some of that contradiction between how americans view the academy today, how americans viewed the academy during the country's founding and the decades after, that was a very interesting contradiction to explore. that is what i hope people will get enjoyment from and learn a lot from. >> regarding the role of the subjectthis has been a involving considerable debate, as perceptions of the role have shifted over time. thinking about the role of police really goes back many many centuries. greatccurs in plato's work, "the republic." the guardians are essentially a group of people fulfilling, in part, a policing function. in recent years, there has been ft in ann shi understanding of that role, a movement away from what was called professional law enforcement. the law was more narrowly of rest,s the making taking the book of law and enforcing it. , catchingests criminals, detective work and that sort of thing. a more narrowoth function but also a function that centered on their coercive powers. paradigm in more recent years has come under criticism. of thelarly as a result troubles within the

the laureus academy has chosen roger federer i. never want to see his tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for a comeback of the year as well i wonder so easy because it's i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards me the war it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. for a second for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and catherine of it who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pantheon. copy what i would say back then there were only a few t.v. channels so people had no other choice what to watch when the olympics were on television

i would like jump to the academy academy. is their annual recertification training for tso's the end through the certification training and if so do existing officers that are were originally trained at airports across the country do you send them to the academy? >> sir we have a requirement for annual proficiency reviews for all of our officers to demonstrate that they remain proficient on all of our procedures and for officers who have been on board and perhaps have not gone to the academy and ashley we are not sending them back for basic training but there are opportunities for some of the advanced training for them to go to the academy for other reasons. >> are there any changes? it some ongoing process. there is some method for recertification of the current tso's? >> yes sir. depending on the nature of the changes that may be implemented we would look at different ways to deliver that training. could be through on line training or in person training at the airport. >> all right thank you and quickly ms. griggs is tsa lo

to react you can find more about the academy at diplomatic nose race academy. u.s. -- diplomaticacademy. u.s.. thank you for being here to riyadh announcer: next, as each on the state -- a speech on the state of national security. former secretary of state hillary clinton talks about women and human rights. this week, house homeland security committee chair michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. afterwards, three republicans participatedittee in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning.

i want to thank the british academy for this award, iam very the british academy for this award, i am james baldwin. applause. james baldwin, who is the perfect, the perfect image of a great humanist and he left us with words that are today urgently necessary in a world of unapologetic ignorance. thank you so much to all. applause. we now move on to outstanding british contribution to cinema in honour of michael balkan. to present it is a brilliant actress, a great friend and a consummate professional. celia emery. the nationalfilm and television school has been a collaboration between the government and the industry since 1971. and just look at the winners it can boast. here are the sparkling names that have come through. nick park, molly dineen and rajan, roger deakin ‘s. and here to receive the award, please welcome john ‘s. and here to receive the award, please welcomejohn ward will and nick powell. it isa it is a tremendous honour to collect this award on behalf of the students, staff, governance and graduates of our school. for almost five decades we have been at the forefront o

a stephen academy only sonny a portable and he steam off for the solar training free of charge but the company also sells pay as you go packages to people in the rural areas it is a win win situation. for all to be able to create more jobs for africans where we. saw on many of these student graduates has to be taught how do i do designs of a solar system number one how do i install it's and how do i maintain need for soft inability a stephen renewable energy academy wants to expand its educational program the team is planning to build another academy in the niger and capital abuja. where one there is a policy when it comes to the environment. plastic bags were banned here some time ago and replacing paper bags in many shops but that still means quite a lot of trash doesn't shut down yes but there are lots of bright spots coming up with ideas on how to tackle that problem one young entrepreneur is collecting the paper waste and creating meal lovely products from it up cycling projects is this it's doing your bit for the environment an echo of africa. from paper to pearls how to turn was

military academy graduate talks about his experience. including a second tour of duty in 1973 during the american withdrawal.

