simon schama is a university professor at columbia university with a joint appointment in the history and art history departments. in an age in which historians are supposed to have a, b blinker the little specialists, he has a breathtaking range of interest and expertise. he studied history at cambridge university and received an m.a. from christ's college there in 1969 which not to make simon feel bad is in the year i was born in. [laughter] key was a fellow at christ's college 1966 to 1976 at which point he moved over to the press knows college of oxford to teach history. in 1980 he crossed the atlantic and moved to harvard or he stayed until the of sensibly chose to come to columbia in 1993. his current range of research includes 1770 dutch art, 18th-century french painting, 16 to 21st century british and visual culture and 20th and 21st century landscape in environmental history. if you think that a sort of range as rare in the academy today, you are right. in 2001 simon schama was made commander of the british empire and we historians don't get a lot of that either. [laughter] i

are in the process of placing all 700 available for free in an online searchable database on columbia university'srear book and manuscript library so everyone worldwide will have access to a hubert harrison. over the years, harrison would edit the masses to premier left literary publications of the decade between 1910 and 1920. the voice, the new newspaper of the movement. two years eight later he edited the newspaper. this is eight years and six years before the new lot and then he edited the negro world and ultimately his last publication was the voice of the negro. hubert harrison was reportedly the first regular black book reviewer in history. we've been able to identify some 68 to 70 book reviews that he wrote and they are all on all types of subjects. politics, history, science, religion, international affairs, poetry, literature and theater. he was a highly praised critic in the 1936 nobel prize winning playwright eugene o'neill lauded his review of the emperor jones and told harrison in a personal letter he would have a place in any theater that o'neal was involved with. he was an importan

host: a veteran of the associated press and also a former journalism instructor at columbia university, our guest louis uchitelle, who spent the last 22 years at "the new york times." he's also the author of the book "the disposable american: layoffs and their consequences." thanks, as all, for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: please come back again. the economy and health care among the issues we'll be talking about tomorrow morning on c-span's "washington journal." and foreign policy. secretary of state hillary clinton is appearing on nbc's "meet the press," a program that airs on c-span radio in the afternoon. and we'll take a look at some of her answers and talk with matt lee of the associated press about her performance thus far six months into the obama presidency. "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. east coast time. thanks for being with us. enjoy the rest of your weekend. and have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . later, president obama on health-care

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. >> reporter: riverside church is adjacent to columbia university, in harlem, which is largely african-american. over the years, its congregation has gone from predominantly white to predominantly black. >> one of the things that some people are afraid of is that the church will turn black. and you know, i really resent that. >> reporter: braxton did not discount race as a factor in his resignation, but acknowledged that his preaching and leadership style had caused friction. >> some serious conversation needs to occur about what it means to invite a leader, a pastoral leader, into this community. is this congregation really ready for, and interested in, a pastoral leader who actually wants to lead? >> reporter: in accepting braxton's resignation, the church cited the need for some "deep soul-searching" that would allow it to move forward as a "stronger, more unified congregation." for "religion & ethics newsweekly," this is lucky severson. >> abernethy: in other news, president barack obama hosted gay rights activists at the white house to celebrate gay pride month. during the gathering, the p

he is a political science professor at columbia university, who has written extensively about china. good to have you back. >> thank you. >> i don't think many americans are aware of who the uighurs are, or how they fit into china overall. how did they come to view in china? >> well, the uighurs are 1 of 55 national minorities that the chinese recognizes. always lived in that part of the world, which is now shin jon of china. they live on the chinese side, as well as the other side, kazakhstan of that border. they are turket people. they believe in islam. they're not chinese in the way that we think of ethnic chinese and that's where they've always lived. >> and what are their grievances? >> their grievances are essentially that their identity is not recognized by the chinese state. although the state state says that it recognizes ethnic minority autonomy, but actually what they have done is to kind of bury the local people, the uighurs, in this influx of han chinese from rest of china. and their strategy is to develop the region economically but uighurs are in the backwater of that

