tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span. check your local listings for the broadcast day.ou can see it again. at this time of what like to ask you to please turn off all your cell phones or pagers, in the electronic devices that might disrupt our program, or as the delta airlines flight attendants says, turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. delta air lines. cheeky. our other this evening is david nichols. he will speak for about 40 minutes and take questions. david nichols is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book, "eisenhower 1956". the christian science monitor called it one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of a matter of justice, eisenhower and the beginning of the civil rights revolution and the lincoln and the indians. he holds a ph.d. and he currently resides in kansas. please join me in welcoming david nichols to our stage. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. and it is an honor to be here. to be with people who love history. that is always the best audience one can ever h

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anyone. >> we are not lecturing anybody. our job is to provide an opinion on the governments that we rate and the u.s. government is one of them. >> your opinions have been wrong before? >> i think our critics are not familiar with our tract record on and that is good . you know, in terps of the job that we do which is to relate our rating to a default risk. >> we talk about the threat. it is always out there and quite right to say it is out there. attention investors and moodies . i like to think that it is a whole other leap to do it and everyone is linked to s&p 500 and they led to potential armageddon. does that ever come in to play. >> we have lowered sovereign governments with ratings before. it is the u.s. . we rate 126 other government downgraded japans. >> but i said this is the united states. >> i got it, it is the u.s.. we are a global eamings and we take a global view and we made our position very clear. we compare the rising conjectory with the u.s. with other triple a sovereigns that we rate and observed many t

washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of separate but unequal. it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had fre

hd video cam for lectures. game pad. have you ever considered this ? it's got all that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon. buy one droid 3 by motorola, the thinnest full qwerty smartphone ever for $199.99, and get another one free. >>> in world news tonight in norway, a national memorial service was held today. the prime minister comforted relatives of the many victims killed in last week's bombing and shooting rampage there. in fact, another person has died from his injuries bringing the death toll now to 77. at today's ceremony, everyone held roses and members of the audience held bouquets in the air each time a speaker took the stage. >>> the crew piloting a doomed air france jet over the atlantic two years ago was not properly trained. that's according to a new report on that 2009 crash. the report says the pilots did not realize the plane was in a stall. they were not trained to fly manually and never informed the passengers that something was wrong. killing all 228 people on board. it had been head

our next living lecture we held may 16 and will feature james stewart, author of tangled webs, false statements are undermining america from martha stewart to bernie madoff. i've seen some of the previous of this book, and you would be well advised to be here. it's fascinating. also in may choice for a lecture featuring the best selling author of devil in the white city, erik larsen, who will be here. he would be discussing his new book in the garden of beef, love, care and american family and hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span, and check your local listings for the broadcast date you can see it again. at this time out like to ask you to please turn off all your cell phones or pagers, any other electronic devices that might disrupt our program. or as a delta air lines flight attendant said, turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. [laughter] delta airlines stewardesses are cheeky. our author this evening is david nichols will speak for about 40 minutes and we'll take your questions. david nichols is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. th

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people who had been fed stalinists propaganda for now you get these trends and much of his time lecturing in the united states what's his view on modern culture we'll hear about it from the public and so did i think struck. schenkel stands as one of the most well known contemporary russian poets the world's best universities welcome the lecturing poets nobel prize nominee. every year on his birthday. returns to moscow to read his poultry from the stage of one of them. this is the place where half a century ago and read his freedom loving versus what was a severely restricted country. obviously if the show and welcome to spotlight to have you here in the studio. well everyone. i will i will i will spend the next twenty six minutes by trying to spoil it. still possible for every eighteenth of july every every day every year when you so. richard burr day you come to the moscow's probably technical museum too to read your poetry to the public well please tell me who comes to this how does the audience change feel. on my point i am a writer who. saw. absolutely need. all professions all ages s

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i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i would like to emphasize about the first piece this is indeed a comic piece and in most instances westerners have a great problem when they come to a concert of classical music and view it as this is supposed to be serious music. this is not serious music and i would ask to you laugh. you are welcome to laugh. you may laugh. you need to practice laughing. we can progress -- all right. now, for those of you that find laughing difficult ladies and gentlemens you can at this timtiter in a nice way andf you want to be butch about it do the manly thought. please this isn't a work of aesthetic value it should be seen as humorous. as i of practicing this piece i can assure you and my ability for tongue twisters in english is limited let alone in japanese so if you see me stop and the priest turn extraordinarily red it's because i had a booboo. if you will excuse me. (music) this is the sort of thing you don't normally see. this would be a curtain and the oil makes it easier t

