like this man in university city. we have more from mary bruce in washington. >> reporter: there's cold and then there's this. bitter, bone-chilling, freezing air sweeping across half of the continental u.s. an arctic blast sending temperatures to lows not felt in decades. >> it was low. >> reporter: wind chill warnings. 12 below in pittsburgh. it's so cold in chicago, residents bracing for the big chill now calling their city chi-beria. in minneapolis, so cold, frostbite can occur in just five minutes. midwest cities including chicago and all of opinion many canceling classes. the blinding snow, ice, and freezing rain have made roads treacherous. airport runways are a slick hazard. at chicago o hare, there were planes sliding. inside the airport, stranded passengers are frustrated. airlines warning it could take days to get people to their final destinations. >> i just want to go home. i just want to get back settled in. we've been couped up for two days. >> reporter: but the brutal cold is not stopping everyone. gre

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fires rage out of control in southern california, a small earthquake struck two miles west of universal city0 years to the day that a 6.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the area. two decades later, you would think southern california would learn more from the quake, but no. jane wells is in los angeles. why are people not learning more, jane? >> reporter: well, mandy, because you just hope it doesn't happen again. new construction here on reseda boulevard, this area was basically flattened 20 years ago in los angeles, was in chaos after the quake struck at 4:31 a.m. >> is anybody in there? >> reporter: 57 people died, 40,000 buildings damaged or destroyed, 125,000 people homeless. $49 billion damage and economic losses. everybody was dressing in the dark, those who were okay, including yours truly, who fell out of bed. brace yourself, i ended up reporting from one of the collapsed freeways. this guy walked away, the guy who was in this car behind that steering wheel when this came down on him. a freeway overpass. >> reporter: the quake was the most expensive natural disaster in u.s. history

and that was michael hudson an economics professor at the university of missouri kansas city. now coming up part two of my interview with guns all over the euro then in today's big deal ed harris and i discuss the wall street practice of toilet napping yeah it's a thing but as we head to a quick break here's a look at some today's closing numbers stick around because. i have. a side that i think corporation kind of. can do i'm right. and i'm actually sick for politics right the last. just two. days. thank you. our next guest a writer and blogger gonzalo lira believes ultra easy monetary policy will be the demise of the u.s. dollar and part two of our conversation with gonzalo i asked him whether his views have changed since he wrote a widely read piece predicting hyperinflation in the united states here's what he had to say. well i. my views haven't changed and it's very interesting because i suddenly go over and over all of those little steps that mapped out and and it seems to me that there's no other escape and it seems to me that the federal reserve does not seem to know w

our first guest today is michael hudson professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city now dr hudson is all. so a sharp critic of what he considers is the rent seeking behavior which has become the dominant form of the world global financial markets now once upon a time governments regularly expunged debts to prevent the crisis and turmoil that over indebtedness ultimately causes but then came the romans and for them a debt was a debt was a debt no forgiveness there and since then it's become standard fare to enforce debt contracts even when they are totally and completely unpayable hudson now sees a parasitic financial industry that looks only to determine how much wealth they can extract there is an old adage debts that can't be repaid won't be repaid i asked dr hudson to explain what historically happened when private debts were too large to be repaid. there are a large range of scenarios for what happened when dust can't be paid for the first two thousand years from about four thousand b.c. to zero b.c. you had normally most debts owed by cultivator is on the land m

city. we're the home of the university of california and kaiser industries and so we have a lot of history in our own right. >> well, portland, mayor hales, how is it looking? >> we felt the down draft like most cities did. we've recovered economically where we were before that recession, but there are also some structural things that have changed that is helping us a lot. in a time when capital and talent are mobile, quality of place is really what each city has to compete. portland has a lot going on both historically because of a great park system and street grid, but we've invested in transit and bike ways and very things that mobile young professionals are looking for in terms of quality of life and lifestyle. now we're seeing a pretty significant migration to portland of talent and youth, and that bodies as well for us in the years add. >> portland did unusual thing. it put in a development buffer, a place where it says it stops here and no further. did that force people to look back to the center city? did it cause new building and investment? >> definitely, it has really helped oreg

