collect which they can monetize for advertising you're a scientist heading back from the grid the university frank explains what effect this has on our brains. this is where distraction happens when i concentrate on one task these brain regions are active. all sensory stimuli are filtered out by this region the so-called dns stuff blocking access but when there is a stimulus that's very different to other stimuli it gets through and distracts. and. this is what smartphone and app developers capitalize on they want to create products that permanently grab our attention with push notifications vibrations audio signals and so forth. new stimuli mean different brain regions are activated and sort of pull power from my ability to concentrate. suddenly i am no longer focused on my one task because my brain is having to process multiple stimuli and that means i can't devote all my mental resources to fulfilling my original task. according to a recent study using smartphones can make us feel more restless normally the more someone performs a certain task the better they can do it and as a result their bra

has charged 33 parents who paid millions for bribes to get their kids into elite american universities robert frankore of these really jaw-dropping details robert. >> it's such an interesting story. hollywood stars felicity huffman and lori loughlin may be the most famous names in this college cheating scandal, but 30 ceos, entrepreneur and a top lawyer were charged with wire fraud and mail fraud today as part of that scheme to get their kids into college. some of those folks include doug hodge, william mcglashan, manuel h henriquez, founder of hercules capital. you also have gordon kaplan. he is the co-chairman of the global law firm wilke farr none of those charged or their lawyers could be immediately reached for comment. guys, back to you. >> some of the numbers, robert, are enormous a place in these colleges was costing a million dollars. >> yeah. and that was, again, to pay for false test scores and to get people into sort of the athletic recruiting end of things but it's a lot more expensive if you want to go the other route, which is to give money to the university as a donation as a philan

frank cesno is with the university. and bill carter, a long-time colu columnist.o you as this president seems to be more concerned with the lineup of hosts and personalities at fox than he appears to be with what's going on in the world. >> he pays so much connection to fox, he's sort of connected to the world through it. when they don't approve of him in any way or a host in this case that he approves of, he's offended, even fox news who has been as pro-trump, it's not enough for him. it's not enough. >> isn't it, frank, that it's the content. he's defending the racism, how alarming is that? >> very alarming. he's defending the content, he's defending the tone. he's defending the messaging. and by defending it, he's echoing it. then he send as tweet, the fake news is working overtime to blame me for the new zealand attack. >> he's blaming the media. >> no one is blaming the president for what happened in new zealand, but the suggestion is the rhetoric, the kind of rhetoric he defends lends an atmosphere that then feeds sick people who do the kinds of things that

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nielsen: i would also like to thank the auburn center and george washington university or hosting me today. much like frank, i can go on and on and on these topics. i will try to limit it. i do want to cover what has changed and where we are headed. i want to extend my appreciation to the many friends, colleagues, and distinguished guests joining us today. in this room are men and women who have built the department of homeland security from the ground up. others who have followed in their footsteps by taking up a call to service, others who support our missions by executing theirs so well. thank you all for being here today. we are gathered here today at a pivotal moment. life is changing faster than at any point in human history. as a nation, we face a choice. shape the world around us or be shaped by it. we cannot hide from the future. history will judge us harshly. the threats are greater than any time since september 11, 2001. the ground beneath us have shifted and enemies and adversaries have evolved. armies and government are simply -- the arms of government are simply swinging too slowly to protect

frank? >> paul chambers at stanford tonight. >>> university of california president janet napolitano has ordered an internal investigation in the wake of this college admissions scandal. she's promising to take swift action against anyone involved in the scheme. ucla has but soccer coach jorge on leave and did so earlier this week. he's accused of accepting $200,000 in bribes in exchange for helping two students get admitted to ucla as athletes. at this point it's not clear if other uc schools were implicated in the scandal..com petaluma police that a 19-year- old man is in custody accused of raping a fellow santa rosa junior college student. investigators that say it happened monday morning in the library on the school's campus at petaluma. the suspect, brandon cordis, was taken into custody without incident on his way to class after the attack. he's been booked into the sonoma county jail on charges of rape, sodomy, and sexual battery. >>> japan became the latest of about 40 countries to grant the boeing 737 max 8 or ban it from its airspace. the plane has been involved in two deadly crashes ,

