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With team. >> he's talking about his job at the u.s. naval observatory time service department. >> we provide official time for department of defense and gps. and via gps it goes to much of the world. >> it's not an exaggeration to say, you are the timekeeper. >> yes, we are the timekeeper. >> and keeping time, precise time, is important. for the financial system. for the internet, for the pentagon. the department has more than 100 atomic clocks, and there are three different types. one measures the oscillation of cesium atoms. >> how often does a cesium atom

>> dr. matsakas is talking about his job at the u.s. naval observatories time service department. >> we provide the official time for gps and via gps, it goes to much of the world. >> so it's not an exaggeration to say, you are the time keeper. >> yes, we are the time keeper. >> and keeping time, precise time, is important. for the financial system, for the internet, for the pentagon. the department has more than 100 atomic clocks, and there are three different types. one measures the oscillation of atoms. how often does the atom oscillate in one second? >> that's a definition of a second. >> ...

Trump. >> somebody has to come out and tell it like it is. politicians are all talk and no action. we have to be less police callie police politically correct. >> he said if nbc is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the united states coupled with the unfair trade deals we are making with mexico then their contract violating closure of ms. universe will be decided in court. nbc has not commented on a possible lawsuit. sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in the day. but today there will be enough seconds, that's because a single ex...

Choicehotels.com the addition of a leap second is supposed to allow the earth's gradually slowing rotation to catch up with atomic clocks. the tinkering could actually effect some systems. last time this happened in 2012 and some websites all crashed. and more than 400 flights were grounded in australia. and perhaps more nerve wracking this is the first leap second added since markets went completely electronic. markets ending trading early actually just in case. for those outside the u.s. trading and tech worlds you can set your clocks for 11:59:60 and

And get longer and the clock will get out of sync and things like that. now what happened is we've moved to using atomic clocks the clocks that break down the atoms, and that way we can see all sorts of important things and make them be on time and very accurate. like gps, for example, and computer systems and things like that. if we go by the earth, we're not so much on time. if we go by the atomic clocks we are. >> so now we're in good shape now that we're observing this. life can continue on as we know. but with my iphone my microwave clock, my dvr clock, am i going to have to change all th...