neil degrasse tyson. when you come back, i will be right here with history lessons for donald trump. >> the late show with stephen colbert. pg&e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u.s. pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. pg&e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. we are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno. while an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg&e safer. and that's why we've replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new leak detection technology that is one-thousand times more sensitive, and built a state-of-the-art gas operations center. we can never forget what happened in san bruno. that's why we're working every day to make pg&e the safest energy company in the nation. >> stephen: thank you, jon, thank you, jon batiste, stay human, everybody. (applause). >> stephen: thank you, sir. now jon, i just have

neil degrasse tyson. when you come back, i will be right here with history lessons for donald trump. >> the late show with stephen colbert. new pantene doesn't just wash i wiyour hair, it fuels it.gain. making every strand stronger. so tangles don't stand a chance. because strong is beautiful. >> stephen: thank you, jon, thank you, jon batiste, stay human, everybody. (applause). >> stephen: thank you, sir. now jon, i just have a couple-- i just got a couple more things to say about done all trump while we're at it, if you don't mind. if you don't mind, i just don't want to let these go. you know we have been talking about done all trump on the show for awhile. and i'm sure you are saying to yourself, but wait, stephen, when is done all trump going to way in on civil war history. (laughter) i'm going to pretend it you're thinking that. well, you're in luck because just this morning the trump sound bite train pulled into >> we had andrew jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the civil war. a

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ernie in new york you've been very patient figure on with neil degrasse tyson. >> caller: thank you. t's a pleasure to listen to mr. tyson. i have a couple of questions. first, when does the big bang violate the conservation of energy? could it be that we are going to have a bigger crunch followed by another big bang, followed by another big crunch ad infinitum? and i would love to see you run for congress. senator tyson sounds really good to me. thank you. >> host: why have you thought about this big bang? do you work in some kind of scientific field or -- >> caller: tactics in physics while i was in school, and the big bang special is interesting because it's almost a religious question. i think that it's still possible that you can make a case for the universe to have been here all the time forever. originally there was something like a steady-state theory, which was abolished by the big bang. but it doesn't seem to preclude the idea that universe was always here. if the universe was always here, well then can we don't need a creator, do we? i.t. >> host: early in new york. tragic

bernie in new york, you have been very patient, you're on with neil degrass tyson. >> caller: thank you pleasure to listen to mr. tyson. i have a couple of questions.qui first, desthe big bang violatevi the conservation of energy? could it be that we're going to have a big crunch followed by another big bang followed by another big crunch, infinitum.u i'd love to see you run for congress.s. senator tyson sounds really good to me. >> host: bernie, why have you thought about the big bang? do you work in a scientific field? >> caller: no. i took some physics when i was in school, and the big bang especially is interesting because it -- it's almost a religious question. i think that it's still possible that you can make a case for the universe to have been here all the time, forever, but -- originally there was something like a steady state theory which was abolished by the big bang,i but doesn't seem to preclude the idea that the universe was always here, and if the universe was always here, then we don't need a creator, do we?n thank you. >> host: that's bernie howard beach, new york. >>

booktv on c-span to the monthly index program this month we have author and astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson as our guest if you watch this program we spend three hours with one author talking about his or her body of work this month is dr. tyson beginning 1989 he has written several books . universe down to earth 1994. just visiting 1998. this guy is not the limit. 2000. then cosmic horizon death by a black hole, a space chronicle's three years later including "welcome to the universe" most recently "astrophysics for people in a hurry" if you'd like to participate here is how you can do so. barnum's --. >> host: dr. tyson your most recent book, "astrophysics for people in a hurry" 30 billion earthlight planet so what is the milky way and how big of a real talking about? 40 billion?. >> it was hard earned to learn what the milky way was rolm when they built streets they did not call the mistreat they called them a way. so now they call that the milky way meaning a street. in china were milk is less popular they don't call it the milky way but the silver river. so this is a well-known feature

