and the association of colleges are calling for? f in every pa rt colleges are calling for? staff in every part of our education system have faced a hugely challenging job and done extraordinary things to keep children safe and educated throughout the pandemic. too often the secretary of state has refused to listen to their concerns or engage meaningfully with the expertise of professionals on the front line. k —— you can start to make it up, is the gc vi working on a strategy to vaccinate education staff, keep them safe and get chilton back in the classroom? —— jcvi. does he believe they should be prioritised for vaccination to keep them safe and allow schools and colleges to reopen? early years settings remain open to all children but the secretary of state has failed to explain how this will be safe for staff and families, so can he tell us what scientific advice he has received that made him think they will be saved, and county honestly say that he is following the science? and whether providers are open or close, can he finally

sean quoted the word of the association of college leaders. f the association of college leaders. geoff barton is the general secretary of the association was there any consultation between you and the government before it expanded its criteria? you and the government before it expanded its criteria ?|j you and the government before it expanded its criteria? i take it that's a rhetorical question because if you remember on sunday what we heard from the prize click my prime minister was business as usual. monday night it's lockdown. it feels like were in a parallel universe. is this a lockdown? primary school in yorkshire for example expecting 48 children to come in on tuesday had 200. how on earth are we supposed to deal with the logistics of that if we hadn't had exactly the consultation that you've described? and that particular school had no idea that so many children would turn up. they didn't. it might be that we are naive. it might be that what we assume back in march is what was going to happen now. it might be that the government is lik

meanwhile, the head of the association of colleges in england has criticised the government for leavingto decide whether to proceed with vocational and technical exams, such as btechs, warning that a lack of clear guidance risks more confusion and uncertainty. sean dilly, bbc news. the new lockdown restrictions in england came into forcejust hours after the chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, warned that the risk posed by covid—i9 was "extraordinarily high". mps will vote later on the curbs, after the emergency recall of parliament. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. the stay—at—home message. 0vernight, england's lockdown legally came into force. it's actually today that the measures will be brought before mps. the prime minister will address the commons before an expected vote after yesterday outlining progress on the vaccine. we have now vaccinated over 1.1 million people in england and over 1.3 million across the uk. and that includes more than 650,000 people over 80, which is 23% of all the over—80s in england. 0n the vaccine, labour says ministers must d

of investment and an offer to fully fund college courses to all adults in england without an a level or equivalent qualification. in england without an a level or equivalent qualification. the associationn education. well, it's around about 50% of the population currently, of 16—18—year—olds currently end up at university, but that begs the question of what happens to the other 50%, and of course it's a much wider group adults who historically have not been through the university route. the aim of this white paper is to give them more choice and to create sets of qualifications, delivered locally, in partnership with employers. one of the biggest challenges for colleges is putting an end to the misconception that a degree is the only route to success. chloe, conor and emma all had offers at university but decided to do an apprenticeship in law at 0ldham college. if i was to go to uni, and i'd qualify with a degree, those who are doing that, i would then have three years experience at a law firm which is what employers are often looking for, and so that was a major factor for me. originally i did two years of university and i foundl that there was a lot of support - there, but because i

he now do the right thing and cancel this week's btec exams, as parents, colleges and the association of collegesired secondary head teacher and chair of the naht — the national association of head teachers — secondary council. in terms of gcses and a—levels being cancelled, do you feel that that was the correct decision?” cancelled, do you feel that that was the correct decision? i think it became inevitable, really. i was concerned, even in the autumn term, as the numbers were rising and more and more students were starting to miss their learning in certain parts of the country, that the playing field was becoming increasingly unfairand it was field was becoming increasingly unfair and it was very difficult that the exams would ever be able to ta ke that the exams would ever be able to take place. so, exactly. so in terms of how grades are then finally awarded to students this summer, we know gavin william said it was going to bea know gavin william said it was going to be a former teacher assessed grades, but also training to ensure fairness and consistency. do you have an understanding as to

