from prague, simon looks at the innovations. >> reporter: to the three winning projects a prize of $10,000 each and the title of young scientist of the year. this year's winners were from ireland, finland and the u.k. biologists, engineers and social scientists. judges had to choose from 85 projects as diverse as the countries represented. from sweden there was this system discarding plastic bottles into water proof roofs ideal for developing countries. how did you come up with this idea? >> we had an assignment in school to find a new use for the old plastic bottles and this was our solution. >> reporter: from finland an ingenious way for kids to learn music their out piano. >> you roll it on the piano and this little censor in the middle tells you when to press the keys so basically all the basic information, the issues that take three years to learn are possible to play right away immediately with different stencils. >> reporter: and from austria, a surgical treatmen instrument toe better action toes to bowel tomb. it's been both serious and fun. >> it's okay to be geeky. and, you know,

from prague comes an intelligence report of a photograph allegedly showing mohammed atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohammed atta was a slight guy, barely what, 5'5", 5'6", and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muscular, thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohammed atta in the photograph. but send it to the lab anyway. in my mind, the matter is put to bed. >> in the final analysis -- >> even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague and he did meet with senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home, washington, d.c., and i remember looking at the tv screen saying, what did i just hear? and i -- first time in my life, i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, vice president, for years, would say, we had a report of this m

my mother wanted you to be born in prague where her mother was. so i was born in prague and then we went to belgrade and then my father was recalled in 1938 and he was in czechoslovakia when the marched and marched at income in 1939. >> booktv continues now with brenda wineapple. the author recounts the ever-changing american landscape during this time from its growing borders to the debates over slavery, the civil war and reconstruction. this is about an hour. [applause] >> are coming back. thank you to all of you for coming tonight. thanks to the great people at harpercollins who came to give some support in making such a beautiful book as you can see it is quite lovely. i'm talking just about the physicality. check out the inside on your own. as nick said cogently, this book covers a 30 year span of american history in the middle of the 19th century when nothing much happened. it was just i don't know the women's movement in the country divided in two primary spiritualists and a spirit rappers and pt barnum, all part of the same cultural moment

. >> traveling to prague anytime soon? beekeepers have set up shop on the runway. scientists will test for harmful pollutants in the air and as a bonus, a few lucky passengers will be given jars of honey to take home. that is our newscasts, thanks for joining us. 

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was and so i was born in prague and went back to belgrade and my father was recalled in 1938 and he was in czechoslovakia marched on march 16th, 1939. >> since 1998 booktv has shown 40 hours of programming and is the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> here are some programs to watch on booktv. sunday bassyou talk about but did battlers and politics of life and death at age:15 eastern. at 6:00 p.m. eastern we bring you a program from the booktv archives. in 1999 marked about moon, author of black hawk down, sat down with booktv to recount the 1993 u.s. special forces raid. in a:00, treasury's war, the unleashing of a8:00, treasury's unleashing of a new era of financial warfare. next on booktv maury klein recounts the creation of the american arsenal during world war ii. the author reports the united states military resources were depleted in the start of the war and only through the collaboration of men and wom

it turned out that the prague. was at its peak for ten days there was intense heavy snow visibility was practically. zero so we had to wait ten days until it finally stopped. a very short window of time. by sea. and. full of food and fuel supplies. unexpected. downloaded using a special. ship's course the right on which to land. still remember the. from a cracking ice book imagine. the ice cracks right after it it was terrifying. and the ship. as usual. close to the ship. moved. the waves came. it started swinging all the way out. i was doing something down in my cabin then all of a sudden i heard a huge noise out there i went to check it out it was the shore i. started screaming get away. it was impossible. and the fuel tanks were empty the water was very close within just two meters so we had that aircraft up fast and get it onto the hatch cover thank god we did it and if it had gone the other way it would have caused a lot of trouble now we'll see what the north sky a station has in store for us all we need is w

madrid and prague also did poorly. >> you're going to put your finger on the portuguese. very honest people. >>> it did not come without controversy. what happened between the manager and pitcher next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, greatest comeback in sports >> well, the america's cup started with a thud and ended with a bang. the greatest come back in sports history. give me the clock. fans caught on late but they finished like usa, very strong. usa and new zealand would split off the gates on day two. for the second day in a row, team usa made a better tack at this cal did -- tactical decision and won. >>> in the dugout to his surprise, his night was over. five innings and just one run, 77 pitches. had a conversation with bruce. they were not on the same page. can i have a live update, please. apparently not. fortunately for the a's they won't have to face jared in the weaver. they held the a's to one run over 7 innings. bottom of the 5th, singles up the middle. austin scores. the angels win 3-1. oakland has won back to back games for the third time in one month. >> what is going