frank. >>>tonight, another round of march madness begins. universityvirginia manage the teams fighting to stay in the big dance. >> the number one seed will take on the 12th seeded oregon tonight in louisville. the cavaliers spent yesterday ci pracng. they beat chuck's oklahoma sooners sunday to secure their sweet 16 spot. he couldn't stay in the studio toisten to this. tip-off, tonight, just before 10:00. >>> still ahead on news 4 today, a local group of girls ranked by their looks on a list that appeared on social media. they're speaking out. >> they're talking to the od " show. what they're saying about the prank and what inspired them to stand up for themselves. >>> plus, batter up. the washington nationals are back. it ispening day. we're going to checkack in with jim handlyal why arthese business owners so excited? we're going to comcast. it's ahead of the game, ahead of the curve. it's going to add to the productivity of our business. it's switch and save days at comca business. right now, get fast, reliable internet for 9.95 a month and save $6

yu by -- >> former white house chief-of-staff john kelly making some pretty frank remarks during an appearance at duke universityions on security clearances for ivanka trump and jared kushner, for instance, but he did want to make one point very clear. he disagrees with president trump on immigration issues. chris cillizza is cnn politics reporter and editor at large. a few eye opening lines to say the least, especially when he talked about the separation of migrant children from their parents. >> absolutely, ana, and breaking with the trump administration and the president specifically. let's go through first what john kelly said. the big separation of family thing that happened was a decision made by the attorney general. it was his decision to make. okay. decision made by the attorney general, it was his decision to make. focus on that word, decision, that something had to be decided and changed, then listen to what the trump administration has been saying about that family separation policy. let's play that. >> this administration did not create a policy of separating families at the border. >> because it's

. >> university of north carolina professor frank baumgartner wrote a book on the subject.rpose of our traffic laws? >> the purpose should be to keep us all safe. they have come to be used as an excuse to do a police investigation. >> reporter: in "suspect citizens," baumgartner analyzes 22 million traffic stops over 20 years in the tar heel state. he found the driver's race, gender, location, and age factor in to a police officer's decision to pull over a vehicle. >> it made me realize that people are not making stuff up. >> reporter: the data showed that firnafrican-americans haven stopped twice as often as white drivers. while they were four times more likely to be searched, they were less likely to be issued a ticket. the study also highlighted that whites were more likely to be found with contraband than blacks or hispanics. >> there's a way that police interact with middle-class, white americans, and a way that people and the police forces interact with members of the minority communities, especially in poorer neighborhoods. you're viewed as a criminal suspect. >> i t

public universities have to support the first amendment and private universities have to come up with their own special guidelines. frank and julie, back to you. >>> some kind preservative student from uc berkeley attended today signing ceremony at the white house. many students on the uc berkeley campus are reacting with skepticism to what the president did today with his executive order. several students we talked to today drew attention to the fact that neither of the two people involved in the recent punching incident on campus are students at cal. also, students said they feel that free speech is already promoted on campus, but there are limits to that freedom. >> it's promoted here already. i just don't think it's the speech that he wants to hear. you know, like people outwardly saying we don't want anyone coming here is bringing haight speech. >> we need some freedom of speech clearly . that is how we have freedom of the press, freedom political expression, how we have freedom of religious expression. all that is rooted in freedom of speech, but we also know certain freedom of speech goes too far. we can't shout

frank. >>> right now it may be g easie a job than to land a spot at a prestigious university t in fac department of labor said today there are 7.5 million job openings across the country. that t is therd highest level on record. but as we've heard, the problem ha that many employers have not been able to find enough skilled workers to fill those jobs. joining us now with how you can land one of t jses is our senior personal finance correspondent, sharonep rson. what are those skills that we keep hearing about that people are in such demand right now? >> a lot of people think they're hard skills, that you need to technology.west having technical skills is very important, but it's also important to have soft skil. career builder did a survey and asked hiring managers how important are the soft skills. they said 80% of the hiring managers want theseor skills than hard skills. be a team player, be able to w with many people on a team, pay attention to detail and focus on customer service, not just outside of your company but within other departments. make sure you're willingo work with others. >> ar

