and the state of south carolina fulfills these requirements. also, the i 85 transportation trustor on the order of and provided us with an infrastructure for future export opportunities. so, we took the responsible choice and located in south carolina. now for sustainable. to is committed sustainability. in fact, it has been selected as world's most sustainable automotive company by the dow jones sustainability index. just a few facts about how seriously we take sustainability at spartanburg. we use methane that normally would be burned in the atmosphere from a landfill to provide 50% of the plants total energy in about 30% of its electricity. we have an 11 megawatt on-site energy center. we also have a solar farm to 200 piecesrgy with of hydrogen fuel-cell material handlers, where the largest single fleet of hydrogen fuel cells in the world. we are zero waste to landfill for all nonregular waste. this program has earned us the number one spot on the epa's list of on-site green energy producers for the automotive industry. to vs and valuable ou

>> i grew up in columbia, south carolina. my wife and i are proudly from columbia, south carolina. my wife, jackie bolden as people know her. we are both the products of teachers. my parents were life-long teachers until they died. jackie's parents were life-long teachers until they died. we both grew up in the segregated south. so my being here is very improbable. if anyone had asked if i would be here growing up, i think it would have been a resounding "no." >> how did you get into the naval academy? >> i fell in love with the naval academy. they talked about life in the naval academy. there was a west point story. there were a lot of military stories when i was growing up. i saw the uniform. that's probably the biggest thing. and the fact that lots of girls and the fact that lots of girls came to the naval academy on the weekend. with no knowledge of the navy or the naval academy, i said, that's where i wanted to go. i decided to go to the naval academy in seventh grade. in ninth grade i started writing my congressmen, two state senators, and the president of the united states a

we took the responsible choice and located in south carolina. now to sustainable. bmw is committed to sustainability. in fact, it has been selected as the world's most sustainable automotive company by dow jones. a few facts about how seriously we take sustainability at spartanburg. we use methane that normally would be burned in the atmosphere from a landfill to provide 50% of the plants total energy and 30% of the electricity. onsite energyatt center. we also have a farm to produce energy, a solar farm. we are the largest single fleet of hydrogen fuel cells of the world. we are zero waste to landfill for all nonregulated waste. this program has earned us the number one spot on the epa's list of green energy producers for the automotive industry. v as in valuable. our plant provides not only for the local and state economy but the entire country's economy as well. as soon as we open the plant, manufacturers flocked to the area in order to supply us with parts and materials necessary to produce our vehicles. today, there are 40 of them in the state and a total of 1

i went from virginia, alexandria, to south carolina. lucy went from south carolina to new orleans. we took turns. we were both in school. i could only take off so much and she can only take off so much. it was a fascinating experience. >> from your mom's perspective, what was your role in the lady bird special? >> i think she enjoyed it. daddy love to go out and speak to people. mother was a little more regal. she loved the south. she had grown up and spent a lot of time in alabama. her paternal family were from alabama. so she had lots and lots of cousins. she would go there in the summer. her mother died when she was five. her mother sister would take her to alabama to visit cousins in the summer. mother did not want these out to think that we did not want their votes. just because we knew that there were a lot of people who did not like the civil rights bill for instance. she hoped that she could appeal to them to recognize that the time is coming and change had to be made. we were moving forward. there were also a lot of african-americans who were there and we wanted to reassur

from former congressman south carolina. because he was defeated by a tea party challenge. right now i think there are about three republicans in congress. counting all of them in the house and in the senate who are prepared to speak up. maine, collins in olympia snowe who's leaving, she take it anymore. illinois, i think she waivers. it's just very difficult for office holders and office ans running for right now because there's a powerful interest movement on the right. nd that consists from the bottom up from the texas that were itizens keeping up. eagle eye on every single thing they do. hat's perfectly good as a democratic proposition. are good citizens citizens. and then there are big money eople prepared to send in checks, fun ad campaigns and challenges to anybody who knows the slightest inclination to eal with reality or to compromise. that's on't think forever. nothing in american politics is forever. and there are lots of republicans who don't agree with these things. there are a lot of people in office that don't agree with these things. but they're afraid to sp

