those of you from florida know that florida atlantic university -- hello florida. way down there in itself part of -- in the south part of the convention center. anyway, florida atlantic university lets every senior citizen enroll in any course for free. my dad and mom would roll up to florida atlantic university every thursday at 4:00 p.m. because they enrolled in a course called humor. now what was the horse called humor? -- course called humor? some erstwhile comedian who never made it in the catskills would get up and tell jokes for 45 minutes. a different comedian each week. my dad never went to college, he said, gee, college is easy, i should have gone. [laughter] but each week they would call me back with my favorite joke. -- their favorite jokes. here is one of the favorites. mrs. goldfarb is brought before the judge. the judge rolls her eyes -- rolled his eyes and says, mrs. goldfarb, you are back. yes, your honor, i am back. what did you steal this time? i stole a can of peaches from the supermarket down the road. the judge is exasperated. he says look, i

those will start another florida atlantic university, hello florida.e in the south part of the convention center. anyway, florida atlantic university let's every senior citizen enrolled in any course for free. so my dad and mom would go to florida atlantic university every thursday at 4 pm because they involve the course called humor. what was that? a committee that never made it in a catskills would get up and tell jokes for 45 minutes. a different meeting each week. my dad never went to college and he said i should have gone because it was pretty easy. each week they called me back with their favorite jokes. here is one of them. mrs. goldfarb is brought before the judge. the judge rolls her eyes. rolls his eyes and says mrs. goldfarb, your back. yes your honor, i am back. >> what did you steal this time?i stole a can of peaches. the judge says look, i know that you are kleptomaniacs and i know this is an illness in another you can easily avoid a can of peaches. but the lords sake, this is the 17th time you have been brought before me for shoplifting

anyway, florida atlantic university lets every senior citizen enroll in any course for free. so my dad and mom would roll up to florida atlantic university every thursday at 4:00 p.m., because they enrolled in the course called humor. now, what was the course called humor? some erstwhile comedian who never nad made it in the catski would get up and tell jokes for 45 minutes, a different comedian each week. my dad never went to college. he said gee, college is pretty easy, i should have gone. but each week, they called me back with their favorite joke. here's one of the favorites. mrs. goldfarb is brought before the judge. the judge rolls her eyes, rolls his eyes, and said mrs. goldfarb, you're back. yes, your honor, i'm back. what did you steal this time, mrs. goldfarb? i stole a can of peaches from the supermarket down the road. the judge is exasperated. he says look, mrs. goldfarb, i know you are a clkleptomaniac a this is an illness and you could easily afford a can of peaches but for lord's sake, mrs. goldfarb, this is the 17th time you have been brought before me for sho

. >> lane kiffin is head coach at florida atlantic university and recruited young kids himself. >> it'snger and younger where we are at now. we research and find the kid before anybody else. >> evan is trying to drum of interest in 15 of his most elite players. not everyone likes the sound of that. >> this is absurd on so many levels. so you are 11 or 12-year-old who has an offer from the college even though we know they can change their minds how hard is it when all of the adults have directed you in in manner. >> is there ever a moment bunchy says i would rather stay home today. i don't want to go to practice. >> oh, yeah. i said to be the best you got to practice when you don't want to praktd. it's a grind son. it's a grind. that's what makes champions. >> people of course saying, these kids are so young. >> i rather a kid thinking about college now then thinking about joining a gang. >> got hands, bro. >> it's not just about football. you know, it's about opening these kid's minds that there is more to life than the communities that we come from. >> what's that mean for a university

