applause] >> rashid khalidi author of "sowing crisis" is the professor of modern arab studies at columbia university. for more information, visit columbia.edu and search his name. ♪ >> next, a portion of book tv's monthly three-hour live program in depth. on the first sunday of each month, we invite one author to discuss their entire body of work and take your calls. in depth also includes a visit with the author to see where and how they write their books. that's what you're about to see. we visited the washington, d.c. home of author christopher hitchens. hington. >> this building is almost exactly 100 years old. it's 101 years old. it's a very fine old building called the wyoming from the great days of the gentleman's apartment building in washington. and this apartment which wraps around the whole of the top floor was originally built with this wonderful floor which you can see. this wooden floor. it's almost like an ice ring. that's why i don't have any furniture because i like rolling around it. by the architecture of the building himself, his own occupation. i think the great distinction of t

now at 19, armed with a new world view and eagerness to learn, obama attended columbia university.is mentor, frank, would have been proud how he made use of his time there. >> political discussions of the kind that once seemed so intense and purposeful came to take on the flavor of the socialist conferences i sometimes attended at cooper union. >> sure, when he wasn't attending socialist conferences. by the way, i remind you he is definitely not a socialist. he stayed on campus and chose his friends carefully. >> to avoid being mistake fon such a sellout, i chose my friends carefully. the more politically active black students, the foreign students, the chicanos, and marxist professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance poets. >> completed his education, and now he was on to the real world. he moved to chicago and became a community organizer, and while he was organizing things there, many friends and relationships budded. he met like-minded people like william ayers, one of the founding members of the weather underground, participated in the bombing of the pentagon

. >> we met at columbia university in new york city to talk about his book, "come on people on the pathims to victors." his co-author, noted psychiatrist and good friend alvin pouissant would join us later. but, first, i wanted to know how the 70-year-old icon has become the town cryer rather than sit at home and bask in his success and watch from the sidelines. >> i can't take it anymore. because people are not paying attention to the pain and the sadness that's in your children. they're not addressing it. and, so, these children grow up to be teenagers who make themselves parents. some of them will be raped. by their own people. by relatives, by the mother's boyfriend. and i'm talking about the males as well. things that we didn't believe when we first heard and we paid no attention to, these things began to slide. well, the young people are saying they're not going to live past age 25, 24. oh, that's -- that's nonsense. proudly wearing the pants down without a belt, and they're imitating the people in prison. ah, that's nonsense. and these things, these things didn't pass, ed, as far

challenges that lie ahead for the new leader, yukio hatoyama, i'm joined by a professor at columbia university. thank you for joing. is yukio hatoyama the man to deliver on these promises? >> he has a passion. he does not have the experience. he knows that he and the other leaders of the dpj, they know they have to succeed. they will not have a second chance. japan will not have a second chance. if they do not get their act together, then this country will -- the decline will be irreversible. i think they have a real sense of this is a major turning point in japanese history. this election is not about an unpopular prime minister. this is about the end of the postwar political toddy system in japan. it is the only time since the end of the second world war with any party has won a majority of seats in the lower house. something new is beginning today. >> are the expectations too high? we had an e-mail that said -- will it simply be too much for this new government? >> the public yesterday did not really see that they had a great deal of hope in the dpj. what they said is enough is enough. they

sharon o'halloran is a science professor at columbia university and my guest co-host harold ford joinse. we were talking during the break about whether or not this is good news and whether or not more the obama administration can and should do. >> right. >> to lower the rate. your thoughts. >> my thoughts are is that you need to get the money directly to the people who will spend it immediately, like a tax break. only 40 cents on the dollar is not an efficient way to get money back into the economy. so extension of unemployment insurance. that's important. getting money to people who need it, are in poverty levels and getting social security. those are the plays where the dollar-for-dollar will impact the economy. >> you are making a a point that is to the people who need it and spend it now. >> that compensation goes to people who have to spend it because there they're without work and not a big amount of money but the money goes into the economy. do you think a payroll tax holiday. you talk about social security. it only taxes up to $90,000. some sort of holiday tax for employers and

