have organized this scheme to the north pole expedition the formats being constant seven teenagers handpicked from thousands of eager would be polar explorers across russia begin their journey at the bar now drifting ice base and after about a week battling through some of the harshest conditions on earth the chosen few to reach the global summit this time it took the expedition seven days to cover the one hundred and twenty kilometer distance from the last circle of latitude all the way up to the north pole but the young arctic travelers had to stick around and the other full day at their final destination because the missions to pick them up that's us came late due to severe weather conditions which stops us from flying so what did you do while waiting for us i did my. played my fears sang songs code jokes ate instructions and skipped in day to day you know if you were you did you bring us any food that comes with the road and with what you've got a book of who's pies do the helicopter. well the pies disappeared within seconds and the group was finally ready as opposed to the camera can ans

jeff davis had quite a bit of confidence in young captain mcclellan in the 1850s he was part of a handpicked group davis sent to the crimea in the siege of sebastopol. mcclellan established a reputation then as being very, very intelligent in his approach to dealing with british and french engineers and sent some excellent reports back to the united states war department. picked up a lot of life experiences while he was over there in some bad neighborhoods. when he got back, though, he looked at what the army had to offer him. kind of a stultified period in our history. unless you were particularly fond of chasing comanches along the rio grande. that didn't really offer quite so much to a young man on the way up as did an offer from the illinois central railroad. as you know, railroad construction and expansion was a dot-com boom of the 1850s. he submitted his resignation to the army, as did a number of his fellow west pointers, to begin his engineering career and within a year he was moved up to the position of vice president within the illinois central railroad. he soon, as i said, became

. >> when you're the plantation owner, and you handpick within days, you retain the anti oxidants. it is unblended. no word of the tea is coming from. >> you can try this tea at the henderson wharf hotel. harbormagic.com/tea. thee seeing some showers in mountains of west virginia. we will go back to tony for more on the forecast. this whole thing can be composted. that is huge. >> what is high tea? i know it is a european thing. >> there are -- sabean afternoon -- this will be an afternoon tea. >> sounds like a lot of fun. good fun. high tea. i'm sure it is a blast. 44 in randallstown. it is a little chilly in the northern suburbs. there is a breeze, west wind at 7. that will pick up. we had a clipper go through last night. an impulse that is coming across ohio and west virginia. there's a slight chance that some of that rain will come across the mountains this afternoon. we have a slight chance for it rain shower, 30%. a breezy and mild day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60's. lings will change in the seven- day forecast -- things will change. there could be some showers on

almost a handpicked successor in the early '40s to run for president in '44. and he was sort of the unofficial campaign manager in '44. he was that close. they were tireless correspondents and social friends. when the '48 election loomed, clay had retired after '44 and said this is enough. i'm going to live out my years here as the sage of ashland and be done with it. but as we say in the book, he's sort of like a dray horse that's been on a milk run, you can't put a guy like that out to passure. so, when the '48 bell rings, his ears perk up and he's in the hunt ultimately. crittenden had taken him at his word and had really become rather intimately involved in the zachary taylor boom that was -- it was the result of taylor's success in the mexican war. >> and taylor and clay in the same party. >> yes, they were both whigs. >> this is the '48 election. >> and taylor is a whig primarily not because he believes what the whigs do, most apolitical, he's a whig because he hates james polk who wasn't running. polk had tried to ruin taylor's career, reputation, becau

the pope handpicks this person, and this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls out. he isn't dead till the camera lingo says he's dead. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words," dick terese describes the ever changing description of death and the controversial argument that the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this week on book tv former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party sunday at 8:00 p.m. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >>> all this week it's american history tv in prime time. and we now return to the mariners museum in newport news, virginia where a civil war navy conference was held last month to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of hampton roads. this was the first time ironclads faced off during battle. up next, a discussion on some of the ideas and suggestions offered by northerners for fighting the confederate ironclad known as the "merrimac." this

daniel craig has been handpicked by the queen to open the 2012 games in london. a.j.there is cool. according to "the sun" newspaper in britain, the queen not only personally decided bond should open the games, she opened her private apartments in buckingham palace to the iconic secret agent. they used that location so they could shoot a short film where craig, as bond, is given the mission to launch the games. nobody is saying on the record if the queen herself had a cameo in the film. i think it's a good possibility we'll see her, which will be pretty cool to see her and bond together, hopefully. the report says they are going to play the video during the opening ceremonies. as it ends, you'll have craig parachuting into the stadium to open the games. i think we all have to hope for good weather. we have to hope the london fog stays away. it could hamper an appearance like that. the audience for the olympics opening ceremony could be around a billion people watching worldwide. you kind of want to get it right. >> yes, you do. no doubt there. whitney houston's new mov