went from virginia, alexandria, to south carolina. lucy went from south carolina to new orleans. we took turns. we were both in school. i could only take off so much and she can only take off so much. it was a fascinating experience. from your mom cost perspective, what was your role in the lady bird special humor -- lady bird special? >> i think she enjoyed it. daddy love to go out and speak to people. mother was a little more regal. she loved the south. she had grown up and spent a lot of time in alabama. paternal family were from alabama. so she had lots and lots of cousins. she would go there in the summer. her mother died when she was five. her mother sister would take her to alabama to visit cousins in the summer. mother did not want these out to think that we did not want their votes. just because we knew that there were a lot of people who did not like the civil rights bill for instance. she hoped that she could appeal to them to recognize that the time is coming and change had to be made. we were moving forward. there were also a lot of african-americans who were there a

gowdy, a south carolina republican, chairman of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration and border security. lex breaking overnight, afghanistan president says he supports an emerging deal that could keep u.s. troops in the country until 2024. welcome to the washington journal on this thursday, november 21. beginning with the news out of the senate. harry reid reportedly moving closer to the nuclear option -- saveld save -- senate rules on filibuster. what are your thoughts on changing senate rules? contact us. for democrats the number is (202) 737-0001 or republicans (202) 737-0002 and for .ndependent (202) 628-0205 you can also reach out to us on social media. twitter is [video clip] http://twitter.com/cspanwj. we will start off with a call over the phones. thank you so much for joining us this morning. thank you. host: reported harry reid getting closer about the nuclear option. how likely is he to push that? guest: it sounds like he is increasingly likely of taking the action of going down the road of getting rid of the requirement for a super majority of 60 senators to cut off

later, another look at senator paul's remarks at the citadel military academy in south carolina. >> this week on "q&a," the president and chief executive officer discusses his work and latest book, entitled "the big picture." .> culture >> a big impact in many ways. a lot of people get their news from tv. a lot of people get their point of view and opinions and analysis from tv. and tv has many stories on the dramatic front the have some connection to politics. so i think it has a pretty big impact. >> of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the pop-culture scene? >> i will answer with a movie we distributed. we distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. by a guy named britishand it was a take on politics. armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called "veep." it was the lighter side of politics. i don't know if you've seen it. i'm not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. not our show. a wonderful show done by hbo. watch those that don't everything that you do, what do you do? i work

dougal from south carolina, including his name, address, and eligibility for subsidies. dougal ise -- mr. requesting the personal information from all of his family be removed from healthcare.gov because he cannot remove it himself because there is no delte option for consumers. of course now mr. dougal nor mr. hatley will use the website to purchase insurance. making matters worse, when my office was contacted with assistance we called the help healthcare.gov one 800 number and asked a specific question -- can you remove mr. dougal's personal information? the response was silence. not a yes, not a no, not a maybe, not let me check with my supervisor. they just simply refused to have an audible word in response to our question. it is hard to believe that your account managers really do not know if they can delete accounts internally, especially after such an egregious breach of trust. by the way, mr. dougal has called on several occasions but no one will call him back. not a single person has taken the time, after having his information exposed, to even call mr. dougal b

carolina. later, a look at how elections are being affected by partisan politics. >> during question time this past week, prime minister judy cameron -- david cameron talked about his call with the iranian prime minister. it was the first call between a british prime minister and iranian leader in over a decade. on iran's nuclear program. the prime minister also talk about domestic issues including child care benefits. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> mr. prime minister. >> and you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will with to join me in paying tribute to warrant officer ian fisher of the third battalion who was killed on operation in afghanistan on tuesday, the fifth of november. it is clear that he was a professional and well respected soldier. he made a huge contribution to the army over many years on a number of operational tours. our thoughts and condolences should be with his family and friends. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with colleagues and in addition to

later, another look at senator paul's remarks at the citadel military academy in south carolina. >> this week on "q&a," the president and chief executive officer discusses his work and latest book, entitled "the big picture." .> culture >> a big impact in many ways. a lot of people get their news from tv. a lot of peoge

