Abcs Pierre Thomas has all the latest from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. Its a showdown between the fbi and apple. The fbi trying to force apple to open that iphone as it hunts for clues in the San Bernardino massacre. Apple saying no way and this morning a federal court is weighing in. A federal judge in california ordering apple to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by syed farook who went on a murderous rampage with his wife leaving 14 dead in San Bernardino. We still have one of those killers phones we have not been able to open and its been over two months still working on it. Reporter the ruling could be a key victory in their longrunning battle with apple and other Tech Companies about the governments ability to encrist data. Apple vowing to appeal and saying it would put the privacy of hundreds of millions at risk and telling us overnight the government is asking apple to demand would undermine the very freedoms our government protects. It did
Good evening. Im so glad to be here at politics and prose with my wife this evening. Thank you so much to the entire staff for coming out on this damp august evening. Now is the time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might be during the presentation. When we get to the q a in the program, there is a microphone over there and we would appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question, especially with the cameras going here this evening. Finally, at the end, please help our staff by enfolding of the chairs and placing them in something solid. Thank you for joining us. Hampton sides has several bestselling works to his name and among them are those soldiers about the daring world war ii games to rescue more than 2000 pows. That has sold more than a million copies since its release in 2002 and another of his book, blood and thunder, the life and times of kit carson made the best book list in 2006 when it came out very and then four years ag
Good evening. On behalf of the entire staff thank you very much coming out on this wet evening. Please turn off your cell phones and as they get to question and answer there is the microphone over there really appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question we have the cameras here going. Finally at the end please help our staff by folding up the chairs. We are delighted to have with us a very prolific writer of narrative history Hampton Sides has several bestselling works among them ghost soldiers of the prison camp in the philippines and more than 500 pows it sold more than 1 million copies since its release in 2002 another of his made some best vocalist in 2006 when it came out. Four years ago we tackled the murder of Martin Luther king, jr. And now with the release of the kingdom in the kingdom of ice s. The subtitle says the grand and terrible polar voyage of the uss jeanette which started 1879. His background is in magazine journalism and has al
Of Human History that a test to quince reality. How does it tie in with what you do as a physical theorists, fit theoretical physicist . It doesnt tiein at all to what i do as the theoretical physicists. As i human being, physicists are people. We live in Human Society and my mind, religion and science have been the two most powerful forces that have shaped human civilization so if you are ignorant of religion or you dismiss it, you are discounting a lot of Human History. Are the incompatible . I dont think they are incompatible. I have many scientific colleagues who are devout believers. There are fewer scientists who are devout believers than in the general public, but the fact that there are scientists who are devout believers shows that they are not incompatible. I think there are not incompatible and all if your belief in god is the kind of god who does not intervene in the physical universe. A god who sets things up and sits down on the sidelines. That is not incompatible at all
Every weekend, booktv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books, on cspan 2 keep watching for more television for serious readers. Booktv is live this weekend from the tucson festival of books. Start agent 1 00 p. M. Eastern 10 00 a. M. Pacific well be covering several author panel on topics such as race and politics, Supreme Court, environment, immigration, and more. All this live from the university of arizona the site of the seventh annual tucson festival of books. I give an example in god, guns, grits and gravy of this guy who is heading green peace in europe, and so he is all about wanting to reduce co2 emissions. But in all of an audit of green peace shows he is flying from his home to lux. Boring a couple of times a month, and the output of co2 he is expending because of his jet travel is like 100 times that of the average person. And so when confronted about it, here was his answer. He said well, the train trip would take 12 hours and that would be time away from my f