with neilepth degrasse tyson live from noon to 3:00 eastern on "book tv" on c-span 2.ournal" continues. alina polyakova is the research director for the atlantic council. the website is atlanticcouncil c org. what are the overriding issues? what are people deciding? it is alyakova: watershed moment for france. major parties have entered the second round of elections, so voters are being asked to choose between two very different candidates. the first candidate, emmanuel macron, is a

well, the astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson wants to help.has made it his mission to make because most accessible too busy people on earth. his new book is "astrophysics for people in a hurry." he joined me earlier from new york. your book is "astrophysics for people in a hurry." i am the sort of person who is so stupid it would take me a lifetime to get the basic principles, but let's start with the first chapter of your book, which i did get. explain energy, molecules. talk us through that. neil: [laughter] you mean the next few minutes, talk through the beginning of the universe. tim: well, you did it so quickly in the first chapter. what about dark energy? this is where it gets more complicated. neil: we don't know what dark energy is, but we measure it. from 14 billion years onward, known the universe has been expanding. this is a measurement made in the 1920's by edward hubbell. the man, not the telescope. the telescope would make other important measurements related to our understanding of cosmology. but he was the first to show that t

astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson says saturn is his favorite planet. i guessed it. physics for people in a hurry." it's a primer for an understanding of our universe. good morning. >> thanks for having me back. >> tell >> cassini has been up there for a dozen years orbiting saturn. can't last forever. time to finish out its mission. to do this it will be taking death spirals, is what it is. >> what will we learn >> for the first time we ever sent a spacecraft through the rings. initially there's some concerns about particles that can damage it. it survived. we'll do it until september when it takes its final plunge into the atmosphere. >> we encourage people to look at the sky and ponder what cosmic truth lies undiscovered before us. ponder for us. >> well what i try to do, i try to collect some of the most mind blowing science in this volume. so there's things you heard about, read about, you reported on. dark matter. dark energy. multi-verse. it's all there. i try to tie a bow on at the end with a cosmic perspective where such as the image of saturn, one of those

anday, may 7, author astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on "in-depth."ur moon, as small as it was compared to earth, is five times the mass of pluto. -- plutole over here lovers were never told that, were you? [laughter] to the company of informed people regarding pluto. our live three-hour conversation, we will take your calls, tweets, and facebook questions for neil degrasse tyson. his most recent book is "astrophysics four people in a "astrophysics for people in a hurry." 3:00 live from noon to p.m. eastern may 7 on. "washington journal" continues. every opportunity we can to talk about the first amendment. floyd abrams' new book gives us the opportunity. the

live three-hour conversation, we will take your calls, tweets, and facebook questions for neil degrasse tyson. his most recent book is "astrophysics four people in a "astrophysics for people in a hurry." 3:00 live from noon to p.m. eastern may 7 on. "washington journal" continues. every opportunity we can to talk about the first amendment. floyd abrams' new book gives us the opportunity. the text of the united states congress shall make no law -- your book is called "the soul of the first amendment." so what is the soul of those 45 words? guest: it is basically anti-censorship. basically keeping the government away. it applies only to the government, not private people. the government cannot do these limit freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly. the core of it is to limit the government role or two and and avoid a serious governmental role about what people say, how people think, and the like. why did you think you needed to write a book about the soul of the first amendment now? guest: well, i have been writing it for a few years. it is not a response to the administr

neil degrasse tyson has a new book out called "astrophysics for people in a hurry."for us because television is always in a hurry. neil, welcome back to the show. >> thanks, fareed. always good to be on your show. >> so you begin with the big bang. you begin before the big bang. >> yes. the name of the first chapter is "in the beginning." when else you would begin such a story. that's right the big bang is the first step, it takes you there. >> what i'm struck by is that the big bang really also is the beginning of physics, chemistry and biology in the way you explain it. >> yeah. >> first what happens is you have this tiny, tiny dot, as it were, and it explodes. >> yes. >> out of that explain what happens. >> yeah, so, there's still some unknown elements of this chapter, very earliest chapter in the history of the universe. but what's intriguing is the how as the universe expands certain laws of physics take shape and other laws of physics begin to manifest. and so some of the great challenges of early universe cosmologists is untangling what happened when. and so t

