the evidence is one piece of paper. >> none of this would matter if the american university of london had no students. but on professional social networking site, there are hundreds of senior executives, all graduates of the university. we found the chief executive of the multinational drug company and an expert in terrorist rehabilitation who served in iraq. others with senior qualifications include a psychologist who gives expert testimony in court cases. he was awarded his phd just five months after first submitting work. he told us he had spent 18 months on his own background research. he was already a registered forensic psychologist based on the previous degree. he said he believes the american university of london was properly accredited it has now -- but has now taken the qualification off of his c.v. they all told us they submitted work to get there to greet. the point is because it is not checked or accredited any recognized body, we cannot know what the standard was like or how much work they did. what we do know is as in our case, the bar is low, just sending off one ficti

. >> american university. there a lot of american universities students here today. my question, you all were to close with the leaders of the country. how do you assess the importance of the worship between the man -- of the relation between the men and the kremlin at the man in the white house? is there a risk on the overreliance on personal relationships to the general institutionalization of the relationship between the countries? relations personal are always important in business and politics and everywhere especially when it comes to the leaders of these two countries. needed for said for most of -- first and foremost is for people to be honest and truthful of what they are going to say to each other and do and be able to hear each other. enjoyed that kind of understanding even when there are differences between us. sometimes quite significant, the ability of leaders to talk honestly and to the point has not changed. add the reason the battle between institutionalization and leaders, there is synergy. which good institutional relationships helped prepare leade

. >> here is nick talking with an american university professor here in town. >> so, what are some ofact concepts you are using to shape the implied thesis in the essay? >> the implied thesis -- that is a person feel being a political outsider. it is interesting to examine political ideologies and how they transform a college campus. i think that would be interesting to research. >> besides this outside or inside her vocabulary, there is a sense that what you are describing is becoming more confident, and in that confidence, more consistent in your behavior. it might help to think about specifically times that you have been challenged and lost, and i do not mean lost, but times when you have been convinced to see things in a way that you were not convinced you would see them. >> when the iraq war started out, in one of my letters to the editor i said if clinton took care of saddam hussein, we would not have had this problem. clinton was not in office, it was the first president bush that didn't take care of him. it was an aha moment, as i was defending something on party lines, and i

i assume that's an american university professor here in town. 1. >> the implied thesis was that howyou feel being a political outsider? it's how to transform college campuses. it's an interesting thing to research. >> insider/outsider vocabulary that you can take or leave. but there's a sense that what you're describing is becoming more confident and in that confidence becoming more consistent in your behavior relative to your belief. you think about when you've been challenged and lost -- i don't mean lost but at times you see things in a way you don't think they're going to see them. >> the iraq war was started to be brought up. >> if clinton had just taken sadam, it wasn't clinton in office. it was the first bush. i'm defending something on party lines and i didn't even really know the issue. part of it is evolution. not only have i become -- gotten out of my shell. but i can also look back and say, you know, that's stupid. >> yeah. good. >> what happens when you do change your mind? confidence and belief mean choosing something and staying that way forever. or is it something el

for instance, they say american university students hold rallies on campuses. he hopes he can help him figure out how to get more of japan's youngsters involved. >> translator: i don't think young japanese support any particular politicians or parties. how can we connect them with politics? that's another question i want to ask the teams. >> reporter: harada and other members of his group sat down with burrstein in tokyo. >> obama said, okay, i'm going to commit time to spending time engaging with young people. so he visited more college campuses, spoke to more audiences of young people than any other person running for president has in recent history in america. and that's why young people supported him so much. >> reporter: obama won almost 70% of the youth vote in 2008. that support helped propel him to victory. harada said burstein helped him see that getting out the youth vote can help transform politics. >> translator: burstein had a big impact on me. now i feel like we need to work harder to engage more young people in politics. >> reporter: burstein see

