And this month with congress on the summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Today we tour the literary life of waco, texas, with the book about gospel music from the civil war to the civil rights movement. The story of the 1917 lynching of a black 17yearold and the history of the first africanamericans in the space program. Today at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. A hearing now on new technologies to improper the safety and efficiency of the nations Transportation Systems. Officials from volvo group north america, zahn, bnsf railway and the port of long beach testify before the Senate Commerce committee. Good afternoon, everyone. I am pleased to convene the Senate Subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine infrastructure safety and security for the sixth hearing which is titled technologies, transforming transportation, is the government keeping up. Mr. Booker and i are excited to bring together a range of issues we have worked on together here in the
Weve given you all a copy of my newest book which was just published yesterday digital dysny which looks at the history of how we ended up here but also paints a picture of what the implications are when everything becomes digital, becomes connected, becomes sensorized and we see a world that impacts every experience we have. Well get into that as well. Larry, let me turn it to you and perhaps you can spend a minute to introduce yourself, robin as well . Sure. Thank you and thank you to the Churchill Club and center and congratulations on your book. I had the privilege of reading it in manuscript so i can say with complete confidence it will be a terrific success. I think it encapsulates a lot of the same kinds of technologies that ive been looking gnat the research ive been doing and that was the basis of our book last year big bang disruption, and it es more of the same. We talked about that this year because we were there, my feet still hurt. But i think one of the big themes i want
200,000. The best such stretch since the tech boom. Over the months the economy has added 2. 5 million jobs. The Associated Press said the dow jones traded high ahead of the jobs report. And the Obama Administration has called for tighter security measures at foreign airports that have direct flights to the u. S. And al qaeda is trying to develop a new bomb that would go undetected through security. Theres no indication that theres a specific threat to the u. S. A pentagon briefing at 11 35 eastern. We will cover that live. We will also cover todays white house briefing. Likely to be asked is about airport security. That briefing is scheduled to begin about 12 35 eastern. T my first reaction was surprise. Because ied a worked for mr. Sterling. I coached the clippers in the year 2000. He invited me to his daughters wedding. I had no idea exactly what was going on. But i also, because of my association. I know elgin baylor. I know what he was complaining about. So i was confused not know
Than our weekly legal papers. You have to sort of explain what it means in a way that is understandable for lawyers and others who read the paper. It is not just lawyers. To understand what the impact of it means. There is a lot of rhetoric. There are a lot of people on tv saying a lot of things. It is difficult to find out exactly what the law is. Sometimes it takes a couple days for it to settle down and for people to analyze it. Do your editors give you all the space you want to detail a case like this . They always have they hold the scissors. I just give them a big long story and they can trim it to their individual needs. I normally dont get cut off. My stories tend to be in the 1200 word range. I am glad you focused on hobby lobby. At least this one, we knew what the bottom line was. It was relatively easy. About a week before, there was a Greenhouse Gas case. Justice scalia starts reading the majority opinion. Scalia very rarely is on the side of the environmentalists. You assu
Protect. You have to get into the heads of those on the other side of because you have to change their calculation enough to get them to the table. Talk about what we did in iraq. We had to put a lot of economic pressure to get them to the table. That have to be the first step. What you did in afghanistan and pakistan, trying to get the taliban to the table for discussion. Think what we i have to understand is it is primarily a political problem that has to be addressed. Ascension of the sunni extremists, the socalled isis group, is taking advantage of the breakdown in political dialogue and the total lack of trust between the maliki government, the sunni leaders, and the kurdish leaders. More with Hillary Clinton saturday at 7 p. M. Eastern and sunday morning at 9 15 a. M. On cspan 2s book tv. A government report this week concluded the federal Aviation Administration will miss next years deadline to set rules for civilian and commercial drones to be safely integrated into u. S. Airsp