for years our american universities have attracted the best science students in the world.ng them here once they graduate that's now the challenge. john blackstone has the story behind the headlines. >> reporter: visit the campus of any top american university-- this is the university of california berkeley-- and the racial diverse itsy of students can be striking. partly it's a reflection of america's diversity, but it also reflects the desire among ambitious students from around the world for an american education. more than 690,000 foreign students came to the united states to study this past year. nearly 105,000 of those came from india, and nearly 128,000 came from china. and foreign students often excel, earning more than half the doctorates awarded by american universities in math, computer science, and engineering. >> we're a land of immigrants. we've brought in the best people from all over the world all the time. >> reporter: on the faculty of three american universities, harvard, u.k. berkeley and duke, he came from india to the u.s. as a graduate student and say

joined by dr stephen ek of it she's so shipp professor of political science and history at the american university of paris thanks very much indeed for joining us instability has been gripped the greater middle east ever since the revolt in tunisia what do you think do you think we might actually see further protests in the wider region. there maybe more protests but there seems to be a general consensus among those who study the region and look at it in you know it very closely that this is not likely to overthrow in the immediate in the short term anyhow the regimes of egypt or other countries to me it seems is going there are always surprises but it seems that tunisia is going to make it through it remain a unique case here partly. because it's a small country has a large middle class it's very educated. will see what's going to come in the near future if anybody can get any country any people can move to a moderate liberal democracy the nations can do it i spent over a year in tunisia i taught at the foreign ministry i know the tunisians and i also think that knowing them well that tunisians i

some now joined tonight by professor hall gardner he's a political scientist the american university of paris thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. . there is a popular tourist destination a relatively stable country buffering europe and africa and now we see this turmoil could this threaten europe. well first of all i've been to the age of many occasions in the past when it was supposedly a safe. respite for tourists but in fact you could feel you could have felt the tension at that time there were probably four times as many of police the military was definitely a dictatorship a police state and so that the idea that this was going to change people knew at some point it was going to explode the question was what was when so in terms of in terms of affecting europe i really don't see a major problem for europe in the sense of europe itself in the sense of massive immigration or so but i'd say the opposite i think a lot of tunisians in france want to go back to their homeland to help out to change the situation many were chased by the dictatorship and want to return and

fuco was not invited to speak at the american university during the first ten years. ever. when he was finally invited to the university, it was because of ability to speech poland. the polish would flock to heard him. yale and harvard weren't about to flock to him. >> you couldn't get him on book tour? >> we could get him on book tour. no university was going to invite him to speak. it changed later. but it took a long time. >> so this was the great run in the '60s and '70s for pantheon. and then things started to change. they began to change when new house brought random house. >> pretty much so. and by the way, it's not just pantheon, you know. in the business of books, which published 10 years ago, i did an analysis of the catalogs of the 10 major houses in america. all of them from 1950s, '60s, '70s, et cetera to 2000. when the book came out. you know, you look at them in retrospect. you know, harper, for instance, which is new all showbiz boyography. >> and our book about the financial crisis. [laughter] >> congratulations of getting through. [laughter] >> but, you kn

in 2004 he became the awardee of the outstanding teaching for an adjunct professor at american university which is a very competitive thing, and we thank tom for coming today. and if you could come forward, that would be great. [applause] >> oh, man, man, man. all right. well, it's nice to be with you again. i'm going to take a little while today to talk about the legislative process. i'm going to relate it a little bit to the issue about which you've been asked to develop your lobbying plan. for those of you who have studied or lived the legislative process and anyone who's taken the legislative process from me i include collude in this category, you're going to know a lot about this. but today as we go through some of this, some of this process and some of these steps and some of these stages which are, you know, you get in this context and you sort of get a little jaded about the whole idea of how our laws are made and the path of legislation and all that, and you sort of think, oh, that's not really how it is, you know? i know, i know how it really works. well, it really does work thi

fu kow was not invited to speak at an american university during those first ten years ever. and when he was finally invited to the university of buffalo i joked it was from his time in poland, the polish population in buffalo which in those days was considerable would flock to hear him. but harvard and yale certainly weren't about to invite him. >> you couldn't get him over for a book tour? >> we had him coming over, but no university was going to invite him to speak. it changed, of course, later. but it took a very long time. >> um, so there was this great run in the '60s and '70s for pantheon, and then things started to change. they began to change, i guess, when newhouse bought random house? >> pretty much. and by the way, it's not just past on, you know? pantheon, you know? i did an analysis of the catalogs of the ten, of the major houses in america, all of them from 1950, '60, '70, etc., to 2000 when the book came out. and you look at them in retrospect and harper, for instance, which is now all show biz biographies and right-wing propaganda -- >> and our book about the

