it is my pleasure to welcome carl zimmer author of 13 books about science. his column appears each week in the new york times and an adjunct professor at the university. he has one the 2016 gold prize over the study of evolution and according to his official bio the only rider after whom a series of tapeworm have been named. [laughter] he will share his newest book, "she has her mother's laugh" the book was born into the world about a month ago already receiving great press. he may have heard him on the npr fresh air that was right before he came here such an important conversation. [laughter] so tonight is special not only is he in house for we are also recording this event for a new podcast low --dash so please do check that out for his great magazine contents and also upcoming news about the first podcast season. we are also being recorded for c-span so we appreciate our partners have given us this opportunity. so we will start with a conversation and then save some time for q&a so you can be included have been after the conversation we will meet at the f

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they checked their bats in chicagin first ning, no score, zimmer, two-run homer. nats up 2-0 early in the sixth. 3-1 at this point in the fourth inning, daniel murphy's turn. this one is going to left center, that's also a two-run homer. nats up 5-1. same inning, 6-1 now. let's bring back sin, thi time left center, three-run shot. second of the day. nats win 9-4. it was pretty impressive, ryan zimmerman. >> to me he's a quiet leader. really is. he doesn't say much, but w does say something, the guys take it to heart. and they respect him a lot. i respect him a lot. he's a big part of our s succes. d it with his bat today. the last time tiger woods won a major, over a decade ago. that was the 2008 u.s. open, but he's shown signs of r aival this year. woods noted resilience and e resoaying off. he was in contention on sunday during the most recent u.s. open and on moving day charged up the leaderboard again. tigertarting out the day strong at the pga championship. the 100th pga championship, but who's counting? birdied 5 of the first 8 holes of the day, including th

two-run double for zimmer. nats win,-3. nicely done.richmond before thursday's game. look who is back, wide receiver josh doctson. that bruised heel after he was landed on in the end zone.on dee pain back doing work after missing ten days with ankle injury. thursday against the patriots. wayne rooney is making the transition from england and manchester united. e goal scorer and team captain with the d.c. ianed. a whirl six weeks for rooney from touchdown in dulles to getting in tch with his team. and also it includes the weather here in d.c. >> obviously, the heat can bet diffic at times over here. buto, i think as i know from watching games, the standard of football i really high. it's competitive and you can see bthe rivalryween teams. i've really enjoyed it. made me feel welcome very ick. the only difference is being in a hotel for six weeks now. >> oh. >> i'm told that's a proper accent just in case you want to know. >> >> we'll have to google that. >> just don't wear a does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's sewho

i learned more from this hook right here from american trophies by mark sauter and john zimmer laid thans received from the united states government. they have really done a great job in anybody that's interested in what is going on with the pow mia in north korea ought to get their book and read it. it's extremely informative. sometimes we all have short attention spans these days. remind us of the brutality of the north koreans to american prisoners of war. >> well, the camp they kept the men were horrible. even conditions were horrible and that's never mentioned. the fact that they marked him for days without food, water or medical attention and if they fell by the wayside there was hundreds of those. they never kept records of the ones that were buried. the ones they returned, we don't know if they were american soldiers are south koreans hold yours or who. i'm a little bit doubtful. we have previous prisoners of war that have been returned. the remains have been returned and they were buried in hawaii. mike: we thank you and your family and we appreciate your time, sir. >> thank you

same tactic that the defense used to clear george zimmer in the trayvon martin shooting more than fiverida newsroom. >> tehran martin' trayvon martis showed up for arrest and murder charge which so far has not happened. all yesterday all five candidates for governor, reverend al sharpton and 500 people all calling for the shooter of marquis mclaughlin to be arrested which, as you said, the sheriff refuses to do, citing the law. this time the whole thing is on video. mcglockton and his girlfriend went to the store she parked illegally in the handicap spot and he went inside. that's when michael approached her and started arguing about her not having a handicapped placard. that's when the unarmed mclaughlin comes out of store. pushes him to the ground, who then, on the asphalt pulls out his legally concealed handgun and shoots. just like florida's 2012 shooting death of trayvon martin george martin he claims the same defense the controversial stand your ground law saying he felt like his life was threatened. the jury in that high profile trial acquitted as i remember of murder. in this c