thomas a. edison[ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone. this is a very special occasion indeed. i'm honored to join our speaker, paul ryan, senator mitch mcconnell, leader of the senate, and the distinguished senators and congressmen who are here to celebrate this new addition to our capital. today 85 years after his death, we welcome to the capitol the statue of one of the greatest inventors who has ever lived, thomas alva edison. the wizard of menlo park. and now, marcy very clearly listed many, gave inventory to many of thomas edison's inventions. senator portman talked about the work ethic that was so essential to his success. senator brown talked about the connection between that voting card and the cleveland brown's football player named ryan who was a physicist at stanford who installed the voting card here many, many years later. so i'll make another california connection. as a californian, i take special delight in the connection between menlo park, new jersey, and menlo park, california. t

none of that would have happened, though, without thomas edison. n, the world was transformed by edison's genius. the diligence that powered discovery. he was about two things. he was about invention and he was about discovery, discovery of what works and what doesn't, creativity, the heroic worth ethic that brought his ideas to fruition. technology has marched on but edison's achievements still stir our imaginations, still touch our hearts with pride and wonder. in thomas edison, we behold the power of applied science and american innovation to illuminate the world. 50 years after the invention of the incandescent bulb, at edison's congressional gold medal ceremony here in the capitol, president calvin coolidge said, "few men possess to such a striking degree the blending of the imagination of a dreamer with the practical driving force of the doer." edison, coolidge proclaimed, represents the finest tradition of our citizenship. indeed, edison embodies the creative essence of america, not only the invention of things but spirit of innovation at the

gore: almost 100 years ago, america's most famous inventor, thomas edison, said these words, this is an exact quote. i would put my money on the sun and solar energy. what a source of power. i hope you do not have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. i want to say a brief word about -- i'm going to return to my main point in a moment, i want to say brief word about something else that all of you can do. you can elect patrick murphy to the united states senate instead of a climate denier. but here is something else you can do, vote no on initiative one on your ballot. [applause] mr. gore: hillary mentioned that there are fewer solar jobs in the sunshine state, florida, then there are in new jersey. actually, florida also lags behind massachusetts, which is even farther north. despite having three times the population of massachusetts, florida has less than half of the solar jobs that have been created in massachusetts. massachusetts installed more solar energy last year alone than florida has installed in its entire history. >> it is ridiculous. mr. gore: yes, it

of that the ceremony unveiling the statue of inventor thomas edison at the u.s. capitol. that's ahead here on c-span 3. former u.s.

speaker paul ryan joins other house and senate members to unveil and dedicate a statue of inventor thomas edison. each state is entitled to display two statues of prominent cities in the u.s. capitol, and ohio voted in 2006 to replace one of theirs with the edison statue. this is about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [ applause ] >> oh. >> ohio! >> i love that. even from a badger fan. welcome, everybody. welcome to the united states capitol. this is an exciting day. today we are unveiling the latest addition to the national statutory hall collection. as you know, every state contributes two

we have great fathers, benjamin franklin and thomas edison ford, if he would just tell people, this is who we are and let everyone have hope. if he could be positive and he can give everybody including the media, people who have left him on his side. i this i he can do that. if people want a positive message. i think he can do that and i think that's what he is to most of us. somebody to believe in. >> reporter: what should he not do? >> i think he's a great speaker and i like the people that came before him. if he would from now on be positive. we heard what everything else is wrong. lets go forward with what is great about this country and our people. >> reporter: okay, mary, thank you very much and thank you for your time. she's not alone. we hear from other trump supporters saying the same. >> jacob. >> thank you very much. >> your guest there is waiting for donald trump in ocala. we'll see if the positive message shines through there in the next stop of florida. we have a note from bernie sanders responding to the latest wikileaks of clinton c's campai e-mail exchanges. here is a

