have a safer united states in the long run. >> the project is the cost of war project out of brown university's watson institute. if you want to check it out, watson.brown.edu/costsofwar. neta crawford is the co-director of that project. also a political science professor at boston university. appreciate your time this morning. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. "new congress-new leaders." watch it live on c-span starting january 3rd. >>> this week on "the communicators," california attorney general xavier becerra on monitoring california's $385 billion technology industry. >> general becerra, are the googles and facebooks of the world too big in your view? >> i think you can look at the companies that are becoming very large and wonder if they're getting to the point where we have to take a closer look, but because the internet is a different animal, we used to deal in widgets. now we deal in digits. and so it's a very different thing. one you could always touch, the other's

discernible long term battle plan like the war on terror according to the latest report from brown university is cost of war project currently the war on terror is cost the u.s. more than six trillion dollars and conservatively caused almost half a million deaths around the world with the american public kept in the dark about these current cost casualties in the facts what happens when the citizens are properly informed on the actual real costs of war well recently when pollsters informed about a thousand americans of those brown university numbers i just spoke of and asked first if u.s. elites improperly exploited nine eleven for game more than thirty four percent said they most certainly dead and when the pollsters pollo it up and asked us leaders and asked of us leaders who backed the global war on terror should be prosecuted thirty four percent once again said yes they should be now imagine imagine just how those percentages might actually climb a pyre if the rest of the mainstream media practiced would we do an end every given night and start watching the hawks. to. get the. real deal w

discernible long term battle plan like the war on terror according to the latest report from brown university is cost of war project currently the war on terror is cost the u.s. more than six trillion dollars and conservatively caused almost half a million deaths around the world with the american public kept in the dark about these current cost casualties in the facts what happens when the citizens are properly informed on the actual real costs of war well recently when pollsters informed about a thousand americans of those brown university numbers i just spoke of and asked first if u.s. elites improperly exploited nine eleven for game more than thirty four percent said they most certainly dead and when the pollsters palos up and asked us leaders and asked of us leaders who backed the global war on terror should be prosecuted thirty four percent once again said yes they should be now imagine imagine just how those percentages might actually climb a pyre if the rest of the.

adoption and economic and with the wharton school of bachelor's degree of public policy from brown university. >> i will stay here because i have some slides. thank you to the helsinki commission a little bit about and those to share with people on the hill and their families and their communities. and with that national organization i am not very educated to hear about norway and other countries while we have a long way to go we have learned a lot in the health care system and in the merger as they are removed their home product to a residential facility and treated it over the 32 year history through collecting data on the children and families that we serve a lot of these kids did not do very well because they didn't treat the whole family to serve the children in their home family. and then to have to be removed from their homes in the first place. and then in their communities to be stable and then don't bounce back and forth. >> and with that to believe we have learned from our experience and the impact for every child and with those states that we operate in those that are provided and

she was the first female president of brown university from 2001 to 2012. she is now the president of a historically black university in texas, impeccable scholarly s e credentials, impeccable civil rights and human rights credentials. in her very first convocation as president brown in 2001 they were already having these battles she said, you know, education -- this is in response the claims that we have got to be comfortable and any idea that makes us uncomfortable has to be censors. way back then, she said i believe that education at its best is the anti-thesis of comfort. so if you come here for comfort -- she is speaking outside, she says go through yon iron gate. but if you believe in fighting for your dignity and equality and that of your community and the world, then stay. [ applause ] >> thank you all so much for a great panel. and nadine, i'll jewish too, and conservative jewish, i hate to break it to you, but i don't think you are on the liberal side anymore. classic liberal is nowhere near what liberals used to be anymore. they are just not. for

administrators at ivy league colleges were specially preoccupied in february 1898 brown university had a conference focused on a discussion of questions arising out of intercollegiate contest with objectionable features connected with them which silicates through columbia princeton and the university of pennsylvania i will just read the names of those again. you can get a clear sense of who made the rulebook. >> they're not sending too many people cornell dartmouth university of pennsylvania agreed on the set of eligibility or core requirements to advance the idea that remains most of enduring and controversial aspect no student should be paid for athletics the market forces prevailed giving college football just one after the brown conference with the rulebook unable to find weight and muscle columbia's head football coach resorted to hiring ringers they tried to pin the scandal on the departing coach but then said with his unprecedented coaching salary with that unexpected pressure that came with it and the virus of the game that nearly destroyed him. there are renewed discussions ab