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, millions of americans have received cancellation notices for their insurance policies as a result of obamacare's failed legislation. the "wall street journal" anticipates this number to reach 10 million by january 1. citizens living in the second district of south carolina are experiencing the brunt of the administration's deception. becky from west columbia is shocked. her world-class cancer care is at risk. frank will be forced to buy new health insurance with higher premiums of 33%. joe has been notified his wife will be removed from their current health care plan january 1, which results in a problem. that now we have two premiums to pay, two deductibles to meet and an additional thing to worry about while we are trying to raise kids and be responsible

he is joining us from south carolina. thank you. guest: good to be with you. host: our viewers want to know what a third-party is. guest: a third-party is any challenger to the republicans and democrats. to talk about what a party is, a party is an organization that differs from an interest group and it has an electoral function . not all third parties actually run candidates. they challenged the republicans and the democrats in some way or another. host: is very true influential third-party in the united states? guest: the three leading third parties are libertarian party, green party, and the constitution party. there was a party that ross perot tried to set up, the reform party. it did not go anywhere. like so many parties in the past , the reform party bit the dust. host: when it comes to influence, have third parties been able to influence other elections? guest: yes, absolutely. one of the things the major parties have by way of indictment is the so-called spoiling affect. i would like to say something about that. when the spoiling effect is looked at fr

michael,ove on to south carolina, democrats line. caller: i would like to state first of all that a lot of these people that will going to this plan, it is there to subsidize them and gives them a hand. if you've ever had your child sick and had to wait to go to to aoctor then go hospital, i've seen women go to the hospital on sunday for cold. will be more expensive, to subsidize these people's insurance or to pay for emergency room? all the people are against this and are gloating over this problem with the computers are the same people that were against the to begin with. they're just using this. the republican party does not care about anybody that makes lesson hundred thousand dollars a year. they always say class warfare, class warfare, but they're winning the war. thank you very much. supporting the vote yesterday, your thoughts on them? caller: it's just another way for them to try to take a chunk out of it a little bit at a time until they eventually try to kill the bill. timesave voted on a 46 tackled have lost every time. t

>> we have everywhere from the largest cooperative in the telecommunications cooperative in south carolina with 100,000 subscribers, to numerous small companies, family-hell, locally owned. that have 400 or 500 subscribers a piece. if you looked at the map of the united states, we serve about 40% of the landmass but about 5% of the kinds -- customer base. when you think about here in washington, where you have a large provider providing service, 130 scrappers, my folks -- subscribers per mile. my folks average six or seven consumers per mile.. differentr concerns than the verizons, at&ts? >> by definition. when you think about what a rural community looks like, that you have a huge obstacle of distance. geography that kind of works against you. my folks are out there stringing fiber, which is an incredibly important new technology come out to their subscribers, schools, hospitals. they're going through a lot of land where you do not have a lot of people. if you are a service provider like verizon or at&t, you get about 130 subscribers per mile of wire. your costs are the same because the f

. -- boeing,esses michelin, are expanding into south carolina. is department of revenue reached a year ago by hackers. 3.5 million citizens in our state had their search -- social security numbers and other information criticized -- compromise. reaction was slow. there was a four-month gap before they fixed the problem. i would rate my governor out of because of her inability to handle the situation. host: supreme court and abortion law is the top story on the washington times. in abortionng that cases, the supreme court will block the texas law to restrict abortions. case is an oklahoma seeking to revise restrictions on abortions. planned parenthood asked the high court to put an emergency hold on the new state law requires abortionists to have local hospital admitting privileges. about the decision that supreme court adjust -- justices made about oklahoma. the oklahoma law required providers follow food and and drug association rules. it was dismissed and they the wall will remain struck down. veronica from indianapolis, indiana. republican lin

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, in 2009, as the president traveled across the country campaigning for his signature health care takeover, he promised every american family that, quote, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. if you like your health plan, you'll be able to keep your health plan, period. no one can take it away no matter what, end of quote. he repeatedly made this clear promise over 20 times. as the failed rollout of obamacare continues, millions of americans have received policy cancellations. it is sad the president broke his promise to the american people. last week he was forced to say he was sorry for families who have lost their coverage. this week house republicans will pass a bill that protects hardworking americans from receiving coverage cancella

his next stop is likely going to be south carolina next month. in early 2016 state. he was in the first in the nation caucus state of iowa, the gop dinner. the next stop in south carolina will be spartanburg will he will -- where he will attend a banquet on december 3. governor perry ran for president in 2012 and is thought to be considering another bid for 2016. quiet on capitol hill this weekend, congress will be out monday in observance of veterans day. those will be back in on tuesday. before taking up a judicial nomination in the afternoon, a procedural vote has been scheduled at 530 eastern. up a bill also take to broaden the oversight of medical compounding centers. the house also returns at 2:00 eastern on tuesday with work on major bills starting wednesday. the house is expected to debate on a bill that allows health plans currently available on the individual market to continue in 2014 without individual penalties. work aiming to reduce lawsuit abuses. you can follow the house right here on c-span. >> we bring public affairs events directly to you, putting

