of the university of austin. the first freshman class ever and youhe make histoy at the university of austin. y havenstitution, yes, the it and the charter makes them eestand out. let's go see the magic. >> how did this thing get started?or >> so, the origin story of the university of austin begins early 2020-2021. the high point for this institution was a conversation thbarre university has gone to l the way a university should be. we are building a brand-new university with fearless truth committed to principles of the opening query, freedom ofec conscious, andtr the response wn electricee. people said this is exactly whae we need to. within three years, we did it, our first class in the fall of 2024. >>er brian: does your class have female, male, white, caucasian? is that on there? our governing document permits us from asking those questions. so it is not on there. our application, they rely heavily on quantitative scores.i we dtao have essays but the esss emare designed to ask them questions that bring out w

so, red, what attracted you to university of austin?extremely impressive people that generally want to make sure this founding class is as successful in the future and don't get that direct -- there's billionaires supporting us accolades is in our classes and don't get that at another college. brian: feel free to say anything you want? >> very feoffment brian: your opinions are okay? >> yes. my -- arkansas -- they r. different political advice and how do you feel saying it in your class? >> i feel fine and i feel very comfortable saying my political opinions. brian: the state of the country helped launch the university of austin. the state of the country was the catalyst. >> i will say woe were ahead of the curve in identifying the problems that were out there and going for them and university of this. brian: university of austin transforming higher education and think about it. coming up next week, talking to students that made the cut for the first historicker and by the way, catch me -- histotoric semester and going for liberty and l

xfinity series in austin, texas. we saw this race right here on kron 4 and you saw connors ilitch that 18 year-old. we rode course phenom taking the checkered flag for his second career win. when i was 18 years old, i could barely write let alone winning races like that. i mean, it's a crazy thing. but when you got talent, you got talent. yeah, he's got a bright future in the sport. that's amazing. i don't know much about nascar, but i went to school in austin. >> so i know is pretty big deal for them. pretty cool. and it's a big deal for us now having it from this year, which is pretty cool. you gotta keep watching guys that sit 11. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. >> casting across california. when nicky lorenzo. this is inside california politics. >> glad you're with us this week. i'm nikki laurenzo in sacramento. we start the show today with the latest candidate to enter the race for governor here in california. riverside county sheriff chad bianco is the first high-profile republican

interesting news about austin. if you go down to south by southwest, you can pick up a house there.ns. real estate commission rules changed last year. originally, people thought, oh, my gosh, they're going to plummet.. what are you seeing? >> i feel a little silly about it, because i was one of the people who thought commissions could come down as a result of this all change. it was a fairly seismic change that buyers now have to decide how much to pay their own agent. and in the fall of 2024, there was no change whatsoever. i would say that this home-buying season there has been some change because in the coastal markets where people are buying 2-3 million homes, especially if they're buying it with cash, they are not willing to pay an agent 3%. and so that is where we see the most price compression. that is where we see fees being negotiated most aggressively in a way that just wasn't that common common a year ago. show it hasn't happened nation wide, but it is happening in places especially at the high end with more educated, empoweredded buyers. jack: understandable. we have to

and it is one of the strongest tools in that diplomatic. austin knows that all of that really showing that kids nama really is putting out all the stops to show that followed him. is the lensky is being embraced by him and other european nations as well. this meeting was already in the books before that so allowed between trump and zalinski, but it is taking on a much more heights and significance now because you're paying the does a facing a real prospect of united states, perhaps putting it's mandatory support for ukraine. and there are huge doubt of whether the europeans can step up to that challenge and fill the void in case the us pulls out and we've had some notes of discontent. i mean, a sea of support for ukraine in europe. no, to be the polish, be just saying that we loved him is a lensky should repack his relationship with donald trump. i think that space in really is i'm the same, the knowing that resolved the us security guarantees without the might of the us military, which has really on depend european security since the 2nd world war, it will be very difficult for ukrai

to then we'll discuss that plan with the united states officer, the unprecedented diplomatic, this austin between president zalinski and president trump in washington. ukrainians find themselves in deeply, uncertain times, fare and fatigue during sunday worship in you crime little report from keith, where people are wondering if the united states is still the ally food, medical supplies and fuels. the hospice has stopped entering casa as well slams the door shut on ols humanitarian agents of the strip, and will federal job losses threaten access to the united states natural. usually we explore how misfiring is the threatening lice in the national parks and in sport, india beat new zealand by 44 robinson. the final group game of crickets champions, trophy indians victory in devise tense up a semi final clash with australia. while new zealand will face south africa, correspondence in the final, the, it's a moments the u. k. prime minister kissed i'm a, has described as once in a generation. he's meant with european leaders and defense upon this to double down on support for you, crime and c

