for many years, john glenn hosted these events. the last few years when they were unable to come in person, they were with us in spirit. senator glenn passed away in december after a lifetime of service to his country. he was a marine aviator and a veteran of two wars. the first american to orbit the year, a united states senator and a great friend. it is now up to us to carry on in his honor and celebrate his legacy of friendship and discovery. that is why we are here tonight. today would have been his 96 birthday. we had him for nearly a century and that still was not enough. fewughout history, americans have so perfectly era.ied the ideals of our and his example will continue to inspire for generations to come. wouldn'ting's program be possible without the generous sponsorship of boeing. --e to represent boeing is an air force. would you stand and be recognized? [applause] >> thank you to boeing for their many years of support to the john h glenn lecture series and are so many other important programs. we wouldn't be the museum w

what do you think john glenn?ink you clearly did have a good time >> shepard: i'm faking it. what are we having? >> total solar eclipse. solar eclipse of the sun. come on! you're just putting words >> shepard: total eclipse of the heart. remember? >> i'm not going to sing it. >> shepard: everyone will appreciate that. josh feldman, thank you for the shade. >> shepard: another thing is going to happen in a second, it's not going to be as amazing as hopkinsville which is on the right-hand side. hopkinsville has finished its total eclipse of the sun, we're now looking at the back side of the total eclipse of the sun. what's happened is strangely and without anybody realizing it was going to happen, the sun, which is always up here, and the earth which is always here, the moon has gotten in between the two things and you can't see the sun for a minute. and total eclipse of the sun. and right now, because it's 3:00 on the east coast and it's getting into main sun 2:30, main sun not viewing time we're gonna met stations

of every john glenn, allen sheppard, the seven, neilmercury armstrong, sally reid, all the took ouromen who nation to the new heights. but it's not just the astronauts. you 12 know already and you're going to learn a lot more in the days ahead, we couldn't without the dedication of the more than and women of nasa, and the extraordinary who send you to the heavens and bring you home. [cheering and applause] and let me make a promise to all of them into the courageous newly minted heroes on this stage. our administration, this will be true, nasa will have the resources and support you need to continue to make history. to push the boundaries of human knowledge and advance american leadership to the boundless frontier of space. [cheers and applause] v.p. pence: under president donald trump, america will lead in space once again and the world will marvel. president trump recognizes america needs a coherent, cohesive approach for the last and greatest frontier, and that is why i am especially excited to announce after two decades from when it was disbanded, soon president trump will relaunch

and technology and medical aspect to make all possible a one to pull all of this in not just with john glenn so now the interesting thing that it spans the period 1783 through the present. how does this rate to space exploration but also reveals three definitions of space. so the definitions of space because and back in 1783 they were able to build the first balloon so for the very first time in 1783 and effectively in space. and for them space was off the ground. they will 1,000 feet on the very first flight that would have a hard time doing better on my first flight. but about 1920 are 30 her is it much a beating your at the mercy with a hot air helium or hydrogen and work of the ballast to go up and down and 78331828 they got the surface of the earth was :then restarted to go higher and higher and into the stratosphere and when we did that we discovered it to reacted adversely to altitude one of the first aspect shoe encounter is temperatures of the temperature goes down 3-1/2 degrees every 1,000 feet if it is a nice sunny warm day here if he'll get on the tram is 5,000 feet above albuque

machine got john glenn going around the planet and if they get has done better. so any organization or society the leeway -- the only way to break that down is really to break bread to sit down and talk about what happened in your travel the door in your life without the same cultural background so to have those conversations in space i was insuring now was doing my part in the number of ways of diversity so sometimes that final outcome with that negative not clasper to you have applied how many times? if i fly once but if at that point there are so many things that factory in with the engineering standpoint so many different pieces. >> is part of that getting more minorities to apply?. >> i remember when i applied. the massive illustrator to fly first four missions so walking down the hall in washington d.c. and said you cannot get in unless you apply. so we have to make sure that people follow through with a final peace because so those that applied that current selection. so for those numbers to have risen, and those actually among -- applied? i was not going