the intent is to add two academy classes in the two fiscal years. the positions will come starting in fiscal 19-20 into the budget. we have two separate work orders, one for academy classes and one for the positions in the budget with active members at the airport. going back to the services we provide other agencies this is correct is an accounting of what we have in our budget to the airport being $61 million of that and then you will see that second line separate for airport funded academy recruits in fiscal 2018-2019. the nta provides money, the port, library, human services. treasure island, etc. which brings us to vehicles a loved topic. i want to slow you all what and i think you are are well aware of the dire situation in our fleet. we have had -- i want to point out in 2012 we had 330 patrol cars. we are now at 309 because we keep retiring cars because they are so beat up or totaled or not functioning any more such that we are retiring them faster than we can replace them, and not to mention that 32% of patrol cars are over 10 years old and

and this is at the southeast asia vietnam memorial at the air force academy. the man who did the relief took very special care. if you look up here, you can see the barbed wire, which signifies the hanoi hilton barbed wire they had going all around the camp. they also had shards of glass everywhere and they had guards with ak-47's posted at every tower. it was a very frightening place to be. this is the torture room that i described. you can see here that the prisoner is giving them the middle finger. that is of course intentional. because it celebrates the and rebellion that the prisoners had to their captors. it signifies the attitude of every prisoner who refused to denounce their own country and instead underwent brutal torture and deprivation. i was pleased to meet the artist when i went for the celebration for the dedication of the statue. and i told him about my book. and i asked him if i could use the relief for the cover of my book, because knowing my dad, he was such a humble man that he wouldn't want his picture on the book. he would want a picture

all that changed at the academy. dylan embraced the training, buckled down, adopted a goal-oriented attitude and pursued leadership opportunities and learned his high school diploma with a 3.7 gpa. [ applause ] his mother summed it up this way. quote, i am confident that because of his experience at the idaho youth challenge academy, he has found the confidence he needed to overcome life's obstacles and obtains the blessings that good citizenship has to offer, end quote. now dylan is 20 and a full-time student at state college and he is working part-time and will receive his associate's degree in automotive mechanics this spring. dylan, congratulations and welcome. [ applause ] daniel smith of napa summed up his situation before entering the program this way, quote, i was overweight, underconfident and wasn't doing well in school either, end quote. the good news was that he recognized his need to start making better life choices. and the idaho youth challenge academy was there to help. friends who had been through th

. >> in 2014 we embedded at sky view academy in colorado as they went through the standard lock downe teacher locks the door and pulls the shade. everyone's told to keep quiet. >> it's kind of scary, huh? >> kind of yeah. >> the kids huddle quietly. >> do know why they do this did drill. >> to practice in case anyone comes here. >> do you worry this scares students. >> we do but we practice enough that we hope that students are and staff is getting used to the idea. we have to. >> how long do these go for. >> five minutes is longest we've had. >> teacher holley carpenter supported these drills she's a graduate of columbine high school. >> when you look at those kids are you always thinking someone could come take their lives. >> no i look at those kids and think how great they are, how lucky i am to teach them, and i think wonder what they're going to be like when they grow up. hd it's why she went into teaching and it's is why she take these drills very personally. >> i always get a lump in my throat it's not about flash backs of columbine it's about the thought of anyone even wanti

at the pegasus riding academy, horses are the key to therapy. tonight, more than 100 people gathered to honor two participants who are overcoming challenges. nbc 10's andrea kline thomas introduces us to charlotte and arshim. >> reporter: there's just something about the horses at the pegasus therapeutic riding academy that has students like charlotte fieldcamp beating the odds. >> when i ride my horse, i just feel free to be myself. which is not true necessarily in other environments. >> reporter: charlotte has cerebral palsy and has been riding for more than two decades. her achievements include graduating from college with honors. pegasus is a program for children and adults with physical, developmental, and intellectual disabilities. physically the horses help improve the riders' strength. >> if you have an intellectual disability, it's teaching them how to focus, how to plan, how to speak. >> reporter: rashim davis also has cerebral palsy and used a walker when he first arrived at pegasus. 25 years later, he's earning medals in riding compe