we had an interesting conversation with professor kimberly martin of columbia university.cans like lindsey graham saying more troops, more money, could be there a long time. >> one of the things we seldom do when we get involved in the overseas missions is define the mission. clearly, what is it that we're really trying to achieve? what will constitute victory in our eyes? that hasn't been done with regard to afghanistan. and now it's been really a long time. what are we talking about? eight years now in afghanistan. and it just seems to me to be unending situation. i think sending young people off to to five tours in the combat in iraq and afghanistan. also we're talking about cost containment on health care and we're talking about budgetary matters here at home and deficits and that sort of thing. look how much these wars in iraq and afghanistan are costing us. what are we getting in return? >> certainly lbj found out firsthand what you spend overseas -- >> guns and butter back during the vietnam. you don't hear that phrase any more. >> we will leave that conversation fo

here with me is roxanne from columbia university and jimed by kim martins from columbia university andt mort zuckerman. you visited afghanistan before, kim, you studied this region of the world and heard a lot of what national security adviser jim jones and others have had to say. are we in more trouble in afghanistan than perhaps we thought we would be six months ago some. >> carlos, i wish we were doing as well as the yankees and we're not. but there's some positive things. the united states counterinsurgency strategy is very much focused on what it should be focused on and providing security for the local population, trying to work on development assistance and get things more unified and more coordinated. the problem we have to take shortcuts because not enough resources and isn't enough political will to do the job right. one of the problems we're trying to pay off some local people to provide their own security and there's a danger there that we'll create more new war lords. >> richard, live in afghanistan, you've had conversation with a wide range of people there. your thoughts

this election approaches is mberly marten, a professor of political science at barnard college columbia universityhere in new york. welcome back. >> thank you, martin. it's good to be back. >> so let's talk seriously regarding this'yjez cabut today. is it a sign of what's going to happen on thursday, and is it an indication of the taliban are going to be able to disrupt this election? >> well, i think this was predicted and the important thing to keep in mind is that the campaigns have generated so much excitement and there are people who have been willing already to risk their lives and go out and prevent an alternative to the two other alternatives that are out there. you have karzai and his war lor. you have the taliban on th other. if that sense of excitement can continue over the next two days then even if there are some people in some warts parts of the country who cannot vote successfully the vote will make a difference. >> do you suppose people who were prevented from voting will be resented by the taliban force. >> i thin there will be a contakent affect. the entire country has radio coun

he studied chinese at columbia university and the universituniversity in beijing.to find out more about the author, visit the octagon of rock.com and gates of heaven.net. 3 of the criteria you mentioned about people interested in the book. i was interd

. >> this doctor of columbia university medical center observed over 1800 people over a five-year period. they had up to a 44% relative risk reduction for alzheimer's. while more research is needed to see how closely diet and exercise are linked to alzheimer's, many nutritionists say eating a -- eating this diet makes sense. >> the mediterranean diet can help maintain healthy blood cells and good cholesterol levels. maintaining good blood flow to the brain is imperative in maintaining brain function. >> it may really be using your head. >> that looks like they are having fun. some popular influence of drugs may do more harm for children. british researchers reviewed data from clinical trials of children who were treated with tamiflu after being diagnosed with the seasonal flu. they had no effect on asthma symptoms, year infections, or the need for antibiotics. because most swine flu cases are mild, so far at least, most children will be better off if they did not take the antiviral influence of drugs. >>-- antiviral influenza drugs. >> you can see storms dropping down out of pennsylvania

. >> one of the naked girls was a columbia university student. i got security on my ear. follow the trail of glue and glitter down to the room, red shirt, thank you. >> greg: isn't it a way for anybody to get press? >> here is another way it is not art. this guy had 30 seconds to do ten shots. i know catalog photographers that will take hundreds of shots of preparation h and they don't call themselves artists. let me go to pinch. you are often seen nude on the subway. can you relate to the whole thing? >> i'm happy for the fact that they covered subway nudes. that is an option i had. if a foul nude person gets on the subway take me on put it on the person. it only costs you $1.50. use me. i can pap paper cut them. >> greg: don't go away. we'll read some of your e-mails, when we come back. and as a progressive customer, you get to use any of our concierge claim centers. so i can just drop off my car and you'll take care of everything? yep, even the rental. what if i'm stuck at the office? if you can't come to us, we'll come to you in one of our im