. ♪ charlie: neil degrasse tyson is here, dr. neil degrasse tyson.has been described as the most powerful nerd in the universe. also, the sexiest astrophysicist alive. how many astrophysicists do you know? he is director of the hayden planetarium and an evangelist for scientific curiosity and discovery. he hosts a popular radio and tv show called "star talk." his latest book is called "astrophysics for people in hurry." it is perfect for me. neil: sexiest astrophysicist was 40 pounds ago and 17 years ago. just put that in context. charlie: you were a young dude. who did you write this for? neil: people have jobs, they go to school, they have kids. but if you are still curious as an adult is there anything that , serves that busy lifestyle? i wanted to take the headlines i know you have seen, xo planets, dark matter, multi-verse. these are things you have heard about the universe. charlie: put them together. neil: exactly, i wanted to but them under one umbrella and a get in ando you can out and conserve the needs of the curious individual. charlie: b

watch "im depth" with neil degrasse tyson live from noon to 3 p.m. on sunday may 7 on booktv on c-span2. >> on saturday the people's climate march and brother were held in washington to bring awareness to the issue of climate change and to protest affirmative policies of the trump administration. this is two hours. ♪

on sunday, author and asked a physicist neil degrasse tyson ."ll be our guest on "in depth ourllow me to tell you, moon, as small as it is compared to earth, has five times the mass of pluto. some people over here -- so pluto lovers were never told that, where you? [laughter] welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. three-hourur live conversation, we will take your calls, tweets, and facebook russians for mr. tyson, also the director of the hate in planetary and -- hayden planetarium in new york city and author of many books, including "welcome to the universe" and "death by black hole." live with noth" tvrasse tyson sunday on book -- neil degrasse tyson sunday on book tv. later today on a ministry tv, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell talks about wendell ford's life and legacy. here is a preview. >> on capitol hill, there are two types of members. show horses and workhorses. the former strive for the headlines. the latter strive for results. ford was every bit the workhorse. he proudly saw himself as i can situate senator.

. >> he once called the removal of pluto for a planet in today, neil degrasse tyson will be our guest. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, is -- has five times the mass of pluto. welcome to the company of inform people regarding pseudo-. >> during our live three-hour conversation, we will take your for mr. tyson, who is also the director of the hayden planetarium and several books including death by blackhole. live from new to 3:00 p.m. eastern today on book tv on c-span2. >> next on "the civil war," historians on the controversy over and future of civil war monuments. this was part of a symposium presented by the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia. they will talk about how these monuments influence memory of the war, and how public perception, particularly of confederate monuments, has changed. this is about 50 minutes. >> we will reconvene the panel. it has been a good day so far. what we will do is recognize you, you raise your hand, wait for the microphone. if you've got a question, it should be referred to one of the panelists

watch in-depth with neil degrasse tyson life from noon on book tv on c-span2. ♪ c-span, where historynfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. next on american history tv, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell talks about former kentucky governor and u.s. senator wendell ford. mcconnell focuses on ford's early life on a dairy farm, his entry into politics, his campaign for majority whip, and his lasting legacy on kentucky politics. government ford education center in ellensburg, kentucky hosted this 45 minute long event. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone. ,y name is elizabeth griffith the executive director of the wendell ford government education center. it is my pleasure to welcome you to this historic tribute lecture honoring senator wendell ford featuring majority leader mitch mcconnell. before we begin, i would like to share our mission and the relevance it serves in our world today. as you all know, senator ford believed that students need a better understa

ahead kneel neil degrasse tyson explains. broadway musical snag a tony nomination for josh grobin and the rest of the cast? we'll bring you the announcement of this year's nominees. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. ♪,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> after winning applause for a successful first plunge last week nasa's cassini spacecraft will connect another drive between is a turns and its rings this afternoon. it gave scientist a close look at saturn's atmosphere. astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson says saturn is his favorite planet. i guessed it. his newest book is "astro physics for people in a hurry." it's a primer for an understanding of our universe. good morning. >> thanks for having me back. >> tell us about this. >> cassini has been up there for a dozen years orbiting saturn. can't last forever. time to finish out its mission. to do this it will be taking death spirals, is what it is. >> what will we learn >> for the first time we ever sent a spacecraft through the rings. initially there

