often called the architect of the negro movement, and howard university college montgomery gregory objected to the naacp's propagandist platform, which they believe was exhibited by by the organization's presentation of rachel. they therefore vowed to create a space in which purely artistic concerns rained. the more that she publicized their approach, the more w.e.b. dubois refined his articulation of the need for political art. so without question, rachel deeply impacted the founders of both the naacp drama committee and howard universities of drama department, organizations that would encourage and train black playwrights throughout the 1920s. so by 1916, and without reaching broadway, the work rejuvenated black drama. they often took a just agreement to the pages of periodicals and many joined them including authors who entered the debate by simply executing their own vision of what black drama should publish. some like willis richardson became playwrights because they were convinced they could do a better job. others simply seem to believe the perspective on lynching and black family li

i went for my junior year to howard universe.when i arrived in nairobi, i was told i could not have vegetarian food because when i applied to the program a year earlier i was a happy omnivore and i was arriving as a tentative vegetarian. so there were two incidents that happened to cut the time short i won't get into, that made me know i would become a vegetarian and that's all in the book. the next semester when i came back to d.c. and went to howard university, i had decided -- i really am going to be a vegetarian, and discovered a community of african-american cemetery yaps and vegans right near -- cemeterians and vegans right near howard university who opened all vegan cafes, health food, restaurants and carryouts in the nation's capitol, and they started that in the earl 1980s, and many of them were influenced by dick gregory's 1974 book, cooking with mother nature, which became a bible of sorts for black folks all over the country. they were influenced also by their participation in the civil rights movement, and the black

. >> in 1937 they landed her first major job at howard university, whur, where cathy hughes created ther one format in the history of urban radio, the quiet storm. >> the quiet storm is the best part of the radio. >> however, when it was time to finance her own station, she heard 32 nos before that yes finally came. >> when people asked was i discouraged, no. 32 times. >> her determination paid off with a $1 million loan to start radio one. >> i really viewed my company as a mom-and-pop operation minus pop. it was mom and son operation. and i never wanted to lose family orientation of my company. >> separating the lines between family and business is very difficult. so ultimately it takes a lot of bonding, a lot of love, a lot of understanding to make sure that you get through those tough and rocky times. and that's been our story. >> that integrated creativity proved successful once again in 2004 with the birth of alfred's brain child tv one. the new station was a catalyst into the spotlight with her own show, tv 101. tv one now reaches 57 million households while radio one hails as th

howard. we've every we're seeing it at a bunch of what i consider top institutions. i think it says a lot about the shifting values of the university a look at some of howard's past honorees. there are a lot of other ones. sonja sodormior, bill clinton, and they have made undoubtedly bigger contributions than business people like diddy. >> yeah. i don't agree with that at all. it's not like we're talking about giving this sort of award to kim kardashian. puffy is actually add aid lot. he is an incredible businessman who has been successful on multiple platforms because of drive, intelligence, marketing, prowess. he has been extraordinarily successful at perhaps the most difficult time to be successful in the history of the music business as well as exploding into the clothing industry, as well as the clothing and vodka industry, which is very difficult. it's ease where i to sort of hate on puff and, like, act like he didn't do nothing and his music is whack, but that's not at all accurate. he has had an incredible professional career. rising up from being an intern to being one of the most successful moguls of his time, and he has

. >> up next, sean "diddy" combs is facing backlash from students at howard university. angry that diddy will be a commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree even though he dropped out of howard. it's our news nation gut check. should he speak? should he not? plus this. ♪ >>> some women power today on this show. audra mcdonald will join me live to talk about her brand new role on broadway. she'll tell me why she's playing the legendary singer and my favorite of all time billie holiday. audra is coming up next. [ male announcer ] nearly 7 million clients. how did edward jones get so big? let me just put this away. ♪ could you teach our kids that trick? [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. hey kevin...still eating chalk for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heart burn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. alka-seltzer fruit chews. enjoy the relief! >>> oh, boy. time now for the "news nation" gut check. sean combs is facing backlash after howard unive