holds an mba in marketing from the wharton school and a bachelor's degree in public policy from brown university. miss foster. ms foster: thank you. okay. i'm going to stay here because i have some slides. good morning. thank you for having me and i think it's on. it's on right now. okay. i thank the helsinki commission for inviting me and my colleagues here also speaking today. i'm going to share a little bit about what through the history of youth villages with children and families what are things we have learned to share with folks on the hill, to share with the field, about what types of interventions and approaches are effective at keeping children safe and stable in their families and in their communities. youth villages is a national organization in the u.s. and it's been -- i'm not very educated about what happens outside the united states. it was interesting to hear about norway and other countries. while we have a long way go in the united states, we have learned and evolved a lot in the child welfare and foster care system in the past several decades. the villages was founded in 1986

she holds an mba and a bachelors degree in public policy from brown university. ms. foster? >> thank you. i'm going to stay here. i have some slides. good morning, thank you for having me and i think it is on. okay. thanks the helsinki commission for inviting me and my colleagues here to speak today. i want to share a little bit about what youth villages in the history of the villages working with children and families. what are some things we have learned, to share with folks on the hill. share with the field about what types of interventions and approaches are effective at keeping children safe and stable in their families and in their community. it is a national organization in the u.s. and it has been, i'm not very educated about what happens outside of the united states, is really interested to hear about norway and other countries and while we have a long way to go in the united states, we have learned a lot and evolved a lot in the child welfare and foster care system. in the past several decades. this started in 1986 as a merger of two residential programs. programs

he was a graduate of brown university. he's also might than a lawyer. working in the year 2000. for he filed a federal lawsuit in march 2000 claiming that teacher led pledge of allegiance one nation under god harm his daughter. in the elementary school. he argued the state run which will proclaim the existence of god and was thus an unconstitutional prohibition of an establishment of religion he had never married and are not living together. the girl's mother described herself as a born-again christian he was himself a jewish atheist. at the time of the suit the child's mother had sole custody of the daughter. the district court dismissed the case in 2001. that appealed to the ninth circuit court of appeals which sits in san francisco. in june 2002 to the nation's amazement they agreed to do one but agreed to the one that it was indeed an unconstitutional sponsorship of religion in violation of the first amendment to asks begins to recite under god as part of the pledge. no sooner had the ruling been publicized and every politician in america race to appear on television to deno

doron weber is a rhodes scholar, oxford and brown university as is all a matter -- alma maters. someone with his educational pedigree would go on to be a long serving executive of one of our most recognized nonprofits is no surprise but doron weber is also a man of the world. how many individuals in his position have worked as a teacher, tutor, taxidriver, busboy, and boxer? doron weber spend time at the rockefeller institute, the oldest biomedical research institute in the united states. he is a man of arts and letters, published writer, whose books including nonfiction science book about keeping our blood supply safe, the 2012 memoir immortal bird which made the washington post notable work of nonfiction. doron weber is no stranger to the beautiful suffering that is the steadfast companion of everyone who does turn the voice in their head into words on a page. doron weber is a man of facts but also someone who knows fact alone are not enough to kindle the human imagination. facts alone are not enough to create empathy. or to provoke action. but when facts, scientific facts, te

brown university hosted a conference focused on quote - the discussion of questions arising out of intercollegiate contests and the objectionable features connected with them. which drew delegates from columbia, cornell, dartmouth, harvard, princeton and university of pennsylvania. i'll read the names of the schools again so that you can get a clear sense of who it was that made the college football rulebook. >> ryan fitzpatrick aside out that they're sending too much people to the nfl these days. >> columbia, cornell, dartmouth, harvard princeton and university pennsylvania prayed they decided on a set of eligibility requirements known as the providence rules. they advanced and i did remains the most enduring and controversial aspects of college sports. it is obvious they wrote in a report that no student should be paid for his athletics. market forces prevailed however, given college football is first cheating scandal just one year after the brown conference gave it a rulebook. desperate to beat rival skill yale and unable to find 11 quote - men of weight and muscle among these university 2100 m