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fired, he resigned he's accused of paying $250,000 to get his son admitted to the university of southern california robert frankf the story which is kind of like an onion almost. >> yeah. we had phil mickelson yesterday -- >> the guy dealt with a lot of different people so it was a legitimate thing for awhile >> it's like madoff. he is a legitimate security business and so he had his legitimate securities business then the side business. and what this whole scandal has done is cast a spotlight and legitimate parts of college education. that's college consultants there are 8,000 private educational consultants in the u.s. that's quadruple the number of four years ago if you add in test prep and tutors, the numbers are estimated to be close to $12 billion a year now, college consultants say that william rick zinger that's the guy we were just talking about, the man at the center of this cheating ring he was just a bad apple in an otherwise important industry that helps guide students in their college process. demand is soaring for kids of younger and younger ages >> every other day i have a second grader or third

after he retired from the military, frank continued his education and obtained doctorate in psychology at the university of mississippi in 1976. in 1982, frank and his wife moved to waco. for over 20 years, he practiced as a psychologist with the u.s. department of veteran affairs and texas department of criminal justice. he was an active of the special forces chapter of foreign wars and past president of the american heart association and the italian club of waco. he was involved with st. jerome's catholic church and member of the knights of columbus. he bred horses, reading, movies nd having family and friends ver for card fights. frank's life was dwiped by his service to his family and to our country and community. he will be forever remembered as a husband, a father, grandfather, a veteran, a selfless servant and a great friend. my wife and i offer our heart felt condolences and lift up the family and friends of frank graham in our prayers. i requested the united states flag be flown over our nation's capitol to honor the life and legacy of this humble servant. i ask americans to continue praying fo

universities didn't directly know about it, they are the real villains in all of this. they have been siphoning money from taxpayers for decades via unlimited federal student loans and quite franknk ultimately just a disservice to society that this has been able, that this sort of corruption is able to go through for this long at the top universities, not just usc. at yale, at georgetown. these are top coaches at these schools. charles: and adding insult to injury from what i understand, most of these were tax write-offs also. not only they get the kids in, but they were able to write it off on their taxes. kristen, the trump administration actually in this budget released yesterday wants to take action to get these larger, multibillion-dollar institutions to have more skin in the game. it does not make sense that perhaps the ultimately the taxpayers in this country could be on the hook for someone who took out a gargantuan loan to go to harvard when they have $45 billion. do you think this is the right direction? >> yes. i would think very few people would not think this is the right direction. as you mentioned, the company that kind of facilitated this scheme laundered the br

frank, thank you. >>> happening today, president trump is scheduled to stein an executive order at the white house requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want to continue to receive federal funding. ktvu lauren plan chard. >> signing a new executive order later today expected to instruct agencies like the department of education, health and human services, and defense to fully comply with the first amendment in exchange for research and education grants. the president announcing the idea during the conservative political action conference last month. referencing allegations that conservatives on college campuses are being silenced citing last month's alleged attack of a conservative activist at the you of california berkeley. >> if they want our dollars and we give it to them by the billions, they've got to allow people like hayden and many other great young people and old people to speak. >> still some conservatives caution against creating new federal restrictions. education secretary betsy devos saying she doesn't believe workers' compensation government muscle should be juice today address campus free

frank conversation about islamophobia, hatred and white supremacy has moved into the open and cannot be ignored. clive myrie, bbc news, in christchurch. humberside police say the death of the universityer estuary on wednesday, is being treated as a "potential homicide." the 21—year—old, originally from buckinghamshire, disappeared at the beginning of february after a night out with friends. police say a 24—year—old man arrested on suspicion of abduction remains under investigation. danny savage is in hull. what more are the police saying?m is exactly seven weeks since libby squire disappeared and this is where she was last seen alive, sitting on this bench, now covered in flowers in her memory. a major police investigation then got under way which has always been a missing persons enquiry but that has now changed. her body was found at the humber estuary on wednesday, a postmortem examination took place yesterday, and as a result of that police say they are now treating her death as a crime and that in the last couple of hours they have released a statement saying, libby's death and the recovery of her body now leads us to solely investigate this as a potential homicide. that could m

