just so impressed with our president. this sophomoric moved that this general made -- you know, i was in the military. i have flashbacks of being in bars and all of this macho talk and everything. but it really, it really shocked me that that kind of discourse went on between a four-star general and his staff. and apparently being so naive that they didn't think that this reporter was going to run this story, of all magazines, rolling stone. it shows such sophomoric thinking, if i could use that term. but one thing -- we have the right man at the right time in the right job with president obama. he walks softly but he carries a very big stick. and people are realizing what he truly is. he is not flashy. he is not shooting from the hip or his gut or looking into putin's eyes or that sort of thing. the man is brilliant. it he is a compromiser, he is a strong leader, very charismatic and america is going to look back and history is going to show that this man was the right man at

listen in. caller: even c-span, you have had gulf of mexico oil coming out of your ears, eyes, and mouth. it has been endless coverage. i know it is a critical issue. but you guys have not had anyone on from the flotilla. last week you did not cover when it took off. all we see our israeli clips. host: there are clips from the other side as well. the caller: i watched msnbc 45 hours and i counted how many times you showed the is really click. you need to show the other side of issues. that is why we are all headed to the blogospere. we need to be more well informed. show the other side. host: based on that caller's critique without the appropriate thing this morning is to ask you what issue currently tops your list of concerns. but first let's take a tour of what is making news in the national newspapers and the crop -- and across the country. "the baltimore sun" talks about the gulf states bracing for oil. "the miami herald" -- we need to protect the state. "the tallahassee democrat" on the gulf coast. below that, tar about 10 miles offshore. continuing from the front pages, "the

election results. pennsylvania, james of the democratic line, good morning. caller: thank you for c-span -- host: we are having a hard time hearing you. we are breaking up. we will put you on hold and maybe we can clear it up and come back to you in a little bit. let me give you some different headlines this morning. "the daily caller" reports former lobbyist and convicted felon abram loft is being transferred from the federal institution in maryland to a -- cumberland, maryland, to a halfway house in baltimore before his release december 4. he is getting out of prison a little bit earlier and will be at a halfway house until he is released on december 4. sioux city, iowa. elizabeth on the independent line. your read of the election results. caller: my read on the e election result is that even the state of iowa, we are seeing people look not at the fringes or the extreme, but looking at individuals who have a proven record in of the state of iowa and elsewhere accomplishing the mission back hand. the race i am commenting on at this moment is terry brandstad winning of the primary, and t

not he lies in state under the capitol dome, c-span will be covering and you will learn about it here on "washington journal" as well. right now we will show you something from 2005. senator byrd wrote his autobiography in 2005, "ent -- entitled "child of the appalachian coal fields." here is the senator. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> could evenings -- good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is my privilege tonight to introduce a and producers since this will not be my privilege. this is a west virginia evening, and many of you have come from west virginia to be with your senior senator, and i want to turn the podium over very i will be brief. i want to first of all welcome the senators this evening. it is an honor and privilege to have you at the national archives in washington. i would like to welcome patrick connor. since i am not introducing the senator, the words are not an introduction. i want you to understand that i have brought my copy of the constitution with me. [laughter] it is in my poc

numbers for republicans or democratics and our independent line. 3/4.com/c-span wj or send us an email. let's begin with the philadelphia inquirer editorial. we'll go to your call ins about five minutes or so. some of the biggest challenges facing this nation reducing debt, fixing the social security. reforming immigration policy can't be done unless democrats and republicans work together, yet part sonship is at its worst in decades. they disagree on minor matters much less problems that require hard work and political risk-taking. >> the problem one said, we become much such part son such part son this is the "sunday star." to give you a sense of the security around the g-20 summit taking place. behind the black block is the headline. meanwhile the toronto sun, the measures to keep things under control and anarchy is from the autoaway sun. 2k34r joining us is marty kruts inninger covering this story. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. host: i'm going to talk to you about security in a moment but some of the policy coming out of this g-20 summit, it seems president obam

