It is for people my age disorienting. For people, my children and grandchildrens age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. The wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. If we were in new York San Francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coast we tend to think about from texas to the Florida Panhandle there really is instability, we have a similar environment, similar trees, long leaf pines, palm trees, sandy soil, salt in the air. The gulf of mexico and nourishes and supplies us with wonderful seafood, estuaries, wonderfully rich and tradition and culture. In and around these things for hundreds of years, it is an extraordinarily rich subject to take and of course along comes the oil spill in 2010 where all of a sudden we are in ce
When you take a step back you realize this is a real man whos been murdered. The script was darker than anyone knew. I go, holy mackerel. Who are you really . Everyone was on the edge of their seat. An underground parking garage. Youre watching a violent attack caught on tape. Who is this . Whats happening . Or did it happen at all . Cut. Movies like that one are by design deceptive, make believe worlds, but have you noticed maybe its all the technical dodads, the digital cameras, the reality twisting editing. Some of the stories that claim to be true arent. Anybody can manipulate reality. Sometimes what they say is true isnt. Sometimes fiction turns out to be fact. And then there are stories, just a few, in which fact and fiction fuse. Thats where were going tonight. A Twilight Zone world of illusion and deception and deceit. Follow the howling wind across a vast prairie through brief, brilliant summers and winters as frigid as any on earth to the metropolis canadians call the gateway
Literally, right . I think he was. And thank you to pat coyle as well, ron robinson whos not here, but the Young Americas Foundation longtime executive director. And thank you for all that you do for young people, for campuses across the country and for con serving and preserving the reagan ranch and reagan legacy. Ronald reagan and reagan conservativism was about conserving and preserving as well, so thats more on that in a minute. But also, too, thanks to cspan for being here. People often call cspan and they say thank god for cspan. Well, i echo that. I mean, theres not many sources out there as objective as c respond. They just put it out there unedited, no commentary, let it speak for itself, and theres so many talks like this that go on all around the country thousands of times a year. And ill often there could just be a camera here to capture this and record it and broadcast it, and only cspan does that. So much appreciated. My topic today, what is a reagan conservative, and as
We take the viewers out to Virginia Tech, joined by john green who played a key role in establishing the Unmanned Aircraft research and test site at the university there. John, good morning to you. Tell us where you are sitting right now. Good morning, john. Im at the consistentland experimental air station, which is located on a farm outside of blackburg, virginia, a beautiful location. Im sitting inside, so i cant see it, but beautiful rural location that weve been flying for about six or seven years. This site is one of six designated test sites around the country as they come up with registrationlations for Unmanned Systems. What is the focus of the work being conducted there at Virginia Tech, and how does it play into the regulatory effort . Our research is broad everything from control systems to the application for Unmanned Aircraft to uses like that, and as we move forward, its broader. Well look at the fundmental problems that exist from the Technology Side and policy side to
The i mazing footage of an extreme athletes play ground. Nobody is more excited than her about the sequel to the mega hit movie my big fat greek wedding. This is insane. Meet the greek mama whose son broke the good news. I cant wait. I mean, i cant wait. You guys are about to get what could be possibly the shock of your lives as you watch the Surveillance Footage from inside a bus in oregon. A trimet bus. You see the bus stop abruptly and the bus driver get off of the bus. Watch when he comes back. Oh, my goodness. Doesnt even have pants on. That is a 2yearold little boy wearing only a diaper and tshirt, hes bare foot. A different angle from outside the bus. Watch this. You see the bus. Oh, my gosh. Quickly ps pass this small child and hes walking out into traffic. Hes headed towards where the bus came from. This bus driver is bill clark and because hes an alert bus driver he saw the tiny child. Whats the situation with the child some. At first the child was a little nervous about the