it's written up in the national academy of sciences journal. this is one of our favorite videos and proves there's no substitute for close-up face time and human contact for early childhood development. >>> well, the overnight ratings tell us about 17 million of you watched the golden globes last night. it was hosted again by ricky gervais who took few prisoners. among the big stories of the night, a step back in time. the new silent film called "the artist" that comes 80 years after they stopped making silent films. it took home a big award, has a lot of people talking. so we thought it all deserved the silent treatment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> one way of looking at the golden globe awards from last night. >>> up next after a break, a young boy in the public eye whose light is shining far and wide. >>> finally tonight, the latest sensation in the advertising world is causing a stir because of what you don't see. when you look at the ads he's starring in you see a bunch of beautiful good-looking kids, and that is exactly the point here. our report from nbc's

of. the sixties generation. grave go or is in college kids alike are going to love this geeky science today a new report in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences suggests that the key ingredient in magic mushrooms may be the perfect aid for certain mental disorders early research has shown the civil side of it is helpful for terminally ill cancer patients dealing with anxiety and possibly people with severe forms of depression essentially solo side been targets both the medial prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex regions of the brain the former chairman so a person thinks feels and behaves soul side been alters this activity in the brain thereby opening up a person's personality in thoughts and in the interiors in the anterior cingulate cortex region cilla side and decreases the amount of activity that's occurring therefore decreasing activities associated with depression not only that this research shows the positive effects from shrooms last for as long as twenty five years the possibility that magic mushrooms can help with neurological problems is really nothing new however timothy leary a famous american psycholo

overwhelming vast majority absolutely most of the scientific societies around the world national academies of sciences the intergovernmental panel on climate change all the leading experts of the world they get together and make scientific statements about climate change they all agree the climate change is real it's unequivocal and they're very worried about the lack of action on the parts of weaning ourselves off of fossil fuel these guys have been able to delay. action on climate change for two decades all along making billions and billions of dollars in dirty energy according to p.r. man and author jim hogan the success of this china has nothing to do with science and everything to do with spin it was a media campaign they wanted to create doubt in the minds of journalists they wanted to create doubt in the minds of the public and your average person will never know they just see some articulate guy may even be a scientist basically being shills for industry people like fred singer he was a guy who worked for tobacco now works on climate change but because they're wearing a lab coat and they have

from illinois named abraham lincoln who launched the transcontinental railroad and the national academy of sciencescalled for a progressive income tax. he was a republican. dwight eisenhower built the interstate highway system and invested in boosting our science and math and engineering education here in this country. it was with the help of republicans that fdr helped millions of people. returning veterans like my grandfather had a chance to go to college on the gi bill. that same purpose still exists today. it may not exist in washington, but out in america when you talk to people on main street and in town halls they will tell you they still believe in those values. our political parties may be divided, but most americans understand we rise and fall together as one nation. that is what is at stake right now. that is what this election is about. so chicago, yes it has been three tough years. there are times when the changes we wanted did not come as fast as we want. after all of the noise and washington, i know it is tempting to believe that maybe change is not possible. remember what we said du

now at the request, national academy of sciences will review the report. she is a long time supporter of the company and said the report was not objective. >>> jury selection continues in the trial of the suspected gang member of killing a san francisco man and his two sons. he is charged with three counts of murder. police say in 2008 he shot the man and his two sons while they were sitting in their car. he thought one of the sons was arrival gang member. he has pleaded not giddy. >> van der sloot faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced today. he pleaded guilty on wednesday to all charges related to the 2010 death of the 21-year-old stephanie flores. he said he killed her in a fit of rage when she discovered he was linked to the 2005 disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. her body was never found and a judge declared her legally dead yesterday. >>> a former prime minister is among the 650 political prisoners who were released today. that movies the latest step by the me em marie scream to get them to lift sanctions. human rights

