was a different dynamic, a different way of listening and using music where you could not only dance to it but see performers on television and this was huge. the show american band stand with references in a lot of iconic films like taxi driver and grease and dead poet society. people referenced that because he was the first to do this kind of thing. i think now when you look back all these years later on the impact of visual not only videos but people dancing and seeing the performers play live not at a concert but on tv, the impact is huge. i think anybody and everybody who is in the radio business or is in a band and ever played in a garage band as a kid wowes a lot to dick clark. a lot of folks give him credit for breaking down the color barrier with so many guests that would not have appeared before his show. a lot of black entertainers who were famous but hadn t been on television shows like this. i think that s true. that s huge. the early du-op groups wer
book signing and the chance to greet him personally at the charles hotel just before 5:15. we are on a fairly tight schedule here. you love a chance to come over and get a book. i am told the first 100 people to arrive will be entitled to a free book. everyone thereafter, you are on your own. i have had the pleasure of having some hours in the past couple of days reading this book and i commend it to you. and i think for those of us that are interested and concerned about public leadership and how one leads in the world, it s a really instructive tale. and now exactly. let s turn to the start of the show. i look like for you to tell us about your life. so people have a sense of context of who you are and where you came from, you tell that tail and long formed in the book but can you tell it to us in short form now? first of all, i am happy to be here. it is very hard to be in the u.s. today well what is going on in egypt. i feel very torn. i am following the news as it ha
kroenig will talk about iran pose a nuclear program and his article. [video clip] c spans road to the white house coverage continues this week as republican candidates campaigned ahead of primary elections next tuesday. we will take you live to phoenix where rick santorum will speak at the lincoln day lunch and straw poll. you can watch live coverage here on c-span tuesday, at two o clock p.m. eastern. in january, a team of navy seals rescued two aid workers being held hostage by pirates. several days after, a former commander chuck pfarrer set down for a conversation about the special operations force. he is the author of a recent book seal target geronimo, describing the raid, capture and killing of osama bin laden. this is an hour and 15 minutes. good evening. this is the president speaker series. i am year special assistant on behalf of the president. we welcome you tonight. this will be a one hour interview. we will talk about navy seals what it takes to be a seal, a