>> brennan: we runner now to our conversation with dr.ny fauci about mistakes made, lessons learned, and whether we'll ever crack the mysterious case of covid's origin. i want to tick through some of these to see if you agree with some of the criticisms of the public health response. the u.s. didn't have a national surveillance system. testing was inadequate, and there was a lack of data. >> right. >> brennan: you agree with that? >> yes. >> brennan: it was a deadly mistake by the c.d.c. to try to use the flu as a model, according to dr. debra birks. it meant doctors were looking for spread in the wrong places and didn't recognize asymptomatic spread. >> it was not recognizing it was spread in a very efficient way in an asymptomatic situation was really a problem, because what it did, it did not allow a testing of the asymptomatic individuals. >> brennan: and the flu model being used, why was it used? >> yeah, the c.d.c. would do that, and that's the way they looked at respiratory diseases. and it took a while to figure out that this is r

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan in washington and this week on "face the nation," 20 months into the pandemic, we'll sort out the conflicting signals on our recovery from covid and the covid economy. more and more americans are heading back to inoffice work, and the jobless rate is inching closer to pre-pandemic levels. but the broader economy is still struggling to shake off the impact of covid-19. prices are surging in sector after sector. businesses are struggling to find workers, and supply chains are tied in knots. >> the pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation. >> brennan: so what can we do about it? we'll ask treasury secretary janet yellen. then we'll ask the head of the minneapolis reserve bank neel kashkari for his perspective. plus we're starting to see the seasonal impact on covid cases, lead something states to encourage booster shots for all adults. we'll check in with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. and we'll talk with colorado governor jared polis, whose state isiest of wrestling with a new surge

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan in washington. this morning on "face the nation," we begin a week president biden said will determine the course of his presidency, and whether democrats maintain control of congress. at the g-20 summit in rome, president biden found it easier to broker agreements with other countries than his own party in congress. he ended a costly tit-for-tat with europe over steel tariffs, and brokered a plan to block corporations for shopping around the world for low tax rates. >> biden: we're going to continue together and prove to the world that democracies are taking on hard problems, delivering sound solutions. >> brennan: but significant national security challenges from adversaries like iran still resume. >> when would you like talks with iran to resume? >> brennan: dire projections for a warming planet make his next stop even more challenging as experts warn the very survival of our planet is at stake. we'll hear from secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of congress, gina raimondo. back at hom

.>> brennan: i'm margaret brennan, and this week on "face the nation," countries are racing to contain a new covid strain, and the u.s. is on high alert as experts warn it's likely already here. with much of the u.s. now vaccinated, americans seem to enjoy an almost-normal holiday, but the w.h.o. just sounded the alarm about a new concern-- omicron, a highly mutated covid variant is now in more than a dozen countries across the world, triggering new travel restrictions and sending jitters through a global economy still on the mend. >> we're going to be cautious. we don't know a lot about the variant, except that it is of great concern. it seems to spread rapidly. >> brennan: we'll bring you the latest reporting on the evolving covid pandemic, and we'll check in with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. >> my worst nightmare is something that you've just described, and, unfortunately, it's happened. >> brennan: plus, dr. anthony fauci reflects on nearly two years of the country battling coronavirus. he still has plenty he'd like to get off his chest. senator cruz told the atto

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan in washington. today on "face the nation," we'll check in on the challenges facing america as we prepare to count our blessings this thanksgiving. president biden used the time-honored tradition of the turkey pardon to celebrate the house approving his roughly $2 trillion social and environmental spending package, and the signing of his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. this year's winners, named after one of america's favorite lunches, may have escaped the thanksgiving dinner table, but not the presidential wisecracks. >> turkey is infrastructure. peanut butter and jelly are going to help build back the butterball. instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted. >> brennan: up on capitol hill, house democrats celebrated their victory on "build back better," or b.b.b. with progressives and moderates finally coming together for the win. the bill is now off to the senate where it faces a much-tougher test. will growing concerns on inflation put pressure on the party to act quickl