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and neil degrasse tyson is here. strap yourself in because it's time for the countdown. the new version of health care passed in the house today. what happens now? house speaker paul ryan speaks out. and republicans bravely over complicated an already overriding the system. the bill survived the house gop and nowmoves on to the senate. it will either fail or become so hideous that the house will want nothing to do with it like a kardashian that swears off plastic surgery. some bride of frankenstein insurance plan will not only be an improbable legislative miracle but it will manage to be more expensive than the predecessor. if the whole thing falls apart, then we get one of these scenarios. and number two, we completely lost the governor mandated insurance and enter a free market of health care. at that arouses me just thinking about it. but sadly it is the least likely scenario. and if i hold myself waiting for simple utopia i will die. thanks, government. and thank you for being here. i am kennedy. and the logo. ♪ >> let's go over to the hell with the breakdown of how

. >> neil degrasse tyson is here. dr. neil degrasse tyson. he has been described as the most powerful nerd in the universe. and get this, the sexiest astrophysicist alive. how many astrophysicists do you know. he is the director of the world renowned hayden planetarium and an evangelist for scientific curiosity and discovery. he hosts a popular radio and tv show called star talk. his latest book is called astrophysics for people in a hurry it is perfect for me and i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. by the way, that sex yis astrophysicist, that was 40 pounds ago and 17 years ago just to put that in context. but all right. >> rose: so you were a young dude at the time. >> that was another-- another time. >> rose: who did you write this for, people in a hurry. >> i mean people have jobs, people go to school, you have kids. but if you are still curious as an adult, is there anything that serves that busy lifestyle. and i wanted to take these headlines that i know you've seen, exoplanets, dark matter, multiver

you mentioned neil degrasse tyson, bill gates, all sort of play a role now of public expert and insert any subject and social conscious, yeah. can you talk about bounded expertise, you're expert, deterrence, russia, the soviet union and nuclear weapons, i don't think you claim any expertise in astro physics, for example but a lot of people out there once you get expert license in one area, expert in everything and use that license to opine. >> the public plays into this in a way, you know, i find it frustrating, the public say you experts and your credential, but then somebody comes along and says, i'm neil degrasse tyson, what do you think about child care, who cares what he thinks about child care or doctors. who cares? >> there was a gap fly and i talk about her at some length in the book, had serious ideas about nuclear weapons, silo issues, she used to talk about the ability of our silos to withstand first strike. he was a pediatrician but had doctor in front of her name. people and were like, she's a doctor. american swing wildly between these. you experts and your credentials ta

author and physicist neil degrasse tyson will be the guest on and up. >> allow me to tell you that our moon as small as it was compared to earth has five times the mass of pluto. welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. >> are by america's cable television companies. and it's brought to you today by your cable or satellite provid provider. he focuses on foreign-policy es

joining us right now is neil degrasse tyson.e than a dozen titles on space and science, including his newest, "astrophysics for people in a hurry." otherwise known as astrophysics for dummies. neil is also an astrophysicist at the american museum of natural history right here in new york city. thank you for joining us. zl thanks for having me. actually astrophysics for dummies was taken. it's real astrophysics. i didn't pull any punches on it. it's all there with mind blowing stuff on the universe. >> this is a crash course for people reading the headlines and maybe not understanding. >> precisely. you read the headlines or the headlines read you. they just go by you and there's words like exo planet. multiverse. dark matter. dark energy. and it's -- i want the book to empower people to put all that together into one narrative. then come out conversational about astrophysics the next morning at the water cooler. >> i thought we could do our own crash course for people watching at home. >> okay. >> why don't you explain dark matt

watch neil degrasse tyson live from noon to 3:00 p.m., sunday on book tv on c-span2. the director of the fbi and announced decisions to announce an investigation into hillary clinton's emails had been reopened just days before the 2016 presidential election. he testified before the senate judiciary committee in a hearing that also covered that at encryption challenges for law enforcement and the investigation of russian hacking. senator chuck grassley of iowa chairs this four our hearing.