they will also austin to implement a warning system educational programs with poor unemployment outcomes. for young people like junction cham channels or a note or 2 months after we 1st met them, challenging cham channels, i get to find the dream jobs. i can change to go back to university, cham channels as a temporary job cafe. the you have the right, the boy costs anyone i want to and the state has no business getting involved in that gods chosen to bless us because we protect israel. i'm going to continue. do want to state level all that i can't afford the 3 part series explodes, the implications of us and people who called lower the freedom of speech and 1st amendment rights. more about the issue, whatever i'm looking for some i think talked to in quote on which is 0, a sense of belonging. we always look for ways to get together and the everyday heroes keeping communities together. this is transforming every day in the 1st part of the new jersey with visits is stuff a lot. but in mexico city, where the locals are turning a notorious municipality into an urban utopia. a sense of commu

they will also austin to implement a warning system educational programs with poor unemployment outcomes for young people like challenging cham channels, no easy or 2 months after we 1st met them, challenging chan, chime, i get to find the dream jobs. i can change to go back to university, cham channels, it's a temporary job cafe. the us president donald trump is set to address congress and the american people with a flurry of executive orders. a departure from convention. i'm challenge as to how the government, which one is transforming politics at home and abroad with his 2nd time on the way . what's next on trump's agend? stay with all just the for the latest from the white house. the, there's no limit to how far a dream contains sta in your own adventure, now counter arrange connecting communities. what would you like to see happen for a new syria to emerge? there's no way we could live in a country again where as i see it is for displacement is part of our presence. opening up the conversations, representation methods we haven't had the best representation of african. so for us, it'

caroline, you traveled to ukraine with secretary austin several times during the war. what is your reaction to what you saw in the oval office yesterday? >> dismay. in a word, it was head spinning and embarrassing. the us is a. >> global leader. >> we have been since the end of world war two. underpinning the world order and global security. and what we saw yesterday in the oval office was a clear abdication of us responsibility. the vice president and the president of the united states cornered the president of ukraine, who has been fighting for his country's sovereignty for three years, to tooth and nail, with help from the united states, from europe, from 50 countries. we have we, the united states had brought together. and this was a watershed moment. i think it will be a before and after sort of day that we talk about. and that meeting in the oval was was definitely a significant departure from the leadership. >> oh, listen, it's something many people around the world are not going to forget. but caroline, ukraine will almost certainly keep fighting regardless of

. >> late today, austin officials announcing their first measles case since 2017, a baby had traveledside the country, and was too young to be vaccinated. >> sam, thanks very much. >>> the deep job cuts continue across the federal government. now impacting the weather agency noaa, as veterans speak out as well. shaq brewster. >> reporter: new pushback to trump wanting to downsize, a federal judge saying the office of personnel management has no authority whatsoever to lay off probationary federal workers, but not other ways. protesters at a detroit veterans medical center. >> i was very sad and confused. >> reporter: among them, oliver, a navy veteran and probationary va worker at the hospital. tuesday, she was terminated. >> i've helped people learn to walk again. >> reporter: 2,400 probationary va employees were abruptly dismissed this month, the va saying they were noncritical, they're saving millions a year. >> my thoughts went to the veterans, i'm the only person who provides these services in the facility. meanwhile, employees were let go at noaa. the climate monitoring agency.

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the cold open skit was filled with snl stars, including james austin johnson as president trump, bowenyang as vice president vance, and mikey day as zelensky. it also featured a surprise appearance by mike myers as elon musk. that was fun to see. all right. this could also be fun to say just down the evy. sacramento is in the spotlight thanks to a new comedy. the trailer for the film, appropriately named named sacramento. it came out this week. i don't have the authority to kick you out of group, but you need to stop coming to group. where do i go? there it is. the movie stars michahael garano, michael cera, kristen stewart, and a few favorite local businesses. they appear, including that one right there, gunther's ice cream. it's a sacramento staple located in curtis park. it shows up in the film and so does dive bar. that's right on k street, where mermaids help with the ambiance. the film dive bar is so iconic to sacramento that we were in the trailer. we're so visually stunning. like, i could not be prouder of this. i love all the movies that they're in, so it's crazy to see that w