>> brennan: welcome back to "face the nation." the global summit is under way right now in glasgow, scotland. it is the world's latest effort to tackle the fact that the planet is getting hotter. but expectations for sus susstantive agreements are pretty low. there are serious risks that world leaders will not deliver, urging more ambition and further action. cbs news' mark phillips is there. >> reporter: there is a cloud of gloom hanging over this conference in glasgow, and it is not just the weather. to understand the pessimism, it helps to go back to those heavy optimistic days in france six years ago when the paris climate accords were signed. the warming of the planet would be kept below 2° celsius, it was agreed. preferably, it wouldn't exceed 1.5° above pre-industrial levels. the problem with paris, though, is that it was a conference about aspirations, not practicalities. how each country would reduce its own greenhouse gases was left to later, and, well, later is now and not enough has been done. >> it is all happening fa

until next week, for "face the nation," i'm margaret brennan.y media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org our app on your cell phone or conn connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening. thanks for joining us overnight. president biden begins the week with a celebration. tomorrow he is expected to sign the roughly $1 trillion bill aimed at rebuilding and improving the country's infrastructure. mr. biden will also meet with china's president in a virtual meeting. well, today as the president returned to the white house from camp david, trouble is brewing, in part due to rising economic discontent. cbs' kristina ruffini is at the white house to break down some of

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan in washington, and this week on "face the nation," president biden wound up a rough week with a big win. will it be enough to end the perception that democrats can't get anything accomplished? calling it a monumental step forward, mr. biden applauded the passage of one of his signature economic plans, a $1.2 trillion bill to update the nation's infrastructure. >> i want us to deliver. democrats, they want us to deliver. >> brennan: last tuesday's off-year election were a symbolic debacle for party, and a harbinger of potential losses in next year's midterms when control of congress is at stake. >> and the trends are unmistakable. a republican wave is under way. >> i think the one message that came across was get something done. it's time to get something done. y'all stop talking. get something done. >> brennan: but the president's social spending program, "build back better" is still the subject of intraparty haggling, unlike the bipartisan infrastructure bill, democrats who hold razor-thin margins in congress will have to go

>> brennan: welcome back to "face the nation." we want to continue our conversation with senator ted cruz. senator, just before the break, the we were talking about the importance of standing up to some of the autocrats around the world. i would be remiss if i didn't ask you about the state of our own democracy. i know you have condemned the violence on january 6. but in that book "peril" bob woodward and robert costa r-79ed detailed conversations you had with the president, donald umt that time. on january 6 and that you knew there was no congressional authority to overturn the elecion. didn't indulging the doubters damage our democracy and our standing in the world? >> well, i haven't read that particular book, and i didn't happen to have any conversations with president trump on january 6. >> brennan: didn't you talk to him as they detail-- they detail a number of conversations you had in the book with the president about challenging the election. >> i have no ea what that book says, but i did not have any conversations with hi

i love this. >> brennan: i love to have the "what does it all mean" conversation.ichmond. you heard senator kaine, their version of events. amy, are democrats just totally over-reacting here, or is there a real reason to be panicked? >> there's definitely a reason to be panicked. and some of it is historical. i think it was mark twain who says history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes. and this pattern we saw in virginia and new jersey feels very familiar because we've lived through it. we saw it in 2006. we saw it in 2010. we saw it in 2018. te party in power, especially the party in power that has both bodies of congress, goes into a midterm election or an off-off-year election like we saw in virginia and new jersey, the president is unpopular. the other side is fired up. and the party in power is not quite as inner gilesed and engaged. and you fut those three things together and you get what we have in '06, which is a blow-out election for the other party, the party not in the white house. >> another historical thing we see is after a loss like this, the