next to impossible to bring to change the law and that was professor edmund ghareeb from the american university in washington d.c. well usually famed for its shopping cutting edge fashion and love of big business something's smelling a bit off in new york residents are starting complain to complain about mountains of waste being left on many street corners of the big apple. dives headfirst into the reality of a city sky high in rubbish. you're standing next to a pile of garbage taller than yourself how does that make you feel. while the world marks the new year one thing marking new york are melton's of garbage. striking a huge blow to the city's traditionally glamorous image you can't even cause the street with a baby carriage to hold the people cannot even want to discuss. anthony is a mailman his job takes twice the time these days sadly he notes his salary has not doubled that makes maher work. in one instance however the mounds of garbage tragedy as one new york. unsuccessful this weekend want to jump out of the window did not turn fatal due to an unexpected software into piles one of thou

thousand people in the streets in protest pine says that while working as a professor at the american university in cairo freedom house tried to co-opt her students in a bid to silence them on certain issues like egyptian complicity in human rights violations in gaza once people accept this money they accept the conditions that go along with them and those conditions force them to stop talking about the political the underlying political causes of the violations. but while grant's of a thousand dollars can go a long way in poor countries like honduras and egypt the money is hardly without strings attached many of these u.s. government funded and focus on financing human rights work around the world without ever recognizing the underlying political military and economic causes for human rights violations many of the result of america pursuing. own interests abroad but when these organizations pay big popular movement lose out at the cost of real human rights change around the world in florida are washington d.c. . and that's now take a look at some of the stories from around the world and rescuer

urging revolution to force radical changes in government fessor political scientist from the american university of paris says what used to be a relatively stable country suffering europe and africa could now bring instability to the whole region. the main problem for most of the middle east countries and islamic countries in general is what i call the youth bulge of the youth thirds of a large percentage of your men entering the workforce who don't have opportunities for jobs and this is a problem for pakistan afghanistan throughout much of the middle east it needs more competition needs more investment it needs some international encouragement if it doesn't get that then it could simmering it could begin to create fissures in the rest of the region but to these are highly educated they're very westernized they're on the internet the young people all want to identify with europe i really don't see them identifying but if the economy doesn't pick up may see more turning toward towards this if if you care to get the new democracy or the move the italian adriatic coast is a major tourist destinati

the law and that was professor adam green from american university in washington d.c. . usually famed for its shopping cutting edge fashion and a lot of big business something's smelly a bit off in new york residents are starting to complain about the mountains of waste being left in every corner of the big apple r.v. is an associate you're going to dives have first and the reality of a city sky high in rubbish. if you're standing next to a pile of garbage taller than yourself how does that make you feel it's a pretty impressive world the world marks the new year one thing marking new york are melton's of garbage. striking a huge blow to the city's traditionally glamorous image you can't even cause the street with a baby carriage to hold the people cannot even want to sit discreet. anthony is a mailman his job takes twice the time these days sadly he notes his salary has not doubled that makes my work very very hard because the blog really box. to do the work in one instance however the mounds of garbage prevented a tragedy as one new yorker suicide attempt proved unsucc

he informs around the country as well as here at american university. he is editor of their grassroots alert monthly newsletter, a very important tool in their strategy in implementing their grassroots strategy. and he's also been a pretty active volunteer in grassroots work, i understand, in the last election, declaring himself as a republican operative for the gubernatorial races in virginia. again, i'd like to thank him for taking this time today and welcome him to our institute. >> thank you. >> thank you all, and happy new year. it's a pleasure to be back here. i always enjoy the opportunity to speak to you about not so much why it is the nra does what we do but how we go about accomplishing our goals. for the purpose of today's discussioni'm going to talk about our grassroots activities and how they're integrated into professional lobbying activities. before i begin, though, i think it's important to have a firm understanding of what we at the national rifle association consider to be grassroots. i think most of us are familiar with the term, but

cvs is paying $1.25 billion for the medicare part-d business of universal american. the deal more than doubles cvs's medicare drug operation. their share prices were moving in opposite directions. the buyer, cvs, saw its stock fall a fraction. but universal american shareholders saw a 40% jump, up to a three year high. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: from the depths of the financial crisis have come fewer survivors. but among those that saw opportunity in the face of near- collapse was bank of america. while the economy was in a free- fall in 2008, bank of america spent about $55 billion to buy first countrywide, and then merrill lynch. but b-of-a is worth less today than before those deals. we spoke with greg farrell, author of "crash of the titans," about the bank of america buyout of merrill lynch. he's also a reporter for "the financial times." we began by asking if b-of-a shareholders are better off today owning merrill lynch. >> i think definitely not. given the dilution of the shares that took place in '08 and '09, a schaeffer bank of america, whic