in february 1898, brown university hosted a conference focused on quote, the discussion of questions right out of intercollegiate contests and the objectionable features connected with them, end quote, which could delegates in columbia, cornell, dartmouth, harvard, princeton and university of pennsylvania. i'll just read the names of those schools again so you can get a clear sense of who was that made the college football rulebook. >> ryan fitzpatrick aside, i don't think there's any too many people to be an adult he stays. >> these delegates agreed on a set of eligibility requirements known as a providence rules and the advanced an idea the remains among the most enduring and controversial aspects of college sports. it is obvious they wrote in the report that no student should be paid for his athletics here the market forces prevailed however giving college football its first cheating scandal just one year after the brown conference gave it the rulebook they're desperate to be rival school yale and unable to find 11 quote meant of weight and muscle, among his universities 2100 male

state, and she was a student at brown university. and she grew up in upstate new this sort of different backgrounds and perspective and i realized her ingenuity, her creativity, her strength and her passion for the cause, and i learned so much from her. and then 10 years after that, as a member of congress, i invited her in between her law school classes. she thought i was trying to ask for free legal advice. she had, with coaching from her husband, a really set answer on how she could not, because she had not passed the bar yet, give me legal advice. much less free legal advice. and when she came in, sat down, she put her book bag down, wearing a pair of jeans, i said, well, i'd like to hire you as my chief staff. and she says, i didn't interview for it and i'm not sure i want it. and after she had a conversation with her husband, and some, you know, negotiation, she became my chief of staff and my world as a member of congress changed much for the better. but i'm not the only one that parker has had an impact on as a member of cong

in my book, one of the running characters comes here right before college, goes to brown university,in the new york finance industry, but is struggling to get the h-1b approval. party because the two roommates had won the lottery that year and were able concerned -- secure about their employment future. host: about 10 minutes left with bill kerr of the harvard business school. yout of callers waiting for . william from minneapolis. independent. caller: i'm just listening to mr. kerr. i live in minnesota. we have a lot of major companies here, even the major retailers like best buy, target. they import a lot of foreign talent here. to be honest, i think america is really focusing on the immigrants coming across the border, the mexicans taking the low-paying jobs. the real threat to american jobs is the h-1b visas. these people overstay their visas. mr. kerr knows this but he will not touch on it. theyoverstay their visas, sent for their family members, and they don't go back to their home countries. these companies are immigrating these people over here and sponsoring these workers, a

brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. >> (clapping.) >> i have a very good team around me we're leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously th

jessica: george brown junior served the people of southern california for 35 years in the u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at its political papers and learn about his legislative legacy. george brown was a congressman who served the southern california for 34 years, most of it in the inland empire. it is sort of a geographical area that makes up parts of riverside and san bernardino counties which is inland southern california. about an east of los angeles and hour maybe an hour or two north of the border. it used to be mainly agricultural, but now it is a lot of urban and cities, mainly riverside and san bernardino. he was first elected to congress in 1963 for the 29th district, which was actually serving parts of east los angeles. and he served until 1970 when he decided to run for senate in california. he lost the primary in that election. so he had to take a little bit of a break from congress. but then when i district opened in the inland empire that was near his childhood home, he decided to run for congress again in 1973. and he has been serving ser

jeffrey brown recently spoke th princeton university professor elaine pagels at the miami book fair aboutnew it's a personal story of faith overcoming tragedy. >> what is this book? how do you describe submit because you are a well-known for scholarlyks, this is something different. >> this is something i never thought i would do. and i don't think there is a genre for it. some people call it memoir because it is first person but't it really isust that. i didn't want to do just that. >> yes. >> i wanted tnterweave the life and the work and show how the work comes out of very specific issues, and just talking very mh in a personal way. >> that's why i ask because it is memoir like. >> very muco,h i always have written history and i love to do that it has been really fun and i am still doing it, but this was an attempt to go back and deal with issues that h to deal with personally, you know,. >> yes. >> personal losses that had up so intensely that i couldn't deal with them at the time.an the way that they are really a part of the story. >> part of the story in your early years is of you co