more power to them. >> brennan: quickly, how do you assess the trump factor here? is that what drove rural voter turnout? you had this sort of endorsement from afar? >> it's-- it's an interesting one. i-- i think the fact that youngkin kept trump up on the of the state proved smart because virginia's a battleground state. it's not a blue state, but virginia republicans are no dummies, and they saw trump coming a mile off. he was not a virginia republican kind of candidate, because they viewed him as kind of an antiscience know-nothing. so youngkin's decision to basically keep trump out oe state was smart. >> brennan: yeah, senator. >> the trump voters still wanted thoim win, but trump was locked on the sidelines. >> brennan: senator, i have to, unfortunately, cut you off, because i have to hit this break. thank you very much for all of your insights. and we'll talk more about this later on in the show. t ♪ ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ psoriatic arthritis, made

i'm margaret brennan, in for norah. white men were found guilty of murder for chasing down and fatally shooting a 25-year-old black man named ahmaud arbery in february 2020. those men may now spend the rest of their lives in prison. the triggerman, travis mcmichael; his father, gregory mcmichael; and their neighbor, william "roddie" bryan, claim that they suspected arbery of burglaries in their neighborhood and were attempting to make a citizen's arrest. but prosecutors argued, the men had no evidence of arbery committing any crimes, and no right to pursue him. the killing prompted georgia officials to repeal the state's citizen's arrest law, the case garnered national attention, and drew civil rights leaders to brunswick, georgia. today, president biden said, in part, "the verdict ensures that those who committed this horrible crime will be punished." cbs' omar villafranca leads off our coverage at the courthouse. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. when we first talked to ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda coope

this was one of the most important things that -- >> john brennan. maria: john brennan.notes and they were handwritten notes. we're going to show them on the screen right now. tell me what they said. >> yes. start at the beginning. when we talked about this, i talked on this show with you about many things as a member of congress but when i became the director of national intelligence, i said listen, i want to see all of the intelligence about this supposed russian collusion and what i found was, and as you're finding out, there was of course no russian collusion between the trump campaign and russia but what i did see in intelligence documents, some of which i've now declassified, that there was collusion involving the clinton campaign and russians to create a dossier and so what john brennan's notes reveal is we talk about these indictments, demchenko is the third person to be criminally indicted in connection with the steele dossier for pedaling something that was known to be false to the fbi but what's important here is john brennan's own notes reflect and the other

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.>> brennan: tonight, breaking news: a jury finds the three men accused of chasing down and killing ahmaudery guilty of murder. >> guilty. >> guilty. >> guilty. >> brennan: after less than 12 hours of deliberations, a father and son and their neighbor now facing a minimum sentence of life in prison. the emotional day in brunswick, georgia. outside the courthouse, the victim's family and a crowd of supporters celebrated the verdict, calling it justice for ahmaud arbery. toni psinteneig anksving travelers hit the roads, airports, and railways at pre-pandemic levels. but rain and snow threaten to make the trip back hom

. >>> margaret brennan, the host of face the nation says a lot is riding on this vote. >> it is basically disarray for democrats at the moment. that is hurtful to the president's message. remember, he said this was going to be the week that determined the course of his presidency, and whether democrats maintain control. >> margaret brennan will have the very latest sunday morning at 8:30 on "face the nation." >>> still ahead on kpix 5, and streaming on cbsn bay area , a bay area cop arrested. what he's accused of doing at a local pharmacy. >>> a new street drug secretly being sold to students. the parents need to know. >> these things can be really dangerous. you don't really know what is in them. >>> later, to card or not to ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> opening statements got underway in the racially charged ahmaud arbery trial in georgia. the state argues that gregory mcmichael and his son wrongly assumed ahmaud arbery, a 25- year-old black man out jogging, was a burglar