. >> charles armstrong is a professor of korean studies at new york's columbia university. >> well, north korea at this time seems more determined than ever to go forward with its nuclear program. but it really seems to have to do what's happening internally in north korea, the appearance of the illness of the great leader and the rise in the hard-liners on north korea's foreign policies. >> the tough talk between the two countries didn't end there. today north korea's foreign ministry released a statement attacking secretary clinton as "funny" and criticizing her appearance, comparing her to a retiree on a shopping trip. north korea's personal attack on mrs. clinton is seen by many as a response to this remark she made in india on monday. >> well, what we've seen is this constant demand for attention. and maybe it's the mother in me or the experience that i've had with small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention. don't give it to them. >> this week's acrimony has left some wondering if the two countries will ever be able to resolve their differences diploma

tiefer holds a bachelor of arts at columbia university and a jd from harvard law school. program as green as a member of the commission on wartime contracting was appointed by president george w. bush. he currently serves as the chairman of global marketing and developmental solutions. he has held a number of senior positions in the government including undersecretary of state management, assistant secretary of defense and executive secretary for the national security council. colonel green is retired from the united states army and proves he served on the commission as acting cochair. he holds a bachelor of arts at the university of arkansas and an m.s. from george washington university. so thank you all for making ourselves available to testify here today and for the work that you are doing on the commission as well as your substantial expertise. and now it's the policy of this subcommittee to swear in these witnesses. if you will stand and raise your right hand. are there any persons, do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> ju

galeano is interviewed by john dinges, a journalism professor at columbia university and the author of the condor years, how pinot shea and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. >> host: hello. we are here with one of the authors that i have admired my whole life, eduardo galeano. eduardo galeano was born in uruguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago that i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i became involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist about latin america was because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you've been in the states a while now. >> guest: ten minutes. [laughter] >> host: you just arrived. and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: and afterwards other cities. to help my new baby, called "mirrors", help litwak. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. but of course i checked out the spanish title, it is [speaking spanish] which means it universally almost. >> guest: if you say universal h

at the court, the lone woman justice also benefitted from affirmative action at columbia university and generally has supported race conscious programs as a justice. that's not a view shared by the court's conservatives, includes justice clarence thomas, who believes affirmative action taint as person's achievements. in the hearings, republicans will ask how sotomayor's experiences will shape her opinions. >> all americans should be concerned when a judge decides cases based on their own personal views. >> reporter: republican senators also will press her to explain what she meant when she insisted in speeches "a wise latina woman would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male." but her come peopling life story, from the projects to princeton, and the lack of a so-called smoking gun, have softened republican opposition. with a decisive majority in the senate, democrat judiciary committee chair leahy is confident. >> she will be confirmed. >> reporter: the hearings kick off tomorrow with opening statements. the intense questions, when the senators press her to expl

probably the only reason i got into columbia university. >> larry: he wrote a letter of recommendationing to see imitator coming along, patti? >> they are already here. usher will be the first one to tell you. justin timberlake. everybody sings like michael. >> larry: they're all doing michael? >> they are all doing michael or stevie or james brown. you know. yeah. absolutely. the younger generation particularly is doing michael, male and female vocalists because that sound was very distinct. >> larry: i didn't ask you what you made of today. >> boy, heartbreaking. i really struggled with whether or not i wanted to attend this event for many reasons. >> larry: some people couldn't attend or wouldn't attend, didn't want to break down. >> i didn't want to break down. didn't want to look cheesy. the minute i walked in, i got there i'd say about 10, 15 minutes before the event started. i had no idea that everybody was in there. the reason i had no idea is it was stone silent. i have never felt that in my life. >> larry: it was. it was stone silent. >> it wasn't a sad silence, it was a sile

it was designed by two columbia university social ol ists named cloward and piven they inspired the nationalelfare rights movement that rathke joined. their philosophy, you can foment real social change if you break the backs of government by demanding too much, hence, destablizing and reestablishing another government. rathke has been encouraging citizens of noth other nations to shake down banks like he does with acorn back here at home. the shakedowns here played a pivotal role in the collapse of the housing market which led to the near collapse of our economy. a current acorn member believes they approach disenfranchised people, give them a false premise, inaccurate information, and motivate them to attack something. the member says this time it is industry. the next time, it is the american constitution. on his blog, rathke responded to the recent string of negative coverage of him in the media saying, quote, i'm just an organizer of lower-income families. i'm not someone on either side of the fence with an ax to grind. so now, what a surprise, he's claiming to be the victim. one thing

