American History TV visited Alexandria, Virginia and the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum - inside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - to tour an exhibit about health & fitness inventions. We'll learn about 19th century patent medicines, a mechanical horse used by President Calvin Coolidge, the origins of Gatorade & Nike, and the trademarks and patents of fitness guru Jack LaLanne.

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The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs holds a day long conference on "Columbia +10: Lessons Learned and Unlearned."

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DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano addressed cybersecurity issues at a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce Commmittee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

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Historian and author Craig Symonds talks about the various naval aspects of the war – from technological developments, to the battles themselves; from the Union blockade, to the rivers of the Western Theater. Symonds is history professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, and the author of “The Civil War at Sea.” He presented this talk at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center, on the National Mall.

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Government officials and other stakeholders discussed how state and federal governments can work together to promote low-carbon solutions and build resilience to the consequences of climate change.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer spoke about her experiences and insight on the direction of new technology at the World Economic Forum in late January in Davos, Switzerland.

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Guests Charles Evans Jr. and Victor DeNoble discuss the documentary film that chronicles DeNoble’s unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco which, the data revealed, when coupled with nicotine makes cigarettes more addictive. The research and the company’s attempts to keep it private lead to Congressional testimony before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The movie details how this public revelation of DeNoble’s findings led journalists, politicians, attorneys and scientists to join forces against the tobacco industry,  which ultimately resulted in the first ever federal regulation of the tobacco industry. Evans discusses how and why he went about making the film, which began when he first watched Dr. DeNoble’s testimony on C-SPAN in 1994. DeNoble talks about growing up in New York, his early work at the Philip Morris Company and what it was like to testify before Congress on such a controversial subject.

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Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator and a member of the National Security Council, delivers remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on the state of cybersecurity, including the President's recent executive order.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank and senior officials gave an update on the Obama Administration’s priorities for cybersecurity policy in 2013 at the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday.

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At two events Monday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) unveiled her energy policy blueprint and discussed legislative priorities for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the 113th Congress.

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