this week "q&a" features a documentary about hubert humphrey. mick caouette joins us to trace his life from mayor to senator to vice president to presidential candidate. >> mick caouette, when did you think of doing a documentary on hubert humphrey? guest: in the late fall of 1999. i was working at the minnesota historical society and i ran across the humry collection which is just enormous. there is 1,200 large manuscript boxes, 10,000 films, 10,000 photographs, 5,000 audiotapes and i had started in -- i started documentary work earlier, maybe three years earlier, and i thought why hand anyone ever done this? it was a gold mine of material. i learned more about him. i grew up in minneapolis. he was part of my childhood but didn't know much about him and he's really kind of forgotten even in minnesota. but all this material thrilled me so that's how it started, really. as i dug into it, it was wonderful. >> who was he? >> i think he was more of a humanitarian than a politician, frankly. i think he used politics as a religion. us his mother wante

hubert humphrey the president for you and me ♪ >> i love this nation. i think it ought to set a great example for the whole world. we need to cast a beacon of light and enlightenment and hope and peace of the entire nation and the president must speak for the nation, giving the philoshy and the fundamentals of our democracy and what we stand for and then he must be able to mobilize action and carry out these programs so that the dream can be fulfilled. >> while it is generally believed that john kennedy and richard nixon held the first televised debate, humphrey and kennedy met months earlier. >> in 1960, i had the opportunity to expose america to a number of my ideas. i was determined that kennedy adopt as many of my proposals and policies as ssible. >> this week i had the opportunity to debate with mr. nixon. i feel that i should reveal that i had a great advantage in that debate, and i'm not referring to anyone's makeup man. [cheers and applause] >> the advantage that i had had was that mr. nixon had just debated with crureb off -- with krushov and i

ever remembers -- everyone remembers hubert humphrey as someone was looking the bits of lyndon johnson. he was under tremendous pressures. >> that is sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> sunday on book-tv's "in depth." the founder of the american spectator magazine has written over half a dozen books. his latest is "after the hanover." join our 3 our conversation with your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets live sunday at noon eastern on book-tv on c-span 2. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the economy should grow rapidly this year. but that it will likely take several years before the unemployment rate falls to normal levels. he was at the national press club in washington for one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i am president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and we are committed to our professions future for our programming and by foster in a free press worldwide. for more information, please visit our website at www.press.org. for all of our members worldwide, i would like to wel

. >> well, this wonderful hubert humphrey was called the hefty warrior and just a wonderfully energetic and appealing person, he was vice president and had just come back from vietnam, and vietnam was increasingly becoming a major political factor in the country. it had not then when i first ran in 62 but by then i suppose it was 64, 66 -- 65. >> mabey 66. >> so president johnson was getting complaints that members of congress didn't feel they were being informed about the war. >> however the hid said such a thing. >> he invited the members of congress to the white house and we all went down, at least a large number, 150 of us coming and it was winter as i recall. the invitation came late and we went in and it is nothing for young congressman to be sitting in the white house getting briefed by the president and vice president just back from vietnam, and he would humphrey started to give the briefing and lyndon johnson was commander in chief and he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say something and the answer the question and hubert would just about be ready

. >> a documentary producer on hubert h. humphrey, the part of a possible. >> the reason for doing the documentary is all other side of this. having no mind of his own, and people did not understand. the vice presidency. >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >>>>>>?>>>>>?>?>?>?>?>?>>>>>>>> >> janet napolitano is the homeland secretary. we have two guests to question her. >> when you are lying there before you fall asleep, what are some of the things that you worry about in terms of threats of security, and what specifically are you doing to make sure that those concerns do not ever come true? agagqgqgqgqgqg >> we are always worried about it. it is something that could be biological as well as more traditional explosives, so we are concerned about terrorism. also, the department is so huge, and it can be whatever the threat of the day happens to be or the event that is coming up that we need to make sure it is especially secure. for example, this week, we had this huge, monster storm that developed out of a cold front coming

the old guys, hubert humphrey's. where are those guys today? where are the tip o'neill's today? where are those people? they were tremendous. it has gotten so embattled in washington. and i said this just the other day. washington is starting to sound like a regular talk show. it doesn't do well. it doesn't play well. talk radio is good for talk radio, but washington needs to be what washington does, the laws, the debate and what have you. washington, when starts sounding like talk radio or television or whenever, you don't get much handling and you don't really get to see the person and admire the person and what he is truly trying to do. everyone is trying to make their point. speak in sound bites. you don't get to hear the person because it is all sound bites. where is the depth of these people? >> host: he spent much of your life working in talk radio. people will say something to draw up ratings. do you feel like there is a growing group of political figures playing politics by talk-radio rules? note thing as too extreme. >> guest: oh, yeah. that's absolutely does not. now,