education has announced £65 million of investment and an offer to fully fund college courses to all adults in england without an a level or equivalent qualification. the association question of what happens to the other 50%, and of course it's a much wider group adults who historically have not been through the university route. the aim of this white paper is to give them more choice and to create sets of qualifications, delivered locally, in partnership with employers. one of the biggest challenges for colleges is putting an end to the misconception that a degree is the only route to success. chloe, conor and emma all had offers at university but decided to do an apprenticeship in law at oldham college. if i was to go to uni, and i'd qualify with a degree, those who are doing that, i would then have three years experience at a law firm which is what employers are often looking for, and so that was a major factor for me. originally i did two years of university and i foundl that there was a lot of support - there, but because i was doing law which is a very popular subject, i remember my first lecture, i there were about 400 people in there! - here, it's much mor

meanwhile, the head of the association of colleges in england has criticised the government for leavingls and colleges to decide whether to proceed with vocational and technical exams, such as btechs, warning that a lack of clear guidance risks more confusion and uncertainty. sean dilly, bbc news. england's third national lockdown has become law overnight, with mps set to vote on the stay at home restrictions later today. it comes after the number of new daily confirmed cases of covid in the uk topped 60,000 for the first time yesterday. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. the stay—at—home message. 0vernight, england's lockdown legally came into force. it's actually today that the measures will be brought before mps. the prime minister will address the commons before an expected vote after yesterday outlining progress on the vaccine. we have now vaccinated over 1.1 million people in england and over 1.3 million across the uk. and that includes more than 650,000 people over 80, which is 23% of all the over—80s in england. 0n the vaccine, labour says ministers must deliver

qualifications and need a licence, so it would give them an opportunity to pursue that career, but the association of collegesernative ways of grading. used the word grading, let's talk a little bit more about gcses and a—levels, because my goodness, we remember last year, there will be students up and down there will be students up and down the country who will be working so ha rd towards the country who will be working so hard towards thinking they have exams this may, june. talk a little more about confidence and how there grades are going to be arrived at. because gavin williamson used the word algorithm. he was speaking in specific terms, because we might remember back in the summer that when exams had to be cancelled, there was a mathematical algorithm to ta ke there was a mathematical algorithm to take predicted grades and combine them with where somebody might sit in the rankings of their class and how historically well the school has performed in exams. that had to be booted by the government at the time after complaints that it was not fair, that four out of ten pupils at that period were downgraded

geoff barton is the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders.rnment, and why do you believe they need to take different action? these are extraordinary times. they are times that need to be kind of leadership that need to be kind of leadership that we can trust. and which can explain things really clearly. what we have heard from the government, quite rightly, is that schools will stay open come what may. except that we have a raging pandemic around us and parents, as well as those who work in schools, are concerned that what we have not got its transparency. as a association representing head teachers, a legal challenge to the government is show us challenge to the government is show us the evidence. what is the evidence about primary children being in school next week and second—rate not. what is the evidence around some tea at four areas going back to school as normal and others not. and what is the evidence that this huge mass testing programme is based on science that is really reliable. if we were to have a nswers is really reliable. if we

. >> president of the national association of scholars, he's an anthropologist and former provost of kings college. he was a tenured member of the anthropology -- he's author of many books, the invention of a concept which won the caldwell award for leadership in higher education from john hawk foundation. he is a super guy. where are you? . >> the radicalization that we see in the streets of american, and the radical american college students look like two separate things. the first involves protests that often escalate into vandalism, looting, burning, attacks on police and murder. second involves protests that focus on shutting down the free expression of ideas, though the sometimes devolve into vandalism and personal violence. so street protests and campus protests outwardly differ. behind that appearance lie three important connections. first is the people, the activists, who show up in both places. second, the ideology that is crafted on campus and exported to the streets. particularly hatred of america and contempt for law and third, the anger that very emotion that is ignited on campus and

of supporters. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. brian klaas is associate professor of global politics at university college london and a washington postasked him how much power president trump would have in his remaining 11 days in office. well, he is still extraordinarily powerful. i mean, he has the formal authority over the most powerful country in the world and that matters. and we are in an extraordinary moment we are the president has been deemed unfit to manage the social media account, but is still for 11 more days in charge of the world's most powerful nuclear arsenal. and so, you know, i think this is why there is a lot of calls for trump to resign, and barring that, which is unlikely, for trump to be removed from office — either from the 25th amendment, which would result from the vice president and the cabinet taking action, or from a second impeachment attempt led by the house that will be launched early next week. and just on sort of how much military authority he still has, we have been reading it is perhaps unwise to say it is a nuclear button because that is not how it works and there are many, many steps before any m