after that, the ceremony unveiling the statue of inventor thomas edison at the u.s. capitol. that's ahead here on c-span3. >>> former u.s. senators bob dole and nancy kas el bomb who represented kansas in the 1970s, '80s and '90s discussed their experiences in government and the state of congress today. this 80-minute conversation is hosted by the bob dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. it's moderated by the institute's director, bill lacy. >> hello. and welcome to the robert j. dole institute of politics. my name is cody christiansen and i'm the coordinator of the student advisory board which is the official student organization of the dole institute. some people know this, but when senator dole first agreed to have his congressional records keep here at the university of kansas, he stressed the importance of involving students within the mission of the dole institute. i am pleased to report that the dole institute has an extremely active student advisory board, and is experiencing record turnout at events, meetings and volunteering. over 100 students att

the secrets apartments near the top of the eiffel tower that was built to impress friends, that thomas edison visited that has nice carpeting and a grand piano, that is a hidden wonder. those of the type of things that we are looking for in "atlas obsucra". this website began seven years ago. justin started assembling these places and opened up to the public, the people around the world and said, show us what you have. they were not quite sure what to expect or how many submissions they would receive, people would really understand the hidden wonder thing. we are now up to 10000 places. it is picking up somewhat. people seem to get it. they get the hidden wonder thing. we get so many submissions from to the ilt the castle. i wonder if it is still there. there is a sense of hometown pride,'s people showing off what they have discovered and that is what we are cultivating. as a way of showing you some examples of what is inside the book, because we have collected about 700. we have done a sort of a greatest hits album, sampler platter of places that we have collected on the website. i wanted to

you know, i was watching these press reports about how the last time they won a world series, thomas edison was still alive. [ laughter ] sliced bread had not been invented. so this was literally the best thing since sliced bread. for cubs fans. [ cheers and applause ] >> white sox got their championship a little over ten years ago so we're feeling okay. >> jimmy: bill murray may be the premier cubs fan of all cubs fans, was in washington, d.c. this week. i happened to be there, we did a tribute to bill murray. he crashed the white house. >> he came into the oval office in a cubs shirt. and i don't usually allow that >> first of all, most people come with a shirt and tie. it was bill murray so i figure, i get no tie. but don't rub it in with the cubs jersey on. >> jimmy: i'm amazed by him. he pretty much does anything he wants. >> what he wants. nobody checks him. not even secret service. >> jimmy: metal detects him. >> it doesn't matter. >> jimmy: did you speak? did you chat? >> well, he had won the mark twain. >> jimmy: mark twain prize, will had won previously. i should mention by the wa

he was almost like they're -- they're thomas edison in a way, because he was also a great adventurer. he invented the spark ignition and was sending radio waves before marconi. he was a really important figure. his son raymond died during the war. again he believed he was in , touch with his spirit. called, a book "raymond" that they say was more popular in england than the bible during world war i because everybody wanted to believe it was possible to communicate with these dead boys. and when this is respected -- this respected scientist tells you it's possible and conan doyle who, conan doyle wasn't just a writer or an author. conan doyle was the face of the british empire. he was there teddy roosevelt. thier teddy roosevelt. he was athletic and loved around the world. he wrote about the war. he was a very respected columnist. the british public just loved him. they revered him. he was without question the most famous englishman in the world. at least the most recognizable at this time. so you have these two famous figures who come out and they are telling the world that is communi

the national historic preservation act and the thomas edison statue in the u.s.itol's statuary hall. american history tv next week on c-span3, starts monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in the 1947 case mendez versus westminster, a federal court in california found segreigating mexicans into separate schools was unconstitutional. silvia mendez, whose parents brought the lawsuit, spoke before the u.s. commission on civil rights about the case and her career as a civil rights activist. >> well, thank you all for being here today. not only for those of you who sat in on our actual business meeting, but more importantly here for what is really an important function that's the commission has, and we don't often take advantage of it is we're mandated to educate the community about civil rights issues. and that always doesn't mean just issuing a report or sending out a letter. i think there are historic instances in our nation which maybe a lot of folks don't know about. and i think using the historic bully pulpit of this commission, we can help educate individuals in our

