and laumpy andrews, annie jacobsen and michael shermer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guys. they regale with tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> the house ways and means committee on tuesday heard from a panel of experts on the pros and cons of current retirement savings plans. the hearing was also to discuss possible changes to certain options as part of comprehensive tax reform. all those who testified agree tax incentives of crucial to employer and employee participation. representative david camp chairs the committee, and this is two hours. >>> good morning. we meet today to continue our dialogue about what i hope will result in a bipartisan path forward to reform our fe

and surveillance with laurie andrews, michael jacobsen and michael shermer. all online at booktv.org. >>> from the colonial era prohibition to today, blinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night live, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of that story with the american history guys. they have tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner discussed a number of challenges facing the u.s. economy yesterday at the brookings institution. currently he says the recovery is grandly moving along but looking ahead the secretary says america faces a big governing task before the new year with respect to issues like the debt limit and bush tax cuts. mr. geithner's remarks come ahead of this week's imf, world bank and g-20 finance ministers spring meetings. >>> good morning, everyone. it's is a great privilege, honor and pleasure to welcome you on behalf of brookings secretary geithner this mornin

. >> and at five, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, annie jacobson and michael shermer. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >> in his new book, rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police on march 3rd, 1991. mr. king talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction as well as the acquittal of four of the police officers in the case which led to rioting in los angeles. on tuesday, he speaks in harlem, new york city. booktv will bring you this event live online. at 6:30 ian, go to -- eastern, go to booktv.org. you can also check our television schedule at book the.org or for -- booktv.org for air times of this event. >> coming up next, ben hellwarth talks about the navy experiment launched in 1964 to study the ocean floor and test the limits of our ability to live deep underwater for long periods of time. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. thanks for coming out on a mostly sunny saturday afternoon here in santa monica where, as was mentioned, i grew up

. -- michael shermer. >> the u.s. for the week yesterday and will reconvene tuesday for legislative business. next week, a bill to improve information sharing between the government and business when it comes to cyber security -- a motion to go to work with the senate. the senate is back on monday at noon for more work on the violence against women act and overhauling the postal service. you can see the senate live on c-span2. >> this is such a complicated concept that we have never ever fought a war like this before. it is really complicated. what is referred to in washington as nation-building really is very, very targeted were fighting. >> he has been decades covering u.s. military operations for various news organizations. this week he won a pulitzer prize for his series. he is one of the many pulitzer prize winners named this week. you can watch him on line at the c-span video library. fight over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. studentcam asked what part of the constitu

at 5:00, lori andrews, any jacobson, and michael d shermer. >> un secretary general ban ki- moon delivers a keynote address at the center for global development form on removal and state -- renewable and sustainable energy. because of a that obama ought to attend the un conference this summer. world leaders and officials from around the world are meeting in june to discuss how developing a grain economy can eliminate poverty. this is about 40 minutes. >> i now have the great privilege -- really it is a privilege -- of introducing secretary general ban ki-moon. i am not going to give his bio, i would just say a couple of things. i have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting him several times with a group of economists. one of the things that has impressed me very much as head of the center for global development is how he is a champion of the developing world and of the world's pour. the second thing relevant for today is he has taken tremendous leadership on this long-term issue of energy for all and eliminating energy poverty, and, of course, clean energy. that is what we need from ou