. welcome to those who are watching along the cable systems around the united states on c- span, you are listening to the mighty 690. here we go. day 43 now of the oil leak in the gulf. over the weekend, the attempt to stop this leak -- almost 40,000 gallons at this point is what we are being told 18-40 million gallons spilled into the gulf. of course, the top kill jump shot scenario procedure failed ovvr the weekend. now bp launching its ninth plan to try to stop the leak. they have been at this for 24 hours, cutting off the pipes are round the riser and hoping to fit a custom built cap over the leak. this is not going to be a pressure sealed cap. it is the latest attempt to stop this leak. this is threatening our very way of life in louisiana. where was louisiana's problem for the most part, because of the currents and tides and the wind coming out of the south over the last few weeks, it looks as though oil could be reaching the coast of alabama, dauphin island, alabama. this is becoming a problem for the entire gulf coast as we enter the first day of hurricane season. we're being tol

coverage at 9:00 eastern on ccspan 3 and c-span.org. >> this weekend on c-span 2's "book tv." charles bauden chronicles one of the most corrupt places on earth. in the novel that took him 30 years to publish, matterhorn. it followed bravo company through vietnam. more than 30,000 viewers have already joined us on twitter. >> tomorrow morning, simon lomax from bloomberg news joins us with an update on climate legislation and the kind of impact the oil spill will have. then congressman scott garrett, working with the senate on a financial regulation bill. and walter isaacson, we will talk to him about contaminants during the vietnam war. according to a new report, 3 million vietnamese people and 150,000 children are still feeling the health effects from the contamination. "washington journal," live every morring on c-span. bp's ceo will be on capitol hill this week to testify before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we will bring you live coverage thursday on c-span 3 and that c- span.org. having visited the gulf region for the fourth time since april, oil spill from the oval of

a 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. with the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee an elena kagan coming up later this month, this sunday, c-span takes you inside the supreme courr to see public spaces and rarely seen places. hear from the justices as they describe the court, the building and its history. that is this sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >> thursday, bp ceo tunny hayward is scceddled to testify on capitol hill. testify on capitol hill. that will be live at 10:00 a.m. perspectives on an effort by the fcc to regulate broadband services. our guests are walter mccormick and kathy sloan. >> well, as the federal communications commission moves closer to reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service, we are joined by two guests who will be discussing hat. walter mccormick is the presideet andcaeo -- and ceo of the telecommunications group. >> we represent the nation puts a broadband service providers. we provide service in urban areas -- nation's broadband service providers. areas and urban areas.rural >> is broadband is reclassified as title ii, what

the senate judiciary committee. >> take a look back at elena kagan's previous speeches at the c-span video library online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: james kitfield, senior correspondent for the national journal, is here to talk about general mcchrystal. what is the latest? guest: reportedly, he is carrying a letter of resignation. usually, when this happens, he offers his resignation. it's interesting. he's not only meeting with president obama. he is meeting with national security team -- obama's national security team. it was a very strange article. i read it a couple of times. they all go to a bar. this reporter is totally iembedded. a lot of his aides are telling him what the boss feels about certain people. it suggests obama is intimidated by the military. he was at odds with joe biden. he is at odds with the ambassador, ikenberry. he calls holbrooke a wounded animal. he talls about general jones as a clown. as i should say, they said that. it's not clear that this is coming from general mcchrystal's mouth. he has been poorly served by his aides in this instance.

. eastern, here on c-span. >> monday, efforts to expand broadband in oregon and how it would affect all rural states with the oregon public utility commissioner. time warner as the announcement and we discuss what it will mean for their customers. that is monday on c-span2 on "the communicators." . >> c-span from our public affairs content is available online, twitter, and youtube. sign up for scheduler e-mails at c-span.org. >> arkansas lieutenant governor bill harder -- bill halter is challenging the incumbent blanche lincoln. he began a tour in little rock to meet with potential voters did he spoke with the dean of the university of arkansas. this is scheduled to include 33 events in 26 counties. we will show you a couple of his campaign events yesterday. after a look at some of the latest campaign television ads, then we will show some of center blanche lincoln. >> i am bill halter and i approve this message. >> we tried to tell them, but washington is still out of touch with our lives. the bailouts have to stop. from a credit card rates to see okay, someone needs to stand up to