once the transcontinental railroad, the national academy of sciences -- or sciences. first land grant college, all while dealing with a civil war. a republican. teddy roosevelt called for a progressive income tax because he understood that you can't pretend you're for equality of opportunity when you have huge inequality and you're not creating ladders of success for people. a republican. dwightizen hour, built the interstate highway system, invested in math and science education so we could compete in the race to space. republican. there are republicans in congress that supported fdr giving millions of returning heroes, including my grandfather, the chance to go to college on the gi bill. that idea is as old as this country. then you know, the idea, it's still there. the sense of common sense and purpose, it's still there. we tapped into it in 2008 and it's still out there across the country. i see it everywhere i go. it may not be in washington, it may not be in congress, but it's out there. you talk to folks on main street, town hall, vfw halls, barbershops. they u

there's a serious discussion now, and a new national academy of sciences panel on well-being metrics, which will be assessing whether or not we should be including these measures into our statistical gathering data. >> host: if you were to include a question or two about -- we're going to use the word happiness -- how would you phrase it? >> guest: i would include at least three questions. hopefully four, to capture the different components. one, how do you experience yesterday? how happy were you yesterday? some question along those lines. capture short-term fluctuations in people's well-being, and i would include a question how satisfied are you with your life as a whole, and third a question about life purpose. do you have purpose or meaning in your life? and these are different dimensions and people may value them differently. finally, if possible, i would include another question, which is how does your life compare to the best possible life, which is a relative sense. it's how people compare themselves when they think in terms of a broader reference. all of those questions give

item 40, urging the reinstatement of the 31 categories of music eliminated by the national academy of arts and sciences for grammy consideration. gosh the oscar nominations came out today and i like to continue this item so i can consider making some amendments to this. i would like to do a motion to continue this item. >> seconded by supervisor farrell. if we can do that without objection. is there any more business? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. before i read that, a supervisor called off item 36 from the adoption calendar, financial win this week. my apologies. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. sylvia moreno, mr. michael petrie, the late mr. rich chicotel, the late elaine mc quien, and for the late miss grace delanes, and mr. walter johnson. >> thank you. unless there is any more business, we are adjourned. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in us

local musicians and arts commissioners, and i have been in discussions also with the national academy of arts and sciences, and the director of the recording academy, as well, but it has been a good process to understand our local artists and how they are struggling today. i just want to add that while i am supportive of other resolutions that we have before us, or, for cybill, on today's agenda, we have the obama summer jobs. resolution, or a resolution on the supreme court decision of the right for corporations, or a resolution from last week's in support of a restaurant, i think that the grammys resolution was a very important issue, but it was a distraction from many of our other issues that i and the other colleagues are working on, but i wanted to thank the introductions to think a jazz artist in another and also world renowned artists, like carlos fontenot -- santana, herbie hancock, paul simon, and many others, and arts groups that happen working for diversity in the grammys and throughout the music industry. i am also appreciative that various leaders in the san francisco music industry, like mic

researchers writing in the proceedings of the national academy of science say that when babies enter ocusing their attention on the mouths of speakers until they master the basic speech forms of their native language. the authors say this study could also help diagnose autism spectrum disorder earlier than now possible. they say that infants at risk for the disorder follow a different developmental path than the one noted here. so for most babies speech is in the eye as well as the ear of the beholder. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> hmm. >> there are so many different factors. i was telling you, my daughter spoke before her second birthday. my son, because my daughter never stops talking, does all the talking for him. >> cuts him off, does she? >> gender difference. >> a little bit. he'll catch up later on. >> yep. >> facebook question of the day. we want to know, do you think your baby can read your lips? we want to know. communicate with us on facebook fans.com. >> it's all about enunciating. >> that's very true. reading the lips. watching the eyes. >> i'm reading your lips right now.

