Degrasse tyson, director of Hayden Planetarium in new york city and the author of many books including welcome to the universe, death by black hole, and his latest, astrophysics for people in a hurry. Host dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, in your new book, astrophysics for people in a hurry, you open it by saying that the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. What does that mean . Guest get over it. [laughter] i think up until, well, really up til the year 1600 when we didnt have any particular tools to investigate be the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe. And not even knowing that our five senses had limits. If its everything you know, you think its everything the universe is trying to give you but, in fact, its not. And so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other direction, each invented within a decade of one another, then all of a sudden p
He will be the bride is president for the next 50 years. And. That did say lobar. [laughter] but thanks for your time today [inaudible conversations] our speaker is an Award Winning science advocate a man of many talents he is quite impressive when you get to know him a writer and teacher and speaker cofounder of science debates. Org in which he received the usa National Service award is a novelist and a filmmaker his novel since of our fathers which is a literary thriller which was a book prizes that house of cement in fog that isai years ago with ed is a terrific film and i would suggest that this is available on amazon in the tube and i was a just if we have a chance you view that. Nominated for three Academy Awards and he cowrote the screenplay. His latest book is displayed up here the war on science in that is what he is talking about today. He lives in minnesota and has a and environmental house, a solar and brainpower wind power. The way that we will do this is a power point pre
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Representative gallego the friends i made and the friends i lost. I got to start with some of the im sorry i serve with some great men. You know. I dont think i will be surrounded with people that great again. What do they teach you . Reps are gallego the marines taught me about discipline and determination. That was the marine corps. It taught me to care about human being who you are not related to. And when you are willing to do to keep them alive. Tonight at 9 00 eastern congressman ruben gallego. We will hear his entire interview right here on seas. Cspan. Right now, our profile on representative Steve Russell republican from oklahoma of the fifth district. Congressman Steve Russell of oklahomas fifth district. Is it what you expected . Representative russell i think the legislative pieces are. I served a term in the state senate. I got to see what the sausage is made of and whether you are playing arson the lord junior, the stadiums are about the same, its just a good. In terms of
Right approach to coverage of the Incoming Trump administration . We will get into that. But first, today calls for some new years resolutions. After a profitable but polarizing and bruising year of come pa campaign coverage, we all know reporters sometimes have blind spots and they were very visible. So lets look ahead now. Maybe be optimistic and see how 2017 can be a reboot with three of the top editors in the United States. Joining me here in new york, kathleen carol, the outgoing executive editor of the associated press, head of npr and carol ryan, Senior Editor for politics running trump coverage of the New York Times. Kathleen, first, congratulations are in order. This is your first day as the former editor of the a. P. How do you feel . Rested. So you can be completely honest with us now. The biggest media screwups of the past year . Well, i think probably there was a lot of huberous more in the discussion of what happened after trump was elected than in the coverage beforehand