also many lectures most because the film. because she's only been in the front of it so several small cities of the region bringing together how she's been through she gets to the creek town of central russia. from the palace of aunts to the museum of a friend of a there are several cultural are monks here daniel film festival for example brings many tourists and industry professionals to the region from all over the world but why is one of the world's ones that question and movie let's meet this week's guest let's leave it to me you to meet him now tell me your involvement with the festival here. well few months ago part will begin well little more from director bited need to be director of programming or this first of all so i decided to take this to seize this opportunity to compose a competition program which would consist of or term movies of highest quality why invalid. well actually it's not in your idea to hold a nice film festivals not in the capitals but somewhere in the small cities which might be far away from mad

so many lectures mostly because the full discussion is only going in for itself so the small suffused of the region bringing together he's been fiercely gets to create counties of central russia. from the palace of aunts to the museum in front of a cultural or monks here daniel film festival for example brings many tourists and industry professionals to the region from all over the world but why is one of the world's ones that question and more let's meet this week's guest let's leave it to me and nice to meet you now tell me your involvement with the festival here. well a few months ago part of all the. director of the director of programming for this just all so i decided to take this season sort of unity to compose a competition a program. or term movies of highest quality why. well actually it's not in your idea to organize for us to holes not in the capitals but somewhere in the small cities which might be far away from the crowd but still can become the center of the of the for the film industry for film lovers for filmmakers such as can you know i'm not comparing of course it a

also many lectures most accustomed to discussions going on. in the for itself the simple small suffused of the region bringing together now she's been through she gets to the creetown of central russia. through the palace of aunt sue the museum of a friend of a grocery cultural lamarck's here daniel film festival for example brings many tourism industry professionals to the region from all over the world but why is one of the world's once not question and more let's meet this week's guest let's leave it to me you nice to meet you now tell me your involvement with the festival here. are wealthy most to go part alone given a well known were from director bited need to be director of programming for this so i decided to take this season soper to unity to compose a competition programme which would consist of or term movies of highest quality why invalid. well actually it's not in your idea to hold a nice to holes not in the capitals but somewhere in the small cities which might be far away from the maddening crowd but still can become the center

hd video cam for lectures. game pad. have you considered this by motorola ?that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon. get the latest smartphones like the more powerful than ever droid x2 by motorola. buy one for $199.99, get another one free. >>> having a black president is a challenge. he has decided not to criticize the president about anything, even black that is twice the national rate. >> leslie stahl reporting on 60 minutes on al sharpton's new image. that report showed how close sharpton is to president obama. we saw that when mr. obama actually flew to new york to take part in sharpton's action network gala in april. now there are reports that reverend al may be getting a hosting gig on msnbc. >> not surprised at all. his ideology fits in perfectly. there won't be any criticism of this administration. in the al sharpton hour, but there were some reports that sharpton had blessed the nbc which owns msnbc and this may be pay back for the comcast deal. >> and a write are for "new york times" made that point.

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i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. that is another level of this conversation teary let me extend the conversation a little bit. one of the things that it was after i left or go, i taught for many years at stanford and talk, as i told the kids, real stuff. i started a class on cloud computing. three years ago, i started a class at the university in beijing as well on this subject because i feel it is really important. we are in my opinion in the second year of a 20-year cycle that is no different than the client server cycle that happened last time around, and i think education is an important component of this. so i'm going to take my four or five minutes to educate you guys a little bit on what is this thing we call cloud computing. i'm going to try uses much plain english as i can, leave all the technical buzzwords aside, and try to eliminate -- illuminate for you what is happening. fundamentally, is an economic thing that is happening, and that is what has always driven technologies economics. i will get to that in

hardworking teachers hardworking civil servants hardworking lecturers and others are responsible for this crisis we all know that's not true so let's deal with the let's deal with the with the problem at its roots let's crack down on what i regard as actually electoral fraud and and criminal activity we have already seen that discovered is actually very weak i mean nobody voted for it that's from the start with and it has already made a couple u. turn so we definitely think we can force a u. turn on this one and what's going to happen of course is that it's not going to be just white collar workers we're building tool it looks as if the government doesn't back down but building for something it was something an absolutely enormous we're building towards something we haven't seen in this country since ninety twenty six a general strike and that's going to be very powerful and the government will will will will fall if it comes to that. still to come here on r.t. cross clash and find out why the demolition of a religious monument in ukraine has led to blood and. the first nato says it'

i'm sure you were present at these alcohol lecture and the lecture on the harms of alcohol and smoking and i think for many western people this is a sort of strange concept that somebody your boss would not share your on how you should leave your lives i mean this is certainly an intrusion and somebody has privacy what do you think of god that's true and i for the first time and seeing the first time i was also really very impressed but it's a very nice tool to treat and push the people in this direction and put improve your infrastructure and to support the people and for better life it's a very very good idea. and surely we continue our journey around russia as martin andrews takes us to around st petersburg coming your way after our top stories stay with us. twenty years ago the largest country in the certificates it looks. see. must have been a picture i'm going to speak janet you and where did it take. the close up genius be to the republic of north the situation where the area is occupied by nature preserve. this time for our cheap goes to the region where men flock from all over

