michio: no, it was einstein.eller made a big pitch for me to design weapons and for me, at that point in my life i realized that the basic physics of hydrogen warheads is well known, well-established, as you know, china and developing nations that the hydrogen bomb on the first try. -- got the hydrogen bomb practically on the first try. so, it was an engineering problem. i'm a physicist. i wanted to look at the physical concept of new undiscovered things like why the big bang took place, what was the energy source of the big bang, why did it bring to begin with? -- what he did bang to begin with? these are questions of cosmic importance that are far beyond engineering of simply assembling a hydrogen were had. -- warhead. brian but why were you able to : figure it out and most people are drowning in all this language when they would be back in high school? michio: i think we had a high -- we have a high school system that stresses memorization, drudgery and does not encourage the bright students to come up. for ex

. >>> sunday on is c-span's q&a, michio kaku talks about science

michio kakun "q&a," talks about his career in science and about his book. >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. if you dig under our feet right now, you will see the bones of % that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we are different. we have self-awareness. we plot, scheme, plan. perhaps, we will of aid -- evade this conundrum. the other books talk about the steps, but what is the goal, the pot of gold out there? >> "culinary -- "q&a" tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> this morning, syndicated columnist cal thomas discusses news of the day and his column warning washington may be reaching a breaking point. in our series 1968: american turmoil looks at the politics of that era with former maryland lieutenant governor kathleen kennto

. >> sunday on c-span q&a, theoretical physicist and author, michio kaku talks about his latest book. >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. right under our feet right now, you will see the bones of the 99 9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we are different, we have self-awareness. we can see the future, we lots, we scheme, we plan. so perhaps we will evade the butndrum and maybe survive, we need an insurance policy. that is why this book is different from the other books. the other books talk about the steps, but what is the goal, what is a pot of gold out there? >> q&a, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. c-span where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's television companies and we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public policy events. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer 2: 50 years ago on march 16, 1968, senator robert f kennedy announced his run for the president. building is now named the kennedy conference room. at the team the leading c

tonight on q&a, our interview with michio kaku,'s new book explores the idea of humans developing a sustainable situation in outer space. >> our guest on "newsmakers" is scott gottlieb, the commissioner of the food and drug administration a physician and he oversees and his role a $2.9 billion budget and 15,000 employees. his jobs puts them at the nexus of a lot of big public health debates. thank you for being our guest this week. let me introduce are two reporters. anna

tonight on q&a, our interview with michio kaku,'s new book explores the idea of humans developing a sustainable situation in outer space. >> our guest on "newsmakers" is scott gottlieb, the commissioner of the food and drug administration a physician and he oversees and his role a $2.9 billion budget and 15,000 employees. his jobs puts them at the nexus of a lot of big public health debates. thank you for being our guest this week. let me introduce are two reporters. ebney from bloomberg news. >> something on the minds of a lot of people are opioids and the overdose crisis that is going on. obviously you made a speech this week calling on facebook and twitter and other internet sites to do something about the offers for illegal opioids online where a lot of people are buying these drugs. have you heard from them at all? did you get any response from the companies? dr. gottlieb: we got some response from some of the companies and i think we will be able to work collaboratively with them. we will host a meeting and try to bring in representatives from the companies and executives to work with the

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. >>> sunday, on c-span's q&a, theoretical physicist and author michio-kaku. >> if you dig under our feet, you will see the bones of 99.9% that no longer walk the earth. we're different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot, scheme, plan. perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum, and maybe survive. but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different from the other books. your other books talk about the steps. but what is the goal? what's the pot of gold out there? >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> monday, on "landmark cases," katz versus united states, where charles kastz, a bookie, was recorded. the supreme court's decision in this case expanded american's rights to privacy under the fourth amendment and forever changed the way law enforcement officers conduct their investigations. our guest to discuss this case are jeffrey rosen, prosecute and ceo of the national constitution center in philadelphia. and jamil-jaffer. watch "landmark cases" monday and join the conversation. our hashtag is #landmarkcases. the landmark cases compani

author, michio kaku talked about his book "the future of humanity". >> if you don't dig under our feet now, you will see the bones of the 99.9% that longer walk the surface of the earth. we are different. we have self awareness and we can see the future. we plot and scheme and plan. perhaps, we're going to evade this conundrum, and maybe survive, but we need an insurance policy. that's what is different. the others talk about the steps. what's the pot of gold out there? >> 8:00 p.m. eastern, on sunday on c-span. >> monday on landmark cases. cats versus united states, charles cats a bookie tape recorded by the fbi by transmitting illegal bets in los angeles. the supreme court decision expanded americans rights to privacy under the fourth amendment and changed the way law enforcement officers to conduct investigations. president and ceo of the national constitution center and jamil jaffer, founder of the institute and law and policy program at george mason university law school. watch landmark cases monday and join the conversation #enlandmarkcases. the landmark cases companion book, a l