best selling author ann colter and columbia university professor mark all joining me tonight. welcome, everybody. as a southern state governor, former southern state deep south governor, there is no question, is there but that blacks and latinos have a different and much more mel can collie bundle of experiences with law enforcement. isn't that incon trovertable? >> to say that is still evident today, i would dispute that. i don't think there is any more racism in the south than you would find in other parts of the country geographically. >> geraldo: nationwide, isn't it a fact, i mean you have latino men telling me anecdoteally on an almost daily basis they are being stopped by local cops who ask them where they were born. >> one is, was there in fact a racial overtone to the arrest of professor gates and the answer seems to be absolutely no. even african american officers who were at the scene dispute there was anything irrational about it. appears that professor gates got hot under the collar and would not calm down. i would like to think if a policeman comes to my house be

she is a visiting scholar at the columbia university institute, a research scholar at the new york university school of law and a fellow at john hopkins of the finance international studies and the jesus college at cambridge university. she has a ph.d. in criminology from the hebrew university's school of law. the second speaker is andrew mccarthy the chair from the center of a lot and counter-terrorism. a former federal prosecutor and a contributor at "national review" online and as assistant united states attorney for the southern district of new york to lead the prosecution against the jihad organization in which one doesn't islamic militants were convicted of conducting a war of urban terrorism against the it is states that included the 1993 world trade center bombing and a plot to bomb new york city landmarks. mr. mccarthy has made major contributions to the prosecution's glove the bombers in tanzania and the millennium plot attacks against the lax airport. falling september 11th he supervise u.s. attorney antiterrorism command post with preventive efforts with federal and state law-enfo

were already translated so it was kind of a lucky break for me and there's actually some stuff columbia universityd i got some things out of berkeley so i was able to do some of the research here which really helped put was my researcher in moscow. i vision for what i wanted to do in this book so i was able to funnel questions to her and then she would go out into the countryside and deal with -- >> [inaudible] >> how did i find her? there's actually a woman in san francisco who is a friend of a friend who is here and i talked to her about -- she deals a lot with the russian community and immigrants to the area, and she actually knew the woman who turned out to be my researcher from her efforts, and she put me in touch with this woman not because she thought she would be my researcher but she might have connections with somebody who would be my researcher but when we met in moscow and talked she was excited, as excited as i was and agreed to put her current job and work with me as a researcher so it was really so lucky. how much of your book addresses the current situation with the trademark suit

it was designed by two columbia university social ol ists named cloward and piven they inspired the nationalelfare rights movement that rathke joined. their philosophy, you can foment real social change if you break the backs of government by demanding too much, hence, destablizing and reestablishing another government. rathke has been encouraging citizens of noth other nations to shake down banks like he does with acorn back here at home. the shakedowns here played a pivotal role in the collapse of the housing market which led to the near collapse of our economy. a current acorn member believes they approach disenfranchised people, give them a false premise, inaccurate information, and motivate them to attack something. the member says this time it is industry. the next time, it is the american constitution. on his blog, rathke responded to the recent string of negative coverage of him in the media saying, quote, i'm just an organizer of lower-income families. i'm not someone on either side of the fence with an ax to grind. so now, what a surprise, he's claiming to be the victim. one thing

richard cla of pimco, and also a professor of economics at columbia university. phil orlando, and steve moore, co-author of "the end of prosperity." mario gabelli, i want to start with you. today is a day the indices come up. dow up plus 44, s & p plus 2, and nasdaq down slightly. it was consumer staples that led the way, utilities and financials, even a banker can make money in a sleepily upward sloping yield curve. energy, consumers, tech, and indid i discretionals. nonrecovery stocks led the way. the defensive stocks is that a way that we'll see for the remainder of the year? >> the markets flat to up to 5%. >> from here? >> no, here probably slightly up. buying general mills. they had terrific numbers anyway. the stock up a couple of dollars today. gis, and you had sector rotation, but the stock still down 10%. >> so it's cheap? >> pretty interesting company over the next three to five years, because it plays into our health and wellness theme. >> not tied to economic growth particularly, is that right? >> well, do you have a concern over channel shift. where