these are handpicked crowds behind the president. very well, carefully staged.et me ask you about mitt romney. understanding based on what was said this morning at a rally by newt gingrich, he said he has had a phone call with mitt romney and he called you to ask what his role is in the campaign going forward. can you tell us? where you see newt gingrich's role in the mitt romney campaign? >> well, that's up to governor romney. here is what i -- where we're at. number one, mitt romney is the presumptive nominee. he is just a fantastic candidate, i think, to highlight what we need to do to get our economy back on track and fulfill some of the promises barack obama made four years ago. as far as newt gingrich is concerned, one of the things i think we've done pretty well at the rnc, we've communicated every single one of these steps we've taken with the other candidates in the race. the same is true with rick santorum, congressman paul. as far as newt gingrich goes, i know wisconsin comes up a lot lately. callista is from wisconsin, have a very close relationship

way of being determined and that is what the camera window which is a cardinal level post and he handpicks this person, and this person decides when he is dead. he hits them three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls of his baptismal name which is carried over from the romans. they carry that yelling your name three times. even today the pope isn't dead until the camera says he's dead. the doctors may pronounced death but he has the final say and it's a good system because he's someone close to the pope and when he declares, his job is over so he is out of work so he is not likely to declare death prematurely. the gold standard through the centuries like what is the thing we are convinced when this happens from the guy is dead is truth of action when you smell the high heaven and what this signals because it is a kind of atom of life, and when it implodes then you are probably dead but it kept switching from the heart to the lungs to the brain during the renaissance but we see the brain come to the forefront as people believe it to be the determinant oregon organ and one thing

being determined and that is what the camera lingo, which is a cardinal level post and the pope handpicksrson. this person decides that the pope is dead. he had spent three times in the head with a silver hammer and call us at the baptismal name three times, which is carryover from the romans. to use the message of yelling your name three times. and even though today the pope is dead until they say he's dead. the next saturday night on "after words," dick teresi describes the ever-changing description of death in this controversial argument that organ harvesting is blowing that line. this weekend on a booktv, dirt on the split between old guard members of his former party and is supported by the tea party sunday at 8:00 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span 2. >> april 15, 1912 kammerer 1500 perished on the book called unthinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, iceberg ahead, they struck the bells three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning, saying there is some object ahead. and he is ahead of the show. it doesn't say what kind. after they struck about, they were to telepho

she handpicks the staff. she wrote the first manual. she designed the patches and pins, including this one which eventually turned into this. she patented it. juliette low was sensible enough to go and erect legal boundaries and she did it is because she filed for divorce so she was quite cognizant of attorneys and how they work. she loved the idea of camping. a very early shot of camping. getting girls out in the pressure was extremely important for them, but camping also taught girls self-sufficiency including girls who were stuck in dresses and goods and high heels all day so this got to and had to think about mosquitoes and how much water at how much good could they bring in and how did they pitch the tent that this is all very new to girls at the time. sport was important to her as well. this was an early basketball true. you can see their shocking bloomers. juliette low love the sport. she played all manner of sports. this was in savannah. she erected a curtain across the board so the survey names would not be, their sensibility c

the pope handpicks this person and this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times, which is carryover from the rumors -- the romans. although even today the pope is an dead until he says he is dead. the doctors may pronounce death but he has the final say. it's a good system because one, he is someone close to the pope and two when he declares the pope dead, his job is over. he is not likely to declare death prematurely. the gold standard through the centuries, we really are convinced when this happens the guy is dead is putrefaction, when you smell to high heaven and the signal is the cell because the cell is the kind of an atom of life. when it implodes and gushes out, then you are probably dead and all your cells are dead. but if you quit -- kept switching from a heart to the lungs to the brain and somewhere during the renaissance when we can see the brain come to a forefront as people people to determine in oregon. and i think one thing my book is going to beca

the pope handpicks this person and this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times in the head with this over hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times which is carried over from the romans. the romans used back, yelling your name you three times. >> so i he see a healthy nasa double its budget, double. right now to half a penny on your tax dollars. did you know that? one? 100% of everyone who tells me, why are we spending money at their not down here? we are spending too much of there. 100% of them did not know that nasa's budget is 1/2 of 1% of their tax dollars. and i've measured this out. you can take a dollar bill and cut horizontally 1/2 of 1% of that width. it doesn't even get you into the ink. [laughter] [applause] so double it. then we could go to mars and a in a big way, yes. we can check that asteroid that has a center sites. we can go back to the men and yes but a colony on the moon just because gingrich's republican doesn't mean he doesn't have an okay idea about this. [laughter] what might be the motivation? it could b

and that's with the camera off window which is a cardinal will post and the pope handpicks this personand this person decides when he's dead. he hits him three times in the head with a hammer and calls out his name three times which is carried over from the romans the romans used that method of filling your name and even today that the pope is in the debt until the camera lingers as he's dead. rot nei kaine recounts his life in the days and years following the video recording of his beating by the los angeles police on march 3rd, 1991. he recalls the rights of los angeles, following the acquittal of four of the officers in the case and he reports on his own legal problems and alcohol addiction. for >>> more now from the tucson festival of books with a discussion about mexico's drug war. panelists include peter laufer professor and author of true lies of the border land. sylvia longmire offer mccardle the coming invasion of mexico's drug war and philip caputo author of crossers. >> good afternoon. at you are here at the lion in the sand panel, so if you are r looking for wither poetry a

