david: you went to columbia law school and your degree is from columbia. jus. ginsburg: yes. david: you did extremely well in the review there as well. from the harvard law review and the columbia law review, you were flooded with job offers from major law firms? [laughter] jus. ginsburg: there wasn't a single firm in the entire city of new york that would take a chance on me. i have said i had three strikes against me. one, i was jewish. the wall street firms were just beginning to welcome jews. then, i was a woman. but the absolute killer -- i was a mother. because my daughter was four years old when i graduated from law school. employers who might take a chance on a woman were not prepared to take a chance on a mother. david: one of your law professors got you a clerkship with judge paul mainieri. was that easy to do because you are a mother? jus. ginsburg: he had no qualms about a woman. he had had a woman as a law clerk before. but he was concerned. the southern district of new york was a busy court. sometimes, he would need a law clerk's aide even on a sunday. i found o

but i was told a rule is a rule. >> he went to columbia law school and your degree is from columbia. you did extremely well in the review there as well. from the harvard law review and the columbia law review, you were flooded with job offers. [laughter] firm in wasn't a single the entire city of new york. i have set i had three strikes against me. i was jewish. firms were just beginning to welcome jews. then i was a woman. killer, i was a mother. my daughter was four years old when i graduated from law school. might take a chance on a woman were not going to take a chance on a mother. >> one of your law professors with pauljudgeship mainieri. was that easy to do because you are a mother? >> he had no qualms about a woman. he had had a woman is a law clerk before. concerned, the southern district of new york was a busy court. would need a law clerk stayed even on a sunday. i found out about this years later. i did not know at the time. give her a chance and if she doesn't work out, there is a , he will in the class jump in and take over. there was also a stick. ,f you don't give her

so he called a columbia graduate, judge edmund palmieri, who was a columbia undergraduate, columbia law school graduate and always took his clerks from columbia. and he said i strongly recommend that you engage ruth bader ginsburg. and palmieri's response was i've had women law clerks, i know they're okay, but she's a mother, and sometimes we have to work on weekends, even on a sunday. so professor gunther said give her a chance, and if she doesn't work out, a young man in her class who's going to a downtown firm will jump in and take over. so that was the carrot. it was also a stick, and the stick was if you don't give her a chance, i will never recommend another columbia graduate as your law clerk. [laughter] [applause] and that's the way it was in not-so-ancient days for women. the big hurdle was to get that first job. once a woman got the job, she did it at least as well as the men. so the second job was not the same obstacle. there's a wonderful book -- this is a meeting about books, so let me mention it -- it's called "with firsts." and it's about, it's a biography of sandra day t

he was the columbia undergraduate, law school graduate and always took the clerks from columbia. strongly suggest you engage ruth bader ginsburg and the response was i have had women law clerks. i know that she's okay but she is a mother and sometimes we have to work on, even on a sunday. so, give her a chance that if it doesn't work out, a young man in her class going to a downtown firm will jump in and take over. [applause][a that's the way it was in the not so ancient days for women. the big hurdle was to get the job. there was a meeting and let me mention it is called, it is a biography of sandra day o'connor she was very high inan her class at stanford law school, but no law firm would hire her. maybe there would be a place as a legal secretary, so what does she do, went to the county attorney and said i will work for you without pay for four months. then if you think i'm worth that you can put me on the payroll. that is how sandra day o'connor got her first job. i was going to a firm where another professor from columbia said how would you like to write a book about -- >> t

third >>>> an unlikely cash crop for columbia. cost economy was ripped apart by cococaine traffickers.s. cannnnabis could become a key economic engine. foreign investment has flocked there. growth has been slow. >> regulations are choking the growth of the cannabis industry, that is what a producer says. columbia could be -- colombia could be an ideal place to cultivate the plants. medical purposes was legalized in 2016. getting the right permits can take years. exports remain low. in february, they shipped 360 byms to canada, followed 6000 bottles of product to london in july. >> there is competition in our backyards. these countries have set objectives and are moving towards them. we are watching a unique opportunity in columbia slip by. we could be a leader and a high-value sector. issues have meant foreign investment has cooled after an influx of 400 million u.s. dollars. if the industry does get on its feet, rewards could be more than wortit. medicinal cannabis could add 6 million u.s. dollars to the colombian economy. bogota