the pier opened in march two thousand and seventeen as part of the barenboim saeed academy and especially for chamber music top musicians from all over the world are already lined up to play here and the first season is packed with stars one of the first being the georgian violinist lees a. short break for the musicians during the first part of the hustle i listened upstairs downstairs i walked around the acoustic really is fantastic but i think it sounds best right from the very top. going. through. leads a fantastic rehearsal and of course the first question has to be what was it like playing in this amazing hall yeah it's quite amazing actually to be part of this the birth of a new space which is so special because from the one side use you feel the space. and the same time if you like people are very close to you because you have leaders yeah i know but i know it because the seats are quite close and i know that we will be surrounded by the all and i think there's even some more coming tomorrow for more seats are going to be even close there and actually we decided to make a circle yo

theess up until now, academy. since i've been writing for huffington post, i have gotten more reaction from the people who read those. summer and the academy but many are not. >> what

we do anticipate 124th class academy coming in on march 26th. it'll be comprised of 52 recruits, 42 recruits off the nth dpsh 2 list and 12 coming from station 49 emt's and paramedics. those -- the class is yet to be finalized, and members have not yet been selected, but we are in process. we are also happy to let you know that we've hired 36 h-3 level one emt's that will be starting at the end of this month, next week, on january 29th, and we welcome them into the department. we also are intending this week to announce some permanent promotions as well as some acting provisions in the rampg of h-22 fire prevention, h-24 in the bureau of fire investigation and lieutenant as well as some acting and permanent h-30 captains and acting and h-40 acting chiefs. so that's always a nice call to make to the members that are getting promotored. since our last meeting, we've been very much involved -- when i say, it is a team effort in assistant deputy chief tony rivera, james tony reedy, and jeanine nicholson. i believe we've had four or five meetings reg

over the three years, including the up coming academy beginning on march 26th. so this year, calendar year, there's two classes that are scheduled, march and the latter part in fall? >> correct. iib i believe it's september, october. i don't have the date in front of me. the one that's scheduled to start on the 26th would graduate in july, and then, the later would graduate in fiscal year 19-20. >> is there projection on any classes beyond year 20? '21-'22. >> no. at this time we will continue discussions with the mayor office itself only because the budget doesn't extend that far. >> only just for me to be clear because everything's happening quite rapidly, the interim mayor is in the mayor's office until june of this year, when there's a selection election. >> correct. >> and whoever is elected will be mayor for the next two years. >> for the next year, year and a half, but i believe the next year would be a general election for a full, four year term. >> all of our calendars are part of that projection, as well. >> absolutely. >> thank you for that clarificat

and film icon why i mean it is in the lineup for an academy award. along with things like the aha winds and mango is one of the things that pops up when we think of spain and currently in the andalusian city of head is the left in the south it's all about this passionate dance and the music that accompanies it for two weeks performances and workshops abound at the annual flamenco festival and because people there grow up with flamenco in their blood it has to be top notch and that's why it's a huge draw for international dance. taking the audience on a subconscious. technique and experimental. takes. for the. boy so you know. that's me. and me is an imaginary individual living in a fantasy world that i carry out when i create something new i'm like a child living out my fantasy fantasy adding with. curiosity and this childlike innocence so my show channels are childlike creativity and fantasy. challenges conventional. publication. the respect of critics and audiences. is regarded as one of the world's greatest. t.v. though i don't view the awards i'v

while we tangle from time to time with the academy of art and we set a little bit of litigation with them, michael got his first break at the academy of art with richard stevens, who actually gave him a scholarship can kind of a scholarship, in reality, in exchange for sweeping the place up, richard got -- michael got art lessons from richard. and he acknowledged the talent. and upon graduation from the academy, michael worked for the famous -- i don't know how many of you were around that will remember ruse atkins, i think supervisor yee and fewer would. i remember ruse. and soon launched his own commercial art at 311 columbus avenue where you just furnished me the most awesome picture of the front door of that. you looked just about the same, but you have black hair in that picture. and there he created children's books, billboards, paint ads and what michael refers to as high end commercial art. but after a few years, michael became tired of working for squares in a square business and fell in with a group of grassroots artists in the mission, where his work began to inspire and r

