>> sputnik. >> sputnik. this little thing, ball-looking device that's orbiting the earth. beeping as it's going across. it absolutely terrified us. we don't have that. we have not yet successfully put a satellite into space, and yet, they have. the shock, the realization is they're ahead of us in this space race. and so we've got to catch up. sputnik is a drop kick to nasa. we're going to push, put a lot of money into rocket technology, space technology, and eventually, we will win this race and put a man on the moon before they do. but that's another lecture for another day. you need to understand, there are suspicions and paranoias on both sides. when we do something, the soviet union responds. when they do something, it affects us. and the cold war is not done yet. it's not just the fall of china. it's not just the united states cozying up to japan. but it's going to explode the cold war is going to heat up if you will, in korea. now, remember the last lecture, world war ii? we talked about korea being occupied by japan. once the war is over, the united states and the s

sputnik is a drop kick to nasa. we are going to push and put a lot of money into rocket technology, space technology, and eventually we will win this race and put a man on the moon before they do, but that's another lecture for another day. you need to understand there are suspicions and paranoias on both sides. when we do something, the soviet union responds. when they do something, it affects us, and the cold war is not done yet. it's not just the fall of china and it's not just the united states cozying up to japan, but it's going to explode, the cold war is going to heat up, if you will, in korea. now remember the last lecture of world war ii. we talked about korea being occupied by japan. once the war is over, the united states and the soviet union decide to divide korea with the united states being in control of the southern part of korea and the soviet union is going to be administering the northern part of korea. eventually both u.s. and ussr agree we will withdraw and allow the koreans to have some degree o

who named long time ago still in the late soviet union these he named hughes school football team sputnik was after he did that to coca-cola truck arrived with a portable movie screen showing the horrors of the sort of your plight but it's another story so i asked him what russian words does he more obviously apart from sputnik and his said spy sieber and the third one was put in i say no the way the fourth word. chelsea. you know what they don't know he tells me in the philippines and i think they let him know so i will sort of ask you after you asked me what does it have been for me as a russian in the name porch and i would say if it is so compelling and interesting for a man in the philippines or brisk i must say that i am interested too to put it mildly say alexander the car pool and chris hutchins authors i'll gladly put in his biography spotlight will be back we'll continue this interview in less than a minute stay with us there are no. ill. effects to. welcome back to spotlight i love and just a reminder that my guests on the show here today are alexander caught up cohen chris hut

who named long time ago still in the late soviet union these he named hughes school football team sputnik after he did that a coca-cola truck arrived with a portable movie screen showing the horrors of the soviet life but that's another story so i asked him what russian words does he more obviously apart from sputnik and he said spy sieber and the third one was put him i say know the word and the fourth word. chelsey. you know what they don't know he tells us in the philippines about the no so i've i will sort of ask you after you asked me what is it isn't for me as a russian in the name porch and i would say if it is so compelling and interesting for a man in the philippians or brisk i must say that i am interested too to put it mildly say alexander to cut a pole and chris hutchins authors of collateral are put in his biography spotlight will be back we'll continue this interview in less than a minute stay with them though. the people of the united states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder is a

. -- sputnik. after sputnik we have a very good record, but there's a period there it's really not clear what people said -- the oppenheimer trial is pretty good because they've got everybody under oath, but clary describes the day they sort of closed the mousetrap on oppenheimer and what everybody's reactions were that day. you're not going to get that anywhere else. >> how did you come apart that stash? >> thanks to marina von neumann who knew that i was doing this project, and she finally said, well, you know, maybe you should come to ann arbor and look at this stuff. to her, it was awkward because this is the woman that her father left her mother for. she didn't really want to look. very, very personal letters. but she trusted me to go through them and take out what was, you know, what was useful for the history of computing. and it brings the book to life. i don't think there would be a book here that's alive without her voice. it's something about having english as a second language, she just

sputnik. this ball-looking device orbiting the earth. beeping as it is going across the horizon. it absolutely terrified us. we don't have that. we have not successfully put a satellite into space and they v. the realization is they are ahead of us in this space race. we have to catch up. we are going to push and put a lot of money into rocket and space technology and eventually we will win and put a man on the moon before they do. but that's another lecture for another day. you need to understand there suspicions and paranoias on both sides. when we do something, the soviet union responds. when they do, it affects us and the cold war is not done yet. it's not just the fall of china and it's not just the united states cozying up to japan. it's going to explode the cold war and it will heat up in korea. now remember the last lecture of world war ii. we talked about korea being occupied by japan. once the war is over, the united states and the soviet union decide to divide korea with the united states being in control of the southern part of korea and the sev yet union is going to