brown. among the issues discussed were pris reform, education, alternate universes, superman,s. and flying cent trump in the oval office. >> hello. thank you all for joining us today for this importantsc sion that's in no way a publicity stunt. this is a serious, priva conversation between three friends, plus 50 reporters with i'm proud to welcome kanye west. yeezus, yandhi, yaddam ysein. an amazing guy. thank you for coming, kanye. >> yeah, that's right.in i flew here the power of this hat. >> that's terrific. we've also got hall of fame running ck and civil-rights advocate, jim brown. not many people know he was a great lacrosse player. how are you feeling, jim? >> already pretty nervous. t >> the are great, dear friends of mine, a couple real meicago types, if you know what

here's a little bit of the university president responding to this. >> harvard, yale, princeton, browne schools were founded by preachers and evangelists and that is a long tradition in this country and she shows that when making comments like that. >> not sure why a school is automatically discredited when there was a basis of evangelical christianity at its founding at the mention of white supremacy as well. >> to suggest you can't be a christian and an intellectual at the same time is not only demeaning and intolerant but contrary to history and jerry's right. look at harvard university, found that 6 years after the puritans landed in massachusetts as a christian school. in the student handbook it says, quote, the chief end of life is to know jesus christ, the foundation of all true knowledge and in fact 92% of the first 138 colleges in our country were started as christian schools and look at the great scientists and thinkers, pascal or isaac newton or louis pasture, these were all men of faith and believe god created the world in such a way that it could be studied and learned fro

. >> george brown junior serve the people of southern california for 35 years in the u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at its political papers and learn about its latest just legislative legacy. i am what the congressman who served the southern california area for 34 years, most of it in the inland and -- inland empire. the inland area -- and power mix of riverside and san bernardino which is in southern california. about one hour east of los angeles and may be an amber or two north of the border. -- maybe an hour or two north of the border. mainly riverside and san bernardino. he was first elected to congress ,n 1963 for the 29th district which was serving parts of east los angeles. he served until 1970 when he decided to run for senate in california. he lost the primary in that election. he had to take a little bit of a break from congress. he decided to run for congress again in 1973. he served the inland empire continuously since then until he passed away in 1999. i think these kinds of collections are really important to learn about history. note

. >> brown: more on the mission and its significanc we turned to howard mccurdy of american university expert on space policy, and author of "space and the american imagition." welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: born of cold-war pressures and a rush to move quickly. >> this is the crucial battle in the cold war which will be fought on technological grounds, and the battle from the soviets' perspective is can they get to the moon before the united states gets to the moon, ando they have rograms underway, one to circle the moon and the .ther to land on the moon they are very much in the competition that fall before the christmas flight. >> but the u.s. decision is to rush forward quickly. what kind risks didhat entail. >> the apollo fire two years elderrier that took the lives of three astronauts completely scrambled the flight schedule to get the americans to the moon, and the two largest risks were the saturn five rocket had never been flown with astronauts and the previous test flight which was unmanned wa a falure. so they were flying a failedfo vehicl the first time with astronauts on

roommate in the university of tennessee called and said he had a friend who was thinking of public service and wondered if i would talk to him. jimmy is now the owner of the cleveland browns. when they first knew each other according to corker they spent a lot of time sitting on the roof of the fraternity house at the university of tennessee drinking beer. nevertheless bob corker and i walked up and down the beach at hilton head, south carolina for what must've been an hour and a half. in his typical bob corker way, he was weighing all sides of the issue. and went for the united states senate, should i run for governor of tennessee which might be better suited to somebody with his executive background. he ran for the united states senate in 1994 which would have been a very good year for republican to do that with one exception. he had a primary and he was defeated by a doctor who had never before been involved in politics. some people centered amount to frisk for these two rookies running against each other in a primary, spend more of his money to be corker, corker -- in any event he came here and served as majority leader of the united states senate. that doesn't slow b