the pope handpicks this person and this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him ft. 33 -- three times in the head and calls his baptismal name which is carried over from the romans. the romans used that message of yelling your name at you three times. even today the pope isn't that until he says he is dead. >> saturday night on after words, dick teresi discusses death and the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. on booktv pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old-guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. booktv every weekend on c-span2. joining us is filled mattingly, finance correspondent with bloomberg news. what financial firm was mf global and what was jon corzine's roll? >> mf global dealt with derivatives and ended up filing for bankruptcy, jon corzine was governor of new jersey, democratic senator from new jersey plug it in as a ceo in 2010 and leading the firm, prior to his political career been chief executive officer at goldman sachs and leading the firm at the time of its failur

republican administration since the 1980s handpick each of the justices to reshape or strike down law "l.a. times." opinion section. it is really good. it was called the robert courts defines itself -- will its ruling -- >> if it is not signed then it is the entire editorial board. >> stephanie: there you go. when scalia and kennedy were selected by the reagan administration, the goal was to choose judges who would be eager to undo legal precedence by the time john roberts and samuel were selected in the second bush administration, judicial restraint was no longer an aim among conservatives. they were chosen because their professional records show they would advance the political ideology that promotes market freedoms with less regard to the general welfare. >> barbara bayne. >> from mission impossible? >> "l.a. times" editorial. >> i'll go through the entire cast. >> stephanie: i'll give you another one. who said -- justice scalia is willing to delve into politics seems alien to his moderate colleagues on the question of what would happen if the mandate was struck down, scalia struck

the pope handpicks this person and this person decides when the pope is dead. he hates them three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times, which is a carryover from the romans. the romans used that method of yelling your name at you three times. even today the pope isn't dead until he says he is dead. >> saturday night at 10 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. sunday at 8 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span2. joining us is phil mattingly, finance correspondent with bloomberg news. look in the financial firm was mf global and what was jon corzine tyrol? >> mf global was a new york-based broker that dealt primarily in derivatives, and actually ended up filing for bankruptcy at the end of october. jon corzine was governor of new jersey, democratic senator from new jersey, was plugged in as ceo in 2010 if there was a lot of fanfare and was leaving the firm. prior to his political ca

the pope handpicks this person. this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls out his name three times. that is carried over from the romans. even today, the pope is not dead until he says he is dead. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "afterwords," dick teresi with "the undead." arlen specter and the split of members of his old party and the tea party. >> it has been 10 years since the release of the third volume of "the years of lyndon johnson." in a few weeks the fourth volume will be published. here he is on q &a in 2008. >> this is a but not just about lyndon johnson but jack kennedy. it is a very complicated story. i do not think people know of two very complicated people -- robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. i had to really go into that and try to explain it. it is part of the story all the way through the end of johnson's presidency. i suppose chronologically johnson is passing the 1965 voting rights act. that is in a one way where we are up to now. >> watch the rest of this interview

the pope handpicks this person. this person decides in the pope is dead.he has been three times in the head with a silver hammer and calls that his baptismal name three times, which is carried over from the province. the romans used the method of yelling your name three times. even today the pope isn't dead until it is said he is dead. >> this is really about not just that lyndon johnson, the robert kennedy and jack kennedy and the personalities, particularly proper. and it's a very complicated story. but i don't think people know if to very complicated people. and robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. and i had to really go into that and try to explain it because it's part of the story all the way to the end of johnson's presidency. that is done and i suppose chronologically at the moment johnson is passing in the team 65 voting rights act. and that is sort of than one way for him up to now. you can buy you a copy right outside afterwards in the hue of it took start tags and do u. of a book starts out for in thenini same area near them not intend. we hope to

the pope handpicks this person. this person decides when the pope is dead.he hits him three times and it was a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times, which is carried over from the romans. the romans used that as eliminate that you three times the a note even today the pope isn't it until he says he's dead. >> saturday night at 10 p.m. on afterwards, dick teresi defines the ever-changing description of death in his controversial argument that the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this weekend on book tv, former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. sunday at 8 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> our specific issue is to work to see to it that human rights remained a central part to american policy. and that when we are evaluating our foreign policy moves globally, human rights can never be the only consideration but it has to be part of the dialogue. >> katrina lantos swett is the president and ceo of the foundation f

the pope handpicks this person. this person decides when the pope is deaad. he calls out his baptismal name three times. this is a carryover from the romans. the pope is not dead until he says he is dead. >> the ever-changing description of death. organ harvesting is blurring the line. arlen specter on the split between old-guard members of his party and those supported by the tea party. but tv -- boook tv on cspan2. >> congress was called on to extend funding. rahm emanuel was chief of staff in the obama administration. the funding runs out in the end of may. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning. we are going to get started. we have a very full morning. i hope you had a good night's sleep. to know what the bank was called recently? a sleepy enclave. does this feel like a sleepy enclave? i do not think so. anyway, we had a terrific day yesterday. president clinton spoke. he gave a spectacular speech yesterday -- speech yesterday. i was able to attend a number of the sessions on china. i had a discussion about the economy. we had strong panels on nigeria.