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was, so i was born in prague. nd we moved back to belgrade. then my father was recalled, and he was in czechoslovakia when knox is marched in -- nazis marched in. >> book tv has shown 40,000 hours of programming, and it is the only program devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. we are marking 15 years of book .v on c-span 2 >> next, european commission president addresses parliament members during his annual state of the european union address in strasbourg, france. he talked about the economic situation in europe as well as views about the international community's response toward syria. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning. the session is resumed. first on our agenda is a debate on the state of the union. i would like to welcome the foreign defense minister. me toa great leisure for open this debate and to welcome you to this session. very important moment in the life of the european union. a summit has taken place here in strasburg. come together to have this kind of discussion. together year we come to have t

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and so i was born in prague and then we went back to belgrade. and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. .. >> at its annual meeting in san francisco last month. then a discussion on the future of egypt and how the nation can engage the international community to help it achieve economic and political stability. and be later, live remarks by former treasury secretary hank paulson and former congressman barney frank on some of the lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis. >> the senate returns today at 2 p.m. eastern for general speeches. later, members resume work

they felt better in a bigger czechoslovak state, where they felt that the government in prague, which was the government for czechoslovakia-- they would be treated more fairly in that kind of government. in a newly independent slovakia, they felt like they were a minority in a country where the dominant people, now the slovaks, had historical grievances against them and they didn't have the czechs anymore to appeal to. narrator: during the communist era, the totalitarian system tried to deal with nationality problems by denying them. but they never went away. in a country in the process of adapting to a market economy, there is often the temptation to designate scapegoats in order to mask real problems. ( speaking slovak ) translator: it doesn't make any difference if you're hungarian or slovak. that's not the problem. the real problem-- i'll tell you what it is. it's the gypsies! ( speaking slovak ) translator: miss, i'm going to tell you the truth. we have nothing! we are slovakian gypsies, and here, everybody hates us! white: it's hard, once you have conflict. one issue leads into

he accepted so of course the drama continues and we will see if we get an editorial written here in prague to newspapers or even a television appearance who knows you know what the court told. lindsay thanks very much indeed. now this week the syrian army successfully liberated the ancient christian village of monolith but the how this rebels are still holding strategic positions in nearby mountains where for national was in the war zone and brings us this report now. we're like oh oh. the mood is cheerful soldiers are smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out. but some of them were killed some of them escaped. locals joins the army to defend their native town the soldiers in light colored uniforms of the so-called national defense but the train here is very difficult with mountains and caves but we know the area better so we are carrying on with the operation and. we come across one grocery shop owner who we have filmed back in two thousand and twelve then he told us that the armed rebels hasn't come to their village and why would they. this time he's armed with a gun and mo

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. ♪ >>> passengers landing at prague's airport could catch an unusual sight near the runway. a beekeeper has set up six apiaries. it's used to test for pollution. really? they dissolve the honey and test for harmful substances. scientists say they've gathered valuable information about the condition of air, but there's an added benefit that they produce high-quality honey that's presented to visitors at the airport. who knew? i didn't. that's tonight's "optional viewing." >>> time for "the final call." the last word from the options pit. scott. >> check out this week's web extra. >> dan. >> netflix designed risk bets. >> looks like our time has expired. check out our website. see you back here next friday. "mad money" is up next. program for the shark steam & spray mop is brought to you by euro-pro. >> i've been using the shark steam mop for years to clean and sanitize my wood and hard floors. >> i've always thought that to get tough cleaning jobs done right, you need a strong chemical cleaner. >> i do wish i had more help with tougher, greasy, stuck-on messes. >> i'd love to