brennan runs it. a handful of students go there. i'm not going to put my kids in, uh, position where they have to walk in fear every day. the district attorney plans to appeal the judge's ruling comedian members hope that decision is overturned in the santa cruz mountains. i'm azenith smith ktvu, fox two news. new at 11. there has been a smash and grab robbery at a jewelry store in the east bay iceberg diamonds at sun valley mall in concord was targeted at about 7 30 tonight, police say nine people dressed in black and wearing masks and hoodies, grab the stores jewelry after smashing open display cases with hammers. employees were inside the store at the time, but no one was hurt. police say by the time officers arrived the thieves that already taken off there is no suspect or vehicle information at this time, but investigators are now looking at security video. bill how about to sign a law is truth that despite the cynics democrats, republicans can come together and deliver results. we can do this today. president biden signed a $1

who brennan report it's fast becoming the nightmare before christmas. with much of the planet still battling the resurgence of the delta very into cove it 19. the new omicron variant is spreading. countries of scrambling to close their borders to travelers from the south of africa where on chrome was 1st identified family gatherings in winter. holidays are in jeopardy, not to mention the potential global economic impact main concern. i'm not going to get back to england for full full. i am tomorrow morning, which is the few more and more likely. and i feel very sad for the people here as well. going back on the read list again, and who knows for how long not being able to see family in europe after one confirmed case in belgium, cases have been found in germany and the czech republic. the netherlands is still conducting tests for army kron. among the $61.00 covey positive passengers who arrived at amsterdam ship alt airport on friday. and there are now confirmed cases in the u. k. all of them connected to recent travel in southern africa. previously acc

that's now gone up to $294.00 pull brennan reports now from dover on inland south coast. seeing these migrant boats close here in a honda. it is easy to see just how inevitable wednesday's loss of life was. the $6.00 to $8.00 meet the inflatable simply on designs to cross the treacherous waters of the english channel. but what was left foreseeable was how the initial political consensus that there needs to be closer cooperation between france and england to prevent these crossings happening has fallen apart in the space of just 3 days. britain's proposals included, for example, putting british police and potentially army on french beaches to help the french patrol that stretch of coastline. but the french had been resisting that for the previous 2 days. so when bonus johnson formerly requested joint patrols, the reaction from the french was exasperation. gdcp was good. i spoke 2 days ago with prime minister barak johnson in a serious manner. but on my end, i seek to continue doing as i do with any country in any head of states. i am surprised by methods and they are not s

have been isolated after arriving there from south africa, which 1st identified the variant poll brennan as more it's fast becoming the nightmare before christmas with much of the planet still battling a resurgence is a delta very into cobra. 19 the new on the chrome variant is spreading countries a scrambling to close their borders to travelers from the south of africa, where on the chrome was 1st identified family gatherings in winter. holidays are in jeopardy, not to mention the potential global ex mc impact. main concern and nothing gets i think the full full i am tomorrow morning, which is a few more and more likely. and i feel very sad for the people here as well. going back on the list again and who knows for how long not being able to see family in europe after one confirmed case in belgium. cases have been found in germany and the czech republic. the netherlands is still conducting tests for alma cron. among the 61 covey positive passengers who arrived at amsterdam ship all at port on friday. and there are now confirmed cases in the u. k. all of them connected to recent travel i

that does have cross party consensus is the sense that johnson has brought all this upon himself. po brennan, al jazeera, westminster, a former u. s. president donald trump's long term advisor, steve bannon has pleaded not guilty to obstructing a congressional probe into the january 6 capital riot. he's charged with defying a request to give evidence to a u. s. house panel. bannon was charged last week by a federal grand jury. he is bound to fight it says the prosecution is a politically motivated attack. against him. a u. s. judge has sentenced arrived at a 41 munson prison for his role in the attack on the capital building. back in january, jacob charles lee gave himself the nickname, the shaman, for the horned head dress he wore prosecutors asked for a hot sentence to set an example. chancellor pleaded guilty to participating in the storming of the senate to try and stop the certification of president jo biden's election with the body of a man has been found in an exclusion zone around and erupt in volcano. when the spanish island of la palmer, it's believe the 72 year old died. when the