he was in the columbia university, he has a phd. he's been a guest on our program before, so i welcome him back. mr. ghani is coming to us from a tent in kabul. welcome, ashraf. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be with you. >> ashraf, begin by telling us what you think went wrong with karzai's government. what happened? >> he turned out to be a very poor manager in the sense that he couldn't deal with issues in a manner that met response to the needs and aspirations of the people and create momentum. the other side is tolerant for corruption that grew into massive disease, into a cancer that's eating to the society, and then the poor quality of governors. the people he has appointed where today the heart of insurgency is. these are people that have failed to govern before, and it was their bad behavior that has given rise to the taliban. >> you said recently to george packer of "the new yorker" that shakespeare is sometimes the best guide to what happened in afghanistan. what did you mean by that? >> the palace is full of

a look at what happened when some leaders of the minutemen project were invited to speak at columbia university-- ançç ultraleft institution. this, by the way, this, by the way, the same institution that had mahmoud ahmadinejad speaker, and they treated him with respect, but if you have a conservative there, this is what happens. now, another conservative man, tom tancredo, was speaking at the unc chapel hill campus. watch what happens. -- happened. notice here they say, "i thought this was a free speech crowd." and they say, "and not hate speech." good thing we have new hate speech legislation, is it not? the next, acorn illegally breaking into a home last january in baltimore. >> they break into a foreclosed home in an act that they call is a civil disobedience. >> this afternoon, they literally broke the padlock right off of the front door and then broke into the house. we're actually trespassing. so this is a way of civil disobedience. glenn: ok, so you tell me which one looked like a mob? but when we come back, i will show you the dnc definition of an angry mob. dddddddddddd

i wanted to go to howard university in the district of columbia of but i apply to all the universitiesn washington d.c.. disappointed because i have not heard from howard in time to apply for my guaranteed student loan. i enrolled at george washington university known as gw. not knowing that because of my surname by graduation from queen's college, the admissions officers assumed that i was a white student. [laughter] i won't go into that. my thesis adviser was woodgrain the specialty was 19th century united states social history. dr. gray was the first professional to teach me that no historian is truly objective because we all bring our prejudices to the table. so i was grateful for that. if i also learned that he had a difficult time excepting me as a black student. of love he had had black historian elsie louis s.a. posted into with him at the department of history and university of chicago, but he still had a difficult time seeing black people. eschewing historian. llc lewis was the chair at howard university at the time. in greece still wanted me to be something other than the et

look at what happened when some members of the minute mep project were invited to speak at columbia universitytution? this, by the way, is the same institution that had mahmoud ahmadinejad speak and they treated him with respect, but if you have a conservative there, that's what happens. now let's go to another conservative, former colorado congressman tom tancredo whos was speaking on campus about illegal immigration. watch what happened to him. notice here they are saying -- he says i thought this was a free speech crowd, and they said, no, not hate speech. if this group can deem hate speech, you're over. good thing we have new hate speech legislation, isn't it? the next clip is a local news report showing acorn illegally breaking into a home last january in baltimore. >> a community organization breaks into a foreclosed home in what they're calling an act of civil disobedience. >> this is our house now. >> this afternoon, they literally broke the padlock right off the front door, and then broke into the house. >> we're actually trespassing, a way of civil disode bead yens in trying to stay

. >> reporter: the survey by columbia university's center on addiction and substance abuse also demonstrates parental involvement can put the brakes on abuse. >> we know a child under age 21, smoking, illegal drugs or abusing alcohol is virtually certainly never to do so important the rest of their life. >> reporter: responses from a thousand teens and nearly 500 parents suggest that the ava availability of marijuana is up sharply. two-thirds of high school students say drugs are readily available at school but the real threat may be at home in your medicine cabinets. >> we were surprised to find how readily available prescription drugs are to american teens. one in five which translates to almost 5 million, 12 to 17-year-olds can get their hands on prescription drugs. >> reporter: this massachusetts mom wants to give her kids a good head start. >> once they are out the door they are in other people's influence. so i do what i can at home. but i know that they are going to be influenced by their friends. i do what i can. >> reporter: that's a message to all parents. teach by example. brian m

