and sociology at the graduate center at the city university of new york she gained notoriety for an article she co-wrote with sociologist richard clarke one nine hundred ninety six that advocated increased in rollman in social welfare programs in order to collapse the dysfunctional parts of that system and force reforms leading to a guaranteed annual income as a political strategy is now known as the cloud given strategy has been a hot topic of discussion in recent years professor pivot has served as the president of the american sociological association is currently an honorary chair of the democratic socialists of america she's one of the people responsible for the fact that you can register to vote at the d.m.v. in one thousand nine hundred three she co-founded humans serve an organization with the goal of increasing voter registration by linking vehicle registration with access to social services and voting human service initiative was incorporated into the national voter registration act of one thousand nine hundred three more commonly known as the motor voter bill and signed into law

born new york city, 67 years of age, wife, aiden, two sons, one steppe son, one granddaughter. jewish, democrat. city college of new york b.a., yale university, m. a. and phd. american studies and history. smith college professor of history 15 years. the washington quarterly published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual working for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you a

born new york city, 67 years of age, wife, aiden, two sons, one steppe son, one granddaughter. jewish, democrat. city college of new york b.a., yale university, m. a. and phd. american studies and history. smith college professor of history 15 years. the washington quarterly published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual worng for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you abl

born new york city, 67 years of age, wife, aiden, two sons, one steppe son, one granddaughter. jewish, democrat. city college of new york b.a., yale university, m. a. and phd. american studies and history. smith college professor of history 15 years. the washington quarterly published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual working for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you a

of anally a lall applicant accepte enroll. harvard, number one, followed by brigham young and stanford. next, yeshiva in new york city. and finally the university of alaska. >> i'm surprised my college isn't on there. >> what might that be. >> sonoma state. >> number one in your book, that's what counts, right? >> right. smalltown girl. comfy conditions, the world from christina loren. >> a proud chico state graduate. we have a gorgeous day and a gorgeous week shaping up. temperatures right now already comfortable enough for you to peel off that heavy winter coat. 60 degrees right no in sunnyvale. 58 in san jose. we're on our way to the mid-60s. the cloud cover is going to limit the warmth that we're able to accumulate between now and 3:00 p.m. when highs come in. however, still holding on to the 60s, even in san francisco. and the clouds making for uniform temperatures. as we head through tonight, we are going to lose cloud cover. as a result a little bit colder, especially up in the north bay. we'll see plenty of 30s whereas we only had one 30 and they bottomed out at 38. high pressure firmly in control of our weather pattern. you can see the

who is now persona non grata. >> reporter: professor stephen bloom of the university of iowa is walking the streets of new york citying to blend into a crowd. we flew him to manhattan from an undisclosed location where he's been hiding. all because of something he wrote. >> gosh, i raised some unspeakable truths. in my mind, they're opinions. and there's a firestorm. >> reporter: that firestorm is the reaction to his article "observations from 20 years of iowa life." it was published on the website the atlantic. professor bloom wrote 5,000 words arguing that iowa is not representative of america. >> it's basically a white, very, very christian state. >> reporter: born in new jersey and educated in california, bloom had spent the last two decades in iowa teaching journalism and traveling to every corner of the state. he's even written two books about smalltown iowa. there's one passage in your piece that's come to summarize from your critics the disdain they say you have for the state of iowa. those who stay in rural iowa are often the elderly waiting to die. those too timid or lacking in educati to peer around the

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article titled faith in the inner city, the urban black church and student educational outcome, doctor brian baird, an education professor at the state university of new york described the unique contributions black churches play in cultivating successful students in inner cities. he observes that quote, religious socialization reinforced attitudes outlooks, behaviors and practices, particularly through individuals commitments to an adoption of the goals and expectations of the group, end quote. now, these are the things that are conducive to positive educational outcome. in fact, back in 2009, baird reported in another article that for black inner-city youth who reported religious services often, the black-white achievement gap quote, was eliminated. i'll say that again. the black-white achievement gap was eliminated simply because students in low performing schools, in bad neighborhoods come were actively involved in religious life and in religious community. berti reports that one of the most important advantages of inner-city churches is that they provide a committee for black students are valued both for the academic success and brought them see being

professor of law and economics at the university of missouri kansas city he's also author of the book the best way to rob a bank is to own what and then from our studio in new york we have josh kosman author of the buyout of america how private equity is destroying jobs and killing the american economy gentlemen thank you both for joining me tonight and i guess so much to discuss josh i want to start with you and i want to start with bain capital and start with private equity firms i think that a lot of people out there probably don't know a whole bunch about that they think that find you know you take the company out of the public market something happens in between and then you reintroduce it to the public market so what does it all happen in the in-between. well i think this is what mitt romney is trying to do right now he's trying to throw a lot of dust up in the air so we don't focus on private equity yet ninety percent of what he did was leveraged buyouts which is what private equity used to be called when michael milken was funding those deals and today it's called private equity for private equity firms own companies employing one out of every ten americ