prior to arriving at the heritage foundation, joe held the position of associate officer of history at a city college in new york city where he taught classes on american foreign policy and international human rights. he is a scholar on john locke and the religious influences on the development of democracy. joe is the author of the new york times bestseller, "a habit, a wardrobe, and the great war," how j.r.r. tolkien and cs lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism. he is currently producing a documentary series based on the book. the film trailer can be found at hobbitwardroom.com. his commentary have appeared in leading outlets including the new york times, the wall street journal, the washington post national affairs and the national interest. for 10 years, he has also served as commentator for national public radio's all things considered. with that, welcome to our panel. i will turn it right over to our renowned civil war historian, who will explore the parallels between our current political culture debates and those on the eve of the civil war. alan, the floor is yours. >> thank you,

let's speak to geoff barton, from the association of school and college leaders. hello, mr barton.o, mr barton. what do you want to sa ? ., ~' hello, mr barton. what do you want to sa ? ., ~ ., , hello, mr barton. what do you want tosa ? ., ~ .,, ., hello, mr barton. what do you want to sa ? ., 4' .,, . ,., to say? i would like to see a plan. very much — to say? i would like to see a plan. very much as _ to say? i would like to see a plan. very much as outlined _ to say? i would like to see a plan. very much as outlined by - to say? i would like to see a plan. very much as outlined by the - very much as outlined by the children's commissioner there. i think there are three things that would be important. 0ne, as we know, the science behind this is important. we know this virus transmits more and young people transmits more and young people transmit more so we want the reassurance about the safety levels. secondly, the most important thing, what are the educational reasons? would there be a rota system? could we start with young children who need to get those habits of reading, for

she went to the city university of new york, college of statton island, associate's agree in liberal arts and nursing, bachelor's of science in nursing, studied at law school where she graduated with a law degree and thanks to daca, hina became a registered nurse. she worked as director of health services for a nonprofit community-based organization in new york. her department provides health care services for children and foster care, many of whom are victims of medical neglect. she's also a member of the new york city medical reserve corps. at the height of the pandemic she volunteered on weekends at a hospital and at a residential facility with covid-19 patients. hina wrote to me about her plans. i want to work on health policy reform on a local and state level in an effort to achieve health quality for all. this pandemic has highlighted health disparities that long existed. i want to be part of making change. i want to see it and experience it. here's what hina said about daca and what it meant to her. daca has been life changing. it has allowed me to drive a car, work, achieve f

it has led to the association of school and college leaders, in association with head teachers, havingof whether in suffolk wiltshire. jeff burton, thank you for your time. 48 minutes past eight. you are watching brea kfast. helen's law finally comes into force today. it means convicted killers could remain behind bars if they refuse to say exactly where they put their victim's body. the change comes too late for marie mccourt, who fought for the law in her daughter's name. but she hopes it will spare other families from a similar ordeal. marie's been speaking to linda jones, whose daughter danielle was murdered in essex in 2001. her body was never found. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. i hope that one day helen will be found. i hope that it could happen, but my faith is... there is the reason. there is a reason — we're put on this earth for a reason and my reason, i think, is having helen's law. marie and linda's daughters were both murdered by men who refused to admit their guilt, who refused to say where their victims were buried. for years, marie fought for helen's law — a law

more students are applying to medical school in recent years, and data from the associations of american medical collegesumber of students applying for the 2021 academic year is up about 18% from last year. >> some are calling it the fauci effect. so many good things come from dr. fauci. one of them may be to inspire careers. >> reporter: dr. lee hereman is the dean of virginia tech school of medicine which has seen a nearly 50% increase in applications. >> then the pandemic comes, and it becomes a case study in many of the elements of health system science. the medicine to really improve health and prevent disease for a population, understanding the different organization that need to come together. >> reporter: madeline has already seen firsthand how critical the system is. she's been working as a medical scribe in an emergency assisting staff by taking notes for patients' charts. >> trying to get patients out the door healthy is something that i want to do for the rest of my life. >> reporter: she doesn't know what field of medicine she will choose but looks forward to finding her calling. naomi ruchi

of the united. well let's pick that up with gloria j. brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice the latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to day w so did president trump do anything illegal in that call to broad rough and spenda not so much illegal and that he abused his power as president he wasn't preach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he skirted the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an outing now i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believe that when he says the american people and the people of georgia are outraged they're outraged with his behavior and his desperation and not so much outraged by the fact that he's still trying to cling onto power and he deserves it i think he is the