ginsberg: she is a professor of literary and artistic property law at columbia law school.ause] david: i understand you and she were the only mother-daughter team to be elected to the harvard law review. is that true? jus. ginsberg: so far. david:david: you have a son in the music business? jus. ginsberg: james makes with ate -- he grew up passion for music, but no talent as a performer. so when he went to the university of chicago, he was a classical disc jockey on the student radio station. then in the years he was dropping in and out of law school, he was also making recordings. one day, he told us he liked what he was doing much more than his law practice. we said fine, that is what you want to do. -- he has a label and his recordings are gems. david: do you have any grandchildren? jus. ginsberg: i have four stepchildren, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. [applause] david: what do your grandchildren call you? rbg? what do they call you? jus. ginsberg: i am a jewish grandmother, so i am called bubbie. david: the harvard and columbia law review, you were flooded

are we going to see politically in viz columbia where that vote has been fractured —— british columbias where the conservatives will pick up? or areas where the conservatives will pick up? 0ragain areas where the conservatives will pick up? or again have we seen a situation where left of centre vote rs situation where left of centre voters look deep into their hearts and say we are very happy with justin trudeau, but we loathe the idea of a right of centre conservative government even more so we're going to rally behind the liberals and deal with what comes. these are the outstanding questions and we will be watching tonight. just very difficult arithmetic. let's bring montreal back in again where there has been those cheers of approval, i think they would have heard and seen the cbc was projecting a liberal victory. chris buckler is there. yeah, the chanting went up a four more years. there is a great sense of relief. it is a minority government. this isn't a total win for the liberals. they have had a majority and they have lost it in this election. what is really important in all of

thomas, first presbyteri church, columbia, south carolina. the chapln: lets pray. gracious heavenly father we thank you for your guiding hand upon our nation for almost two and a half centuries. blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. today i humbly ask that you bless our congressional leaders, grant them the wisdom of solomon to address the complex issues of government, ensuring that the legitimate needs of our citizens are faithfully represented. at a moment of tension and division, i ask that your will might be done, ensuring the preservation of liberty and justice for all. i especially pray for those who protect our nation and today may be in harm's way. set your angels to guard their every step. i thank you for those who make it their life's ambition to protect the lives of the weak and helpless. may this house ensure that righteousness exalts this nation. all this i ask in jesus' mighty name, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval there have. pursuant to clau

afternoons in columbia can be spent on the river or nearby lake murray and tucked away inside this capital city is ascot estates where old sudden charm mingles with new money. not much in the way of drama here until april 2012, friday 13th, when something sinister happened. >> i turned on the news and saw there had been a double murder. >> you're confused because there's no way of knowing for sure what was going on. >> my husband called me and said something terrible had happened and i said what happened? >> what happened would become the center of a mystery. a who done it that began with a frantic 911 call. >> who shot your wife? >> a friend of mine. >> is he still there? >> the call came from a most unusual place. the gracious home of well liked husband and wife brett and tammie parker. the parkers were a golden couple each with their own special gifts. she was raised in a small town near columbia that left to go into sales where she was immediately successful. best friend angela leon. >> it's hard not to love tammie. she is vibrant and outgoing and full of life. full of energy. always p

a live picture there from columbia. candidates introducing plans to reform the system all day long and a bit of controversy, i should mention, involving the schedule and senator kamala harris. harris initially pulled out of the forum at a historically black college after only a limited number were allowed to attend and given an award why in same event. nbc news reporter joins us from outside that forum. curious about one thing. senator harris is now, has now decided to rejoin the forum? why? >> reporter: that's right, kendis. so interesting at the root of the confusion and there have been confusing moments in this will she or won't she attend involving senator kamala harrih. we haven't seen this yet. attract add number of presidential hopefuls, this weekend, ten, and also the president of the united states. the bipartisan justice center hosting a forum on criminal justice reform also one of the few area there's have been bipartisan accomplishments coming out of the washington over the past years. yesterday we saw this o

washington, d.c., the district of columbia, takes its name from columbus. in a statement before the vote, d.c. councilmember at-large david grosso said -- "columbus day was officially designated as a federal holiday in 1937 despite the fact that columbus did not discover north america, despite the fact that millions of people were already living in north america upon his arrival in the americas, and despite the fact that columbus never set foot on the shores of the current united states. columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of indigenous people in the americas." the movement to replace columbus day gained momentum in 1992 -- the 500th anniversary of columbus' arrival -- when berkeley, california, became the first city to make the change. earlier protests inspired the movemement, including the annunl national day of mourning in plymouth, massachusetts, held on thanksgiving to challenge the myth of peaceful coexistence between native people and the english settlers, the pilgrims. today, native american