. >>> sunday on c-span's "q & a" theoretical physicist and author michio kaku talks about his book, "the future of humanity." >> if you dig under our feet right now, you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. now we're different. we have self awareness. we can see the future. we plot, we scheme, we plan. and so perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum, and maybe survive, but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different from the other books, because the other books talk about the steps, but what is the goal? what's the pot of gold out there? >> "q & a," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> next week, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before a senate and house committees on facebook's handling of user information and data privacy. tuesday at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span3, in a joint hearing before the senate judiciary and commerce committees. and on wednesday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, before the house energy and commerce committee. watch live coverage on c-span3 and c-span.org and listen live with the fre

. >>> sunday on is c-span's q&a, michio kaku talks about science and his latest book. >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. if you dig under our feet right now, you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. now, we're different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot, we scheme, we plan. and so perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum and maybe survive. but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different from the other books. because the other books talk about the steps. but what is the goal? what's the pot of gold out there? >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> monday on landmark cases, katz versus united states. where charles katz, a bookie was tape recorded by the fbi while transmitting illegal bets from a telephone booth in los angeles. the supreme court's decision in this case ultimately expanded americans' rights to privacy under the fourth amendment and forever changed the way law enforcement conducted investigations. our guests are jeffrey rosen president and ceo of the national constitu

q&a, theoretical physicist and author michio cut through talks about his career in science and his latest book. >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. it is happening under our feet right now. you may see the bones of the 99.9 percent that no longer walks the surface of the earth. where different, we have self-awareness, we can see the future, we plot, we scheme, we plan and so perhaps we are going andvade this conundrum maybe survive but we need an insurance policy. that is why this book is different. the other books talk about the steps but what is the goal, where's the pot of gold out there? >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this month we feature our studentcam contest winners, we asked middle and high school students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and illustrate why it is important to them. our second prize high school east winners.

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sunday on c-span's q&a, physicist and author mean she'll talks -- michio kaku about the future of humanity the norm for mother nature is extension. you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we are different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot and scheme and plan. perhaps we will evade this conundrum. maybe survive, but we need an insurance policy. that is where this book is different from other books. the other books talk about the steps, but what is the goal? >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. sunday on 1968: america in turmoil, liberal politics. we look back to lbj's great society. and liberal activist redefining the role of the federal government and challenging traditional values. our guests are kathleen kennedy townsend, former lieutenant governor of maryland, and michael:, author of "that's collin.co -- michael turmoil"68: america in on c-span. and on american history tv on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: for the next hour our conversation about education due toin the u.s., and the trump administr

physicist and author michio kaku talks about his career in science and his latest book "the future of humanity." >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. if you dig right under our feet you'll see the bones that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we have self-awareness. we see the future. we scheme and plan. perhaps we'll evade this conundrum and maybe survive but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different from other books because other books talk about the steps but what is the goal? what's the pot of gold out there. >> q and a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> monday on landmark cases katz versus united states. where charles katz a bookie was tape record by the fbi while transmitting illegal bet from a telephone booth on sunset boulevard in los angeles. the supreme court's decision in this case ultimately expanded american's rights to privacy under the fourth amendment and forever changed the way law enforcement officers conduct their investigations. our guest to discuss this case is jeffrey rosen and jami jamil jaffer. both at george mason un

q and a,,on c-span's talking about his latest book, michio kaku. >> if you dig under our feet right nowu will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the service of your. earth.surface of the we are different. we can see the future, we plan and plot. perhaps we will invade this conundrum and maybe survive but we need insurance. that is how this book is different. the other books talk about the steps. what is the goal? q and day, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> washington journal continues. , we are heree will to talk about teacher pay, benefits and pension. guest: good morning. host: those topics playing out in rallies across the united states. guest: oklahoma, arizona and uptucky, teachers are rising and protesting after the success in west virginia last month. got ast virginia teachers 5% pay raise after striking for nine days. teachers everywhere thought, maybe we can do that too. oklahoma teachers are on the third day of their walk out and they're fighting for an increase in education funding and higher salaries. host: the

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a, a physicist talks about his career in science and his latest book, "the future of humanity" by michio kaku. >> mother nature is extinction. you see the bones of 99% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we're different and have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot, we scheme, we plan. o perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum and maybe survive but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different than the other books because the other books talk about the steps but what is the goal, what's the pot of gold out there? >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable

physicist michio kaku talks about his book, "the future of humanity." >> if you dig right now, you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. we are different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we scheme, we plan. wraps we will evade this conundrum. -- perhaps we will evade this conundrum. many will survive, but we need an insurance policy. what is the pot of gold out there? announcer: sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. this month on c-span, we feature our studentcam contest winners. we asked middle and high school teachers to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and illustrate why it is important to them. our second prize high school east winners are 12th graders at winter park high school in winter park, florida, where c-span is available through spectrum. in their winning entry, they tell us about the second amendment. take a look. >> let's go. ♪ >> on june 12, 2016, 49 people were killed and 58 wounded in a mass shooting at a nightclub in my home town of orlando, florida. president obama: today marks the most deadly shootin