. >> 175 years ago, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina, named angelina grimke, became the first american woman to address a legislative body. she spoke before the masses uses state legislator -- the massachusetts state legislature. coming up, this is just over two hours. [applause] >> welcome, everyone. moderatoryour evening . we are here tonight to explore how women become political. we will look at the past and the future,and consider the too. there will be some remarks and the panel of discussion you'd regretfully, senator elizabeth warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. someone has to work. she is there to work in the senate. [applause] has made a short video for us that we will share place of the remarks she would have given. during the evening, we invite you to tweak and send your questions in via twitter at -- to tweet and send your questions in via twitter at #womenpoli2013. also, silence your cell phones right now. everybody moving to silence the cell phones? good. and for those who could not attend tonight, the good news is that

virginia -- from alexandria -- to south carolina and lucy went from south carolina to new orleans. we took turns. both of us were in school and so i could only take off so much and seek to -- she could only take off so much. it was a fascinating experience. perspective,mom's what was her role in that lady bird special and did she enjoy it? >> i think she enjoyed it because she liked people too. daddy loved people. he likes to go out and speak to them and find out how they felt about things. mother was a little more cerebral. she loved the south. she spent a lot of time in --bama because her maternal her paternal family were from alabama. she had lots and lots of cousins . she would go there in the summer. her mother died when she was 5. her mother's sister would take her to alabama to visit cousins in the summer -- kissing cousins of all kinds. toher did not want the south think that we did not want their vote. just because we knew that there were a lot of people who didn't like the civil rights bill for instance, she helped that she could appeal to them to recognize that that was

south carolina representative trey gowdy looks at the future of immigration legislation and whether he thinks congress can come to an agreement on how to move forward. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend, book tv is like in florida for the miami book fair international. coverage kicks off saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2 with dave barry, roy blunt meltzer, andrad continues with appearances by lawrence wright, doris kearns goodwin, and a scott berg. king collins with sherry and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30, and includes mark halperin, bill ayres, chris matthews. the miami book fair international, live this weekend on book tv on c-span 2. don't forget to weigh in on on nor -- on our november book club question -- what books are you reading on jfk? poster thoughts anytime on our book up -- bookclub chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> next, a discussion on the future of digital currency. this is 45 minutes. host: on wednesdays we take a look at our spotlight magazine articles, tod

. , rand paul at the citadel military academy in south carolina. joining us at "newsmakers" >> joining us on newsmakers is the republican from texas, he is the vice chair of the house armed services committee, also a member of the house intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments last week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to end sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen? >> i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic.

this incident in south carolina, we were made aware of that yesterday and we implemented a software fix yesterday to fix that. as awill be treated personal identification issue and we will do a complete follow-up on that. >> you said in your testimony that is going to be ongoing, because we all know cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge. but i think it is an -- it is critical to tell the person in andge to deal with qssi make sure they get into compliance. >> i will make sure. like secondly, as one who is was an independent contractor for 33 years and had about 1000 contractors working for me, most of the people were uninsured -- who are uninsured or have lack of good insurance are contractors. but the unintended consequence -- yesterday, i was with a group of them in atlanta speaking to them not about health care, but i had three of them come up to me will stop mrs. russell, who had her own insurance that she me.bought -- had come up to mrs. russell, who had bought her own insurance and had received a cancellation notice. she called the toll-free number and had gotten help from a human