of power by the president and the united. well that's picked that up with gloria j. brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice the latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to day doubly so did president trump do anything illegal in that call to broad roughened spanta not so much illegal and that she abused his power as president he wasn't peach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he's hurting the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an out in out crime i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believe that when he says the american people and the people of georgia are outraged they're outraged with his behavior and his desperation and not so much outraged by the fact that he's still trying to cling onto power and he deserves it i th

of the american medical association, dr. patrice harris, and dr. dean of medicine at the baylor college of medicine.r, he's so concerned about getting the vaccine out there. people are dying in record numbers. what needs to be done? >> it's not just the variant, wolf. we're moving up to 4,000 deaths per day. we're in freefall and this has now become a full-on homeland security crisis for the nation. we now have to vaccinate what i estimate around 1 to 2 million americans every day from now over the next eight months in order to get 300 million americans vaccinated or three-fourths of the population. a few things have to happen. number one, we've got to dramatically expand the number of sites where we're vax nagccie vaccinating. it's great the pharmacies have stepped up, it won't be enough. it's great the hospitals have opened up, it won't be enough. we have to get more sites properly staffed. mayor turner here in houston opened up minute maid park where the astros played, and it was quite successful. we got 3,000 vax nalccinated in single day. we need to do more of that across the country. number tw

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of course, is the national education association. i'm joined by eli oakly, the chancellor of california community colleges.ecky, i will start with you. this is the first time in our country's history that the first lady will have a job outside the white house. dr. biden is going to continue teaching at northern virginia community college. wasn't to play some of what she said to educators the day after the inaugust rag. the day after the inauguration. >> joe is going to be a champion for you because heknows that's the best way to serve our students. together we are going to transform our nation's education system, and when we do that, we will change the course of our future forever. and if you ever wonder if it's possible, just remember that the first lady of the united states is one of your own. >> becky, you were at the white house with dr. biden for that call. she posted a photo on twitter. i believe i can recognize you there even with the mask on. what did it feel like to hear that message from the first lady, becky? >> craig, it's so good to be with you. good morning. i think my smile says it all, just

on top of this we are proposing five grants to start new healthcare associate programs at community colleges in missouri. 2020 highlighted the critical need for skilled healthcare workers and we want to meet this need educating and training our missouri workforce. another important group of our future workforce is the men and women who served missouri and state employees. fortunately our state workforce is one of the least competitive in terms of attracting future public servants. we must make changes. once again i am asking the legislature to fund a pay increase for state employees. [applause] i have always said you cannot emphasize workforce development without infrastructure. they go hand-in-hand and we must continue to invest in both in order to succeed. now more than ever we must capitalize on missouri strategic location in the center of the nation and build on the opportunity to become a powerful logistic hub not only for the midwest in the united states but for all of north america. [applause] we are very excited about the new shipping technology that could create record or straight t

of minorities today. in this debate, the grassroots do not want this and others say once they start associating being a member of the category with having an advantage of collegeons or government contracting, would really love it. not inducements that adhere to the category, one of the things that the government should take away, the reimagining of the country has not been good for us because we are a country of people from many ethnic backgrounds, what the ottoman empire was in the nineteenth and twentieth century where you have different groups with different rights and different laws, that would not work at all. >> host: you are pushing less against the groups that identify various minority or different categories and more with the groups that sustain those and claim to represent those people, organizations that benefit from government funding or grants or things like that? is that your charge? >> that's not the only argument i make but we see an example with asian americans of a group that is supposed to represent the reviews of asian americans. in fact they are for affirmative action which is hurting chinese-americans and indian americans and not at all r

we can speak now to geoff barton, general secretary of the association of school & college leaders. s. good to talk to you again. the 8th of march at the earliest?— of march at the earliest? yes, the prime minister _ of march at the earliest? yes, the prime minister was _ of march at the earliest? yes, the prime minister was careful- of march at the earliest? yes, the prime minister was careful with i of march at the earliest? yes, the | prime minister was careful with the choice of words because too many occasions he has made promises which he has had to backtrack. there will be a collective sense that perhaps we were surprised by this given what is happening with the virus and there will be a collective sense of really needing as many young people to be back in our schools and colleges as possible so i hope the positive news from this is this gives us a window of time notjust to come up with a plan but you articulate that plan to the parents and particularly those young people who would just fill bill wielded by things changing all the time of the revolving door approach to educati