. >>> actor/rapper bow wow and michelle obama joined students for a tour of howard university. >> noer is high school the bar. that is not enough in today's globalizing economy. >>> so, does russian president vladimir putin think president obama would save him from drowning? on live russian television he answered the question posed by a 6-year-old saying, quote, i don't want to be drowning, but i don't think i have a close personal relationship with obama. i think obama is a courageous and good person. for sure, he would save me. >>> house immigration bills are still in the mix, according to the wall street journal. house speaker john boehner said he is, quote, hell bent on getting this done. >> and did you know, according to national journal, for more than 30 years, each and every member of congress has been getting a monthly issue of hustler magazine? sent to them free of charge by larry flint and delivered in a plain manila envelope. members of congress apparently have no way of legally stopping the mailings. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. so that's what's on

michelle obama especially couraged howard university, he's been -- shows been invited to speak in topeka kansas. some families are objecting because her presence means fewer available seats and more politics on their children's graduation day. >>> a news conference on rail safety made it point when a train came barreling through. safety as you know is paramount. that was close. >> that's connecticut senator richard bloomenthal who was on the warping strip -- warning strip. it was to address safety conditions so far the senator has not commenting. >> that's too close. >>> protesting over a park. >> are you ready? yeah. >> we're there as protesters get loud outside the oakland zoo. we ask officials about claims that zoo is ignoring wildlife in its own backyard. >>> a shoe frenzy. camping out for a pair of sneakers. . >>> a car that slammed into a bus shelter left a woman hospitalized. she was in her wheelchair when she was struck. the driver went to the hospital with major injuries, the cause is under investigation. >>> the fight over the planned expansion of the oakland zoo heated up. tho

williams i thank you for the howard university reference. as an alumnus i appreciate that. to the entire panel the discussion is well-timed and recapping. for the bill passage to the slave plantations to the civil rights movement. i want you all to elaborate on comparing and contrasting the civil rights movement to the 99% movement that we see today. >> well, there is a lot there. [laughter] my book emphasizes what happens between the day dr. king was shot and goes to five episodes. i think what emerges is that particularly in one of my chapters is the humphrey-hawkins full employment act of 1978 which is really a big disappointment to the people that pushed it at the time. coretta king and others, jesse jackson was very prominently involved in not one, many people put back the old labor liberal as the term meant back then. labor liberal civil-rights grassroots alliance and got people out on the streets not only on dr. king's birthday but on dr. king's birthday emphatically emphasizing this issue for four or five years depending on how you counted until the law was enacted.

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obama will take them are around howard university and talk about the importance of higher education. they will stay on campus with students from the chicago area. >> the vice-president is helping democratic candidates. he made his the debut yesterday or instagram. he posted this picture yesterday. he said thanks for following, stay tuned. look at those big smiles they have going on. >> lots of teeth. >> it's all about ankle. the right ankle makes the picture. >> that's the first selfie with two men. >> you just feel lonely without the other males here today. >> we don't do that. talking about temperatures today are mild. 44 right now in downers grove. in gary it is 44. hillside at 43. we've: numbers elsewhere. this morning you might need to have your coat. if you want it this afternoon will make 60 degrees. very light sprinkles. much of that is not hitting the ground near kenosha. there is cloud cover across the area. expect considerable cloud cover to the day with the chance of a shower. that could develop tonight. 59 tonight. 39 tonight. a fairly nice weekend we make 70 on easter s

first lady michelle obama will take them around howard university, then talk to them about the importance of higher education. it's part of the "escape to mecca" program, which inspires african-american students to attend college by immersing them in campus life. britain's prince william, his wife, and their baby son george have arrived in australia. it's the second leg of their three-week tour that started in new zealand. kate carries prince george in her arms as they were greeted by austrailian officials. they have a lot on the agenda, including a meeting with residents victimized by brush fires in the nearby blue mountains. they're also planning to attend a reception at the sydney opera house, a visit to a youth services group and a stop at the picturesque echo point lookout. the zoo will even name an animal after prince george. >>a missing boy in nebraska has been reunited with his mother after he was found in a very unusual place. a mother called police yesterday evening after she realized her 3 year old boy was not in her apartment. across the street, people at a nearby bowling alle

