eastern, thomas dolby, author of "the speed of ound." watch the 15th annual indianapolis -- annapolis book festival. president trump earlier today hosted a white house town hall meeting about some of his initiatives concerning infrastructure, eliminating regulations, education and work force development. vice president mike pence introduces the event. vice president pence: thank you very much for that. how about a round of applause for that last panel, ivanka, dean, will burr. it's a pleasure to welcome you to the white house. thank you so much. i want to thank everyone

ladies in german, thomas dolby. ladies and gentlemen, thomas dolby.[applause]. >> thomas will sign copies of his book over in the activity building. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that wraps a book tvs live coverage of the 15th annual annapolis book festival. everything you have seen today will air again tonight beginning at midnight eastern time and you can also watch each individual segment online at book tv.org. >> sunday night on afterwards, blue on blue, and insiders story of good cops catching bad cops. former chief of the nypd internal affairs bureau talks about his book with former nypd officer and author of, once a copy. >> i spent 41 years in the nypd. i saw acts of courage, bravery, integrity, but there's always

ladies in german, thomas dolby. ladies and gentlemen, thomas dolby.[applause]. >> thomas will sign copies of his book over in the activity building. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

then, the author of "playing to the p.m., thomas0 dolby author of "the speed of sound: breaking the barriers between music and technology." watch the book festival live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. and public economist health official talks about potential changes to the medicaid program. the conversation includes access to health services in rural areas, and the republican efforts to repeal the affordable care act. the alliance for health reform hosted this ballroom. forum. d this >> good afternoon. welcome. , president and co-ceo of the alliance of health reform. for those of you not reform -- not familiar with us, we are a nonpartisan nonprofit. we have been around for 25 years. our mission is to inform policy makers on how

eastern, dolby, the author of speed of sound, breaking the barriers between music and technology.hat's the 15th annual analysis -- annapolis book festival live at 10:00 on c-span2 tv. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. coming up live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on the relationship between the 13th amendment and the incarceration of african-american and. -- men. host: this is video provided by the pentagon on the strike by the united states against the airfield believed to have been used in a chemical weapons attack. president trump justified the use of source saying it was a vital interest of the united states to halt the spread of chemical weapons. russian president vladimir putin calling it "an act of aggression against a sovereign nation." this is washington journal for april 7, the next three hours, your phone calls on the strike

eastern, thomas dolby, author of the speed of sound, breaking the barriers between music and technology. watch the 15th annual book festival live saturday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span to book tv. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memori l museum director and president and ceo of the national september 11 museum in new york city talk about the creation and message bu behind both museums. >> why would you build it in washington? doesn't belong in berlin or jerusalem. we try to answer that question so the first part of your museum experiences hearing from the american g.i. who asked that question which is how is it that human beings can do this to one another, and throughout the exhibition we keep bringing back what american new and when america knew it. >> the centennial of the entry into the great war from the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city missouri. at 2:00 p.m., david mccullough on how the founders valued education, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of hardship. >> the first seven p

thomas dolby, everybody.her today and i think i want to do a little experiment with you. for my own selfish reasons. i'm standing here in front of incredible crowd of science malls here on the national of d.c. come in the pouring rain you came out to support this cause. i can see the white house right there in the background. i think what i want to do is i want to take the biggest selfie ever. do you think you guys can smile for me? [applause] >> all right, i want you to do the same thing. everybody take out your phones. the incredible technology that you have in your hands, these minicomputers will and based upon science, -- built and based upon science, and take a group selfie. let's do it. yeah. [laughter] all right, guys. don't forget to tag those photos. dayh 1 science and earth , and-- march 4 science earth day 2017. remember, nothing is untouched by science. it is everywhere and it pops up in places you would least expect. art is at the root of much of our understanding about science. its da vinci's il

forget dolby 5.1 audio. forget realistic lighting effects. most cases. attitudes to games won't exactly enthusiastic, either. sports games. well, sports games, to me, are perhaps the most appalling use of computers. here it is, this is a decathlon. well, doing a decathlon on a commodore by wagging a joystick like this is really not a substitute for going out and getting a spot of fresh air. ouch. there was one genre of games, though, where the graphics and audio didn't matter. where it didn't matter that you would often be presented with a still, 8—bit image, or sometimes just a black screen with a flashing white cursor — that screen itself was the window into worlds of limitless imagination. welcome to the experience of the text adventure. when computing power was limited, the text adventure that players head—scratching puzzles and mysteries, all brought to life by typing instructions into the game. but the reason that i've taken us on this journey down 32 kilobyte memory lane is a game. it's a game that i've been playing on this, the amazon