i speak to paul brennan. he is in dover in the united kingdom. what is the situation where you are well, the situation in practical terms here at dover is that we know of 2 boats that arrived early this morning, carrying around 40 refugees and migrants. and they have been taken and are being processed and will be taken on to that next destination down the chain. as far as we know that haven't been any other attempted crossings to day, the weather looks benign. it might say, look benign to you with the sunshine, but it's bitterly cold and hovering around 3 degrees centigrade at with the wind, chill and out in the center. the english channel, the swell of ways is a moderate c, as they say, it's around 2 and a half meters, the waves, and would be a very fierce currents in the center of the english channel. and the onshore wind, a head wind, essentially for migrants heading in this direction. it's not the optimum conditions . that said, weather is going to get worse towards the weekend. so the window of opportunity for migrants and refugees to try to

the precautionary restrictions will likely meet push back the whole brennan al jazeera, the south african government is complaining about the way it's been treated since identifying omicron part of a foreign ministry statement reads like this. this latest round of travel bands is akin to punishing south africa for its advanced geno mac sequencing and the ability to detect new variance quicker. excellent science should be applauded, not punished for me. the miller reports now from johannesburg, while the south african governments urged people not to panic, many or worried, especially as some continue to rush to leave south africa. my family generally as a whole, is ready, deflated by the entire situation. disappointed not feeling as though wishing catch a break, we haven't seen each other. the 3 as many have struggled through a slump of the economy because of previous travel bands and lock downs. and the now uncertain about how the new army cron variant will affect them. some been civil leveling and, and then let's go and get vaccinated, especially people my age so we can protect ourselves

emma brennan is from abta, the association of british travel agents.at you are hearing a lot of concern from your sector. well, we understand, from the point of view of the government, but public health is the number one priority. we have an evolving situation and they are taking the steps they feel that are necessary to protect the vaccination programme but that is having a knock—on effect on passengers coming back from those countries who have now been moved to the red less. in countries who have now been moved to the red less-— the red less. in terms of the feedback — the red less. in terms of the feedback you're _ the red less. in terms of the feedback you're getting - the red less. in terms of the feedback you're getting at l the red less. in terms of the i feedback you're getting at the moment, when it comes to this initial, getting passengers back before the deadline comes in, what are you hearing from travel operators? are you hearing from travel operators?— are you hearing from travel operators? are you hearing from travel 0 erators? , ., , .,

that is indeed pull brennan at that for us in london. and just to repeat it, that's nice. coming in just in the last few seconds, the u. k. help minister has fed bet cases linked trace to the southern african nie variance a have been found in the united kingdom. the latest coven 19 very might disrupt the global economy. just as it was starting to show signs of recovery. knees of the oma, calling the very and had an immediate impact on the wall street stalks and treasure yields sank on friday. it led to the biggest oil price drops since the pandemic began. europe's biggest economy, germany was already struggling to recover before a 4th wave hit and grew by just 1.7 percent in july. the global supply chain could also face huge setbacks as several countries impose restrictions on lock downs, father disrupting manufacturing and shipping. and there are indications, interest rates could rise in the coming months. julian tang is a clinical the religious on, on the re associate professor at the department of the respiratory sciences at the university of lesta. he says there's an u

update our pool brennan in dover, the deputy head to of sedans, governing council of told out to 0 that last month's military takeover was the best option. is woods to start what he calls a spiraling crisis. general mohammed handed thou got the gallow also known as him. betty says the movers discussed with all parties and that includes the prime minister of de la hancock from hitting over here. what's happened on october 25th was the ultimate outcome of a long process. since that changes started in sudan during such process. many discussions were made. and many initiatives were proposed by various parties, the prime minister himself proposed to initiative. and during our meetings and the transitional partners council or the sovereignty council, with the cabinet of ministers, we made maximum effort. but we couldn't reach a breakthrough. at that point, we were left with 3 options in the best of which was the move we had taken. who was, it was completely agreeable to the prime minister himself of the work. we did not make such a move on our own. they said with russell said, i've been speak