spending $250 million in ten american universities to rebuild their chemistry departments. they're pointing out that there are 600,000 jobs going wanting right now in the country, jobs in technology and engineering and math, but they can't find people in america who can do them, so there needs to be more emphasis on getting americans ready for the jobs that are here to be had right now. >> randall, live in washington, and forgive me for the interruption. tomorrow could be a tough day for more than 23 million american households. those households rely on supplemental food aid, or what we refer to as food stamps, and they're going to see their aid cut. tom akerman went to the fourth county in the u.s. to talk about what could follow >> reporter: for two hours each week, this food charity is the busiest place in kentucky. the lowest of anywhere in the u.s., and the food bank is especially crowded to the end of each month, as government aid money runs low. single mother, rose pryor, works 30 hours a week at a private charity to earn her benefits under the supplemental nutrition

he wanted to study at an american university but it was too expensive. so he took a circuit in an electronics course online. he earned the perfect score on each of the weekly tests. the professor recommended that m.i.t. accept him as an on-campus student. the university said yes and waived his tuition. >> when i got this, i was also proud of myself because getting into m.i.t. is not an easy. >> free online courses are for families changing education. now it's become more possible to close the education gap between the students in rich and poorer countries. nhk world. >>> four chinese military aircraft have flown over islands in southern japan. they say they didn't violate japan's air space. japanese defense says they were two early warning planes and two bombers. they flew over the area between okinawa's main island and miyako island on sunday. the chinese aircraft flew over the pacific ocean several hundred kilometers south of okinawa and then returned to the east china sea. they have been i can maimaking round-trip flights for three days in a row. dest

all work with leading american universities. schekman discovered genes, movement of hormones and enzymes in cells. in his research, rothman identified a group of proteins that help in the transfer of molecules. suedhof's work, nerve cells direct precision delivery. their discoveries will throw light on the way transport malfunctions contribute to conditions such as neurological diseases and diabetes. >>> a white diamond the size of a small egg has sold for a record price at an auction in hong kong. the bidder paid the most ever paid for such a jewel, more than $30 million. two people spent about six minutes vying for the 118 carat gem. the auctioneer says the winner wishes to remain anonymous. miners unearthed the diamond two years ago in south africa. price tag of $30.6 million is the most ever paid for a white diamond but well short of the $46 million paid in 2010 for a pink diamond. hong kong is joining geneva in new york as a leading auction center. its jewel auction are popular with wealthy asian clients. >>> time now to ch

all work at leading american universities. shankman discovered genes that control movement of substances such as hormones and enzymes within cells. in his research, rothman identified a group of proteins that help in the transfer of molecules. sudoff's work revealed how nerve cells direct precision delivery. their discoveries will throw light on the way transport malfunctions contribute to conditions such as neurological diseases and diabetes. >>> divers in italy have been recovering more bodies from the fishing boat carrying african refugees that sank in the mediterranean last week. they found more than 190 bodies so far including children. the death toll is expected to rise as more people who are trapped inside the boat are found. coast guard divers recovered more than 80 bodies on sunday from the seabed of lampedusa island. authorities say that more than 110 people are still missing. the boat was packed with 500 african migrants. mostly from eritrea. it capsized off southern italy on saturday. lampedusa has been a big desti

. >> this is a professor at american university. >> there is the old anti- deficiency act passed back in the late 19th century that said you can't run the federal government supposedly without appropriations but there are exceptions. >> after the deal was made to keep our military paid, the pentagon interpreted the language and determined the $100,000 death benefit paid to those families killed in the action wasn't part of it. >> the defense department has a right to interpret the laws under which it is governed and if you want to challenge it, you have to go to court and that won't happen. >> the house voted to reinstate that benefit. but they made a deal with fisher house to foot the bill until it gets figured out. >> it makes us look bad in the eyes of the world. >> and here is the house gym, but we hear there is no towel service. debra alfarone, wusa 9. >> to follow-up a story we brought you last night. walt edwards has been fighting a parking ticket he has received. late this afternoon he received an e-mail from the dmv saying his ticket had been dismissed but he still wants to p

the book is called, "ebony & ivy: race, slavery and the troubled history of america's universities." m.i.t. american history professor craig wilder reveals how the slave economy and higher education grew up together. that "the american campus to it as a silent monument to slavery." welcome to democracy now! talk about america's most elite universities. what relation do they have to slavery? >> i think there are multiple relationships. the first and probably most provocative is the relationship to the slave trade itself. in the middle of the 18th century, from 1746 to 1759,

