host: stephen vladek joining us from the university of texas. he is joining us from austin, texas. if you want to asking questions about the release of the memo, what it does for the larger aspect of the mueller investigation and other matters, 202-748-8000 for republicans --202-748-8001 for republicans, 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8002 for independents. does the onus come upon those who presented to say where the information is coming from? guest: to a point. it is incumbent on any law enforcement officer applying to a court for a warrant to provide at least some information about the source of the information, about the identity of the informant or at least is reliability. whereare so many cases the police go to a court and get a warrant based on information from a clearly biased informant and the reason for that is not because something sketchy has happened. the reason is because there is toally some independent way corroborate the informants information or usually additional evidence that all goes towards this probable cause showing. in that regard and i think it is tel

stephen vladeck joining us from the university of texas, joining us from austin, texas. questionst to ask him about the memo, what it does to the larger aspect of our investigation and other related matters, (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8002 for democrats. (202) 748-8003 four independents. did the onus on those presenting it clearly present where the basis of this information was coming from? guest: to a point. it is incumbent upon any law enforcement officer apply to a court for a warrant to provide some information about the -- identity of the informant. there are so many cases where the police go to a court and get a warrant based on information from a clearly biased informant. the reason for that is not because nothing sketchy is happening. the reason is because there is some independent way to corroborate the informant's information or additional evidence that goes toward this probable cause showing. in that regard, it is quite telling you are not hearing anything from devin nunes, trey republicans inr the house intelligence committee about the probabl

thank you forjoining us from austin, texas. f egypt: we step into the tomb of a high priestess — 11,500 years after her death. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. the aircraft was returning from belgrade, where manchester united had entered the semi—final of the european cup. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachstwoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest h

sports historian john hoberman joins us from austin, texas. thanks for talking with us.rofessor hoberman: hi, good to be here. soledad: when i hear there will be sort of a joint action in opening ceremony, did you read that as good news or maybe even great news for the hopes of any kind of unity one day for north south korea? professor hoberman: no, i did not. over the years many wanted to believe athletes and sports officials could accomplish things that politicians cannot. it is right arm if ever the case. it is a -- rarely if ever the case. when you look at the situation on the korean peninsula you can see why. in the north you have a brutal dictator whose cynical participation in these games through sending athletes and pop stars really has one objective and that is to drive a wedge between south korea and its american ally. soledad: olympics have long been politicized as people say we should remove any sort of politics from the olympics. i guess i would ask you first, do you think that there should be no politics in the olympics? professor hoberman: it is not our ch

well, evan narcisse is the writer of ‘rise of black panther‘ for marvel comics and joins us from austine studio. a very good evening to you. evan, a lot of people saying this is a moment, do you agree with that? it is for sure a moment. i want to correct a little bit, technically blade featuring wesley snipes was a marvel superhero movie, a blockbuster. but black panther, this is a moment like i have never seen before in my career. i am a pop culture critic as well as writing comics and nothing like this has ever happened, it's utterly astounding, the level of excitement going on for this movie. a lot of that is around a black movie, it's not about victims, it's bigger than that. right. it's not about trauma, it's not about economic disenfranchisement, it's not about the legacy of slavery orjim crow or any of that stuff. don't get me wrong, the black panther character concept very much has to do with colonialism and its effects, but it's shown in a way that it's not central to the conflict. rather, this is more about preservation of culture, a way of life, celebrating black excellence a

