nation. storylines, locations and actors are all taken into consideration, along with censorship standards. disney's upcoming "iron man 3" and ang lee's "life of pi" are both films that have been under the watchful eye of chinese bureaucrats while filming in china. still to come, is facebook fading away? why its latest feature could be too little, too late. but first, corporate america is in the midst of an overhaul. why more information is up for grabs to shareholders in 2013. that's next, with bill moller. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ corporate governance - that is, the system by which companies are governed and directed. also, the relationship among boards, management and shareholders. and, in this new year of 2013, there's a lot going on in terms of corporate governance, regarding laws & trends. let's talk with becky yerak. she is a business reporter for the chicago tribune. one thing i thought that was really interesting is that now we have a comparison between what ceos make and the average empl

with it maybe the brand of sort of middle eastern nations in the u.s. there was an interesting opportunity for al jazeera during the arab spring when you would start to hear stories about clashes between al jazeera journalists and sort of the rulers in power that were being protested or being deposed in some of these countries. i thought the arab spring was an interesting moment where al jazeera could have established itself with a lot of credibility more mainstream in the u.s.. it didn't accomplish that. i'm assuming that's what this current tv purchase is attempting to do. >>> on a totally different story, kim kardashian, and kanye, they are going to have a baby. charles, what do you make of all of this. we're hearing these details for weeks and weeks and months and months. >> you would come to me first. you threw me for a loop here. congratulations, kim and kanye. all the best to you. this is not something that i think ranks really highly on minus radar. i congratulate anybody if you're having kids and you're happy about it. >> you're not excited abo

at 1:00 eastern the national immigration forum will host a discussion examining ways to reform the u.s. immigration laws. speakers include u.s. chamber of commerce president thomas donohue, citigroup vice-chairman, and also indiana's attorney general greg reseller. that is live at 1 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. we are coming set of live events on. at 1230 time that eastern vice president joe biden speaks at the conference of mayors winter meeting. live coverage on c-span again starting at 630 eastern. >> he had been talking about this dream that he had. he talks about it for years, the american dream and then it becomes his dream and he had been in detroit just a few months before. he talked about i have a dream. america will someday realize these principles in the declaration of independence. so i think he was just inspired by that moment. >> sunday on after words, clayborne carson recalls his journey as a civil rights activist, participate in the 1963 march on washington to prominent historian and editor of martin luther king, jr.'s papers. it's part of three days of the booktv this

they will address the nation at 8:55 eastern time later tonight and then, of course, tomorrow is a big day also. you can watch that tonight and complete coverage of our inauguration event right here on the fox news channel. martha and i live from washington for america's newsroom 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. eastern time monday and complete cover and with bret baier and megyn kelly starting at 11:00 a.m. right after us and coming up in a few minutes we will teak you back to washington and talk with the senior advisor on the inaugural committee about some of the biggest issues on which there are many for president obama as he faces his second term in the white house. >>> gun rights taking the spot light as a top issue for president obama as he begins his second term. so much discussion about this since what happened in newtown. take a look at the numbers. brand new fox polls that shows that the president heads into the inauguration with a 51% favorable opinion for president obama. and this is an interesting comparison. 56% is the approval rating that the nra has. the national rifle associati

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at least 37 foreign nationals were killed. algeria's communications minister has defended the decision to storm the plant. he said soldiers saved hundreds of lives. >> translator: the militants kidnapped and killed innocent people, and they wanted to blow up the plant. if the special forces had not stormed the plant, the consuenc could have been far more serious. >> ten japanese were among those killed. but said said the militants did not single them out. >> translator: it was japanese workers that happened to be there on the day of the attack. i believe they were chosen because they were foreigners rather than because they were japanese. >> said said the militants began gathering information about the plant two months ago. he said government officials are investigating whether someone from inside passed along information. some analysts suggest the attack was timed to coincide with a visit by senior company officials. militants said they attacked the plant to retaliate for the french intervention in neighboring mali. french vo