. , rand paul at the citadel military academy in south carolina. joining us at "newsmakers" >> joining us on newsmakers is the republican from texas, he is the vice chair of the house armed services committee, also a member of the house intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments last week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to end sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen? >> i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic. i think the the discussions between paul ryan and senator murray are going pretty well. i think there is a real chance that we could have a budget agreement that nobody is in love with, but is at least a step forward in saving money in ways other than these across-the- board sorts of cuts that come with sequestration. i'm hopeful that it will actually happen. >> if it actually happens, what will it loo

stephen in spartanburg, south carolina. democrat calling in. caller: i want to talk about health care. thingsto know why these were discussed. they know that any computer can be overloaded with so many people. insurance --get why are they not understanding? if a lot of people want it, the computer is overloaded. why don't people understand that? host: thank you for calling in. newspapers are reporting that obama considered replacing biden on the 2012 ticket. considered replacing him with hillary clinton. the election outlook appeared uncertain. despite mrs. clinton's popularity, the move would not have offered enough of a boost to justify such a radical move. that is according to a newly published account. the idea of replacing mr. biden has long been rumored. it is discussed in the new book "double down." it was pushed by the chief of staff at the time. despite the close personal biden, with mr. when the research came back at the end of the year, it suggested that adding clinton to the ticket would not material ly improve mr. obama's odds. bid

spartanburg, south carolina. you see the name should not be changed. caller: i think it should be changed to the washington filibusters in the game would never be played. i think they should change the name of the mascot for the democrats to the donkey. i think it is ridiculous. the fat happens i think we should go after every other thing and just go crazy. maybe get rid of the fighting irish because that is slanderous. where do you stop with that? i just think it is a little bit over-the-top. hill,daniel in elizabeth pennsylvania. would he think of all of this? caller: please be patient with me i just got of chemotherapy yesterday. also, i think there's another team that has an offensive name, the boston celtics. thee is no s sound in celtic language. the mascot is supposedly depicting a leprechaun. leprechaun is a kind cobbler. the schemata and i did fix shoes. mascot is a potbellied, pipe smoking buffoon. how defensive could that be an ? host: s'moredeck ou tweets that we have received. -- some more tweets that we have received. lisa calling her fat

mark, a republican, south carolina, hi. caller: how are you all this morning? andnybody falls for this trade here, in other words, we're just going to try to hold electionshalf of the in 2014. you have 12 democrats up for --ction, and all 12 of them they are all going to say oak am a this is such a bad thing because they are up for reelection. oh, this is a tibet thing because they are up for reelection. they are only going to try to do something until 2013. after that, things will be back to normal. mirrorsjust smoke and by the president and they're trying to get billy boy to come out and help them. that is all it is. it is ridiculous. that the house and the senate are going to work together -- isn't that something? democratsicans, the are finally going to work with a against. that is just amazing that -- it is such a good idea. believe or not -- morons. mark.all right, dan is next. caller: jimmy carter was right about one thing. he said that our whole political system is broken. absolutely broken. when you look at the republicans about keeping their word, loo

angelina grimke, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina, became the first american woman to address the legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great-great-grandson with us. please give him applause. [applause] angelina grimke's purpose in addressing the legislative body was to present petitions bearing the signatures of 20,000 massachusetts women, black and white, to a joint committee of the general court. the petitioners sought to have congress end slavery in the district of columbia. before grimke spoke about the issue of slavery, she knew she had to address the elephant in the room -- the fact that she was a woman giving a speech to a group of elected officials, not to mention her other audience -- all the men and women who had crowded into the house chamber. hers was a radical act in 1838, not only because women could not vote or run for office but also because of the firm societal conviction that women did not belong in what was called the public sphere. indeed, a woman who spoke to a mixed audience of men and women gather for any purpose was considere

we have seen them in wyoming, south carolina. these are mostly red states. they will probably not control the outcome of the senate. you do have the potential for extreme candidates to cost the gop a seat they could win. >> the tea party is not monolithic. the race in alabama, the tea party candidate lost. he came in third. mr. young, who is the candidate of religious conservatives. there is a distinction between the two groups. the very important thing -- i agree that those are going to be make a issues. there is another issue -- the number 0.2. that is the number of people that have seen their income grow since obama came into office. i think the stagnant economy, and there is no prospect that this economy will be significantly better in the next year, especially the turmoil created by obamacare -- i think what hurt obama marginally in 2013 will hurt him in what he 14 in the senate. >> take georgia, for instance. have a credible, moderate candidate with name recognition. no experience. you also have key partiers like paul broun. the obama ministration look