interview on sunday, tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m. as o'clock p.m. eastern on c-span. it is also available online. you can also see it as an application for your iphone. back to the phones regarding our conversation of evidence of stimulus spending in your area. next is on our democrat line in illinois. caller: good morning. i was just calling to say that the stimulus in illinois, i do not see anything happening really big. there are a few road construction going on. as far as the little businesses, not much. host: you think that will not be enough to help the economy in your area? caller: no, i do not. my employment is getting ready to exhaust. i know people who have gotten several extensions, but i have not gotten one. i do not know what i am going to do. nothing appears to help. host: what kind of work were you doing? caller: i was working in a factory producing automobile parts. host: so the automobile industry needs to jump-start for you to go back to work? caller: yes, anything. i am looking for anything right now. host: in the washington journal, russia backs stronger rivals to doll

allen in just under 50 minutes, here on c-span. president obama meets with the governor of arizona to talk about the new immigration law of that state. that means is happening at 1:30 p.m. eastern. the governor is expected to comment following the meeting. before that, white house spokesman robert gibbs will brief reporters. that is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. eastern. secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting today to discuss u.s.-india relations. join us later for more from campaign 2010. south carolina is one of the state's looking to elect a new governor. a letter this week, we brought you a debate from the republicans vying for the seat. today, it is the democrats's torn. i said, oh, my god, this president will be impeach. it was says we could never use the word impeachment around this newsroom, lest anyone think we have some kind of agenda. the all of that moment stays with it. >> search for water grant with a c-span's video library -- for watergate, with c-span2 video library. it is free, on-line. again, here are the live pictures from the gulf of mexico, the oil spill

microphone over to you. one of the most frequently asked questions we have c-span is "when it will cameras going to the supreme court?" since the year 2000, c-span, along with other media organizations, have occasionally petitioned the court for a same- the release of the audio tapes the make of each of days or arguments. the graph on your screen is our success rate. the top line is the number of requests we have made each year. the green line on the bottom shows that our requests have been increasingly turned down. i want to turn to our panel for comments about the openness of the robbers court in general, and if you would like to offer your own perspective, we would love to hear it. >> i would just say that this film is an indication of the openness of the robert cort, and the fact that the justices participated in this and allow this to happen is, i think, a great thing. in terms of cameras in the court, i know what they are going to say, and i know you guys think, but i am very sympathetic to the idea that it is not really in the interest of the justices to do that, for a coupl

strategy. a couple of live events to tell you about on our companion network c-span 2. in arizona state university forum on the american education system. attorney general eric holder speaks on the earth -- at the 30th anniversary of the american-arab anti- discrimination committee. >> we have three new c-span books for you "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grants tomb?" to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one a great gift idea for father's day. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on you can connect with us onine. twitter, facebook and youtube. signup for our scheduled alerts e-mails @ c-span.org. >> our report by the national governors' association and the national association of state budget officers a says state budget deficits will continue for two years. the briefing on the fiscal condition of the states is just over half an hour. >> we will conductta question and answer quotsession. i will turn it over to raymond scheppach. >> i will call on scott pattison n to lead off. i will cover the various numbers and try to provide a little pers

-span freak. thank you. we are talking about -- c-span 3. thank you. we are talking about the gulf coast oil spill in the president's address. mike, what are your thoughts? caller: i am sorry about general petraeus and my thoughts and prayers are with him. president obama is getting more mature. i think that he came across as not blaming the situation on george bush, as many have. he has accepted the responsibility that he has as president for this situation. this is the problem of bp. not any particular president. it is president obama is responsibility. he is taking responsibility, and i must respect him for that. he also acknowledged in his speech the creator, and i think the creator is on his side now. that will help him in this situation. as far as dangling in the ocean off the gulf of mexico, i know what it can do to our environmeets. it will hurt the wallets of every american, no matter where you live. april 15, 2011, we will realize how much of an effect we have had. host: what are the beaches like they're in sarasota? -- there in sarasota? caller: we have the widest beache