when she have calculated to get john glenn going around the planet. i think it's gotten better. any organization or that society. whatever the -ism is. his ability to break bread with people. what happened to you. if they don't have the same cultural background. the people that are making the decisions in the astronaut corps. i was on the selection board two times. i was insuring that i was doing my part to make sure that the group of people coming in was as diverse. and number of ways. i think it is better and i think the final outcome we will bring in the last astronaut class. at that point there is some he thinks that factor in. there is 70 different pieces that are attached to it. do you think part of that is eating more minorities to apply. i remember when i applied charlie bolden was a nasa administrator. it was actually in the first mission to the play. i was walking down the hall in washington dc. we want to make sure that people follow through for that final piece. i've heard of a lot of people after the martian. watching matt damon poop and make potatoes from his poop.

others responsible for john glenn making his trajectory.accounting-type jobs. >> there were select positions that weren't. women are definitely capable of being competent programmers. >> do you believe those women were outliers? >> no, i'm saying there are competent woman programmers. there are many at google and the women at google aren't any worse than the men at google, but i'm saying that there were many positions that were listed as coding that are different than what coding currently is. >> a very interesting exchange and also, look at the idea of gender and politics in the current political environment and it is coming together as seen with with the reaction toward this controversial memo, john. >> really interesting, great work. thank you so much. >>> the right to sit. the nfl commissioner speaks out on players sitting down during the national anthem. what he has to say during bleacher report, next. notebooks! one cent! rulers, glue and 12-pack pencils! all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max! ♪taking care of business if

. >> i'm john glenn. >> walter m.chirra. >> to launch the space program, seven men are judged by nasa to have the right stuff and are enlisted into a program named project mercury. >> all systems are go. >> their goal -- to complete a series of manned flights around the earth and pave the way for the moon missions to come. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> human space flight is special, because you're sending people with human eyes and human emotions to truly alien places. >> keith haviland is a space historian as well as an executive producer of a new film telling the story of astronaut gene cernan and the last voyage to the moon in 1972. >> oh, my golly! >> there's no substitute for human experience, human insight, and human ingenuity in exploration. >> and the awe and wonder felt that by that boy growing up in wisconsin back in the 1960s will last a lifetime. by 1990, rick is a successful l.a. lawyer with the money to start building an impressive collection of space artifacts. >> at t

canaveral and later taped kennedy and had the chance to visit with some of the astronauts, including john glenn who was later a u.s. senator. we need more heroes like that. i think and spaceflight is a way to get the public interested in science, but you can't forget the robots are pretty darn impressive. and landingf pluto on mars, those are extraordinary things humans won't be able to do for a long time and in the meantime, the information you can get from robots, the sensors and other materials, that's a way to advance science, just as the international space station. there's a lot more the nation can be doing and i hope events like this rally folks behind more science. host: congressman jim cooper, we appreciate your time this afternoon. thank you. caller: thank you. bye. host: the congressman experiencing the solar eclipse in national -- in nashville, tennessee. c-span spoke with angela's back on the brett of research that will be done, that was conducted during this total eclipse. listen to what she told us about the importance of what scientists were doing during this total eclipse. >> t

katherine johnson, mary jackson, responsible for john glenn making his trajectory to the moon. >> there were select positions that weren't, and women are definitely capable of being competent programmers. >> do you believe those women were outliers? >> no there are many at google. they aren't any worse than the men at google but i'm saying there were many position that is werist willed -- listed as coding. >> do you think there are undercover conservative or alt-right and are afraid to speak up in silicon valley. >> yes, there are many in the closet quite literally. i'm a centrist and i still can't express many of my views. >> some of those reaching out to you or if so i'd be curious to know what are they saying? >> they largely argue with much of what i'm saying and many have either left google because the culture is very alienating towards them or are thinking about it because it's so bad. they don't feel like they can bring their whole severals toing gootoing -- selfing to google. and you have to stay in the closet and mask who you really are. >> first of all, hats off to ge