today, any of them and in this debate they said grassroots do not want this and other people say it's the one thing associating being a member of the category with having an advanced college admissions work contracting or in hiring. they would really love it and this is the inducement to adhere to the category is one of the things the government should take away because a reimagining of the country has not been good for us. because we are a country of people from many different ethnic backgrounds. we really cannot he come with the ottoman empire was in the 19th and 20th century where you have different groups with different rights and different laws. that would not work at all. >> host: you are pushing back against the groups that identify with the various minority or different categories and more with the groups that sustain those people are claimed to represent those people, organizations that benefit as you pointed out from government funding or grants or things like that. is that your charge? >> that is one of the arguments i make. that's not the only argument i make that definitely we see for example with asian-americans a group that is supposed to represent the view

we can speak now to geoff barton, general secretary of the association of school & college leaders.ink any notices better than no notice. i any notices better than no notice. we don't want to be back where we were at the beginning of the start of january. you were at the beginning of the start ofjanuary. you had the prime minister on the bbc saying yes they will be back tomorrow then on the monday beware and by the end of the day he said we're closing schools for the majority young people. one of the frustrations for us is it always sounds like it is all or nothing and i do wonder whether it could be reissuing to parents and the rest of us that there is a plan b but what we said is certain year groups are going to be priorities. the exam year groups for example. we will do everything we can to them, or early years who have not been established in some habits of learning. i think it could be more nuance so parents can plan accordingly and teachers can plan accordingly and teachers can plan accordingly but in response to your question, two weeks is better than none at all. question, t

of them. and in this debate they kept saying the grassroots do not want this. in other people would say they mostly start associating being a member of the category with having an advantage in collegeissions or in government contracting or in hiring they would really love it. it is what it is. these inducements to adhere to the category is one of the things the government should take away because this reimagining of the country has not been good for us. because we are a country of people from many different ethnic backgrounds. we really cannot be, what the audubon empire was over they were in the 19th and 20th century. you have different groups with different rights in different laws. that would not work at all. >> so you are pushing less against the groups that identify various minority categories. and more with the groups that sustain those people or may claim to represent those people. organizations that benefits as you point out from government funding or grants or things like that. is that your charge? stomach that is one of the arguments i make, something only argument i make. definitely we see for example with asian americans advancing justice a group that is supposed to rep

of the united. well that's picked that up with gloria j. brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice the latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to day doubly so did president trump do anything illegal in that call to broad raffensperger not so much illegal and that she abuses hours president he wasn't peach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he skirted the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an out in out crime i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believe that when he says the american people and the people of georgia are outraged they're outraged with his behavior and his desperation and not so much outraged by the fact that he's still trying to cling onto power and he deserves it i think he is th

brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice her latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to d.w. so did president trump to do anything illegal in that call to broad raffensperger not so much illegal and that she abused his power as president he wasn't preach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he's heard it the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an out in out crime i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believe that when he says the american people and the people of georgia are outraged they're outraged with his behavior and his desperation and not so much outraged by the fact that he's still trying to cling onto power and he deserves it i think

suspected members and associates of the calabrian mafia got underway most of the accused appearing on video link from their jail cells no small achievement for a prosecutor any college that theory has been working against the powerful group for decades and as a result has lived under police protection for the past 30 years the dimly but largely because our north decades ago people would tremble when talking about the cosa nostra when using the word in trying it or something they would do only in it in rooms whispering today we're speaking out in the open sunlight in the last 2 years we've been seeing a spike in complaints by people bullied by the drug. almost is an age old mafia code of silence applied through fear instilled by violence in a population so as not to tell not to testify to the authorities but around 100 witnesses are expected to be called in this trial backed up by thousands of hours of wiretaps to help the case against the accused who include politicians police chiefs and lawyers most were arrested in a raid in 2019 that spanned italy germany switzerland and bulgaria in the words of the chief prosecutor this is a mafia that looks like us and is every