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was, and so i was born in prague, and then we moved back to belgrade. and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. >> since 1998, booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming, and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we're marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> samuel tadros talks about the plight of coptic christians in egypt persecuted under both liberal and conservative governments in the country. in this hour and 20-minute event, mr. tadros also spoke about the situation in syria. >> thank you, nina. it's a great pleasure to be here at the hudson institute which is an enormously influential actor in the washington policy debate, and i'm privileged to be here to talk about sam tadros' book. let me first make an announcement on behalf of nina and hudson. here they want you to keep your cell phones on. turn them to silent, but tweet as much as you like. [laughter] a real

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international committee of the red cross and other government and non-governmental organizations to prague provide aid to the village as well as the convent and residents who have taken refuge within it. though mid all the bluster on capitol hill about government shutdowns debt limits and green eggs and ham very quietly efforts to reform the national security agency are moving forward in sort of a big way now since june edward snowden's revelations about how the n.s.a. goes about spying on american citizens have led to more than a dozen pieces of legislation being introduced to rein in the n.s.a. and bring light to the top secret foreign intelligence surveillance court this week all of those bills were fused together into one bill the most comprehensive and most aggressive n.s.a. reform bill introduced yet the bill was and veiled wednesday by a bipartisan group of senators including ron wyden mark udall richard blumenthal and rand paul it will restrict the n.s.a.'s ability to continue the mass collection of americans phone data under section two fifteen of the patriot act it also limits co

we were at the event in prague, and we have this report. >> reporter: to the three winning projects, a prize of $10,000 each and title of young scientist of the year. this year's scientists were from ireland, finland, and the u.k. judge has to choose from 85 projects as diverse as the countries being represented. from this sweden, this system turn plastic opinions into waterproof rooftops if. >> reporter: how did you get this idea. >> we had to find a new use for plastic bottles. >> reporter: from finland, an ingenuous way to learn piano. >> this sense senses when to ple keys. >> reporter: and from austria, surgical instrument to give surgeons better access to bowel tumors. thousands of young scientists found it okay to be serious and fun. >> it's geeky. when you have interest in science it's really fun. >> reporter: europe says it needs it's young scientists more now than ever before. some people have even spoken of a lost generation but turning these wonderful ideas into world applications that bring jobs and growth will bring huge investment. e.u. officials say investment will hap

we'll explore how far the obama administration has gone in some sign of any prague with the iranians and why mr. obama continues to disappoint world leaders. also tonight, the ken yn government's four-day standoff with terrorists finally ending. ken why's president saying his military has, caught, ashamed and defeated the al qaeda-linked terrorists believed to be responsible for more than 70 murders, the hail of gun fire caught on video. take a look at this. >> firing again. you can probably hear it behind me. it's quite heavy. you got that? yeah. rapid firing and somebody's coming. >> we begin tonight with president obama's new stance on iran. despite the concerns of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle, and the warnings of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president obama directed his secretary of state to sit down with his iranian counterpart in the highest level talks held between the united states and iran in more than 30 years. mr. obama cited rowhani's stated desire to chart a more moderate path and to thaw relations between iran and the united states. and r

we'll explore how far the obama administration has gone in some sign of any prague with the iranians and why mr. obama continues to disappoint world leaders. also tonight, the ken yn government's four-day standoff with terrorists finally ending. ken why's president saying his military has, caught, ashamed and defeated the al qaeda-linked terrorists believed to be responsible for more than 70 murders, the hail of gun fire caught on video. take a look at this. >> firing again. you can probably hear it behind me. it's quite heavy. you got that? yeah. rapid firing and somebody's coming. >> we begin tonight with president obama's new stance on iran. despite the concerns of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle, and the warnings of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president obama directed his secretary of state to sit down with his iranian counterpart in the highest level talks held between the ited states and iran in more than 30 years. mr. obama cited rowhani's stated desire to chart a more moderate path and to thaw relations between iran and the united states. and res