[applause] >> [inaudible] ♪ >> president trump: on his way to a criminal justice reform event in columbiasouth carolina. a live picture from the location event. upcoming it was expected to start a couple of minutes ago, 2:15 eastern. clearly the president is running behind. we will have live coverage when it starts here on c-span. you can also watch it online on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ "beat it"] >> potential candidates had to columbia, south carolina this weekend to talk about criminal justice reform. we will take up that issue in the segment of the washington journal. you can join us on phone lines that we will put on the screen for you. we are joined at our desk by former maryland government bob -- maryland governor bob ehrlich, a member of the group right on crime. we might be joined by deray mckesson, a community organizer and co-founder of the zero.project the group, i know you have been dealing with this, were dealing with it when you were governor of maryland. currently the group is right on crime. right on crime is, a conservative take on criminal jus

four on the columbia, four on the lower snake.ese are the four that would likely come down first. but removing a dam takes an act of congress. and will meet stiff resistance from special interests like wheat farmers who need dams and locks to float their crop to market. and since bonnneville dam alone can provide carbon-free power to a city the size of seattle, the debate divides lovers of wildlife on all sides. >> i think we're trying do our best to improve conditions through the migration channel through the river for the salmon. trying to make sure that power and fish can co-exist here in the columbia basin. >> reporter: but 13 species of fishthreatened or endangered, even though they've spent over $16 billion trying to make dammed rivers more friendly. >> the columbia river is too hot. the reservoirs behind the dams have caused this hot water problem because they're stagnant, absorbing solar radiation and couple that with climate change and climate change is pushing that over the edge to make the river too warm for salmon to s

they were not pulling out all the stops in british columbia. now in one seat in quÉbec. i agree i think this is a hard night and just because you start off nowhere and get to 23, how do you keep them, just because you hope it will get better? >> to be fair to him from his performance in the campaign did seem to captivate his own base like a lot of the voters i think, and i'm not an expert on this, but they will be looking at the impact which was don't vote for them because it is essentially going to keep conservatives in. i don't know the degree of impact of the things. maybe it was exaggerated. i don't know but i just know that outcome wasn't one -- >> i realized most of the seats transferred from them to the blog and it's fair to also ask whether quÉbec was ready for a person of color to be leaving a party and whether that was an issue across the country. he ran before he became this miracle worker the situation with respect to resource problems we are going to build a pipeline and engage seriously on climate change. i don't think you have to

have to wait till the last writings writings or the electoral districts here in canada in british columbia on the west coast actually bring in the results to finally see who is going to be governing canada for the next 4 years or saying here if it's a weak government according only last 2 years but we'll have to wait and see over the next few hours how things pan out ok pablo foley yes and also a thank you. golf great tiger woods has returned to action after 2 months away because of knee surgery the injury prone athlete proved he's fit at a charity event in japan and his pain free return means tiger is raring to go as he bids for a 16th major title next year and a 1st olympic gold in april this year he's mosses troy rounded off one of the greatest comebacks in sports now off to a 5th reconstructive knee surgery tiger has a long road ahead of him once again. he's got the 2020 olympics in his sights he will need to be on top for the games if he's to take a place on the podium. i did not play well at the beginning i had a lot of bad shots and did not well and. once i got in the flow of compet

four on the columbia, four on the lower snake.hese are the four that would likely come bound first. but removing a dam takes an act of congress. and will meet stiff resistance from special interests like wheat farmers who need dams and locks to float their crop to market. and since bonneville dam alone could provide carbon free power to a city the size of seattle, the debate divides on all sides. >> wee doing our best to improve the conditions through the migration and the river for the salmon and make sure that we keep power and fish could coexist in the columbia basin. >> reporter: but 13 species remain threatened or endangered even though the federal government has spend over $16 billion trying to make damned rivers more fish-friendly. >> yes. the salmon could cross the fish ladder but the columbia river is too hot. the reservoirs behind the dams have caused this hot water problem because they're stagnant absorbing a lot of solar radiation. and then couple that with climate change and that is pushing that over the edge to make