new information from john glenn and a new photo from the intersection of the car that hit police. we have -- on bat 3. that is the vehicle that hit the white ford focus that i described just a short time ago. this is the vehicle that hit the police. our understanding of things and we only have just a couple of lines from the state television there. but this vehicle came and rammed into police. the people got out of the car. and then began firing at the officers there on scene. incredible that all of this is going down in this tightly packed tourist area. the busiest month of the year. people from all over europe vacationing in barcelona and across the region. and now this really horrendous attack. getting an update from the westminster studios of sky news now. let's listen. >> attack we are seeing has been arrested by the police. but in addition to that, we have been reporting reports from local media about the possibility of armed individuals making their way into a restaurant or a bar. the police have said in reaction to those reports that there is no one held up in a bar in bos

born on july 18, 1921, it john glenn was a decorated u.s. marine, aviator, astronaut, the first american to orbit the earth and later in life, the oldest person to travel. in theesented ohio senate from

the book also includes responses to jason's arguments from two leading black intellectuals john mcwhorter and glenn lowry. so slender book but it packs a powerful punch. as one blogger noted what makes this book shine is the clarity of its logic and accessibility of its writing style. just as fred astaire dance that is rarely expressed his mastery so natural that it seems effortless. how did you get him to write this? there you go. it's available for just $10. $6 on kindle. jason may not get rich with this book that hopefully he will open a few minds. please join me in welcoming the fearless jason riley. [applause] >> thank you for that very kind interaction larry and i'm glad you told a few jokes. i was going to start with a joke about c-span where i appeared recently and then i found out c-span was going to be covering this event and my wife advised me. this will be a joke for a presentation because that's really all i have. thank you, larry. false black power, what am i talking about? in a nutshell what i'm saying is that barack obama needed black voters far more than the voters needed barack ob

watch out for a crash nat john glenn drive. there's one in upper dublin at 309.e susan g.komen walk this morning at the willow grove mall. watch for that. >> accuweather forecast with david murphy next. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! across the region, some of you with a few clouds trying to filter out. 66 degrees in the city. 59 in allentown. cool and comfortable everywhere. this afternoon we're going mostly to partly sunny, 79 degrees, low humidity it will be nice again today. for the weekend highs of 78 on saturday and sunday, low humidity, lots of sunshine, great for the arena bowl tailgating, the union, phillies everything looks good. we get to monday, it's still sunny and dry, 79. tuesday, night, wednesday and thursday, matt we're look for the potential of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. >>> hurricane harvey is due to slam into texas overnigh

. >> did you know that he also played john glenn in the right stuff. >> yes. >> and he was mission controlanks said that line, like how many different ways. >> love to ask him that. i would love to. ron howard put his actors in reduced graph vat aircraft he could create the weight lessness. >> that's not the actually line that said in history. the historical houston, we had had a problem. >> i didn't know that. >> i'm just telling if you want to be historically correct. >> top three. number three, roll it. >> not creators of the biggest smash of all time bring you the next episode in the star wars zagat empire strikes back. >> yes. stars of them all. >> easily. movie that proves that sequels can be better than the originals. this is one of the best. also star trek wrath of cahn on that list. terminator two. >> number two, roll it. >> ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> right. >> stan the about brick this movie is one of the most ground-breaking films ever made. it is masterpiece. from any word or any stand point it's beautiful movie. you have to watch it. >> number one going to be alien or something with li