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. >> he got into california state, san marcos and florida atlantic university, which are all going rightnow, oh, yeah, we knew what we were doing. >> the interesting about these kids, like the front end of the baby boomers, people forget just how impactful a group of young people can be. it helped to bring an end to the vietnam war. it may not have been a popular stance at the time. they have a voice, they're using it. >> let's see after this if there's a college, a university that reaches out to him and said full ride. >> yes. >> we'll see. >> all right, thank you, all. fascinating conversation. up next, the former veteran has new details on his ouster. just as scott pruitt seems to be -- well, could he be moving closer to losing his job? little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monito

atlantic. it will soon go on display at brown university on america's east coast.board. ijust found out what i was pulling in this container here. rosa parks' house. an emotional moment for me. a beautiful day to be an american, i guess. but this is not where the story begins. it's 2016, and rosa parks' house is in ruins. but a rescue is underway. an artist has promised to preserve it, whilst it's found a permanent home. a lot of people did think that house was not worth saving, because there are so many in detroit that look like it. it goes without saying that she is a national icon, and what she did was so important for so many millions of people, even if they don't know it. and so it was taken to pieces and loaded into a container, shipped across the atlantic, to ryan mendoza's home in berlin, germany. we did it! when in 1955 rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in alabama to a white man, she became a heroine to the civil rights movement. but she was persecuted. jobless and penniless, she left the segregated south and head north to detroit, like so ma

lipscomb university, private christian college. let's get the atlanticetty wild stuff. sir roger bannister, first to make the died at the age of 88. we saw something else that we have never seen before and it involves speed. an important but not fully formed left-hand amputated at the age of four not invited to the nfl combine who one day after bench pressing 225 pounds with a prosthetic and became the fastest linebackers since 2003 to run the 40-yard dash swiftly. griffin tended -- becoming -- unbelievable. something else we haven't seen in a long time. phil mickelson won a golf event. scored his first win since the 2013 british open span of 112 events. justice thomas and then missed a 10-foot shot. new mexico championship, a big day in between the last one. all of last year, kevin hardwicke went to nascar races because of a second wind in as many races. herbert quentin at las vegas motor speedway the spins three national nascar series. congratulations to feature in the hall of fame or kobe bryant. his retirement home was turned into a short motion pict

matt is an associate professor in the department of government at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the atlantic council. he spent some time with the cia and the office of secretary of defense and also served as a policy advisor on mitt romney presidential campaign as well as marco rubio campaign and is author of six books including trying to. that is recently out this past couple weeks from oxford university press. for logistical reasons we don't expect any issues, but if we have to depart the building looked to me and we will direct you to the back, but also the stairs you came in. we do that for safety reasons, so if anything happens, and it won't, look to me. we want to do this as a conversation, so this is a new book about nuclear weapons. obviously very salient right now. having said that i think we just throw a big question to you which is why do we need one more book about nuclear weapons? there is new to their strategy and nuclear theory that's been around for a long time. how do you see this fit into the larger literature and what kind of purpose does this book try to serve? >> pers, t

the big table by jackson james, director at johns hopkins university and he is an insider you could say, on both sides of the political atlantice to have you back on the show. angela merkel takes the oath of office today for a fourth term. does cd to take stock of light took so long to get to today? jackson: i think it was a definite problem of reaching a consensus. her own party be at little at odds with each other. don't underestimate the internal squabble with a think is still going to continue. she was putting in a lot of different things together under one roof. brent: this third grand coalition has a long, long, long to do list. what we do say are the first things they need to tackle? jackson: trust. brent: from who? jackson: from the german public. they are going to have to figure out how to say this is 3.0, this is something new, it is not going to be more the same. that is a big cell and she has a hard and loud opposition party that are going to reminder of that everyday. number two i think is just to say she has new ideas about europe and about the society at large and she is to have to deal with these foreign polici

university halls of residence. and europe shivers in subzero snowstorms across the atlantic fierce winds batter the east coast of the u.s. as well. welcome to the program the u.n. human rights chief says as strikes on the besieged syrian and lave of eastern probably amount to war crimes and those responsible should be prosecuted at least twenty three more civilians have been killed as government forces read talk more ground for rebel fighters on friday a solid bit of it reports from the turkey. makeshift clinics in eastern who to have been filling up the wounded most of the civilian casualties are women and children . waiting for the civilians to receive aid so we can preserve their lives we are waiting for reaction from the world. but that wait for the world to help stop the attacks and has gone on for years and since the government's latest offensive began last month morgues have run out of space for the dead. instead of receiving worshipers on friday this mosque god bombs people here say syrians iranians and russians are mocking the united nations and the security council since again one of a cease fire resolutio

