are you really going to be on npr?ne from my office, regarding the recent so-called "discovery" of magnetic monopoles in spin-ices. it's pledge week and they're trying to goose the ratings with a little controversy. very cool, congratulations. thank you. my mother is very excited. she's convening her bible study group to listen in and then pray for my soul. i was on the radio once. i called in to fever 104 fm new delhi and was the fourth person to say the phrase that pays: "fever 104, aajke naye acchha sangeetka ghar." that means: "fever 104, home of the really good current music." it's much catchier in hindi. all right. these are the talking points for my npr interview tomorrow. i need to make sure that they're simple enough for the less educated in the audience to understand. howard, look this over and tell me what's unclear to you. excuse me, i have a master's degree in engineering from the massachusetts institute of technology. it required the completion of 144 units of grad work and an original thesis. yes. look t

look, npr has this.ou can go into the npr site, a lot of the sites that have talk radio stations and find what you look for, get it for free, download it, and listen to it on your computer. >> it's all about making it really easy for consumers. the effort that it takes to down load to maintain those podcasts and listen to them is a lot more -- if you could just bring it to the fingertips of the user, just hit play, listen to it, and enjoy the content. it's an approach that is really for lean back listening. the algorithm is so sophisticatd and the technology understands what you like, what the community likes, and brings it to you without you putting in any effort. >> as last week, it says data from the twitter stream if you let it get into your twitting stream, they figure out from your twitters exactly what you are most interested in; right? >> absolutely, slugly. who you follow on twitter is indications of the interest, technology, business, science, absolutely, yep. >> i noticed you had some deal wor

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joining me now is the host of npr's "morning edition." here it's really early.uess you're used to these hours. we saw. we saw here in tehran, enthusiasm, lines, the mayor of tehran was very popular here. what did you see at the polls? >> i was interested that some people seemed to make up their minds at the last minute to show up. you mentioned some people were determined not to vote. we talked with voters who said last night, we were 50/50 and decided to show up. i also heard the word several times, change, erin. sometimes spoken in english. american political consultants talk about being the candidate of change in a time of trouble. there's a lot of trouble in the country and the people who want change seem to be going for rohani. there were people who turned out hoping their vote can change things. >> and that's interesting. you really did see that. we saw that, some of the younger voters for rohani. what was it like for you covering this? i want to share this with our viewers because we were having this conversation before, sometimes people flock over and wa

security correspondent at npr, and i do a lot of reporting on issues in the cyber domain. so it is a privilege for me to be able to moderate this discussion today and to help introduce this important report. you know, i have been to a lot of these cfr meetings and i usually get stuck way in the back. one of the special privileges of being moderator is you get really a friend and seat.-- a front-end seat. it has become a cliche to say how revolutionary the development of the internet has been, how it has transformed communications, political organizations, crime, intelligence gathering, and even war fighting. the development has occurred so fast that governments, lawmaking, our institutions have not had time to adapt to it. this lag, this developmental lag has been exaggerated by the very decentralized nature of the internet. it hasn't needed any superstructure to evolve. but a technology this power --tracted the attention to this powerful attracts the attention of legislators, government, especially those who are authoritarian, and it makes it urgent we think carefully abo

know if any of you guys caught it this morning, but they were talking about the hero awards today on npr. and they were talking about the achievements that are happening right here in san francisco and to be able to look out and see the faces of the people that are the heroes that work and live among us, and it really makes me proud and it really is what public service is about. and it is only exacerbated by the fact that we have city employees that have done such an outstanding job and it makes me proud and i am happy to see all of you and thank you for being here and welcome. >> i am here and pleased to present the certificates of honor on behalf of supervisor coen who is the supervisor in district ten which is the bay view and let me tell you a little bit about what we are celebrating so on september 30th, 6:49 p.m., eleven-year-old brown called 911 and requested an ambulance for his mother who was unconscious after being hit in the head by a falling object. >> the 911 call was answered by kim tua. i said it right. and during their call, kim provided medical instruction, assistance an