>> we're university of tennessee journalism students here in new york city. >> oh, you're totally in o the folks, haven't you? >> yes, i have. i have. >> let's get to the boards. we'll show you exactly what's going on. one or two things going on we want to show you. chicagoland, these pictures from earlier this morning. here's the thing. some rain, a little bit of fog as well, and then you have that bitter cold air. about 1 to 3 inches of snow coming. those temperatures really drop. they drop in a lot of places. minneapolis, chicago, new york city, washington, d.c. all looking for a temperature plunge as this cold air swings in. today, however, this may be the hot spot for some strong storms and even some tornado watches and warnings that are out. the first ones of the year so far. pay attention to that. on the west coast, cold air, frost and freeze advisories and warnings. all the way into southern california today. >> and we're live in times square. we have lots more weather in the next half hour. oh, lara? >> thank you, sam. >>> and here's a look at what else we have on the "gma" "

of the neo-conservative by birth. c-span: where did you grow up? >> guest: i grew up in new york city. c-span: where did you go to school? >> guest: i went to the university of chicago. c-span: studying what? >> guest: political philosophy with a then-obscure political philosophy professor named allan bloom, who several years later would come to some fame as the author of "the closing of the american mind", a book about how his students were ignorant and illiterate. i can only hope he was not describing me. c-span: did you get a master's degree? >> guest: no, just a b.a. c-span: what was the impact of having parents that were visible and controversial? >> guest: it had several impacts. one is that my parents are both very brave; they are politically unconventional in the circles in which they travel. for the purpose of defending views that they held dear and supporting things that they thought were important, they lost a lot of friends, they lost a lot of support, they lost a kind of social standing in the world of conventional opinion and it's a very difficult thing to do. it was very hard, but they did it because they believed in certain things and they

professor stephen bloom of the university of iowa is walking the streets of new york city, hoping tothing he wrote. >> gosh, i raised some unspeakable truths. in my mind. they're opinions. and there's a firestorm. >> that firestorm is the reaction to his article "observations from 20 years of iowa life." it was published in december on the website of the atlantic. professor bloom spends nearly 6,000 words painting a mostly ugly picture, arguing that iowa is not representative of america. >> it's basically a white, very, very christian state. >> born in new jersey and educated in california, bloom has spent the last two decades in iowa teaching journalism and traveling to every corner of the state. he's even written two books about small-town iowa. >> there's one passage in your piece that's come to summarize for your critics the disdain they say you have for the state of iowa. it reads this way. those who say in rural iowa are often the elderly waiting to die. those too timid or lacking in education too peer around the bend for better opportunities, an assortment of wasteoids and met

university, his wife was in recovery. and they kind of fished me out of the park, i was living in tom kins square park in new york city.they fished me out of the park and took me to their home and the wife sat down with me and she was this beautiful young lady, pregnant and said alan, i have something important to tell you. i said what is it? she said, i'm an alcoholic. i said oh, i'm sorry to their. she said well i have been sober, clean and sober for five years. and have you ever considered the possibility that you might be an alcoholic? i said well yeah. but there is nothing i can do about that. she said well, why don't we go to a meeting? a 12 step meeting. we went together and at that moment, everything changed. >> that is what did it? >> yeah, going to that meeting. >> this was aa? >> it was a meeting. >> all right. i know they do depend on annon namety and i understand that. what is the relationship with your date officer i assume first of all the marriage ended? >> it did. it was meant to. >> you could kind of see where was going there. maybe you couldn't. certainly your wife did. what about your date officer w

penn state university is reaching out to alumni in hopes of repairing the school's image since a recent child sex scandal. today, school president rodney erickson will travel to new york city. he held a town hall near pittsburgh wednesday night. he's taking questions on how the school handled the child sex abuse case against jerry sandusky. the former assistant football coach is charged with more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. penn state fired long-time head coach joe paterno after the sandusky allegations went public. erickson says he's not had time to speak with paterno since then. sandusky has acknowledged showering with boys but denied molesting them. >>> an alabama judge has signed an order declaring natalee holloway legally dead. the girl's father filed a petition last summer to make that declaration, hoping it would bring closure for the family. her mother said she opposes the move but will not take legal action to stop it. holloway was 18 when she was last seen during a senior trip to aruba in 2005. no one was ever charged in connection with her disappearance, and her body has never been found. >>> this morning, actress heather locklear is waking up in the h

