. >> do you see yourself as a modern day thomas edison?ping to do something slightly different. edison's labs were really about one guy, thomas edison. what i am trying to do is create an environment and company that is about lots of inventors. i am not on every patent. i am not the inventor here. -- the only inventor here. >> this place? just about inventing. patents are at the core of the business. he has amassed so much intellectual property. some call him a patent troll. >> they say this is unfair, nathan is out there acquiring all these patents on everything. how can i create anything when i have to pay a heavy fee to a company like intellectual ventures because they have the patent on it? >> there are companies that have gotten used to not paying. they have gotten used to a situation where a university owns that or a little start up owns it. a start up will never come after us. it's okay. we can stiff them. >> how much time does nathan really get in the kitchen? >> it is only a fraction of what we do. most of the reason i dress like

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's bo tan y'all research laboratory on c-span2 and 3. >> peter schuck argues that government is often ineffective because of structural flaws that plague both political parties. he says that by looking at government policies that have been effective, we can figure out how to improve the system as a whole. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, wally, and i'm

classic lincoln. [ applause ] next, we've got thomas edison. let's see thomas edison's quote. inspiration, 99% perspiration." a great thing to remind yourself of every once in a while. let's see the first draft. "genius is 1% inspiration, 99% flirtation. am i right, ladies?" more like thomas pervy. [ laughter ] all right. finally, we have mahatma ghandi who said, "be the change you wish to see in the world." love that quote, gets me every time. and the first draft, "don't like a-holes? then quit being an a-hole." i think that was actually better. this has been "famous quote first draft." we're going to be right back with anderson cooper. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the nissan altima with nasa inspired zero gravity seats. ♪ let it take the weight off your drive. ♪ ♪ nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ intercourse that's painfulit... due to menopausal changes. the problem isn't likely to go away... ...on its own. so it's time we do something about it. and there's help. premarin vaginal cream. a prescription that does what no over-the-counter product was des

we have seen historically, going back to thomas edison introducing the motion picture, a technologicalr learning, that it has not always been a great success, indeed quite the opposite. >> actually, that is what we hope to do with technology. we do not want to replace reading. we want 1000 times more opportunity to read texts that are engaging and exciting. one of the challenges we have in this country is there is no shortage of things happening in education. it is a problem of scaling. it is a shame right now that there are students who are disadvantaged because they do not have access to great materials to read, access to coaches to help them when they get stuck. frankly, it is because the zip code they live in. that is not fair in a country where we have technology to bridge the gap. i hope to see this technology that we are rolling out, through the president's connect ed initiative, getting schools connected to broadband, will be a chance to get way more reading and writing and learning of map around topics that are of interest to students. what they feel is relevant to their life

including a stop at thomas edison's research laboratory. on c-span2 and c-span three. >>> right after the poetry collection the russian protest movement but i'm sure everybody knows about broke out quite suddenly for everybody else. but at that point for a couple of months it was born as a fiction and it was born when. they had participated in another group and she was asked to speak at a conference of opposition activists and this is because they werthere were so few opposn activists that when one of them noticed somebody else that was kind of charismatic and participating in the tiny opposition that was happening, they would sort of try to draw them into so allowing us to give a presentation. she decided on someone of the feminist art and she was very taken with it and was reading about all of the radical feminist art in the west. and so she put together what could really be the fresh course on feminist art. art. but the freshma freshman coursed feminist art or not taught. she put it together in an hour and a half asian, but there was a p

a pioneer of speech recognition technology and many other inventions that have been called the thomas edison of our time. he is the man that really coined the term singularity and so he is now the chief engineer at google in charge of their projects about the brain and most people think that reverse engineering of the brain is the fastest way to create artificial general intelligence, which is human level intelligence. and that maybe something that you want to look into. it is quite fascinating and i won't go into it at much depth. i also got to interview another hero of mine back then, rodney brooks, who is the foremost proboscis of our time in the company he founded is called irobot. his general-purpose robot is called baxter and this includes being able to learn and do things in your home or in factories and he imagines them working on farms. right now, there are vacuuming robots and they also make a lot of outfield robots as well and there is a debate going on right now that is a very important debate about whether or not battlefield robots should be autonomous or whether or not they sho

there will be a stop at thomas edison's botanic research laboratory. on saturday and sunday. former reagan advisor suzanne massie spoke about the history of u.s.-russia relations. she spoke on how the u.s. media is reporting events in ukraine. it is just over one hour. >> welcome to the center of global interest. i am president of the -- center. i am very glad to see all of you here. a meeting for the purpose to talk about what to do in the current situation. obviously we are moving toward some kind of new cold war, or at least a very serious conflict tween the west and russia. not, weyou like it or are back in old times. some people say, some experts say, that this new cold war will be much more serious because we do not have geological differences anymore. rush is a capitalistic country. it is not communism. it is not a difference between communism and capitalism. the cold war between two different social and political systems. that makes the conflict even more dangerous because it is much more serious. these agreements between russia and the soviet union, maybe it is geopo

