. >> margaret o'mara, what will readers get in your new book, "the code."? professor o'mara: what they will get is a biography of silicon valley itself and the modern american technology industry itself. there are some many people studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask what is the silicon valley secret. alwae silicon valley secret?

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margaret o'mara talking about her book "the code." after that, debate from the house of commons. ♪ >> margaret o'mara, what will readers get in your new book, "the code"? professor o'mara: what they will get is a biography of silicon valley itself and the modern american technology industry itself. there are some many people studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask what is the silicon valley secret. i set out to answer those questions for them. >> yours is the story of 75 years of government support and encouragement of the tech industry. i want to show you a clip of where we are today. this is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. let's watch. >> car companies face a lot of competition. if they make a defective car, people will buy another one. is there an alternative to facebook? >> the average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. we provide a number of different services. >> is twitter the same as what you do? >> it overlaps but i don't think it

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book the cove, silicon valley and the remaking of america sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. watch c-span's campaign 2020 coverage of the democratic presidential candidates as they captured democratic convention, live coverage saturday at 9:00 am eastern on c-span, online, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio apps. >> host: the university of southern california, author james donovan. here is his book, "shoot for the moon: the space race and the extraordinary voyage of apollo 11". mister donovan, before we get to july 1969, started 1957, what was the effect of sputnik on this country? >> guest: the first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. we went crazy. somehow they out science us. started wondering what was next? bombs coming down? nuclear bombs? space stations with nuclear missiles? and of course it created nasa a year later. had to respond somehow at the height of the cold war. a lot of people now don't understand how tense everything was. a lot of people thoug

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code." sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> host: politico energy environment reporter zack colman back with us as we continue our discussion of environmental issues in campaign 2020. 15 months before election day.ay where does climate policy rank in the minds of 120 voters? >> guest: that's a place where it ranks in the mind of democratic 2020 voters and then the broader public. for democratic voters, communication shows liberal voters rank climate change as the third most important issue. that something when you see the democratic candidates up there,, they are jockeying for the primary voter. whereas the rest of the potter -- broader electorate is a little lower on the pole, 17 out of 29 issues. what we're seeing now is a little bit of emphasis on climate change because of who is being spoken to, but we'll see where it comes out in the general election. >> host: what are the major differences focusing and the democratic primary field of those primary candidates when it comes

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code" sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> i house judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on women in the criminal justice system. i heard from representatives from the american civil liberties union and the prison policy initiative as well as the author of "orange is the new black." this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on crime terrorism and homeland security will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. i welcome everyone to today's hearing on women and girls in the criminal justice system, and i now recognize myself for an opening statement. i am very pleased that the subcommittee is holding this hearing today. after decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally added point of examining the policies and the consequences. what has been missing from the discussion of criminal justice reform is the special and specific impact that tough

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book, the code. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on sundays q&a. >> pbs science correspondent miles o'brien dates joint states climatologist for local, regional and national climate change at the science center of iowa planetarium. hosted by drake university this is one hour in ten minutes. >> good evening. my name is kathleen richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at drake university. welcome both to the members of our audience here at the science center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. this year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. we are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. we have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. this event is brought to you through a collaboratio

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book the cove, silicon valley and the remaking of america sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. watch c-span's campaign 2020 coverage of the democratic presidential candidates as they captured democratic convention, live coverage saturday at 9:00 am eastern on c-span, online, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio apps. >> host: the university of southern california, author james donovan. here is his book, "shoot for the moon: the space race and the extraordinary voyage of apollo 11".

announcer: university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code: silicon valley and the remaking of america," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span "q&a." announcer: earlier today, president trump announced $1.8 billion in federal grants to combat the opioid crisis at a white house event that included members of his administration. following the announcement, the president took questions from reporters about hurricane dorian, u.s. china trade relations, and vice president pence's recent state at a trump report -- resort in ireland as he travels overseas. trump: thank you, everyone. thank you very much, everybody. you very much for being here with us at the white house for a very important announcement. something we have worked extremely hard on. today, the department of health and human services is awarding $1.8 billion in new grant money to fight the opioid epidemic, something we have had quite a bit of success on and we are continuing. i think you would be amazed at the results. we have been doing this from pretty much the beginning. these funds will be