of infection rate suppression. we've been speaking with dr amitava banner jia associate professor and clinical data science and honorary consultant cardiologist at university college london thanks for your time and your comments thank you. in america a video of a woman suffering convulsions after receiving a coronavirus vaccine has caused a stir a warning some viewers may find the following images upsetting. coroners mother received the pfizer vaccine in louisiana at the beginning of january and according to her son she hadn't experienced any health issues before taking the shot trying to describe his mother's condition and in exclusive interview with r.t. . she said that the day afterwards she woke up with a headache and she said every day since until today today's the 1st day she has a headache but she started noticing the seizure like movements in the way your left leg 1st and it was 3 days afterwards and she was admitted to the hospital before days with she had no control over her legs when she was trying to wall doctors said they think it's. the medals and the vaccine. is causing her to have the neurological reaction pfizer has not confirmed the case but says

brian brenberg is associate professor of business at king's college. austan goolsbee. you. will we flourish or falter, brian? what do you think? >> let's find out what the administration wants to do. this economy is very strong underlying if you look at the fourth quarter. 4% growth. if you look how we survived last year a terrible year, the economy came through it in a pretty remarkable way. into 2021 we should have a lot of momentum. the question is what kind of policy are we going to have? are businesses going to have incentives to invest and be excited starting new projects or will they look at the executive orders and say oh oh, i don't want to touch that because anything could be undone with a stroke of a pen. >> dana: when you look at executive orders and a big covid relief bill the "wall street journal" editorial said today the truth is mr. biden is inheriting a recovering economy poised to surge once there is enough herd immunity. the threats to growth will come when mr. biden the regulations and tax increases arrive. does it show a need for such a broad bush

we're joined now by geoff barton, who's from the association of school and college leaders, and with ere. when the first lockdown happened, the trickle soon turned into a flood of children coming back. within the first couple of weeks, we have reached about 80% of our capacity, 80% of the children that could come back and, back, and the problem for us is that as those teachers wonderfully impressed, every teacher wa nts wonderfully impressed, every teacher wants children to be back in school, because we know that that's really important for their learning, their emotional and social developing, and of course for their parents' ability to work and earn. so all of this is important. but we've also got this responsibility that came out on those interviews you have there to staff, our staff have to be safe, they have to feel safe, too. and we've got to balance all of that together. so there are ways we can do this. i ought to say that people are saying, give your old laptops to schools. you wouldn't give an old la ptop schools. you wouldn't give an old la pto p to schools. you wouldn't gi

until a lecturer in security and development at the department of war studies king's college london also in moscow maria lipman senior associate at the institute for european russian and eurasian studies at george washington university welcome to the program maria let me start with you today the fact that there were so many people coming out in so many cities across russia despite the cold despite the pandemic despite the risk of arrest does that suggest to you that these protests will gain momentum. it is very hard to say at this point we had protests before and we had them over the years protests a huge show of emotion though character not of political ones and they have it to rise and it is true however that this time around the geography of the protests has been much broader than ever before and what is also important is that the slogans that people chanted were the same in basically the same everywhere so what we are what we have now is clearly a minority but a sizeable one that feels strong discontent with regard to the russian authorities and with regard to the russian regime this seems like some change compared from be

is a special forces lieutenant colonel currently serving as associate professor of history at the yooush army command and general staff college. dr. babb served as a china foreign officer where he studied in hong kong and beijing and in washington, d.c. at the defense intelligence agency and on the joint staff. he has written on the american military's role in china in volumes one and two through the join enter agency and multi-agency>e!-i lens. perspective on the operationaly environment and most recently wrote a chapter on the korea war in weaving the tangled web military deception and large-scale combat operations. folks, please help me from home, wherever you're tuning here, our speaker this evening, dr. geoff babb. >> thanks very much, camille. i sure appreciate it. nice to be back. it's nice to be not doing this presentation from behind my desk. these two gentlemen, mr. lee and mr. chen are noted as the founders of communism in china. and i'll have another slide later on that we'll talk a little bit more about them. they're both intellectuals and they both did not make it to see their work come to fruition. i'd like to