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the first lady inspired dozens of schools to look at howard university. she took a tour with juniors and seniors yesterday. all part of a program called escape to mecca which encourages african-american students to attend college by immersing them in campus life. students are staying with howard students from the chicago area. they are even attending some glasses. >> that is quite a tour. >> no pressure at all if you're the one kid who doesn't go! >> wind out of the north at 10 mi.. dew point at 36. there is a cold front that moved through the region. as it moves through it changed our temperatures. much colder to the north and west. as the areas to the south and get a warmer the cooler air has not made its way into every area. cloud cover across these areas it will keep you from cooling down. you can see across northwest indiana we have the line of clearing continuing to move to the south. today, sun and clouds, a fairly nice day. high temperature 52. cooler than normal. even cooler along the lake with wind out of the northeast cooling us down. as to get

williams, thank you for the howard university reference, at alumnus, i definitely appreciate that to the entire panel, i'm very deeply -- discussion well-time and worth having. from the middle passage to the slavepan plantations to the civil right moms, i want you all to kind of elaborate on -- compare and contrast the civil rights movement to the 99% movement we see today. >> well, there's a lot there. my book emphasizes what happens between the days dr. king was hot and goes through five episodes, and i think what emerges, particularly in one of my chapters about the humphrey hawkins full employment act of 1978, which was big disappointment to the people who pushed it at the time. but coretta king and others, jesse jackson was actually very prominent live involved in that one -- many people put back the old labor liberal, as the term meant back then, labor liberal, civil rights, grassroots alliance and got people out on the streets not only or dr. king's birthday but on dr. ding's birthday emphatically emphasizing the issue for four or five years until the law was enacted. and ever

with the exception i'll give ran paul credit he went to howard university.r party plays this race card every election, every single election. >> that is not fair to make a general statement -- >> excuse me, 1998, black churches will burn, the naacp, my father being killed all over again. >> it was all victimization, race card politics. >> there are some who do that but to suggest an entire party does that is obscene. >> the members of your party do it regularly. >> all the time. >> disgrace. shameful. racism is shameful. >> it is. >> we got to do is call them out on it, sean. >> esquire magazine takes a swipe at me for the nevada stand off and explain that and more on "saturday night live." the hilarious take on al sharpton as a mob rat. we hope you set your dvr 10:00 eastern each week. america's only conservative news show. weekdays at 10:00. set your dvr. we'll continue. and when you put them in charge of making an unbeatable truck... ... good things happen. this is the ram 1500. the 2014 motor trend truck of the year and first ever back-to-back champion.

with strong per -- programs with howard university here, with morehouse and spelman, sending students to study in the u.s. and those institutions setting their students to study abroad. there is an international dimension. ofre is a diverse population students and these institutions open their arms and embrace anyone who wants to come there to learn. >> we are almost out of time. before asking the last question, we have a couple of housekeeping matters. you of ouremind upcoming events and speakers. a march 31, senator craig deeds will discuss mental health and on april 2, the irs commissioner, john, will be speaking. please feel free to come in here. [laughter] now, dr. lomax, i would like to present you with the traditional national press club mug which we give to our many distinguished visitors from around the world and united states. i am honored to do so. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for coming today. my last question -- your konica is that -- iconic motto a mind is a terrible thing to waste. with colorado in other states having legalized or wanted, do you worry that

. >> reporter: you have been out to berkeley, howard university, detroit, you have been going after audiences that we don't see republicans go after, minorities, young people, they voted overwhelmingly for barack obama, what is your party doing wrong to alienate so many young voters, minorities? >> it's a harden resistance. it's not going to be easy to change. we have 3% of the vote in detroit. not one democrat that's offered to help the people in detroit, i went to the people in detroit and i offered them a billion dollars of their own money to try to help them recover. >> reporter: you offered tax cuts. if you're poverty, tax cuts -- >> that will be left in the hands of businesses that people in detroit are already voting on. let's grow those businesses. sfwlr i'm sure you saw jeb bush's comments on immigration. >> they broke the law but it's not a felony. it's an act of love. >> reporter: do you agree with him on this? >> you know, i think he made might have been artful in the way he presented this. if it were me, what i would have said is, those who seek the american dream aren't bad peop