let's stop relying on middle eastern nations and use more natural gas and export it as l.n.g. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. growing up back home on the farm in indiana we all knew that if you don't work, you don't eat. unfortunately that doesn't hold true if you are the majority leader in the united states senate. it's been four years since senate majority leader harry reid has brought a budget to the floor of the united states senate. you can build a pentagon three times in that time frame. it's time that -- to pass a budget out of the united states senate and senator reid should not be paid until it's done. the house has acted responsibly. we have met our deadlines, we have set our priorities, i was part of the house budget committee when we put together budgets tha

side of the nation and this high pressure is helping, too. the cold air is staying locked to the west-northwest for several days and we begin to see indications, though, that late next week some of this real cold stuff is going to make a run for it and that is looks like thursday and a dramatic change into thursday and next weekend. the extended models are flipping and belong and milder for the weekend, nothing changeed. fiftys and 60s for saturday and into the northwest, and that is looking like on sunday, we will be close to 70 here, depending on the amount of sunshine we have and that is to the south of us and some 70s. not tomorrow. couple, we'll have clouds and showers, the temperature is 50 degrees. and by saturday, we have early- morning clouds. if th temperatures will be allowed to get upper 50s and lower 60 and esthat is unusually warm this time of the year. the rain back to the west and notice how it's moving south to north. when you get this type of a jet soup setup, takes a long time to move that to the east and feel like by tomor

talk about it with michael singh, former senior director of middle eastern affairs at the national security council and managing director of the washington institute for near east policy. does the recent iraq war hold any history lessons for us? the obama administration did not really secure a status of forces agreement that was going to protect american troops. they all pulled out. what's the situation in iraq right now? >> reporter: well, obviously the administration had hoped originally for some kind of a residual force in iraq to continue our mission there but wasn't really able to negotiate that with the iraqi government. one of the issues it tripped over was this immunity question. this is, typically comes up in these types of situations and of course it is a question of sovereignty from afghanistan and protecting the troops in our eyes. i expect this will be difficult with afghanistan as well. jon: the president has reportedly considered plans to leave maybe 3000, maybe 9,000 troops in afghanistan but there are commanders in the field said you need a lot more than that. where, if the

eastern we'll be live from the national review conservative summit with remarks by arkansas congressman tom cotton and columnist charles krauthammer as well as a panel focusing on pro--life issues -- pro-life issues. >>> now, a house democratic task force meeting on reducing gun violence. on wednesday members heard about improving background checks for gun buyers and providing mental health counseling to students. the task force recommendations are expected next month. this is two hours. >> we're going to go ahead and get started. first, let me apologize. we had a vote series which delayed us a bit, but thank you for hanging, hanging with us on this. many thanks to the witnesses who are here today. we've got a great lineup of individuals who are going to be able to share some information with us that i believe is critical for our deliberation and for our effort to figure out what we can do to minimize gun violence. i also want to take a point of personal privilege and recognize the president pro e them of of the california state senate, daryl steinberg. thank you for being here. and tha

prayer service at washington national cathedral at 9:45 eastern. at 1:30 p.m. eastern, the house ways and means committee holds a hearing in debt and deficit reduction is examining the history of the debt limit and how past congresses and presidents have dealt with and whether the constitution provides options to the executive branch. the house is expected to vote wednesday on increasing the nation's current debt limit of nearly $16.50 trillion. >> a few moments, today's headline and your calls live on "washington journal." the house of representatives convenes at 10:00 eastern for general speeches. today's agenda admen will include the pandemic prepared as bill. we will be live at 7:00 p.m. eastern with gov. mike pence state of the state address. in about one hour and they have, we will focus on president

eastern. the smithsonian national museum of american history has a large collection of artifacts from past inaugurations dating back to george washington. we spoke with terry rubinstein. >> here you are in the division of political history, and i have a number of object from our inaugural collection, which goes back to george washington, all the way to the present, and this weekend, we will be collecting additional material. inaugurations are these wonderful events. in many respects, they are like great, american holidays, like thanksgiving or the fourth of july, they are part of an american tradition -- an important one that celebrates american democracy, certainly one of the great contributions to the world and to all of our lives. that is with this material is. we try to document the individual inaugurations and the whole part of it -- not just the official part -- the parts that everyday people participate in as well. inaugurations serve a simple function. on one hand, there was a constitu