. >> thomas edison first visited fort meyers and purchase this property for a seamless winter retreatthe absence of vacationing until thomas' death in 1931. in 1947 mrs. edison deeded the property to the city of fort myers. >> nobody else has read incredible book about fort myers and the addison which is here. i didn't have time to do that. i had some difficulties, and i said well, the other half of the day of great while this research in the book, i was up in new jersey. i happen to go to a warehouse suber the original artifacts and i was in this warehouse in digging in your card or box full of original document and pulled out a handful in one of them fell on the ground. i reached over to pick it up and it was a 16 page account of the edison ford took to the everglades in 1914. it started out being a very nice day that led by sharon they had in the company guard of the, charles hutchison at your door at sn. they have had her court and clara ford and ethel ford and several other friends. and they went first to develop and from the from the bell over to immokalee and rock lake which is

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's bo tan y'all research laboratory on c-span2 and 3. >> peter schuck argues that government is often ineffective because of structural flaws that plague both political parties. he says that by looking at government policies that have been effective, we can figure out how to improve the system as a whole. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, wally, and i'm delighted to be here at the cato institute to present a book that i fear may seem from its title like i'm bringing coals to new castle, why government fails so often. this is, after all, the cato institute. and so this message will be, i think, affirming to you, but what i hope to suggest is you may not fully appreciate the reasons why government fails or the magnitude of the failure and how it might be, those failures might be remedied. that is to say most of the discussion about government failures are highly theoretical, rhetorical, deeply politically, philosophical level rather than at an analytical level based on em

ge is founded by thomas edison, i don't know. >> original dow 12. >> hopefully he is gone. would say this, these are high pressure jobs. these are burnout jobs particularly in big companies. tesla is much different company than ge. ge is a huge conglomerate. its growth days are probably over. >> should it break up? >> maybe it needs to break up. >> that is the right move but the progress has been slow. >> what do you want him to do? >> got to get better margins. margin improvement has been too slow and is that righting to get rid of some financial assets. that was a bank in drag for far too long. >> remember, they did very well with that bank in drag and then it did bring them down. >> they have done very poorly. >> look at the stock since 2008, it hasn't done so badly. >> getting back to test last, wow, look at that market cap. this is half of gm and tesla makes 25,000 cars and gm makes nine million vehicles aer. >> to put that in perspective what about tesla -- >> tesla is fabulous company. the stock, to your point will not do well. melissa: spirited conversation about ce

. >> it takes me back to the thomas edison era when they first experimented with using the electric chair as opposed to hanging or firing squad. there's all of this sort of methodology is what we're arguing about, how to do it. we still aren't arguing about whether or not to do it. >> right. sister health pre -- helen pre prejean has worked on this issue, the issue that's based in the common good. it is never within the common good to kill another under any circumstance. yes, being in jail, being in prison, that's an appropriate response. but killing in the name of the common good? that is totally out of kilter. >> we do now have the jay carney statement he made during the white house briefing about the failed execution or about the botched execution. let's listen to that now. >> in this case, these cases, the crimes are indisputably horrific and heinous. but it's also the case that we have a fundamental standard in this country that even when the death penalty is justified, it must be carried out humanely. i think everyone would recognize that this case fell short of that standard. >> so

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison'sesearch laboratory on c-span2 and 3. >> citizens united and americans for prosperity hosted their inaugural freedom summit in manchester, new hampshire, on saturday. coming up, we'll show you the highlights from the event, including remarks by senators ted cruz of texas and kentucky's rand paul, also donald trump and former arkansas governor mike huckabee. but first, the day connected off with a speech by mike lee of utah. >> thank you very much. i just left washington yesterday, and i have to say it's good to be back in america. >> it's a pleasure to welcome the senator. a few months after we got there, bono, the leader singer for u2, information town. she and i were the only two senators in the room when bono came by, which actually listened to u2 starting when we were in junior high. it was a good moment. when i came to the senator, i was 39 at the time i was elected and took office. although as i like say, i was reading at the level of a 40-year-old, when i was told was very impres

a pioneer of speech recognition technology and many other inventions that have been called the thomas edison of our time. he is the man that really coined the term singularity and so he is now the chief engineer at google in charge of their projects about the brain and most people think that reverse engineering of the brain is the fastest way to create artificial general intelligence, which is human level intelligence. and that maybe something that you want to look into. it is quite fascinating and i won't go into it at much depth. i also got to interview another hero of mine back then, rodney brooks, who is the foremost proboscis of our time in the company he founded is called irobot. his general-purpose robot is called baxter and this includes being able to learn and do things in your home or in factories and he imagines them working on farms. right now, there are vacuuming robots and they also make a lot of outfield robots as well and there is a debate going on right now that is a very important debate about whether or not battlefield robots should be autonomous or whether or not they sho