life but that's another story so i asked him what russian the words does he obviously apart from sputnik and he said spy sieber and the third one was put him i would say no the way the fourth word is chelsea. you know what they don't know you're also in the philippines and i don't know so i've i will sort of ask you after you asked me what is it in for me as a russian in the name porch and i would say if it is so compelling and interesting for a man in the philippines or brisket i must say that i am interested too to put it mildly say alexander caught up hell and chris hutchins authors are collaborating with biography spotlight will be back we'll continue this interview in less than a minute stay with the. download the official ante up location your i phone all i pod touch from the store . one life on the go. video on demand parties mind old costs and already feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is what helps keep journalism on the remop. we want to present.

but that's another story so i asked him what russian the words does he know obviously apart from sputnik and he said spy sieber and the third one was put him i say no the word and the fourth word is chelsea. you know what they don't know he tells us in the philippians about no so i've i will sort of ask you after you asked me what is it for me as a russian in the name porch and i would say if it is so compelling and interesting for a man in the philippians or brisket i must say that i am interested to to put it mildly say alexander caught up hell and put his hutchins' authors of the latter put in his biography spotlight we'll be back we'll continue this interview in less than a minute stay with the. lead . is a leap year. if. he. did . it it. would. welcome back to spotlight love and just a reminder that my guests on the show here today are alexander caught up call him chris hutchins the authors of the adam and putin's biography gentleman i want to ask you well the main question that i'm sure everybody wants to ask you these days what are your sources what were your sources of informatio

life but it's another story so i asked him what russian the words does he know obviously apart from sputnik and he said spy sieber and the third one was put him i say know the word and the fourth word is chelsea. you know what they don't know he also in the philippines about you know so i've i will sort of ask you after you ask me what is it in for me as a russian in the name porter and i would say if it is so compelling and interesting for a man in the philippines or brisket i must say that i am interested too to put it mildly say alexander caught up hell and chris hutchins authors of collaborate with biography spotlight will be back to continue this interview in less than a minute stay with them though. download the official ante up location. i pod touch from the i.q. jumps to. life on the good. video on demand tease my old car. and our essence feeds now in the palm of your. machine on the dot com thing. welcome back to spotlight i'm old enough and just a reminder that my guests on the show here today are alexander to come up oh and chris hutchins the authors are adamant wooden's biograph

after sputnik we sort of have a very good record. it was a period there where, what people say, the oppenheimer trial was pretty good. they had people under oath and every to testify but that still not, what people rethink at the time. klara describes the day at which they sort of clothes the mousetrap on oppenheimer, what everybody's reactions were that day. you will not get that anywhere else. >> how did you come upon that, that page? >> thanks to marina von neumann who knew through charles that i was doing this project, and she finally said, maybe you should come to ann arbor and look at the stuff. to her it was awkward because this was the woman that her father left her mother for. she didn't really want to look, they're very personal letters, but she trusted me to go through them and take out what was, then, what was useful for the history of computing. and it brings the book to life. i don't think it would be able to your that was a life without her voice and spirit. it's something about having english as a second language. the

all this really because of sputnik. today, there are two main types of federal loans, subsidized stafford loans are awarded based on need and unsubsidized stafford loans are available to all students. the overwhelming majority of subsidized loans go to students from middle- and low-income family. the federal program was created to open the doors of higher education to more americans and provide them with stable, low-cost loans to pay for their education. and it originally did so to help americans compete with the soviet union. we may have beaten the soviet union but we now face new economic threats from rising powers like china and india. and in our interconnected world in which it's easier -- easier than ever to outsource the quality of our work force matters more than ever before. so with college costs increasing, increasingly out of the means of many american families, in 2007 congress decided to help lower and motorcycle students -- lower -income students. the rates declined to 3.4% this past year. but because this

