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All on our show today. Well, box city is a documentary about a homeless encampment that shows how many homeless filipinos survive poverty in the midst of the bay areas vast wealth. With me right now is the executive producer for this project through the filipino channel, henni espinosa, who is an Emmy Awardwinning documentary filmmaker for her first documentary with the filipino channel, the filipino champions of soma. Welcome to the show. Henni espinosa thank you for having me. Robert give us s...

Fabrication technologies will transform technology and be a company. Is an hour and 40 minutes. Thank you guys all so much for coming. Thank you for coming to the Wilson Center. And on star wars day. Really appreciate it. I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming you to Woodrow Wilson center and the launch the book designing reality. My name is Elizabeth Newbury and im the director here at the Wilson Center in science and technology and Innovation Programs. When im not introducing worldfamous au...

Of thrones and award seasons all rolled into one. This is how i discovered to my non china friends. Detailed profiles of whos who in chinas political circles and how they are connected start popping up everywhere and everyone certainly depictions on who they think will make it onto the seventh person Standing Committee which is the pinnacle of power in china. This Years Congress however was all about one man and that man was general secretary. Prior to the congress dominated the basic among chin...

Congress. My name is sandy, ill be chairing this discussion. As many of you know, chinas 19th Party Congress wrapped up last week in beijing. For those who follow china, a Party Congress year is like game of thrones and awards season rolled into one. This is how i describe to nonchina friends, detailed profile, whos who and how they are connected top up everywhere. Everyone makes predictions how they will make it on the committee, the pinnacle of power in china. This Years Congress was really al...

Of it, the philosophy of it. We wanted to be accessible. [applause]the joining us here on our bookot tv set is over Steven Johnson. Before we get into the most recent book, you are listening pretty intently to what james glick had to say. Guest hes one of my favorite authors. His book, chaos, which i read in college was the first Popular Science book that i read in my entire life that really started me thinking that i could potentially be a Science Writer becausbecause ive not been intd in scien...

Randy i am randy price. Emily i am emily riemer. It is 5 on veterans. We are focusing on the role shaping the country. Randy the challenges many face and what is being done to help. Thousands of veterans living in massachusetts right now. The Largest Single Group is vietnameurope. Vietnamera. Emily we will talk about the greatest generation, those who fought in bid, and those who suffer from stress. How getting benefits will be easier for others, and the newest tools in medical and Mental Health...

This morning, we launch our new 5 on campaign, 5 on veterans. We re focusing on the role our military members have played in shaping the country. Randy we ll feature their stories and also the challenges that many face, and what s being done to help. There are more than 390,000 veterans living in massachusetts right now, according to the veterans administration. The Largest Single Group is those who served in the vietnam war, nearly 130,000 of them. Emily in our coverage throughout the day we ll...

Coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend booktv now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by a local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. Booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. Heres a look at some of the events will be attendi...

There are hundreds or thousands of folks from your states involved as well. What i want to do is talk briefly about the threat which is a very real threat. I take it seriously and i know all who are here will take it seriously as well, and that threat is why i support the basic pillars of the president s fourpoint Initiative Announced two wednesdays ago. Im going to talk about that, the president s four points briefly. But whatever want to dig into with, i hope you will see my passion coming thr...

A huge day for the bulls. To understand this kind of rally, you need to look rally through the eyes of a gigantic hedge fund manager, one that takes huge swings, especially when there are so many likeminded funds doing the exact same trade. The average having done nothing so far this year and were already middle of march and with the biggest move being that 6 swoon, the hedge funds, the ones that like to bet against the market, theyre feeling mighty emboldened. These pessimists hadnt been hurt a...