eastern. and at 1 p.m. eastern, the national immigration forum holds a news conference. speakers are scheduled to include tom donohue of the u.s. chamber and former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez. >> he had been talking about this dream that he had had. he had talked about it for years, you know? the american dream, and that it had become his dream. he had been in detroit just a few months before, and he had talked about i have a dream that america will someday realize these principles of the declaration of independence. so, um, i think he was just inspired by that moment. >> sunday on "after words," claiborne carson recalls his journey as a civil rights activist participating in the 1963 march on washington to prominent historian and editor of martin luther king jr.'s papers. it's part of three days of booktv this weekend. monday featuring books on president obama and martin luther king jr. >> now an update on preparations for president obama's inauguration on monday. representatives of the inaugural committees, the u.s. capitol police and the military spoke with r

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an artic blast slamming the eastern third of the nation with some the coldest weather in years. take a look at this. current temperatures across the country. it's in the 30's as far south as memphis and raleigh and well below freezing in new york and cleveland and about to get worse. and in cincinnati, snowy, icy conditions triggered this massive pileup which killed a 12-year-old girl. at least 86 cars and other vehicles got caught up in the crash that happened yesterday, according to investigators. one survivor said it all apparently began when a white suv right in front of him started to skid. >> this car carrying a trailer, he pulled in front of me. a red car came up beside of me, he slipped in front of me. and then a semitrailer took out the box truck, the trailer. and then all hell broke loose behind us. >> shepard: it is so cold everywhere. right now in new york the feels like temperature zero. the national weather service reports that chicago has gone almost two years without subzero temperatures until today when the thermometer dropped to negative 1. but that is nothing

. >> one of the -- middle eastern. the middle eastern government. aware the emirate's nation. [indiscernible] gerri: how does he not know? how does he not now? >> and earlier in the interview he said, i was a writer, director, but i also have my producer's hat on. i went all the meetings. look, everyone has great ideas in hollywood. the big steel is getting the money. of course knew where was from. it's -- and it's a big story. i think that's another reason why promise land failed. people didn't like where the money came from. it did not like the way matt damon handle that. c'mon. man up. admit. i'm saying to the ag, the man. gerri: you get the award for balls in a standing up in a room like that and asking him the hard question. it's great to have you on the show. thank you for coming on. come back sometime sen. >> great. it's a pleasure. gerri: watch it. it's awesome. thank you so much. all right. now we want to know what you think. here's our question. is president obama's green agenda hurting our energy development? log on to gerriwillis.com and on the right hand side of t

eastern the national immigration forum hold a news conference focusing on immigration legislation. speaker scheduled to include tom of the u.s. chamber of commerce and carlos. >>> he had been talking about this dream he had. he talked about it for years. the american dream then it become his dream. america will someday realize the principles and the decoration of independence. inhe was inspired by the moment. sunday on after wards he recalls the journey of the civil rights activist participating in the march on washington. part of three dais of booktv this weekend monday featuring authors and books on the inauguration, president obama, and martin luther king, jr. >>> now a look at the agenda for the security and exchange commission. fcc commissioner dan gallagher spoke at the u.s. chamber of commerce for an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm david the president and ceo market here at the u.s. chamber of commerce. the team i'm fortunate to work with and lead here was formed over six years ago before the financial c

security to help the us we mean all fits middle eastern oil independence or dependence rather well one person that could answer that would be the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice dam too bad she herself also has a hefty stake in the project yet the best of her rice is net worth is somewhere between twenty three forty three million dollars just so happens to have millions worth of investment and several canadian utility companies including none other then trans canada corp the corporation responsible for the pipeline. i think it's pretty clear what the motives are behind this operation it's another case of exploiting and degradation the environment so massive corporations and wealthy politicians can profit like every poll same the average citizen stands to lose the most and of course no one else is left to speak for mother nature. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-imposed costs from society i will cut myself and michael attack my brother understand

