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reporting that house republicans will meet for a retreat on thursday and friday in williamsburg, virginia, largely about plans do get through the three approaches fiscal deadlines. so there are three budget battles looming. senate democratic leaders are likely to act early next month on legislation that will allow the president to raise the debt ceiling both now and in the future. that is the latest on what could happen over the debt ceiling. to be returning to all of you this morning. dave is a republican here in d.c. caller: i was just thinking that a lot of people really don't understand what this stuff means in the simplest terms. a lot of folks have not been to college and don't have really good grasp on anything that has to do with politics. it is important that they understand what this entails. when you go to a casino, you spend the money in your pocket. when you are out of that money, you have to go on a line of credit. what happens to us as gamblers if we run up too much of a line of credit, to wipe it clean or do we get in trouble? we are facing the same situation on the federa

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an earlier first ladies program. a historian for colonial williamsburg, steeped in first lady's history. welcome to the conversation. let us talk about the election. anybody who thinks there is hard knuckle politics today, look at the election of 1884 that brought grover cleveland into the white house. pretty rough stuff going on. what would you like? >> politics in the 1880's is brutal. we think about earlier elections where they are taking swings at each other like jefferson and adams. they be in the 1800 election. politics in the 1880's, you are he talks about newspapers, it is personal, it is visceral and because of the way political parties have developed, they are able to take these swipes at each other that really we would find surprising today. in 1884, all of these things would come out in the 1884 election. two candidates cannot be more different from each other. grover cleveland on the one hand who probably has very little political experience of this sort. he was mayor of buffalo in 1881. elected governor of new york in 1882. two years later, he is the democratic nom

been what we call colonial williamsburg. >> when john tyler resigned from the senate, he and his wife and their families moved here to williamsburg to establish a law practice. he reconstructed his law office. the house they live in was no longer here. they were situated in the center of the town. the court house is right across the street. this is the beating heart of williamsburg, even in the 1830's, so all of the political activity, the social activity, they are living in the center of it in this fantastic 18th-century house. john tyler was resurrected in his political career. she is going to be operating out of the house. right here, letitia tyler suffered a stroke in 1839. that partly would paralyze her, although she was able to regain control of the family business while john tyler was getting involved in politics. it was in this space john tyler learned he was elected as vice president to william henry harrison, and it was also here in the spring of 1841 he was informed he became the 10th president of the united states, and it was here that she learned she became the first lady

sequester laws that were agreed at williamsburg to be offered. my own view that was being discussed at the budget conference, some of the things i unbalanced,s being unfair, irresponsible, and , and unless we have a balanced agreement, which in my view, should replace the a leader, because of indicates, it's not -- as the leader indicates, is not the right did -- rational way to go. not the way to go and ought to be replaced. i am hoping any agreement will sequester.lace the i am hopeful that we would get a little deal, not nibbling around the edges so what occurs as we do this every six and we never get to a stability that the majority leader believes and i believe would give confidence to our economy, to the business community and to our people if we got a beginning. deal, but unfortunately that does not seem to be, at least at this point in time, in the discussion. i'm hopeful that the

people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago. the story of ladies historical society found and financesed this deserves a telev

williamsburg, valley forge, and philadelphia. the part of the conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> think it is pretty accurate that they do not play by the rules in most cases. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. i think americans and westerners tend to be more legalistic. we want things on a contract. once we see things written down, that is the be all, and all, whereas the chinese will sign any contract or agree to any trade agreement, and the minute the ink is dry, they will figure out a way to interpret it to get around requirements. >> where does that come from? >> it is a relentless drive to try to get ahead. it has built the place over the last 30 years. the want to get better, to improve. they see some of the constraint -- some of the constructions we have put on them as trade. they see that as we are holding chinatown. we basically operate in a role -- in a world without rules. now that we have gone to the top, we're try to hamstring them or tie them up with a lot of rules and regulations to

some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia, and be part of the conversation about mouth -- martha washington with your phone calls, a tweet, and facebook coats. this is live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and act c-span.org. >> foreign companies like our secrets. now they are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air for a dirt -- air-traffic control systems. we cannot look back and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. >> interestingly enough, i think one of the concerns that we hear and you see it reflected its volume, quality, and timeliness. great, you share information with us about something that happened three months ago. what about now? we're trying to increase our time is so that we are out ahead of the issues. we're making progress there. over the past year in particular we have improved our ability to share information set -- faster with the private sector. i also hear concerns from