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columbia university, harvard law. >> we would like to see the records of those places. apparently they've been available to you but -- >> we have the state health director who says he was born here. the republican governor of the state says he was born in hawaii. why would linda lingle, the republican governor, lie? why would everybody lie going back to 1961? >> well -- >> and nobody gave away the story. >> i don't know -- >> do you think axelrod is a liar? >> who? >> his chief spokesman. do you think david axelrod is a liar? >> why would i think axelrod is a liar? >> because they are all saying they have documentation he was born in the united states. is the governor of hawaii a liar? >> if he would put out the birth certificate -- >> they've done it. here it is. >> no, that's a certificate of live birth. >> it's the rule in that state they don't hand out copies of the birth certificate. they have pictures of it we'll show you over and over again. pictures of the original -- here they are. what do you think, that was fabricated? >> i can't really see it but i would lik

back in the states, howe earned a master's degree in history from columbia university, and upon graduation, joined the faculty of the then boys-only elite boarding school, phillips academy in andover, massachusetts, better known as andover. howe taught history, and coached hockey and later completed post-graduate work at harvard, and the university of cincinnati, education administration jobs, beckoned thereafter and he served as principal at schools -- andover, cincinnati and newton before being named school superintendent in scarsdale, new york, westchester county and it was there, carnegie president john gardener, whose children attended scarsdale schools, came to know the superintendent and his wife, priscilla lam-howe, known as sibby and it was morrisett who recommended howe for the institute of north carolina an integrated men's boarding academy for promising high school students in that stated and howe's next move catapulted him to the national stage in washington, where gardener was a key figure, and president lyndon johnson's great society programs. that wave of social change inte

wright mills, the columbia university sociologists best known for -- in 1959 he wrote an essay called letter to the new left. there was no new laughed at the time but he was kind of imagining one. there was an undergraduate at the university of michigan and tom hayden who read that as a ticket as inspiration. it was basically the source for the statement which was in the manifesto of the sts and the new left. and in his memoirs he makes no bones about this, he said it c. wright mills was my image, a combination of james dean and it seemed to be speaking to maine. norman mailer was also -- when he showed up at the chicago demonstrations in 1968 young people cheered him. that was because of advertisements in 1959. he had not written the seventh that he became better to be known for then. so there was definitely these people were a model for what happened later. in in the back there. >> i'm trying to collect my memory is and try and recall what major events happened in 1959. i can think of it 1958, i can think of a 1962, 1958 the change of the new constitution and french republic, and i

degree from columbia university. and he's author of nine different books. the primary book that is very appropriate to this discussion is meltdown, a free market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked and the government bailouts will make things worse. so i'll have each of our panelists start out with a 2 to 5-minute opening statement and then we'll let the fireworks begin and hopefully we'll come up with some practical suggestions on what we should do going forward both governmentally in our economy but also for us as investors. so tom, why don't you lead it off. >> anything we can do to get the water. >> can we get some liquidity up here in terms of water. [laughter] >> the good kind. thank you. thank you. this will probably go right up to 5 and i promise i won't go beyond that. okay. a lot of people seem to believe that although the market economy is a swell system, it requires the equivalent of a soviet commissar to be in charge of money and interest rates. this belief is all together must placed. the federal reserve system or simply

but i actually also work with a grant at columbia university where i was able to treat patients with no cost at all because of a non-profit sector chipped in. so i think if we as health care professionals jump in and try to chip in and a different sector, private sector, non-profit sector get out there and try to do more while they're working on the political aspect of things, it's going to take an effort to tackle this problem. >> we're going to talk some more about this, it is a huge issue and i'm very curious to see if you're all in agreement with how to fix america's health care or if there is some areas you all try to negotiate between the three of you. much more straight ahead. if we don't act, ?p8(ñ medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing condit

the news business he left behind are: todd gitlin, a professor of journalism and sociology at columbia university-- he is also the author of 12 books on media and society; and one of our own, robin macneil, the former co- anchor of the newshour. welcome to you both. robin, i want to pick up with what mr. cronkite said to you all those years ago looking back forward, forward back at the news business. where does walter cronkite fit in that continuum? >> well, i think he's unique. he came of age when television was coming of age in journalism. he brought unique credentials to that. he didn't become an anchorman and then become a journalist. he became an anchorman after he had been, had a very solid career as a reporter. he didn't have to pretend to be anything he wasn't. and he came at a time when the three network news shows virtually held the entire nation, nation's attention every evening at a time when still lots of families gathered at supper time in a family conclave. also, each city in the country had only two or three, sometimes four vhf television stations, occasionally an education statio