joined by hilary leverage in washington she is a professor of international relations at the american university and author of. new book going to run and in new york we cross to richard murphy he is a former u.s. ambassador to syria and currently adjunct scholar at the middle east institute in washington all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it hillary fund go to you first in washington dates are being said but who's going to show up the assad regime is made it very clear that they would like to show up but who's going to be across the table and are there enough chairs for them even if they wanted to show up well clearly there's a problem with the opposition but there's been a problem with the opposition for over two years there's never been a coherent opposition there have always been problems with it there's always been problems with their foreign backers from the beginning what i think would be useful is if the conference went forward with all parties who could come unconditionally without preconditions it doesn't have to be

and let's not talk about this right now is james rolleston turned in politics expert from the american university of rome mr wilson thank you very much indeed it's great to have you here with us on aussie so a turbulent nice in a run can we expect to see even more unrest. well we are we are seeing more this morning this morning the protesters have camped outside one of the gates of rome ironically where the where the italians came in to conquer rome from the pope's in eight hundred seventy and they are it's today of course it's a major traffic hub and on a sunday doesn't matter too much but the traffic around the city from the center of the city is blocked because they are protesting in their campaign and they say they want to have they want to mobilize the city so this will this is going on and will probably go on for in different ways for a long time now so the thousand going to review this and popular budget that actually triggered such public discontent well the budget the budget was pushed on the fifteenth so a few days ago and eight will be passed that this is this was the proposal from the

all three work at american university. dr. james e. rothman chairs the cell biology department at yale university. dr. randy w. chefman works at the university of california berkeley. and their german counterpart, dr. thomas c. sudoff is on the faculty at stanford. the nobel committee has recognized the importance of their lifesaving work. the question is, why don't the house republicans? on the very day that three researchers at american universities won the nobel prize in medicine, the house republicans continue their siege against the government of the united states. and their siege includes the national institutes of health. where the american people through their federal government support medical research and path breaking basic research in the difficult search for cures. mr. speaker, i should note that dr. rothman of yale received two grants under the obama recovery act for his work in developing a better way to study cells. of course he would have received none if the republicans in congress had had their way. but more to the p

institute also in washington we have alan lipman he is a distinguished professor of history at the american university and author of white protestant nation and in new york we cross to use the g.o.p. strategist and blogger all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time one patricia if i go to you first in washington what the hell is going on in the united states it looks like a replay of the beginning of this civil war agree or disagree. oh well that's a one way of putting it but yeah i think you know we're looking at a congress right now that really isn't considering the american people at all they're just considering you know their own agenda which is to block or stop anything the president wants to do you also can find any reach are eliminate a lot of the reach of the government but i think during the shutdown they found that they need some of the government as they keep defense opening keep other parts of the government open and i am i think they have to get out of this ideological standoff and back to supporting the u.s. and the americans ok patricia i can't stay with you

. >> or was soccer being played at american university, just not the hope that -- kind that eriksson was hoping for. due to the government shutdown, this afternoon's game was shut out, cancel. >> you are pumped up where every game. going on,re problems the navy can handle that. >> you let everyone know in prepared each day to be focused and ready to perform at the highest level on that particular day. having a canceled that particular day is tough. >> billy walker is retire -- retired air force. he is hoping this game will be played as scheduled. --not, >> they will be going into the armed forces and be faced with much greater diversity than the canceled game. they will learn to carry that forward into their career. if that is the worst thing that happens, they are pretty lucky. >> american and navy. i said air force. like you are forgetting. wrecks coming up next on abc 7 news at 5:00. she has something new, old, and even bar road weary why the >> we have been reporting on how federal workers are being affected by the government shutdown, but what about brides and grooms? whowe spok