shortly, president trump will deliver remarks at the criminal justice reform gathering in columbia, south carolina. the live coverage event starts eastern, we will have it for you on c-span. f the white house today, the president answered a few questions from reporters. here is what he had to say. >> mr. president. [crowd cheering lightly] hi everybody,p: hi. how are you? so the stock market is doing very well, the economy is booming. we have a new record in si ght, could happen even today, it could be a new stock market record, it will have been 118 times we have broken the record. jobs are phenomenal. we are doing well in syria and with everyone else we are dealing with. we have secured the oil. we have a lot of oil. we have secured the oil. [inaudible] and i think i would say things are going very well. i noticed people are still in a secure room in the basement, trying to make us look as bad as possible, but a lot of things are happening very good and i appreciate republicans are just outraged and the american public is outraged that the do-nothing democrats are doing nothing. they ar

have to wait till the last writings writings or the electoral districts here in canada in british columbia on the west coast actually bring in the results to finally see who is going to be governing canada for the next 4 years or saying here if it's a weak government only last 2 years but we'll have to wait and see over the next few hours how things pan out ok pablo foley yes and also a thank you. abortion and same sex marriage have just become legal in our land as of midnight local time a last ditch attempt by conservative politicians to block the legislation failed the changes to northern ireland's laws was set in motion by an intervention from the british government which has been running northern ireland since the posh sharing agreement broke down 3 years ago. opponents of abortion faced off with its supporters in front of the northern ireland parliament the body hasn't met in the 3 years and so the british government passed a law both abortion and same sex marriage for the country bringing it into line with the rest of the u.k. . so i figure like we're happy that it happens maybe not

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theof the big ones is transmountain pipeline expansion between alberta and british columbia.u may remember, the trudeau government bought that from the company. functional yet. there is a lot of debate, if he gets into a minority government situation, whether they will be able to get that passed. that is also on people's minds. david: take a husband meet overall numbers into geographic areas. u.s., again, in presidential years, looks at ohio, michigan, wisconsin. what are the key geographic areas for the election tonight? big one.quebec is a together, they and ontario used to decide elections. what you have right now in quebec is a lot of splintering going on, so the liberals and conservatives cannot count on a huge incoming vote. splintered by the new democratic party, bloc quebecois, and a number of smaller parties. ontario, hard to say. the area around toronto is very crucial. a lot of our economy and manufacturing is centered around there. farther west, particularly british columbia, where most leaders have been spending their time, they will probably have more weight in

the district of columbia at the capitol of the union and the center of a moral struggle who was on hisnts in the years. the city they stood bravely and defensive our city and ideals. we have come along and while we are here today, let us all reflect on the progress we have made as a city and as our cities role as a leader of growth for the entire country. our declaration of independence opens by stating, we hold these troops to be self evident that all men are created equal. our nation grappled with this sentiment right here 150 years ago and we are still working towards the fulfillment of that dining promise. so thank you all for attending today, and thank you to everyone who has had a hand and making today a big success. thank you. >> again, thank you very much, we really appreciate those words, and if you don't hear anything resoundingly after today, for stevens was the battle that saved the nation's capital. so, thank you very much. >> i have the distinct pleasure to introduce briefly our congress men, and i want to point out that congressman north and has been very supportive of a

polls have closed in columbia's 1st local elections since its 2016 peace deal with fox rebels voters are choosing their local representatives the polls being seen as a referendum on president even do case government despite a peace deal struck between the government and fall 3 years ago violence continues i was under a petty brings us the latest from bogota. the main takeaway is that these local elections seem to be a major blow to the ruling party even duke and his political mentor the former president of colombia. not only their candidate got in. last here in the capital bogota that to also face candidates lost in his main strongholds of this city have made the union and the state cio can also a number of independent candidates seem to have one in more remote areas of the country against the traditional political machinery showing that it seems like along the colombians are looking more at issues such as corruption and looking for a change in the people that are governing them and not looking at the security what used to be the case before the signing of the peace deal now this is

and one of our viewers shows us around his hometown in columbia got back into. the wind gauge in schweigen the question this is where the german wind route starts it's one of germany's oldest tourist routes. yet some people prefer not to talk about who invented it. if you look closely you'll see an odd blank space below the eagle that's just old out but you can still make out what it once was a swastika the wine route was an idea of the nazis today you'll look in vain for a reminder of the gates dark past. nowadays the wang gate belongs to a vintner association and set up a wine shop and restaurant here. if i've learned one thing on my travels it's that wine regions are always home to extremely sociable people along with german wine around there are a couple of places that have a legendary reputation in that sense here are a couple recommendations for you. in the. us there are all the wine festivals more than 200 take place in the plots and that's between april and november 1 of the best known as the german wine harvest festival in noise stopped always in octobe