julie rovner of npr joins us again. welcome back to the newshour. >> nice to be here. >> woodruff: why is the obama administration changing its position on this? >> basically it ran out of legal options. there was an appeals court ruling last week that said that the administration could not have a stay of that judge's order from april on all forms of this medication. so basically while this appeal was being heard, which was going last several months, at least one form of this medication, the two pill version, which is the original version of plan b as it's called, would have to be available immediately on the shelves with no age limit. and the administration found that sort of untenable. so they basically have gone back and said to the judge, the original judge, that if it's okay with him, that plan b1, the original pill, they would make that available without age restrictions but they will not make the two pill version available without age restrictions. >> woodruff: but the pill that will be, one step, one pill, and t

mike pesca of npr has been trying to keep up with all this. tonight he joins us from, where else?mi, for game seven of the n.b.a. finals. and, mike, start right there. you are, of course, by definition, excited at this time of year, but what makes this one stand out for the rest of us? >> no, no, no. excited, i just keep my professional distance and no the winners and losers. are you kidding? i'm extremely excited. when the heat were trailing by 10 entering the fourth quarter and the mood was gloomy, i think i and everyone else in the arena was saying well, let's just put a fifth ring on tim duncan's finger. lebron came back, spurred the team on without a headband, three-point shots by ray allen. it was an amazing, amazing game. i think this game seven, like all game sevens by definition is very important, you heard the coach says it's the greatest name in sport. it really is the most anticipated game i think since 1984 in one of those celtics versus lakers series. and this just cooperate be bigger. the tv ratings are big. and everyone is fascinated and captivated by lebron james.

i am from npr. some very provocative thoughts therefrom secretary napolitano. we will have a chance to respond to. let me say on behalf of npr how appreciative we are to jane harman and the wilson center for sponsoring this series of programs. it is a great honor for me to be able to moderate of these discussions. it was interesting to me that secretary napolitano talked about a grand experiment. this is the first time i'm talking about the cybersecurity challenge, this is the first time the united states has really depended on the private sector for such an important partnership role. i noticed one word we did not hear at all was the word mandate or mandatory. what a difference that is from a year ago when mandatory approaches were very much a part of the discussion. the use -- the word she used instead was incentive. she did not seem 100% convinced that this approach was going to work. she referred to it as an experiment and said she was not completely convinced the private sector is ready to fulfill its mission. i would like to begin with that. this is a pro

let me, first of all, say on behalf of npr how appreciative we are to jane hair month and the wilson center for sponsoring this series of programs, which we call a national conversation, and it's a great honor for me in particular, personally, to be able to moderate these discussions. now, television interesting to me that secretary janet napolitano talked about what she called there in the end a grand experiment. he said this is the first time talking about the cybersecurity challenge. this is the first time that the united has really, in a sense, dependent on the private sector for such an important partnership role. you know, i noticed that one word we didn't hear at all in secretary janet napolitano's comments was word "mandate" or "mandatory "what a difference that was from last year when the mandatory approach was part of the discussion. the word she used instead is "incentive" but i also noticed she didn't seem 100% convinced that this approach was going to work. she referred to it an experiment, he said she wasn't completely convinced that the private sector is ready to fulfi

said you all remember the incident of the president npr losing losing her job over racing operation? we were in attempted npr, but fortunately were so much -- the reason we are so much in the cracks here is the idea that journalism also as a liberal profession with a lot of influence and if he wanted to say where does the influence come from, basically it was from our school. so we got that e-mail. the esteemed james o'keefe showed up at her school several times to do these ambush interviews with people and show up at events like this and we been on the bill o'reilly show many times and things like that. i'm kind of used to -- [inaudible] i'm used to that part of the debate. but it is true the general tenor is super liberal. i can't think of anybody i know on the columbia faculty who did vote for a twice. who is sent -- [inaudible] is one of the business school who was at highest ivester and also the dean of the law school, but those are the only two i know. part of what's going on this kind of a self reinforcing technique. a lot of liberalism of universities is in an environment get