to get dolby 5.1 audio. to get realistic lighting effects. forget about 3—d graphics in most cases. sports games. well, these are perhaps the most appalling li5t well, these are perhaps the most appalling list of computers to me. this is to cap on. doing a decathlon ona this is to cap on. doing a decathlon on a commodore, white wagging a joystick, i5 on a commodore, white wagging a joystick, is not a substitute for fresh air. ouch. there was one genre of games, though, where the graphics and audio did not matter. where did not matter that you would often be presented with a still, 8—bit image, or sometimes just presented with a still, 8—bit image, or 5ometime5ju5t a black presented with a still, 8—bit image, or sometimes just a black screen with a flashing white coaster. that screen itself was the window into worlds of limitless imagination. welcome to the experience of the text adventure. when competing power i5 text adventure. when competing power is limited, the text adventure that player5 head scratching puzzles and mysteries, all brought to life by typing instructions into the

eastern, thomas dolby, author of "the speed of ound." watch the 15th annual indianapolis -- annapolis book festival. president trump earlier today hosted a white house town hall meeting about some of his initiatives concerning infrastructure, eliminating regulations, education and work force development. vice president mike pence introduces the event. vice president pence: thank you very much for that. how about a round of applause for that last panel, ivanka, dean, will burr. it's a pleasure to welcome you to the white house. thank you so much. i want to thank everyone involved in the partnership for new york city. michael corbett, steven schwartzman. it's an hn nor to have the leaders that are gathered in the room here with us today. i know the president is on his way over, it's my great privilege this morning to share a few thoughts in the midst of this important conversation on the topics that you're covering before i introduce my friend and the 45th president of the united states. but let me say first and foremost, the companies rep

thomasthe stage dolby. >> ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, it is hour!homas dolby ou >> ♪ science!ce technology blinded me with science science! smell the chemicals blinded me with science, science science motion poetry in and when she turned her eyes to me as deep as any ocean as sweet as any harmony science ed me with she blinded me with science geometry me in when she is dancing next to me blinded me with science, science science hear machinery blinding me with science, science science huh, it's poetry in motion and now she's making love to me elements in harmony she's blinding me with science and hit me with technology i don't believe it anything nd poetry in motion when she turned her eyes to me as deep as any ocean as sweet as any harmony but she blinded me with science blinded me with science me with science ♪ [cheers and applause] >> mr. thomas dolby, everybody! science."e with >> are you ready? ♪ >> science! thomas dolby, everybody! all right, guys. i really, really excited to be here today. i think i want to do a little experiment with you for my own selfish reasons. i am

thomas dolby!cience, science ♪ ♪ yes, science ♪ i can hear machinery ♪ blinding me with science ♪ science ♪ it's poetry in motion ♪ and now she's making love to me ♪ ♪ the elements in harmony ♪ she blinded me with science ♪ and hit me with technology ♪ hup, hup, hup ♪ ♪ ♪ i don't believe it, there she goes again ♪ ♪ she's tidied up and i can't find anything ♪ ♪ all the tubes and wires ♪ it's poetry in motion ♪ when she turned her eyes to me ♪ ♪ as deep as any ocean ♪ as sweet as any harmony ♪ she blinded me with science ♪ i believe in science ♪ she blinded me ♪ she blinded me with ♪ science >> mr. thomas dolby, everybody. [ applause ] "blinded me with science!" ♪ >> science! thomas dolby, everybody. all right, guys. i am really, really excited to be here today and i think i want to do a little experiment with you for my own selfish reasons. i'm standing here in front of incredible crowd of science lovers here on the national mall of d.c. in the pouring rain you came out to support this cause. i can

we heard thomas dolby sing "she blinded me with science" total '80s geekry out here to some degree. what they want basically is for the president to understand their concerns, which is funding by the federal government for science. the federal employees, a lot of them here in washington, d.c., obviously their concerns about their science being filtered through a political lens and they want to basically march here and around the world to show the support for science and science funding. fredricka? >> miguel in the nation's capital. to rachel, north to new york city, where a rally is under way there. describe how it has unfolded besides somebody just, you know, knocking into you there? just a busy place. >> well, fred, i am in a very crowded times square right now. also very rainy, i might point out. lots of umbrellas but lots of homemade signs. one in particular my favorite saying there is no planet b, educate washington. there has been a lot of spirited and creative posters out here today, but there was a rally held earlier at central park that got kicked off with a -- you know, a

thomas dolby, author of the speed of sound.ch the 15th annual annapolis book festival on c-span2's booktv. sunday night on q&a. >> here was a yellow pad where haldeman writes down in the midst of the october 1968, we are going to monkeywrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and he denied it to david frost and he denied it to his biographers. always said that he had never played any role in doing this. on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. washe way the team assembled -- they were clumsy, they were cynical burnt out former intelligence agents who are supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> washington journal continues. host: congressman paul tonko of new york joins us now. a week removed from president

