. >> this week on "q&a," author and new york university professor robin nagle. her new book entitled "picking up: on the streets with the sanitation workers of new york city." >> robin nagle, why did you want to drive a garbage truck? >> i was curious about sanitation in new york. also around the world, but i was here. after some time hanging out with sanitation workers, getting interviews, classic anthropological interviews, i realized i could not understand to be depths i wanted unless i was qualified to do the job. i was hired. the first time i drove the truck by myself, i have to say, it was terrifying and exhilarating. i was one of the most powerful vehicles on the road. not the biggest truck. but i was the one no one wanted to be stuck behind or next to. >> where did this interest come from? >> i was 11 or 10 as my dad took me camping in the adirondack mountains. this is when the questions of environmental awareness and integrity were really part of the national conversation for the first time. so, dad took me into the forest. we were hiking for a long tim

date," starting with robin nagle. she talks about her recent book called "picking up," which chronicle is garbage collection in new york. >> in a few moments, question time in the british house of commons. after that, kentucky senator rand paul speaking at the citadel military academy in charleston, south carolina. later, a look at how elections are being affected by partisan politics. >> during question time this past week, prime minister judy cameron -- david cameron talked about his call with the iranian prime minister. it was the first call between a british prime minister and iranian leader in over a decade. on iran's nuclear program. the prime minister

coming up, our special q&a program will feature robin nagle on her experiences as a sanitation worker. >> years ago, i do not think anyone was listening to the crystal ball that someone on a college campus would be streaming netflix also an iphone to watch a movie. what is happening is are huge issues that the technology, and i remember in northwest ohio depending on the day the antenna on top of the house was right you got two channels. sunday's you did not get any. the wind andn light in everything else. the industry has changed so rapidly. havet to make sure we things out there that spurred this innovation. i think we have created this. but 3.8 million jobs. >> technology issues in front of the current congress. does that mean? >> one million people lined the roof of president canneries -- kennedy's funeral procession. millions more watched on live television coverage. starting tonight, watch nbc's coverage of president kennedy state funeral. >> during the historic trip to they noticed how mrs. nixon was looking at packages of cigarettes. i also asked ceo in meyer this. she said ar

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] later on will have an encore presentation with q&a with robin nagle. she discussed her experience working as a sanitation worker to being hired a hearing of the duties are working on a garbage truck. you can see this is at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the threat of lone wolves. a consultant to says the u.s. can withstand terrorist attacks. >> what if that were happening here? the united states is arguably the most resilient society in the world. we're probably one of the societies that this least willing to confront the issues and actions like this. 9/11 did not destroy the united states. it was a horrific events. the economic consequences public that magnified because of the reactions. i say this with all due respect. 9/11 itself was a very small americaserms of the ability to do the things that america needs to do. every ability. don's wife is british. survived the blitz in two world wars. it survived the irish. let's not forget that. at the end of the day, we need prepared to understand that going forward, identifying the telltale signs of a proto-

our guest will be anthropologist robin nagle viewed she will discuss her experiences as a sanitation worker in new york city. anybody wouldnk have looked into a crystal ball a few years ago and thought that somebody in a college campus netflix on anming iphone to watch a movie. this is what is happening out there. we have this huge issue that the i don't want to date ourselves but i remember in northwestern ohio, depending on the day, if the antenna on top of the house was working right you may be got to channels. you got one channel and sometimes maybe you didn't get any channels because of the wind and everything else. the industry has changed so rapidly. i want to make sure that we have that furthersre innovation. -- onk we have created aboutnd we have created 3.8 million jobs. >> technology issues and current congress, tonight on the communicators at eight: -- at 8:00 eastern. and >> on november 25, 1963, 1 million people lined the road of president kennedy's procession from the u.s. capitol to arlington national cemetery. millions watched the coverage. watch nbc's coverage of pr