and nominated for her first academy award back when he was just 13.ade a name for herself in hollywood, even though it's a difficult one to pronounce. >> it ranges from -- >> she-sa row-nan. >> saoirse ronan! >> shelli? >> yeah. >> a one "sunday sitdown" with saoirse ronan later in the show. let's begin with the release of the memo from democrats and house republicans making the case that the fbi did not abuse its power when it conducted the surveillance of carter page. president trump speaks out overnight saying the finger should be pointed at president obama. nbc's white house correspondent kelly o'donnell at the white house for us this morning. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie, the battle of partisan memos at the white house of the russian investigation took an unexpected turn late saturday. the president had used his authority to declassify the democrats' memo then he quickly criticized it. but he also went a step further turning his attention to barack obama. president trump made sure the democrats' newly unclassified russia

they volunteer their time, they teach at the police academy. if you'd like to standup, thank all of you for all your work you do all year for the department, and for the city [applause]. >> thank you very much, very much. >> so they're here this evening, and they contribute their time to make our department better and our city a better place to live and

ground railroad. >> ♪ >> reporter: the inspirational sound of pine forge academy choir. >> they haveon numerous award and accolade and things of that sort just from their performance all over, just, north america. >> reporter: their rich sound forged on the ground of the school rich in history, nest led here in scenic berks county. historically blackboarding school serves grades nine through 12 with 130 students from all walks of life cutting from 30 states around the country. >> the former site of the slave burial grounds. >> reporter: is there so much history on this sprawling 574- acre campus perhaps the most historic buildings is the manor house which acted as a saving point during the under ground railroad. >> in that building in the basement, were chambers where slaves would be housed and held as they made their way north war. >> many of our families believed in historically black education so their parents air alumni, their grandparents air alumni. >> reporter: students like sierra smith a senior and inspiring meteorologist who come from a family of pine forge graduates. >> it

lots to watch with the academy coming up in just a few days at this point.t on "nbc10@issue," a new tax refund scam that could steal victims' money and get them in hot water with the law. and then pocketing your refund. experts cite this scam as another example of how brazen thieves have become, but this scam has the potential to get its victims in big trouble too. details from nbc's chris clackum. chris clackum: if a big fat refund check from the irs unexpectedly shows up in your mailbox or it gets deposited into your bank account, don't you dare try to cash it. kelly erb: and if you don't actually return it to irs, you could get in trouble-- chris: tax lawyer kelly phillips erb, who calls herself the tax girl and writes for forbes, says you're likely a victim of the latest tax scam, where thieves file a bogus return using your identity, have the refund sent to you or your account, then call to try to con you out of it. kelly: and they either pose as irs or a debt collector associated with irs. they will tell you that there's a refund that you're not entitl

nominations are out and on today show we've got the favorites in the race for the twenty eighteen academy awards. and will look at have much of what the drawing room the german throne. but first two shocking new revelations in what's become a too familiar story accusations of sexual harassment in hollywood that started last year with producer harvey weinstein have sparked a global movement women many using the hashtag me to have called up men in the entertainment industry who abuse their power now the movement has reached germany several actresses have accused german director dieter vaghul of sexual violence ranging from harassment to rape going back decades. he had a reputation for being impulsive blunt and merciless now several women have come forward accusing german director dito vader of sexual assault actresses he worked with claim he assaulted them physically and sexually the cases date back to the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's when dieter vader was one of germany's best known and most successful television directors the women told their stories to german newspaper dietz s