. -- i am from npr. thoughts provocative .herefrom secretary napolitano we will have a chance to respond to. let me say on behalf of npr how appreciative we are to jane harman and the wilson center for sponsoring this series of .rograms it is a great honor for me to be able to moderate of these discussions. to me thatresting secretary napolitano talked about a grand experiment. this is the first time i'm talking about the cybersecurity challenge, this is the first time the united states has on the private sector for such an important partnership role. i noticed one word we did not hear at all was the word mandate or mandatory. what a difference that is from a when mandatory approaches were very much a part of the discussion. she used- the word instead was incentive. she did not seem 100% convinced that this approach was going to work. she referred to it as an experiment and said she was not completely convinced the private sector is ready to fulfill its mission. i would like to begin with that. thatis a

the irs initially there was this report that they were going after conservatives, then npr says theyliberal groups as well. where does that stand now? >> i think peggy noonan had a col number "wall street journal" that said everything i needed to know which was just look at what the irs itself has said and no progressive group was actually targeted. some of them may have been drawn into the dragnet but they were not targeted. that's what this investigation is all about, jon. 100 percent of groups that had tea party, patriot in their names were subjects to secondary questioning and harassment. that did not happen to any of the progressive groups. let's just drop the progressive thing. what they haven't been able to do, the critics of the irs is connect this to the white house. did anyone at the obama white house give the order to target progressive groups? and on that we have no under case that they did. jon: npr is saying that the inspector general is changing his tune on who it is that the irs investigated. that didn't really happen, did it? >> i don't think they were as transparent

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npr talking about turkey making people skittish. there are two places to think about. was on a big farm yesterday, the big takeover, it portends great demand. take a look at the three month contract, nothing but up. the thing to take a look at is the december contract on corn, nothing but a roller coaster, all about the weather you can't predict, don't get your money into that, you will be screwed up 1 way or another. liz: only jeff flock can do that. thank you very much, jeff. liz: just another day in paradise. news that the source of those national security agency leaks came from a contractor. of course a big contracting company in d.c. has some of the most prominent public bk companies known as the beltway bandits had them worrying about the future of their billion dollars federal security contract. big business question here, rich edson. a lot of times you cannot mix of politics with the business but this time dead on, isn't it? >> the baseball team write about left-center field. the building across the street outside of centerfield, some on capitol hill are alread

npr, maybe. none of us are that camera friendly. audio is great. is a network that highlighting newspapers must-see tv. -- steve tart c-span skullley told me to tell c-span viewers please don't call more 30 days. every insulting. so years you married ten ago? >> no. was not married. i didn't know how to dress clearly. that's the comedy competition which is a huge oxymoron. can tell.in, as you largely invited reporters or occasionally politicians to do standup for a charity.support i'm trying to figure out who won? quist may have won that night? twice. ne it >> how much of a competition are you in in politico with "huffington post." >> everybody is in competition with politico at everybody's time. they do have political coverage. that.pete with them on the primary difference is no everything.overs they cover health, divorce people, environmental issues, entertainment, politics, sports, everything. they have a lot of coals in the fire. covers one thing. they do that on purpose and they that one the best at thing. politics competes with any politicing

joining us from philadelphia, ken tucker, media critic and npr contributor. for the new season. ken tucker, arrested development isn't the first series to do this. how do you review a whole tv series at once? >> well, that is the key problem. and it's a problem that i think maybe netflix hadn't really anticipated. because once you you -- leading up to the shows both house of cards and arrested development, there was tremendous hype about the premieres of these things. once the shows premiered, coverage kind of dropped off a cliff because critics became kind of frozen. they couldn't write they felt about the entire arc of arrested development without giving away plot lines and i think in general tv criticism has become so scared of spoiler culture, of people yelling at them that they don't want to hear details of tv shows, that it's kind of intimidated them. and it's hampered coverage. and i think that's a problem that netflix may not have anticipated in terms of ongoing media presence. >> well, since you brought you up the s word, are you scared you can do yo

joining me now, npr counterterrorism correspondent dina temple did the rastin and daniel klideman.we've talked about the vacuum cleaner approach, which has become very controversial, whether it can be narrowed. tell me how it works in terms of prism, which as i understand it is a computer tool, and that technically the providers were not lying when they issued their statements of denial. some may not have known the term prism. they were looking at it as a 702 under -- 702 of the act. >> there are two very distinct programs. there's the vacuuming up of phone calls coming in and out of the united states and there's this prism analytical tool which basically what it does, it allows you to take disparate pieces of information that are collected on foreigners and bring it together so you can do analysis. it actually has icons so that you can click on it. it is for sort of younger analysts are supposed to feel very comfortable like this, because almost like a mac or apple computer. >> what is the value of that in terms of intelligence gathering? >> well, it's huge really. because if you