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was. i was born in prague. then we moved back to belgrade. then my father was recalled in 1938. dowas in czechoslovakia when not seize marched in on march 15, 1939. has shown998, book tv over 40,000 hours of programming, and it is the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. throughout the fall, we are marking 15 years of book tv on c-span 2. the bipartisan policy center commission on political reform is traveling around the country this year, engaging citizens on national unity in public service. in july, they stopped at the national constitution center in philadelphia. we will hear from pnc bank chairman jim rohr and commission members including former senators trent lott and olympia snowe, as well as susan eisenhower, vicki kennedy, and others. on the constitution center, this is an hour and 50 minutes -- from the constitution center, this is an hour and 50 minutes. [applause] good afternoon. i am former senator olympia snowe and a senior fellow at the bipartisan succotash bi

my mother wanted me to be born in prague, where her mother was. and then we will move back to belgrade. and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when he not these marched in on march 15, 1939. tv has shown, book over 40,000 hours of programming, and it is the only national television network devoted exclusively to the nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall, we are marking 15 years of book tv on c-span2. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton spoke about the situation in syria, saying it demands a strong response by the international community led by the u.s.. her remarks came during an event at the national constitution center tuesday evening. you can see this event in its entirety wednesday on the c-span networks and at c-span.org. >> as you know, the president will address the nation shortly about the assad regime's use of lethal chemicals against men, women, and children. that violates the universal norm at the heart of our global order and it demands a strong response from the international commu

my mother wanted me to be born in prague, where her mother was, so i was born in prague. and we moved back to belgrade. then my father was recalled, and he was in czechoslovakia when nazis marched in. >> since 1998, book tv has shown 40,000 hours of programming, and it is the only program devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. throughout the fall, we are marking 15 years of book tv on c-span 2. >> a look back at the 2008 with formerisis treasury secretary henry paulson and former representative barney frank. "the wall street journal" >> good afternoon. i am from the wall street journal and i'm honored to be sitting with barney frank and hank paulson, of hank, the new documentary. two rock stars of the financial crisis. welcome to the council on foreign relations meeting. this is part of the history makers series. this features individuals and made a critical contribution at junctures in u.s. policy. the crisis qualifies. the series is made possible by the continued generosity of hbo. let me start with a question that is on the minds of many people in the public. when yo

and john mccain hit back in prague, and now all high profile op-ed in the "washington post," the newly elected iranian president, and his words are head of the meeting next week in new york. he said the following: >> rouhani appeals for a less confrontational approach. we must work together, he says to, end the unhealthy rivalries and interferences that fuel violence and drive us apart. international sanctions are the main reason for rouhani's softer line. >> the iranian leader has come to this conclusion that iran's economy is in a dire situation, and they cannot survive with the current crippling sanctions. if they want to compromise. >> however, making nice to the u.s. alone is not enough. it has to reach out to israel, too. >> israel is one of the main components of problems between iran and the u.s. iran cannot solve this problem with the u.s. unless they come up with a solution in the relationships with israel. and so far iran has not shown any sign in that regard. >> animosity between the u.s. and iran has been building for years stretching back to the 19 50's when the c.i.a. ov

i was born in prague, and then we moved back to belgrade and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in. >> since 1998, booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming, and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we're marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >>> here are a few programs to watch this weekend on booktv. the program first aired on september 12th, 1998 and kicked off the first weekend of booktv. >> she was born a year after her parents and grandparents arrived here. they were sharecroppers who came out of northampton county, north carolina. a section just north of the roanoke river, the north bank. they had been on the bishop and powell plantation at least since they were e emancipated as slavs in 1863, and they left that area because the depression had forced down prices for the major cash crops, peanuts and cotton. and the person that they were working for on the plantation lost the plantation because of the depression. so they ended up migratin

afterwards.k, my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was so i was born in prague and then we went act to belgrade. czechoslovakia when in.nazis marched >> since 1998, book tv has shown 40,000 hours of programming and is the only national television network devoted to nonfiction books every weekend. through the fall, marking 15 years of book tv on c-span 2. mccain dismissed the agreement saying they have been led into a blind alley by russia. was interviewed by margaret warner from pbs news hour. it was hosted by the council on foreign relations. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you, margaret, for that introduction. say we enjoyed many hours on the bus together. of hours on the straight talk express. not only on the 2008 campaign but because of her coverage, i lost it. i have often mentioned to margaret after i lost, i slept like a baby, sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours -- [laughter] old friends and enemies here and i appreciate the fact that the council on foreign relations would allow me this invitation to speak and it is always good for me to b