almost 100 years ago america's most famous inventor, thomas edison said these words. i would put my money on the sun and solar energy. what a source of power. i hope we don't have to wait until the oil and coal run out before we tackle that. now, i want to say a brief word. i'm going to return to my second main point here in a minute, but i want to say a brief word about something else that all of you can do. you can elect patrick murphy to the united states senate instead of prominent deanier. you can also vote no on initiative one of your ballot. hillary mentioned that there are fewer solar jobs in the sun shine state, florida, than there are in new jersey. actually, florida also lags behind massachusetts, which is even farther north. despite having three times the population of massachusetts, florida has less than half of the solar jobs that have been created in massachusetts. massachusetts installed more solar energy last year alone than florida has installed in its entire history. yes, it's ridiculous. that's exactly right. and the head of one of the fossil fuel

at 10:45 tonight, the dedication of the thomas edison statue in the u.s. capital. >>> c-span brings you more debate this is week from key u.s. senate races. this evening at 7:00 live on c-span the pennsylvania senate debate between republican senator pat toomey and democrat katie mcginty. on wednesday, a debate between marco rubio and patrick murphy. thursday night at 8:00 eastern, kelly ayotte and maggie hassen debate for the new hampshire senate seat. c-span, where history unfolds daily. >>> what are the vulnerabilities of the u.s. election system? the institute for critical infrastructure technology hosted a series of discussions on cybersecurity threats. over the next 50 minutes, a look at ways voting machines and data can be compromised. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us for today's briefing. my name is parham eftekhari. i welcome you to today's briefing on a recent series of publications entitled "hacking elections is easy." we're holding today's briefing because of the factual conversations on the cybersecurity of our election sy

then the thomas edison statue dedication. the american-arab anti-discrimination committee held its national convention here in d.c. over the next hour, a discussion on political rhetoric in the 2016 election. >> we're going to get started. so if everybody could have a seat. the moderator for the next session is sam mccullough who will introduce our esteemed panel and our guests this morning. over to sam. thank you. >> so what we have decided to do on this panel is talk hate elf rhetoric that's been going on in the local process this year. as we know, we have seen some of the more bomb bass particular statements regarding muslims, immigrants, regarding latinos and hispanics. so with this panel we will sort of discuss is it working, is it not working. what is being said. what is the effect on the community and the political process. this is going to be more of an interactive discussion. i will ask the panel to give opening remarks. i will ask questions. we will have a little dialogue up here. i will open it up to the audience t

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thomas edison said he new 999 way as light bulb did not work. most of you heard the cleaning formula 409. why do they call it? because the first 408 didn't work. you have to gather information from this, you have to learn from these things and move forward. so there are a lot of successful business people who can tell you about gigantic failures that they have had. the question is can they rebound? and can they come back from that and build something that's great? that is what really needs to be looked at. kennedy: to that point very quickly, bill gates said, he said this, that it is an important quote from him he won't hire anyone unless they have encountered great failure in their life. >> well that's where it comes from. that is where wisdom comes from, if you derive it. now some people just allow themselves to be beaten down, they give up and say poor me. julie: in fairness we don't know whether rebounded or not because he still won't release taxes. let me say a couple things and actually quote from donald trump himself. quote, half of ameri

the secrets apartments near the top of the eiffel tower that was built to impress friends, that thomas edisonisited that has nice carpeting and a grand piano, that is a hidden wonder. those of the type of things that we are looking for in "atlas obsucra". this website began seven years ago. justin started assembling these places and opened up to the public, the people around the world and said, show us what you have. they were not quite sure what to expect or how many submissions they would receive, people would really understand the hidden wonder thing.

next, house speaker paul ryan joining other house and senate members to unveil a statue of invent thomas edison. each state is entitled to display two statues of prominent citizens in the capitol. ohio voted in 2006 to replace one of theirs with the edison statute. -- statue. the 50-minute ceremony features the house speaker. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [applause] speaker ryan: oish! i love that, even from a badger fan. welcome to the united states capitol. this is an exciting day. today we're unveiling the latest addition to the national statutory hall. every state contributes two statues put on display throughout the capitol and the ohio delegation decided that one of their state statutes, former governor william allen, wasn't

