you know, they said you can't run on the clec. i had a patient who ran on sea legs. they -- there were all sorts of myths, like when my professors in school told anyone notice a bilateral above the knee walking, especially if they're not holding onto something. we saw that all the time at walter reed. in fact, that was a goal. it wasn't just a goal to walk to get them back running. so the patients really pushed the envelope. we just sort of tried to keep up with them. thanks. [applause] >> thank you. tokay, leave the chairs in place please. if you line up to my left, adele will sit up here and sign copies of her book. thanks for coming. [inaudible

you know, they said you can't run on the clec. i had a patient who ran on sea legs. they -- there were all sorts of myths, like when my professors in school told anyone notice a bilateral above the knee walking, especially if they're not holding onto something. we saw that all the time at walter reed. in fact, that was a goal. it wasn't just a goal to walk to get them back running. so the patients really pushed the envelope. we just sort of tried to keep up with them. thanks. [applause] >> thank you. tokay, leave the chairs in place please. if you line up to my left, adele will sit up here and sign copies of her book. thanks for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see online at booktv.org. >> booktv is at book expo america which is the publisher's annual trade show and one of the publishers that is here is that the m.d., founder, formerly known as worldnetdaily, is joseph farah. what is wnd first of all? >> well, w. in the odyssey stands for world net daily but it's a lot easier t

rob man fred will -- manfred will succeed at clec -- bud selig as the commissioner of major league baseballs difficult. that is my basic take. it is herding cats into a room. getting them to vote. >> the egos. >> i love the reference of billionaire baseball owners as hurting ca -- herding cats. at a38-year-old kid harvard business school as turning the mexican state on its head. he is the new ceo of pemex. fascinating being a former oil trader myself. >> i think this is a really cool story. here is a company that is nearly -- has had a nearly 80 year monopoly on mexican energy. schoolchildren celebrate the nationalization of the oil industry. this is very emotional. the only reason it has been happening is because the president provided the support for it to happen. he has tapped this 38-year-old emilio lozoya, who is a very much member of the new guard, he is a young global leader from the world economic forum. of transforming the state monopoly into a competitive entity. >> what did he say? how is he going to do it? >> he is going to get money from foreign companies. changesimportantly, t

when you begin to speak our clec will start the timer and a green light will appear. after four minutes a yellow light will appear. you should begin to conclude your statement. at five minutes the red light will come on and i would ask you conclude at that time. dr. leith, thank you for being here and you may begin. >> mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the significant advances in earthquake science that have been made over the past 50 years. the usgs proud to be a partner with private sector and other colleagues in ongoing research and monitoring needed to strengthen earthquake resilience and hazards. as you mentioned 9.2 great alaska earthquake that struck southern alaska 50 years ago today, it was the largest earthquake in u.s. recorded history and the second largest ever recorded. it's also maybe relevant to understand that the earthquake shaking lasted for five minutes. about the length of time i'll be speaking with you today. so consider that. anchorage sustained heavy damages. tsunamis generated by earthquake cau