here and landed at cape henry. the history of williamsburg, which is right up the river, and jamestown, it is really the founding location of our country is right here in virginia beach and this immediate area. if you are history buff, it's a fascinating place to be and a fascinating place to explore. the population of virginia beach is 450,000. we have crossed that this past year. tourism,industries are military, agriculture. most of the growth in this whole region has been through the department of defense, the military, defense contractors, shipbuilding, hundreds of years of history here building ships. we're the only place in the world that builds nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines and those kinds of vessels. the full range of maritime business. the report. hampton roads is probably the largest physical port. -- on the east coast of the u.s. the challenge is running a city like virginia beach are probably not a lot different than most every city in the country right now. that's all all changing relationships of federalism, the relationship between the state and fede

states he and his wife and family moved here to williamsburg to establish his law practice. in fact, we've reconstructed his law office and his laundry the house that they lived in is no longer here but here in williamsburg per feblingtly situated at the center of the town, at the center of the legal part of the town. the courthouse is right across the street near all of the markets near all of the shops. this is sort of the beating heart of williamsburg even in the 1830s. and so all of the political activities, the social activity, they're really living at the center of it in this fantastic 18th century house that they were living in as john tyler is resurrecting his political career. after they move here when she is sort of running this household and running the entire tyler family she's going to be operating out of the house the business that is the tyler family running their various planttations all over the place. it's right here that she suffered a stroke in 1839 that partly paralyzed her although she was still able to retain control of the family accounts, of all the family b

influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts. monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> i think it is accurate they do not play by the rules. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. think westerners tend to be a lot more legalistic, we want things on a contract. we think that is the be all and end all. the chinese will sign any contract or agree to any trade agreement and then they will try to figure out a way to interpret it to go out and get its requirements. it is just a relentless drive to try to get ahead. they see some of the coup scriptures that we put on them in terms of trade, in terms of these agreements. they see that as we are trying to hold chinatown. we basically operate in a role -- in a world without rules and now that we have gotten to the top we try to hamstring them are tied them up in a knot of rules and regulations the whole china down. >> former pop -- former washington post correspondent keith richburg on 40

was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago. the story of ladies historical society

interesting about that piece of clothing was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> thanks so much for the details. >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950

colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. become part of the conversation with your calls, tweets, and facebook host. life monday at 9:00 p.m. >> now new york chamber of commerce president thomas donohue. he talked about the federal budget, the economy, and immigration. his remarks are about an hour. >> it is my honor to introduce tom donohue, resident of the us chamber of commerce. [applause]it was in 1997 that tom donohue became president and ceo of the us chamber, and over the past 15 years, he has built it into an unparalleled lyrical powerhouse. he has more than quadrupled the budget and added hundreds of thousands of new members. airing his tenure, lobbyist, policy experts, and communicators help secure victories on the hill and in the court of public opinion and before governments around the world. one of his great abilities has been a knack to identify key issues well ahead of the curve. in an erroa of economic challenges, he has introduced growth, including rebuilding america's infrastructure, protecting intellectual property, revitalizing capital

to this that in january, the house toublicans met, retreated williamsburg, virginia, and came up with a strategy. the first element of that strategy was a kind of legislative strike. all decided to boycott direct negotiations with president obama. subsequently extended that boycott to negotiations with the democratic senate, which only goes to prove why despite having passed a budget six months ago, each of the eight team times that senator murray has asked to go to a conference, which is a meeting of the house of representatives and the senate to work out their differences, there has been objections. when i read this article saying the house republicans decided to boycott all direct negotiations with president obama and with thethat boycott democratic senate, we are seeing the consequences of that strategy. today. this kind of refusal to even enter negotiations is highly unusual. the way to make sense of it is republicans have plan since january to force obama to exceed two large chunks of the republican agenda without republicans having to offer any policy concessions of their

williamsburg, steeped in first lady's history. welcome to the conversation. let us talk about the election. anybody who thinks there is hard knuckle politics today, look at the election of 1884 that brought grover cleveland into the white house. pretty rough stuff going on. what would you like? >> politics in the 1880's is brutal. we think about earlier elections where they are taking swings at each other like jefferson and adams. they be in the 1800 election. politics in the 1880's, you are he talks about newspapers, it is personal, it is visceral and because of the way political parties have developed, they are able to take these swipes at each other that really we would find surprising today. in 1884, all of these things would come out in the 1884 election. two candidates cannot be more different from each other. grover cleveland on the one hand who probably has very little political experience of this sort. he was mayor of buffalo in 1881. elected governor of new york in 1882. two years later, he is the democratic nominee for president. that is all the major political experien

trading be over the weekend? guest: williamsburg. i'm looking forward to that. host: mike pocan, thank you for talking to our viewers. we will take a short break. we'll come back and talk with bob cusack and the agenda at the new freshmen face. we'll be right back. >> more americans sought unemployment benefits last week. weekly applications rose by 10,000 to 372,000. many state unemployment offices were closed last week for the holidays. many states used estimates. president obama has signed the bill that averts the so-called fiscal the president, who is vacationing in hawaii, the bill using an auto-pin. also receiving the presidential signature, the $633 billion defense bill for next year. it tightens penalties on iran, increase the security at diplomatic missions worldwide. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you do not always find a newspaper editors in any area that embrace investigative reporting. it is the discomfort that investigative reporting often causes in the newsroom. it is troublesome. that gets those people to run in to complain to the publisher.

