it fights the first total war humankind ever fought, a much bigger cost that anybody intended. it ends slavery overnight. 4 million people are liberated. a bloodletting like no other in its history, and then, it has to put itself back together. you might tell your friends that's a hell of a story. it's an epic. that is why we are drawn to it. its legacies. it's meaning. there are problems still out there laying around everywhere. they are on the newscast every night. they are in the headlines every day. if your friends don't know that, tell them to start watching the news or read a newspaper, or maybe you should recommend a few books for them. host: david blight, maybe because it is opening week, but we have a tweet from john who says -- dr. blight did you run across anecdotes involving civil war baseball, perhaps even at appomattox? david: i don't know of any at appomattox, but yes, i am a big a small fan. maybe this is someone who knows that. baseball was played by civil war soldiers. regiments had teams. units had teams. they played a game that we would probably recognize, b

. >> host: on page 264 you say humankind is as much about cooperation as conflict. can you give an example? >> i suppose that point that conversations that is mistaken so rather than give one particular result that it tries to argue on civilization you're invited to believe it is on the basis of civilizations clashing with that relationship to be antagonistic. and that is something to ponder in the relationship is characterized to feed off each other as it is with conflict. >> host: you define six categories of how to decide - - a fine human kind have a beautiful line civilization? swimming may people i've written on civilization and is a very powerful turn the part of that point was to save the hope to be careful about using and then and robust. we need to watch the world built around these categories there is a notion that india is a hindu civilization but actually there are more muslims in india other country except indonesia but these solutions are very powerful but they are mistaken and can be put to pernicious use. >> host: to open the book with religion. why?

.) >> the united states is a grow country a small stab of the united states is a big stab of humankind the united states is a desirable place for artists the city government is generals for the space and this is a small step of the united states u you guess but a big step for taiwan's history we're grateful and appreciate the opportunity >> (speaking foreign language.) >> as a proof of art history i'm confident to say you wouldn't be disappointed because first of all he is an excellent artist with a unique asian cultural and we're a professional team with international experience and third the button and expressive shape of skurmz will brings happiness to the people of san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> god bless america thank you very much. >> yeah, the good citizens of san francisco they're sharing the glory of the u.s. to every corner of the world thanks to the u.s. thanks to mayor ed lee and god bless america. >> there's a saying in taiwan first, you become friends then you get to work. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so, now i'd like to welcome to the stage my fr

. >> this is one of the dishes of humankind.>> potato, chick peas, water, lamb cooked together. add a little fat. mash it up with potatoes and chickpeas. that's good. what do iranians want to eat today? it is a home cooking culture. i mean -- >> yes. we didn't have the culture of eating out. this is a culture of sacred foods in the house. things which are unheard of. it's not in the book. >> that's really interesting. >> a lot of secrets. >> have you ever tried traditional iranian food? >> it's difficult because everybody says the great food of iran is cooked in people's homes. >> yes. >> this is a land of secret recipes passed down within families like treasured possessions. beautiful spread of food. >> she's my wife. i am a really lucky man. she is very good cook. >> bejan, like so many iranians i have met, has been kind enough to invite me to his home. >> this is milk and chicken soup. >> it looks really good. >> my mom said that iranian people loves guests. and they will never get tired if the guest likes their food. >> mm-m

. >> well, of the humankind. i think anyone who is a teacher, especially university teachers -- >> yep. >> -- we have students who are so idealistic and really so wonderful and hardworking. their idealism is so touching because some of us feel that the world is such a fraught place, so fraught -- >> right. >> -- with more ambiguity and pain and suffering and so forth. but a young person of 20 can sort of look at you with these -- [laughter]. this look of idealism and it's just actually quite wonderful. >> but, of course, it is said that this generation, these college students are temperamentally very different than the previous generation. >> well, when you say it is said, isn't this some sort of cliche or stereotype that you're -- [laughter]. that you've gotten -- >> i think i just got an f from you, actually. [laughter]. well, but, you know, you hear all the time that millennials have a very different disposition -- >> i don't know. >> -- than the generation before. >> but i was called the silent generation. >>

. >> one tiny step for man, one giant leap for humankind. >> one step for mankind -- >> i should knowton. >> we have a problem. >> houston we have a problem. >> but in this area of houston, you have a problem. followup question. what is the average thrust to weight ratio of a rocket engine. >> i'm kidding, a lot. name the female pop star who had miss in the '80s. >> mariah carey. >> march rye carey. >> madonna. >> whitney houston. >> come on up -- >> what year was it, the last time james harden was clean shaven? >> when was he born? >> i think he came out of the womb with a beard. >> 2005. >> 2011. >> i don't know. >> 2008. >> that is correct. >> is it really? >> really. that hardened beard is confounding on multiple levels. hopefully we'll be able to do this one more time in two weeks. ktvu fox 2 news. >> he's having a lot of fun out there. you can imagine that beard. >> it's a little too much. >> time is 6:41, people on dirt bikes taking offer the streets. . >> see that, he captured some of the dangerous free stunts in front of san francisco police that let them ride off. why police