universities to unqualified students with families with money and influence. >>> new york city police are investigating the fatal shooting of a high ranking member of the gambino crime family, frankesponded to a 911 call wednesday night at his home on staten island. they have found the 53-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds. law enforcement officials say cali was believed to be the acting boss of the xwam bgambin family. >>> a body found on the side of the road in north carolina has been identified as a missing mom. it is not the first time her husband has been widowed. authorities say all signs point to foul play in diana keel's death. her husband, lynn, was questioned and released this week. according to wral, his previous wife, elizabeth, also died at the same home in january 2006. at the time of her death, it was ruled an accident but expect that case to get a second look. >>> 19 employees are suing u.p.s., they claim they suffered repeated racial discrimination on the job and the company did nothing to stop it. workers at the u.p.s. distribution center in maumee, ohio say nooses were hung above about the workstation of an african-american employee, a monkey doll dressed as

universities haven't been charged either, many of them expressing major disappointment saying their victim and usc opened its own internal investigation. john and alisyn. >> let's bring in frankunny, he also wrote the definitive book on college admissions, where you go is not who you'll be, an antidote to the college admissions mania. frank, i'm glad you wrote mania, it's official, parents have gone mad as we now saw. i read your piece last night in the "new york times." you're not surprised by this. but are you surprised by the scope, just how many people, parents, coaches, college entrance admissions consultants an things like that? >> i'm surprised that they got coaches who were willing to take bribes. i had never seen anything like that before. this is egregious and this is ugly. but the important thing is that money has long corrupted the college admissions process. we're talking now about uses of money that happen to be illegal. but how morally is it that much different from, say, jared kushner's father pledging a donation of $2.5 million as jared who did not have good enough grades or test scores say plieg to harvard and low and behold gets in. that sort of thing among

frank and the family members they don't think of themselves as heroes. it is about guys coming from all over the country. all different walks of life. some of them going to different universities some of them would essentially been mechanics and they all came together for a common purpose and for me that was a particularly moving part of the book but they all banded together out of necessity. there is something that really resonate that. when put into a circumstance than americans do have the capacity to work together towards a common purpose. >> one thing i would like to add is speaking is it's interesting to hear nasa didn't have women in prominent roles. where i grew up, my mom was an unsung hero in the military at that time. women did play prominent roles on the base. it happened i computers and they called in computer says. and so, the men became very dependent upon the women brought the data century. my mom is a computer scientist and programmer by the end. >> thank you everyone for coming. the authors will be proceeding to the bookstore to sign their books. please clear the room quickly so the next panel can set up quickly. thank you. >> organizers of the tucson festiva

universities we'll see where it all plays out. >> i can't imagine conversations in admissions offices and endowment offices around the campuses around the country really, robert thank you. fascinating. robert franksara, markets are coming up high, at session highs best level so far. communication services stocks, watch those. facebook in particular capping gains for the broader s&p 500. let's drill down on one of the best performing groups, the financials, ahead of the key federal reserve meeting later this week. goldman, sachs, wells fargo, up between 1 and 2% early on. financials are big with the fed in focus, carl back over to you. >>> let's talk about what's coming up on "closing bell." >> former minneapolis fed chairman is with us on a big fed week why he says the fed should consider cutting interest rates. >>> and the ceo of tilray joins us fresh off earnings which are set to come after the bell and as we mention, the deal of the day, with us on buying world pay, worth $35 billion that makes it a huge player in global payments. we'll ask him what's next. >> big week ahead. fed, pmis. >> fedex tomorrow, nike thursday >>> see you this afternoon several ags warning a reckoning for tech is com