host: margot sanger-katz. what number is she pointing to to show that medicare is stronger than it was four years ago because of the health care law? guest: the health care law sets a budget for the future. it says that the independent payment advisory board is going to have to do things to influence what providers are paid in order to keep the program on a budget no more than 1% greater than g.d.p. growth per person in the program. and so because of that, and because of some of these other adjustments to the payment rates that hospitals get, and some reductions to the medicare advantage plans, comes to about $500 billion in savings. host: so it is true that -- guest: it is true that it saves the medicare some money. i think she makes an argument that this policy is going to be lead to long-term sustainable for the -- sustainability for the program and it's a stretch. host: yeah. then there's this headline in the "washington times." medicare bonuses are bogus. investigators say the administration is wasting bi

i'm priya sanger. i'm president of the bar association of san francisco. basf, as we note the bar association to be called, has had a long relationship with the public defenders office. it is crucially important for administration of justice. and so is san francisco conflicts panels where administration, which the bar association has provided in partnership with public defenders. so in san francisco when a public defender has a conflict of interest, criminal defendants and minors are represented by private attorneys from a panel administered by the bar association of san francisco. maintaining this independent body of attorneys is critically important as a well-run public defenders office. we are each other's complement. we are the sum of the parts that makes whole the criminal departments working so well in san francisco. in 2003 the superior court contracted with the bar association of san francisco indigent to have cost-saving oversight to the administration and billing associated with conflicts. so tron is the director of the courts administration and

mary margaret sanger "getting to know all about you" and you ended the show with your song, "i left my heart in san francisco." you have left it here, but please come back many times because your heart is waiting for you here, and so are we. much love. thank you. >> thank you. >> it has been the height of my career to welcome you here. >> so nice to have you with us again. >> ♪ your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause] >> 50 years of "i left my heart in san francisco." phenomenal. lot of san franciscans have left a big part of their hearts with you, and one of those is the man who leads our world champion san francisco giants. that is championships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new ball park, it has been played a total of 573 times after giants wins, including playoff wins and including

our guest is margo sanger-katz. we will preview the supreme court oral argument over a result of immigration law. and"washington journal" every morning starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. camera year's today competition as students across the country what part of the constitution is important to them and why? today's second prize winner selected article 5. ♪ the about the progress we have made in the past two centuries. we are true beaten up for democracy with the broader and more consensual vision of citizenship. among they among u people has truly come to life for everyone. the real success is not the start of a great nation, but we installed a system for great nation that would enable us to become a great nation. desire fort the progress is truly an american value. the power of the constitution is the ability to live but within a society warranted by the inclusion of the amendment process. >> if there had not been an article 5, there would not have been a constitution, because many of the leading citizens, and

risk it militarily strains on sanger so the best. approach out of norman of course is to count on to get. more strategically and more foreign power goes into the region so as to have a better challenge of exerting the pressure of the international community on china until now britain and america have had to make do with exerting influence on the region from afar but with the talk of a physical presence there are theories it could upset the balance are the bennett r t. the speed of china's unprecedented economic crisis caught mary by surprise and today the question is not if but when beijing world we take the u.s. as the world's largest economy and that's one of the themes up for discussion based cross stuff coming your way at seven thirty g.m.t. . i still think the china has a long way to go no no denying that trying to groan about it is but it has a long way to go before it can get close to even think you are passing us ok. i will say six years isn't deadline you know it if you actually know how to i bet there is the former comptrol

. >> the trail traces the outskirts of suctiny central valley towns as reedley, selma, and sanger. and as the landscape wakes up around the area, so does business. take simonian farms, for example. just outside thfrno city limits is where you'll find this 20-acre family owned operation that has grown 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables for more than00 years, and doesn't looc to close shop atime soon. especially if the lion of fans the place has earned over the years has anything to say about it. >> oh, my god. just for people to see it. i don't think they've ever seen anything likthis. toee the beautiful blossoms, and the colors, and thcountryside, and what--what it really takes to doing farming. i mean, i think--god, i just-- i just think they get a lot out ofhis. >> blossoms are one of the most visible signs a new crop is on the way. and for about 6 weeks out of the year, you can see this spectacular sight, trees flushed full of blossoms. some have as many as 20,000 per tree. but the one thing yo discover quite quickly about the blossom trail is, besides highlighting the beaut

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i spoke with david sanger chief washington correspondent for the new york times and asked what kind of effect these comments have on the negotiation process. >> the comments you heard today are an effort by the israelis to make sure that these talks don't drag on and that they can happen in a fairly brisk way so that israel would know by the summer or a little thereafter whether or not there is really a negotiated solution here. their big fear is that both the iranians and president obama have an interest in having these talks drag on through much of the year. the iranians because they think it would put off an attack. president obama because he doesn't want to get into a confrontation that would raise oil prices and gasoline prices. >> it seems like iran was saying why don't you lift sanctions, united states which seemed shocking after all of this and there being no takeaway other than people agreed that they would talk again. >> right. and when you talk to the administration about the lifting of sanctions, the timing of this action for action is the great diplomatic dance here. so th

so it looks different than what margaret sanger started this work 96 years ago, but it's actually kind of the same thing. we have the ability now, obviously, to reach millions more young people with honest information in realtime through a means that they have within 4 hours a day -- 24 hours a day. and i think the real struggle, so you say, okay, what's the big problem? why can't we just do this? the single biggest struggle is dealing with the politics of it all, right? the barriers that politics are putting ahead of the well being of young people in this country and of women. because i feel like every time we make two steps forward, there's another step backward. partisan politics is driving reproductive health care policy in america. in the bricks and mortar world in the last couple of years, we have faced enormous challenges, um, by congress and by others trying to prevent not just access to safe and legal abortion, we are now fighting in this country about whether women should have access to birth control. and, my friends, we are not going to go back to those days. we are seeing a

host: margaret sanger, thanks for talking to our viewers about this trustees report. guest: thanks for having me. >> legislative work in the u.s. house will get under way at 2:00 p.m. eastern, just over an hour from now. members will work on six bills under suspension of the rules dealing with federal lands and airport in minnesota. live coverage of the house here on c-span starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. shortly we will go live to president obama. he's at the university of north carolina this afternoon where he's expected to launch an effort to get congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from increasing. live coverage of the president starts at 1:15 eastern. we'll have him here on c-span. also coming up today on booktv.org. rodney king on his new book which recounts his life at the days and years of the video recording of his beating by los angeles bliss officer on march 3, 1991. that will be live today. it starts at 6:30 eastern on our website, booktv.org. again president obama live from the university of north carolina. until then your phone calls from t

. >> the trail traces the outskirts of such tiny centl valley towns as reedley, lma, and sanger. and ashe landscape wakes up around the area, so does business. take simonian farms, for example. just outside the fresno city limits is where you'll find this 20-acre family owned operation that has grown 0 varieties of fruits and vegetables for morthan 100 years, and doesn't look to close shop anytime soon. especially if the lion of fans the ple has earned over the years has anything to say about it. >> o mgod. just for people to see it. i don't think they've ever seen anything like this. toee the beaiful blossoms, and the colors, and the countryside, and what--what it rely takes to doingarming. i mean i think--god, i just-- i just think they get a lot out of this. >> blossoms are one of the most vible signs a new crop is the way. and for about 6 weeks out of theear, you can see this spectular sight, trees flushed full of blossoms. some have as my as 20,000 per tree. but the one thing you discover quite quickly about the blossom trail is, besides highlighting the beauty of the area a