madrid and prague also fared poorly, as well. >>> this very rare diamond really is a girl's best friend. i wish it was my best friend. it's hitting the auction block in november. a pink diamond that's almost 60 carats. it's a beauty, too. the opinion star was mined somewhere in africa in 1999 the pink star. it's the most valuable diamond ever sold at auction up to $60 million. >>> twerking made its way into the record books. over 350 dancers in new york city twerked for two minutes yesterday. that will now be reported into the guinness world records and check out this one. she was just walking by decided to join in. [ laughter ] >> she's got it. she's good. >> this proves you can twerk at any age. >> apparently. >> check it out. she has the moves. lawrence does, too. you should see him twerking over there. >> no, you shouldn't. >> no one should see that. >> no. [ laughter ] >>> former president george h.w. bush spent last weekend celebrating the special role he played at a wedding. >> reporter: and there's a red flag warning issued in the bay area. what this means and why firefighters s

it wasn't until the pictures began rolling into the network news pragues that it became obvious how fast and dangerous this story became. it is not letting up at this point. you did hear there are ebbs and flows in the weather. when those ebbs give way to the flows, it is just as dangerous. we're watching this carefully. take a look at your screen right now. helpcoloradonow.org has been set up if you want to help those in need. there will be many who will lose so much in that area. we're just now in the evacuation stage, folks. you know what happens when they come back what they're going to find has happened to their homes. we'll continue to watch the colorado flooding story for you, give you the most updated information as it comes into our offices. straight ahead, another i suppose you could say offshoot of this story, frantic texts have been coming in from two hikers who are stranded by a snowstorm up in the rockies because of what is going down below, people can't get to them. so what is being done to find them and rescue them? that's next. [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who d

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me to beher wanted born in prague, where her mother was. i was born in prock and then we moved back. 1938ther was recalled in and he was in czechoslovakia when they marched in 1939. the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. we are marking 15 years on book tv on c-span2. here at the live museum in downtown washington dc , ahead of season two of our series, "first ladies: influence and image." we will talk about the media coverage of first ladies brought the years. we will hear from richard norton smith as well as abc news commentator, cokie roberts, and chris's thompson -- and chris at thompson's from the washington post. [inaudible] >> we are live today at the museum in downtown washington dc. we just saw a look at the audience gathered here for a conversation about the media's coverage of first ladies throughout the years. [applause] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, welcome to the museums studio. i am your host, john maine art, program manager here at the museum. today we examined the influence and image o

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was and so i was born in prague and then we went back to belgrade. then my father was recalled in 1938 and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. >> since 1998 booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming and is the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. with federal reserve chairman ben bernanke stepping down in january congressman steny hoyer today discussed his possible replacement. his remarks came at a politico breakfast interview. >> the economic and fiscal matters before us starting with the next chairperson of the federal reserve. we saw larry summers former secretary treasurer of withdraw his name from consideration over the weekend by all accounts. he was the ministry should first choice in the president's first choice for chairman of the fed. first you think it was the right thing for larry summers to do to pull his name out of consideration and obviously you are in the the house i'

he gave a speech in prague about detainee policy in guantanamo. he did a speech in cairo that electric identified the muslim world. i think he did a masterful job of resetting the table and upsetting the conditioning for regaining and restoring u.s. influence. even amid some negative and contrary trends in raw power. here i'm talk about the massive shift of global economic activity that we're currently witnessing from the west back to the east after a few hundred years. including the sort of debacle of the lack of u.s. govern nance -- governance in washington where we looked somewhat inevent in managing our own policies and resources. also, adding on top of that, our budget cuts that are coming in -- and which we can't stop even though we foisted them upon ourselves. all of this adds up. i travel the world. i've been to asia in the last year. i've been to the middle east and to europe. i hear in every region the same refrain -- where is the u.s.? why are they withdrawing from the world? even some of our asian friends are saying, i like that you ar

