Books on how taxpayers dollars are spent and the need for government transparency. Veterans affairs we audited their checkbook for the last four years. Last summer we found during a period where up to 1,000 sick veterans died while waiting to see a doctor that the va spent 20 million on a highend art portfolio. It was 27foot christmas trees, priced like cars, 21,000. It was sculptures priced like fivebedroom homes. It was two sculptures for 700,000 procured by a va center that serves blind veterans. It was a cubed rock skel p tour all in with landscaping for 1. 2 million. This is the type of waste thats in our government sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. On lectures in history, Emory University professor Felix Harcourt teaches a class on how conspiracy theories about ufos shaped american culture. He begins in the late 1940s and describes how Public Opinion about extra terrestrials changed over time. This class is about one hour and 50 minutes. Lets start with a question im su
This class is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Harcourt let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television 4. A show of hands how many people believe alien life exists . A number of people. I think so. Stephen hawking thinks so. There is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us but they may be out there. Slightly different question. How many of us believe that aliens have come to earth . Sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. Another question. Is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, another question. Is the idea that aliens have a Conspiracy Theory . Sergio . Probably not. If you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, there would technically be alien life there. To say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a Conspiracy Theory. Felix harcourt that s
This class is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Harcourt let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television 4. A show of hands how many people believe alien life exists . A number of people. I think so. Stephen hawking thinks so. There is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us but they may be out there. Slightly different question. How many of us believe that aliens have come to earth . Sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. Another question. Is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, another question. Is the idea that aliens have a Conspiracy Theory . Sergio . Probably not. If you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, there would technically be alien life there. To say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a Conspiracy Theory. Felix harcourt that s
Stephen hawking thinks so. There is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us, but they may be out there. Slightly different question. How many of us believe that aliens have visited earth . Sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. I appreciate that. Another question. Is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, a Conspiracy Theory . Sergio . Probably not. Why not . If you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, we would technically be alien life there. To say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a Conspiracy Theory. Felix harcourt that seems fair. It depends on how you define the scope of a Conspiracy Theory. It would take a species collaborating together to land on another planet. Is another race working together a conspiracy . I would think so. Felix harcourt that seems reasonable. It seems a little odd to indict the entire plan
Weve literally been up all night but it was worth it. Change from new york for us. We are in a big shakeup in the republican race. I wrote it as a question, but im saying it as a statement. Heres why. Donald trump for the first time did not look invincible last night, he took heat from all sides but it was constructive heat. The big name is not donald trump but Carly Fiorina, could she make it on the big stage . She owned it for most of the night. Also jeb bush, showing the highlights what were the lowlights and highlights, john berman is at the Reagan Library. Its like a smoldering battlefield the day after. I think i stepped on rand pauls kneecap when i walked in here. You saw the candidates going at each other hard on serious issues. You saw them try to execute their strategy. Some with great success. Others you be the judge. [ applause ] reporter from nearly the minute the debate started, donald trump was the man in the middle. The middle of a pylon. His visceral response to attack