chinese when you said the system is more less universal, shanghai we think most american business in shanghai deal but different from new york city accept the part of the chinese structure. >> host: this is another reason why we have to leave antiquated notions of hegemony and military superiority and the old in peril jostling behind us and look at it in a very different way. >> guest: don't want to sound as a pacifist and i've already been accused of that but maybe that's coming with age, and yes, military superiority, no, military security, yes. but we have to be very deliberate that what i consider to be my security could be a source and vice versa and that is the name of the game. we must start moving in that direction already in the 1950's with the concerns about nuclear weapons, the first efforts to contain the scale of deployment of nuclear weapons, and it's now become more comprehensive. >> host: i would like to go back to your career. you eluted to this question of not having been accused of being a pacifist and indeed, during the carter administration, you were seen as the hard-liner on the soviet union and for influence with the secretar

chinese when you said the system is for less universal, you know, shanghai i think most american business or shanghai very different from new york city except the part of the chinese structure themselves. >> host: this is another reason why we have to leave antiquated notion is of hegemony and military superiority and the old imperial jostling behind us and look at it in a very different way. >> guest: i don't want to sound as a pacifist but maybe that is coming with age. yes, military superiority, military security, yes but we have to be very deliberate that what i consider to be my security could be a source of threat to you and vice versa and that is the name of the game and we must start moving in that direction with concerns about nuclear weapons, with efforts to contain the skilled diplomat and nuclear weapons, and it has now become more comprehensive. >> guest: i would like to go back to your career as a little bit to the deluded to this question not having been accused during the carter at fenestration as a hard-liner in the soviet union and the influence with secretary of state was considered one of the -- >> guest: i wasn't lying for influenc

new york city, tomorrow night, state of the union. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> kimberly: hello, everyone. i'm kimberly guilfoyle. known in the twitter universe, kimberly guilfoyle, at eric bolling, at dana perino, at bob beckel and at greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: was that silly? what can you say? things are looking up for newt gingrich after his huge win in south carolina on saturday. florida is next, people. their primary is a week from tomorrow. and, according to a new rasmussen poll, gingrich topped mitt romney by nine points in the sunshine state. here is how the former speaker defineed his opponent. >> i think governor romney's core problem was that he governed as a massachusetts moderate, which by the standards of the republican primary voters is a liberal. he can't relax and be candid so you end up with a guy who is a good salesman, very much wants to sell. but has a weak product. he's dancing on eggs to find a version of romney that will work. >> kimberly: do you love that visual? a resume builder. is newt the guy to beat? >> bob: it's amazing how he boosted up so quickly. >> dana: dancing on eggs.

of a major research universi university, to her service on the president's council of advisors on science and technology and co-chair of one of governor cuomo's economic development councils in the city of new york. could you talk about your views on the elements that comprise an innovation ecosystem that we have talked about and how cities and states fit into that. >> i thought i would just talk about what is the evolved view what key elements of an innovation ecosystem might be, then talk about three examples that are spaced 50 years apart, 25 years roughly each -- 26 to be exact, being a scientist. those elements are a strategic foc focus, idea generation, translational pathways to bring things into commercial realization and providing an economic base and infrastructure. that means human financial and infrastructu infrastructure -- human, physical, i should say -- and financial capital or infrastructure. let me talk about three things that have occurred over time. in 1959 -- i don't know if most people realize it goes back that far -- business and academic leaders down in the ral raleigh-durham area came together with the idea of creating a locust for high-end research activity and business

new york city. he attended parochial school throughout his life, obtaining a college degree and law degree from st. john's university in new york. through his beloved sister, myrtle, he met the love of his life, marian josephine roany and fell in love with her large family. they were married on may 2, 1942, at maxwell air force base in montgomery, alabama, thus beginning a union that lasted 67 years. jack was a navigator and a lawyer in the united states army air corps, serving during world war ii and the european theater of operations. as part of the 397th bomb group, also known as the bridge busters, he flew 70 combat missions in a b-26 marauder, including three over normandy beach on d-day. he earned a purple heart during his wartime service. in 1948, his commission as a jag officer was transferred to the newly created united states air force. jack and his wife's military service span 30 years living in alabama, louisiana, south carolina, florida, georgia, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, new mexico, arizona, germany, virginia, the philippine islands, massachusetts, maryland, and of course texas. throughout his service he was awarded many medals of commendation, including the