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happen certainly in the weeks and months ahead for the moment aga shine thanks so much for joining us from austin texas. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news more claims and counterclaims about the trumpet ministrations stance on new israeli settlements and what it means for the stalled peace process also. rebuilding the bricks and mortar of the soul the push to celebrate arts and culture in post eisel iraq. and we'll tell you what a record breaking ice skater has to do with a fictional bear those three towns and the rest of the winter olympics news coming up with jeff. hello big temp change is a back on the menu this is particularly for the eastern side of the u.s. this big streak of cloud is a frontal system on this side it's warm weather not sun it's cold weather so on the front itself it's rain or snow depending on how cold his power high you are mostly we're talking rain really from texas through the appalachians and beyond the wants in washington later on friday will be not back to five degrees a cold front goes through won't stay that way and then we've got cold air behind i think

that we're seeing in the united states ok kim taylor many thanks for taking the time to join us from austin in texas thank you. global leaders including donald trump she didn't paying undermining human rights that's the warning from the sense that latest report it accuses the leaders of rolling out regressive policies such as trump's controversial travel ban on muslims the report also highlights atrocities including mammals military crackdown on the rangar particle hain has more from washington d.c. . a bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they will all of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first and foremost me and mar accusing the government of committing crimes against humanity which forced almost seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims to flee it singles out saudi arabia's blockade for creating a humanitarian catastrophe in yemen all of the countries fighting

stephen vladeck joining us from the university of texas, joining us from austin, texas.estionst to ask him about the memo, what it does to the larger aspect of our investigation and other related matters, (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8002 for democrats. (202) 748-8003 four independents. did the onus on those presenting it clearly present where the basis of this information was coming from? guest: to a point. it is incumbent upon any law enforcement officer apply to a court for a warrant to provide some information about the -- identity of the informant. there are so many cases where the police go to a court and get a warrant based on information from a clearly biased informant. the reason for that is not because nothing sketchy is happening. the reason is because there is some independent way to corroborate the informant's information or additional evidence that goes toward this probable cause showing. in that regard, it is quite telling you are not hearing anything from devin nunes, trey republicans inr the house intelligence committee about the probable c

lows of this one tony and picks and joining me now to discuss that is jonathan crane from austin thanks for joining us. but the one thing we didn't see a week at the closing ceremony was the russian flag why was that that's because the just the i.c. voted today to uphold the ban russians and then paid no of course that stemmed from state sponsored doping that was uncovered at the sochi olympics in twenty fourteen a unanimous decision we can see that a show of hands at the i.o.c. meeting now that resulted in the kind of political compromise this one hundred sixty eight russian athletes were competing as neutrals at these games under the olympic track but there was always this carrot dangling for them at the end whether they would actually be able to have their own flag closing ceremony now whether the whispers were positive that the russian athletes were behaving themselves abiding by the ban and then of course we had to doping violations towards the end of the games by russian athletes so i think that's really why the i.o.c. changed tack but if we don't see any more violations it's probably unlikely n

host: joining us from rice university, douglas brinkley, history professor, longtime historian from austintexas coming joining us on this president's day. good morning. guest: good morning to you. host: we started talking about qualities of the u.s. president. i'm interested on hearing your thoughts about qualities of presidents, what makes for good qualities that people bring to the office? guest: being the right person at the right time. particularly, wartime presidents. we tend to do rankings here at c-span, and the top ranked presidents often had to grapple with war. abraham lincoln is usually number one forgot in us through the crucible of the civil war. and then franklin d roosevelt getting us through the second world war. after that, i still believe character matters, that the president is supposed to represent what is best in the american public, and tell the truth to the citizens, that we should be demanding that of our presidents. we have had presidents like jimmy carter who have been very truthful but we don't rank very high, and some president to make --ngs up quite frequently