with neilepth degrasse tyson live from noon to 3:00 eastern on "book tv" on c-span 2. journal" continues. alina polyakova is the research director for the atlantic council. the website is atlanticcouncil c org. what are the overriding issues? what are people deciding? it is alyakova: watershed moment for france. major parties have entered the second round of elections, so voters are being asked to choose between two very different candidates. the first candidate, emmanuel macron, is a pro-europe, pro-globalist agenda, and le pen is the opposite, marine le pen got on the far right populist party is running on the anti-globalist, anti-immigrant, what she calls the program's agenda to reestablish -- the pro-france orders. steve: here is barack obama weighing in on the election. how unusual is it? alina polyakova: i think it is unusual to be honest with you. barack obama is popular in france today, and that was part of the incentive in the macron campaign was getting his endorsement, but having a former u.s. president is not something we typically see, but not out of the b

neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on in-depth. has five times the mass of pluto.to lovers were never told that. welcome to the family of informed people regarding pluto. tweets andtake facebook questions for mr. tyson who is the director of the hayden planetarium and author of several books. his most recent, "astrophysics hurry."le in a watch "in-depth" from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> sunday, involving malaysian defense contractor fat leonard francis. tocompletely embarrassing the navy. it shocked the culture of the navy that people were corrupted information about ship movements, but other things notell, in exchange for that much money, but fair

on sunday, author and astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on in-depth.oon has fivet -- times the mass of pluto. some people -- pluto lovers never were told that. [laughter] >> welcome to the company of informed people, regarding pluto. >> during the conversation, we will take your calls, tweets, and facebook comments, who was also the director of a planetarium in new york city and author of several books, including "welcome to the universe." this most recent, "astrophysics four people in a hurry." watch this live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday on book tv on c-span2. q&a, defense news naval warfare correspondent on the navy's bribery scandal involving malaysian defense contractor. >> embarrassing. it shocked the culture of the navy that people were corrupted. with information about ship movements and other things come in exchange for that -- not that much money but lavish lifestyles. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a hearing this morning oversight of u.s. airline customer service. the cha

watch in-depth with astrophysicist and author, neil degrasse tyson sunday, on book tv on c-span2. join us tuesday morning as we head to the heart of appalachia's coal country for washington journals spotlight on the coal industry. we will be live in a cold transfer center in ohio to talk about coal mining regulation, our guests are robert murray, owner of murray energy, ohio republican congressman bill johnson, the vice director of the ohio valley environmental coalition and nick mullins, author of the thoughtful: her blog -- the thoughtful coal miner blog. live on c-span. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our charter communications able partners to showcase the history of redding, california. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of redding. at the height of california's gold rush, this town of shasta had seven hotels, saloons, bars, wholesale businesses, retail businesses. you could see the shell of the businesses across the street, ones that were often abandoned between the 1870's

. ♪ >> he once called for the planet.of pluto as a sunday, astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson will beur guest on "in-depth." >> our moon as small as it was compared to earth, is five times the mass -- the mass of pluto. pluto lovers were never told that. welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. >> send facebook questions for mr. tyson. he is he authored several books, including welcome to the universe, death by blackhole, and astrophysics for people in a hurry. --day on q&a, defense mental >> completely embarrassed united states navy and shocked the culture that people were to provide information about ship movements. in other things as well exchange for not much money but a fairly lavish lifestyle. >> "washington journal" continues. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] while hillary clinton blamed herself, she also blamed wikileaks