institute for contemporary german studies at johns hopkins university and he is an insider you could say on both sides of the political atlantic jagger's good to have you back on the show so i'm going to marco she takes the oath of office today forty fourth term does she need to take stock of why it took so long for her to get through today well i think it was a definite problem reaching a consensus with the party in two parties her own by the way as well being a little bit at odds with each other and don't underestimate the internal squabble that is i still going to continue i think as this coalition takes form so she was put in a lot of different things together under one roof are to do this third grand coalition has a long long long to do list what would you say are the first things that it needs to tackle trust somehow trust from who trust from the german public in other words i think they're going to have to figure out how they're going to say this is three point zero we've got something new to offer and we're going to get things done it's not going to be more of the same that's a big sell and she's got a hired and very l

matt is an associate professor in the department of government at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the atlanticcouncil

also i'd like to thank georgetown university's institute of international economic law which has been a partner for this event. the atlanticcouncil sanctions team includes some of the best in the business, professionals with hands-on experience in designing stations programs, veterans of treasury, state and regional experts. brian o'toole, andrew keller, david [inaudible] they are part of the team here which aims to provide the best analysis and recommendations on sanctions available. i have been working with a business at the atlantic council and we are pleased to launch but today's event and this program. we got two panels today focused on policy perspectives from current and former practitioners including some of on our team but also andrea a former colleague and a friend and policy. there are others on our team in this panel and i think michael greenwald and the other panel will include businesspeople, richard, frederick and robert. finally, undersecretary treasury, administrations senior person on sanctions will deliver what i suspect is a serious statement of this administration's approach to sanctions. i look forwar

georgia state university professor maurice hobson talks about his book, "the legend of the black meccam politics and class in the making in which hetlanta" looks at the history of atlant'' is black community from the 1970's to the 1990's. the atlanta history center hosted this event. >> good evening. i am the president of the atlanta history center and i wanted to welcome you tonight to this lecture featuring dr. maurice hobson. this is made possible i generous support -- by generous support. dr. hobson will be discussing "the legend of the black mecca in politics and class in the making of modern atlanta"

graduated from princeton university specializing in 19th-century russian literature and postmodern japanese literature. she has written for the new yorker, vogue, new york times, the atlantic, l, rolling stone, the new republic and buzz feet among many others. she is also a contributing editor at catapult. at this time we can welcome them to the stage. [applause] >> hi, everyone. it is so nice. a pleasure being with you tonight. thank you for coming out this evening to hear me talk about i am going to read from a section of an essay, the hardest thing i have ever written called the hunger for blue blue's eyes. the past couple days i have been thinking about the me too movement and harassment particularly in metropolitan spaces, street harassment and a couple days ago when i was in manhattan i was talking about street harassment and the difficulty being a black woman, howard is often effective to talk about issues among black troops who. there was a man in the audience who raised his hand, he did not have a question. he said the reason men follow women down the block or pursue them relentlessly is because they have no home training and he kept repeating himself. i nodded an