what was already said by the two previous callers. there was a gulf oil spill in 1970. it was on c-span on a thursday or friday. a doctor from noa talked about it. host: he was from osha? caller: osha or noa. this did occur in the gulf of mexico in the late 1970's. host: cleveland, tenn., byron, a republican line. are you there? hold on. i am not sure which line your arm. we will come back to you in just a minute. in other news "the new york times" frontpage, "in concession, israel relaxes gaza blockade. president obama and benjamin netanyahu will meet in washington on july 6, a rescheduling of the meeting after mr. netanyahu cut short one trip abroad. can a tough nationalist emerge as a statesman? waukesha, wisconsin. good morning. caller: i believe that the profits coming out of the goal should go to the american people. and 25% can go to the superfund, 25% to deficit relief, and 25 for a sense i should be reimbursed to the american people. and and now you say they are going to leave? we can drill our own oil and get 100% of the profits. they keep acting like it is their oil, as if th

. . hh will be there beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. live coverage on c-span 3. we will talk today about the announcement by the white house and bp yesterday that bp will set aside a $20 billion fund for gulf oil spill victims. we would like to know what you think about that. well, good thursday morning. there is lots of good detail in our newspapers about the discussions between bp officials and the white house. mechanics of the $20 billion set aside that they agreed to make. we will share that with you as we listen to your comments. let me tell you a little bit about the reporting from "the washington post." they write -- we will hear from you in just a couple of minutes about what you think about this. but let me tell you the little bit more about the mechanics of this, or how it happened yesterday from "the new york times." they set the stage in a lead story. they write -- let's begin telephone calls to get your reaction to this decision by bp. alabama. danny on the democrats' line. caller: i wonder how many of the people who were calling in yesterday-in -- yesterday bash

has been on c-span more than 40 times. watches hearings on line at any time on the c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> c-span recently joined members of an environmental group on a visit to grand bayou, louisiana, and a village of native american fishermen. one fisherman gave a tour of oil polluted marsh areas. >> this is the grand bayou village. we have been in this region for centuries upon centuries making our homes and having a life peer in this region. we are native american. we have lived in this region, as i said before, forever. we have seen over a period of time the changes that at come to the environment. some of it is natural, but the majority of it has been human induced. we have managed to adapt and adjust our way of living in order to remain here. we are facing a situation right now with the gulf disaster and the oil and the dispersants used to sink that oil. we are facing something we had never faced before, the unknown. we have no idea how this will impact our communities and the marine life we are dependent on for our food and our source of revee

. we, the little people, thankfully, it has reached beyond c-span, but we, the little people can see how we are finally getting a voice. i do not care if it is a democrat or republican or independent. we are seeing what is happening. joe barton is just one of the republicans that are starting out -- spouting out there spiteful attitudes that we, the little people. host: raise union grove -- where he is in union grove, and how big is your local economy? caller: we are right down here in alabama and i have many friends who own businesses that are just based on people coming down here. host: this is inside a the "new york daily news" -- cook bill, tennessee, republican . -- brookevillcookville, tenness, republican line. caller: the thing i did not hear said it was what was the first place. to me, maybe i'm not as smart, but you know, everything they did was on a safety level. i would not be surprised if some environmentalist actually planted a bomb and blue something up. the reason i say that is because two weeks before president obama said what he said about offshore drilling. i would

. caller: i am so grateful for c- span. during the dark days of the bush administration you were the only ones to shed light on the whole political process and i would like to say, thank you so much for all of your wonderful service to the american community. the other things i would like to say, a lot of times when you don't get calls from this side of the country, it is because all of the lines that feed into washington are already jammed. anyway, thank you so much. host: what about drilling in the gulf? caller: i would like to see all of our financial resources -- and we can provide jobs with the new green energy. i was up in montana and they have all of those wonderful -- where they have the great, big, huge, air turbines. americana, we can pull out of this. let us pull together. we can pull out of this. my sincere feelings for the gulf coast -- but we can pull out of it. we can use to -- use a new technology to clean it up. host: new hampshire, drew, independent line. caller: i have not spoken to you since california. let me put my book down a little bit and talk about louisiana. if