well, we can speak now to doctor natasha hammond—browning, who's a senior lecturer in law at the university us first of all, how significant this operation has been? for any woman who is considering a uterus transplant in the future because the birth to date has been from living donors but by having a donation from a deceased donor that has successfully or resulted in a live birth is opening up resulted in a live birth is opening up the number of potential donors and should hopefully then increase the opportunities available for women who might be in need of a donated uterus. is is women who might be in need of a donated uterus. isis still a risky operation to undergo or have a womb transplanted from a dead donor? yes, it's certainly not without risks, there are studies to do determine if there are studies to do determine if there is long—term risk involved, and with the transplant like this, it is about improvement of quality of life rather than life saving purposes. so it's a donation, an organ donated just for a short period of time, so around five yea rs. period of time, so around five

universities. they are not necessary to perpetuate the stereotypes. . >> time for a more questions. . >> now brown is in the middle of another controversy of gender do story but that leads to my larger question are there any organizations social scientist or hard scientist that are worried enough about the trend to speak up because of what they see happening to research discipline? we make you would think. the american association to have panels galore with the sciences gender discrimination very few are willing and ucla has the requirement with the incoming faculty applicant has to fill out a form and of diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minorities. ucla would rather prioritize a professor's diversity contribution than science we could hope there is an approach to be set out but to my friends that are engineers. half of the engineering department that every faculty search is reckless putting the competitive edge at risk because generous philanthropist inevitably the measure for their programs how many students are going to college? that's not necessarily a good idea it turns out the mor

brown and i lived through this experirience. i was there as a college student . amy: at ththe universityf wiscsconsin. >> d dairy had gone e to high sl there. or me it was having experienced that very intense antiwar movement that changed my life. i really felt we had lived through a storyy that had to be preserved. itit had to be put on film becae i think k that is s the best wa- there is no book you can read that will give you the same sense of that tenure experience in madison. think the e best way to tell that story was to usese our community as a a microcosm of te whole periodod. every single thing that had happened anywhere in the country happen in madison. from the very first antiwar demonstration in 1963 wororrieso the protesters wearing suits and tities to four years later weree will see a clip may be of f the demonstration and then as things got more intense after kent state -- john amy: let's go to the dow demonstration. ththis is october 18, 1967.. of the most important demonstrations ever. the university inviteded the makers of napalm, that horriblee weapon of war that shoul

george brown junior served the people of southern california for 35 years in the u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at his political papers and learn about his legislative legacy. >> george brown was a congressman who served the southern california area for 34 years, most of it in the inland empire. the inland empire is part of a geographical area that makes up parts of riverside and san bernardino counties, which is inland southern california, about an hour east of los angeles and may be an hour north of the border. it used to be mainly an agricultural community. now it is a lot of urban and cities. he was first elected to congress in 1963, to the 29th district, which was serving parts of east los angeles. he served until 1970, when he decided to run for senate in california. he lost the primary in that election. so he had to take a break from congress. but then, when a district opened in the inland empire, which was in his childhood home, he decided to run for congress 1973, and he served the inland empire continuously until he passed away in 1999

former prime ministers, labour's gordon brown and the conservativejohn major, both warned of dire consequences if the roll—out continued unchanged. and one mp said universalt was pushing women in his area into prostitution. it is not going as well as we are told in the house of commons, where some women are taking to the red light district for the first time. might she come to birkenhead and meet those women's organisations and the police, who are worried about women's security being pushed into this position? perhaps he could tell these ladies that now we've got record job vacancies. 830,000 job vacancies and perhaps there are otherjobs on offer. esther mcvey, who later became one of an increasing handful of ministers to quit the government over brexit. now, the speaker, john bercow, told friends he plannned to stand down in the summer after ten years in thejob. the news emerged a day after a fiercely critical report on the failure of high level figures in parliament to deal adequately with bullying, including sexual harassment, of staff members at westminster. i firmly believe that the only possible way to resolve this matter is the establishment of a b