yesterday's gut check, we asked, should sean diddy combs speak at howard university's commencement ceremonydropped out. 58% said yes, 42% said no. move over, barbie and say hello to the positively perfect dolls. take a look. these dolls are part of a unique new line that represents girls of all skin tones and each doll represents positive statements such as i'm proud or smart or beautiful. the creator lisa williams was a an entremendopreneur and first francisco -- >> i grew up with barbies and my mom would say i turned out semiokay. barbies are not the end of the world. what is lacking is a range and diversity to show girls of all color they are beautiful. there you've stepped in as many others but i think you've done it in a wonderful way and you have a positive message with these dolls. >> absolutely. i wanted every girl to know she was beautiful. i wanted dolls that represented that unique beauty, we have a variety of skin tones which i custom blend. you will not find these skin tones on any other doll. i make sure i have everything from a beautiful vanilla cream to caramel to pecan and

it's what rand paul is saying going to detroit, going to the spanish chamber of commerce and howard universitythe tea party people are the ones that sat energy and ideas. they are the ones that are going to make the change that will get our economy growing again. that's the strength of our tea party is the focus is on the economic issues. get this economy moving. this recovery from the recession is the worst in modern history. you can't grow an economy when it's overtaxed, overregulated and have an unsustainable debt. >> panel, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> okay. let's go off-the-record for just a minute. i do not get it. why are some people, politicians, pundits, and reporters in particular, so vicious and, yes, so arrogant towards members of the tea party? they don't have to agree with the tea party. no one is forcing them. frankly, makes no difference to me if they do or do not agree. why does their lack of agreement with the tea party justify their vicious comments? it's never even about debate? instead, it's smearing, trashing, denigrating, laughing at and even demonizing the tea

at howard university. so i was very much aware of what was going on in terms of the debate. there were students who were organizing across the south, whoot and black students. and some of my classmates were actually some of the organizers. i was curious but not brave enough to join. and really didn't have any idea how fast the changes would come to america from that period. but was really proud of the country and the president for stepping up. >> there is so much conversation as we look back about the heroic members of congress and people in the white house. but there were a lot, you mentioned snic, civil rights organization, they were almost to the side lynns in some way in this discussion. >> well, they may have been on the sidelines in a way. but they were very much active in the streets. the edmond-- bridge, the march from selma to montgomerie. i recently went to the 49th bridge crossing and it's just as inspirational today, not nearly as dangerous as it was in the 60s. but there was a lot of activity in the streets and churches. it was not unusual for the minister in my

he spoke at howard university here in washington. he went to a high school in washington and talked about school choice. he went out to berkeley. he was never booed out of these places. he shared his libertarian messages. if you read the reports. people say i appreciate him showing up and there are things he said. take the republican message as he sees it to these places, talk to people, score some points for showing up and maybe people begin to realize, wait, there's some things that i could conceivably agree with. it's pro actively going out and finding new voters whereas others go to the nra convention. >> he may be the republican to broaden that base. >> right. ed, i want to talk to one of the latest articles which focuses on john boehner and he's, quote, theatrically mocking his republican colleagues. let's take a look at that. >> oh, don't make me do this. oh, this is too hard. >> i don't know, i think some people in theater might take offense to it, that it's theatrically done. what is that all about? >> he's felt this way. he

he went to howard university. republicans never go to back forums. i always hear them cry and moan about how 97% of the blacks vote for democrats. he went there and laid out his case. rubio has come up with some interesting thoughts and ted cruz who did get on the border of getting into the buffoonery category has started to reconstruct himself. i think at least two of them will run. martha: you look at bob dole, john mccain and others who were in the moderate section of the republican thinking pattern, none of them won. that continues to be that conversation about where is the winning -- chris christie argues he's a guy who can occupy that middle ground and win, rich. >> there is this game whoever is the hot new thing in conservative politic is extreme. ronald reagan used to be extreme. now we look back and say he's an honored statesman. people used to say bob dole is extreme. all these guys are ideologues in the best sense of the world. rand paul is a creative and thoughtful guy. this week he's out in detroit, makedetroit -- -- detroit, milwaukee,

well, this is how many i last -- this is counting the studio museums book store, the hub at howard university, so, we were to look at the number of black-owned independent become stores in this country, it's less than 50, and when we talk about the number of book stores per black person in this country, we're looking at numbers like 800,000 to one. states like alabama doesn't have one. the last one closed, i think, last year. the cradle of the civil rights movement? i'm getting a fit just thinking about it, and i don't feel this anger anywhere. i feel it's a lie. these are -- i do it because of these stores. before i thought about a web site, i was going there and learning things, learning about actually third-world press, and learning about black classic press and the authors and learning about things that matter, and that is one of the things that are changing. when we talk about the black become ecosystem, we're talking about family, and at it interesting when paul mentioned the book store was born out of a project to help people imprisoned come out and be able to serve the movement in a m