. >> i'm from american universities executive director of the initiative for american culture and i'm proud to know that there know that there are a lot of american students here today. my question for all three of you you have all worked closely with the leaders of the countries. how do you assess the importance of the personal relationship between the men in the kremlin and they all have been men and the people -- the men in the white house and you think there is a risk and an overreliance on the personal relationship between the leaders to the general institutionalization of relationship between the countries? thank you. >> who wants to start? >> i think personal relations are in politics everywhere especially when it comes to the leaders of these countries. but i think that what is needed is first and foremost the ability of people to be honest and truthful in what they say to each other and whatever they do and to be able to hear each other. i think during the last decade we have enjoyed that kind of understanding even with our differences between us were quite significant someti

the navy women's soccer game against american university this afternoon has been canceled because of the shutdown. no makeup date has been announced yet. this follows a men's soccer game. and there's no word if the game will go forward. >>> tonight georgetown university is investigating two women's basketball coaches. they were on administrative leave because of allegations of unprofessional conduct ininappropriate language. >> >> that's right. keith brown is entering his second season as head coach. but he's been a part of the program for almost a decade. he's currently on paid administrative leave for an unknown amount of time. they are sending out mass e-mails to defend a coach. >> this is crazy. this is disgruntled folks who are no longer part of the program. >> reporter: monica was captain of the george town women's basketball team two years ago. at the time keith brown was an tant coach. >> he's very in your face. he's loud. but he did whatever needed to be done to win. it was never at the expense of his layers. he's all about georgetown. >> georgetown has placed brown and assi

a known woman beater like that is invited by this african american university to be the host of their event. that should be looked at. that's an issue. >>> let's come to ted cruz because we've been waiting for this. [ laughter ] >> i want to start -- i want to warm you up by playing what ann coulter -- >> ted cruz ironically. >> we've been twerking our way through this. ted cruz' chance of becoming president. >> there will be arguments in a party of ideas, that's one thing as i point out in this book. democrats have an advantage. they spend their lives figuring out how to get elected so we can figure out how to run other people's lives. >> what do you make of her argument? >> it's always perfect, perfectly wrong. you know, and the way -- right, it's the democrats who only care about power. that's right. every politician cares about power to a certain degree, but, you know, democrats, i think in general, they are the policy wonks. they are the people who care about actually making government work. republicans tell you right out front we hate government. why go into it? if you hate gove

tell us what you're teaching at american university?m teaching women in congress and politics and public policy. >> it's great to have you here. >> thank you very much, tony. allison. >>> it's so nice to have the congresswoman here and ambassador,. >>> thank you, tony.thank >>> still ahead, more on the standoff.s chris wallace will join us live for a preview of his jam packed show. >>> we want to remind you that fox 5 is trying to give you a little pick me up.it howtl about a cup of coffee. come see holly morris at dupont circle to come get a cup of joe. she is there with the folks of caribu. we do appreciate them providing coffee for us this morning. it's a way of putting a smile o the face of those who are furloughed. and when you get up -- can i play? no! you don't even get football. [ male announcer ] when you've got 100% fiber optic fios, you get it. america's fastest, most reliable internet. it's the ultimate for downloading, streaming, and chatting. -- that guy all over the football field. thanks, joe. if the running back

opportunity for people to fight about stuff we don't have to doing bottom line, according to american university professor leonard stein, while both sides deny wanting to win, ultimately that is the goal. any with uncare about winning that all about principal fox five into. >> there republican house passed more short-term spending billings including one relates tro actively paying federal worker back pay. but democratic senate unlike toe act on them saying they want pass one single sing >> defence kft tortion among victim mooning victim lockheed martin sayings will furlough 3,000 employees monday. including employees who can't work because government facility where they do work has been closed now. united technology corporation plans to four lowe 2,000 employees by monday. more than 5,000 employees if shut down continues into norv. all right of four lowd workers aren't waist any time. unin d c. maryland and virginia, being flooded with on-line applications. tonight we looking at the process. >> it going significant financial hardship. understandable fear of the unknown. i want make sure my claim

working long, hard hours, they gave their three children fine educations in outstanding, great american universities. the university of california at berkeley, the university of california at los angeles. the university of southern california and the university of wisconsin. they were our change agents and yes, those drag queens at the stonewall inn also are much age agents. just are my change agents. this nation has been defined by change agents. when this nation was founded, women had no rights, they could not vote, they could not own land, they could not even have rights over their own children. because determined women and fair-minded man challenged and debated and marched for equal rights for women, today we have three women sitting on the supreme court of this country. we have had three women serve as u.s. secretaries of state. and we've had a woman astronaut lead a team of astronauts and go soaring out into space. they were all change agents. the first change agents were our founding fathers who articulated the shining ideals of this country. they were change agents but they also kept other h