alcohol to lecture on the harms of alcohol and smoking and i think for many western people this is a sort of strange concept that somebody your boss with you on how you should lead your lives i mean this is certainly an intrusion on somebody's privacy what do you think about that that's true the first time and. really very impressed but it's very nice to. push the people in this direction and who fear infrastructure and support the people who for better life it's a very very good idea. no matter what position you hold in society there are some accusations that reputation forever even if true false mud sticks and the allegations themselves can be tough destroyed careers. our resident in new york ask people what they think about the thorny issue of sex crimes. the sexual assault cases of d s k angelina's fans are getting a lot of coverage in the news do you think it's right for women or men to report any sexual encounters they feel uncomfortable with this week let's talk about that there are two rules this time trouble leave and the second rule is oh man a pasta till proven otherwise i

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i'm sure you are proud of that piece alcohol a lecture and a lecture on the harms of alcohol and smoking and i think for many western people this is a sort of strange concept that somebody your boss would not share your own how you should leave your lives i mean this is certainly an intrusion and somebody has probably said what do you think about it that's true and i have heard this first time and see in the first time i was also really very impressed but it's a very nice tool to treat and to push the people in this direction and to improve thier infrastructure and to support the people for better life it's a very very good idea. shortly the story of the cheka village is in a soft a military might united states it's off the headlines if human statements. from. the. russian would be so much brighter if you knew more about some from feinstein question some. news for instance on t.v. dot com. wealthy british style most of us but i'm not surprised. at car. market finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlin

one of the most well known contemporary russian poets the world's best universities welcomes the lecturing poets and a nobel prize nominee but every year on his birthday. to moscow to read his poultry from the stage of one of the moscow universities this is the place where half a century ago he read his freedom loving vs and what was a severely restricted country.

otherwise i'll show you later in the lecture. paint lines are another indicator of how damaged buildings are. if you want to look at the paint lines on this building, it's kind of hard to tell until you get up close. remember, this building is kind of a grayish tannish color, i guess. when you get a little bit closer, this side of the building should be the same color as this side of the building. what happened was this building moved away from the building next door and that's how far it moved. separation between buildings. you want to look at the separation to see if it's even, is it the same distance at the bottom as at the top, but that's another indicator of how damaged buildings are. this one looks fairly even, but when you get closer you can tell with the racking on the bottom that this building was pulled away. liquefaction, liquefaction is a term they use when the ground is loose. usually when structures or infrastructure is built on sand or land fill, something that's not solid, what happens is in shaking, during an ear

the president had that hectoring lecturing press conference wednesday, during which he said congresseeds to do their job. congress needs to really focus. and he expects leaders to lead. so setting aside the fact that democrats have not produced a budget in the senate for 793 days, i think it is today, the republicans in the senate said, fine. let's cancel next week's fourth of jewelruly recess, let's buck down and compromise and what did the president do? mitch mcconnell said come to capitol hill, let's talk and the white house said it's not worth our time and the president jetted on of to a political fund-raiser in pennsylvania. come on. >> guy, that's a little bit revisionist. remember when president obama invited the republicans, gave them a couple days' notice to the white house and they just couldn't be bothered to come over. so if we're going to talk scheduling, not to mention part of the reason the democrats had trouble getting a budget through is republican obstructionism. >> no. >> if we're going to talk about budgets, let's talk about the budgets passed under republican lea

analyst an expert on south east european affairs and in barcelona we call cross to omar ashour he is a lecturer in politics of the modern arab world at the university of exit are all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want omar and i could go to you first in barcelona how would you assess nato's operations in libya today because if any on the new source you want to read it stalemate it's quagmire. we're coming across reports of rebels committing our human rights. violations they're not looking so pretty anymore and it's just basically a civil war that has come to a stalemate so how would you assess nato's operations today. well it's that's a civil resistance campaign thirty two ship that somehow turned into an on conflict because that was the choice of a bare feet a logically needed intervention came out of necessity calls from the. opposition fighters nineteenth of march the situation was quite bad there was. forces were on benghazi given what given the history of his level of aggression given what happened in the south and there was the likelihood of i me