he is a former finance minister of afghanistan, educated in the united states at columbia university. he has a ph.d. he's been a guest on our program before, so i welcome him back. mr. ghani is coming to us from a tent in kabul. welcome, ashraf. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be with you, fareed. >> ashraf, begin by telling us what you think went wrong with harmid karzai's government. he comes into power with a great deal of hope. you were there at the time. you saw it. what happened? >> he turned out to be a very poor manager in the sense that he could not deal with issues in a manner that met response to the needs and aspirations of the people and create a sense of momentum. the other side was -- is tolerant for corruption that grew into massive disease, into a cancer that's eating through the society, and then the poor quality of governance. the people he has appointed where today the heart of the insurgency is. these are people that have failed to govern before, and it was their bad behavior that has given rise to the taliban. >> you said recently to george packer of "

it's just a couple of blocks away from columbia university.nd being in a location that's near an educated population has really been central to the business model, a model that's been successfully marketed to changing customer demand. >> one of the reasons that we're seeing, you know, that their sales results are slowly improving is that i think that they began to have an attrition of some of their marginal customers earlier than others and they hit the bottom and their core customers have stuck with them at this juncture. >> even in the present environment, stores here at whole foods are out-selling the competition in new york city. they're doing $2 million a week in sales per store, whereas the average grocery store is doing $20 million in sales over the course of an entire year. those numbers are pretty staggering. and the core consumer is sticking around. >> this is a company that at first we were somewhat skeptical about, their value campaign. it's been pretty successful at keeping the traffic coming in the stores. >> whole foods is owing

. >> reporter: the doctor of columbia university medical center observed over 10 elderly new yorks are doenchts a five-year period. his research team found with high levels of physical activity, stuck to a mediterranean-type diet, and had up to a 44% relative risk reduction for all tirms compared to those with low physical activity levels who didn't adhere to a diet. >> touch your nose. now my finger. >> reporter: while more research is needed to see just how closely diet and exercise are linked to alzheimer's many nutritionists say eating a diet rich in healthy fats and vitamins makes sense. >> the mediterranean diet can help maintain healthy blood vessels. and good cholesterol levels. so maintaining blood flow to the brain obviously is imperative for maintaining brang vungs. >> reporter: so sticking to a healthy diet and exercise may really be using your head. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> experts agree a healthy diet and exercise can help at any age. >>> new findings about the way some food drugs affect children may change the way doctors treat kids with a swine flu. experts sat th

a look at what happened when some leaders of the minutemen project were invited to speak at columbia university

to my left, professor joseph stiglitz is professor at columbia university's [applause] he receive the nobel prize in economics in 2001 for research on economics of infortion and the co-auor of the $3 trillion or more t true co of the eye of iran conflict -- conflict. please welcome joseph stiglitz [applause] to his left is the editor of challenge magazine a visiting professor of humanities at cooper union and director palms research at the sort -- short center and the author o the case for big government. zero jeff? [applause] he wrote the best-selling book these the best-selling author of nickels and dimes is the award for a price for criticism chip her latest book is this land is their land barbara ehrenreich pplause] and finally to the furthest left bill fletcher originated the call for founding progressives four obama e executive editor of black commentator which is a fantastic website the former president and chief executive officer and a founder of the center for labor renewal. bill fletcher, jr. [applause] and is a lot warmer with 800 people in here. just to quickly say how we

from honduras as a teenager understanding very little english yet he managed to graduate from columbia university and harvard law school, magna cum laude before serving as a prosecutor and a lawyer at the department of justice. later he found success as a lawyer in private practice. however, miguel estrada, in spite of the fact millions would take great pride in the confirmation, was filibustered by the democrats seven times. most recently in 2003 because many democrats disagreed with his judicial philosophy. it was the first filibuster ever to be successfully used against a court of appeals nominee. i supported mr. mr. estrada's nomination because of the judicial philosophy was one of restraint explicit in writings and responses to the senate judiciary committee that he would not seek to legislate from the bench. in 1987, i had my first opportunity to provide advice and consent on a supreme court nominee. at that time i stated that the qualifications i believed were essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included integrity, character, legal competence, and ability, experience, and phil

according to administrator at a hospital in greece, a lecturer at columbia university in new york. >> at a population level we see a tremendous drop in mortality rates. we see an increase in life expectancies. in that sense the system works. >> reporter: greece spends 9.6% of gdp compared to 16% in the united states. 2,727 compared to $7,290 in the u.s. life expectancy, 79.5 years versus 78 in the united states. because many health care resources are concentrated in major cities, there is an effort to develop better facilities on smaller islands. but rural villages are not neglected. >> they do have rural doctors as we call them who go to smallest of villages at least once a week to prescribe medications and examine patients. >> reporter: the biggest problem is long wait lines for certain procedures so people turn to private insurance for supplemental coverage. >> there are stories of people trying to call in for an appointment and they get an appointment two months later. long lines for primary or even for surgery that creates obviously dissatisfaction. >> reporter: the long wait tim

