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slave who finds him or herself in our borders. we have the right to do that. we are not a slave state. we can practice our laws as we see fit. >> more about harriet beecher stowes this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles with behind-the-scenes at the history of literary life of augusta, maine and noon eastern on booktv on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> michael grunwald presents his thoughts on the $800 billion ...

>> we dont know you. [laughter] >> but we remember the name of that poet. we will remember 700 years from now, and people ask you sitting right in here when the struggle was there, when youre right there in the battle, what did you do? did you do anything, grandma and grandpa? what did you do? did you stand up? was it scary? i want you to be able to say yes. i stood up and i said i am somebody. this little light of mind, im goin...

panelists, whether or not they could determine on why we have lost the essential, how can i put this? how we have lost the fundamental understanding of what capitalism is, political association with capitalism is, and ultimately, the nature of what is going on in our society today, particularly among the parties? >> thank you for the call. next week, we will talk more about the personality and political career of thomas dewey as we bring you our live coverage from the roosevelt hotel i...

the government? >> you have heard me. youre being silly. >> i would say that while we are doing is almost like citizen journalism, which is basically when an individual who does not have that much training in journalism has the tools of modern technology to capture a live event without a background in journalism. michele fields shares her experiences in reporting for the daily caller, tonight on a "q&a." >> next weekend, book tv and american history tv look behind the scenes of battle ...

the pakistanis have been lying to us. i mean, when you learn that bin laden was in the military city about a mile away from the national war college, the one thing you know is the pakistani government was protecting him. there had to be some element to the pakistani government to protect him. what was the reaction of the pakistanis t our killing him? it wasnto be angry about the people who were hiding him but the angry the people who helped us find them. that to me. that to me is a sym...

link is absolutely everything. you start how many words, how many letters. you have to compress the length. there are a couple things you cant do with that land. hard to tell narrative story. takes time to set up. hard to do in-depth reporting which by the time he set a scene you have 600 of your 800 words. a calm compared to that is one idea and you hammer that idea. i tried to use michaels more negatively. try to tell a story. it is really compressed. with a book you can spend a coup...

walk requirements. do you think it is time for waivers to be granted regarding no child left behind? it is an article by sam dillon. he writes, the main federal law on public education, arne duncan signaled that he would use his executive authority to free stage from a lot centerpiece requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. that is what we will be talking about for the first 45 minutes. this edition of the "washington journal," if you want to get involv...

>> thank you. my concern is that the administration had plenty of time to get the authorization of the u.n., and the arab league and yet they could not find time in that period of time between president obama indicating that gadhafi had to go, and actually taking military action, to actually consult the elected representatives of the american people. that should have been a priority under these circumstances, and there was time. president bush got the authorization of congress before g...

to reduce the emissions for you. you are still achieving the same environmental goal, which is lower emissions, but you are letting the market how to best decide how to achieve the goal. previous goals that have been considered, including the one passed by house, would have done this across multiple industries and allow trading by wall street firms. the one the democrats are considering will be very narrow and its not even clear if it will pass. >> u.s. timid point out many industries ...

degrees. 73 right now at the airport. relative humidity up to 84%. 96 is what we are forecasting this afternoon. there is a 30% chance for a thunderstorm to pop up this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. some relief is in sight by the end of the week. we say good morning to sarah. >> i am -- that we break the record. lets hit 97. for the most part, were doing ok. 273, all lanes are closed. rock church road is your alternate. we are looking ...