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austin halewood rounds up the best of the action from day six. america's golden girl. kayla schiffer and was the face of the usea m schiffer and was the face of the us team before the games began and with four gold medals in her sights, after a three—day medal delay, the olympics finally got under way. trailing after the first run she needed to bring things back in the second and under the pressure that comes with being favourite she didn't disappoint. the 22—year—old pushing things to the limit, but the risks paid off as she flew into the gold—medal position with just one ski to come. the italian couldn't stand the american‘s time. mikaela shiffrin‘s first gold of the games confirmed. one down, three to go. while mikaela shiffrin is a new face, aksel lund svindal has been dominating on the slope for years. treated like the rock star in his home country, the 35—year—old was looking to go out with one final flourish in the men's downhill and he did just that. the run was anything but textbook. he lost balance midway through, but managed to regain his footing and come home in first. the oldest alpine skiing cham

to tell us more is one of the authors of the study, dr brian mcdonald, whojoins me live from austin.llution? sure. first of all, thank you for having me here. volatile organic compounds or vocs contribute to a variety of air quality challengers, so one variety of air quality challengers, so one is formation, ozone, the formation of fine particles, as well is indoor exposure to chemicals that are related to the emissions of vocs. basically we knew sprayed deodorant for an example or household cleaning products, just the fact that the substances evaporate into the air causes pollution? yes. well, this is what astonished me from the study, you quys astonished me from the study, you guys say more than cars? so, in los angeles, we looked at a quality measurements that were made as part ofa measurements that were made as part of a large field campaign that the national oceanic and atmospheric administration in the us had conduct did. we saw in those measurements but it is about half and half between cars and the emissions from consumer products, as well as industrial uses of chemical produ

officers arrested austin lehman who got a tip from other students who was planning on shooting other people at a job correspond. >> at least someone tipped us off. kind of a shocker, but the way the world is going not out of the ordinary. >> lehman texted the students and told her, he utilized other serial killers. the student contacted the director of school security and reported it to police, he said he didn't want to hurt anyone but is charged with making terroristic threats. >>> fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked an enormous blaze for classes for dozens of students. the blaze erupted at 3:00 a.m. yesterday with fuel tanks exploding and tires bursting off their rims. officials canceled classes, but hope they pick up on monday. >>> one student was arrested stemming from a brawl at a basketball game in delaware. smyrna and copy henlopen on -- cape hen cape henlopen on saturday. he has been charged can assault. >>> the late reverend billy graham coming home to charlotte, north carolina, the casket will make 130-mile trip from a mountain chapel to graham's library. he will lie in honor of the u.s. capitol row -- rotunda nex

crashed into a field outside moscow on sunday most of the victims from the city of austin the rural mountains where the plane was to use a land of morals been held there with people laying flowers and attending services for the dead. let's go live now to near the crash site there moscow al-jazeera story challenges there rory are investigators any closer to discovering why this aircraft crashed. or i think is one of the features of this kind of investigation adrian that information comes out in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and as time progresses some of that information gets discounted erroneous so or off old soul whatever as you say the crew if you're struggling here we are battling over a. enthusiastic tractor with a snowplow here but. yeah we have information coming out like. in the early hours of after a disaster like that the plane with the sky burning and was already in pieces and then as time progresses that kind of information gets to us. counted so yes we are moving towards some kind of conclusion but we're still way off and of course crucial so all of this is the discovery of the black box recorders a

used the shape of the landscape as inspiration for his subject's hunched pose. the discovery has been unveiled at an international science conference in austin texas from where ourng woman — worth millions. a painting from his blue period. but there's more to it than meets the eye. the conservators at the gallery analysed it with a new type of scanner, and this is what they discovered. underneath it is a painting of the barcelona landscape by a fellow artist. but turn it 90 degrees and bring back the crouching woman, and you can see that picasso has used the landscape as the basis of his painting. it helps date the painting, it helps determine where the painting was made. but it also gives us a sense of the artist with whom a particular painter was engaging. and i think these insights do help ask us new and more interesting and more scientifically accurate questions. the contour of the hills in the background becomes the crouching woman's back, and she takes on the shape and form of the catalan countryside. until now, only the wealthiest galleries could afford to scan, and even then, it was only for great works of art. but the new system is cheaper and portable,