k. poll brennan is in dover, reporting for us there. and on the right hand side of your screen, as we said, pretty patel home secretary from the u. k. government, she has said this crisis demonstrates we need to do more together with international partners, but she says there's no quick fix. and what happened yesterday was a dreadful shock, but not a surprise. at least 11 people have been killed after a fire broke out in a mine in russia's siberia region. emergency services did rescue more than 200 people who were trapped down. dozens of others were injured. rescue efforts have been stalled because of the threat of an explosion. his war from bernard smith in moscow. the rescue operation ongoing, although the rescues of being hampered by the risk of a further explosion, we know 9 people have been killed and 46 remain trapped on the ground. now there were $285.00 underground at the time of the accident. so most of those have been brought to the surface and alive. there isn't much more information on what's happening at the moment. this mi

these 2 countries, so close geographically, remained so very far apart on this thorny issue pull brennan al jazeera dover. all migration is the only issue between the u. k and france. french fishermen have blocked ports and ferry traffic across the english channel. andrew simmons reports from the french ports of cali, the day of proteins started after boat supplied stormy seas to reach french ports. just before they arrived. some fairies made sure they left port ahead of time. the trawlers maneuvered to set up blockades. the main one here in cali, each protest lasted only one and a half hours, half a dozen boats here, but enough to stop ferries from entering or leaving the harbor. one french police patrol boat was there throughout. the dispute is about post bricks. it rules on licenses for the french to fish in u. k. waters on that other boys. what we're waiting for from parish johnson is the him to unblock the deal that he himself signed nothing more, at least then the fisherman will be able to continue working together. right now it's blocked. some of the fishing protested, say the u.

let's go to paul brennan, in london for his whole pool. first of all, how are authorities in austria going to enforce this new role? well, you had from chancellor the new chance, like down the schellenberg that he's clearly determined to get a grip of the situation in austria, there will be on the spot checks by police. essentially, if you are outside of your house and you get stopped by the police, you will have to show an essential reason for you to be out of the house if you're unvaccinated, or you'll be having to show a vaccine kind of passport, some kind of record that you've had the to corona virus inoculations that you would have had to be fully vaccinated. the chancellor is clearly frustrated. australia has a big problem. it has 3 times the infection rates of neighboring germany on saturday . it had an old time high of infect. daily infections of 13000 and that's the population of just a 1000000. well 99000000 actually. and the problem is that the take up a vaccinations in australia has been studied the low, they rank about 17th in

thank he, let's go live now to po brennan, who's in london for us. pull this news of this new there in is arriving on the scene as europe is already seeing. big increases in cases are locked down like in the netherlands as a result of the delta variance. i wonder how the news of this new variance is going to go down. well, with huge alarm, certainly among health professionals and senior politicians, as you say, the, the european continent has been struggling, frankly, as the winter has approached and people start huddling in doors, it was always predicted that the winter would mean a spike in cases a. but we're talking about cases of the did the delta variance, not this new variant that's on the horizon. so as you say, we've got a new lock down in the netherlands. austria is now in the midst of its 1st 10 day locked down, expected to be extended to 20 days. germany and switzerland are also resisting locked downs, but they're seeing big increases in the, in the data. here in the u. k, we had in excess of 50000 new infections just in the 24 hours of fr