countries that has focused a lot of attention as of late has been brazil with strong programs at howard university here in washington, d.c. with morehouse sending students to study in the u.s. int and those institutionse sending their students to study abroad. there is an international dimension. there is a diverse population of students, and these institutions open their arms and embrace anyone that wants to come there to learn. >> we are almost out of time but before asking the last question we have a couple of housekeeping matters to take care of. first i would like to remind you about the upcoming events and speakers on march 31, the senator from virginia state will discuss mental health and on april 2, the irs commissioner will be speaking. please feel free to comment. [laughter] now, doctor lomax i would like to present you with the traditional national press club that we get to the distinguished visitors from around the world in the united states. i'm honored to do so. thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much for coming today. my last question, your iconic motto as you said during

with strong programs like howard university here, with morehouse and spellman, sending students to study in the u.s. and those institutions setting their students to study abroad. there is an international dimension. there is a diverse population of students and these institutions open their arms and embrace anyone who wants to come there to learn. >> we are almost out of time. before asking the last question, we have a couple of housekeeping matters. i like to remind you of our upcoming events and speakers. on march 31, senator creigh deeds will discuss mental health and on april 2, the irs commissioner will be speaking. please feel free to come in here. [laughter] now, dr. lomax, i would like to present you with the traditional national press club mug which we give to our many distinguished visitors from around the world and united states. i am honored to do so. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for coming today. my last question -- your iconic motto is that a mind is a terrible thing to waste. with colorado and other states having legalized marijuana, do you worry that more st

start -- in fact earlier today we were discussing charles hamilton houston, who was the dean of howard university recall, first made howard from a knight school, a part-time, not very good law school that was turning out inadequately prepared lawyers to a school that saw the idea of black lawyers as essential to creating equality, to gaining equal rights in the country, and so he went about that, and one of the young people he trained was thurgood marshall. so that's somebody that -- lots of folks don't know about charles hamilton houston. he is in both "eyes on the prize" and my biography of justice marshall. so he is a hero to me. he's someone who created change over time, change that is still with us to this day. just an amazing man. but there were other people. i mean, i just mentioned to you, freedom summer. this is the 50th anniversary and thinking about people like bob moses, who was down south, people like dave dennis. there's such an amazing range of people who participated in freedom summer, obviously, cheny, goodman, and shrener, who died. stories 0 people who would leave comfort and g

yale, columbia, brown, usc, ucla, uc san diego, cal poly, howard, northwestern, university of arizonal state east bay, chapman, i don't know if i got them all but it's all i can remember. >> and he did it all on his own. no tudors, no private school. straight a's at oakland tech high school. >> i feel like this school gets a bad wrap some time and oakland in general gets a bad wrap for not having good public education so for me i just felt like anybody can do it so i felt like going to public school and do it from there. >> tunde says he is narrowing down his choices and will probably pick a school on the east coastpreferably one with a good baseball program. as far as his major is concernedhe is up in the air on that oneeither pre law or pre med. i'm jeff bush in oakland, kron four news. >> in a city known as tree city u-s-a.it's no surprise there was backlash after pg&e said it was cutting down thousands of trees in concord. and even though the company said they were postponing the project last week.trees are coming down in contra costa county. pg&e says it needs to take down trees

joining us to talk more about that is howard dean, former governor of vermont and advocate for universalth care. mr. dean, thank you so much for coming on the program to talk about this. you know, now that we know more about what doctors are getting paid do you think this is the beginning of a game change or change movement between how physicians, how patients, how regulators all react with one another? >> i do think so although this is not the beginning, this has been going on for a long time but this is a major milestone. one of the big problems in health care is lack of transparency, and the costs out of control, exceeding the rate of inflation every single year for 30 years. so transparency is the first step to try to determine what is the matter with the system. these figures are in some ways shocking. and now we're going to drill down on those figures and find out what those folks are getting paid, why they're getting paid and whether the care is worth it. now only on behalf of the government but the american people. >> and it goes to the heart of what is described as fee for servi