. >> reporter: the survey by columbia university's center on addiction and substance abuse demonstrates parental involvement can put the brakes on abuse. >> we know anyone abusing alcohol or drugs virtually never to do so for the rest of their life. >> reporter: responses from a thousand teens and nearly 500 parents suggest the availability of marijuana is up, sharply. two-thirds of high school students say drugs are readily available at school but the real threat may be at home in your medicine cabinet. >> we were surprised to find how readily available prescription drugs are to american teens. fwhun five which translates 5 million, 12 to 17ier olds, can get their hands on prescription drugs. >> reporter: this massachusetts mom wants to give her kids a good head start. >> once they are out the door, they are in other people's influence. so i do what i can at home. but i know that they are going to be influenced by their friends. i do what i can. >> reporter: that's a message to all parents, teach by example. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> study also found if parents don't think

would not recognize folks like this man here, this is william samuel johnson, president of columbia universitye was -- he is a theologian. >> mike: will run out of time on different want too. i want to ask you quickly, is there not some kind of big prayer meeting before the constitution? that there were a couple of pennies. he actually had franklin here five weeks in there is so much difficulty franklin called a timeout and set guys cannot have it prayed. we used to pray all the time in congress. only six guys signed the declaration or the constitution. if i can was in congress signed the declaration that daily prayer. he had lengthy prayer. that assigned chaplains. he said we haven't done that since we did the constitution. so they wanted the thing about religious prayer according to george washington picked up three days off and went to church. they went to the church of the reverend william rogers, is a great prayer he prayed. we have the actual prayer. we have about 100,000 documents from before 1812. i have the actual prayer he prayed over the actual constitution convention and the whole

joe califano heads the casa drug rehab not rehab but the drug think-tank at columbia university.has got a new book out califano does and i recommend it. he says marijuana addiction is the biggest problem of all substance abuse for kids. american teenagers, younger adults, college kids. they see a guy like pitt, they like pitt. pitt identifies -- he is accepted in that world. saying this. i'm saying to myself that's not so good what do you say. >> a guy who makes segments about good parenting. the real story here where celebrities gram rise drug use. the real story here is he said he quit so he could be a responsible parent with 42% of americans who have tried pot and they see this guy, a role model who says, look, i'm not doing it anymore. they are all under 7. it's not responsible. bill: that overrides in your upon yuking it up and all of that? >> you know why? it was seven minute interview and they spent 40 seconds talking about. this so it's not like i miss doing drugs so much. bill: i didn't get the big anti-pot message there from brad pitt. >> i didn't get the big anti-pot m

just a few years ago the minutemen were shouted down at columbia university. bill: certainly that was organized. and then speakers like ann culture cowell temperature have been assaulted by left wing cooks. code left shows up all over the place and organized protests the list goes on forever. talking points justified bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. i don't like insulting rhetoric by town hall meetings by anyone. people should be able to state their case without personal attacks. i suggest all americans bring some nature of civility to the debate. however, organized protest is not unamerican and the left is now getting a big taste of its own medicine. again, it's impossible to know what emotions are spontaneous and what are contrived. if you want to know the truth about health care, the polling tells the tale. most americans now believe president obama's health care vision is not good for them all the spin in the world will not disprove that fact. top story tonight. how is the media covering the intense health care debated. joining us from north