. >> sunday, a documentary producer it speaks about hubert humphrey and the art of the possible. >> the whole reason of doing the documentary was to show this side of this. everyone remembers hubert humphrey as someone looking lyndon johnson's puts the whole time, with no mind of his gun. people do not understand the pressure he was -- no mind of his own. people do not understand the pressure he was under. >> as the conflict in egypt grows more violent, foreign policy experts discussed the it of violence and the administration response. this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it was just over an hour. admit -- brookis instituon, and this is a little bit more than an>> f "meethe press" at brookings with david gregory. we bring this to you together with the center. the director was with us this morning on the panel as well. he is a expert on the u.s. national security and military affairs. he has been the director of persian gulf affairs for the national security council. is the author of "path out of the desert: the grand strategy for america in the middle east." we are very

it is interesting, i miss the old guys, a hubert humphrey's. where are those guys today? they were tremendous. i will tell you, it has gotten so embattled in washington and i said this the other day on a talkshow. washington is starting to sound like a radio talk show, and i don't think that -- it doesn't do it well. it doesn't play well. talk radio is good for talk radio but washington needs to be what washington does, the laws, the debate and what have you. i think washington when it starts talking with -- sounding like talk radio you don't really get to see the person and admire the person and what he is truly trying to do because everybody's trying to make their point. as i said earlier speak in sound bites. you don't get to hear the person because of the sound bites. so where's the breadth and where is the depth? >> host: you spent much of your life working in talk radio and one of the points made in the book is people will say something incendiary as to draw ratings. do you feel there is a growing group of political figures who play politics by talk radio rules and

it's interesting, i miss the old guys and ghosh, hubert humphrey's and where are they today? werries the tip o'neill today? where are those people? they were tremendous. i tell you, it has gotten so embattled in washington, and i said this the other day on a talk show. i said washington is starting to sound like a radio talk-show to read and i don't think that those -- it doesn't do it well. it doesn't play well. talk radio is good for talk radio. washington needs to be what washington does. the law, the debate and what have you. and i think washington like talk radio or television or whatever you don't really get to see the person and admire the president for what he is truly trying to do because everyone is trying to make the point. as i said earlier, speak in sound bites, so did you don't get to hear the person because it's all in sound bites. so where's the breath and the death of these people. >> host: you spent much of your life in talk radio and one of the points you make in the book is people will say something and on the year to drop their ratings. do you feel like t

it's interesting i miss the old guys, ghosh, the hubert humphrey's and, where are those guys today? where are the tip o'neill today, where are those people? because they were tremendous vision. i tell you, it's gotten so in battle in washington, and i said this just the other day on the talk-show i said washington is starting to sound like a radio talk show and i don't think that does, it doesn't do it well, it doesn't play well. talk radio is good for talk radio, but washington needs to be what washington does, the law, the debate gamma and what have you. and washington would start soon and would talk radio or talk television you don't get much candling, you don't get to see and admire your the person for what he's trying to do. as i said earlier, speak in sound bites. you don't get to hear the person because it is all sound bites. and so, where is the depth of these people post reduced and much of your life in talk radio and people will say something to draw up the ratings. do you feel like there is a growing group of political figures who are playing politics by talk radio rules,

. >> documentary producer on hubert humphrey. the part of the possible. >> the reason for the documentary was to show another side of this because everyone remember but -- remembers when the nuns and's boots with no mind of his own and people don't understand the pressures he was under which runs through into 68. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on begich, afterwards with michael reagan and his father's legacy. it is the 100th anniversary of ronald reagan's versus. and ron reagan's account of this father's life and the lambert of the history and purpose of futures market. find a complete schedule at booktv.org including in-depth. and get our scheduled e-mails. sign up for our booktv alerts. >> the iraq u.s. forces commander and u.s. ambassador to iraq with the assessment on the transition to civilian control and senate armed services committee hearing thursday. he appeared before the committee to answer questions about a 2008 agreement between the u.s. and iraq that calls for all u.s. troops to wit

. >> "q&a" tonight on hubert h. humphrey. the art of the possible. " everyone just remembers you become free as someone who was looking lyndon johnson's boots of the time -- licking them. >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 here on c-span. >> former alaska governor and 2008 republican vice- presidential nominee sarah palin spoke friday evening at a banquet in california honoring former president ronald reagan. this was one of several events being hosted this weekend by the young america's foundation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the former president's birth. this 35-minute event took place at the reagan ranch in santa barbara. >> ladies and gentlemen, oh, thank you, marc. you are lovely. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please take your seat. now, before i get started, i just want to make a little announcement. there is a lot of excitement, and i know with our keynote speaker, we would all like to jump up and give her a high five and give her good luck and tell her that we love her, but we cannot do that, because we need to ge