when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg irginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried eas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had hem? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago. the story of ladies historical society found and

, historian for colonial williamsburg. thanks to both of you. this is produced in cooperation with the national white house historical association and we thank them for their help. thank you for being with us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] "a wellmonday night, educated women." for the 1800's. we will trace the life of sarah polk, and she helps to write his speeches and lobbies members of congress. then, margaret taylor, who was, i was.h of a leader as margaret wanted nothing to do with politics and apparently prayed for her husband's defeat in the 1848 presidential race, and although he wins the election, he dies 16 months from taking office. andvice president succeeds, abigail fillmore becomes the first first lady to have a job before entering the white house, turning it into a cultural center for the arts, while lobbying for funds to have the first-ever white house library. live next monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c- span3, as well as c-span radio and c-span.org. our website has more a

program, taylor sturmer, a historian for colonial williamsburg. welcome to the conversation. the election.ut anybody who thinks there is hard knuckle politics today, look at the election of 1884 that brought grover cleveland into the white house. pretty rough stuff. what was it like? guest: politics is brutal. we do think about earlier elections in american history in which they are taking swings at each other like jefferson and , but in 1800 election politics in 1880s, with the growth of the newspapers, is personal, visceral, and because of the way political parties developed, they are able to take these swipes at each other that we would find surprising today. in 1884, all of these things are coming out in 1884 election because you have two candidates who could not be more different. you have grover cleveland on the -- he hasho had been very little political experience of this sort. he was mayor of buffalo in 1881, elected governor of new york in two years later, he is the democratic nominee for president. that is all the major political experience he has. he has developed a re

. all that as a backdrop, house leaders last week went to williamsburg to figure out the task force on the debt ceiling on the across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester, coming up. also, at the end of march, we have the continuing resolution, because the senate has not passed a full budget and the two chamber is not agree to a budget, but they have been working off a continuing resolution which funds the government for certain amount of time. it will end on march 27. house leaders tried to put forward or sketched out a game plan for how they would handle things going forward. the first step in all this is the vote today on a short-term debt limit extension. host: seth, you mentioned the republican retreat last week and on conversations with conservatives, an event on capitol hill yesterday. what kind of dissent did you hear from conservative republicans on the debt ceiling vote? guest: they want to make sure that they get some sort of deficit reduction out of this. i think it makes them a little nervous. this is what many will referred to as a clean vote on the debt ceiling

college in gales brurg, illinois. and also going to williamsburg, missouri. he will deliver a series of economic speeches in which he'll highlight previously released proposals on jobs, health care, education and homeownership. you can watch the president live at knox college scheduled for 12:55 p.m. eastern over on c-span3. and we'll also have live coverage of the congressional men and boys holding their first hearing on the status of black men in the united states. tracy martin, the father of trayvon mearnt, is among -- martin, is among those. that's live at 3:00 p.m. astern today on c-span3. >> that role of the first lady, she becomes the chief confident. she's the only one in the world he can trust. so he unloads to her, talks to her. they've all done that. hey're all strong women. they accompany a strong man. obviously that's their main role as confident to the president. >> our original series "first ladies influence and image," their influence on the presidency. watch the encore presentation of "first ladies" from martha washington to ida mckinley starting august 5 on c-span. >>

williamsburg. the meat and figure out where are we? what is our role? how're we going to work with the president and against house republicans, working with the said act? -- senate? >> at the same time, republicans are meeting in baltimore to us meet with the heritage foundation. we will have all kinds of sessions in that retreat talking about how conservatives as a unit within the republican party -- [indiscernible] >> what kind of issues can we expect them to

traveled to williamsburg, virginia in mid-may to deliver this years commencement address at the college of william and mary. former defense secretary robert gates is the chancellor of william and mary and introduced the fbi erector. he has been director for 12 years and will step down from that position in september. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, president. i have to say here at the outset that there are two disadvantages to being chancellor of the college. one is that i get to march in behind a senate -- seven foot tall rector. the other is the regalia. [laughter] as a i have described unique blending of academic medieval tradition and lady gaga. [laughter] [applause] as someone who has served as university president, i know very well the stresses and the man's of the position. the position. take it from me that we are fortunate that taylor took the jobs five years ago under difficult circumstances and then agreed to reenlist last year. [applause] to the class of 2013, having passed the last exam, turned in the last paper, and paid the last parking ticket [laughter] h