eastern. >> now a discussion about the special effects of defense cuts on national security. topics include poetry readiness from a potential job losses. paul wolfowitz is going to participate in this two-hour event hosted by the brookings institution. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. i am michael o'hanlon. i welcome you here to u.s. defense strategy and the defense budget. we are honored to have robert hale here to give the keynote address to begin things. just a quick note on the agenda, after bob has spoken, i will come up and we can have some questions again, thank you all for being here. let me say a brief word about bob

city of la gave us the head of national students' day before beginning its journey across russia's nine time zones goes under but out of reports. the. the torture because our news was leaked on july the twelfth in paris the city that hosted the first world student games back in one thousand twenty three and then began its round the world journey on the russian ship sadowski sailing around five continents before harsh storms in the pacific ocean delayed divorce sailboats arrival in florida are stuck and so a special lantern transported the flame my air from the south korean city of tucson like the flame has finally arrived in russia and it's a big event for us it's made a long trip and let this fire light up the enthusiasm for sport for everybody around the country bloody us talk is the first city on russian soil where the second leg of the relay kicks off travelling from east to west from january to july the george barrows will carry the flame through all of russia students here is the captain of cousins ice hockey side og bars or the i was the first one to start the relay from the far

on c-span 3, a discussion on automobile fuel efficiency live from the national journal at 8:30 eastern. in 45 minutes, former commerce secretary will discuss emigration policy. he is co-founder of republicans for immigration reform. the an author and new york times columnist paul krugman will talk about the economy and later,

that is at 7:00 eastern. the national governors' association held its first state of the state address to review current conditions and challenges faced by the state's. they heard from karen merkel of delaware and vice chair mary phelan of oklahoma. >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank you all for coming. we hope this is an annual address from the chair and the vice chair of the national governors' association. it is my privilege to serve as the governor of delaware and as the chair of nga. i am joined by oklahoma governor mary phelan. we're here to deliver the first state of the state address from the nj and to talk about our collective priorities as we go into what will be at unprecedented congress. i do want to take a moment to recognize somebody who is here with us this morning. as governors, our relationship with our state's national guard forces is incredibly important. the national guard is a buttery source in the emergency response, and it in addition to its role, is a homeland defense force. th

as the national weather service has seen the light on this, it does include the eastern shore perhaps later this evening areas south of easton will pick up wintry weather. temperatures are not supportive of winter weather. maybe rain showers. we're in the mid-40s. where is the storm having an impact? it's well south and west of us toward knocksville and reaching into virginia. we have a look at the heavy snow that's coming down well south of us. this is where we expect it to be. it stayed south of baltimore. much more coming up. >>> now to the breaking news of anne arundel county executive john leopold. >> cheryl conner was in the courtroom as leopold's team made a big announcement about his misconduct trial. >> reporter: a big shift in the trial of anne arundel county executive john leopold. mr. leopold, do you feel you have a better chance here with a trial by judge? a surprise turn has leopold and his two defense attorneys opted for a trial by judge, not jury. this follow as lengthy process where over 300 people filled out questionnaires and about 100 perspective jurors were interv

finally at 4:00 eastern, "face the nation" from cbs. you can listen to the mall and c-span rio, on a 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. rate -- washington, d.c. area. you can also listen on your smartphone or go online to c- span.org teo .org -- cspanradio.org. >> hopkins could read the president's new unlike anybody else. he came as close as anyone to be in evidence in to what robert sherwood would call roosevelts heavily forested interior. heavily forested interior. he went to be still in the presence of the president. went to press him. when to back off and to the joke. after he local election, wendell willkie was in his office, and they remained friends, and like you said to the president, why do you keep that man so close to you, that man being hopkins. roosevelt said, you may be in this office and they, you will understand, but he asks for nothing except to serve me. >> trusted adviser and friend to fdr, harry hopkins lived in -- in the result white house for 3 1/2 years. david roll on "the hopkins touch." [drum line] host: the milit