>> the from the press of atlantic city the cape may may lewis ferry hiring, retails, maintenance, and it will be health in april. >> new pilot program at west chester universityn helping students with intellectual disabilities attend college and prepare for employment. the real achievement matters initiative is seeing first participants to begin their college experience in the family. good for them. >> that's a look at newspaper headlines lines around the delaware and lehigh val ills. all right, jim, the dictionary just got bigger. merium webster added some words, so we have some of the words here, we will test jim's knowledge, because he's always so hip. >> i'm hip and happening. >> the first words is glamping >> like fancy camming? >> i knew would you know that. >> i like it. that's easy one. what's next? >> yorki poo? >> a two dogs put together,. >> i knew you would know these , but do you know what hate watch means? >> hate watch? >> oh. >> you like look out for like mean girls or something like that? >> not quite. although to be fairy didn't know this either. to watch and take pleasure in laughing at or criticizing, an example would be people hate watch

of the atlantic center and the olympic ring where the business leaders in the city, drew an invisible line around the city. talk about that in a minute. we see visitors bureau and the university of system of georgia that give about $160 million to olympic housing. they did so under the they may give it to the poor and homeless. what becomes particular in this, much the black community saw the olympics as being ally to to take that downtown atlantic for development. what i'm saying, we are 30 years into a four year gentrification period. we're talking about the belt line. what you're about to see is going to -- i will let these words speak for themselves. she really championed the people. she will be asked question about a bond referendum. i will let her talk. >> some of the issues that you were fighting against. i'm fighting issues like imposing on people referendum. i knew it wasn't going anywhere. i told them it up with going anywhere. >> what do you think is bad about the bond referendum? >> they knew that was there before they thought about it. this is part of the olympics. you know that. all that big maynard jackson said he better go back and search again and wonder did

university professor maurice hobson talks about his book, "the legend of the black meccam politics and class in the making in which hetlanta" looks at the history of atlant'' is black community from the 1970's to the 1990's. the atlanta history center hosted this event. >> good evening. i am the president of the atlanta history center and i wanted to welcome you tonight to this lecture featuring dr. maurice hobson. this is made possible i generous support -- by generous support. dr. hobson will be discussing "the legend of the black mecca in politics and class in the making of modern -- he uses oral histories to explore the history of black atlanta. thexplores particularly poor and destitute. it tells a intra-racial history of atlanta the details class tensions in the modern era of modern urban south. book explores how ideology and the institutional nature of the black mecca factored in atlanta becoming a world-class city. dr. hobson is a associate professor of african american studies. he has cultivated a new lens for analysis cultivated the new black south which examines how policies they came out of the civil rights movement transformed the american s

university eddie glaude, jr. and joining the conversation, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. staff writer for the "atlantic natasha bertrand. reporter for the "new york times" jeremy peters and chief national correspondent for the "new york times" magazine mark leibovich. you know, mike barnicle, while we have richard haass off the set we can talk baseball since he's not going to talk about the yankees. red sox looking good this year. >> red sox are a very good team. they can use maybe one more pitcher but they'll come out of the starting blocks on thursday in tampa looking good. but it's only april. >> we're looking forward to that. eddie, on to serious news that happened yesterday, our children live in a culture where the reality tv stars are relegated to hero status, but a real hero passed away yesterday. linda brown from topeka, kansas, had a father who said, wait a second. you mean my daughter can't go to school with white kids? i don't think so. and he and his daughter together changed the arc of history and i loved her quote talking about lynn draw bro linda brown said "i looked at those steps and t

university, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfall. we will get his shot there. and here in washington, former dod official and former executive evelyn fark you s, senior fellow at the atlanticstation chief who spent five years in moscow, daniel hoffman. but first, david ignatius, i'll start with you. give us your insight of the re-election of vladimir putin and just how shocked you were. >> if ever there was an election you could have predicted six months ago, this was it. i think the question we're all wondering about -- and i want to take this to ambassador mcfall in a minute. but we now have vladimir putin in power at least until 2024. we have somebody who has become increasingly assertive and aggressive in using power. and let me ask you, ambassador mcfall, you've watched putin at very close range from our embassy in moscow. what is your own expectation about how it will behave over this next term of his presidency? do you expect any new things? continuation of the same? what would be your forecast? >> well, i hope that you'll use this electric tore -- electoral mandate to pivot reform inside russia. senior officials line, that's their line. especially on the domestic s