adam cohen is a "new york times" best are-selling author and lecturer yale law school. he was a senior writer for "time magazine" and had a weekly law column. before entering journalism he was an

adam cohen is a "new york times" best are-selling author and lecturer yale law school. he was a senior writer for "time magazine" and had a weekly law column. before entering journalism he was an education reform mother and staff attorney for the american civil liberties union agreement what of harvard law school, he was president of volume 100 of the harvard law review some previous -- his latest book chronicles the supreme court's decision in 1927 to allow virginia to sterilize a young woman for eugenic reasons. it is called a book that takes to us a rarely remembered part heist. cohen's narrative of the that's enshined the practices is a page-turner, and the story it tells is deeply, almost physically, infuriating. we're very please to bring the conversation to harvard book store testimony please join me in welcoming adam cohen. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. i'd like to thank harvard book store for hosting a wonderful book store i used to spend a lot of time in when i was here in a previous life. and thank you all for turning out, inc

steve cohen and adam kensinger are pushing to stop limiting leg room. to define comfort? joining me right now with an in flight demonstration, peter johnson jr. can you put down the newspaper for a minute and talk with me about this issue, please? excuse me, sir? >> oh, hi. >> what's the latest with the leg room issue? should the government be getting involved, peter? >> no. the government needs to get involved. here's why. because the pitch of the seats that we fly in every day in america they have been diminished. so there's two issues -- health and getting deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the leg. they don't know why it happens, but it can happen -- >> because there's not enough room to move around. >> then the other issue is evacuation. >> right. >> right. they have never tested if the seats that are so close together could -- >> can i have a coca-cola, please? >> what would you like to drink? >> black coffee. the seats that are so close together the people can get out -- >> coca-cola, please. >> -- get out in 90 seconds or less. so people have

cohen hopes the iphone would be looked at to determine what went wrong. >>> we don't know what the iphone has that's the big mystery, which is why we feel adamant about the phone staying with the authorities. >>> the boat is now in a shipping container and arrive in florida in may. >>> a children's track mete in southern california was no match for strong winds overnights. a big gust of winds carried the tents. they -- the winds interrupted a softball game when it kicked up a dust devil. >>> a fire destroyed an apartment buildings under construction in arizona. 100 firefighters try tried to pt out. four firefighters were treated for burns or smoke inhalation, the cause is under investigation. >>> 5:47. the pope popped in on one of rome's main parks. >>> cracking down on hover boards. david. >> reporter: we're dressing the kids in jackets, this afternoon it's shorts and ts we'll have the day planner forecast up next. >>> welcome back happening right now we want to show you this, this is picture coming from hanover, germany, where you can see the president he is meeting with world leaders to talk about a number of things particularly how to combat isis. he

loverne adams is the director of the graeater philadelphia chapter of women of tomorrow. also a mentor with us who is part of the program, hope cohen for being here as well. >> thank you for having us. >> let's first talk about the organization, it's been nationwide for a little while, but just came to philadelphia recently. >> absolutely. the program started in miami in over 18 years ago. it's blossomed and branched out to detroit, and we brought the program here two years ago in philadelphia. and we have seen tremendous success with a 95% graduation rate. >> wow. >> we have given away over $5 million in scholarships from our sponsors. >> tell us how the program works ins of the girls you're trying to serve and help and the mentors who come in. >> absolutely. so what we do is we have a monthly mentoring session that our mentors are high achieving mentors who come in the classroom and work with the girls, talk to the girls about things that will interest them, and most of all, to give them ideas about their future, to think about their future and planning. then career focus field trips. we take them to different areas and high prof

cohen family wanting the phone turned over to investigators. >> we actually don't know what the iphone has and that's really what the big mystery is which is why we feel very adamanthone staying with the authorities, especially until the boat is back in florida. >> experts still aren't sure whether any information can be taken from the phone because it was under water for so many months. nasty weather headed towards central and southern plains and it's happening right now, in the forecast, hail, violent winds, tornadoes and then they're going to mix in a little snow too. storm expected to stretch from northern texas to southern nebraska and stretching through many cities including dallas, oklahoma city, wichita and kansas city. rescue crews already fanning out across the region as a big precaution. >>> prince's death not only leafs a legacy of music, the musician leaves behind a massive music empire worth millions and we have new information from his sister about whether or not he had a will before he died. >>> plus kasich and cruz defending their alliance against trump. will it show itself in the polls or will it just fizzle out? >> i have to ask you about your a