i'm going to come back to that because as you know, the national academy of science has a report of the hidden cost of energy, and one of it, if he looked at the life cycle of e 85 in terms of the mall, it's actually more damaging in terminally this trip gasoline. i mean, how do we -- >> you know, i did not go in depth to that. i discuss that. also as to whether it takes more energy to make ethanol when you add of it. well, what energy input are using to do it? very fierce arguments about that. i think it would have to go back. five years ago the kind of report around at the mall was probably stronger today. it is now part of the motor fuel. >> upstate new york, and another out was one of the environmental things that pushed us to ethanol. >> dollars one of the great. you know, in terms of volume in the united states is about half a million barrels a day. that is kind of like, you know, a small to medium-sized oil producing country. very happy to have the kind of volume. but i did talk, you know, in the book the former governor of iowa , secretary of our culture, and he, you know, he, l

he's been the first minority elected chairman of the board of national academy of television arts and scienceshe's an emmy award winner of course. but more importantly, i think, is that he's used his position all these years and also as a member. asian-american journalists to promote others. that's really to me the key to success. when you get to a position of dignified contribution, you then open the doors for others. that's what i continue to aspire to in this position. so i want to thank the judges for putting forth david louie as a finalist. for janana hero. we've grown up with jan. evening magazine from the mid 1970's to the 1990's, all. great wonderful shows that she's sponsored, pacific fusion and others. and you know jan is all around the bay area. all around the san francisco communities. she's helped us on engagement with our public and helping us dialogue with a difficult -- with difficult topics and being moderator or immediate -- mediator and hosted so many nonprofits and being there for every important fundraiser like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchi and always dreaming f

resolution urging the restatement of the 31 categories of music that were eliminated by the national academy of arts and sciences grim consideration on april 6, 2011. -- for grammy consideration on april 6, 2011. president chiu: i feel in many ways the same way as supervisor weiner, except for the people in our city who are directly impacted. it feels strong, the impact on them. i will repeat what i mentioned. at the request of local musicians, respected, grammy- nominated musicians, i move to table item 31. it is at their urging, because we can focus on other ways to create more diversity in the music industry, and respect for cultural forms, whether it is cajun music or native american music. i did want to also say that i am going to continue to work with the music industry, like the executive director of the recording academy, to bring awareness of how music and the industry is an economic driver for the city. i also have a hearing today for an economic study analysis of the critical role of the music industry and local artists, nightclubs, and the entertainment industry, as an economic driver of the city. i

artists like arts commissioner john cola way and others in challenging the april national academy of recording arts and sciences adopted awards that eliminate musical categories that san francisco artists have relied on, in latin jazz, native american, cajun and hawaiian categories have been impacted. in addition, the proposal we're challenging is consolidating of music forms like blues, folk, mexican manner and regional styles and the rationale behind the eliminations was low number of entries and difficulty drawing distinction among styles of music. in all, 31 categories were eliminated. so many san francisco local musical and cultural communities believe that this change has errorred with respect to due process and part of a nationwide coalition is involved along with our san francisco coalition to challenge the academy. many grammy award-winning artists such as carlos santana, john santos, arts commissioner john calaway and john santos and internationally renowned artists like paul simon, bonnie wait and herb hancock support this. many local artists in san francisco are potentially impacted financially by t

the local chapter of the national academy of television arts and science is considering criminal chargesst its former treasurer. bruce leshan has been looking into it. reporter: just about everybody is familiar with the emmys. they are among the most prestigeous awards in television. all the local reporters and tv stations, even the washington post and washington redskins pay hundreds of dollars apiece for each entry and for membership fees. it adds up and now it looks like a whole lot of that money has gone missing, prance as much as half a million dollars -- perhaps as much as half a million dollars. the local emmy board has voted to pro with filing criminal charges against its -- proceed with filing criminal charge says against its -- charges against its former treasurer and trustee mike cephas, but the charges have not been actually filed or the fbi or local authorities contacted. the allegation is that cephas took somewhere between $250,000 and half a million dollars in natas money. he did not answer the door friday at his silver spring apartment. we heard plenty of stories about ho