one quote cited at harris stars in apollo 13 but also john glenn and the voice admissions control ininvolve space would not be complete without some "star wars" reference. >> look at my tie this morning. the empire strikes back is one of those films that are sequels can be better than the original. this is one of the greatest sci-fi space movies of all-time. one of the biggest twist of all time. it really just proves that in my opinion with this is a good storyteller, but the director is such a great filmmaker. >> number two was space oddity, an alien -- no et. tell us about number one. >> was et. as you mention stanley cooper james cameron won the horror film with the best tagline of all time. in space, no one can hear you scream. what a great tagline for a poster. love that movie. >> kevin mccarthy. the mac but me know which you think is the best space movie of all time. an honor to be on. >> mel brooks, baby. >> all of those at the top of the hour. michelle malkin, congressman louie gohmert and tommy laron. it's whooping cough. every family member, including those around new babie

most famous stars this morning , glenn campbell died yesterday after a battle with alzheimer's disease. campbell won five flames, hosted his own tv she and co starred with johnsion of the true grit, glenn campbell was 81 years old. >>> trial between taylor swift and dj she claims groped her continues in denver, colorado, former hoe david mueller testified against swift yesterday, he says that swift falsely accused him of groping her during a preconcert photo opp and claimed that accusation led to his firing. his lawyer got him to concede that multiple supervisors at his radio station discussed possibly letting him go before the alleged incident. >> see how that turns out. >>> 6:45. >>> turning to weather. nice day on tap. >> oh, absolutely gorgeous outside. this is one of the days where i don't mind sky deck duty. it is so pleasant outside. it stays that way all day. so make the excuse find your reason to be outside even if you get up, take a quick walk to try to get your fit bit steps in, do it outside, make the excuse to enjoy this beautiful weather. eyewitness weather watchers are checking in with pretty pictures as we take a look we have got a lot of tho

clara barton cabin john inbound delays through glenn echo this morning.icking up. northbound branch of a right lane blocked just before you get to the beltway coming from camp springs allow for extra time. also have delays from branch avenue on the inner loop to the wilson bridge. 395 northbound edsall road to the 14th street bridge only about ten minute delay. pleasant this morning. you can zoo they yellow line ends around the pentagon. then you delay again as you try to cross the 14th street bridge. 695 both directions to and from the third street tunnel increasing not terrible right now. and then 295 southbound from 50 to pennsylvania avenue, right there it's about a seven minute delay and you can also see the northbound side backs up a bit just north of the 11th street bridge. metro is on time the been on time all morning. back to you guys. >> still ahead pizza lovers rejoice. you can score free slices for life from pizza hut. >> star-studded power at the mtv video music awards last night. we've got the highlights from the big show next. ♪ ♪ >>> pizza

glenn, 1971-1972. professor ruth wedgwood of johns hopkins university, 1976-1977. and frederick a dangerous, partner in the law firm, 1932 1932-1973. the friendly colleague panelists is our superb john newman who joined friendly a as a judge in this court in 1979 and continues to serve as a model for all of us. a special word of appreciation is due to our moderator, the brilliant pierre leval come himself a former friendly law clerk, 1963-1954 who with his characteristic meticulousness and imagination has shaped today's program from the very start. and if i remember correctly, he was awarded the henry j friendly metal of the american law institute, a rarely given recognition. without further ado, i turn the proceedings over to judge wesley who is so skillfully led this year's 120 fifth anniversary celebration. judge wesley. [applause] >> i have to say, i've been on the bench now 30 years and this is most intimidated i've been in a courtroom in 30 years. [laughing] that murderers row up there. a little nervous, mr. chief justice, i had to tell you the truth. thank y