. >> now joining us at tv author philip magnus is the co-authoro- with jason brennan of this book, cracks in the ivory tower. i'm in a comments at the exit institute for economic research but. >> have you been in academia before, i spent ten years teaching college all over the united states. what was your experience like? many positive things have come out of it. my immediate take on it just as a normal business operation hefirst thing is the way universities marketlv themselves to students. if you go to any university in america they present themselves you are going to get a world-class education and open up all sorts of possibilities. they are promising high and mighty things but every student that comesry to their system is going to get. when you actually work out a result of what's coming out of the university system is a range of degrees some of them are not worth the money you are paying for so students are leaving with massive amounts of debt with very little in the way of job prospects. see university administrators trying to get more money or more time out of students. >> is this

.>> brennan: i'm margaret brennan, and this week on "face the nation," countries are racing to containm to enjoy an almost-normal holiday, but the w.h.o. just sounded the alarm about a new concern-- omicron, a highly mutated covid variant is now in more than a dozen countries across the world, triggering new travel restrictions and sending jitters through a global economy still on the mend. >> we're going to be cautious. we don't know a lot about the variant, except that it is of great concern. it seems to spread rapidly. >> brennan: we'll bring you e

. ♪♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author or phillip magness, co-author with jason brennanthis book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what do you do for a living? >> i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academiaia before? >> guest: i have. i spent about ten years teaching college at george mason university, american university and berry college, all over the united states. >> host: and what was your experience like? >> guest: well, it was an interesting environment, to put it hidely. many -- mildly. many good things came out of it both in terms of colleges that i worked with and b the research that i did, but i also got a .look at behind the scenes with what happens with the way a university runs. >> host: and what did you find? >> guest: well, my immediate take on it is, you know, the we judge the the university just as a normal business operation, there are things that happen in universities that would make something like enron look ethical by comparison. >> the first thing is the weight univer

come on more with poll brennan, following the story from the british coastal town of dover. i and others politics involved in everything pole but 27 people died in the channel and many more probably will as well try to make that crossing and yet politic seems to be taking over that indeed. and it from wednesday, when these 27 people drowned in that stretch of water over to my right hand, left hand side that had been caused for closer cooperation between britain and france. and frankly, they have fallen apart as a result of the fact that britain and france at the moment, frankly, just don't get on. and there is also question marks about the way the british have attempted to push their particular preferred solution. on the french, it was very early on wednesday evening, but at present macklin, boris johnson had a telephone conversation together. on thursday, the suggestion was being made by the british side. the joint patrols could be made with british police and army on the french beaches, supporting the french police and to stop the boats, putting out to sea that was mention

come on, pull. brennan are following the source in the british coastal town of dover. mean pull. you would hope that humanity would chum politics, but at this point it seems political deadlock is thea, the top story. almost indeed nothing. quintanilla needs. just be careful about the nuance here as well. it's not that francis could as cancel the meeting with britain . the meeting is going to go ahead on sunday this meeting, this gathering of france, belgium, the netherlands, and the european commission. it will go ahead. it was initially supposed to have the u. k there at the table, but france has essentially disinvite it uninvited. the british home secretary, pretty patel, because of this row over the way that boris johnson has gone about publicizing via social media. that the letter that he wrote to president micron on thursday night. you heard there the exasperation of president micron, saying this is not how we conduct diplomatic business. and what it seems is that britain is always trying to bounce france into allowing a go into accepting the proposals that britain wants to

>> my understanding is that there is already a building permit application filed for the 598 brennantreet even though we have not studied the constructions . >> commissioner and if you don't mind the building has been demoed at 598 brennan so the site is great at this point in terms of consideration of light and air. >> i don't know if that's a concern to the other commissioners . it feels like when we are approving a project that's dependent on an adjacent development and that is likely but not guaranteedto go forward , how that affects our thinking ofthis project so i love the other commissioners to weigh in on this . it's been demoed so at least there's light and air there but certainly not the development yet and the second question is so your mezzanine. is it only accessible by stairs, not later, is that accurate?>> this is mark again.the mezzanine is accessible by stairs with any unit. the roof deck above would be accessible by stairs and an elevator. >> staff have explained previously to me that you're proposing this to be a mezzanine rather than a new floor because of certain