in particular, i visited with father ray leonard, who served a naval base in south carolina. he was not informed at the time. he showed up for saturday evening mass to a locked door at the chapel. door welcomed. shut down, go away. people from his congress geags were pouring into the parking lot and were forbidden, a locked door, not allowed to enter. he said, i'd like to volunteer, i'd like to do it for free, i'd like to say mass. the goth said no. father leonard had just come back from serving as a missionary for 10 years in china. his words were, i expected that in china. i expected a locked church door in china but not in america. not on a military base. the department of defense decided they were going to punish men and women of faith by locking those doors. another case of a chaplain in texas, first day of the government slowdown, he was ordered, come to the office. by 10:00 his blackbury was taken from him -- blackberry was taken from him, his computer was not allowed to him, he was forbidden to answer private call he was forbid ton answer emails, he was forbidden to c

i would now like to yield to my friend, the assistant leader, jim, south carolina. >> thank you. i often think of two experiences i had with the affordable care act. days beforeseveral march my first, 2010, when we passed the bill. the other came in several hours afterwards. several days before we passed the bill, i was doing a call in and while we were answering questions from collins, the gentleman called in and chastised me pretty for advocating before book air act. he said he had a policy like any did not want anybody messing with his policy. he liked his policy. he did not want us fooling with it. i assured the gentleman we had no intention of fooling with his policy. later, aew minutes young lady called in and says, congressman, i do not have a question, but i would like to say something to the german who called in a few minutes ago. she says, and 48 years old. i went to work on the job is 22. i paid my premiums every week, every month, on time. ago, i wasl months diagnosed with rest cancer. when i went for my second treatment, i got a letter from , cancelingce company my p

senator strom thurmond, south carolina. with his family. we are not picking up dignitaries to name. we are merely identifying people who have come to pay their tributes to this man with whom they have worked. certainly, many members of the congress were given an opportunity on saturday to pass before the casket of john kennedy in the east room of the white house. they did that in private. they come back again. it is not easy to say goodbye. they must. so, they come and they silently stand. that is john lindsay, republican congressman from new york city. they stand silently. praise.his own fashion each thinks. how do you say goodbye to a man such as he was? they tried. -- try. a few simple floral tributes. in the rotunda of the capitol of the united states. plain, bronze casket, covered by a flag of the united states. within, the body of john fitzgerald kennedy, 46 -- assassinated on friday, november 22, in dallas texas. the last tributes are paid to him now. he worked in this building. he worked as a member of the house of representatives. he worked as a member of the senate. he wor

and at 8:20 eastern, we'll be joined by representative trey gowdy, a south carolina republican, chairman of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration and border security. lex breaking overnight, afghanistan president says he supports an emerging deal that could keep u.s. troops in the country until 2024. welcome to the washington journal on this thursday, november 21. beginning with the news out of the senate. harry reid reportedly moving closer to the nuclear option that would save --

he made the remarks at the citadel, a military academy in south carolina. this is just under half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. i understand you guys have a big game on saturday. who is going to win? all right, all right. i'm glad to see there is no debate on that. it is an honor to be with you today at the citadel. i want to thank general rosa for inviting me and having me at the citadel. i went to knowledge the chairman of the board and cadet colonel colin hicks, regimental commander. on a more serious note, some of you may one day be called to defend your country. if you choose to serve, you will do it willingly, as a volunteer. our military is second to none, and our excellence stems from having professionals who serve voluntarily. since 1843, cadets like yourselves have been coming from the citadel and answering your nation's calling. of last year's class, 40% of you chose to serve and accepted commissions in the armed forces. you will serve, if you do, bravely and with purpose. you follow in the footstep

carolina became the first american woman to address a legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great great grandson, mark mason here with us. please give him applause. [applause] angelina grimke's purpose was to present petitions bearing the signatures of 20,000 massachusetts women. black and white, to a joint committee of the general court. the petitioner sought to have congress and slavery in the district of convio but before angelina grimke spoke about the issue of slavery, she knew she had to address the elephant in the room. the fact that she was a woman giving a speech to group of elected officials, not to mention her other audience, all the men and women who had crowded into the house chamber. hers was a radical act in 1838. not only because women could not vote or run for office, but also because of the firm societal conviction that women do not belong in what was called the public sphere. indeed, a woman who spoke to a mixed audience of men and women gathered for any purpose was considered a seductress. since she was putting her body