and noon eastern booktv brings you a few national book critics circle award nominees, the award ceremony itself will be played in new york city and the new school on feb. 20 eighth. we start with steve call followed by reynard brandy and robert caro. at 5:00 p.m. widow of jack nelson and editor of mr. nelson's memoirs sits down with president carter and and terry adamson to discuss his life and career. flint and pillaring and leverett argue change in policy for the government of iran is necessary. that is a 9:00 eastern. and 2:00 p.m. william rhodes exports the current state of economic and financial challenges facing europe and asia. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for complete scheduled visit booktv.org. >> finance starts in the 1930s with sophia quarter ended the spinoff of the 1930s, the 1930s unknown from everything from the hard economic times of the 1930s you see everything from alcoholics anonymous in the 1930s to people thinking they could get rich to various social activist movements, fascism and communism had a huge appeal and there is the fulcrum goi

eastern and pacific. on c-span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> saturday was the national day of service to honor the service and the legacy of martin luther king junior. one of these events took place at the washington -- the national mall. it was headlined by chelsea clinton, the honorary chair. joining her was beau biden. this is about 15 minutes. >> are you ready to kick off this day of doing a lot of good? i will be your and see today. let's have a huge national day of service welcome to the woman who was the co-chairman of the reelection campaign, and she is currently serving as the co- chair for the inauguration committee, let's hear it for eva longoria. >> good morning. i am so excited to be here. it is so inspiring to see so many of you come out for this national day of service and give back to your community. a lot of the know -- >> a lot of you know, i grew up in corpus christi, texas. and i grew up in a family of volunteers and a family and community of people who wanted to give back. my thr

the last time i showed you this the eastern shore was not in on this but now if national weather service put them in and we are looking at a very gusty day on tap. be prepared for that. the trash day is today make sure you tie the cans down and this is what we're going to be doing as we look at the abc2 most accurate planner. it looks blustery and also the winds building up and we'll see the clouds decreasing through time. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, we do have wind advisories in effect for those of you traveling across the bay and key bridge and reduce your speeds and also dealing with a lot of flooding this morning. in baltimore county, be careful in cockeysville. there's some flooding reported right on western run road at western road. and also on york road attacherwood reed. a -- at sherwood rote. a look at 83 and you'll notice the camera shaking and actually here's a look at the beltway. northwest corner, traffic starting to pick up but you're still looking at the eight minute ride on the outer l

eastern, new immigration legislation, live from the national press club on c-span 2. >> why did you write a book about your experience? >> it was an important part of history. i felt the fdic perspective should be brought to bear. there had been some other accounts of the crisis that i thought were not completely accurate, especially in terms of what we did and what i did so with the was important for a historical record to present our perspective and also, currently, for people to understand that there were different policy choices, a different policy options and disagreements and that if we want to prevent this crisis from happening again, i really felt the public themselves need to engage more in financial reform and educate themselves better and make it an issue with their elected officials. i wanted to make the book accessible and i had recommendations to help them do that. >> the former head of the federal deposit insurance corporation on the government's role during the crisis. her book is "bull by the horns," sunday night on "q &a." >> [captioning performed by national captioning

much of the southern and eastern suburbs mid 30s of the reagan national at 36. the hometown forecast, bowie, prince george's county, cloudy. by 8:30, just near the freezing mark. for the lunch-hour, only 3 or 4 degrees warler. into the mid 30s and partly sunny. not much of a warmup today. here's the hour-by-hour forecast for the region. sunrise at 7:27. northwest winds increase as the day progresses. gusting to around 15 miles per hour. we'll spend the daylight hours in the 30s. sunsets the 4:58. 20s by midnight. low to mid 20s tomorrow morning. how much longer will the cold pattern last? seven-day outlook in ten minutes. a look at traffic. mike cremedas in for danella. good morning, mike. >> bit of a mess on 66 eastbound. a mu accident at 495. that's on the right shoulder. let's look at the incident at nuttily there from chopper 4. looks like crew rs leaving the scene. it's still over a 6-mile backup on southbound 270. slow urbana to clarksburg. a live look at hydes town. a bit slow at montgomery avenue. eun. >>> thanks, mike. 6:43 now. right now, president oba