documentary on hubert humphrey. >> everybody just remember him somebody licking lyndon johnson's boots with no mind of his own. people don't understand the pressures he was under. >> next, serveraral senators commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birthday of ronald reagan. this is about 25 minutes. much, madam president. as a native californian, i come to the floor now to honor the 100th birthday of president ronald reagan. former fst lady nancy reagan ask that i serve on the ronald reagan centennial commission and i was very honored to accept. today i join senator jim webb, also a member, and orrin hatch to continue president reagan's spirit of bipartisanship, and we have invited senators on both sides of the aisle to join us heren the floor. from seemy valley in california to our nation's capital, americans this month are honoring president ronald reagan. these centennial events are intended to reach all americans, including many born after president reagan left office. those to remember ronald reagan as governor or as president know how he impacted history. but there are some wh

it had become bloated and destroyed and violent. >> on "q & a," hubert humphrey and the art of the possible. >> everyone remember him as someone who was looking lyndon johnson's boots and did not have a mind of his own. people did not understand the pressure he was under. >> "q & a" sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i will not exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. [laughter] >> on the 100th anniversary of his birth, look at the life of ronald reagan in the c-span.org video library. "washington journal," watch in the mornings. you can watch our programming any time at c-span.org. it is searchable on our c- span.org library. >> c-span is a private, nonprofit company created by eight the television cable industry. tonight, president obama and stephen harper speak to reporters at a joint news conference. also, a discussion on unrest in egypt and tunisia. we will have a discussion with robert mcdowell on that policy. sarah palin at a banquet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of ronald reagan. >> pr

. >> tonight, hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> everyone is remembers humphrey as someone who is leading johnson's boats all the time and had no blood of his own. >> "q&a", tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> friday at the white house, president obama and canadian prime minister stephen harper met to discuss a number of issues, including energy, border security, and trade between their countries. after the meeting, the two leaders spoke with reporters. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the prime minister of canada. >> good afternoon, everyone. please be seated. i am very pleased to be welcoming my great friend and partner, prime minister stephen harper, back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk a bit about what we accomplished today and then address the situation is unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies,

they thought hubert humphrey had no might of his own. the pressure runs through the vice president the. >> sunday night at ft p.m. on -- at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, "washington journal," the live call-in program about the news of the day. weekdays, watched coverage of the u.s. house. weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forms. supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, you can see our interview program, "the communicators." on sundays, "q&a," "newsmakers," and "prime minister's questions." it is all on our c-span video library. c-span, washington your way. a public service created by your cable companies. >> next, several senators made statements commemorating the anniversary of former president ronald reagan's birthday. some of the speakers include senators dianne feinstein, john mccain, and several others. this is almost an hour. call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much, madam >> as a native c

this is the land of hubert humphrey. this is the land of walter mondale. this is the land of jesse ventura. now it is the land of the united states senator al franken. if we can do this in minnesota, as frank sinatra would talk about new york, we can do it anywhere. we took the spending trajectory of my state which was 21% every o years for 40 years. that was the average spending pattern increase in my state. we got that down to a low over 1% a year during my time as governor. we were able to bring in government spending in a historic way. we actually reduced government spending for the first time in a 150 year history of minnesota. of course, that is not easy when you are up again a culture that leans pretty hard the other way. there is a lot of hard work that went into that. including having the first government shut down in the 150 year history of my state. but the point was, we were not going to have business as usual. we will want to draw lines in the sand and we were going to get government to live within its means and we began to see a big change in

. >> sunday, a documentary producer on hubert humphrey, the part of the possible. >> it was to show another side of this. everybody thinks of humphrey as somebody who is within johnson's lackey and people did not understand the pressure. > >> sunday night at 8:00 on c- span. >> next, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius release the data it -- the latest dietary guidelines. there recommend less salt, more fruits and vegetables, and less calories overall. they are designed to reduce the risk of obesity. this is 45 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to welcome you this morning, and i am particularly proud of today's announcement. our dedicated faculty works every day on food safety policy and epidemiology and public health, and many of them are in attendance today to study how these issues affect the public's health. i also have to acknowledge and thank our wonderful staff at the usda and hhc for putting this together this morning. share the commitment to promote health, wellness, and nutrition. our urban food task we're looking at ways to have

. >> a documentary producer on hubert h. humphrey, the art of impossible. >> the whole reason was to show this side of this. everyone remembers him as someone looking lyndon johnson's boots. people did not understand the pressure he was under. >> listen to historic supreme court cases on supreme court radio. the court considers the fair housing act, racial discrimination. >> the complaint says that he should be liable as an individual and he owns the corporation and because he was the officer broker. >> listen to the argument on c- span radio, in washington d.c. on 90.1 and online at c- span.org. >> robert mandel says the fcc recent decision on net and net neutrality would likely go down in flames. this is almost an hour. -- rober >> okay, we would like to get started. we would like to welcome our c- span audience. we are glad that they're with us today. i am pleased now to have with me the fcc commissioner, robert mcdowell. we had commissioner meredith baker providing the opening notes and it is nice to have the commissione