youre second question was about larry dolby. i was surprised he makes his debut with the cleveland indians and becomes the first african american player in the american league. but he had a much harder time that first year. one of the things that branch rickey did is that he brought robinson along slowly. gave him a year in minor-league to prepare. came in cold. one day he is playing in the negro leagues, and the next day he is playing for the indians in the big leagues. that is a tough transition for anybody to make. on top of that the indians did not have a position so he was relegated to pinch hitting. he has no experience in minor leagues then comes up to about two or three times a week has no chance to acclimate himself. as a result of that he fared pretty poorly. he became a great hitter as you know, but in 1947 he made very little impact. i think that is testament just how much thought branch rickey had put into this approach. if jackie robinson came in to serve as a pinch-hitter, the message that he sent that american re

eastern, thomas dolby, author of "the speed of ound." watch the 15th annual indianapolis -- annapolis book festival. president trump earlier today hosted a white house town hall meeting about some of his initiatives concerning infrastructure, eliminating regulations, education and work force development. vice president mike pence introduces the event. vice president pence: thank you very much for that. how about a round of applause for that last panel, ivanka, dean, will burr. it's a pleasure to welcome you to the white house. thank yoo

and at 3:00 pm eastern, thomas dolby author of "speed of sound." watch the 15th annual annapolis book festival live on saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> in case you missed it on c-span. clinton watts of the foreign policy research institute had the senate intelligence hearing. >> through the end of 2015 and start of 2016, the russian influence system began pushing themes and messages seeking to influence the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. russia's overt coverts sought to sideline them on the political spectrum with adversarial views towards the kremlin.

eastern, thomas do dolby, author of "the speed of sound, breaking barriers in technology." >>> senators ben cardin and mar cue rubio spoke at an atlantic council discussion on human rights abuses by the administration of russian parking light vladimir putin. after their remarks, a prominent russian dissident swho survived two poison assassination attempts. [ indiscernible chatter ] >> one, two, three. one more. one, two, three. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to the atlantic council. i'm paula dobriansky. i'm on the executive committee of the atlantic council board, and i really want to commend the council's center for today's program, which is entitled "the state of human rights in putin's russi russ russ russ russia." today's forum is particularly timely. russia has experienced the worst crackdown in human rights in decades, and we have three keynote speakers who will be up first and all of whom are making a difference in their own way. they're strong outspoken advocates for freedom and basic human rights in russia. i'm going to introduce the first three. then we'll be having a pa

eastern, thomas dolby. watch the 15th annual annapolis book fair life at 10:00 a.m. eastern on book tv. >> on q & a. >> here was a yellow pad where alderman writes down in october of 1968 we're going to monkey wrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. this has always been rumored but nixon denied it at the time to johnson and denied it to david frost and to his biographers. said he never played -- >> john farrell author of the book "richard nixon the life." >> if way that the watergate burglars, their team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out former fbi or intelligence agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> president trump's proposed fence along the u.s./mexico border was the topic of a senate homeland security hearing. former customs and border protection, david aguilar was part of a panel that walked lawmakers through the planning, designing and cost of the proposed border wall. this hearing

eastern thomas dolby author of the speed of sound, breaking the barriers between music and technology. watch the 15th annual annapolis book festival live on saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. this weekend on american history t.v. on c-span three. saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memorial museum director sarah plainfield and alice greenwald president and see the l of september 11 memorial and museum in new york city talk about the creation and message nine book museums. >> why would you visit in washington people asked? doesn't belong in berlin or jerusalem? so we designed the architecture and the exhibition to try and answer that question. so the first part of your museum experience is hearing from that american gis. who asks that question which is as it that human beings can dues to each other. --. >> from the -- how the founders valued education, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of hardship read. >> first seven presidents of the united states, john adams was the only one who never owned a slave. out of principal. not because he could n

thomas dolby, author of "the speed of sound." watch the 15th annual annapolis book festival live on saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> researchers and advocates discussed autism awareness at an event on capitol hill. speaks included julia, "sesame street"'s newest character, who is autistic, and the co-chairs of the congressional autism caucus. hol holly robinson peete moderated this eventually which features a preview of julia's appearance on "sesame street," set to air april 10th. >>> my name is jasmine. i'm 7 years old. i share my bedroom with my little

eastern thomas dolby author of "speed of sound: breaking the barriers between music and technology." atch on book tv. this weekend on c-span 3, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memorial museum director sarah bloomfield and alice green wald in new york city talk about the creation and message behind both museums. >> but why would you build it in washington? doesn't it belong in jerusalem? so we tried to build the exhibitions to try to answer that question. so the first part is hearing from that american g.i. who asked that big question which is how is it that human beings can do this to one another. and then throughout the exhibition we keep bringing back what america knew an when america knew it. >> the centennial of america's entry into the great war from the national world war i museum from the museum in kansas city, missouri. and how the founders viewed education, slavery and purr veered in the heart of it. >> john adams was the only one who never owned a slave. out of principle. not becauseer couldn't necessarily afford one but out of principle. and abigail'

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