from illinois named abraham lincoln, who launched the transcontinental railroad and the national academy of sciencesthe first land grant colleges. teddy roosevelt called for a progressive income tax. he was a republican. dwight eisenhower built the interstate highway system and vested in boosting our science and math and engineering education here in this country. it was the help of republicans that fdr helped millions of people, returning heroes including my grandfather, get a chance to go to college on the g.i. bill. they should not be a partisan idea. and that same spirit of common purpose, it still exist today. it may not exist in washington, but out in america, when you talk to people on main street at town halls they will tell you, we still believe in those values. our political parties may be divided, but most americans, they understand we are in this together. we rise and fall together as one nation, as one people. [applause] that is what is at stake right now. that is what this election is about. [applause] so, chicago, yes it has been three tough years. there are times where the changes we

it's the local chapter of the national academy of television arts and science and they have voted to proceed with filing criminal charges against their former treasurer after they found the money missing last november. bruce leshan has been looking into this and it feels very close to home. >> it does feel close to home, but everybody, just about everybody, is familiar with the emmys. they're among the most prestigeous awards in television. local reporters, tv stations, even the washington post, the washington redskins pay hundreds of dollars apiece every year in membership and entry fees. it adds up and now it looks like a whole lot of that money has gone missing, perhaps as much as half a million dollars. the local emmy board has voted to proceed with filing criminal charges against its former treasurer and trustee, a former fox 5 account around named mike sefus, but -- accountant named mike sefus, but an attorney for the board says he has yet to actually file the charges or contact the fbi or local authorities. the allegation is that sefus took somewhere between $250,000 and half

the mind rocking of "1491" and which won the national academies communications award for best book of the year. or you may have read him in half a dozen magazines like the atlantic, science or wired, or even seen two episodes he wrote of law and order. in a conversation with charles mann tonight we have another great interdisciplinary thinker and writer, richard rodriguez. richard is the author of an autobiographical trilogy that examines respectively fast ethnicity and race in america. richard's books are always close at hand. i keep them right above my desk. we have missed in your. the last two years we were very lucky to coax him down from san francisco where he is hard at work finishing a book on the ecology of the influence of the desert with experience of god for the jew, the christian and the muslim. i'm so pleased and honored to present these two writers in conversation with each other. please join me in welcoming charles mann and richard rodriguez to los angeles public library. thank you. [applause] >> first of all of me just say how pleased i am to be here interviewing charles. i feel a little bit like a child interviewing a giant. so if i seem a little starstr

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the national academy of television arts and sciencesmaliki winch as. [applause] >> thank you very much. good evening. is like to welcome to the 32nd annual news emmy awards. the people in this room tonight represent the very best in broadcast journalism and at the national academy we wish to congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding contributions in the excellence of television. [applause] thank you. and we are especially pleased to see larry king for more than 50 years of news and entertainment and broadcasting. he has graced our homes -- [applause] he has graced our homes night after night with enormous figures and incredible amount of talent, and this year we are proud to give him them the honorÉ as the lifetime achievement award for the national academy. thank you. [applause] i would also like to knowledge a couple of people who have made this event possible tonight. first of all i would like to thank the judges who judged over 1300 entries that we received this year. it is their efforts that have allowed us to celebrate t

[applause] >> please welcome again to a chairman of the national academy of television arts and sciencespplause] >> thank you very much. you must be so happy to see me because i am the final act. i just wanted to thank all of the nominees and congratulate the winners and everybody have a safe trip home. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> senior white house officials are saying that president obama will use a recess appointment to name richard scored ray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog despite strong republican opposition. we expect the president to make that announcement today during the plan to parents and ohio. you will be able to see that live at about 115 eastern on c-span. that will be followed by your phone calls. again, president and about half an hour. and with the iowa caucuses complete, all political attention now turns to new hampshire. jon huntsman, who chose not to take part in ohio, holds a town hall meeting in manchester. that will be at about 430 eastern, and you will be able to see it on c-span. late this evening rick santorum who fini