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right now you live on tv, what's being described as a historical and unprecedented diplomatic dis, austin, between president, the modem is a landscape. his us counter pops donald trump off again. it's vice president j. d events disagree. so serious that it could determine who wins. this will influence the shaping of a very different new transatlantic relationship world between you or us ukrainians or shopped bible, they sole familiar protocol. they provoked our president, i didn't vote for as an in ski, but now for me, he is a here of the building close by to this market was hit by russian me. so i last months hundreds of russian drove and the missile attacks are carried out deep into ukraine every week. the menu crate in say their leader was being forced, bribed even by trump's roast minerals deal. and there's relief, zalinski didn't sign it because of what he says was a lack of us security guarantees. but there is concern over your ability to help me know that everything is changing very fast, but i hope america's position will change. that it's sort of temporary misunderstanding. trump

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donald trump can be salvaged. officer, he's his arguments in the oval office, ukraine's president was austin div without to find that only thing the minerals still, he was thus assign. european leaders were quick to reiterate, to that ongoing support for keith and to the war friendship present, a monument. my crawl says ukraine is fighting for its dignity and security of the entire confidence. a protest is, have a fault with police in the greek capital on the 2nd, on the 3 of the countries west route as all stuff the accident has become a national radi and cry for accountability that has shaken the government's jones. several police reports from athens. the violence and protest on the streets of athens. what started this allegedly peaceful, much with a powerful political message, much by a small group intent on trouble. police in front of parliament responded to model tough cocktails and rocks with stronger needs and tear gas, forcing many thousands of people to disperse. but the essential message from the early part of the day wasn't last. it brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the

leda was quoted by his allies in europe, he don't most extend to another job his way from the us to austin. how many more people have to die in the military conflicts before the latham is a landscape, agrees to make peace as well as the on the elected official is leaning on shoulders in europe, his country citizens are being forcibly drugs to the front lines. the . it looks like, based on that previous footage, we just saw that so lensky is really been able to put the moves on storm or so much so that the you case prime minister is talking about leading the so called coalition of the willing to continue to provide the key of regime with military aid and this is going to involve some seriously provocative actions. according to the comments we've heard from storm or like sending british troops and military equipment to ukraine after some sort of peace deal is reached with russia, and a number of european western leaders in general have jumped on this bandwagon with both canada and france already talking about sending their own troops there as well . every step of the way canada has looked at

all to the unprecedented diplomatic, this austin between president zalinski and president trump in washington. ukrainians find themselves in deeply, uncertain times. they have always known that the face of the country will be determined by the political will, the strength, and the generosity of its allies, the people here, or perhaps more acutely aware than ever before. that can no longer be guaranteed to stop it. i'll just 0. keith or in the occupies westbank, is ready for states, have become demolishing hyams and the nurse shown this refugee camp in the north. it's part of a large scale is really ministry of souls that began last month was still. is it just the ministry incursion? has no escalated to widespread demolitions affecting hundreds of palestinian families of displacing tens of thousands of people. his us goes image once a home filled with a lifetime of memories. now i'm judge of all these watching his house being turned into a pile of trouble. and this with a little bit method haley that the fall off, it's the family's home at the house of joy gatherings and memories. nothing is l

or kyle, this is where i live from the also coming up most of the unprecedented diplomatic, these austin between president zalinski and president trump in washington, ukrainians find themselves in deeply uncertain times. fair. i'm petite, during sunday worship and ukraine will report from keith. but people are wondering if the united states is still the allied food medical supplies fuels. the hospital stops entering garza as well slams the door shut on old. your monetary and aid into the strip plus will have from gone has 1st female books thing champions. it'd be the old to win the title, the it's a moment the u. k prime is the case tom has described as once in a generation. he's met with european leaders and defense partners to double down on support for ukraine. i'm commit to spend more on defense versus latest, spoke about the development of a so called coalition of the willing, which would defend ukraine in the event of a peace deal with russia. he also refused to cool the united states, an unreliable ally, stressing that any plans of peace in ukraine would go 1st through washington.

it's not, it's not many of the last 2 months of the budget austin for previously because all said and done the most vital support that he can get in terms of continuing the battle with the national news from the united states. your up is there, you would have got supplementing, you're good with the degree and in terms of media and attitudes, support those that is the big on keep suppressed. the disquiet ended on public opinion and about where to go to be hitting for this, you would have gotten, it can do. now, this little business of your being able to spend money get more money and look after their own defense is nonsensical. at this point in time, because if you want to build up or you're being bid as a machine is day years, you're not going to happen tomorrow in few months or 6 months and ask for money, see what the situation is and in new york's most important key economy like germany, which is facing very severe economic downtown. so the u. k is in a mess across also is deeply troubled. you can only gonna be at home, so they're not in a position to keep on giving this kind of lar