, join in on the conversation with colonial williamsburg historian taylor stoermer. that a is the first time true digital native has stepped into one of the legacy businesses, broadcasting companies. if he axed in any way, as he did in disrupting the book publishing business, the delivery of streaming media, certainly he-commerce, then mr. disruptll probably andean vision when it will be led to be a newspaper in the 21st century, and what it means to be a business. journalism is changing, manifesting itself in different ways. the intersection between video and newspapers these days. it is hard to say where it is headed. we had a stage where it is being figured out. thatbezos buying the post, is one example of the possibility of the future of newspapers. of newspapers on "the communicators" tonight at 8:00. of how toiscussion balance the national security concerns with civil liberties. speakers included congressman peter king, the chairman of the homeland security committee on counterterrorism and intelligence. this event is co-host and by the manhattan institute, the weekly standa

. negotiating the either. i think what we need to do as republicans, we're going to williamsburg, as you know. if what we need to do is put forth what we stand for and to pass what we believe in and bring that to the american people. and it needs to be credible, it needs to be logical, it needs to substantively address spending. host: in your opinion, what should happen? where do you picked a fight, over the debt ceiling or later on over the continuing resolution to? finance to? -- or the continuing resolution to finance the government? guest: i've only been here two years. i truly believe that when i ran and even more so now, we are a nation at risk. every american, regardless of political affiliation. so we have to reduce federal spending. this is the time right now. some of my colleagues were saying let's get through the fiscal cliff and the real fight is the continuing resolution or the real fight is the debt limit. i hear that and it goes on. host: where do you insist on spending cuts? is that the debt ceiling or the continuing resolution? guest: it is that every point. host: all of the

that will be for all of data collection. host: williamsburg, virginia, republican line. caller: i was in the marine corps infantry for five years and one of my jobs was to get search -- a small to two person unmanned drone. did not have any weapons and was light weight. we used it for reconnaissance. one of the problems or one of the confusions in the popular discussion today is this lack of whatedge between -- as to is the difference between a war fighting phone like a predator drone or something like a global hawk and what is a reconnaissance drone, what type of drones would be used on domestic soil. -- wend paul filibuster in fission predator drone's with hellfire missiles flying over -- thatunities which is would not be the case at all. that would be incredibly expensive. it would be incredibly illegal. this is where i disagree with you -- you said you would not need specific laws but you were referring to statutes that would be specifically about drones and privacy. the vast majority of our fourth amendment protections as technology has increased from wiretaps to pin registri

with clone your williamsburg taylor stoermer. >> this is a huge story. that a trueme digital natives has stepped into one of the legacy media businesses are broadcasting company. acts in any way like he did in disrupting the book publishing business, the delivery of streaming media and e-commerce, then he probably re-envision and what it is to be a newspaper and the 21st-century and how that business remains a business. journalism is changing. it is manifesting whether it is a log or twitter -- blog or twitter it is really hard to say where it is headed. we are at a stage where it is still being figured out. post,us jeff bezos buying the that is one possible future. >> the future of the newspaper industry tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. a number of boston-based reporters and national counterterrorism correspondence discuss how they cover the boston bombing last april as a part of a panel discussion hosted by the association for education in journalism and mass communication. speakers included the national public radio terrorism :.rrespondent and kevin this is just over 90

with the sequester levels. that as i understand were agreed at williamsburg to be offered, but they haven't worked. my own view that, mr. speaker, what is being discussed in the budget conference some of the things i have heard strike me as being unbalanced, unfair, irresponsible, and unacceptable. unless we have a balanced agreement, which in my view should replace the sequester because, as the majority leader indicates, it is not the rational way to go. as mr. rogers indicates, not the rational way to go. and as every chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on the republican side, mr. speaker, have said it is not the way to go and ought to be replaced. so i'm hopeful that any agreement will, in fact, replace the sequester. i am hopeful, mr. majority leader, as you well know, that we will get a big deal, not a little deal, not nibbling around the edges so that what occurs is we do this every six months and we never get to a stability that i know the majority leader believes and i believe would give competence to our economy, to the business community, and to our people if we go

again to vietnam and the minister in williamsburg who asked lyndon johnson, tell me, what are we there? is it not there for a requirement to not only get the support of the local people, we have to explain to the american people better the job of why we are there in order not to give them a deadline to get out. but the deadline to get out, seems to me, has been one of our biggest mistakes. >> so the deadline and also speaking to two audiences. >> i don't comment on a couple of those things. compared to vietnam, at least in a moral way, the american people are not connected to these wars. they were during the vietnam war because there was a draft. personally, i don't think the draft is the answer. i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of worst take,