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was, and so i was born in prague and then we went back to belgrade and my father was recalled in 1938 and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. >> since 1998, booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we arm marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> the house judiciary subcommittee on the court intellectual property and internet held a hearing yesterday on the laws governing copyrighted content on satellite television. executives from the dish network, the nielsen company and intellectual property and telecommute nation's attorneys were among the witnesses. this is to have ours. >> -- two and a half hours. >> i think we're ready to go. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate the witnesses up presents the. we welcome you to the subcommittee hearing on satellite television laws contained in title 17 of the u.s. code. not unlike other issues before congress, the ci

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was, so i was born in prague, and then we went back to belgrade. and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 939. >> since 1998, booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming, and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we're marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. [inaudible conversations] >> and we're life this morning at the economic club here this washington, d.c. where treasury secretary jack lew is about to speak on the state of the u.s. economy. he's also expected to touch on the obama administration's proposals to improve economic gr

they have supported pragues against them in some ol -- somalia as well. >> we're seeing these attacks because of a failure to devote adequate resources to truly finishing the task. do you agree or disagree? >> i do agree in principle with that. when you look at al qaeda as a general entity with all of the affiliates, they are doing what they kwated they would do and that is decentralize and begin to take over territory in the region. their number one objective is to drive the united states out of the region so they can do it. so this is a plan that is unfolding. what's frustrating about it, it comes at a time when the united states is disengaging from the region. we've been pulling back for the last three years and i'm absolutely convinced that has been a psychological advantage to the al qaeda and it has driven them to be more bold than what they have been in the past. jenna: always great to have you on the program. thank you. >> good talking to you. jon: a revolutionary new therapy that could help you overcome your deepest fears. scientists are hoping to be able to cure you of your

i was born in prague, then we went back to belgrade. then my father was recalled in 1938 and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. >> since 1998, book tv has shun over 40,000 hours of programming and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall, we're marking 15 years of book tv on c-span2. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering pleat gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. and now you can watch usen o-- watch us in h.d. >> on the anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks, congress today looked at homeland security threats like cyberattacks. former secretary tom ridge testified before the senate homeland security committee j

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my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was, and so i was born in prague and then we went back to belgrade. and then my father was recalled in 1938, and he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15, 1939. >> since 1998, booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming, and it's the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> senate democratic leaders held a briefing earlier today on federal spending and health care law. current federal government spending runs out september 30. this is 15 minutes. >> late last week. i can't believe, you know, there's some who say probably we don't need to be here because my republican colleagues have been doing a great job of explaining the house plan. for example, senator burr has said the dumbest idea i've ever heard. a week or two ago. yesterday he reconfirmed that. i don't know if it's a direct quote. there was each week they came from senator corker today that said i may not be a graduate of princeto

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my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was and said, i was born in prague, and then we moved back to belgrade. and my father was recalled in 1938. he was in czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 13, 1939. >> since 1998, book tv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming, and it is the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. throughout the fall, we are marking 15 years of book tv on c-span 2. >>'s senate majority leader harry reid today withdrew consideration of a resolution that would authorize a military strike on syria. this was in response to recent diplomatic moves to secure syria's chemical weapons. senator reid discussed these developments on the senate floor. >> as the president told the the presidentght, has asked congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of and pursueria instead of diplomatic path and see if that works. in geneva,ometime, withtary kerry will meet the foreign secretary of russia. about that.rry turn awayt for us to from the steering resolution as the secretary of state important diplomatic

my mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was and so i was born in prague and then we went back to belgrade. then my father was recalled in 1938. he was then czechoslovakia when the nazis marched in on march 15 , 1939. >> since 1998 otb has shown over 40,000 hours of programming and is the only national television network at voted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend. out throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv booktv on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span2 defense secretary chuck hagel lead -- lays a wreath in honor of the navy yard fake dems. >> defense secretary chu and joint chief secretary martin dempsey laid a wreath to honor yesterday shooting victims at the washington navy yard. the wreath was laid at the u.s. navy memorial. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background