i wish that they would come when i am a life or that's the weekly for now here with austin international. but my goodness may no shortage of major headlines. and this addition of the weekly program and 20 more to come here. and i teach a national winter, a ton, that will be for the next now the hello and welcome to it was a part. the principles of national security and neighbors, territorial integrity, have never been perfectly aligned, but the arrival of donald trump on to the global stage, added even more attention to this already and boiling contradiction. will the congress now have to agree on a new set of boundaries? when it comes to defending national board as well to discuss that i'm now joined by invested or i saved the ronnie back, a sense for my special representative to i'm going to send and currently a senior research fellow at the is long about the policy research institute investor, it's a great honor for me to talk to thank you very much for being available. thank you for having me now let me start with something.

the city of austin reported its first measles case since 2019 with an unvaccinated baby testing positivethe vatican says pope francis had a peaceful and restful night's sleep after he had difficulty breathing prompting medical staff to put him on a ventilator. he was alert and oriented the entire time and responded well to treatment. 's prognosis is still guarded, the pope was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago for double pneumonia. donald trump says he is planning to pardon the late baseball legend pete rose but this would be symbolic since rose was never convicted of a crime. rose, who died last year at 83 years old was banned from baseball for life in 1989 after being caught gambling on games as a manager for the cincinnati reds, later admitting into thousand 4 that he had bet on games but only for his own team to win. trump taking to truth social also making the case for all-time hits leader to be finally inducted into the hall of fame. in the car fans are invading st. petersburg, florida ahead of tomorrow app season opener. it is being is being called the world's fastest spring

fox all amp, because after of that indy car a race is followed by nascar's circuit of americas in austinh coverage starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern. rachel: all right. why don't we just check in with abby hornacek, she's live florida as the indycar series revs up for the inaugural season right here on fox. good morning, abby. >> reporter: good morning, rachel. yeah, that's right. we're here in spill, and guess what -- st. petersburg, and guess what? i got to hop in one of these cars just to see what a it's like to go around this track. this is the season kickoff of the indy car series is, and i have to tell you, what a thrilling ride. i mean, i love this course it's so unique because instead of an oval, you're basically going through the streets of st. petersburg. they shut down everything around it. it is 1.8 miles long and 14 turns, so you can imagine the exhilaration you get. we'll be with you all morning long to talk about the race coming up later today, and i'm going to keep talking about the experience i had because with i cannot forget about it. guys? peter: all right. charlie: that'

essentially, contracting and the crazy contracts the pentagon has signed in the past when he sat down in austinh joe row began on his podcast. watch. >> i just want to emphasize the shear madness of the government. because they have thattive money computers, the checks never bounce for the federal government. so you don't have the normal corrective mechanisms that you have for a company or an individual. the checks just always clear. the net result is inflation which is effectively attacks on everyone. like the defense department hasn't passed an audit in i don't know how many years. >> seven years. >> exactly. every need friggin chuck norris. only he could get the defense department to pass an audit. that he was the level of skill you need. >> if you bring it back to the idea that it's a business. >> well, yeah. this would never be tolerated in any functional business. >> exactly. the pentagon like their accounting error. the stuff they lose in the couch cushions is like 20 or $30 billion a year. they don't know where it went. [laughter] >> it's gone. where did it go? it's gone. >> lawrence: i

peter: i just can't believe that elon musk went to austin, texas, and missed the whole zelenskyy thingike, the one day that he's not there. charlie: can you imagine? if. rachel: well, you also got on a flight to come here, and and you missed it. peter: i did! and i'm getting text messages -- rachel: do you regret not having been in that historic moment? if you can be honest with us. charlie: of course, you would have been stuck in the press office and wouldn't have -- peter: there really are no, the pool is a new, evolving thing. a. rachel: yes. peter: who goes in, who doesn't go in. no, i'd rather be here to talk about it. we can talk about it for eight hours. if i was there, i'd be talking about that it for, like, 15 seconds. charlie: we'll be talking about this for a year. [laughter] rachel: i think so too. this is going down in the history books. some headlines now. the santa fe sheriff's office investigating the deaths of gene hackman and his wife. the couple's deaths are deemed suspicious enough for a thorough investigation. the actor's pacemaker was last active on february 17th