. >> brown: a formfessional ballet dancer, cuan now dances robots, doing research a ph.d. student in mechanical engineering at stanford university i move with robots in my research, and mytic work th about how those movements can control robots or change human behavior and human conceptions of themselves. >> brown: the idea: when robots are taught graceful movements, they become less intimidating and me approachable, even friendly-- important traits, as humans interact with them more and more. >> right now, we have incredible hyperbolic overwhelming sense of fear of robotsn the media. >> brown: and taking over the world, taking over jobs, taking over everything? >> right. d that fear is very real for so many people. and i thinthe fear is absolutely legitimate, but it's why we need artists and people from humanities ckgrounds to help re-frame what robots can and will be in society. >> brown: no surprise that at stanford, ground zerfor silicon valley's higher ed-high tech connection, tsthe big major by far is computer science. students here, as elsewhere these days, want their studies to lead to high-paying jobs, immediately. >> i

. >> brown: day, dunya mikhail continues to teach arabic to young students aoakland university, a large public institution in southeast michigan. in her classes, she instills a sense of culture as well as language.co and inues to write her poetry, some of which also appears" "the beekeeper." in her new work, rather than translating her poetry from arabic to english as in the past, she's writing in both languages. a it kind of mirrors you,a writer, maybe as an exile, everything is dual. your life, you have ¡here' and the ¡there'. >> brown: dunya mikhail's next volume of poetry is due next summer. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in sterling heights, michigan. >> brangham: and that's the newshour for tonight.ia i'm wibrangham. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin >> kevin! >> kevin. >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> and with the ongoing supportt se institutions >> this program was made possible by the co

jessica: george brown junior served the people of southern california for 35 years in the u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at its political papers and learn about his legislative legacy. george brown was a congressman who served the southern california for 34 years, most of it in the inland empire.

universities to offer the pill on campus. the governor elect will consider the measure after governor jerry brown vetoed a similar proposal laterone on the screen up to 10 weeks. oregon is a step closer to legalizing psychedelic mushrooms, attorney general reducing penalties for making and possessing so-called magic mushrooms. they hope together enough signatures to put the initiative on the 2020 ballot. rob: college kids want to go to oregon now. the supreme court set to hear a case challenging an exemption for the double to pretty rule that prevents defendants from being charged in state and federal court. that ruling may impact whether or not a pardon from donald trump could keep his former campaign chairman out of jail. >> very said what happened to paul, the way he is treated. i've not offered any pardons and i think they ask or whatever, would you. i'm not taking anything off the table. heather: joining me is kendall coffee, thanks for coming on this morning. i got to learn a lot about the legal system. the fifth amendment prevents you being charged with double jeopardy but the supreme court case changed that so if it is

university responding to this. >> she needs to study her history. harvard, yale, princeton, browne ivy league schools were founded by preachers and evangelists, and that is a long tradition in this country. she just shows her ignorance by making comments like that. >> shannon: i'm not sure what a school is automatically attempted to be discredited because there was a basis of evangelical christianity at its founding. in the mansion and throw-in a white supremacy as well. >> to suggest that you can't be christian and an intellectual at the same time is not only demeaning and intolerant, it is just contrary to history. jerry is right, look at harbor university, founded six years after the puritans landed in massachusetts. it was founded as a christian school. in fact, in the student handbook it says, "the chief end of life is to know jesus christ, the foundation of all true knowledge." in fact, 92% of the first 138 colleges in our country were started as christian schools. look at the great science and thinkers, whether it is wayne pascal, or isaac newton, where louis past year, the

and has brown eyes eyes and black hair wearing a light blue shirt and bluepanse. blue pants. >>> a measure that requires public universities to promote free speech might be getting a second chance. the bipartisan bill died last year but lawmakers say they plan to try again. the measure would require the public university systems to disseminate fetch statements and provide resources promoting a free exchange of ideas. lawmakers point to a protest that turned violent at uc berkeley last year. >> unfortunately at campuses across the country, universities have become hostile toward the idea of free speech. you have had speakers disam nvited or disinvited or shut down. >> lawmakers will be able to reintroduce the measure when they reconvene next month. >>> the weather now, our chief meteorologist bill martin is off. we are starting with serious weather in the mid-west. >> yes. they have severe thunderstorms rolling through. many flights going through dallas, to the west coast, people traveling, you see where the mess is here and it is nasty. we have juiced up storms rolling through dallas and oklahoma city and the system, all t