. >> it document producer on hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> are the reason for going documentary was sort of on the side, because everyone remembers someone who was looking lyndon johnson's votes all the time and had no mind of his own and people did not understand the pressures he was under. >> a q&a, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> sunday on book tv's "in- depth," the founder of "the american spectator" magazine has written over a half dozen books. his latest -- "after the hang over." join our three-hour conversation with your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. live, sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce our final guest, stephen rose, a georgetown university, senior economist for the center on education and the work force and we are pleased to have them back at the table. i want to read the details of the ap story on the unemployment rate which is hard to interpret i want to see if you helped us understand it. job growth remains the weak

. >> q&a sunday documentary producer mick koets on hubert h. humphrey the art of the possible. >> part of the reason for doing the documentary was to show another side of this because everyone remembers someone who is looking lyndon johnson's boots and had no mind of his own and people didn't understand the pressures he was under which was it runs for the vice presidency into the. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> the president obama spoke today at the annual national prayer breakfast in washington. established in 1953, the prayer breakfast is organized by the fellowship foundation, nonpartisan christian group. after the president's remarks, we will hear from the husband of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. this is a half-hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, a rock obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. please, please have a seat. thank you. thank you so much to the co-chairs, jeff and ann, to all the members of c

. >> documentary producer on hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> the reason for doing the documentary was showing another side of this. people did not understand the pressures he was under, which was going from the vice presidency to the 68. >> "q&a", sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> michael reagan on his father's legacy. next week marks the 100th anniversary of the reagan's birth. emily lambert on the purpose of futures markets. by the complete schedule at booktv.org. get our schedules he mailed for you. signup for our booktv alert. >> the discussion was arrested on iran's nuclear program. the washington bureau chief joined the president of the council on foreign relations and representatives of saudi arabia, turkey, and germany. this is 50 minutes. >> welcome to our session. the question of the hour is "what if iran develops a nuclear weapon." will discuss the political ramifications of this outcome. we had an distinguished panel from the region and beyond. we had the president of the institute for both milita

his name was hubert h. humphrey. he said the moral test of a nation is how it treats people in the dawn of life, our children, tweem in the twilight of life, our seniors, and people in the shadows of life, the poor and underprivileged. if we cut low-income energy assistance, we failed that moral telf. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, for five minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, it has been six weeks now since republicans assumed control of the house of representatives and we have yet to see a single job creation bill brought to the house floor. indeed, just last week we spent roughly 10 hours debating a primary function of congress, that of congressional oversight, something we already do. yet, still, no legislative brought forward to spur job creation. while the republican congress has yet to bring forward a job agenda, they have found plenty of time to bring forward an extreme anti

the hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> the reason for doing the documentary was to show another side of this. he was not under lyndon johnson 's bids all the time. people did not understand the pressures he was under. >> "q&a" it sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. president obama said he has warned egyptian president hosni mubarak against using violence and cutting off communication. he specifically condemned the violence targeting foreign journalist and anti-government protesters. the president made the remarks with the canadian prime minister, steven harper. this is about 25 minutes. >> i am very pleased to have my great friend and partner back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk about what we accomplished today and then address the situation unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies, not simply neighbors. we are woven together like perhaps note two countries i

. >> q&a sunday documentary producer nicolette on hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> part of the reason for doing the documentary was to show another side of this because everyone just remembers someone who is linking lyndon johnson's boots and head mob minded his own and people didn't understand the pressures he was under which is vice presidency in 260 a. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> next former british foreign secretary jack straw testifies before the british iraq war inc. angry for the third time. during the four-hour hearing, mr. straw covered several details on the lead up to the war including his reservations about president wishes axis of evil state of the union speech in 2002. and conversations with within prime minister tony blair on the legality of invading iraq. >> good morning everyone.go i am sorry we have started a few minutes late this morning. a this is because of a technical and we are now ready to start hearing.o the hearing this morning from the right honorable jackg. stra mp who served as foreign

. >> "q&a" sunday, hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> the reason for doing the documentary was to show another side of humphrey. he was not leaking lyndon johnson's boots all the time. people did not understand the pressures he was under. >> "q&a", sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. next sunday, the founder of the american spectator magazine has written over a half dozen books. his latest, after the hang over, the conservatives road to recovery. join our three-shot conversation with your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. >> earlier this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of the health care law. monday, u.s. district court judge roger vincent ruled the law was unconstitutional. he was the fourth battle district court judge to rule. this hearing is 2 hours 40 minutes. minutes. >> this hearing of the senate judiciary committee will come to order. i want to thank chairman leahy for allowing me to convene this hearing. hes expecting to be sure. the title is "the const