they're 2 and oh, for the first time since 2017 finally tonight, let's get to nascar xfinity series in austin, texas. the site right here on kron 4. how about connor zilisch the 18 year-old rowan course prodigy takes the checkered flag for his second career win. busy day of sports. we'll send it back over to you. >> and then. coming we have busy day. the weather center. i'm not a weather is back a chance of some scattered showers details after the showers details after the break. we're in a volcano. to test finish ultimate against tough burnt-on stains. finish ultimate breaks them down, cuts grease, and boosts shine, for the ultimate clean. even on the toughest stains. we're in a volcano. to test finish ultimate against tough burnt-on stains. finish ultimate breaks them down, cuts grease, and boosts shine, for the ultimate clean. even on the toughest stains. >> a gorgeous sight and a japanese town. the cherry blossom trees are in full bloom about 230 cherry trees are planted there and they start blooming and february. that's about a month earlier than most cherry blossom trees in japan. the t

another coalition led by republican attorney austin knutson argues it's not the manufacturers fault that is raging out of control in mexico it points the finger elsewhere. >> is happening primarily because we provide a lot of firearms to the mexican government. the mexican army a lot of those guns go missing and end up in the cartels hands. this is a mexico problem not an american problem. specifics of the justices think that case is scheduled for an hour-long argument on tuesday with a decision due by the end of june. cap next will take you live to rome for an update on pope francis as he struggles to overcome a life-threatening health crisis. that is next ♪ shannon: pope francis is restinged the as he undergoes recent for double pneumonia. keefe religion correspondent lauren green is in rome with more p. sounds like he's tweeting or, lauren. >> reporter: he's tweeting a little wit. a lot of it is a renext of his angeles prayer that he released earlier today, but pope francis is slowly improving. friday's rests pa story crisis appears to be an isolated event about from which he recovere

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and now lloyd austin, we hadn't done it in many decades, going back to world war two and george c marshall. and, you know, i just don't think we need another general overseas thing. other generals and it's not necessarily criticism of them, it's just the skill sets that bring. we need someone from civil, from business, from law, you know, the essence of civilian oversight of the military are those broader skills or from industry that can look at our acquisition process and really reform it, change it or what have you. so i appreciate general mattis, his service, but i just obviously, for all the reasons i just listed and then that just kind of approach, i think we need a different type of leadership in the pentagon. representative mike walsh, author of the new book hard truths, coming up right before the the big election. thank you so much for doing this. it was it was i enjoyed reading the book kind of tracing, tying together your time as a green beret ceo of a company and then in government was was was a very interesting journey to go on in the book. so thank you for for well, thank you.

all right chris, you you traveled to ukraine with secretary austin several times during the war. what is your reaction to what you saw in that meeting friday? >> yeah, i mean, i think governor kasich hit the nail on the head. i mean, what we witnessed on friday was embarrassing for the united states. it was disgusting. you're talking about president zelensky, who for the last three years has been fighting for the future of his country, fighting for the values that united states of america believes in democracy. you know, it used to be that the united states would stand up for those values, would stand up and help defend our allies and partners, and stand up against bullies and dictators like vladimir putin. instead, the opposite now seems to be true, unfortunately. >> so one of the things, governor, that zelensky tried to get through to trump is that this isn't just about ukraine, but it's about standing up to an autocrat fighting for the same freedoms that generations of americans have fought and died for. and yet today, the kremlin praised the us for what it has characterized a

he left active duty and went to the university of texas at austin where he served as president of the society and editor-in-chief for the texas tribune along politics. after that he went into private practice and then clerked on the texas supreme court. and then he returned with public service going to the texas attorney general's office where he was for legal strategy. in that role, he was the driving force in many of the most consequential legal battles for my home state. for the last two years he has been my chief of staff and he has demonstrated to number one fight for my legislative agenda. protecting people from online water. bringing justice to victims of crime. he has worked well with both republicans and democrats. he has brought people together behind a shared mission and he now has been nominated to leave at the department of justice and i've every confidence that he will do that job with great distinction. and he will serve as a critical right hand to pam bondi. i would in college -- i would encourage all of you to vote for him. >> it is my privilege to introduce john saue

i'm jeanie austin. i'm the pi for the expanding information access for incarcerated people grant project and i'm also a jail and reentry services librarian in our local san francisco jails. the expanding information access for incarcerated people grant project is a nationwide initiative to help support and build out both traditional and innovative library services for people who are impacted by incarceration. we have received two grants from the mellon foundation thus far. our initial grant was in january of 2022 for $2 million and the mellon foundation has since recognized san francisco public library's leadership in this field with the award of an additional $375,000 we now have an award letter for nearly $2 million to continue this work in 23 or 2027. the first two grants that you see here have also received no cost extension to continue grant operations. we work with the american library association which is the professional association for librarians in the united states as our sub grantee on this