our first guest today is michael hudson professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city now dr hudson is all. so a sharp critic of what he considers is the rent seeking behavior which has become the dominant form of the world global financial markets now once upon a time governments regularly expunged debts to prevent the crisis and turmoil that over indebtedness ultimately causes but then came the romans and for them a debt was a debt was a debt no forgiveness there and since then it's become standard fare to enforce debt contracts even when they are totally and completely unpayable hudson now sees a parasitic financial industry that looks only to determine how much wealth they can extract there is an old adage debts that can't be repaid won't be repaid i asked dr hudson to explain what historically happened when private debts were too large to be repaid. there are a large range of scenarios for what happens when debts can't be paid for the first two thousand years from about four thousand b.c. to zero b.c. you had normally most debts owed by cultivator is on the land m

innovative spirit out to pause and suggest that maybe clean tech companies or solar companies or university or a sister city can actually demonstrate this on third street or maybe a corridor on howard street or carr developing value and bring this innovative spirit right to the local spreadsheet. you can have ideas whether it's a university or another klein company to bring it and excite people and have all kinds of good spirits. this is why we have an innovation spirit. this should be a great openness to this idea. i want to thank all the entities for bringing this spirit out for reflecting what we can do what we don't create boundary but invite more people into this. we did this a months ago when i had some san francisco students help me to create something on added 3/printer. they were saying this was a time when it's kind of like all a draft or report for them we're able to make some mistakes but create some things along the way so this spirit can thrive in our city. this is an experiment as dennis and a shawn said and we're allowed to make mistakes but allowed to created things at the same time. it's k

international finance at the george washington university in london we have keith pilbeam he is a professor of international economics and finance at city university london and in sofia we cross the maksim he is a global p.r. expert and chairman of the board at the world communications form in davos all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it shares if i go to you if i can read a short passage from the oxfam report it's quite damning when wealth captures government policy making the rules bend to favor the rich often to the detriment of everyone else the consequences include the erosion of democratic governance the pulling apart of social cohesion and the vanishing of equal opportunities for all unless bold.

does the prime minister agree that the universities need smart city research objects to increase infrastructure? it is one example of securing our long-term economic plan. university ande it is extremely impressive. it is also needing a very important export drive in terms of our university. i congratulate bill for the representation and what the open university is doing. there are many opportunities, as the least provided by hs2 well. i look forward to discussing it in the future. afford food,not cannot afford to put gas in the car to go to work. will the prime minister set the cost-of-living to the breaking point? i accept that we are still recovering from the great took 3000 pounds out of a typical family's income. we are seeing more people in work on my including in wales. we are seeing real wages starting to rise. i think we can be confident. yes, it is hard work, but the economy has grown and we want that to be the recovery for everyone in our country. thathe number of people have received a jobseekers allowance fell 31% between november of 2012 and november of 2013. youth unemployment fe

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we cross to urban abrahamian he is an author and a distinguished professor of history at the city university of new york all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it richard if i go to you first the interim agreement with the international community in iran is in effect of this week here there was a lot of discussion coming out of the u.s. senate to me there obviously lobbyist groups in washington that were putting casting aspersions let's say on the interim agreement but it's in effect and the i.a.e.a. said already that iran is committed to this it's already done what it's most of what it's committed to do in the initial phases how do you see this panning out. i think that the interim agreement well probably be implemented as specified all the parties have an incentive to do that. he does not appear to be any development that we four see that would cause the process to be disrupted there's of course always as we know in the whole history of this negotiation there always and still are a developments that can cause com

the washington times community section in new york we have he is an associate professor at the city university of new york and the co-director of the middle east center at northeastern university and in los angeles we have nick hancock he is on the national outreach team for the tenth amendment center all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it john if i. go to you first you recently published an article the danger of entangling alliances and you ended by saying the fiction that every corner of the earth is a vital us interest and the consequent state of perennial fear together make unnecessary conflict more likely and that is the great danger of entangling alliances why did you write that what does it mean and why now well i wrote that with the fact in mind that we're coming up on the hundredth anniversary of the first world war and as any first year college student can tell you what really cause that global conflagration was a small scuffle. in the balkans and what would have been a relatively small issue in terms of

we cross to urban abrahamian he is an author and a distinguished professor of history at the city university of new york all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it richard if i go to you first the interim agreement with the international community in iran is in effect this week here there was a lot of discussion coming out of the u.s. senate to me there obviously lobbyist groups in washington that were putting casting aspersions that say on the interim agreement but it's in effect and the i.a.e.a. said already that iran is committed to this it's already done what it's.

