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he was doing a lot of editing, and he is involved in this podcast -- actually, it's my husband's podcastd andrew films it, and so he -- yeah. >> larry: does he have family? wife, children? >> no. no. >> larry: he's single? >> he's single. >> larry: how are your parents doing? >> not great, obviously. my mom is really being strong and making all the phone calls and doing all the organizing and being very strong. >> larry: we're showing his picture. a lot of questions. has he ever gone off before? >> not without announcing it. it's not unusual for him to sort of go somewhere for a while, but he would tell us. >> larry: danielle and andrew's father is actor walter koenig, right, who placed ensign chekhov on "star trek," and he gave a brief interview about his missing son. take a look. >> he's trying to get ahead in this business and he's been working at it a long time. he went up there to see his fans. he has some very close friends up there and vancouver is the place he really felt most comfortable. >> larry: constable fanning, what can you tell us from a police standpoint about this missi

theories connected like the transition whose husband and wife team spend hour on this podcast. yes, they have day jobs. >> there are people who spent more time on "lost" than we have. they've watched every episode nine, ten, 11 times. >> what does hourlily say? >> welcome to the first and last island open. >> reporter: or go to hawaii, to visit scenes where hurley gets everyone to play golf and you show up with the hurley action figure and it happens again. >> these fan communities were going viral. we were able to go on message boards and get feedback. >> it served as a barometer of what we were doing. >> reporter: then something happened. while "lost" took off because fans were able to play the game. something happened in the course of season three. fans began raising doubts over whether these stories really had any design to them. wetter they were puzzles after all that would be solved or just a lot of crazy plot getting crazier to fill up time which alarmed the show's producers because they agreed "lost" was starting to tread water a little. >> in the beginning of the third

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as podcasts. coming up next, prime minister gordon brown of the house of commons. then there is a form on the global outlook. then we have a look at the situation in haiti. at 11:00 p.m., there is another change to see q&a. . this is a big challenge that this country faces. i've got to conclude that it is the same area of policy, this is no time for a novice. >> from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. this week, british conservative leader david cameron questions gordon brown. members also questioned the prime minister on tony blair's testimony to the iraq war inquiry. the five-member panel is examining the events leading up to the iraq war. media reports that prime minister brown is scheduled to testify at the beginning of march. >> question to the prime minister, doctor brian? >> i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to private sean mcdonald and corporal johnathan moore from first battalion the royal regiment of scotland, attached to third battalion the rifles, and to warrant officer class 2 david

they have videos, blogs, and podcasts, as well as webinars--that's web seminar. these are just two of the sides of net neutrality and its debate. frank. >> sonya, thanks. is this a fight between old media and sort of corporate interests, telephone, cable companies for example, that are trying to control this pipeline? >> my hope is that the process laid out by the federal communications commission, the expert agency, will help us to balance these important principles, that we have sufficient capability to modernize and improve upon the pipes, if you will, the network management capability while preserving the openness of the internet. while these are described as a political fight with one side or the other, i tend to look for opportunities for common ground and confident that the federal communications commission's process will lead us to a positive answer. >> behind all this, it's the clash of the titans, though. >> indeed, the clash of the titans, and i think what's really at stake is as the internet is providing opportunities for more democratic participation

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"q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. . >> james alan fox examines the recent declines in crime and violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it will not disguise the fact that the conservative pauley has absolutely no policy for the future. mr. speaker, this is a big challenge this country faces. the democratic changes that are taking place, the needs and impatient -- ambitions of people, i have to say, mr. speaker, this is no time for a novice. >> now from london, "prime minister's questions, call from the british house of commons. this week, david cameron pressed prime minister brown and raising taxes for social care legislation. the prime minister said the tories were demanding a bill they had previously supported. members also questioned the prime minister on tony blair's destiny to the iraq war inquiry. the five member panel is examining the events leading up to the iraq war and the lessons learned. the report said prime minister brown is scheduled to testify at the beginning of art. >> orde

episodes are also available as podcasts. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown in the british housea" thom hartmann. >> what a lot of rubbish. [laughter] the reason he is in favor of the alternative but is that it is election time. now he is trying to fiddle with the electoral system. he must think that the whole country is stupid. have another go. what are you doing? -- what are you doing it? what's now, from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. this week, prime minister gordon brown responded to critics. the prime minister also answered questions on employment and expenses.