reportedly your dad took you outside on an autumn day to see sputnik in the sky. talk about growing up there and what's the effect that had on your future. >> first of all, thank you very much for having me. it is my pleasure to be here. certainly growing up in a relatively small town of only 30,000, it was unique in american history. it was one of the three places that really focused on atomic energy and nuclear bombs, and ashley started processing uranium for the first atomic bomb. probably the biggest thing i got out of it was a metal lot of really smart people. all the kids -- i met a lot of really smart people. are realized early on there was a big world out there. these people are really smart, and i got the bad end of the gene pool. a lot of the kids i was going to school with or really, really smart. i had 26 national merit finalist in my class. certainly was not one of them. but i recognize there are people that are really, really smart, so i had a good sense of that. as i got older and as i got into business. >> you had an unconventional business backgro

after sputnik, we have a very good record. there is a period there where we don't know what people said. the oppenheimer trial was very interesting. the white described the day that when you got everyone's reactions. >> how did you come upon that? >> thanks to mrs. von neumann. i was doing this project and she said well, maybe you should come here to ann arbor and look at this stuff. to her, it was awkward, because this is the woman that her father left her mother for. she didn't really want to look. it was very personal, very personal letters. but you just she trusted me to go through them and take out what was useful for the history of computing, and it brings the book to life. i don't think there would be a book without her voice. she gives lectures in seattle -- in 1940, they drove across the united states. it was route 66, she recorded that -- stopping at the gas stations. it is all there. her personal accounts are just riveting. they really are. she kept a journal right to the very end. she deserves a book of her own, if

[inaudible] reportedly your dad take you to see outside and on day to see sputnik in the sky. i assume if that's true it's the first satellite you sell. talk a little bit about growing up there and what effect if any that had on your future. >> well, first of all thank you very much for having me. it's my pleasure to be here. certainly grown up in a relatively small town, a count of 30,000 but it was unique in american history and it was one of the three places that really focused on atomic energy and the nuclear bomb and was started the processing uranium for the first atomic bomb in the middle kind of nowhere. and part of the biggest thing i got out of related business i got out of, i grew up around a lot of really smart people. so all the kids parents were ph.d and scientists working on nuclear energy. around the world, so i realize early on there was a big world out there, and these people were really smart and i got a bad end of the gene pool. a lot of these people in school were really, really smart. i think we're 26 national merit finalists or, in my class but i certain

after sputnik, we have a very good record. there is a period there where we don't know what people said. the oppenheimer trial was very interesting. the white described the day that when you got everyone's reactions. >> how did you come upon that? >> thanks to mrs. von neumann. i was doing this project and she said well, maybe you should come here to ann arbor and look at this stuff. to her, it was awkward, because this is the woman that her father left her mother for. she didn't really want to look. it was very personal, very personal letters. but you just she trusted me to go through them and take out what was useful for the history of computing, and it brings the book to life. i don't think there would be a book without her voice. she gives lectures in seattle -- in 1940, they drove across the united states. it was route 66, she recorded that -- stopping at the gas stations. it is all there. her personal accounts are just riveting. they really are. she kept a journal right to the very end. she deserves a book of her own, if

murrow was going after joe mccarthy in the '50s cronkite after sputnik got on military aviation and wasn shepard and john glenn and the moon race when he did this marathon broadcast for "apollo 11" and what's cronkite going to say when armstrong steps on the moon and there was a lot of talk about it and all he said was, my golly, i'm speechless. people loved him for that. in his private life he loved drinking, the old boy's club endless amount of friends. it's hard to get anybody that knew him that didn't like him because he didn't take himself too seriously and his wife betsy wouldn't let his ego get too big. he was grounded. kept his wristwatch on central time even when he was in new york. >> he famously visited george clooney at lake cuomo and places like that knew a lot of very famous people. >> i interviewed clooney's father who used to be the anchor man in cincinnati and clooney family, they were one of walter's closest friends, george clooney has done a number of nice things for walter including picking up tabs if he found out walter was in a restaurant, his father would tell him

i grew up living the american dream starting with the sputnik going over my house as a school- age kids. did my four years in technology in the military and went on to college. started an electronics business in silicon valley. had a great ride 30 years and built up a retirement fund. had the idea of living happily ever after retired. left the company with the employees and went off to retirement and they spend my retirement money. i was not protected. i'm still enjoying my life, however, i just paid for many years of private care for my dear mother in a nursing home while others in the same nursing-home were subsidized by medicaid. she was paying almost double. there's something wrong there. host: with your life experience, what does the concept of the american dream mean to you? caller: i think i was shortchanged in the last inning. i am trying to live out the last inning. i am enjoying it, however my expectations were different now than they were about five or six years ago. it has to do with the change and redistribution of what i had saved for my retirement. host: thanks for your s