how soccer rains? world. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the democrats had run the congress for 40 years and there was a certain -- that had taken hold and it's so ironic that years later, i would be a face of a similar type of corruption to a whole different type of people. >> director alex gibney talks about his new book, casino jack and the un -- state of money. >> with the nominee of elena kagan coming up, c-span takes you inside the supreme court to see the public places and rarely seen spaces. hear from the justices as they provide insight about the court, the building and all its history. the supreme court, home to america's highest court. on c-span. nato secretary general told reporters in brussels that a handover to security could start at the end of the year but defense secretary robert gates who also talked to reporters after the meeting in brussels said the nato counterinsurgence as i considered a taliban strong hold needs more time to succeed. this is about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, the secretary general

time on c-span. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall. >> 23 years ago, president reagan spoke those words in berlin. watch the entire speech+ saturday, on american history tv, on c-span3. >> a u.s. coast guard admiral is overseeing the respond to the oil spill. more than twice the previous government estimate is now believed to have been spilling into the gulf every day. this briefing is about 23 minutes. >> our briefing today will be given by andmiral thad allen. we will have an overview of five or 10 minutes, followed by questions and answers. please state your name and affiliation when you start. with that, i turn it over to the admiral. >> good morning. my update will be brief this morning because we really want to talk about two things, two letters that we sent to british petroleum in the last 72 hours. the first letter is regarding claims and data information. i have tracy waring with me who will be speaking to that. the second letter was regarding spill containment and spill control, will containment and well controlled. we -- ll -- well containment and well controlled. we ar

is joining us from san francisco. caller: thank you all for the great job you do on c-span. lamb i think is very proud of you. as far as the letter goes, it seems the same idea as priming the pump as during the roosevelt era. most important to me, if the money is released for the teachers and unemployment benefits, etc., it has a multiplier effect. each dollar spent is worth something like $1.64. if nothing else, people are desperate. i don't think it will last all that long. maybe we will need to change our host: john boehner, harry reid, and mitch mcconnell, among others are quoted in this letter. we are at a critical juncture. on the twitter page, carrie asking when it will stop. gary is joining us from sterling, virginia. your reaction? caller: thank you. i believe the best way the money could be spent as if it were put into energy because having lived for the last 40 years on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, the biggest hitch by dick has been in the price of fuel. you would not believe how much 35 cents per gallon makes a difference to you when you'rr only making $4 or

begins live on c-span every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> pulitzer prize winners on friday. general non-fiction winner on the final decade of the cold war. it led to economic collapse in the great depression. ."iday on "book tv this weekend, noted feminist author and legal scholar martha: nussbaum has written or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education, ethics, sexism and justice. jan brewer met with president obama at the white house to talk about your state's new law on immigration. afterward, she spoke with reporters for about five minutes. >> we just completed our meeting. it is very cordial. it is taking place in arizona and discussing our borders and illegal immigration into the state and america. with that, i will take a couple of questions before we have to be. i and sorry? we agreed to try to work together. we know we will not agree on a certain issue. of the issues will be worked out. we are going to begin a more direct dialogue in a couple of weeks. people are coming out to arizona to brief it. where one to see how it will be distributed. it ensures

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like every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. bp ceo tony heyward will be in front of congress. >> it is campaign 2010 your way with the cspan video library. you can follow the primary season from the campaign trail and the debates to the candidates of victory and concession speeches. ii is all free online anytime. >> this weekend, and growing up between arabs and israelis. this is one of the most corrupt places on earth. a vietnam veteran on the novel that took in 30 years to publish. it follows the soldiers of bravo company through vietnam. find the entire weekend schedule at book-tv.com >> the president visited the gulf region for the fourth time this week. from the oval office. he meets with bp officials later today. good evening. as we speak, our nation reaches -- faces >> at home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every american. abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al qaeda wherever it exists. and tonight, i have returned fro