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. >> "after words" and a number of cease and programs are available for download at podcast is to get more with garry wills and tom blanton in just a moment. >>> "after words" with garry wills and tom blanton continues. >> host: welcome back. we are here talking with garry wills, the author of "bomb power." i want to return to this exploration you have done of the founders of america and talk a little bit about how did washington, madison, lincoln c. this role as commander in chief? and how did it change since then? what would washington have done if he had the bombing power? >> guest: let's start with commander in chief. that is an interesting term. it is a historic term from the british usage and it meant when you had several admirals' in the same area of the ocean and they had equal brank, the government would say what will be commander in chief for this operation in that theater for that time. that is what commander in chief and and when washington went to boston, there were militia generals and other competing authorities -- >> host: appointed by the states. >> guest: you will be

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. >> "after words" and a number of other c-span programs are available for download at podcast. more whiff garry wills and garrey in just a moment. >>> "after words" with garry wills and garry blanton continues. >> host: welcome back. we are here talking with garry wills, t of speed line. i would like to return to the exploration you have done on the founders of america and talk a little bit about how did washington, madison, lincoln see the role as commander in chief and how did it change since then? what about washington have done if he had the power? >> guest: its start with commander in chief, that's an interesting term. it's a historic term from the british usage and it meant when you had several ed models in the sumeria of the ocean and they have equal rank the government would say what will be commander in chief for this operation in the theater for that time. that is the commander in chief met and when washington went to boston their work militia generals and other competing authorities -- >> host: appointed by the states. >> guest: you will be commander in chief, so whe

episodes are also available as podcasts. >> coming up next, prime minister gordon brown at the britishof commons. following that, former british international secretary is the witness at the british inquiry on iraq. remarks by british national committee chair -- democratic national committee chair tim kaine. tomorrow on "washington journal," detroit news washington bureau chief david shepherd looks at the impact of the toyota vehicle recall. lawrence yun discusses the state of the housing market, home sales, and foreclosure rates. we examine how the pit -- political process influences national-security and foreign- policy decisions. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> what a lot of rubbish. what a lot of rubbish. the reason he is in favor of the alternative vote is is election time.

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. >> after words and several other c-span programs are available for download as podcast cans.ore with john yao and victorian toensing in a moment. >> in depth welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author of over 40 books. his latest on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation with your phone calls for paul johnson today at noon eastern on booktv's in depth on c-span2. >> afterwords with john yoo and victoria toensing continues. >> host: hello, welcome back. i'm vick tore ca toensing, and i'm talking to john yoo on his wonderful book on the presidency, "presidential powers: crisis and command." and we are now ready to talk about lincoln. 1861. you write, washington founded the nation but lincoln saved it. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, we had original sin of slavery was dividing the country, and lincoln steps into a situation -- one of the most unprepared men for the presidency -- and he saved it by keeping the union together and freeing the slaves. and it's hard to imagine if it would have turned out so well, at

. >> "after words" and several other c-span programs are available for download at podcast. more with john yoo and victoria in a moment. >> did you know you can view book tv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of tom author, book or subjected to the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire you might also explore the recently on book tv box or featured programs box to find and viewed recent and featured >>> "after words" with john yoo and victoria toensing continues. >> hello, welcome back i'm victoria toensing and i'm talking to john yoo about his wonderful book on the presidency, presidential towers, crisis and command and we are now ready to talk about lincoln 1861 you write washington founded the nation lincoln saved. what you mean by that? >> guest: we had an original slavery dividing the country and lincoln steps into a situation one of the most on prepared minn for the presidency and he saved by keeping the union together and freeing the slaves and it's hard if it would have imagined so well,

or whether it's the video or the podcast or the... that's what changes. learning may stay the same, but we invent new ways of teaching. and i don't know that the book, which was for a long period of time-- but not that long, maybe a couple of centuries-- the way that people did this, that was the primary way, is the best way in the 21st century. >> there's always gains and losses. you know, when, print replaced oral culture, when writing happened, there were certainly things we lost. one of them was memory. think of the homeric poems, the "iliad" and the "odyssey." the homeric singers could produce thousands of lines of poetry out of their own memory. we... we're not good at that anymore, because print took it away. is it a loss? sure. and to a certain extent, getting people to be contemplative and a little slower, not to multitask all the time, paying avid attention over a long period of time, to a certain extent, might be lost. but that's the price of gain. >> dretzin: do you struggle with the issue of distraction, personally? >> i don't know anyone on