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and on sunday, author and astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on "in-depth." >> allowe to tell you that our moon, as paul as a was -- as small as it was compared to earth, has five times the mass of pluto. --to lovers were told that ere you?ld that, wher welcome to the company of informed pluto regarding -- people regarding pluto. >> we will take calls for mr. tyson come author of several books, including "welcome to the universe," "death by blackhole," and his most recent, "astrophysicists for people in a hurry." watch it live from noon to three clock in eastern sunday on book easternspan2 -- 3:00 sunday on book tv on c-span2. on the navy scandal involving fat leonard francis. >> it completely embarrassed the united states navy. it completely shocked the coulter of the navy that people were corrupted to provide defense marines with mostly information about ship movements but other things as well in exchange for not that much money , but fairly lavish lifestyles. >>

. >> rose: neal degrass tyson is the director of the hayden planetarium at new york's museum of naturalry. he also hosts the popular radio and tv show called "star talk." in both roles, he has sought to make science and the stars access ebl for the rest of us. his latest book is called, "astrophysics for people in a hurry." >> we've got planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies, entire universe past, present, and future. and the interesting thing is that the laws of physics-- it's not a given. it's not written in the sky that it had to be this way. but the laws of physics we established in the laboratory, turns out they apply across the universe and across time. and i celebrate that in a chapter there called "on earth as it is in the heavens." so when you apply the laws of physics discovered on earth to the universe, you are an astrophysicist. >> rose: and universe, the def negz of "universe?" >> strong theoretical consideration is that there might be such a thing as a multi-verse. which is this entity out of which the universe was born-- if you asked what was around before the

"in-depth" with other neil degrasse tyson on c-span2. washington journal continues.ashington journal continues. host: here to take questions and republicansut the care.ement for health julie, let's begin. the this revise and repeal formal care act completely question mark guest: no. that is primarily because congress is using a budget technique to get the bill through. it cannot be filibustered and only needs 50 vote -- 50 votes. the difficult side is there a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. everything in it has to be attributable to the federal budget. there are many things that they can't do in the bill and that initially was part of the problem. to repeal the whole thing, they would need 60 votes and they don't have 60 votes. host: what is excluded and included? included isthing .nything to do with taxes it takes away all the taxes. it takes away the premium

announcer 1: he once called for the removal of pluto as a planet, and on sunday, neil degrasse tyson will be here on in depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, has five times the mass of pluto. people over here -- pluto lovers were never told that, were you? welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. announcer 1: during the live three-hour conversation, we will take facebook questions for mr. tyson, who is the director of the hidden planetarium in new york city and author of several books including welcome to the universe, death by blackhole, and astrophysics for people in a hurry. watch neil degrasse tighten live from noon if the 3:00 p.m. eastern c-span 2. all weekend, "american history tv"'s future in redding, california. we visited many sites so casing is history. the city of reading is located in northern california along the sacramento river near the shasta dam. learn more about reading all weekend here on "american history tv." we are driving across shasta dam right now, we are in the middle of what was the copperbelt

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be right back. ( laughter ) forgive me audience: neil degrasse tyson is my favorite guest-- and my least( laughter ) i know lightsabers wouldn't work in real life, just let me have this, neil! sometimes when i'm feeling down, i walk around my neighborhood wearing a shirt that says, "as seen on tv." ( laughter ) i love my coffee mug. 'cause this ain't coffee. ( laughter ) ( applause ) that smells -- canadian. ( cheers and applause ) ( soft organ music ) when i want to feel good, i do random acts of kindness. and when that doesn't work, random acts of violence. ( laughter ) i still think there's a small chance i have jedi powers. ( laughter ) when i kill a house fly, i leave it's body there, and yell "you're next you bastards!" when i see the sign "no shirt, no shoes, no service", i always think "they're gonna be sorry they didn't include pants". ( laughter ) sometimes i have so many tabs open in my browser that the only solution is to throw out my laptop and start again. ( cheers and applause ) i got kicked out of yoga class because i'm too good. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) the h

