peter smith from national energy action, thank you. re benefits to customers. lots of us grew up learning to play a musical instrument but it's an activity which many children with disabilities can't easily take part in. a charity is calling on manufacturers to make adaptations to instruments. nicky butt letter has been to meet ten—year—old guy, who is learning to play the one—handed bagpiper. —— ricky boleto. for guy, a dream come true. he has learned to play the scales, and let's be honest, he looks the part too. but getting this far has not been easy. he was born with no left hand. i have got a bone missing in it and i have got five fingers but some are really small and i have always felt special. not many people your age want to learn to play the bagpipes. what made you so interested in that instrument? my mum's scottish so when we go there we see my uncle neil, and he plays the bagpipes. his mum reached out to the one—handed musical instrument trust. it has changed his life. they found this that has changed his life. in each of the

thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> the conservative political action conference is meeting this week at maryland's national harbor. energy secretary rick perry, interior secretary ryan zinke and congressman mark meadows will be among the speakers. live coverage gets underway at 8:35 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> and later in the morning, president donald trump will speak at cpac. other speakers include kellyanne conway, linda mcmahon and the head of the fcc chair. that's live at 10:05 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> join us saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3 at the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia, for live coverage of the civil war's impact on americans. speakers include peter carmichael, director at gettysburg college civil war institute, james robertson, author of "the untold civil war." jane schultz, author of "women the at the front" and amy morrell taylor the author of "the divided family in civil war america." from the georgetown university law center. guest speaker thomas west talks about hiss book, "the political theory of the american founding." >> in a republican form o

thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> the conservative political action conference is meeting this week at maryland's national harbor. energy secretary rick perry, interior secretary ryan zinke and congressman mark meadows will be among the speakers. live coverage gets underway at 8:35 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> and later in the morning, president donald trump will speak at cpac. other speakers include kellyanne conway, linda mcmahon and the head of the fcc chair. that's live at 10:05 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> join us saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3 at the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia, for live coverage of the civil war's impact on americans. speakers include peter carmichael, director at gettysburg college civil war institute, james robertson, author of "the untold civil war." jane schultz, author of "women the at the front" and amy morrell taylor the author of "the divided family in civil war america." from the georgetown university law center. guest speaker thomas west talks about hiss book, "the political theory of the american founding." >> in a republican form o

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national infrastructure action plan as well as working with owners and operators state local officials to secure our nation's critical infrastructure. we have developed joint exercises across mutations and information technology, energy, financial service sectors, to enhance our coordination for seizures and we have also -- byrdination procedures -- partnering with information sharing and analysis organizations. now more than ever, our efforts to support state and local officials in the security of infrastructure is quickly important. we see that as a vital national interest, several attacks on his country as pointed out are becoming more complex. they range from not only nationstates, but also cyber hacktivists.d ja and they're becoming more sophisticated and dangerous. the digital world has reshaped our lives, common tasks have been streamlined and the way we communicate has changed. the continuing evolving digital age has improved our quality of life, but it has also changed the threat landscape and expanded the adversaries attack surface to damage. we certainly haven't been resting on our laurels, we have been engaged with the elections that took place last year. thespecial elections and senate and congressional

nation. will it work? from washington, i have all that and more next. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actionsan add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> america workers are making more money. between 1979 and 2016, average earnings increased about 30%. researchers say it's because people are working more hours instead of higher wages. average americans work 7.8% hours more year in 2016 than 1979 and the lowest income workers upped their hours by more than 24% in the same time period. >>> the trump administration orders new sanctions against north korea. the president making the announcement during the largest gathering of conservatives at the annual cpac conference just outside washington. caroline shively has the details. >>> reporter: the trump administration reiterating today it will not accept a nuclear no

