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coming up today on c-span, a discussion about the future of college sports and pay for student athletes. look at early attempts to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. supreme court justices samuel alito, sonia sotomayor and clarence thomas reflect on the nation s highest court. later, her series of congressional our series of congressional retirement interviews continues. this thanksgiving weekend, we continue our four-day book tv in american history tv programming. saturday at 10:00 on book tv, jonathan ike on a history of the birth control pill. bill nye the science guy and why he thinks the teaching of evolution and creation together in size class is not only wrong, but dangerous. in science classes is not only wrong, but dangerous. george washington and benedict arnold. a glance of american life between 1914-1930. find our complete television schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us ....
good afternoon. this is the second of a series of tamils on college athletics. thank you for joining us here today in washington, d.c., online, and on c-span as well. the numbers in college sports are staggering. something easily be we are talking in terms of s of points scored, yards gained, or a number of things ushered quantitatively attendance, participation, and money. according to filings with the department of education, in 2011, the most recent year for which the numbers are available, college sports generated $12.6 billion. last year, the university of texas alone took in more than $265 million. espn is paying in excess of $600 million a year to televise the college playoff system. the price tag for the ncaa basketball tournament, march 10 $20 billion for a 14 year deal. athletic departments at many schools, and in fact most schools, operate in the red. the star player on the championship team that won the men s basketball tournament last year said that s ....
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are you conservative enough for republicans? many gop voters have their doubts about jeb bush. we put together a focus group in new hampshire. it is high-tech. a luxury watchmaker is joining forces with silicon valley. welcome to market makers. our stephanie ruhle. and i am bill cohen in for erik schatzker. it is march madness. stephanie: it is and we will discuss it over the next couple of hours along with bill s beard. we have some breaking economic news. the leading economic indicator scarlet fu is in the newsroom. our viewers want to not hear about bills beard so much. scarlet: business outlook survey is a disappointing read. the index came in at five which indicates a drop from the previous month of 5.2. this is an unexpected decline. economists were expecting an increase to seven. the second data point is leading index. it has seen a sharp deceleration over the last half year from 1% in july 2 .2% in january. we have stayed at that .2%. in terms of effect on t ....
escalation.it is an room for the united states to go further. a threat here in the executive order to do just that should the russians go further in the ukraine. class thank you so much for giving us the update. everyone is watching. now we need to head to the region. class that is right. we need to go over from rob from washington to russia. the disputed referendum in crimea. .yan is in brussels we are hearing from peter that the u.s. has imposed sanctions although they do not see seem incredibly hard-hitting. freezing on a covert posses assets does not seem like a big move. the eu took a similar step. they will also impose travel restrictions. they will not be able to travel the european union. 21 individuals in all. technically speaking, they are ukrainian nationals. very similar to what peter is talking about coming out of the white house. what they have not done, and this is interesting, is they have not announced any economic sanctions. appetite right now for ....