working long, hard hours, they gave their three children fine educations in outstanding, great american universities. the university of california at berkeley, the university of california at los angeles. the university of southern california and the university of wisconsin. they were our change agents and yes, those drag queens at the stonewall inn also are much age agents. just are my change agents. this nation has been defined by change agents. when this nation was founded, women had no rights, they could not vote, they could not own land, they could not even have rights over their own children. because determined women and fair-minded man challenged and debated and marched for equal rights for women, today we have three women sitting on the supreme court of this country. we have had three women serve as u.s. secretaries of state. and we've had a woman astronaut lead a team of astronauts and go soaring out into space. they were all change agents. the first change agents were our founding fathers who articulated the shining ideals of this country. they were change agents but they also kept other h

tried to keep it short, please. >> american university masters student. until recently for the last 200 or so russia has been like a great power and the superpower, but in 20 years ago there's been a loss with the breakup of the soviet union. how how's that lost diplomatic power -- is there a way to reclaim it and some extent? how has that affected the is? how has that affected the state department? were as 30 years ago they were the priority and now there are one among many. >> so who wants to start? [inaudible] >> first, i would take an issue as to whether we have lost a status of superpower. however, the whole notion of superpower is something that needs to be a part. i would read to you a summary, a piece of summary of the report by the research service of the u.s. congress that was issued today. it's about russia. what russia presents to the united states. .1, russia is still nuclear superpower. secondly, russia influences significantly the interests of national security of the united states. in europe and in the middle east and asia. russia plays --

could do and his determination which really hit a high point starting in june of '63 with that american universityto damp down the cold war. >> that's what you spent a lot of time, that speech in 1963. this is no longer a cold war a era. >> it's shocking the difference. in the fall of '63, he goes out west on a conservation tour and he makes an offhand reference to the test ban treaty, and the crowd goes crazy. and the rest of that tour he's talking about the need to have a different framework. now, look. we're talking about probabilities. he had -- there had been a coup that overthrew diem and his brother. there's a pottery barn argument. we broke it, we own it. that's all you can do in history. you know, he had said to many people, including senator m mansfield, there's nothing i can do until '64. >> this is something he wasn't going to worry about until after he was elected. >> i think what he was hoping, keep the temperature as low as possible in vietnam, and then after i'm re-elected, i can take the hit. i'm convinced he wouldn't have wanted a gulf of tonkin. >> a common denominator was mcnam

universities." he is professor of american history at m.i.t.ant to thank katrina browne, producer and director of, "traces of the trade: a story from the deep north." democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy no tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with william friedkin. includinge movies "the french connection" and "the quote a new e dish and will be released in connection with the 40th anniversary. edition will be released in connection with the 40th anniversary. we are glad you joined us for an interview with william friedkin, coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. -- tavis: director, producer, and screenwriter william friedkin is the iconic force behind so many iconic films, including "the french connection" and the movie it many consider to be the scariest film ever made, "the exorcist." that was released in 1973, which

a short time ago i gave a little chat to the american universities giddens visiting from washington,. of course i mentioned google. if your parents bought it in 2004 at $85 they would be pretty happy today. to see it at 1019. stuart: the response to that was? nicole: they all wish. stuart: i wish i bought google instead of microsoft, that i didn't, so here i am. nicole: you know what i was thinking earlier? earlier today you talk about microsoft and looking at the surface versus the ipad. when are you going to sell? stuart: i'm not. nicole: why? stuart: it is an embarrassing investment in the first place, why make it worse? now, valerie, president obama's closest advisor. she said the president is just too talented to do what ordinary people do. my take on that from the last hour. stuart: the president's closest advisor. she has known him for years. she goes on, he's been born his whole life. is this what he can't seem to relate to mere mortals? is this why he won't engage? time after time this president demonizes those who disagree with him. he looks down his nose. why should a man

local field superintendent of an american university prehistoric did close to the mountains behind himelcome to me. rural life, am not going to pretend in any way resembles what african life was like in the seventeenth centuries when the others were forced to leave but for me as a landscape historian has a piece of country life, the smell of the earth and the clouds of red dust, the yen's, dinner together in the shade -- something has happened here. there we go. and those are called gotten a gust, those low eggplants in the cool of the evening ended a shade of the 3. i wanted to give a sense of the personal, as like it was from minute to minute, resourceful, steady people from all parts of africa somehow managed to remake the same cultural atmosphere in america. in the north that meant rarely since slaves spend their lives by dan tonight together with their captors. they slept together in the same house in at attica that you saw in the loss of barns or storage buildings but this is a long detour away from my parents object, the house of sylvester manner but a vital part of the story th

