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is syria the presidents third ward? -- third war? our lines are open -- you can also join us on facebook or twitter. our twitter account is @cspanwj facebook.com/c-span. is this the presidents third war? it is available online at nationaljournal.com the president signaled he is unwilling to put american boots on the ground. judging from the latest signals, the president wants this newly announced military aid to the syrian rebels to be kept on a stringent minimum, and he wants to be se...

it today. that does not mean they are not good at what they do. the demands of their generation and ours are very different. all the people who decry what this media saturation --doing to us is a valid valid complaint. take your time and get your facts right, that will always be true. we saw it on the healthcare rolling, the boston marathon bombing, and pendulum swings back and forth. people are considering how important it is to get their facts right. >> more about journalism today wi...

good morning c-span! >> we cannot operate a national party that shows up once every four years four months before an election. it doesnt work. [applause] i am ryan and i am in cleveland, and im calling ralph, and i figure out that ,alph was amid romney supporter and he was six out of 10 for mitt romney, what did we do about it? we sent him a few flyers, tried to solidify his position, and then we would turn them out to vote...

Weekend than david beckham made his entire career. >> thats true. >> skyrocketed to $550 million. the biggest of all time. mega millions last year, paid out $656 million. >> you could buy your own tv network. can you believe that? >> thats exciting. >> the "l.a. times" after a nine-season run fans bid farewell to "the office" in the series finale. i loved that show. the rumor of a long-awaited return of boss michael scott turned out it to be true. >> isnt that great? >> he popped up at the weddi...

comparison by some of your critics of this weeks scandals to those that happened under the nixon administration? >> ill let you guys engage in those comparisons. you can go ahead and read the history i think and draw your own conclusions. my concern is making sure if there is a problem in the government, that we fix it. >> good morning. its friday, may 17th. what a beautiful friday. >> gorgeous. >> look at that. look at that. we may have a little bit of sun around here. beautiful frida...

they will join the conversation here on c-span. we will also have facebook. we posted a question for you. lots of questions so far on what your thoughts are on the connection between infotainment and political journalism? here is one comment. fox and msnbc are nearly wall- to-wall infotainment. they do not even attempt to be journalistic at the primetime slots. says they give you at least a laugh. bill donohue back the iraq not war. the #we are using is infotainment. we are using is in...

>> there are some individuals that say we need to get the government out of the marriage business. there are some people say we only need to recognize civil unions as john mentioned. what i would say there any of those legislators, putt forth a bill that abolishes marriage in the united states and makes everything civil unions. i dont think were going to have much success during that. i couldnt see democrats or republicans putting forth a bill like that. given the reality were in, give...

>> i was shocked -- the same thing happened to me. they took a picture of me without my shirt on. [laughter] >> got that photo right here. [laughter] >> but you did not have it first. [laughter] >> there were a bunch of questions. these guys did not invent that kind of television or information. i honestly -- these things have been around forever. they do it in a different way on a different medium at a different level. i do not find it particularly threatening to journalism at all. in...

ofyou look deeper, about 55% that is related to new infrastructure, and the other is related to replacement infrastructure. there is a lot of need out there. if there is a windfall, we have a lot of happy airports. iam a bad example, because mentioned we were doing a $115 million capital plan, and we are in the fortunate position of having a system that had been run very well for 50 years, so we will deliver our -- for cash. aeronaut borrowing any money, and when we are finished in 201...

the actor was arrested for killing his wife. we spent four hours on it. not like a figurative four hours. literally four hours. we were asking extra correspondents who we booked for no reason i could figure out, how do you to think this will impact his career? he has no career. [laughter] him.was an upside for >> [indiscernible] >> i think i was gone by then. i dont remember. so i go home at 2:30 in the morning. , a reporter, looks at me half asleep and says why? honest to god, i dont ...