i said, "you just talked yourself into an hour lecture." >> hinojosa: oh, my god, what happened at that moment? you didn't really give him an hour lecture from the... >> well, close to it. >> hinojosa: from the bench? >> yes, of course. >> hinojosa: and you had the whole courtroom listening to you? >> well, the people who work with me know me, and they all knew what was going to happen. you can't be late to my court, because i believe being on time is one of the things we need to teach children, and sometimes their parents. there's a consequence to being late. >> hinojosa: and what happens if they're late to your courtroom, judge? >> the first time it's a warning, the second time they go into custody and let the lawyer do an argument. most of the time i still won't keep them, but i'm letting them know that 9:00 means you're there before 9:00. i did not invite them into this court, i don't want them in my court, but if they're going to be there, they're going to be there on time and be respectful and do what they have to do. >> hinojosa: well, there are some people who say, "okay, judge,

the time has begun and for 28 minutes chairman rubino launched into a lecture. basically a soliloquy talking about fairness and how this is terrible and all the stuff he was saying. he was not there to answer questions but give me a lecture. then he said i will hear from you. i started telling him this is not a partisan thing. he said thank you, your time is up, thank you for coming. he shook my hand and the other guy stood up and i said it is time to pull about the atomic bomb. i shook hands with him and said i want to thank you for keeping two promises. promise no. one you told me you would give me half an hour of your time and you did that. promised number 2 is this. i reached into my coat pocket and handed him a piece of paper. when i was 79 made my first trip to washington d.c. and it was a year after watergate. as long as i am going to washington by are to meet all the big movers and shakers who would give me advice how to given to politics. i started writing letters. i came to washington and want to meet with you. i wrote to nelson rockefeller and hubert

a wonderful community programs, lectures, to really represent the spirit of bayview.ut that for your new library? let me also say this community has been one of the models for community engagement. every neighborhood meeting we had, we had up to 100 people that held our feet to the fire, that told us exactly what you wanted to see happen. it was wonderful to work with you on that. thank you, bayview, for not only selling for a modest renovation, but for a brand new, wonderful library. there are many wonderful folks i want to take a moment to acknowledge because they have done a fantastic job in that effort. i want to start with a terrific asset we have, which we are fortunate to have with us, linda. she is fantastic. [applause] also from the neighborhood, a couple of folks that have been very active with our counsel of the neighborhood libraries. mary pavis and larry. [applause] thank you for involvement. and of course, ms. jackson. i do not see libya -- there we are. thank you for your fantastic efforts. we have not forgotten that we still need to have a library pres

well-to-do these lectures and talk about them. i spoke to a group of ceos. this been a couple of years ago. i forget where somehow i came up how ready they work in terms of the continuity of operations and have a continued to get back into business as quickly as possible. one cbs attitude was i had the most loyal group of people. i will come up against anybody else in this room. i challenge him. okay. how do you know that? well, if something bad happens we have all these plants. i will be able to get into the office and do x, y, z. people continued in work remotely. i'm looking and thinking, man, man. you get paid a couple of a gazillion dollars a year in don't have a clue, you don't have a clue that your employees may be the most loyal people in the world and they would walk across fire for yen, but if they can't get to the office when they fire up the computer and it doesn't do anything weather is no connection to the internet and no way to connect wireless, or their home has been destroyed, what do you think they're going to ca

ford, founder, or chair, lecturer, hour upon the present phase of recovery here in the desert, in grandapids, in vail, on larry king, "good morning, america," so many other tv shows, and then on campus. we got to know you as betty. we saw you in the rooms. we listened to you tell stories about your own feelings, your own kilts, you're on ups, your own downs, your own memories of loneliness and fear and shame and we could relate to that, betty. we felt close to you for that. all of a sudden, it was ok for us to have those feelings because you made us understand that it did not have to be that way anymore. and so, we were embarking on this journey together with you but it was very scary. we had no clue how to operate or do anything, made without vodka. i had no clue that it was possible to fill any other way other than scared to deat, hysterical. i had no clue that there was a way out of my desperate loneliness and my overwhelming guilt. but i remembered what you told us the first week we were here back in september of 1983. i remember you said it did not have to be that way anymore, that

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in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my favorite cousin, and she said, what are you doing here? i told her and i said, please come to the reading, i have a book for you. she came. she said my son is getting married tomorrow at the caribbean hilton, could you please come? and i went. i hadn't seen her in 30 years. we were kids together. and after the wedding, there was a reception and she introduced me to her daughters, very beautiful girls, then i met the last one, very beautiful, green eyes, and she said, i want you it meet my son. all this is in spanish, you know? so i said, sure. so she called these 3 boys over, about my complexion, curly hair, and this is barry, brian, and brady. you expect jose jimenez, you know. what's your last name? murphy. murphy? si, si, murphy. very close to the way the irish pronounce murphy. i said, that's amazing. did you marry a serviceman from the -- military person who came to puerto rico. no, the family has been here since the 18th century. and i said, really? so we