to move on to david on the republican line from washington. caller: thank you for c-span. on the obama administration official, i do not think they -- organized labor just lost millions of money down the toilet on a point this exercise. i thought this was funny. after one of obama's most progressive cabinet labours, labor secretary, gave me a load -- line. od democratic barry, good morning. -- host: democratic line. caller: it does not matter who's politician is in charge. labor -- i think it is necessary, but once again, it is controlled by people who are rich. if everything is controlled by rich people, what is the point of poor people going to vote? i am not going to vote. i did not see any point. host: independent line. clyde. caller: thank you for letting me get in. when you had the gentlemen on that a couple of weeks ago, and you were talking about farm issues, i recall about a year ago you had chuck grassley -- he is a big corporate farmer and voting against black farmers getting their money. but i agree with their last caller. i think republicans and democrats. i am a tru

talk about. thank you for being with us this week. >> coming up next on c-span, senate majority leader harry reid campaigns in his home state of nevada. later, "q&a" features madeleine sackler, the producer and director of the documentary, "the lottery." that is followed by prime ministers questions and remarks by the british finance minister. monday, the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee elena kagan begin on capitol hill. watch as they began testimony live on c-span3. you can follow the hearings on c-span radio and c-span.org. watch replays of the day's testimony at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. as you follow the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan, you can learn more on one. we have set up a website where you can watch hearings, see the previous appearances on the c- span network, and you documents related to the hearing. that is that c-span.orgk. agan. you can follow the hearings on twitter and join the conversation using your facebook account. c-span -- bringing you direct access to the kagan confirmation hearings. >> is the internet comm

host: let me mention those hearings. it will be live on c-span 3, on the exxon valdez court decision and the courtcaps. -- and the liability caps. that should be running for a couple of hours. jacksonville, florida. david, good morning. caller: a quick question. can your just give us more on her qualifications, and more importantly, republicans compare her to. my ears. can you talk about that? -- compare her to harriet myers. guest: she had a very short lived nomination because people on both sides said that she was not qualified, republicans more so, and did not have much in the way of legal views or a judicial approach. there were some decisions that she was not familiar with that were considered to be dead wrong decisions, and did not seem to be up to the job. that is almost a universal view that was held up her. after elena kagan was nominated, some folks, mostly out of congress, compared her to harriet myers because of her lack of experience in the court. she is universally acknowledged as a legal scholar. she was a law professor at the university of chicago. she clerke

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bankruptcy institute will take your calls. "washington jourral" stars live right now on c-span. . . . all of these issues and that the president will be dealing with today as he returns from memorial day weekend. "usa today" has a front-page story. world of troubles for the u.s. we want to hear from you -- the israeli raid on the flotilla is one of the front page shores. the attorney general indicating justice department lawyers are examining whether there is malfeasance. also this morning, the front page of "the new york times." after the deadly raid at sea, is raw sharply criticized. -- israel is sharply criticized. also indications that benjamin netanyahu, who was scheduled to meet with president obama, the trip has been cancelled. here is the front page of "usa today." wendy will be talking later about one of the topic. they divided into three areas. the gulf coast -- "top kill" failure dashes hopes. the situation in north korea appeared -- north korea. the sinking of that ship back on march 26 that killed 42 south korean sailors has prompted south korea's government to throttle back

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-- who have some security issues. >> here is what is ahead on c- span. what would and bernstein will talk about watergate, and then leigh touhy and william lowry, one of the first african- american graduates -- and then bial, runner of the [inaudible] join us when we welcome the north korea policy coordinator, wendy sherman. then, tucker and griswold talk about the free-trade agreement. and then gordano of the bankruptcy institute joins us. also, a look at the city of new orleans in the wake of the oil spill in the gulf of new mexico. the coverage gets underway at 1:00 eastern on c-span 2. is government broken? the brookings institution will have a panel discussion tomorrow and they will look at current challenges and talk about the ways to strengthen democracy. this will be under way at 1:00 eastern, on c-span. >> this weekend, and noted feminist author -- he has written or contributed to more than 20 books of liberal education and sexism, and legal justice. join us on "in depth" on c-span 2. >> woodward and bernstein talk about watergate and the state of journalism. in june, 1