american history tv take a look at the history and literary life myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison'sbotanical research laboratory, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2, and sunday 2:00 on c-span 3. >> during this month c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's annual encourages that middle and high school students to think critically about issues. we asked students to base their documentary on was what's the most important issue u.s. congress should consider in 2014. second prize winner madeline bowne is a sophomore at cherry hill high school from cherry jersey, she believes congress should make cell phone use while driving their most issue.nt >> the car spun around in a circle, one girl got ejected, the driver instantly wanted to phone was because it got hit out of her hand. so the first person that came up, said she was looking for her phone. i think he was in the back seat, was alive for about 45 minutes before they cut her out. >> hello, i'm madeline bowne, i'm a 16-year-old and i'm ready to star

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's botanical research laboratory, saturday at noon eastern on c-span two. sunday at 2:00 on c-span3. the 2014 pulitzer prize for public service was awarded today andhe guardian u.s. washington post newspaper for articles by martin gelman and others on the nsa's secret surveillance programs revealed by edward snowden. data a discussion on nsa collection and surveillance, with former cia and nsa director michael hayden. from the american university in washington dc, this is two hours. >> we are really privilege to have two people who know the nsa extremely well, from different perspectives. general michael hayden is a retired four-star general who served as the director of both the cia and nsa, among many other illustrious appointments in his nearly 40 year career of public service. he was appointed director of the nsa by president bill clinton and served 1999-2005. after his tenure at the nsa, general hayden went on to serve as the country's first principle deputy director of national int

and a small neighborhood from the of the art stock exchange 1882 thomas edison -- edison station in lower manhattan eliminated 400 claims in homes, offices and businesses for the first time for 85 customers. it was a glimmer of how delicious the wood, and to dramatically change and improve and strengthen our country to make our daily lives more convenient and pour prosperous. the u.s. electrification rates steadily increased from there for a few percentage points in the early 1900's through 70% in the early 1930's. at that point to only 10 percent of rural households in america headed electricity compared to 90% of urban homes. the government's action and great effort on the part of many parties was near 20 percent by 1960. during the 20th century electricity production is shifted from being produced from coal and hydro power from a diverse mix of coal and natural gas and nuclear and petroleum and recently of the renewals. with the rapid development of new technologies 50 years from now we can be certain there would be even more diversity in energy sources to power our country. however th

takes a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including the research of thomas edison. >> next, in a discussion on innovative strategies for an approving administration. kiran dir sethi outlined her 'design for change" program at an event hosted by the chicago council on global affairs. this is about one hour. [applause] >> thank you so much. it has been amazing. mike and pat have been the most charming host. and i have a great friendship that has betrayed and turned been created. and so thank you so much. so it's an honor to be a sellout. so i would like to share with you my story for the next 20 minutes and i'm hoping you will think him worthy of being a fellow. and so i'm just going to start. the story of this is not about an educated or social activists want change the world. quite the contrary. everything changed when i became a mother. and so let me introduce you to my son. within a single stroke his cry was to write his essay and he went to school thinking i can grow up thinking i can't. so we like choices everyday. choosing tea over coffee or putting a man onto

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's laboratory. sunday. and casey sherman and dave wedge on the book "boston strong" about the bombings at last year's marathon. the book is based on the investigation of the attack. they spoke at fisher college for one hour. >> thank you. first, i would like to say thank you to our interns from fisher college. we have a group of really dedicated students that have been working with dave and i over the past several months to transcribe interviews, talk about the timeline of the bombing, timeline about some of the secondary stories that came out of the aftermath to this. i want to thank them. i want to thank jan courtney for this incredible opportunity, especially the fact that dave and i are sitting down. i am very short so when i stand next to him i look like his son. i have written about the best of the human condition. i have also written about the worst of the human condition. with "boston strong" we found a little bit of both. once this happened, some publishers started to approach m

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's botanical research laboratory, saturday, noon eastern, on c-span2 2 and sunday at 2:00 on c-span3. >> a three judge panel at the tenth circuit court of appeals in denver heard a case challenging the utah same-sex marriage band. the voters passed an amendment to the state's constitution recognizing marriage as only between a man and woman inch december, a federal district judge tossed out the voter-proofed ban, ruling it violated the 14th amendment's guarantee of due process and equal rights protection under the constitution. this oral argument is an hour. >> we're here this morning for one case, 13-4178. kitchen vs. her hurt, you may protest. >> i'm honored to appear today on ball of the state of utah, its governor, its attorney general, who is here with us today, and its people. and just for the court's information i'm going to try to reserve seven minutes for rebuttal. >> you're the master of your own time. >> thank you, your honor. the issue before the court is obviously not how th