were in newport, training midshipm at the at the -- midshipmen naval academy. he is one of the most known. we have a signed photograph of him. he died in 1914, just as the first world war was developing. he is best known for his works on seapower. here we have the exact copy of influences -- influence of seapower upon history, which became famous. this is actually the copy that he gave to president theodore .oosevelt roosevelt being who he was very much enjoyed studying history. as you can see, the inscription to theodore roosevelt with best wishes and complements. -- compliments. "the influence of seapower upon history" uses history, specifically the history of the british empire, as a means of making observations about the role of maritime strategy in the interest of the nation. what mahan is actually grappling with is the interrelationship with politics, economy, diplomacy, and the use of naval forces to support the free trade and economic interests of the nation. so, mahan, looking to brittania as a model, saw opportunity for the united states after the civ

those two things from the national academy of sciences completely missing so far from any of the white house proposals. >> mary is an island heights new jersey. good morning. >> thehe morning. i want to bring attention to the unanimous approval of the 2012 fda safety and invasion act which gave fda the right to charge fees for generic drug manufacturers.s these fees are unfair because if you make a thousand generic drugs this year you pay $248,000. generic drugne your fee is $248,000. 65 generic drug manufacturers have gone out of business because of the structure. >> .familiar with the generic fee structure for fda user fees.. i canis say this, the way we expresss competition to drive down prices underis the legal framework we host: to tammy in vienna, virginia. good morning. caller: hi. understanding is that many and medical protocols actually have their root necessary federal funding, so ies might support heir research and development efforts when they're new. it stands to reason that these companies would be required agreeable to more negotiating prices down the they havecially sin

so to able effectively carry out those requirements so that screening process it established the academy iny early 2016 with the new hire training is conducted at the training center with a that centralizes training new so wallace like the student and with those social into reading tactics and how to effectively influence those procedures. this but then to ensure the travelers are educated about her as part of a event to have new but anything larger than a cell phone but the tso designated provided critical face-to-face elements and communicate the requirement travelers and to answer questions and prepare them in the process. >> they may be supplementing such efforts and tsa utilized social media and industry as partners to inform the public about the changes to be better prepared for the checkpoint security forces. we were also able to field questions in real time with instant feedback from passengers and provide a resolution but then we advocate with the but then to betterst meet those individual needs but the national senior citizens law center from case question but also with the tsa

get ready for the 90th academy awards. >>> this year the academy has added new and more diverse membersting so this is all done after the awards show was criticized for a lack of diversity. that may have led to more diversity in this year's nominations in the best director category. mexican director guillermo del toro. jordan peel nominated for directing and writing the movie "get out" and getting a nod for best supporting actress this year actresses octavia spencer and singer mary j blige. we'll see if any of them end up taking home a prize. you saw daniel kaluuya nominated forget out. watch the oscars with host jimmy kimmel right here on 6abc at 8:00 on sunday. if you miss anything we'll be here of course on monday morning to break down all of the memorable moments and of course the fashion. >>> and the award perhaps for best husband right now may be going to alexis ohanian who helped support the tennis star before she goes back to tournament play next month. he had four inspiring billboards featuring pictures of the new daughter alexis old olympia ohanian jr. with cute saying like gr

let's talk to the head coach of the academy year. you have got all of your crew here watching on.t what are you teaching them about what they are seeing? one of the biggest things about short track is race skills so he can execute a great race plans were looking at what overtaking people do, what tactics are people using, and we encourage the guys to go out in races and practice those things and learn to do things themselves, and to try and innovate, to do something fio to try and innovate, to do something no one has ever done before. we are talking about charlotte and elise, and pat thompson he went early on and pat thompson he went early on and went out, but the reactions there —— here seem to be overtaking that. they are paying real attention to detail. there was a culture within the sport, when someone does something impressive, you kind of get excited by it, and you want to do it yourself. the first semifinal is about the go, neither of the british skaters is in this, can charlotte and elise both make the final? charlotte is a real contender. if she gets it right, we feel lik