. >> kroft: columbia university law professor harvey goldschmid is a former commissioner and generalounsel of the securities and exchange commission. he says the bill was passed at the height of wall street and washington's love affair with deregulation, an infatuation that was endorsed by president clinton at the white house, and encouraged by federal reserve chairman alan greenspan. >> goldschmid: that was the wildest and silliest period, in many ways. now, again, that's with hindsight, because the argument at the time was, "these are grownups. they're institutions with a great deal of money. government will only get in the way. fears it will be taken overseas. leave it alone." but it was a wrong-headed argument, and turned out to be, of course, extraordinarily unwise. >> kroft: what role did alan greenspan play in all of this? >> goldschmid: well, he made clear in his public speeches and book that a libertarian drive was part of the way he looked at the world. he's a very talented man, but that didn't take us where we had to be. >> kroft: he was, another former commissioner told u

here with advice on how to protect your online reputation, new media professor at columbia universityod morning. >> when you think about online profiles, we think facebook, twitter and myspace. what else is there that we should be worried about? how deep does this go? >> to everything online. what you need to do is to google yourself, go on all the search engines and see what's being written about you or, as you saw in the piece, names that are like yours. it's not obvious that people, when they look at something, might be thinking they're finding you, but they're finding someone else. >> that used to be considered vain to google yourself. i've done it. i'm not happy with all the things you find. but you say it's necessary. it's healthy, right? >> it's called ego surfing, completely safe, natural activity and everybody should do it. you want to see what's out there. >> then there's the concept of cleaning up your online profile. you should ask yourself, why do you want to clean that up? why is that a question you should ask before you even begin the process? >> you have to be ready fo

that honor today goes to the white house council of economic advisers and professor of columbia university, professor sig lirks t. thank you for being here this morning. >> nice to be here. >> two of the president's top advisers did not rule out the possibility of a middle class tax increase. let's listen to treasury secretary timothy geithner. >> when we have some recovery established led by the private sec sector, then we get to bring deficits down very dramatically. we get to bring it down to a level where the amount we're borrowing from the world is stable at a reasonable level. that's going to require some very hard choices and we'll have to do that in a way that doesn't add unfairly to the burdens that the average american already faces. >> doesn't add to the burden but it's not off the table. would taxing the middle class squeeze them too much? is it the wrong move for the economy? >> we're not really into a robust recovery yet, so i don't think this is an issue we have to face for quite a while. i actually think that what we need now is another round of stimulus. while there's been

bring it right up to recently columbia university, the black professor who hung the noose, suspiciously, it seems, that she is probably the one who hung the noose and the case quietly goes away to the duke lacrosse case where, yeah, there was racial profiling. there was athletic profiling of the allegedly rich young frat boys. i'm just saying, you know, before -- every time one of these comes up, you have liberals saying ok it wasn't true in this case but we still have an epidemic of racial profiling. well, they got to start having their cases not turn out to be hoaxes before they can say that. what we seem to have a rash epidemic of -- laura: what about the aclu lawsuit against maryland state police? the aclu sued and there was a settlement. an out-of-court settlement essentially an admission on the part of maryland that they do stop african-american drivers in some type of pattern that i guess some people believe is profiling. >> right. what they compare it too is percentage of blacks in the population. which if you think about it is obviously absurd. just to take one example in anoth

take this brand new location near columbia university, just footsteps away a very educated, affluent community. and that's been key to the business model here. even with customers' needs changing and many people trading down, whole foods has also successfully marketed itself to those changing demands. >> trade-down is happening. so consumers come in, a $50 bottle of wine becomes the $20 bottle of wine. but the value campaign has done a nice job at keeping their customers loyal. >> reporter: and that loyalty is paying off. major disparities between what whole foods' business is doing versus the competition. in fact, it's clobbering the competition here in new york city, where on an average week the average store of whole foods does about $2 million in sales. over a year that equates to about $100 million in sales. compare that to the average grocer, which is doing $20 million in sales. and you see how good it is to be whole foods. and it's a feat that mushkin attributes to john mackey's leadership. in recent weeks mackey has come under some pressure for the health care op-ed he penned

bring it right up to recently columbia university, the black professor who hung the noose, suspiciously, it seems, that she is probably the one who hung the noose and the case quietly goes away to the duke lacrosse case where, yeah, there was racial profiling. there was athletic profiling of the allegedly rich young frat boys. i'm just saying, you know, before -- every time one of these comes up, you have liberals saying ok it wasn't true in this case but we still have an epidemic of racial profiling. well, they got to start having their cases not turn out to be hoaxes before they can say that. what we seem to have a rash epidemic of -- laura: what about the aclu lawsuit against maryland state police? the aclu sued and there was a settlement. an out-of-court settlement essentially an admission on the part of maryland that they do stop african-american drivers in some type of pattern that i guess some people believe is profiling. >> right. what they compare it too is percentage of blacks in the population. which if you think about it is obviously absurd. just to take one example in anoth