eastern on c- span. coming up, "the communicators" talks about the consumers electronics show in las vegas. later, i look at the national day of service with chelsea clinton. >> this week, "the communicators" this is one of the biggest consumer electronics show in the world -- in las vegas. they look at technology, tv, and the policy issues that accompany them. >> gary shapiro, it?,?, give usa snapshot of ces 2013. >> it has been phenomenal. more innovation than÷b ever. we a

eastern on c-span. >> i think security remains a top priority because of the national security situation. we found congress failed to reach a conclusion. they remain very far apart. this industry is very opposed to any cybersecurity standards. >> i think another issue will be the auctions to create more spectrums, so the fcc has their sleeves rolled up. some of the hot-button issues on this are on a license spectrum, which powers wi-fi and other amazing devices that the technology sector is coming up with. >> net neutrality could be a big issue. the circuit court is considering the verizon challenge to the fcc rules, and it is not clear how the court will rule, but there are indications that similar issues in the part -- in the past, the fcc has been skeptical. >> a look at the technology and telecommunications issues monday night on "the communicators," at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span to. the british house of commons is on a holiday break. "prime minister's questions" returns next week. earlier, michel martelly, the first head of state from haiti to address the parliament. since the 2010

saturday night at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on c-span3. >> national governors' association held its -- held its first state of the state address. the delaware governor and oklahoma governor spoke about how politics in washington affect state governments. during q and a, they discussed immigration, gun control and health care policy. this is an hour. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for coming to what we hope will be an annual address from the chair and by share of the national governors' association. it is my privilege to serve as a governor of delaware and as the chair of nga. i'm john but the by share, oklahoma governor -- i am joined by the co-chair, oklahoma governor. we would go into an unprecedented congress. i do want to take a moment to recognize somebody here with us this morning. our relationship with the, our state's national guard forces is incredibly important. the national guard as a vital resource in a murder to response -- vital resourece in ce in emergency response. we are honored to be joined today by the chief of the national guard bureau. thank you for being here fo

that is just the beginning, msnbc's live coverage will continue sunday night at 8:00 eastern, we'll have a reception, candlelight, at national building museum in d.c., which is, in fk, a very beautiful building, as you can see from this shot. it's a candlelight reception that is going to be very, very fancy. the president and vice president are expected to attend that reception along with dr. jill biden, that is sunday night. and monday, fancier, that is the big day, the big public ceremony of the inauguration. and all of the exciting foofaraw. morning joe isng

we will pick up our coverage at 1:00 pm eastern. today, the national march for life, the 40th annual. on your screen is congresswoman diane black of tennessee. this continues online at c-span .org. until 1:00 pm eastern, indiana senator dan coats says making the case for foreign aid will be difficult given america's fiscal issues and best outlook support for it. washington post editorial writer moderates the discussion thursday at the national council on foreign relations. >> good morning, everyone. after i did the last one, i said it would be a cold day in washington before i do another. here we are. pat yourselves on the back for turning out in this weather, but i think the strong turnout is attributed to both yourself and to the guest we have today and the importance of the topic we will be discussing. just a few points of business that i have to go through before we start -- you have to completely turn off, not just put on vibrate, all of those doodads like cell phones and blackberries, otherwise it will interfere with the sound

. >> we are saying and arctic chill to the nation. cold air will continue to flood the eastern two-thirds of the country drop this morning. subzero cold is possible this morning in both chicago and milwaukee. further north, temperatures will easily plummet well below zero, with places from fargo to international falls and do less likely to see it-20's and even a few towns in the-30's! in fact, the cold air will probably reached its greatest aerial extent today. cities as far south as natural enrichment may not make get above freezing all day. chicago and detroit will be lucky if they hit 10 degrees today. it >> we are waiting for opening bell on wall street and we have more on that coming up after the bake break and looks like it will be a down day for the markets. >> wellcome back. we are watching for wall street. we will get the latest coming up. dow futures are udown by 11 points. we are going to be watching google asset announce their points. global stocks have been up. we're also watching apple's stock which is that 500 exactly.