in fact, there's one woman there who studied in 1952 at columbia university. and it really sort of highlights the fact that we've had these changes for many years and that it was interrupted by this very bleak and terrible period of saddam hussein. and these things that i say are going forward, things like scientific exchanges, et cetera, it's all put together in something called a strategic framework agreement which was a sort of companion piece to the security agreement, the security agreement being the thing that under which the u.s. forces are leaving. so i think maliki wants to show that there's a civilian side to this relationship that's very important to the iraqi people. there's one other thing that he'll be doing. he's going to be going to arlington cemetery and he's going to be paying his respects to the many thousands of american soldiers who've died there. and i don't think that's a very good idea. >> rose: do that you believe the majority of people in iraq are glad that we came. >> i do, i do. >> rose: what's your evidence? >> well, you know, firs

with me now is a columbia university professor. >> how are you doing?yn: this has exploded everywhere. the officer is standing by his actions, the police department is standing by him. the professor is demanding an apology, which the officer says will not come. now we have the president win in. was he out of line as someone who was not firsthand witness to take a side and call the police officers' actions stupid? >> it is a bit unwise to start an analysis without being there, which is troublesome, but what he said -- and he follows this up with other statements -- is he says it is stupid to arrest someone in their own home after there was a clear mistake of a break-in. megyn: he tried to clarify the remarks, but he did not. the list -- police officer did not arrest him in his home, but on his porch after he says that he was screaming at him and would not quiet down. there were seven people who were looking at him. there was no question he was on the porch when this occurred. so the president was wrong. >> that is right, but he was at his own home. the p

we begin with susan sterne, a columbia university law professor who knew her when they were students at yale university. >> professor susan sturm, when did you first meet sonia sotomayor? >> in my first year of law school at yale, in 1976. >> what are the circumstances? >> we were friends with a common friend and her small group, and we met at a social occasion. a group of law students who were getting acclimated to a new situation. >> what did you have in common? >> we shared an interest, most importantly in social justice. we both came to law school to advance those goals, and discover that was a common bond. we also really enjoyed trying to figure out what actually was going on in the world at yale law school. we enjoy trying to analyze the culture we were in. >> what was going on at yale law school at that time? >> it was both a very exciting place -- we had a class of people who were really very serious about themselves and their futures. there were many discussions about the role of the law as an agent of change and also the role of a lot as an agent of stability. there was a l

. >> he is the former federal reserve governor, also a columbia university professor.great to see you today. >> great to see you, too. >> we were talking about the fed so you popped in at the perfect time, talking about what ben bernanke has put in the op-ed piece and also talking about the politics at play here. not only with him going before congress but whether or not he will keep this job. and the real pressure that's been put right now on the federal reserve just to remain an independent institution. >> yes. it's wild and crazy in congress right now. i testified recently in congress. there's tremendous hostility right now to the federal reserve. and a tax on independents, which i think could get worse over time and could be very serious in terms of damage to some important thingd we care about to the economy, particularly in terms of inflation. >> why do you think there's so much anger right now? why do you think there's so many attacks? >> i think it's natural in that the federal reserve has made decisions which i think took great courage. i think ben bernanke ha

we big dutch begin with the columbia university law professor that knew her when they were students at yale university. >> i met her in my first year in moscow. we had a common friend and we met on a social occasion. we were loss students getting acclimated to a new situation. >> what did you have in common? >> most importantly, we shared an interest in social justice. we both came to law school to advance that set of personal goals and immediately discovered that that was a common bond. we also really enjoyed trying to figure out what actually was going on in the world. we enjoy trying to analyze the culture that we were in. >> what was going on at that time? >> it was a very exciting place. we had a class of people who were very serious about themselves and their futures. there were many discussions about the role of the law as an agent of change and as a an agent of stability. there was a lot of discussion of that. we were in the second wave of women. there were 41 women in our class out of 180 students. very few faculty who were women. we were navigating our way into a world that h