now smith is cooking it up a notch in a searing podcast. >> even if i get thin i won't dodge the bullett's worst thing that ever happened to me. but i have had a cool life. i got all my limbs. but still it's kind of humiliating. megyn: does kevin smith who is not letting this thing drop have a case against the airlines? let's ask our panel kimberly guilfoyle and former prosecutor jonna fill bore. she is going on and on and on. does he actually have a point? he's not going to be able to get millions of dollars for southwest. let's be honest. the seats are pretty cheap and they are not making enough money to make it regular size seats all the other airlines have. but he has a great point. they did discriminate against him. i think a subjective policy where they can have one flight attendant say you are too fat, you don't make the cut. he did offer to buy two seats. but because he was feeling antisocial and didn't want to talk to anyone else. they humiliated him. they should have notified him prior to boarding him instead of kick him off in front of everyone else. that's where they are wro

he is a weekly podcast called econ talk. what is that? >> guest: an hour-long interview with economist, authors, the guy who sold me my car, an expert on and come anything i think is interesting, that's about the world around us and related economics including a six part series i did with dan klein and the theory of moral sentiments. a little bit intense, but for those deeply interested in more scholarly diversion than we usually do in econ talk. >> host: would you consider yourself a fan of adam smith's theories? >> guest: big-time. >> host: why? >> guest: is startling how something with somebody ago with such charm still educational invaluable. my thesis advisor kerry backer won a nobel prize when asked, who would the economist is simplest him and he said adam smith and alfred mosher. we go back and read smith. there's so many insights there. any such a role model for how to use observation, facts, evidence and thinking about the world around us. >> host: before we go to calls, there's one phrase that adam smith is very well known for h

he has a weekly podcast called "econ talk." what is that? >> guest: an hour-long interview with economists, authors, anything i think it is interesting that is about the world around us and is related to economics including a six part series ended with daniel klein on the moral sentiments, adam smith's first book to read a little intense but for those deeply interested a scholarly version did we usually do. >> host: would you consider yourself a fan of adam smith's fees'? >> guest: big time. >> host: why? >> guest: it's startling how something written so long ago with some charm is still educational and delegable. the thesis adviser chicago, gary becker won a nobel prize when asked to are the economies to the eckert economists who most influenced him and he said adam smith and alfred marshall, that was exaggerated but we can go back and read smith. there's so many insights and again, he's such a role model for how to use observation, fact, evidence to think about the world around us. >> host: before we go to calls there is one phrase adam sm

is, how can you take all the tools available from iphones and ipod's, because people can now do podcastsirtually for free. we are going to put our interview with governor mcdonald up and we are going to let anybody, a 45 minute interview. he is a brilliantly bright guy. we will say the democrats want to learn and that is fine for libertarians want to learn from this, fine. america's got to be about getting beyond the automatic fight and starting to talk together again, so you can build these kinds of intersections and say to people why do we have a conversation about nick anderson future? why don't we have a conversation about education? what if you actually got kids engaged? what if there was a sight that any drop out in the state could go to where they could explain why they dropped out and they could get engaged in talks about how they would change school so that they will learn. just to begin to surface with these kinds of things. and they think he would suddenly find all sorts of new opportunities for people and you say to me well, people who are really poor can't really engage in a

he is a weekly podcast called econ talk. what is that? >> guest: an hour-long interview with economist, authors, the guy who sold me my car, an expert on and come anything i think is interesting, that's about the world around us and related economics including a six part series i did with dan klein and the theory of moral sentiments. a little bit intense, but for those deeply interested in more scholarly diversion than we usually do in econ talk. >> host: would you consider yourself a fan of adam smith's theories? >> guest: big-time. >> host: why? >> guest: is startling how something with somebody ago with such charm still educational invaluable. my thesis advisor kerry backer won a nobel prize when asked, who would the economist is simplest him and he said adam smith and alfred mosher. we go back and read smith. there's so many insights there. any such a role model for how to use observation, facts, evidence and thinking about the world around us. >> host: before we go to calls, there's one phrase that adam smith is very well known for h