saw the proposal for the eco proposal the shoourdship would allow the students across the city from university to other levels to elapse about the environmental issues beyond the clamor. my insuredship has loud me with the help of the eco center i'm a laboratory technician. should the eco proposal be accepted i believe the bay institution in conjunction with the community organizations would augment our current effort to prove serve the community >> thank you. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm toby taylor i'm a student enrolled in the sustainable ability course at the egging could center i have been involved 3 semesters. i want to express any support for the bay recruit for stuartship in collaboration with city college. in addition i've been given authorization from one of our supporters to speak on her bailiff. i have the following statement program coordinator at the high school studies facility. the bay institute and city college have dedicated to serving the community and have reached out to make sure the stem academy is wretched. in staub green workforce skills those institutions

we are also very interested in partnering with the city and the university to inform policy decisions and public health approaches and take a look at the most current research and we believe that we have some highly qualified researchers at our university to help with that information. i think this is a really important report for presenting what is a very difficult issue without having all of this information is difficult to understand. this information is really helpful in doing that. also in addition to what's being prepared here there is a number of disparity. what often gets lost in the conversation is the fact that there is tremendous disparity with regard who is tools to -- to who is impacted. for example, if we look at rates of over weight or obesity in san francisco, the african american community is higher impacted at 21 percent in the community at being overweight. multiracial folks are impacted at 68.2 percent, latinos and pacific islanders. it's important to take into consideration that more than one community is more impacted than others. the hospital rates by neighborho

particular case in new york that we're talking about, it's coming from a university, public health university, the city university of new york who's going to seek to convene members of the community. because the other problem that we have is there's a lot of people doing a lot of good work in the community trying to improve the health of the people in the community, but they're not coordinating their work with each other. and i think that close collaboration, cooperation -- the health care facilities, the hospitals, outpatient clinics, there's a rule for everybody. from personal responsibility to responsibility of everybody in the community. be this is open for everybody. >> alice, would you say that this should be the jobs of majors and state representatives, state legislators and -- >> i would. and let's not leave out the governors. they're important too. but it isn't just public officials. citizens have an enormous influence and citizen associations of various sorts. and often they're very narrowly focused. they're focused on housing, or they're focused on transportation or they're focused on health

clifford is a law professor at the university of utah. >> salt lake city has the highest rate of gay parents of anywhere in the company. 26% of parents living here are raising families. well beyond 13% in new york. >> that's in spite of serious obstacles. >> among them, homophobia and hostility. in another - adoption. that became easier. >> under utah law, if you are allowed to marry, you are entitled to adopt. >> it's a huge blessing. it's been a worry for us, that the babies were not legally protected in utah, or federally without the adoption. and so it's going to make the process easier for us. married with children. it's a utah tradition. now that same-sex marriage is legal, these parents believe they'll be putting out the william mat for more same-sex marriages. >> the mormon church was a leading force behind proposition 8, california's short-lived ban on same-sex marriage. the most intriguing inventions could impact society for years to come. al jazeera's jacob ward examined some important new gadgets. >> 2013 was a mix of goofy inventions and transformative discoveries. shrin

i is enjoy g s a it's like my agency you know my history the university that u purchaser and the city administrator you know i love g s a and to hear pittsburgh it's role it refers to our clients as customers. i went through those years trying to recreate those agencies given the opportunity and the high privilege of re13wi7b9 government and making us not only relevant but at the value for everything we must accomplish. i will add to the appreciation of president obama and his stimulus packet. i was here years ago i broke this ground with the architect and we were happy to before a break ground with leader pelosi and we looked at across market street and we saw market street as thirty percent vacancy rate a darkness to it people hurried and look what's happening 3 years later. i'll also reference this is one of our stimulus lettuce projects that's the purpose of that act. we want to demonstrate when you give us a little bit of stimulus we take it all the way in san francisco (laughter) this is so appropriate to have the architect and the artists with us. part of the magic that leader

. >> city university of new york. a question now the you have written this book does it make you think anything different about the conduct of the war itself if you were asked to do another edition paris 1919 would you see new things? >> would not do another edition but the two questions i find increasingly interesting. we tend to focus on the horrors of the war in the strain on european society and the people who fought in the war to support it but there were more extraordinary things how they kept going he then russia see as the weakest third held together through 1917 it is capable of the tv e. troops in the field so that is a question we have not fully explored. of the second question why on earth could do they stop it? why in 1915 it is clear with the stalemate on the western front why was there no peace and what kept them going on and on and on when it was clear the war was consuming them all? those are subjects for interesting books but not by me maybe. [laughter] >> in 1967 fisher brought out the archives to s

