gus, from indiana, a graduate of purdue university. with me here in the cbs newsroom is robert wessler, the executive of the cbs news space unit. bob, i wonder if you would tell us a little bit about the rocket and the spacecraft. certainly, mike. this is a saturn one b rocket, also referred to as an operated saturn rocket. this lower portion -- i will separate them for you. this is the first stage, second stage. this is not a vehicle that will eventually take u.s. astronauts to the moon. this is an interim rocket that will be using for the next couple of flights. what i have in my hand now is where the accident occurred this afternoon. this is the launch escape tower. if this had happened on a launch day, prior to flight, an abort such as occurred today, the thought here would have been that the launch escape tower would have taken the spacecraft. this is the command module where the three astronauts actually fly. would have taken them safely away from any blowups. however, the type of accident that occurred today, this was an interna

. >> reporter: born in chicago in 1934 he graduated from indiana's purdue university.aptain in the u.s. navy he was one of 14 astronauts selected by nasa in 1963. he piloted a mission and was the lunar module pilot of apollo 10 and guided challenger. in 1976 he retired from the navy after 20 years and ended his nasa career. he was a long time consultant for abc news. reaction to his death is starting to come in. a statement from the astronaut says in part, our heart is aching. the world has lost one of the greats. and nasa astronaut tweeting certainhis favorite quote. we leave as we came willing as we shall return with peace and hope for all mankind. >> the last man on the moon was released last year. eugene cernan was 82 years old. >>> thank you. to think about those moon landings, such a source of american pride, aren't they? >> and to be one of a dozen people to have done anything in history so cool and great to see all of his stories we got to hear. >> have you seen hidden figures y yet? >> no. >> you have to. >> presidential luxuries coming up. >> from white house

the glee club from purdue university with that special composition. louisiana depicting a french quarter seen on their float. the parade moved along at a smart click of 120 paces per minute and was witnessed by a crowd that set an all-time record -- more than 750,000 spec taters along the line of march. the gotham skyline was located on new york's float with a likeness of ike waving and smiling from an automobile. and from the empire state was uncle sam, a republican club from new york. 15 states without floats made their presence seen and heard. or was the banner of the keystone state while a tv unit rolled alongside. the gop mascot, entry from ohio was missing erma, a king size symbol of victory. the lincoln republican club of beaver county, pennsylvania march in formal attire, conspicuous in their top hats for receiving good-natured cheers as they spun their umbrellas in salute to ike. as was appropriate for a professional soldier turned statesman, they paid their respects to the new chief executive. there were two regiments of west pointers led by

he signed up for the naval rotc program at purdue university and accepted into the u.s. navy a short time graduation. the newly formed nasa announced their seven pioneer astronauts. cernan was fascinated. a new dream was born. he wanted to ride a rocket shop into space. in 1963, nasa selected him for project gemini and apollo. cernan jumped at the chance. >> when i watch those guys go up, they were any heros. all of a sudden, i found myself walking a hall. they called me gene. >> he was the first pilot of the gemini 9. his next was 1979 as lunar module pilot. he came within eight miles of the lunar surface. >> we found some problems that if they weren't corrected, neil would have landed. i told neil i painted the white line in the sky so we wouldn't get lost. >> december 6, 1972, he went back making history of the commander of the final flight to the moon, apollo 17. he and jack schmidt spent more than three days on the moon, exploring and collecting data. of any missions, theirs brought back the largest amount of moon rocks. >> i wish we could take everybody back with m

marc rogers is here at the polytechnic institute at purdue university. he is a forensic research psychologist, you should pay extra for that, that is exciting. [laughter] >> the university faculty scholar, we know this is serious, and he went to the american academy of forensic sciences. dr. rogers is the coeditor of privacy and security crime department. his areas of research cover the behavioral aspects of the deviant use of technology, cyber criminal behavior analysis, and understanding cyber terrorism. today, he will be presenting a talk entitled, cyber security and social media, how big is your digital footprint and why should you care? as we do at every one of these, i will ask you to silence electronic devices, but do not turn them off. we hope to see you tweeting or posting to facebook, snapchat, instagram, or whatever flavor of social product you use. i also understand halfway through the presentation, you might stop doing that. please join me in welcoming dr. marcus rogers. [applause] marcus rogers: thank you. can anybody hear me in the back? i

and in the anise entry the glee , club from purdue university with that special composition.d a french quarter scene on their float. the parade moved along at a smart click of 120 paces per minute and was witnessed by a crowd that set an all-time record. more than 750,000 spectators along the line of march. ♪ narrator: the gotham skyline was duplicated on new york's float with a likeness of ike waving and smiling from an automobile. and right behind the float from the the empire state was uncle sam, a republican club from new -- gary county new york. ,♪ narrator: the states without 15th floats nevertheless made their presence seen and heard. there was the one from mobile. the gop mascot, entry from ohio , was miss burma a king size , symbol of victory. and the lincoln republican club of beaver county, pennsylvania marched informal attire, a little conspicuous in their top hats, but receiving good-natured cheers as they spun their red, white, and blue umbrellas in salute to ike. as was appropriate for a professional soldier turned statesman, the military fight with the civilia