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison'sbotanical research laboratory, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 on c-span3. >> there is old saying that victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan and i wouldn't be surprised if information is poured into you in regard to all the recent activities. >> we're just talking about the fact that the intear gays last week of the stennis committee, senator goldwater asked about a use of carrier aircraft, the use of aircraft carrier essex with their markings painted out. we figure somebody over there told them about the thing on wednesday morning and dirksen will spring it or goldwater will try to spring it in such a way that looks like there was us air cover and you were wrong and i was wrong saying there wasn't. >>> historic audio from the attempt to overthrow fidel castro. on c-span radio at 90.1 fm and nationwide on xm satellite raised yo channel 120. >>> this morning we're live at the center of strategic and international studies here in washington for a discussi

exchange in 1882, thomas anderson's pearl street station in lower manhattan eliminated 400 lamps -- thomas edison. in homes, offices and businesses for the first time for 85 customers. it was indeed a glimmer of our electricity would come to dramatically change and improve, and strengthen, our country and make our daily lives more convenient and more prosperous. the u.s. electric publication rate steadily increased -- electrification rate, from a few percentage boat and early 1900s to about 70% in the early 1930s. but at that point only 10% of rural households in america had electricity compared to 90% of the urban homes. with government action and great effort on the part of many parties, rural electrification wrapped up and was near 100% by 1960. during the 20th century electricity production in the u.s. shifted from being produced primarily from coal and hydropower to a diverse mix of coal, natural gas, nuclear, petroleum and recently, other renewables. with the rapid development of new technologies 50 years from now, we can be certain there will be even more diversity in the energy sources to

there will be a stop at thomas edison's library. this will be saturday at noon on c-span two. washington journal continues. host: we are back. we will be talking about challenges for the next two -- health and human services drifter. what does sylvia mathews burwell face? guest: we are getting to the first enrollment. right now. what doctors will people be able to see? there is a whole raft of issues. when it comes to putting the health care law in place. fornext big one is premiums 2015. that will be a political story, a much people see their costs .ise durin she will be under pressure to keep the rates down. we know there is some early backlash about the size of the prevent not -- network. they are small this first year. they want to see them get bigger. when you expand your networks, that means higher prices. there will be competing pressures there. this we a huge political story. you can imagine how many ads will run. democrats will be concerned about that. host: she is the nominee. she's be confirmed. what is the congressional response. thet: pretty chilly on republican s

history tv take a look at the history and literary life of fort myers, florida, including a stop at thomas edison's botanical research laboratory saturday at noon eastern on c-span2, and sunday at two on c-span3. >> a live look inside the treasury department this morning where we are planning to bring you live coverage of a news conference with treasury secretary jack lew and ukraine finance minister, the two meeting to discuss economic aid to ukraine in conjunction with the imf. the u.s. is pledging support for a billion dollar loan guarantee to help ukraine's recovery effort to this is set to get underway in just a moment. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and again verify that the treasury department in washington, d.c. for coverage of news conference with treasury secretary jack lew and ukraine finance minister, both going to discuss economic aid to ukraine. it should get started here in just a quick motor while we have a moment, live coverage of the discussion on the rise of islamic political parties in pakistan as w

it's thomas edison. this would be the biggest acquisition ever. it would be a big deal. the animal spirits back? you can't buy yogurt from that country. >> right. >> and also you have politicians and unions in france where the company employs 18,000. can you imagine -- i don't know whether ge would go in and rationalize, is that what we call it, rationalize operations but it could mean -- >> i don't think you can. >> you're not allowed in the first place. would the french -- and i use that not as a pejorative, would the french -- the word itself. no. i love france. favorite city in the world. if you can't buy a yogurt company, you'd be able to buy this? this is a jewel of french industry in manufacturing. >> i think that would raise more than a few brows. >> these euros, they know the bullet trains. everybody travels around in trains. we tried to bring them here and connect cities that don't even want to visit each other. bullet trains in europe -- >> they're the thing, the way to get around. >> you don't have to take off. >> oh, fly. >> i think the nauseous is from the

patrick garner is a guy who plays a thomas edison impersonator. he makes $75,000. salary. she says you know you've not done the job well unless you're dog tired at the end of the day. who doesn't want that teacher? and gloria ross is an obituary writer. she started she wrote an obituary for her father-in-law and then her father. and then other family members started saying would you write one for me. she was in marketing and communication. she worked at the united way. and well, there's a job here. what's really amazing in people always invite her to the funeral after she writes the obituary. >> the other great thing you have is not just what people are making but those who are looking for work and things to market themselves, correct? >> exactly. one of the things we really wanted to tackle was sort of that non-seeking work class of what's going on. i've heard from thousands of people saying i send resumes out, i don't hear. we tried to understand working with linkedin what gets people hired through that sort of social way to networking. and using linkedin, how to