. >> the time to answer humankinds greatest challenge is now. we beg of you to face it with courage, and honesty. this body perhaps more than any other gathering in human history, now faces this difficult but achievable task. you can make history, or you will be vilified by it. to be clear, this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs, or to buy a hybrid car. this disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. this is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking divisive large-scale action. >> all right. we can go to the 2014 climate change march, he holds a sign up that says 100% for the planet. now, is he a hypocrite? because he rented a huge big private jet that has long-distance capability and he wanted to celebrate new year's not once but twice. so he went from australia, to vegas, in his private jet with all of his friends and all his model girlfriends, does that make him a hypocrite? >> i don't know whether what you would qualify as being a hypocrite there. >> whoa whoa he's not t

but i have to say that this may not be a genocide by classic legal definition, it is the humankind crisis for our time with 200 the 400,000 cashless millions of displaced and no end in sight. you were very candid in your response yesterday. i appreciated mr. secretary, if you chose what you think of this concept and the challenge that it could present to us. >> sure. thank you, senator. you're right, it is what's happening in syria is a terrible humanitarian tragedy. it's been going on now for several years. the army displaced people within syria, and playing to countries around. we are caught between the two forces, or the country is caught between two forces, oath of which are contributing to this violence against the very people of the country. namely, isil and the like on the one hand, industry regime on the other hand. as you know we are trying to create a third force to combat those and to create an environment in which the syrian people can live in peace which they deserve. your question is about can we establish ourselves as you meditate and safe zone. we did discuss that yesterda

. >> that campaign comes in the form of a youtube video where mayor zuokas taps into humankind's mostmal urges. >> if you see a car that will block exit, for example, from your house or office, what usually you think? usually you think i would like maybe to crash this car. >> with this in mind, they hit the streets of vilnius with a used mercedes they purchased for the video and an armored personnel carrier borrowed from the local military museum. >> it is a model 60. popular in the soviet union. even now they use this but a more modern version. >> the filmmakers park the mercedes illegally in a bike lane and then have only one chance of getting the perfect shot. >> we have only one shot because as you can see. but we were prepared very well. we succeeded easily, quite easily. >> as for the owner of the mercedes, he's played by a local actor. >> we tried to find a guy who looks like the real owner of a mercedes. you could see similar like this guy with a mercedes quite often in the city of vilnius. >> with all forgiven, the mayor cleans up after his mess. >> i like how they have this

and every single culture of humankind that had a history had these two steps. there is a commonality. so if a person argues -- my technique, my religion is better for bringing this fourth van another, -- bringing this fort anotherh than, it is full of. it is a human response. just as there are scores of techniques that are stressful same fight or flight response, so there are scores of approaches that evoke the relaxation response. amy: that is dr. herbert benson, professor at harvard medical school speaking in the documentary "the connection: mind your body." do not worry we're going back to it. we urge you to call right now. i want to bring you as much as we possibly can of this documentary. and you can get a copy for yourself. it is well over one hour. it is done by a young journalist who herself was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her 20's and thought, how can this be? so she went on a journey around the world are g did not want to just do it for herself. what about other people who take ill, and what are the ways to heal ourselves or work with prof

did progress take priority over humankind? how could the desire for a modern way of life that threatens our future be considered a way of life? could it be we are connected to all things in the universe, not the center of it? that suburbs in los angeles affect the melting ice caps of antarctica? deforestation in the congo affects the typhoons of japan? now, we must face the insurmountable challenges for what they really are opportunities to reinvent and redesign. "e2, the economies of being environmentally conscious."

minutes for days on end became clear to me all of us on earth are inextricably linked to each other is humankinde is no high for them. we are one. our very existence is completely dependent on the workings of that little blue marble i can hold in the palm of my hand. so i came to believe i owed it to myself and the people who put me in space to make good on that unique point of view. it was this newfound perspective that led me to leap into my next professional adventure, putting scientific understanding of the earth to work for all of us and so i returned to earth. i built not found, but built a career focused on achieving the outcome. my work at noaa has allowed me to make good on this and contribute to the problems most pressing in our times in the style to the future, the problems that do not discriminate based on race gender or wealth. this challenges like so many in the past can only be addressed by coming together and thinking of generations yet to come. this'll take listening to each other, learning for new is to have a mind and learned that your experience at american university has ins

lord you have given each of us the same number of hours and minutes to serve you and humankind.

for generations dating back to the dawn of humankind, every man, woman, and child has looked up to thetars and wondered. we imagine that the dots of life could reveal a glimpse of the future, and we thought that each night we saw the whole heavens stretching above us. but as technology has given us new eyes to see the universe, we discover that even on the clearest of nights we can only see a fraction of the stars in one small section of the galaxy. i still look up at the stars with wonder. and i know that we are only at the start of our mission into this greater frontier. you see, i spent time in school just like every kid in america learning about our first voyages into space and the moon landing. i remember how much pride i felt knowing that america did it first and that our flags flag still flies up there today. but that is not where we are meant to stop. america has always led because it's in our nature to lead. we crossed over the mountains of the appalachians and into the great plains. we climbed the rockies to the golden coast of california and beyond. creating a nation and a l

much longer, much longer than humankind has walked the earth. and every year, that concentration increases. the fact that increasing levels of carbon in the atmosphere warm the planet has been established science for 150 years. science on this was being published in scientific journals when abraham lincoln in his top hat was walking around washington. we've pumped more and more carbon pollution into the atmosphere, we've measured corresponding changes in global temperatures. now, there is some mischief afoot. people who cherry-pick the data to create false impressions to create false doubt. well the honest thing to do is to look at all of the data and when you look at all of the data, you see long-term warming. you see warming so obvious that scientists call the evidence unequivocal. unequivocal. that's about as strong a science word as you can have. evidence of the changing climate, the consequences of un checked carbon pollution abounds, more extreme weather rising sea levels and warming and acidifying oceans, all as predicted. these changes a

lord you have given each of us the same number of hours and minutes to serve you and humankind. teach us to seize each opportunity we have to live for your glory. deliver us from anxieties about yesterday, today, and tomorrow. strengthen our lawmakers in their work. give them understanding and courage to act on their convictions. when they are tempted to doubt increase their faith. guide their lives by your unfolding providence, enabling them to use the gift of time to work so that peace will rule in our world. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our beloved flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today not only will congress pass a budget for the first time in six years, it will pass a balanced budget for the first time in recent memory. this is something many americans h