analysts are saying it could come down to a few districts in british columbia. could will be o'neill -- a nailbiter of an evening. brent: some are calling this indecision 2019. why are canadians having such a hard time making up their minds? pablo? the first -- >> the first thing that struck me is that people have been asking what this election is about. is it a referendum of justin trudeau and the liberal party who have been embroiled in several scandals and have received criticism, especially from those who were hoping more vitamin -- environmental measures would be in place. they permitted an oil pipeline in the country's west to be built, which has not gone down very well amongst those hoping for a more environmental program from him. it seems the pump -- smaller parties have struck a chord, especially among younger voters. they've done a great campaign online in regards to their presence. that seems to have struck a cord. as have the greens. just across the border in quebebec. the quebec nationalist party has seen great gains in their support. it could be i

attorney john durham in connecticut to conduct investigations in the district of columbia. but it says nothing about who the personnel in the department of justice will be. then there's 5.15.b. each authority specially retained under the department of justice -- that's the one i keep saying i'll get to, it's come, it's coming. , there take an oath was a district court opinion recently that in response to a challenge to a subpoena from the special counsel rely on this provision as authority to hire a personal counsel. it rather obviously doesn't do that. it refers to attorneys specially retained, right, meaning they've already been hired by virtue of some other provision. i should note, i should have put this up on a slide. the district judge ellipsed out the tenses of the verbs in this section because they're all in the past tense and that wouldn't fit. now to be sure, section 515 a and b both assume there are going to be people called attorneys specially apoint by the attorney general and specially retained under the authority of the department of justice. right? so it ass

court of appeals for the district of columbia, he joined kirkland and ellis where he spent the next 17 years establishing his reputation as one of the country's leading courtroom lawyers. in 1993, mr. beck and his colleague founded one of the most highly respected firms of trial attorneys in the nation. mr. beck has litigated hundreds of cases over the course of his career, but he is perhaps most well-known for his work as the lead attorney representing the george w. bush campaign in bush versus gore, which ultimately determined the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. we are grateful to mr. beck for funding this lecture series and establishing the philip beck establishment, currently held by my colleague gary lawson. professor lawson is a leading scholar of constitutional law and as i learned last week, he is also a huge billy joel fan. he twice worked for antonin scalia, once on the court of appeals for the district of columbia and once at the u.s. supreme court. professor lawson is also a founding member of the federalist society where he serves on the board of directors. he i

up next on booktv, columbia university psychiatry professor kelly explores the link between mental health and physical health. then later in ghost work mary gives a behind the scenes look at the work force that drives large tech companies like amazon, google and uber. >>> good evening and thank you to the strand book room. my name is nancy. for a little bit of history, the store was founded by my grandfather, benjamin, in 1927. and then my dad who passed away, tried and it was part of the famous crow that ran along fourth avenue just one block away from astor place to the union square and there were 48 used bookstores that all competed with one another. we are doing 400 events and discussions just like the one tonight and even tonight we have four events happiness is the best medicine yet americans will spend $3.4 billion on medicine and health care this year, a sum that is large enough to send any family of four that check for $40,000 for their care. and we all know that happiness is not a big ticket item. our guest tonight doctor kelli harding will discuss this. she is an assistant prof

around the same time with newfoundland over on the atlantic east opening the polling and then british columbia over in the pacific closing at 9 normally the the result is almost decided in the largest province particularly in the toronto area in ontario but this and the action is so tight as we've seen in that report and analysts here are saying that it could come down to a few electoral districts called writings here in canada in british columbia so it's going to be a real nail biter of an evening a close race but some are calling this indecision 2019 why or do you think canadians are having such a hard time making up their mind. well the 1st thing that really struck me is that many people have been asking exactly what this election is all about is it a referendum in the some sort of way of justin trudeau and the liberal party who have been embroiled in several scandals and also have ever seen of criticism from that particularly those who were hoping more environmental measures would be in place let's not forget that just in trudeau's liberals accepted or permitted and oil pipeline in the cou