some faculty members at rutgers university don't want secretary of state condoleezza rice. howardduation ceremony. over at harvard there were calls to disinvite former new york mayor michael bloomberg from the may 29th commencement because of his administration's stop and frisk policy and its secret spying operation. all that and commencement season hasn't really even gotten underway. malika henderson. >> nice to be here. snoo who would have thought that a commencement speech would be at all political, right? that the actual people protesting this assignment -- they say this isn't about politics, the michelle obama situation really is more about space. aren't commencement speeches in some ways inherently a little bit political? >>. >> do we have audio? i think we might have -- i think we might have lost the -- we're going to try to get her back, and we will be right back. ome b? ome b? what if the plane gets delayed? what if i can't hide my symptoms? what if? but what if the most important question atf the underlying is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need,

bennett, steven schwartz, eberhart ofnner, and carla shatz stanford university and once again, eric kandel a nobel laureate and a howard hughes medical investigator. toegan with my friend eric give me an overview of our subject tonight. >> the last program we did was approaches to deafness. tonight we are going to consider lines miss. as is the case with deafness, blindness is not a life threatening situation but it is disabling. in some ways it is more disabling than deafness because there are a number of important conditions for which there is no treatment. now, why is that so? deafness, the sensory organ for vision, the retina, which is evident in the lower image, it lines the inside surface of the eye. oft is the most complex set organs we have. in fact, it is not a proof real organ. it is actually a part of the central nervous system. as a result, it has the complexity of the structure. it is not uniform. it has a small area that is clear which is called the macula. area of greatest visual acuity. so if i turn my head towards analyzes youra features. unfortunately, the sales -- cells are sensitive to damage. so th

the author of living water the novel and its most recent book praised by governor howard dean is it tour de force as universe bends towards justice radical reflections on the bible the church in the body politic. please chime in welcoming professor obery hendricks. [applause] >> thank you. i'm also glad to be her. i'm also a long-time participant and supporter and beneficiary of this black literature conference even before i published in before a thought about publishing any books. i'm really glad to be here. i would like to shift just a little to talk a little bit more about the subject that my colleague marc lamont hill introduced and that has to do with the intersection of race and power. first, we just have to remember that race has always been a strategic tool used by the forces of capitalism to divide workers and to weaken workers and keep workers from collective icing so that they can continue on with their uninterrupted profiting flow. so they demonize black folk saying that where the problem but it's really a strategic tool that is used. how would the dumbest? well they use coded racial terms like i

howard lecture at the end of the universe on the topic of flat to be, the humanities and higher education. from february, this is just over one hour. >> as historian you always wonder whether not you want to really play with mythology. is something i think the republicans about a story that always is wrapped in some degree of truth, and it gets to be told and retold in different ways and in some ways it is a mythology that combines committees, helps individuals to get into a space that is not really their own space but they get to claim some part of that space by actually understanding the myth. why that color, why that structure, why, whatever. so i will only correct one part of the mythology. i didn't go to the bathroom. [laughter] but it was a case where i was taken by surprise. actually the better part of the story i went to brazil. and my colleagues, we were looking for a new president and i missed a meeting. and literally i was in brazil and they came back from that meeting and went into what i thought was a committee meeting and it was committee of the halls and i was asked them to

i want to bring in howard bragman and michael eric dyson, and he is from georgetown university and authorg ra race." today, former nba condemning donald sterile, and outside of the announcement from the team itself, a statement, we have not heard from him, and what would you tell him to do if he walked into your office, howard? >> well, the spin doctors have two purposes, one is to stop the disease and the other is to save the patient, but i would tell him that it is terminal, and back out gracelyfully, and separate as quickly as possible with as much dignity as possible, but it is over. >> well, part of what we are waiting for today, michael is to the hear what the new nba commissioner is going to do, and there have been some analysts who have suggested that the quickness, the speed with which these sponsors announced they are cutting ties, and the financial impact, and the outrage of the other teams like the miami heat showing the solidarity will give him sort of an ammunition to try to get rid of sterling, and what do you think? >> well, that is absolutely right. when you put all of th