. >> city university of new york, a question for the wooden. now that you have written this book does it make you think anything different about the conduct of the war itself, and if you were asked to do another edition of paris 1919, would you say new things? >> i would not do that, the questions about the -- what i find increasingly interesting, what we just referred to, we tend to focus on the orders of the war and the tremendous strain the war put on european societies and the people who fought in the war and had to support the war, but how long they kept going, even russia was seen to weaken great powers held together until 1917 and was capable of maintaining troops in the field so it seems to me that is a question we haven't fully explored. the second thing which strikes me more and more is why couldn't they stop it? why by 1915 when it was clear you had this dreadful stalemate on the western front why was there no hope of peace and was it that kept them from going on and on and when it became clear the war was consuming them all and both

at "the huffington post," sam stein, and senior writer at the daily beast and professor at the city universitywith you first, the view from the white house on this. what did president obama say to convince these democrats? we should show feek who we're g about. among the 16 democrats backing the bill, chuck shumer, mary landrieu, keirsten gillibrand, joe manchin and michael bennett. what was the argument here? >> among the people who want to put off new sanctions the argument is that you need to give this new process, the this new agreement, a little bit of breathing room. if you were to pass new sanctions at this juncture it would be interpreted as an act of bad faith among the united states. it would give iran a pr advantage so to speak when it comes to this type of negotiation. the other argument that's being made is if, in fact, iran backs out of the tenet of the deal, if they come away from the table, if they don't follow through on their obligation, there's nothing actually preventing congress from enacting new sanctions then. you don't have to do it then. you can do it after the fact. t

city, dedicated to bill de blasio. ramana is a youth activist and a first year student at st johns university. >> a contemplative skyscraperng thezz beat, herring in her footwork, gripping the streetlight. this is home. the lost voices, the devotion to beat impulse, slow dancing also, dreamme to the shadow of new york city. broadway, not times square, but it is single mothers donating money to church, it is children playing hopscotch on what is left of a chalklk area it is outlines. holy, tough we call skin, thick boned. this is new york. we will no longer stay silent to this classism. no more brownstones and brown skin playing tug-of-war with pregnant air hovering over them like in or out of lost children. no more colored boy robbed of their innocence. this city will always be the foundation of this country. we are root. we are backbone. we black, we brown, we are low, creatures.of we deserve us, opportunity, us new mayor, us new beginning, like dancing cocoons, us happy, we happy, we happy with the change. it is a custom -- constant baptism to remind us of our holy. we congratulate mayor bill goodlatte -- bill de blasio.

physicians for a national health program points out according to a study by researchers at the city university of new york when all is said and done the costs of getting obamacare up and running and enrolling seven million americans in the program within the first year will be more than six billion dollars compare that to the cost of medicaid nine hundred sixty six roll out according to researchers medicare's costs in its first year totaled eight hundred sixty seven million in today's dollars that's roughly five point one billion less than what obamacare is costing in its first year and within eleven months of elegy l.b.j. signing medicare into law nineteen million senior citizens that are already signed up for county for ninety nine percent of those who are eligible for the program so why was the nine hundred sixty six medicare rollout so cheap compared to the obamacare rollout well it was cheaper back then because republicans back then weren't shilling for their billionaire friends in the health care industry by opposing the single payer system called medicare or a public option as dr david

city. while many national parks and universities across the united states has instituted water bottle bans i would like to take an approach to reduce bottle waste in our own cities on properties and our own cities facilities. vendors and city department to reduce our addiction to plastic bottle water. the ordinance is a result of numerous conversation of departments and producers and environmental community and want to thank supervisor mar for his assistance. beginning this year, the municipal water would not be allowed to sell bottled water. in 2016, all will be required to comply. sports event would be waved. many events in our city have already made the transition to being plastic bottle water free. i started thing about this @016, all will be required to comply. sports event would be waved. many events in our city have already made the transition to being plastic bottle water free. i started thing about this legislation after the plastic bottle water ban. we've heard from many event producers that alternatives are affordable and easy to use. second aspect of a legislation for permits an