up next on "american history tv" biographer scott berg takes an in-depth look at pierre l'enfant, the architect who designed much of washington, d.c. berg argues that he made many enemies and as a result his original design never came to complete fruition, leaving him to struggle with personal demons. this event is hosted by smithsonian associates. mr. berg: thank you for being here. it is a pleasure. thank you to the smithsonian institution director in particular, and of course to the david logan foundation for underwriting the series. part of the series, as rebecca mentioned, is to have a chance to encounter the history of d.c. through the eyes of a historian and those people who were instrumental in my own research. i'm friends with all of them. all of these people you have had a chance to see in this situation, they all kind of know everything, but they all kind of know different things. it is a wonderful chance for you to sort of get a tour of the city and its history in a sort of condensed form. i think it is a fairly rare opportunity, so i do encourage that. it is a pleasure to

other programs you might like include scott berg, doris kearns goodwin on her book on theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and journalism. and, margaret mcmillan. she describes the assassination of the archduke and you can watch these any time or search the video library. >> on the communicators more from the international consumer electronics show. >> if there is something you want to capture, you take it off of your wrist and it is simple. it will expand and be as easy as gesturing. it is completely autonomous. there is no remote required. there is a direction and it will stay close. if you throw it, it will go further away. it is completely autonomous. >> david cameron takes questions from the house of commons, followed by an election preview. after that, a senate hearing on treatment for alzheimer's. >> david cameron answered questions from members of the coalition ahead of the general election. cameron announced his next turn would be his last. this is 35 minutes. >> thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker i know the whole house will wish to join me in offering our deepest condolence

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berg. >> not many. >> the trial puts it in perspective scott cohen was covering today. >> coming up check on high flyingith penny pritzker the commerce secretary. we'll be right back on squawk on the street. f "no regrets" ♪ plays throughout ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> biotech getting all of the attention. big pharma stocks on a roll this year. take a look at spdr pharmaceutical etf, up 20%. if you look at health care sector, it's done better. a rally of almost 30% over the last 12 months. joining us now, cnbc contributor and partner at claremont partners, barbara ryan. >> good morning. >> a lot of people -- i'm loving the way these stocks have performed but there will be people who are concerned they've missed out. >> absolutely. i mean these stocks whether it's biotech, pharma health care have had enormous runs but we have too look at a number of things that are really driving. one is the level of innovation. this morning merck announce they'd halted a trial early for a a drug as it beat out the first drug in that market bristol-myers. this is great stuff. you know biogen last week with some really compelling altho

. >> up next, biographer scott byrd takes an in-depth look at year blunt font -- pierre l' enfant the architecture designed much of washington, d.c.. berg argues that he made many enemies and as a result his original design never came to complete from -- complete fruition, leaving him to struggle with personal demons. this event is hosted by smithsonian associates. >> thank you for being here. it is a pleasure. thank you to the smithsonian institution director in particular and of course to the david logan foundation for underwriting the series. part of the series, as rebecca mentioned, is to have a chance to encounter the history of d.c. through the eyes of a historian and those people who were instrumental, in my own research. i'm friends with all of them. all of these people you have had a chance to see in this situation, they all kind of know everything, but they all kind of know different things. it is a wonderful chance for you to sort of get a tour of the city and its history in a sort of condensed form. i think it is a fairly rare opportunity, so i do encourage that. it is a pleasure to be here and have a chance to talk about hi

scott harris, clerk of the court and is patricia your with you as well? can't we have kathy r. berg and patricia from our public information office. as you indicated, mr. chairman we are always very careful, very cautious about budget expenditures and his will you know and the committee will knows the budget of the supreme court is just a small part of the budget of the court as a whole. the court as a whole is a very small part of the united states budget. and i think today you will hear presentations from julie gibbons of the sixth circuit on the budget for the judiciary as a whole. and this is of immense importance. she doesn't marvelous job for the judiciary spends many many days and weeks on the subject. and the budget for the federal judiciary as a whole it's important i think for congress to realize it isn't just judges. there are 7900 probation and presentencing officers, and this is cost-effective because this keeps people on supervised release so they're not in custody, and this is a huge cost saving. without reference to the human factor, and over the years in the federal