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gore: almost 100 years ago, america's most famous inventor, thomas edison, said these words, this isn exact quote. i would put my money on the sun and solar energy. what a source of power. i hope you do not have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. i want to say a brief word about -- i'm going to return to my main point in a moment, i want to say brief word about something else that all of you can do. you can elect patrick murphy to the united states senate instead of a climate denier. but here is something else you can do, vote no on initiative one on your ballot. [applause] mr. gore: hillary mentioned that there are fewer solar jobs in the sunshine state, florida, then there are in new jersey. actually, florida also lags behind massachusetts, which is even farther north. despite having three times the population of massachusetts, florida has less than half of the solar jobs that have been created in massachusetts. massachusetts installed more solar energy last year alone than florida has installed in its entire history. >> it is ridiculous. mr. gore: yes, it is

sinceoblem the epa has, the days of thomas edison, what the power generating agencies will have honored by congress, then you have the epa saying we will decide to have coal plants shut down and require that wind and solar plants be built. you had all of the judges struggling. transformational? people are building renewable resources anyway, but the .echanism is remarkable the idea that epa is saying we have the authority to remake the grid. we can decide a certain number of coal plants need to shut down here the epa has never done that directly. david will say in the past other epa regulations have had this effect here at which is true. if you require coa less to put on scrubbers, some of that might be shifted, but that is not mandated that a be shifted from one point to the other. .> i disagree with that the very idea of the clean air act is putting limits on pollution that the marketplace does not deal with. the market price is pushing in the right direction, but the clean power plan is pushing somewhat further. emit a lot of pollution, when they get to use the atmosphere for free, t

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acquisitions are hard and strategically, these things in there he can work together but ultimately as thomas and edisonion without execution is hallucination. cannot just be about the deal, it has to be about after the deal, making sure the strategy is clear, the team is clear, the priorities are clear. emily: michael dell and his whole philosophy is bigger and better. and another says leaner is better. steve: it depends on the market and the cycle. buttimes scale does help sometimes it creates more of a burden around moving quickly. agility is more and more important. that is a key theme of this third wave. you have to look at the cycle of investment in different sectors. becausepanies bulk up they think strategically that is important. you also see some trying to be leaner and meaner and more agile. emily: aol is in the process of billion, we are in a bit of a gray area as to whether it will go through. do you think it is a good deal? steve: it makes sense for verizon once they decide to bulk up in terms of their internet access, extending that with yahoo! strategically makes sense. issense is that v

[cheering] almost 100 years ago, america's most famous inventor, thomas edison, said these words.f power. i hope we don't have to wait until the oil and coal run out before we tackle that. i want to say a brief word. i'm going to return to my second point in a minute but i want to say a few words about something else that all of you can do. here's something else you can do. do. vote no on initiative one. [cheering] she mentioned that there are fewer jobs in the sunshine state fan in new jersey. actually, florida is also behind massachusetts which is even further north. despite having three times the population of massachusetts, florida has less than half of those that have been created in massachusetts. massachusetts installed more solar energy last year alone than florida has installed in its entire history. it's ridiculous, yes that is right. and the head of one of the fossil fuel utilities actually said yes i florida is the sunshine state but it's also the partly cloudy state. they are trying to cloud the truth by putting forward a phony baloney initiative that sounds like it p

i guess mark zuckerberg abe lincoln and thomas edison, they were deprived of basic human rights. bernie sanders and the u.n. busybodies are wrong. health care, housing and food are not the kinds of rights america's founders wrote about it because he to give one person for housing or education you have to take money from somebody else. that's a violation of those people's rights. in our bill of rights every single right is a right not to be meddled with. in other words a right to be free from government, the right not to have your speech abridged or your religion band. that's a big difference from the un's rights or bernie's are hillary's. they would take other people's stuff and give it to people they say deserve it more. but at least the rights the founders care the most about it have often been protected by the supreme court when politicians try to go too far. but will they in the future? donald trump says, that's why you have got to elect me. >> this president predicts five supreme court justices. if hillary clinton gets in she is now so far left that we are never going to hav