universal television >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to a very special edition of "today" on this friday morning. that is new york city's empire state building, lit up, as you can see, in the "today" show colors of red, orange and yellow. it's a spectacular way to kick off a really big morning for us as we celebrate 60 years on air. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. this is the first time in history, by the way, that the empire state pibuilding has bee illuminated on a television program. >> for someone who grew up in new york this is a big deal. after the week we have had celebrating, i feel 60. >> exactly. >> we have a lot more in store. as a matter of fact, look at other great tributes to the north, natural wonder of niagara falls glowing with our colors as well this morning. out on the las vegas strip the bellagio hotel is as well. >> amazing. and in the city of brotherly love they are showing a lot of love for "today" today. the sears center in philadelphia is getting all decked out for the occasion. also, hooray for hollywood, the good year blimp flew over the hollywood sign with a happy b

of loyalty from both sides, the coach and the university in college sports. >> big loss. rest in peace, joe. >>> we turn now to a developing story overnight. the new york cityoner's son is now being investigated for allegedly raping a woman. 43-year-old greg kelly is also an anchor on a local fox tv station. before that he was actually a white house correspondent and anchor on the fox news channel. sources say the alleged rape took place last october. and greg kelly's attorney says he "strenuously denies any wrong doing and is cooperating fully with the district attorney's investigation." much more on this story throughout the day. >>> to presidential politics now, and check out the intense body language in this photo. that's arizona governor jan brewer giving president obama a piece of her mind as the president stepped off air force one at the phoenix airport. now, brewer, a republican, later explained the two exchanged words over her characterization in her new book of a white house meeting on immigration. brewer said in that meeting she felt the president was condescending and patronizing toward her. mr. obama had thought the meeting was more cordial tha

universal television >>> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. uh i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. let's go from new york city to a live picture ofling place in bedford s, new hampshire. we have early results -- a few, but some results. >> that's right. nine voters in the tiny town of dixville notch have made their votes. mitt romney and john huntsman tied. a trend the former governor hopes to see throughout the day. we'll talk to them ahead. >> also ahead, new details on a colorado couple seriously injured by a bomb that was hidden inside a paper bag and left by their car. the ex-husband of one of the victims has been named a person of interest in that case. we'll fill you in on that. >> uh imagine spending thousands of dollars to rent the vacation home of your dreams only to find out it's not for rent. it was a scam. coming up, the results of an investigation. >> also, it's tuesday. today's professionals join us to tackle a lot of hot topics including the young lady we met on monday, a high school senior who wanted to use this photo as her official yearbook portrait. we asked you to weigh in as well. our website was flooded wit

university of michigan talking about his plans to keep college affordable. americans now carry more tuition debt than credit card debt. >>> and here is a strange one for you. in new york cityug busts before, right? look at all that coke. here's the story behind this seizure. it was made at the u.n., the united nations. officials say the drugs were placed in a white bag in an attempt to try to disguise them as an official diplomatic shipment. you know those diplomatic pouches that don't get searched? not this time. it raised suspicions because it was stamped with a logo that apparently was a bad version of the u.n. logo. if you're going to go to the trouble to get a white pouch to look like a diplomatic missions pouch, maybe get the stamp accurate or you're doing to get busted. >> incredible. >> something else? it is. >> yep. >>> all right. something else causing a lot of controversy, in just four days the sunshine state could just decide the nominee for president. right now romney and gingrich in a dead heat. did anyone land a deciding blow there? so from miami we have reuben indicated columnist with "the washington post" writers group and from chicago lenny ak ll center,

the fellows are graduates from new york university and ucla, the university of michigan, serving in cityent. i have had more than a few of them in my office and administration. let's ask them to rise so that we can recognize the outstanding young men and women who will be our future leaders. [applause] thank you. i am sorry. we have two tables full. i mentioned the issues that michael has been involved in. we have said for some time that the great thing about this conference is that we can learn from one another. michael is on the biggest state. i am on a big stage as well. we can learn from the smaller cities, and we do. i have learned a lot from michael bloomberg. when it comes to a dancing arts , -- advancing the arts and investing in infrastructure, michael bloomberg has been an absolute leader. when it comes to reforming the new york school system, this is a man who has been focused and committed to the idea that this issue of educating our kids is the economic issue of our time, the democracy issue of our time, and the civil rights issue of our time. he has taken on virtually any o