association beginning in 1870. currently the second number of largely historically black colleges and universities traced their origins to 189 ork the original moral act was cast in 1872 between 1962 and called for the opening of land grant colleges in every state for agricultural and mechanical education, funded by the federal government through the sale of land in the western territories taken from the native population. the second morel act called on states with dual systems of education, one for white, one for blacks, to open or designate one educational institutions for white and one institution for blacks as the black college. eventually the land grant colleges for whites became agricultural and engineering schools. texas a&m, alabama a&m, and state university, university of arkansas, purdue university. the land grant colleges for african-americans in the south, however, were victimized by the separate and unequal funding practices in the southern states and only became teacher training institutions to provide elementary and elementary school teach forse the separate black public schools in those states. such as

in other people's would say yes but the warm states started associating become member of the dimino category with having an advantage in college admissions, or in government contracting or in hiring. they would really love it. and that is what it is payoff. these inducements, to adhere to the category is one of the things that the government should take away because it is reimagining of the country has not been good for us. because we are a country of people from many different ethnic backgrounds. we can really cannot be divided or become of the ottoman empire was, or what in the 19th and 20th century, you know you have different groups with different rights and different laws that would not work at all. >> so you're pushing less against, pushing back less against the groups that identify in various minority in different categories. more with the group that sustain those people. or maybe claim to represent those people. organizations that benefit as you pointed out, from government funding or grants or things of that nature. is that your george question rick. >> well, that is one of the arguments that i make but that's not the

of their decisions. political action committees associated with roughly 280 companies contributed $21 million to republicans who objected to counting the electoral collegeotes. five of those members hauled in more than a half million dollars from these corporate pacs before the attack, including house minority leader kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, and elise stef stefanick. smaller corporate donations also flowed to congressmen who have been linked to the stop the steal movement, including scott perry, andy biggs, pmo brooks ad paul gosar. no one thought they were giving money to people who supported sedition, said jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon. turns out some of them were. cnn reached out to see which companies decided to take a stand. 120 companies have decided to pause or end political donations in some form since the attack. 12 said they would continue political donations as normal. they apparently see all of this as an extension of politics as usual. it's not. but the real accountability comes from the 33 companies that are specifically suspending donations to the seditious 147. either through the 2020 cycle or indefinitely. these companies include at an

geoff barton is from the association of school and college leaders. he joins us from suffolk.e running those exams this week, even though we would have wa nted this week, even though we would have wanted them to run because you are just going to increase the unfairness of some young people being there and some not. those who wear invigorating exams, should they or it should they not be there? it is an example of where if the government had said earlier in the day, look, there will be a really big announcement but we can't tell you because it is clouded in secrecy, but we want the message out that btecs will run and we need invigilators, we could, as representatives of schools and couege representatives of schools and college leaders coming to everything we could to give some sense of normality to the young people who we re normality to the young people who were today will feel they have been placed on the back foot. so what is happening with regard to those btecs? i have to say, at this point, it really isn't clear. it's one of the things we will talk to the department about.

of comments to amplify things the secretary said. i think that the apprenticeship programs we have associated with each of our shipyards and local community collegesr it's hawaii or washington or new hampshire or virginia, have been phenomenal, and so those four-year programs that produce some of the best and brightest in the yards that hopefully we can keep around for 30 years because it is a family business in many cases. it's eye watering to meet those young people. they're not just young people. people from all walks of life and some of them are middle-aged that just have decided they want to give more back to the country. but that program collectively produces about a thousand workers a year, and over the past three years we've increased the number of shipyard workers from about 33,000 to almost 37,000. we have been on the increase and we are changing that demographic. as you know there are a lot of -- there are either young people in the shipyard or older people in the shipyard but we missed a generation. we're trying to rebuild. i think we're -- i'm very optimistic where we're headed with the fork drk workforce, when you visit those shipyar

of them. in this debate they kept saying the graduates do not want this and then other people say yes, but once they start associate with having an advantage in the college missions or government contracting or hiring, they would really love it and that is what it is. these inducements to adhere to the category is one of the things the government should take away because it is this reimagining of the country that has not been good for us and because we are a country of people from many different ethnic backgrounds we really cannot become what the ottoman empire was if what they were in the 19th and 20th century, you know, where you have different groups with different rights and different laws. that would not work at all. >> so, you are pushing back against the groups that identified with the various minority or different categories and more with the groups that sustain or claimed to represent those people, organizations that benefited as you pointed out from the government funding, poor grants were things like that. is that your charge? >> that's one of the arguments i make but yes, definitely we see, for example, with asian americans a group that is su