court the lone woman justice, ruth bader ginsburg also benefited from affirmative action at columbia universitylly has supported race conscious programs as a justice. that's not a view shared by the court's conservatives, including justice clarence thomas who believes affirmative action taints a person's achievements. in the hearings republicans will ask how sotomayor's experiences will shape her opinions. >> all americans should be concerned when a judge decides cases based on their own personal views and political agenda. >> reporter: republican senators also will press her to explain what she meant when she insisted in speeches a wise latina woman would more for than not reach a better conclusion than a white male. but her compelling life stories from the projects to princeton and the lack of a so-called smoking gun have softened republican opposition. with a decisive majority in the senate, democrat judiciary committee chairman leahy is confident. >> she will be confirmed. >> reporter: short of a major misstep or revelation, republicans know they just don't have the votes to defeat sotomayo

doctors say the columbia university study suggests that even typical urban air pollution is more dangerousught. we are in trouble here. beloved writer and pulitzer prize winner frank mccourt has lost a long battle with cancer. he's best known for "angela ashes," and he taught for decades in new york city public schools. he leaves behind a wife, a daughter, and three brothers. a memorial service is set for september. he was 78 years old. those are your headlines. steve: the lad from limerick. alisyn: who hasn't read that book? brian: and i watched his offbroadway play too. where did the tarp funds go? what are they using it for? steve: the good news is that congress has got this inspector general, and his name is neil barofski. he's the guy who kind of has been keeping an eye on things. here's one of the things he suggested. he says that the treasury department should require more information from the banks and yet the treasury department has refused to get it. here's what we know. they took the $200 billion, these 600 banks, mainly ten big ones, they bought other banks, they invested the m

grants, including a woman who was the first, in 1952, she went to columbia university. we need to get back to having a normal relationship with iraq. that is why it is so critical we drawdown in u.s. military and switched over to a civilian presence. host: next phone call from eastern, pennsylvania. caller: i wanted to make a couple of comments and have you respond about my observations on the middle east. when president bush went into iraq, it was an unpopular attack, but it was something that had to be done, whether it was the right or wrong place to start. we would respond to international terrorism, that we were not going to lay down. i would like to see more continuity between the administration's so that we do not leave the afghan people flat, like we did. the focus of no more nukes in iraq, we had the remnants of chemical and biological warfare, but the rationale of an attack against the u.s., that we have no stomach for a prolonged war has been adopted by the totalitarian regimes, whether communistic or radical islam. host: any comment? guest: with respect to co

he has a bachelor's degree from george washington and a master's from columbia university. in what?uest: in real estate. host: our next phone call -- the guest: it is actually a around richmond and culpeper, virginia. host: here it is our twitter message. what do republicans criticize canada's health system? guest: today the republican healthcare solutions working group will hold a forum at noon on exactly this question of how outcomes are different in systems like canada and like the u.k. we will have discussions from experts who understand the systems and the impact on those in those systems. the anecdotal evidence and evidence itself shows people who are sick with certain types of conditions have to wait an extraordinarily long time. god forbid you are stricken with breast cancer and that these systems, particularly in the u.k. if you are in the government plan there's a good likelihood you will wait three up to six months to begin your chemotherapy treatment. we know that is too long and may be too late. americans have become used to level of quality of care that they do not wan

robert bernstein, a clinical professor of dermatology the at columbia university to talk about baldnessoblem, if you are thin on top, righted, doc. >> right. >> clayton: welcome and, let's start out here and what do we start with, start with the medical procedures you might be able to get, that are not on the table, procedures, right senate a hair transplant, tell us about what is involved in that. >> and for extensive hair loss is a hair transplant and we take a strip from the back of the scalp and it is put under a microscope and follicles are taken out in little tiny groups and placed into the scalp. >> we have a "before" picture, what it looks like. >> this is before the transplant. and let's see after. >> and what it looks like after, after the hair transplant pulled from the back of the hair. >> right. >> that is incredible. >> hair plugs are a thing of the past. >> they went out 20 years ago and unfortunately -- >> i don't know if people know that, because i have friends who have one. >> and didn't realize kevin spacy had hair plugs! >> dave: the medications you can take, when yo