of community oriented policing services and with the new york city police department. he received his bs in criminal justice from the john jay college of criminal justice and is j.d. from the ford university of law, and we are delighted to have mr. tucker with us today. please proceed. here entire statement which appears redwood to considerably more than five mets will be made a part of the record so you can make a short statement orally. >> thank you very much. >> chairman, ranking member, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify here today on the importance. as a director for office of state, local, and tribal affairs it is my job to work closely with the state, local, and troubled communities in support of prevention and law enforcement initiatives to develop a policy and programs. i understand tow a board is to identify and support alternatives to incarceration. having walked the beach as a new york city police officer and working criminal-justice for the past 35 years, it is clear we cannot arrest our way out of the nation's trade problems. the obama administration recognizes that addiction is a disease and the prevention, treatment, recove

new york city on wbai. welcome to this conversation called "remaking america: from poverty to prosperity." delighted to have you turned in to this conversation, again, here on the campus of george washington university. i could say so much more about poverty, but i do not need to because to my left and my right, i am is surrounded by experts. not just experts, but i would say long distance runners on the issue of trying to reduce and eradicate poverty in this country, and i could not be more delighted to be joined by an auguste panel. let me introduce them to you right now so we can jump straightaway into this conversation. she's the woman who coined the term, and i love it -- "green the ghetto." host of the peabody award winning program cassette and promised wan," please welcome my friend, majora carter. [applause] -- "the promised land." i am always happy to brag on her. years ago, she was one of the macarthur genius is, so we are glad to have a genius on the stage with us tonight. next is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including "nickeled and dimed" and "bait and switched," please welcome barbara ehrenreich. he's a princeton professor, one of the nation's leading public intel

universal television >>> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. uh i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. let's go from new york city to a live picture ofng place in bedford, new hampshire. voters are casting ballots in the nation's first presidential primary, and in fact, we have early results. a few of them, but some results. >> that is right, matt, because nine voters in the tiny town of dixville notch have made their choices. they made them at the stroke of midnight. on the republican side mitt romney and jon huntsman tied with two votes each. a trend that the utah governor hopes to see throughout the day, and we will be talking to him this morning. >> a lot at stake for him. and new details of a colorado couple who was injured by a bomb and hidden in a paper bag by their car. the ex-husband has now been named a person of interest in that case. we will have more on that. >> imagine spending thousands of dollars to rent the vacation home of your dreams only to find out it's not for rent. it was a scam. coming up, the results of an investigation. >> also, it's tuesday. today's professionals join us to tackle a lot of hot topics includ

new york city on wbai. welcome to this conversation called "remaking america: from poverty to prosperity." delighted to have you turned in to this conversation, again, here on the campus of george washington universitycould say so much more about poverty, but i do not need to because to my left and my right, i am is surrounded by experts. not just experts, but i would say long distance runners on the issue of trying to reduce and eradicate poverty in this country, and i could not be more delighted to be joined by an auguste panel. let me introduce them to you right now so we can jump straightaway into this conversation. she's the woman who coined the term, and i love it -- "green the ghetto." host of the peabody award winning program cassette and promised wan," please welcome my friend, majora carter. [applause] -- "the promised land." i am always happy to brag on her. years ago, she was one of the macarthur genius is, so we are glad to have a genius on the stage with us tonight. next is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including "nickeled and dimed" and "bait and switched," please welcome barbara ehrenreich. he's a princeton professor, one of the nation's leading public intellect

new york city on wbai. welcome to this conversation called "remaking america: from poverty to prosperity." delighted to have you turned in to this conversation, again, here on the campus of george washington university. i could say so much more about poverty, but i do not need to because to my left and my right, i am is surrounded by experts. not just experts, but i would say long distance runrs on the issue of trying to reduce and eradicate poverty in this country, and i could not be more delighted to be joined by an auguste panel. let me introduce them to you right now so we can jump straightaway into this conversation. she's the woman who coined the term, and i love it -- "green the ghetto." host of the peabody award winning program cassette and promised wan," please welcome my friend, majora carter. [applause] -- "the promised land." i am always happy to brag on her. years ago, she was one of the macarthur genius is, so we are glad to have a genius on the stage with us tonight. next is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including "nickeled and dimed" and "bait and switched," please welcome barbara ehrenreich. he's a princeton professor, one of the nation's leading public intelle