nation. we must take action to protect our infrastructure from cyber attacks and the grid and energy networks are under constant cyber attacks from 2012 to 2016 reporting them and doubled. so now the as a rule ner arables have been exposed by various attempts including russians to hack into the electricity grid, it's not a threat, he have been hacked and must take steps to protect your energy infrastructure. i appreciate the chair traving to the novrt west to see the technologies and approaches to cyber security and she and i worked on legislation that we passed, to the united states senate, we are hopeful that our colleagues will make this a priority and move forward in working on this with cyber security since the infrastructure is so important. obviously, diversifying the energy mix is another key part of the energy security puzzle and minimizing the consequences of climate impact which threatens around home and around the world. reinnesting in renewable energies and fossil fuels and ways to help drive down cost we've seen great examples of a forgetting the right terminology, the fact the

that support action on climate change, renewable energy now provides more jobs than fossil fuels and lots, lots of american manufacturing. yet, the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers spend millions and millions of dollars lobbying congress against climate action, against renewables, and in favor of the fossil fuel industry. go figure. in 2016, senator warren and i surveyed the 108 companies on the chamber of commerce's board, and we couldn't find a single one that would endorse the chamber's anticlimate lobbying. not one. many of these companies had very public proclimate positions. none, none said they had even been consulted by the chamber about the chamber's anticlimate crusade. and the u.s. chamber of commerce's war on climate action isn't just in lobbying congress. it also spends tens of millions of dollars in elections, using political attack ads to sink proclimate candidates. so i asked in my last speeches, why. why the chamber advanced the special interests of the fossil fuel action opposing climate action, ignoring their own proclimate members and turning their backs on the whole renewable energy and green technology economy.

competition and icelandic energy orcus is the small nation won't be able to keep up time for sport now his foreign. lauren thank you so much high winds have again hit the action at the winter olympics in pyongyang more events had to be postponed and some of those that did go ahead were adverse lee affected and the women's slopestyle is snowboarding all of the riders fell on at least one run one set after it was like riding into a wind tunnel defending champion jamie anderson of the united states stayed on her feet long enough to win gold but many competitors were happy. i feel so so happy. african femto got another call to definitely was a struggle out there today for everyone and i'm just happy honestly vault of one down. element of survival to die was to show us that survival mode it wasn't about doing the biggest and best tricks it was just making a way down the course and in a safe and powerful manners you couldn't. there were elements of it that were you know scary our correspondent lee wellings who was in chiang chang sides the decision to proceed with the slopestyle was taken by the sport's governing body and not the international olympic committee wel

action. >>> from south korea to san francisco. a lot of emotion and excitement here as the american athletes walked in the parade of nations last night. because who would understand all of that special energy former olympians? today in the bay was at pier 39 where a room full of olympians watched the opening ceremony. >> reporter: there was a round of cheers for team usa as they entered the stadium in pyeongchang. >> when they walk in, it just sent chills up my spine. memories come tumbling down. >> reporter: it's been a few years since beverly brockway took part in an olympic opening ceremony. she was an alpine skier when the games were in squaw valley. susie jones roy was a swimmer in the summer olympics. she says watching the winter olympics is still moving. >> it takes me back to 1968, when i was in the olympics in mexico city and how i felt in the opening ceremonies. the excitement, the wonder. >> each athlete wore their uniforms from the years they competed. you'll notice a few didn't wear red, white and blue. as the athletes in pyeongchang parade into the olympic stadium, they are becoming part of this exclusive group. and it's a lifetime membership. >> we have a seeing here in the

to the conservative political action conference to institute'stland tim huelskamp to discuss conservative economic and energy policy. later, becky pringle of the nationalcation association will be here to discuss school safety and president trump's proposal to arm teachers and school staff. join us saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv at the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia, for live coverage of the civil war's impact on americans. of theobertson, author untold civil war, jane schultz, author of women at the front, and in taylor, author of the divided family in civil war america. at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, from the georgetown law talks, a guest speaker about his book, the political theory of the american founding. >> in a republican form of government based on consent, elections are needed in any other form of government more. the people picked the rules. america, thereel historic about the brown v. board of education decision. >> delegates from high schools in st. louis. >> at our school, some kids just don't like colored people. >> some people don't like white people either. >> i think it is the individual tha