. >> andrew, from south carolina. you are on. >> thank you for having me on. i was wondering how -- what was her astrological sign and how this shape our world view. >> she was interested in astra g >> this was -- astrological. >> she was born on july 28, 1929. i think that this is leo. my wife was born on the same day. >> where is the woman who came to see them -- with the astrological signs of the entire kennedy family? listening to her in these videos, regina wants to know, did they speak with the same pauses in normal conversations as what they show on television. >> he did not. i think she never expressed herself on this. some people commented that in public, she spoke in a way that was very careful, sometimes a little bit stilted, and there explanation is that she had in her mind the way a first lady should look and act, and the way a first lady should sound, which is different from how she sounded off duty. >> but her mother and sister also had that. there is a label, called -- this is for the oyster bay area of long island. but this is what she said to

i will also be in states like south carolina and pennsylvania and ohio and florida, michigan, arkansas. all over the country raising money and trying to help folks raise their identity level with the voters. if we have a chance to tell a story, we will do quite well. we have 30 republican governors now out of 50. >> a lot of people were keen on you to run for president in 2012. you turned down the opportunity. how do you make your mind about 2016? >> don't know. depends on what the politics of the world are like them. >> is there any other republican candidate you could get behind? >> there's a number of people who would make good presidents. whether i would support them depends on the politics of the time and how they continue to develop. this is a long way away. we are three years away from the presidential elections. in this sense, i feel badly for president obama. he just won a year ago, and everybody is like, "who's next?" as we shoved him out the door we minimize his ability to be an effective executive. we shouldn't do that. i am not rushing. i have work to do. i just got reelec

last saturday was a very pleasant day in south carolina. my wife and i decided to leisurely drive through the rural part of my district. stop, a young lady asked me whether or not the letter she had just received about unemployment insurance was actually going to be a fact, whether or not come next month, she would in fact lose her unemployment insurance because she had not been able to find a job. longe been talking for a long time about the gap that is growing in our country how middle-income people are being out of the employment picture and into unemployment insurance. i have talked with our authorities on the subject and unemploymentthat is a direct contributor to our budget deficit. is affecting this is about as bad as anything else and it is the absence of a livable wage among working men and women. offsenate is poised to take with an increase on the minimum wage when they return the second week of december. i believe there are more than 190 signatures calling for the house to do something similar to increase the minimum wage to $10.

i will also be in states like south carolina and pennsylvania and ohio and florida, michigan, arkansas. all over the country raising money and trying to help folks raise their identity level with the voters. if we have a chance to tell a story, we will do quite well. we have 30 republican governors now out of 50. >> a lot of people were keen on you to run for president in 2012. you turned down the opportunity. how do you make your mind about 2016? >> don't know. depends on what the politics of the world are like them. >> is there any other republican candidate you could get behind? >> there's a number of people who would make good presidents. whether i would support them depends on the politics of the time and how they continue to develop. this is a long way away. we are three years away from the presidential elections. in this sense, i feel badly for president obama. he just won a year ago, and everybody is like, "who's next?" as we shoved him out the door we minimize his ability to be an effective executive. we shouldn't do that. i am not rushing. i have work to do. i just got reelec

when i got the gentleman in south carolina. >> thank you. do you agree that there is a difference between an innocent misstatement of a perceived fact and a dilbert attempt to deceive? >> yes. >> so do i. when did you first realize you cannot keep your health insurance even if you did like it? is a health policy matter. it is outside of my lane. >> you do not know when you realize you couldn't keep your health insurance even if you liked it? >> i don't recall. >> would you agree with me that the credibility or lack thereof in one area of life can impact credibility or lack thereof in another area of life question mark >> i suppose they could. >> in your written testimony, you wrote october 1, the launch date of the new website, i did know that. i just didn't know why. aam going to read to you quote from secretary sebelius. she said, ever paraphrase, she was hurried into producing a website because the law required it. "in an ideal world, there would have been a lot more testing." i do not know what ideal world she is referring to. i'm going