. >> universities are among other american universities recruiting students from china. many campuses including santa clara university and cal and the university of san francisco are putting out the welcome mat. more than 40,000 under graduates came to the u.s. from china last year. enrollment officials say recruiting international students does not squeeze out domestic students. >>> nearly half a million people will see a change in the way they throw out the trash. a new system for recycling and garbage collection begins in ten cities. 92,000 house holds will separate garbage, compost and recycling with a three-cart system called cart smart. the areas include atherton, burlingame and east palo alto. redwood city and san carlos as well as san mateo part of the new service today. a fleet of fully automated trucks make collection faster and more efficient. changes in the commute today. phase two of muni's improvement begins. the california street line is not running this morning. crews are beginning a mile and a half portion of that overhaul. first in 26 years. more parts w

american university system modeled on the german system. germany, the home of culture etc.and this is before hitler. this is just kaiser bill, who was at the nerve, a blunder. so here is an enlistment poster for world war i. it says destroy this mad bruce and the mad -- is in eighth with a drooling ape, black, with a german world war i helmet on with a club in one hand that says culture and a white topless woman in his arms. and then if you go when you look at the anti-japanese posters, it is the same poster only you know it is galop instead of black. so when it comes to -- it is a very good illustration of the way the construct race. we construct race from category. you want to dehumanize these people you make them, if you are trying to appeal to white americans to who make the nonwhite. and then, it is not just of course the racial difference but the associations, the association with brutality the association with for our women, right out of mississippi a few years ago. do we still do it? i don't know. i know my muslim students and friends are afraid that we are still do

contributing to those numbers is a push by american universities to recruit students from china.lara university recently held a tour across five chinese cities. >> chinese students, students from atlanta or miami is admitted not because of a zip code or country but because they have the better overall academic profile that we're looking for. >> public universities like uc- berkeley and san francisco state have also launched recruiting efforts in china. >>> a local hotspot in walnut creek has shut its doors. bing crosby's restaurant has closed down unexpectedly. new year's eve was apparent last night for the piano bar and eatery. the themed restaurant was known for its tall deep booths and country club decor. it's owned by dedham sports and entertainment and they could not be reached for comment. >>> 5:27 now. coming up, staring bankruptcy in the eye. the bay area city where the problem is so bad, all its police force could be let go. >>> i'm simon perez live in san rafael. pg&e's smartmeters are they safe, aren't they? and even if they are not, is there anything you can do about

you will see why forums around the country he informs around the country as well as here at american universityof their grassroots alert monthly newsletter, a very important tool in their strategy in implementing their grassroots strategy. and he's also been a pretty

and then what not to say, an american university releases its list of the words that need to go bye-bye2011. >>> take a live look from the camera lens of aaron murphy, one of our favorite morning photographers. she's willing to get up bright and early. maybe a little folks are heading out for the first stab at the nur year's resolution. some still enjoying the holiday. take a live look at 9 at squall valley and see some of the backup there. it is snowy and if you are expecting folks coming home this weekend after some fun, expect that they might be a little late. >> right. >> takes some time to get out this morning. snow levels near 3500 feet this morning, so that's a lot of real estate to drive through. you can have snow heading back down the mountain this morning. around the bay area we had good rain pushing through san jose, kind of a cool start to the morning, especially out to the north bay. we're seeing temperatures down to 41 degrees in fairfield, 48 livermore, 50 in san jose. now as we head through the afternoon we're not going to really see the temperatures move a whole lot. th

when we know very well here at american university, mr. alan rosenblatt, who is a graduate of the institute, this university with a ph.d. in political science and a proud -- we are proud of his contribution then and since. he is the associate director for on line advocacy at the center for american progress action fund. he has been a pioneer in using technology and advocacyd. situations for many ny years. he is the founder of the internet advocacy center of the internet advocacy roundtable and an adjunct professor at georgetown john hopkins and american university where he teaches media politics in the digital age and digital political strategy, on and on. he is the founding member of the media bureau network pioneer in streamlining media services contributing to politics on line .com and serves on other editorial and communication organizations. joining him today we aren welcoming, we want to welcome mr. josh koster who is the managingin partner of john kostr communications agency that specializes in win or lose situations, highly conteste