the we st coa st, votes come in, particularly from the west coast, in my home province of british columbiaative party actually gaining more ballots cast for them and yet come out some 30 plus seats shy in the house of commons. so that will bea the house of commons. so that will be a bitter defeat for the party tonight to be first in the hearts of canadian voters but fall short in terms of who maintains power. for justin trudeau in the liberals, the path to victory tonight rolled through the most populous and wrote route —— through the most populous and wrote route — — vote through the most populous and wrote route —— vote rich pop —— province of ontario where we saw the projections for the minority win come from. and it may have a lot to do with regional politics. in 0ntario there is a fairly unpopular premierunderthe 0ntario there is a fairly unpopular premier under the conservative anna by the name of doug ford. —— conservative banner. his brother was the late former mayor of toronto. it may have been that left of centre vote rs may have been that left of centre voters simply were reacti

been one major incident in a rural polling station in the me make that region in the south east columbia a bomb went off there and i have a very volatile area where we know there are different armed groups residual armed groups that are still operating. the fire at the air. force used to move that polling station to the closest urban center but that truly has been fortunately the only incident that has an otherwise extremely peaceful voting day across the country and the 1st results are slowly coming in and this is something that out there it is we're looking very close to that because as you said there has been an increase in violence during the 3 months campaigning and what we're seeing here is that this violence has somewhat change then and has been more direct to independent candidates that are confronting traditional powers in the most volatile regions of colombia and this is in many ways a result and you open the political thing in the country which has been a consequence is that the peace deal with with the flock that's the colombian government signed 3 years ago. with the ladies

with degrees from princeton, columbia -- wow, i did know you're such a great academic.ive you a little more. i'm impressed with that. that's very good. and the naval war college, but i like you anyway, mark is living proof that the american war fighter isn't the toughest, smarts and bravest, test and brightest by far anywhere in the world. following four diplomats to iraq and afghanistan he became t the 39th chief of staff of the army in 2015. over the last several years he has worked tirelessly to rebuild a depleted force into a a fully manned, fully trained, and fully equipped army prepared to achieve complete victory in the conflicts of tomorrow. and when we were determining where we're going to spend all of these billions of dollars, like you've never seen, we haven't seen it in decades, i went with mark. i sat with mark, and i hope we spend it wisely, and i know we spend it wisely. two and half trillion dollars. he built the army futures command, and he created security force assistance brigadesss to reduce the need for large deployments. when mark took over, only

he went to engineering school at columbia and could hardly fly. so in the class before lunch i would go to the table of excluded in run like hell before school ended. when this table was defending. if you ask any great communion why arenn you funny though say i had a miserable childhood. but then they would run and go to jackson heights and i was in a room full of dominicans, haitians, jews, muslims, the building was owned by a turkish man of greek, all these people who is killing each other before they got on the plane. [laughter] in here we were living next door to each other and sharing our strange food when the only thing that brought them together wasth sunday morning there was a program on the spanish language station which played songs and sunday morning the entire building, dominicans russians, greeks, palestinians, israelis, always sing-along because into global phenomena interlaced everyone loved it so this is the only thing that united us. but they without me and about jackson heights and am actually going back to live in jackson height

of columbia. following the story, written about it, testified yourself. you have been critical about the libra project. what is your number one concern? >> that we basically have a privately sponsored, for-profit currency at the global level that is not safeguarded, and might increase risks. argument you are hearing from people pushing back is either it is not needed, or if it is needed, the central banks should be in charge of it. >> there is a point that something like libra is needed. i think they have a point that our current payment system is outdated, particularly in the united states, that we could have a system that is more efficient and could make transactions cheaper from more people. we should update our system, and the push is welcome. the question is who should , whether private forces or a payment system and the money transferred through that payment system is a public good that should be started by other agents. caroline: will the u.s. central embraceu.s. regulators it from the publ

ken is the carnegie professor of public affairs at columbia university. he's also a former director of the united states census. more to the point of today's proceedings, ken has been a past president or a director in some sor of most every organization that's been influential in this doesn't country. so ken, if you please. (applause) >> thanks and welcome. and i will say just a few words about the academy itself. the earliest generation of the social scientist who didn't come along until about the 1880s. they did help our universities get established for the social sciences. but they were peripheral of course. they were really immature as scientists. and the idea that they should have their own academy was an idea that came out of the university of pennsylvania and launched it and launched it with the journal. so it became the earliest journal in the social sciences that had the responsibility that tom just mentioned of doing more than just reporting our research but also reporting our research in such a way that it would, quote, unquote, make a differen