howard dean. they were at the university of colorado at boulder to discuss congress and potential presidential candidates. here is a letter -- a little of that event. >> it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. you can tell by who chose to whoicipate in that primary is looking, not necessarily who is favored, but who is looking at 2016. these are people who went to a world'sonsored by the eighth richest man, sheldon adelson, whose principal israel andre two -- the prevention of internet gambling, which will of course cut into the fact that he is the world's eighth richest man, largely based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon adelson included a man you may have heard of, chris christie -- he is the governor of new jersey, has him?dy heard of he has been out of the news. i just wanted to remind you he is the governor of new jersey, which includes part of the george washington bridge. only half of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. not the new york half, which has behaved a little bit better. ofumber of over -- a number other

howard house is where the race willing start. >> i think there has been an almost universally positivee to this. >> reporter: not a culture clash, then, but two cultures in tandem. and a legacy already. it has been announced that an elite race will take part in yorkshire annually starting next year. >>> there is more on the website including the positive news on michael schumaker. you can check out aljazeera.com/sport. that's it for me. >> lovely. thank you very much. >>> we are going to leave you with the work of the german photographer who was killed on friday in afghanistan. ♪ and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition only on al jazeera america

julian howard who teaches international relations security policy at the jail and that universities and dug up from london. please welcome back jim brown of the stop the war coalition were talking about how their various shades jim brown made the point or one of our discussion various shades of opinion in eastern ukraine far different from crimea was named as lou brown reported from the town of comet or square is proving incredibly difficult to gauge the outcome or the strength of the stakeholders for the last week his ukrainian soldiers of being holed up in chronicles the tree and bass despite their roman vehicles they haven't broken through to separate these barricades the brutal here. his current team and by just such a nineteen you believe. mentors is one of the eastern ukrainian town too harshly for an honest effort to control it be on her mini trees sitting up stealing the moment ukrainian security service building. it didn't due to a concert here separate east of the race to the police chief who seized efficiency close to hearing from it towards the mission and really seen on the

howard at northwestern >> : and he's been accepted to a dozen colleges and the u.s. pre as you heard many of them are the top universitiesin the country. he says that growing up in east oakland has challenges but they've never done in the way of his academic career. >> : i'm in a moderate area and not to bad but not the best part of town but there are always incidents but i can't complain oakland tech sere says they've been driven to succeed all of his life in considers academics his job. and it is a job he has done quite well. he scored a 2100 of 2400 on his as a tea and feels that it's his sensibility to be a leader in his school. it's letting young men and women know that there's a lot of positivity in the city and no one can hold you back of wont to do something you have the power to do it. the big question is which school to choose from he says that it's a tossup between yale columbia or brown. he says there is conflict between two different majors. pre block or premed. >> : still ahead georgia be bush really focusing on his love of painting. >> : fox theater in woulredwood city a new show sent to debut sunday night

universities. many of them are considered to be some of the best schools in the country. >> yale, come up by i can't, brown, usc, ucla, uc san diego, howardnorthwestern. reporter: and he did it all on his own. no tutors, no private school, straight a's at oakland tech school. >> oakland in general gets a bad rap for not having good public education. so, for me, i just felt like -- i don't know. anybody can do it. so, why not go to the publishing school and do it from there and prove there is a lot more potential and capable students and great teachers, great staff here who allow us to do this and give us the resources we need to be college down. reporter: he is narrowing his choices down and pick a call on the east coast, probably one with a good baseball program, major is up in the air, prelaw or premed. i am jeff bush inoke land kron4. >>> time now for dine and dish with vicki liviakis. >>> sound greek to you, well they are, and last night i dined and dished on greek cuisine at the white house with the vice president, he did a selfie with me there and the president. they enjoyed the food and could pronounce it. it's not every day you da

have people like ron howard and brian who could very easily spend the rest of their careers staying in a world of film and television and working with players like fox and universalill continue to do. they are acknowledging things are changing and we need to do more and invest in the future. you take this and couple it with interesting and chest leases -- chess pieces in the world of media. facebooks this mean are in the, they younger generation? class -- >> people talk in those ways. yahoo!, aol, they are clearly saying we want to do original content and want to do places where things are interesting and unique. that stuff ends up being shared in platforms like facebook and twitter. we could see twitter moving in that direction as well. if you are the big names in hollywood, you have to think as much about those worlds as tv and film. even with this partnership, part of the plan is to encourage players to come on board. on howard, they have a lot of other stuff on the go. any announcements tied to the with---, maybe high-profile people who want to experiment more. five-10 minute videos as opposed to a 30 minute tv show or two hour movie. >> thank you. we were ta