the american university speech, his senate speeches. these were sorensen. what sorensen didn't do as much, and didn't do as well, write the rousing campaign speeches. sorensen has conceded this in his book, that this something that kennedy was particularly good at. now, this speech, this inaugural address, drew on so many of the things that kennedy had been saying extemporaneously, that it was easy for kennedy to sit on that plane and really and dictate for 15 minutes and pull this stuff out of his head. if he had any notes, lincoln didn't save them and she was a real packrat and saved everything. but there are no notes. she doesn't mention there being any notes either. >> i was curious, you have other examples of the changes that he made while giving the speech. i thought that was a good change. >> i have another one. actually, most of them make good grammatical sense. it's not that he didn't read something properly. none of them are noted on the text of the speech. they were all done. because he thought that was a historical document. that's one point whe

enabled kennedy through his inaugural address and through his civil rights speech and through his american university commencement on peace and time and again to win the respect of the rest of the world. we've lost it now, we squandered it now but that respect is one of the things that made us a much safer country in the those days. >> we try and compare things and we seek advice from each other and this is something that helps us in our keferts-- efforts and i'm very happy and it's a period of my life, i had the first occasion to get acquainted with vice president gore and this report developed between us. and i have been trying to act in good faith in the name of my country, in the interest of my country and i'm sure that vice president gore did the same, in the interest of the united states. but in many respects what we did coincide. >> i want young people to understand that if their goal is none, they have no goal. they might as well quit now. because money is not going to do it. that's not going to be the answer. i want them to know when they walk out the door, close the door behind them, to rea

i've studied acting in lebanon at the lebanese american university, i had the acting bug even growingtched star wars to hamlet to whatever you want to say. and you don't realize growing up how influential hollywood is and the movie industry is and the world, and... and there was something really magical about going into the theater and just escaping for two hours, and just... you know what i mean? there's... i loved that, and then on top of it was just intriguing to me, because when i started doing it, it was like putting a mirror and looking at all your flaws, and it was frightening, and it was like i didn't want to do it, and that's what made me want to do it. i thought it was like, intriguing to go into that. it became therapeutic for me, and i have to say, it made me a better person. i mean, that sounds like, you know... >> hinojosa: so now, you did this movie the visitor-- extraordinary-- and i hope that a lot of people get a chance to see it, because it really is about challenging how you percept... your perception of certain stereotypes.. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...and how we p

in fact, next wednesday at my class on american university, i'm doing a whole class on the life and timesr about that? how do they get that way? and this is -- i read this from mother theresa, who sergeant idolized. you may have heard this one. but this explains how sergeant came to be. how his goodness happened. people are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. love them anyway. if you do good, people may accuse of you selfish motives. do good anyway. if you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. succeed anyway. the good that you do today maybe forgetten by tomorrow. do good anyway. honesty will make you vulnerable. be honest anyway. what you spend years building up, maybe torn down overnight. build anyway. people who really want help may attack you if you help them. help them anyway. give the world the best that you have and you may get hurt. give the world your best anyway. so when we come together, on the special evening like this, we should be inspired by those words because those clearly define the soul and heart of our dear sergeant. and i think it's impor

let's look at a clip from the supreme court justices breyer and scalia speaking at american university. >> i regard the constitution as having set the floor to american society. that for says nothing about abortion. it is not of it -- the job of the constitution to change things by judicial decree. change is brought about by democracy. abortion has been prohibited. you want to change that? american society thinks that is a terrible result -- fine, persuade each other about that, past a lot and prohibit -- eliminate the laws against abortion. i have no problem with change. it is just that i did not regard the constitution as being the instrument of change. >> if in fact you give judges too many open ended procedures, rules, practices, what you will discover is a man, a woman, who suddenly has this power, for better or for worse -- may be unconsciously, maybe not even wanting to -- will substitute her judgment, his judgment, for the judgment of the legislature. that is wrong in a democracy. everyone recognizes that that is a problem. but there is a divergence as to how much we can do abo

university. he completed his undergraduate work in history with an emphasis on native american studies at the universitycalifornia at santa cruz. he was previously employed at the center for training and careers as a center for youth services, and after 18 years of substance abuse and several years of incarceration, michael decided to dedicate his life to helping youth and adults find alternative ways to deal with substance use. michael is of apache-chicano and dissent and said this very thing -- "understanding my culture has helped me understand my identity." those words could not be more true, michael, and john would like to say a few words about michael. if i could invite you to the podium please. [applause] >> it is a pleasure for me to represent the indian health center of santa clara valley. we are so thankful to kqed, the mayor's office, and the other organizations that have put this event together. i know it takes a lot of work, a lot of planning. there are a lot of last-minute items that have to be taken care of, so all those who were instrumental in getting this organized so we could be here t