it is broadcast each year on pbs and npr. >>> this summer you can watch a new reality show. centered around a modern day birthing coach. jenny stars in "pushing it." >> the series follows three of my clients through different stages of motherhood or not. and it also follows me and my life and my husband, stanley, and our crazy life in harlem. >> the pint-sized and energetic personal coach, best friend and worst nightmare to her clients. you can watch "pushing it" sunday night at 9:00 on cozi tv and digital channel 4.2 and comcast 208. we will take a look at the stories we will be following on news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us with a preview of things to come. >> a new trial part of a groundbreaking study into autism. we will tell you about that. tonight on "news4 at 5:00," healthier food on the national mall. how the menu is changing for anyone trying to catch a bite downtown. the latest news starting on "news4 at 4:00." >> thank you, pat. time for a final check on the forecast. >> beautiful day under way. as we approach the noon hour temperatures are in the mid

i would like to thank the woodrow wilson center and npr for sponsoring this. [applause] >> coming up on c-span tonight, sawyer and cantor on the farm bill.and live at 7:00 a.m. "astern, "washington journal examines the situation in syria, president obama's recent trip to europe, and the state of employment in the u.s. this morning, senate majority leader is that -- senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is that the free speech american enterprise into two. into that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. today, a discussion on the nsa data collection programs. the congressional internet caucus advisory committee is looking at the legal, legislative, and technical aspects of the program. you can see it live starting at noon eastern here on c-span. in the house thursday, members rejected the farm bill by a vote of 195-234. democrats up rose to -- opposed cuts to the food stamps, and republicans objected to spending in the measure. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter about what happened. >> teri hatcher ms. editor of the "hagstrom reports." the farm bill -- w

. >> npr had a story this week where they quoted if you left- wing organizations that said they have undergone undue scrutiny as well, that they have been asked unwanted questions. don't we want the irs to make sure that those groups are not being given tax exempt status? >> i think it will be easy to get tax-exempt status whether you are on the left or right. i'll think the government should deny a status that should be rather easy to achieve. i am not a fan of harassing either right or left. >> i just want to follow up on that. this claim is being made that these groups are abusing their tax status, i'm not seeing any proof of those claims. if they were not 501(c) organizations, presumably to be 527 organizations and from the standpoint of revenue collection does this make any difference for the federal government and the irs? >> none whatsoever. good point. >> senator, you mentioned about the fact that 501(c) organizations do not have to disclose their donors, and that is true that they do not have to disclose them publicly. i represent the national organization for marriage. dono

[laughter] npr, maybe. i do not know.t defensive that the best we can do is a network that finds a highlight in newspapers and, must-see tv. [laughter] before i start c-span and steve scully, please do not call more than once every 30 days. click that is so insulting. >> i am so sorry. >> seven minute -- seven years ago, were you married? >> i did not dress, clearly. 10 pounds. i was a little bratty. >> what is that? we have covered a lot of these. is d.c.'s funniest celebrity comedy competition, a huge oxymoron. i obviously did not win, as you could tell. and invited reporters politicians to do standup for the night for charity. and nevere it twice won. >> the huffington post, how much competition you win at politico with the huffington post? >> politico is in competition with everybody. i would not eliminate everybody. we have political coverage. -- primary dish and is difference is that the huffington post covers everything, health, divorced people, environmental issues, comedy, politics, sports, everything. clinical c

herbert that was announced on npr when i was thinking about that. i thought, wait a second, why do i wait until everyone passes away and is gone so i cannot participate in the telling of the story. i realized she was the first black woman in congress. i did research and i was like, how did i forget? how did i recognize not wreck it dies she ran for president, not as a third-party candidate but as a democratic party in 1972. how do we not know this? >> what about that 1972 election, for people who do not know anything, did you find most important part of her involvement? >> the thing to remember is that robert kennedy had been killed, so there was no front runner. he had been assassinated. hubert humphrey, george mcgovern, who became the front runner. it was not obvious in the beginning. there were about 10 or 12 candidates total, all vying for the same number of votes. what she decided, what i found out, she put her bonnet on the dash into the presidential ring. but she had a strategy. it was not just a vanity run. she knew if she traveled around th