us the pictures, if you search on facebook for it. he was an unbelievable talent from st. petersburg, russia needed help and that's the point we moved to austin. room, weatte: in the have a lot of people engaged in internet technology public policy issues, but we also have entrepreneurs here and online we have lots of people who are starting up their own tech companies. any advice you would give them? you have had two successes. mr. moore: two successes and one major mistake was making decisions because you're afraid because it's hard. when i look back, most of my mistakes have been because of that. you're doing something because you're afraid of what may go wrong. in the case of tunein, we had no revenue model, and there was good reason to be afraid for a long time. [laughter] happily with zello, we have a wonderful revenue model and because i am more mature there's cash in the bank , and not nearly as afraid and so find a revenue model that works where you are not dependent on outside money coming in for too long because that's a pretty risky business. mr. goodlatte: these companies have a bit of a connection between the two, as well. radio

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us study has found scented household items cause as much air pollution as cars. researchers focused on los angeles, but say the results could be applied to all major cities. i was joined earlier from austinld. i asked him just how these substances cause air pollution. well, first of all, thank you for having me here. volatile organic compounds, or vocs, contribute to a variety of air quality challenges, so one is ground level ozone formation, the formation of fine particles, as well as there's indoor exposure to chemicals that from — related to the emissions of vocs. so, basically when you're spraying deodorant, for example, or you're using household cleaning products, just the fact that the substances in them is evaporating into the air, that's what causes the pollution? yes. well, this is what astonished me, actually, about the study is you guys say more than cars? so, in los angeles, we looked at air quality measurements that were made as part of a large field campaign that the national oceanic and atmospheric administration in the us had conducted. and we saw in those measurements that it's about half and half between cars and the emissions from consumer products, as well as industri

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austin. they're moving here. but amazon telling us tonight, the commercial and hq 2 are completely unrelated. they would say nothing more. and alexa isn't revealing anything, either. >> thanks, guys, but i'll take it fromso, the wait continues >>> and we begin with that breaking news, taking a live look from sky 7, here's a look at san francisco's alamo square park. a high powered water line has erupted there. >> you do not see any people around there. people have been urged to evacuate. at least 10 buildings in that area as we zoom out to give you a better look at that scene. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. >> now to even more breaking news, this coming out of san jose where a fire broke out inside a parking structure at valley fair mall. you can see the smoke billowing from the structure. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> police in mountain view, they're looking for more possible victims after a tutor was arrested after inappropriately touching students. >> reporter: lui worked at the learning center in mountain view as a volunteer tutor for three years and also became a member of the school's board of directors. mountain view police say whatever he did to some of the children here,

paige price-cone, paul, austin carson, paul poast, bob pape, thank you for a timely and insightful conversation. we gained a lot from it and appreciate you convening all of it for us. my thanks also to the vision of social sciences, chicago project on security and threats, and the institute of politics. thank you, all, so much for being here. we look forward to continuing the conversation as we close out today. please give the panelists a warm round of applause. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, steve. thank you very much, steve. thank you. >>> c-span's history series, "landmark cases," returns with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week historians and experts join us to discuss the constitutional issues and personal stories behind these significant supreme court decisions. beginning monday, february 26th, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern, and to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro, "landmark cases volume 2." the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> last night in a close game, the nfl's philadelphia eagles defea

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to more generalize from your north korea point is this idea of really using -- offering g d goodies as a way of preventing proliferation, i think that that's the main poll. >> i austin carson. >> number one i would recommend that we redouble our support for the international atomic energy agency and find creative ways to alou th allow that actor to do the heavy lifting and find out what's going on with a country is developing nuclear technology and make sure it stays in a relatively number of finite hands. number two, this is going to sound a little bit weird, but when i think about the trump administration and the scenarios about a war with north korea, i would recommend to each individual person in the bureaucracy to remember that there are noble forms of bureaucratic disobedience. president trump orders any kind of limited strike, let alone a nuclear strike against north korea, a bunch of human beings have to everyone meant that order and they need to be ready to push back using any professional means necessary to advise against that and not imp implement it if they think it's a disastrous decision. that's what gives me a little bit of peace of mind that there ar