no violations of the america before columbus which won the national academy communications or for best book of the year in the magazines like the atlantic, science, why your door seeing the two episodes he wrote of law and order. we have another great interdisciplinary thinker and writer richard rodriguez. richard is the author of an autobiographical trilogy that examines respectively class ethnicity and race in america. richards books are always close at hand on my bookshelf. i keep them right above my desk. we have missed him here. the first few years and we were lucky to coax him down from san francisco where he's hard at work finishing a book of the economy on the influence of the desert for the experience for the christian and muslim. so, pleased and honored to present these writers and conversations with each other please join me in welcoming carless to the patrolman to the public library. [applause] >> to respect what we say how pleased i am to be here interviewing charles. i feel a little bit like a child interviewing a giant. if i seem a little starstruck, forgive me. i was reading your book over several days. my partner jim and i tend

investment in terms of school systems and we have four of the top ten public schools in the nation, university high school science and engineering and medical academy, the capital prep school and we have our classical magnet, our middle school won for best middle school in the united states. there are signs that this investment is paying off. we just need to be consistent. one thing we have been doing is try to keep them safe. years ago we were suffering a high rash of homicides among our youth. in the past week for years we have not suffered one, side of children under the age of 18. last year we experienced escalation in homicide. the first six months we had 29 homicides in the city. we quickly put together a task force that brought the number of the last seven months to -- we reduced by two thirds. we also have made an incredible investment in our summer youth employment program. i increased the budget to $1.5 million from $900,000 a portion to that. even though we did not get federal funding, we were able to put half of the students who wanted it summer job to work. we can and should be doing a lot better. the effort needs to be a sustained eff

science and innovation at higher levels. i served on the national academy committee, sitting around the room at a table full of research professors from leading universities and we said what did we all have in common? why were we all there? there were two things we had in common. one was the chemistry set. we were lamenting that the good stuff was out of it for legitimate safety reasons. the other thing we all had in common was a high-school teacher that made scientist -- that made science wonderful. if we can put the excitement in the classroom, we will get the kids at the major universities. >> we had mayor daley at a dinner last night, the former mayor of chicago. he made the point which he has made many times before, but it was so lucid -- we are not teaching invention, manufacturing, from the early stage up. we lost that. we had a post industrial nirvana. we were marching through post industrial means you do not have the industry. that's a minor problem. so you don't need to teach it. what has been added to the conversation here on both the policy front and on the count textual front. last question, since i have the floor, i

science and innovation and at the higher levels. i served on the national academy committee on saturday morning sitting around the room with a table full of professor from the leading research universities. we said what did we all have in common? there were two things we had in common. one was a chemistry set and we were lamenting the fact all the good stuff was out of it for legitimate safety reasons. but the other factor that we all had in common was a high school teacher that made science and if we can put the excitement in the classroom we will get the kids majored in the university's. >> we had the mayor at the university last night in chicago and he made the point which he has made many times before which is just so crystal clear that we are not teaching invention manufacturing any number from the early stage up we sort of lost that. we had this sort post industrial nirvana or post industrial industry so you don't need to teach at. i really am struck by a lot of what's been added to the conversation here on both the policy front and on the context will front. last question and since i have the floor i can ask why want. we have been

science them more interest in innovation at higher levels. i served on the national academies committee on a saturday morning sitting around a room with a table full of research professors from leading research universities. we said what do we all have in common, why did we think we were here that saturday morning? two things, one thing was gilbert chemistry set and we were lamenting the fact that it's out of because of legitimate safety reason to buy the other factor will have in common was a preschool teacher that made science. and if we can put the excitement in the classroom, we will get the kids and s.t.e.m. majors and universities. >> we had mayor daley at a dinner last night, former mayor of chicago, and he made a point, which he has made many times before, just so crystal clear and lucid, that we are not teaching, you know, invention, manufacturing, i mean, any number, from the early stage of. we sort of lost that. we had this sort of post industrial nirvana where we were marching through, postindustrial means you don't have industry. major problem. you don't need to teach it. i really am struck with a lot of, sort of what's been added to the