npr has a wonderful story having to do with surveillance.e for that. with better surveillance, we have a chance to capture some of the folks who would harm us. >> thank you all for your time. this wraps up for this weekend's edition of weekends with alex wit. happy father's day to all you dads. shout-out to my dad, and my husband. have a good day. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. [ male announcer ] moving object detection. ♪ blind spot warning. ♪ lane departure warning. safety, down to an art. the nissan altima with safety shield technologies. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instead of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signatu

and npr white house correspondent ari sha peer row married to a lawyer in the counciles office. journalists who recused themself or changing assignments to deal with the perception of conflict. >> yeah, i think it's definitely a perception of conflict, but whether you can prove an actual conflict is really not obvious to me. and i really would like anybody who suggests otherwise to come forward with some kind of evidence to say, aha, you're pulling your punch or not covering something or you're favoring somebody because of a relationship. and it does not appear to be the case that that has happened. the only people -- the only thing that critics can point to is the fact of the coincidence, the fact of the connection rather than the actual work that was in some way changed to favor a relative. >> right. lynn sweet, is it fair to cast apersians on the presidents of cbs news or abc news because they happen to have siblings that work for the administration? >> no, no, it's not fair to past apersians on that. we could find other things, maybe what their coverage policies are. >> what

shirley chisholm's birthday was announced on npr when i was thinking about that. i thought, why do we wait until everyone is passed away and so they cannot participate in the telling of their story? to elitism is alive. i realized she was the first black woman elected to congress. part of what they announced. i did a little research and went back to the books on my shelf, i was, how did i forget, how did i not recognize that she ran for president? not as a third-party candidate but as a democratic nominee in 1972 plant made it to the convention. she beat half the guys. how did i not know that? >> what about the 1972 election, for people who don't remember anything, did you find the most important part of her involvement? >> the thing to remember is that robert kennedy had been killed, so there was no front runner. he had been assassinated. it was hubert time for, george mcgovern who became the frontrunner, but it was not obvious in the beginning. and ed muskie. there were about 12 candidates total all vying for the same number of votes. putsi found out is she her

npr, maybe. none of us are that camera friendly. so audio is great.rk that defines highlighting newspapers must-see tv. before i start c-span -- steve skullley told me to tell c-span viewers please don't call more than once every 30 days. >> that is so insulting. >> were you married ten years ago? >> no. was not married. i didn't know how to dress clearly. think i had an extra ten pounds on there. i was a little bratty. >> that's the comedy competition which is a huge oxymoron. i didn't win, as you can tell. but they invited largely reporters or occasionally politicians to do standup for a night to support charity. i'm trying to figure out who won? grover nordquist may have won that night? i've done it twice. >> how much of a competition are you in in politico with "huffington post." >> everybody is in competition with politico at everybody's time. they do have political coverage. we compete with them on that. the primary difference is no newspaper covers everything. they cover health, divorce people, environmental issues, comedy, entertainment, polit

for more we're joined by greg for more we're joined by greg allen, a correspondent for npr. he's covering the trial. greg, did we learn anything today about the cases the prosecution and defense are planning to put on before the jury that we didn't already know rom the pretrial motions? >> well, i think so, ray. you know, we haven't heard that much from the prosecutors since last year when they charged trayvon martin with second degree murder. you know, they've not spoken outside of court. they made all their cases inside of court. even in discovery and some of the motions they filed you only got inklings about where they were going with this. john guy laid out the case pointing out in his view that george zimmerman is a vigilante, profiled trayvon martin and that he was actually trying to rid his neighborhood of people that he thought didn't belong there. that was the motivation here. they believe that's enough for second degree murder. >> suarez: at issue is is 10 to 15 minutes between the time george zimmerman starts following trayvon martin and the time he shoots him. di