"new york times" reporting glenn thrush tweeted, lots of nervousness in the white house about the trip to arizona. johnpresident to use the trip to unite the nation. >> the president is our president. we want him to be successful. people around him have to get to him to say, okay, you need to show leadership. you need to bring the country together. you're going to go to phoenix and make a speech, fine. that's your right. you can go there. he's got free speech just like the rest of us have it. but when you go, try to use that as an opportunity to say something that's going to bring people together. >> and democrats are facing major financial obstacles even as new state and national polling shows voters favor them to control congress. the real clear politics average gives democrats a nine-point lead on who they want to see in charge of congress. a strong indicator for the midterm elections. but the national committee fell even further behind the republicans in their fund raising last month. the rnc raised $10.2 million in july while the dnc raised $3.8 million. their worst month since july of 2007. so fa

john harwood who was just on is exactly right. they're ignoring him. you can't get things done simply by yelling at glenn thrush. and i think they're badly mistaken if they think this the s going to help them get out of the hole. >> one thing that is striking to me in watching this is, and i'm in touch with a lot of folks who work in immigration law and immigrant communities, and the one place that they have delivered in some ways on the trump agenda -- a lot of stuff has been stonewalled -- things have really changed if you're an immigrant in this country, if you're related to an unauthorized immigrant. >> yes. >> it's really changed. >> oh, yes. >> this may be performance, but what is happening on the ground is quite dramatic. and they are delivering. >> they're delivering in terms of the attitude. the i.c.e. agents feel completely unshackled. they're delivering on the detentions. they're not necessarily delivering yet on the massive deportations. but chris, "latino usa" this weekend, we're going to feature a whole hour on i.c.e. well start with the story of a guy i met because he worked at a plant store here,

john bored eregi. a national park is in the region which is a popular spot for tourists. >> the music world mourning the loss of an icon. singer glenn campbell is dead after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. his star on the hollywood walk of fame continues to be bombarded with flowers and mementos. glenn campbell sold more than 45 million records in his career including hits like "wichita linemen" and "georgia on my mind." he was 81 years old. tiger woods will not be in a courtroom for his arraignment. he is expected to plead not guilty to driving under the influence. a live look where it takes place. the golfer will not attend the hearing and under court rules that means woods is pleading not guilty. officers found him asleep at the wooet. a breathalyzer test did not detect any alcohol. he says he had a reaction to prescribed medication. >>> that so-called google manifesto, the employee behind the controversial memo about verse diversity is talking about his firing. he says he believes he was wrongfully terminated and believes his firing was, quote, for political reasons. we talked to a local attorney about the difference bet

tweet from john mccain who said saddens by the passing of glen campbell, great entertainer, great man, thanks for the memories. keith urban chiming in with a special tribute writing by loves glennrest on that high mountain. he passed away at 85 years old with a full life after a long battle with alzheimer's. rob: everybody is remembering. let's talk about the next story, an interesting one. a painting of the statue of liberty. >> a member the painting democrats hang in capital hill, another painting fiasco, democratic congressman from california has hung a painting that depicts the statue of liberty as a muslim woman in his california district. and the congressional are competition by a student. there a palin was one of the first to weigh in on this. america spots something unusual. take it down or he -- they are going to protest. correia says there's no intention of removing it. heather: we will follow that story. she knows opening a restaurant. >> if you live in the new york area will of this because chito's is opening a pop up restaurant in new york city, not just a riffraff restaurant, celebrity chef and morel is behind this. look at these menu items like flaming hot chatte

john wayne in 1969's >> i reckon i must have the wrong man. >> reporter: he host add weekly tv show from 1969 to 1972 called "the glenn campbell good time hourthe country music hall of fame. seven years later, he received a grammy for lifetime achievement. in 2011 campbell revealed he had alzheimer's disease. but he continued to record and perform in concert. the 2014 documentary i'll be me followed his battle with the disease on his farewell tour. he won a grammy for the film song i'm not going to miss you. just this past june, he and his family released a farewell album called adios. his long-time friend and producer carl jackson told fox, it was songs glenn had always loved but had never had the opportunity to record. at that time his daughter ashley spoke about a lesson she learned from her father. >> the main thing i think i've taken from watching my dad his life on and off stage is authenticity and he actually told me one time, he said, be a super person and the super star will follow. so that's something i've really taken to heart. >> ♪ >> reporter: glenn campbell surveillance video by his wife kim, his eight chirp and ten grandchildr