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code." sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a >>. >> washington journal continues. host: up until 10:00 this morning, and anticipation for hurricane dorian, asking you how prepared you are for natural disasters. east coast and central time zones, (202) 748-8000, and mountain and pacific, (202) 748-8001. we welcome your comments on facebook and @cspanwj on twitter. we are joined on the phone by the deputy administrator for female. joining us -- for fema. idea ofus, give us an the extent of fema's presence on the southeast coast today. guest: thank you for having me and i appreciate the opportunity to make sure that all americans understand that they need to be prepared for the risks they face. on risks we are facing today the southeast united states is hurricane dorian and it remains a significant storm and one is quite damage or -- quite dangerous along the coast. fema has pre-positioned assets including personnel, equipment, response teams, and anything that might be needed in the eig

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code" sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> i house judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on women in the criminal justice system. i heard from representatives from the american civil liberties union and the prison policy initiative as well as the author of "orange is the new black." this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code" sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> we are live this point as members of use intelligence community are gathering for a daylong forum to discuss the role of u.s. space policy in intelligence gathering and emerging threats to national security. live coverage on c-span2. we expect it to start shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, the program will begin shortly. please remember to silence your cell phones. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> members of the intelligence community are gathering today for a daylong forum to talk about the role of u.s. space policy and intelligence gathering and emerging threats to national security this is live coverage on c-span2. we expected to start in ju

. >> margaret o'mara, what will readers get in your new book, "the code."? professor o'mara: what they will get is a biography of silicon valley itself and the modern american technology industry itself. there are some many people studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask what is the silicon valley secret. alwae silicon valley secret? i sent out to answer those questions for them. >> yours is the story of 75 years of government support and encouragement of the tech industry. i want to show you a clip of where we are today. this is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. let's watch. >> car companies face a lot of competition. if they make a defective car, people will buy another one. is there an alternative to facebook? >> the average american uses eight different apps to communicate with each other. we provide a number of different things. >> is twitter the same as what you do? >> it overlaps but i don't think it is the same. >> do you think that you have a monopoly? >> it does not feel that way to me.

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on "q&a,"nday university of washington history professor margaret o'mara talks about her book "the code: silicon valley and the remaking of america." that is next sunday on "q&a." live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." former defense secretary robert gates and former defense secretary eric cantor discuss the future of representative government. p.m., democratic presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren attends a house party in new hampshire. >> tonight on "the communicators," george mason university professor domingo talks about the security caucus in las vegas and the vulnerabilities associated with electric motors. ingo: so they have a system, a power system, magnificent in one way or the other, that is how they actually generate the momentum in the moment, by eventually moving the electric wires across a magnetic field, any and all of the somermance is subject to malfunction that is not expected to be there. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> this morning, we will talk with journalists around the country about campaign 2020 activities in a number of state

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>> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book, the cove, silicon valley and remaking of america, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. . >> what is your vision in 2020? they're asking what issue to you most want to see the presidential candidates address during the campaign? student cam is c-span's documentary competition for high school student. with 1 cash prizes at stake, including a $5,000 grand prize. students are asked to produce a short video documentary, include c-span video and reflect differing points of view. information to help you get started is on our website. student cam.org. >> and now, political observers give their assessment of the current 116th congress, authors and academics are part of this discussion hosted by american political science association. ... >> routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress most people assign it a failing grade. the trend is also a long-standig peer over the past decade co

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. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code" sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> acting all my security secretary kevin mcaleenan testified recently on president trump's 2020 budget request for his agency. members asked about the administration's immigration enforcement actions, efforts to protect migrant children, drug interdiction efforts, and fema's response to recent flooding in oklahoma and turners in missouri. this is about two hours. >> good morning. picketing will come to order. this is a hearing resource the title -- protect the homeland. we will review the department of home it's a good budget. when the acting sect of homeland security, the honorable kevin mcaleenan here to testify and want to fraternal appreciate and thank you for your long service to this country. and in particular, at this moment where we are glad, grappling with some issues. the aftermath of an unprecedented level of disasters of hurricanes and fires in california, hurricanes in the gold coast, the disaster that is occurring at the border ri

professor margaret o'mara discusses her book "the code." sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> live friday, discussion about updating the 1996 communications decency act which gives websites immunity from liability for what their users post. we will be live in the american enterprise institute at 10 a.m. on c-span and at noon eastern, the hurt his foundation host a ofm on the rebuilding america's military focused on the u.s. army. on c-span two at 7:30 p.m., retired general jim mattis, former defense secretary, talks about his new book. it looks of his life and career in the military. coming up in one hour, former republican congressman and current nra board member bob barr discusses efforts to reduce gun violence. the democracy alliance senior advisor discusses her recent piece in the nation magazine, the republican party's white women problem. "roblem o. ♪ host: good morning. it is friday, september 6, 2019. welcome to "washington journal." there has been a notable update in a mission and outlook of a major business group,

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