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joining us with his take is mitch daniels, former indiana governor and president of purdue universityk you for joining us. of the you make headlines that president obama would publicly support it better that's a better plan if the gop comes up with one -- publicly support a better plan if the gop comes up with one? >> i only heard what you just reported. from the sound of it, it is a comment by the president. for him to take an open stance on this bill in which he has invested so much is really very amendable. -- commendable. advocatess staunchest have faced up to the fact that it has not performed. it has failed on every parameter that it originally made promises about. we ought to be able to do better. that is true as a matter of health care policy and certainly true as a matter of fiscal and economic policy that will be more promising for the american future. vonnie: your state has one of advanced ideologically ways of delivering health care. would you have the indiana system adopted throughout the united states as part of this replacement or what would you have done? >> i would ce

born in chicago in 1934 he graduated from indiana's purdue university, a captain in the u.s.ted in 1963. he piloted the nine mission and the modeler pilot and guided the challenger. in 1976 he retired from the navy after 20 years and ended the nasa career. he was a long-time consultant for abc news when space flight was unique and covered often. reaction to the death is starting to come in. a statement from the astronaut core, the johnson space center says in part our heart is aching. the world has lost one of the greats. and nasa astronaut doug quoting we leave as we came and god willing as we shall return with peace and hope for all man kind. a documentary about his life, the last man on the moon was just released last year, cernan was 8 two years old. >>> well, up next, donald trump achieves a twitter milestoe. achieves a twitter milestoe. >> plus, the m achieves a twitter milestoe. >> plus, the m it's just a date. i can stay. i'm good. i won't be late hey mom. yeah. no kissing on the first date, alright? life doesn't always stick to a plan, but with our investment experti

has also taught at texas tech university, all after receiving his phd in american studies at purdue university. he is a midwesterner, but has worked in the south for many years. i cannot go through the long list of books he has produced. i was trying to characterize how i would describe his work as a wonderful historian of the western theater of the civil war, yet in my view, he has , written the best overall book on the petersburg campaign ever produced. he has done work on fortifications in the eastern theater, he has a fantastic book on the overview of the civil war in the west, it is a great book. and he has written several books on individual battles of the atlantic campaign. his most recent work, it came out just a few months ago, i highly recommend to you. it is a military biography. if i had been thinking, i would've invited him to come next year to talk about generals we love to hate. instead, i invited earl to come and talk about a book on civil war infantry tactics that won a prestigious $50,000 tom watson brown award on the best book on civil war history written that year. it is wi

she is an associate professor and here at purdue university. she has come with us, even though her department is enjoying an external review and giving up a lot. her research in the development and analysis of the application of those to real world -- they shall present a talk entitled ai easy versus ai hard. but don't put them away. as with learned in the last session, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, if you were heads down that was regarded as a bad thing because you weren't paying attention to the talk. if you are not on your phone because you aren't tweeting about it. snapchatting. but please do so and #is up on e screen and post books, snapchat or whatever else or social means you prefer. lease join me in welcoming dr. jennifer. [applause] >> thanks. is the mike on? ou can hear me ok? thanks for having me here at the symposium and one of my favorite places to talk and i can think of a higher level and talk about to a more general audience. i have a joint appointment between and machine learning and data mining and i focus on very complex demand

after that, from purdue university, a look at artificial intelligence. later, a look at proposed safety regulation for self-driving cars. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. >>> coming up thursday morning, congressman jared polus will be on and the 115th congress as it gets under way and we'll talk about the house republican agenda who endorsed president-elect trump early and policy and changes house republicans would like to make. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, a conversation on science and innovation with astrophysicist hakeem ol useyi. this event was hosted by westminster college in fulton, mysterious.

bush and former republican governor of indiana, now president purdue university, mitch daniels.ack side is warm in case you're curious. >> good. i was going to ask but you just took my first question. all right. as of the second one would be this, the trump cabinet confirmation process is picking up again today on capitol hill. the senate hearing for secretary of interior nominee congressman ryan zinke of montana and potential education secretary betsy duvos. it looks to be more contention with teachers unions mobilizing to stop the charter school's advocate from becoming the top federal education official. devos will face questions from elizabeth warren about her experience in public education. he already has support from the help committee's chairman lamar alexander who says he's going to be swiftly confirmed. she's going to be introduced by former senatornd democratic vice presidential come knee joe lieberman and today got the backing of jeb bush. so her hearing was originally set for last week. delayed by pending financial disclosures. and review on friday found that the bil

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after that, from purdue university, a look at artificial intelligence. later, a look at proposed safety regulation for self-driving cars. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. >>> coming up thursday morning, congressman jared polus will be on and the 115th congress as it gets under way and we'll talk about the house republican agenda who endorsed president-elect trump early and policy and changes house republicans would like to make. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, a conversation on science and innovation with astrophysicist hakeem ol useyi. this event was hosted by westminster college in fulton, mysterious. >>> i'll begin. i'll introduce myself. i'm chris halsey, an analytical chemical industry professor. it is in fact my great pleasure to introduce our next speaker, dr. hakeem oluseyi. growing up in the tougher parts of new orleans, houston, l.a., and mississippi, he and his mother moved around often i