And probably even pasadena. [laughing] thank you. My pleasure. Thank you everyone for joining us for the savings event. My name is kim sutton and and a host of tonight event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out our lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting powells. Com. When affirming Upcoming Events were looking for to is Tiffany Cross in conversation with about her new book say it lighter, black voters, white narratives and saving our democracy. Thats next friday the 18th. As a plea for member to follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram. Tonight we honor to welcome Leonard Mlodinow and rob paulsen. Leonard received his phd in theoretical physics from university of california at berkeley come wasnt alexander fellow at the Max Planck Institute and was on the faculty of telephone institute of technology. His previous books include bestsellers the grand design, and a briefer history of time both with Stephen Hawking can subliminal which was a winner of the li
The tarmac there skies are generally going to clear as we work our way through this morning and as that happens more and more favorable weather for waiting in lines at the polls even this morning, although it is cool and gray for some areas still not at all about morning to get out there were in the 40s and 50s for most of us oakland, the warm spot right now at 57 degrees while the cooler side in areas like santa rosa starting off this morning at 45 degrees later today, its 70s and ill give you more details about what to expect. Later on still to come robin all right, thank you john a little busy out there traffic still jammed up crossing the bay, especially heading into San Francisco, heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza approach and yes, its still pretty crowded from the bottom of the maze. Its been like that for the last 2 hours or so its not a terrible commute, but its definitely crowded and still under 15 minutes to make it and so thats considered pretty good. Were check
Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home have got more criticism and more scrutiny than the people who singlehandedly crash the entire Financial Market in 2008. And they got bailed out, the government bailed out those people. It shows you that the fix is in. John White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher picks up reporting for us on this friday live on the north lawn. For the third day in a row, the white house is declining to weigh in on this controversy that has consumed both wall street and main street. The White House Press secretary w
Latest nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Television Company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. As far as i can tell, we probably have i know leonard has readers from all over the world, he has readers until the united states, canada, mexico, haiti, jamaica, peru, caribbean, puerto rico, venezuela, guatemala, argentina and brazil, costa rica bermuda, san juan and probably even pasadena. [laughter] thank you rob. Take you everyone for joining us for this evenings event my name is kim and im the host of tonights event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out our lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting the website one of our Upcoming Events is tiffany and conversation with ellie about the new book say it louder, black voters, white narrative and saving our democracy. That is next friday the 18th. As well please remember to follow us on twitter, facebook, and instagram, tonight we are honored to welcome Leo
A look at what else weve got coming up. Find out how gold leaf is still produced by hand in venice italy. And it means a multitalented british musician who feels of close connection to nature. Today we kick off the show from a different perspective now i am sitting up here and im in a mobile foldable bed for mountaineers now its practical for anyone who might be out climbing for days and in need of a place to sleep so if there arent any accommodations in the area they can simply attach this bed to any ledge and spend the night under the stars well you might ask who would actually want to do this here max reporter axel prima vaizey was a willing volunteer. And. This is the place where im going to spend the night i dont know if i can handle this. I will spend the night hanging off a rock cliff and the adventure begins with a hike im on my way to the mountain in the northern part of austria with my guide mark was pulling to. The summit 1500 meters above sea level. Hopefully youre ready an