. >> i am the executive director of russian culture and proud to know that there a lot of american universities here today. my question for all three of you is that you have worked with the leaders of the country and how do you assess the importance of the personal relationship between the men in the kremlin and the people and the men in the white house and do you think that there is a risk and an over reliance on the personal relationship between the leaders to the general institutionalization of a relationship between the countries? >> thank you. >> i think that personal relationships are very important. >> especially when we do this with post countries. but i think that what is first and foremost is to build people to be honest and whenever whatever they say to each other and whatever they do. to be able to hear each other and we have enjoyed that. even when we have differences as well that are quite significant sometimes. and the ability of our leaders to talk as well. to talk to this point, it has not changed. >> there is no battle between institutionalization and leaders. there is instead

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world over in its image but it does need to be true to principles that many believe are not american but are universal i'd like to just go back to a couple points one domestic one international in a point where the united states is about seven is about seven percent it's not twenty three percent it's still too high and there's a lot of criticism on both sides of the aisle that it's a it's a fact and what's nonsense is you calling the united states of america a fascist that's insulting internationally i think that it is important for the united states to to be stronger at home to be more strong economically and to. set itself as a as a better example and lead by example and less and less preachy but on syria specifically i think what we've had is we've had a president united states has been more reactive not being george bush gets you a nobel peace prize but after that you have to come out with a strategic vision none exists in this administration and engagement in syria at a much earlier point could have saved a lot of lives and prevented more radical elements from coming into syria and the president

i am a journalism professor at the american university washington professor program. our program tonight marks the saturdayversary of the night massacre that ultimately led to president nixon's resignation in the watergate candle. that was a significant event in the nation's political history as we will learn tonight. the national press club later role. archibald cox held his news conference here in the afternoon the ballroom in where he insisted that the president had to turn over all of the secret tapes. we will see a brief clip of that later. award ceremonyts that honors a journalist lifetime achievement. that night, the award was going greatter cronkite. as the news man was delivering his remarks, word began spreading through the ballroom of what nixon had done. in and out ofun the room to figure out what was going on. they announced what was happening. it is my great honor to introduce the panelists in tonight's historic program. first, the deputy attorney general in the nixon administration that served as of the environmental protection agency and acting directo

i am, as angela said, a journalism professor at american university's washington semester program. a former club president and now chairman of the club's history and hertg committee. our program tonight mark the 40th anniversary of the saturday night massacre that ultimately led to president nixon's resignation in the watergate scandal. that was a significant event in the nation's political history as we will learn tonight. the national press club later role. archibald cox held his news conference here in the afternoon of october 20 in the ballroom where he insisted that the president had to turn over all of the secret tapes. we will see a brief clip of that later. that ian, the club held its award ceremony that honors a journalist lifetime achievement. that night, the award was going to walter cronkite. as the great news man was delivering his remarks, word began spreading through the ballroom of what nixon had done. people had begun in and out of the room to figure out what was going on. [laughter] the chairman to have event that evening finally announced to entire crowd what was

world over in its image but it does need to be true to principles that many believe are not american but are universal i'd like to just go back to a couple points one domestic one international in a point where the united states is about seven is about seven percent it's not twenty three percent it's still too high and there's a lot of criticism on both sides of the aisle about our view that it's a it's a fact and what's nonsense is you calling the united states of america a fascist that's insulting internationally i think that it is important for the united states to to be stronger at home to be more strong economically and to. set itself as a as a better example and lead by example and less and less preachy but on syria specifically i think what we've had is we've had a president united states has been more reactive not being george bush gets you a nobel peace prize but after that you have to come out with a strategic vision none exists in this administration and engagement in syria at a much earlier point could've saved a lot of lives and prevented more radical elements from coming into syria and t