Short distinguished speaker series, the heart of a Public Programs and as always i like to think mr. Schwartz for his support which is enable us to invite so many prominent authors and historians. Id like to recognize and thank trustee susan and art chairman councilmembers were here tonight for the great work and support. The program will last one out and include a questionandanswer session. The q a will be conducted via questions written on those cards as you are entering the auditorium we had our volunteers handing out question cards and pencil. If you do not get one we will be circulating later in the program and are happy to give you card and also collect your questions and then them to the speakers went on in the program. Also wanted to know the will be a book signing after the onstage talk. Will take place out in our smith cauvery and thats with the books will also be sold at our history kiosk, store kiosk so please join us for that as well. We are so pleased to welcome nick bunk
of people to go then. and now they looking for culprits to absolve themselves of responsibility. take care of your internal problems, don t shift your issues on to others. also with the program here on our t, the u. s. at midst that are 2019 after i can, syria killed multiple civilians, but only off the media outlets broke. the story of washington says it was an act of self defense. ah, well, around the world at 247. this is on to you international body of talk monday, use headline. so we do start this. i was program from high in the sky because russian ground control. there s now ordered coachman all on the international space station to stay inside that saw use spacecraft. this is due to incoming space debris. as we understand fragments from a destroyed satellite are expected to pass through the area in exactly 4 minutes switches. well, we re going to be standing by on this for you right now. as we understand, nasa mean time has told it s america national is to remain in th
isfact, i would argue it essential, because this is one of those areas where u.s. global leadership has yielded tremendous benefits economically from a technological perspective and from a jobs perspective. announcer: watch the communicators on c-span2 at 8:00 p.m. announcer: our road to the white house coverage continues in cleveland, with live coverage of the republican party platform committee. monday, july 11, starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and continuing on tuesday, july 12, at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the rnc platform committee is charged with improving the republican platform and submitting it. live coverage on c-span, the c-span radio app, and c-span. orc. tv,, on american history author and journalist walter es the life ands legacy of benjamin franklin, whose methods and passion for science epitomized what he calls, quote, america s national character, end quote. the american historical society hosted this program. it is a little over one hour. smith: the robert h lect
legacy of founding father benjamin franklin. isaacson argues that franklin s methods and passion for science epitomized what he calls, quote, america s national character, end quote. the new york historical society hosted this program. it is a little over one hour. this is the 2016 benjamin franklin lecture in democracy. we are proud to partner with london s benjamin franklin house in bringing this lecture to our institution. benjamin franklin house is the only surviving former residence of benjamin franklin. today, a marvelous museum and educational center that inspires and motivates young londoners, as well as general visitors, through the example of our great american founder and innovator. the museum is a georgian-terraced house at 26 craven street, very centrally located. so on your next visit to london, i know you will want to stop there. i am very glad, indeed to , recognize and congratulate the museum s founding director who , is with us this evening, representing b
[ applause ] okay. american history tv on c-span 3 continues tuesday night. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at mismanagement of the u.s. nuclear arsenal from 1945 to 1950. after that the evolution of military weapons technology from napoleon to the military drones used today. and also a discussion about the 6,000 american soldiers captured during the siege of charleston in the revolutionary war. american history tv is on c-span each night this week, starting at 8:00 eastern. the democratic national convention from philadelphia starts today. watch live every minute on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. it s easy to download from the apple store or google play. watch live on demand anytime at c-span.org. on your desktop, phone or tablet, where you ll find all of our convention coverage and the full convention schedule. follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. watch every minute of the 2016 democratic nat