. >> this weekend on back to, live on "in depth," author and astrophysicist neil degrass tyson discussesis many books and takes questions. in helene cooper reports on the life of africa's first democratically elected female president on "after words" and the director of the folger

once called for the removal of pluto as a planet and on sunday, author and astrophysicist neil degrass tyson will be our guest on in depth. >> allow me to tell that you our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, has five times the mass of pluto. some people over here, yeah. so pluto lovers never were told that, were you? yeah. welcome to the company of informed people. [laughter] all right? regarding pluto. >> during our live three-hour conversation, we'll take your calls, tweets and facebook questions for mr. tyson who is also the director of the planetarium in new york city and author of several books, including "welcome to the universe: death by black hole," and his most recent, "astrophysics for people in a hurry." watch him live from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> one of the headlines in the "the washington post" today, president trump expresses confidence in the chances of an israeli-palestinian peace deal. but said the u.s. can't force it. palestinian president mahmoud abbas visited the white house today, which included a joint statement by the two leaders.

said,l degrasse tyson there's a multi-verse, likely a multi-verse.ith photography today. this exhibition looks at an artist who came out of the analog world and entered into the digital world. charlie: speaking of the digital world, what is it doing to photography? jeff: it is making more and more people pay attention to shape and form, and asking the role of in ourmerads do society. it is creating an appreciation, and creating a belief that photography has a role in our society. there's no barriers to entry now. with digital tools and iphones, and the cellular world in which we live, the digital world, it is making pictures better. it's making student journalism better. charlie: it's just beginning. i met with an entrepreneur yesterday, talking about how the whole idea of taking content and being able to put it in an iphone, for example, and what you could do with that. george lucas at me, i can make a movie with an iphone. jeff: that's right. qualitatively, it's amazing. just the idea of sharing images likely share stories -- charlie: the number of

once called for the removal of pluto is a planet and today author and astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on in-depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, has five times the mass of pluto. pluto lple over here. overs never were told that. so, welcome to the company of informed people. right? regarding pluto. our three hour conversation, we will take your calls and facebook questions for thetyson, the director of hayden planetarium and author of several books, including " welcome to the universe,:" and " astrophysics for people and -- in a hurry." watch in-depth live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern today on book tv on c-span 2. long, american history tv is joining our charter communications cable partners to showcase the history of redding, california. to learn more about the city tour. -- our current we continue with a look at the history of redding. lori: at the height of california's gold rush in the 1850's, this town of shasta had 7 hotels. saloons, bars, bookshops, wholesale businesses, retail. you can see the shell of the busines

neil degrasse tyson. he is been described as the most popular nerd in the universe.physicistst alive. he is director of the hayden an evangelistd for scientific curiosity and discovery. he has a popular radio and tv show and his latest book is called "astrophysics for people in hurry." billing is perfect for me. sexiest astrophysicist was 40 pounds ago and seven years ago. just put that in context. charlie: you were a young dude. why did you write this book? il: people have jobs, they have kids. if you are curious, is there anything that serves that busy i've south? -- that busy lifestyle? there are things i know you have seen, and i wanted to -- charlie: put them together. dip inxactly, you can and out and in concert the needs of the curious individual. charlie: bear with me. astrophysics. neil: we care about everything outside of earth's atmosphere. [laughter] everything out there is us. planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies. the entire universe past, present and future. the interesting thing is that the laws of physics is not a given. it is not writte

. >> and this weekend on booktv live on "in depth," author neil degrasse tyson discusses his many books and takes your questions. pulitzer prize-winning journalist helene cooper reports on the life of africa's first democratically-elected female prosecute on "after words". and the directer of the folger shakespeare library offers his thoughts on william shake peer's legacy. -- shakespeare's legacy. eric liu, former policy adviser to president bill clinton, discusses how citizens can empower themselves. and booktv visits redding, california, to tour the area's literary sites and talk to hoping authors. for a complete schedule for this weekend, check out our web site, booktv.org. we now kick off the weekend with vanessa williamson's report on americans' attitudes towards paying taxes. ..