An irrational selfish passion. Afterwards or saturday at 10 00 p. M. And sundays at 9 00 p. M. Eastern from book tv on cspan2. All previous afterwards are available as podcasts and to watch online at booktv. Org. A good evening everyone. Welcome to borders books and thank you for so porting our bookstore. Before we begin cspan is filming so make sure all films phones on silent. I want to let you know about a couple of other events. On tuesday, Stephen Kinzer is going to present the history of cia. We also have events last week and tickets are available from mondays conversation between celeste and and for the talk on wednesday. Tonight we welcome gary marcus, author of rebooting ai which argues that a computer being a human in jeopardy does not signal we were on the doorstep of fully autonomous cars. Taking inspiration from the human the book explains if we need to advance to the next level and suggest if we are wise along the way we will not need to worry about a future machine overlo
Particles. And, you know, once they eat plastic, it moves up the food chain and we could be eating plastic as well. Reporter its not just the small stuff. You can see plastic water ball caps, candy wrappers, all products we use every day and dont think about it reporter what can the plastic do . Once it hits the water, Chemical Properties allow it to act as a sponge for our toxins. Reporter what can we do . When we use these things, we use them for a few minutes, utensils, bags, the average amount of time we use a plastic bag is 12 minutes. We cant just keep throwing these things away. They take decades to go away. Reporter this was a first of its kind study modeled after one done in the great lakes. One of the other disturbing things found, new york water had twice the amount of plastic as new jersey water. Ernie its unbelievable. Raise the awareness level of whats going on. Absolutely. You recall the styrofoam ban that was overturned. That was a big thing for them. They hope this get
This could have easily been a funeral today. Reporter members who rallied outside city hall this afternoon say new d. O. C. Guidelines will only make jobs more dangerous. Whoever thought getting rid of solitary confinement good idea, you need to pack your stuff up and you need to go. Reporter it took legal action monday, requesting an injunction to put the brakes on rules like no solitary confinement for inmates under 21. You cannot hold someone in a position of power in the new York City Department of corrections and their Main Objective is to assure those correction officers are stabbed on a daily basis, sexually assaulted on a daily basis and nothing happens to them. The bronx District Attorney refuses to prosecute inmates that assault correction officers. Reporter but the bronx District Attorney says so far this year it has charged 308 inmates for assaulting corrections officers, 40 of which are felonies. And the force policy was drafted with recognition from members of staff inclu
Here and now. Information technology is the Fastest Growing job sector. Thats according to the bureau of labor statistics. Addressing the lack of minority representation in the computer and Information Technology field is one of the primary directives of the National Action council for minorities in engineering. And joining us today is dr. Irving pressley mcphail, the president and chief executive officer of nacme. Welcome. Nice to have you on the show. Thank you. Happy to be here. Why is it so important that more minority youngsters be geared steered, i should say towards stem, essentially science, technology, engineering, and math . Well, you started by quoting some data from the bureau of labor statistics. We know that our stem disciplines provide wonderful opportunities for employment. They provide wonderful opportunities for engineers and computer scientists and others to make significant contributions to improving the quality of life. These are exciting opportunities, exciting di
Republicans, 202 5853881. Parties, 202 5853882. You can catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. If you chose your Political Party by a specific issue, a poll shows what party you may belong to. Most dominant issues for republican voters. Only about half of democratic voters say these issues are important to their decision. The chart can be found at the Pew Research Center for the people and the press. Budget deficit, forum policy, immigration, terrorism, and economy. For those issues more important to those voting democrat, environment, economic inequality, birth control, and health care. Aboutally a port equally important, abortion and gay marriage. If your parents have influenced your decision to vote, a story from earlier this year two children take their parents political beliefs . It is not that simple. Parents with strong beliefs feel it is their duty to see their children adopt those beliefs, however wellmeaning those efforts are, they may be in vain. Found that pa