look at this store. 60,000 square feet on new york's upper west side in the neighborhood of columbia universityso a lot of potential customers right here in the neighborhood. as far as future growth, larry, whole foods, analysts say it could double its presence in the united states and also some expansion opportunities overseas that it's looking into. but one thing you might look at as far as new whole foods stores goes is the fact that they're probably not going to be the mega stores like this one, 60,000 square feet. they'll be more in the neighborhood of 30 to 40,000 square feet. that's slightly smaller store concept has been generally speaking more favorable. back over to you. >> rebecca, let's have some fun with this. i've got to ask you a question. john mackey is not bashful. he is a free market libtarian, and he is not bashful. this is a free country. now, if the employees like it, if the customers like it, and if the shareholders like it, as you have just described and narrated empirically, what the hell is the problem? >> you tell me, larry. >> i don't get it! >> some people in chat ro

own favorite stors was, there with thi organization called the statistical research group at columbia university. and it was this amazing group of young statisticians and economists, including the father of one of our audience members here and paul wolfowitz's dad, as well, and including mton friedman. one of the questions that they dealt with was with artillery shells. i am no gunnary expert. there are any you want to correct me on the details. you score them to determine how many pieces that break up into. it is theisk reward thing. if you all is going into a few pieces, and if you hit your target you hit it with more, but if you scored it into lots of little pieces you score less damage and are more likely to hit. these calculations of what is the optimal level of fracturing you want in your artillery shells were done up at columbia, and then friedman would go down to washington and meet upith generals -- naturals, lower officers, artillery officers from the army in the midst of fighting the battle of the bulge. they would come back to washingtonnd get advice from milton friedman. and experie

hilda hutchinson is the clinical professor of on stek ricks and gynecology at columbia university. what gave you this idea that you wanted to poll your readers to find out what they had to say about their experiences. >> because we get letters all the time from young women, asking, is what my gyno did normal? you feel so vulnerable and exposed on that exam table it can be very hard to know, is that something they should have -- my doctor should have done? is it unusual? young women can feel very confused about it. so we get so many letters we decided to do a big article. >> normally a young woman, less experienced at some of these exams, but they're also maybe less likely, perhaps, to speak up. that's a possibility. >> absolutely. >> so there is a vulnerability there that we certainly need to recognize. >> there's a power dynamic. >> one of the letters you got my gynecologist gave me a rectal exam. i've never had one of those before. is that a normal situation, doctor? >> oh, it's absolutely essential part of the pelvic examination. and here's why. it may be the best way to detect

new yorkers >> last night i was on my terrace watching seven lightning strikes on the nearest columbia universityer: it looked like the version of a child's game of pick up striks. powerful branches were tossed around, causing damage at every corner. >> it's incredible sheets of water coming down, the electricity and light anyoning and thunder. it didn't last more than 15 minutes. >> drivers say because of the rain visibility was near zero adding it caught them of a guard. all of this happening so sad. >> i dialed 911 from inside the car. i hear another branch coming down. i said, no, i got to get out of here before i get killed. >> reporter: by day break in central park, their routines were anything but. navigating from all the debris in the north and now other workouts. some 500 others also took a licking. >> you see bikers just lifting their bikes. it's the most unbelieve blg thing i've ever seen in my life. >> reporter: as for the clean-up, no easy task. they haven't seen this kind of damage in central park in 30 years. >> speaking of that, they're saying this is historic damage and they thin

me on the set is kimberly martin, professor of international relations and foreign policy at columbia universityth me is angela bert-murray, editor and chief of "essence." richard what is latest on this knowing the presidential elections next week and there have been questions how smoothly those will go? >> the afghan government is trying to secure the city of kabul. we saw today extra checkpoints being put up and they are clearing away street vendors from busy intersections and hired as you mentioned thousands of local militia to monitoring the polling station and the u.s. military is also going on the offensive. a major operation today in the south of afghanistan in helmand province. about 400 marines and a hundred afghan troops went in. they were backed up by combat helicopters and jump jets and they were taking over a taliban-held village and there was intense fighting. the u.s. troops think they killed between 7 and 10 taliban fighters but they fought over eight hours and taliban were firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns. >> we heard a lot of senior obama admi