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various platforms joining me from austin, texas, jonathan morgan, ceo of new knowledge, a company that tracks online disinformation campaigns. jonathan, thank you for joining usexactly happened on these platforms after that shooting? >> well, what we saw immediately after the shooting occurred, immediately after the news broke is that hundreds of accounts turned their focus almost on a dime to amplify -- to amplify the events of the shooting at first they were focused on breaking news but quickly their conversation turned to focus on very extreme rhetoric around kind of pro gun extreme rhetoric and spreading conspiracy theories planting the idea the information the public was receiving wasn't legitimate. this is a common tactic among troll networks, to push extreme and also kind of undermine our belief in this -- the information we see undermine our belief in the media that gives us the information in the aftermath of tragedies. >> both in the case of the election, and i believe in the case of the shooting, they came out and pushed extreme positions on both sides, is that right >> we did see activity on both sides. we monitor accounts that are pushing extreme

austin, texas. europehe headline in comes from deutsche bank, shares down significantly, the worst -- 22017 -- the worst since 2017. it has been the worst performer in the european thanking index. joining us from john cryan, he thinks he is being generous with paper 2017 -- would pay for 2017. he needs to invest in one second best in tech, how long does he have? >> it is a difficult situation for him. the bank, as you saw, recorded the worst fourth quarter last year in seven years. it has to do with the trading units, of course. it is important to award money to these people, but he cannot afford to lose anymore ahead of the investment bank conference. people have abandoned ship last year because of a strong bonus cuts, so not to pay them would not be a good decision, but he does not have the money to do it. kailey: whether fairly -- david: whether fairly or unfairly they ask, how long will john cryan be the ceo, is that an artificial deadline coming up? it is in may, right after basically the first quarter results. if the first quarter is as bad as the fourth quarter, people will be extremely disappointed. they are disappointed now. deutsche bank gave its profit warning at the beginning

>> the information that was used in part in the fisa application came from a trusted source, christopher steele. >> i don't think he would qualify to actually be in an austincould actually say that he was that trusted. ainsley: president trump gets a 93% approval at cpac. i think conservatives, we have all kind of rallied behind him and because he has gotten things done. >> check this out. a mother and daughter fight for their lives getting into a shootout with an armed robber inside the oklahoma liquor store. you will meet those brave women at 7:20. ♪ ♪ ♪ ainsley: so far away. no it's not. brian: i know it's hard to think of the party attitude on monday morning. steve: no it's not come on. ainsley: every day -- make today your best party yet. brian: show up late and think about something else. [buzzer] steve: you are thinking about that kind of party? i thought you were talking about a tupperware party. ainsley: those are a lot of fun. brian: feel pressure to buy something even if you keep fresh on their own. steve: learn how to burp the box. ainsley: learn to burp at a tupperware party. brian: my mom had a tupperware party she got two lawn chairs. we kep

from the national portrait gallery, tonight at 7:30 p.m. eastern. brinkley douglas talked about the influence of donald trump on the presidency, joining c-span on today's "washington journal." fromas brinkley joining us austin, texas. joining us on this presidents' day. good morning. guest: good morning. host: we started the hour talking about qualities of the u.s. president. i'm interested on hearing your thoughts on the presidents you have studied, what makes for good qualities that people bring to the office. ? craig shirley -- being the right person at the right time. particularly, wartime presidents. we tend to do rankings here at c-span, and the top ranked presidents often had to grapple with war. abraham lincoln is usually number one for getting us through the crucible of the civil war. and then franklin d roosevelt getting us through the second world war. after that, i still believe character matters, that the president is supposed to represent what is best in the american public, and tell the truth to the citizens, that we should be demanding that of our presidents. , and tell the truth to the citizens, that we should be demanding that of our presidents. we have had presidents like jimmy carter who