sputnik of course. give me technology, give me the frontier space. we need a set of the europeans representatives getting together to explore space together and embark on space adventures together. we are with the gps condenses a military funded project but once it became a part of our commerce one, the ownership in a way kind of shifted from the military to the public. our planes are equipped with gps receivers so they can find their way around the world. europe was planning a system called come it's extremely expensive to do this. we are there in the aerospace commission. you can use our gps. what's the matter? we want to build. our worry was if they build it will require all of our airplanes to be equipped with their galileo receivers up in the cost of equipping our airplanes which was already in a bad economic space, so we are at the table and i remember the guy sitting across from me he's kind of smug because we are saying we want you to use this and they were just doing it on their own. we were almost begging because we had economic issues we h

sputnik those who would apply to the suhler current on their payment.this is just over $1. >> i would like to think our witnesses today. the to me the head sixth or. >> the responsible homeowner was into spy senators mendez and boxer. he made changes. the congress and administration and continued to not hear from goods to torrance and more could be done and to give homeowners. >> good gse's have not applied and a consistent manner which creates unnecessary complications for lenders and homeowners. >> vice said no. the economy as whole profile afford to hear your thoughts but to encourage competition moon. improving to say what will lead to a follow that reform? they were the will turn them over but to talk about expanding and put it could refinance mortgages with idiocy loans. well this is important to explore, it should only be one aspect but with that i'd think he pm not have a sustainable recovery that is statutes and rules are becoming problematic. >> i missed judge the risk to which the taxpayer has been

eisenhower after sputnik, extraordinary investment in science. >> exactly. >> and the payback was a thousandch we all hold in our palm now. >> you also say that the united states actually isn't handling the debt crisis as well as great britain. that while cameron is getting hammered over there, even labor believes that the deficit has to be tackled. >> i think britain feels it has much less choice. it peered over an even steeper abyss in a way, because it relies even more on its financial sector than the united states does for growth. and of course, that went belly-up. and it doesn't -- sterling is not the reserve currency. when the rest of the world is in crisis, they don't rush to sterling. they rush to the dollar. in britain, i don't happen to agree with austerity in britain. i don't think it's working. i think it's predictable that it's not working. but across the board politically, there's pretty much a consensus that they have to continue down this path. >> even other leaders of the labor? >> they say we should do it, but less fast. but it's not like the tea party, you know, debate wit

to high technology because we suddenly found ourselves behind the soviets in the space race with sputnikand then gargarian going up. and all the more kids went into math and science and technology, and look what that spawned in the generations to come because of education. and a lot of that came directly out of the g.i. bill. and now are we to adopt policies that are going to reverse that trend? well, we tried to take care of it in a diminishing economy as we slipped into the recession back in 2007 by saying, it is a matter of policy that we should lower interest rates for students who want to get their education. and here we are. and what this boils down to is, how are we going to pay for it? it costs $6 billion for one year. now, the house of representatives has taken a position -- and that's been discussed here -- their position is to take it out of the health care bill. well, when you take it out of the health care, you're taking it out of diabetes screening, heart disease screening, cancer screening for breath and cervical cancer. do we want to do that? i don't think so. do we want

it was not like i saw sputnik and wanted to launch a satellite. the better we got at it, the more passion not we got about it. go learn something and that you'll probably find you're passionate about certain thing, and when you are good at something, become knowledge baling about something, you'll be passionate about it too, and then you can actually be in a field that you're passionate about that makes, where, you know, you don't really work. you don't really have a job. it's great. really -- get in an environment where you can learn, and google's like a college campus right now. you don't have to pitch a tent in the middle of the floor, but they are learning. it's a great environment for whatever you do. if you go to a law firm, don't go to the one that pays the most money, but where you learn the most if you can afford to do it. >> i want to thank you so much for taking the time. it was meaningful. thank you. [applause] >> to learn more about telecommunications and tv innovation, coming up this weekend on this year's national cable and telecomm