i'm from columbia university. you were actually my provost back in the '90s.ggest mistake you made while working in the bush administration and what were some of the most surprising and important lessons you learned at secretary of state that you would want to share with future secretaries? >> the most surprising thing about being secretary of state is the degree to which the american secretary of state is the in-box for the world. i didn't even understands it as national security advisor. it's almost as if there is no issue that people don't bring to the secretary of state. and so you find yourself sometimes saying, well why is that my problem? and then you realize, you sort of get over your grumpiness about that and you say it's because people really look to the united states to be a problem solver. they understand that we are prepared to do hard things. but i was surprised, even having been national security advisor at the scope and scale of the job of the secretary of state. in terms of mistakes, look, we made our share. whenever you are in con convention

the columbia university band has been banned. they always play "roar lions roar."hey played it with altered lyrics, "we always lose, lose, lose." [laughter] >>> coming up tonight and 11 the sleep disorder keeping it from losing weight. you could be eating right and exercising but if you have this problem, you may not be able to shed the towns. a report to do not want to miss. >> still time to sign up for our latest facebook giveaway. >> we are giving away and ipad 2 again. wjla.com/facebook to sign up for your chance to win. we will announce the winner tomorrow on abc7 news at 5. >> and no charge for our forecast the other. >>> i can tell you with no reservations, might be called tonight. the diminishing wind, chilly skies, wake up to temperatures in the low 20's and climb into the mid 40's. for the weekend, sunshine and low 50's on saturday, partly sunny los 60's on sunday. we will drop temperatures back into the 50's and monday and tuesday with a chance of a few showers. them cool and dry right now for thanksgiving day. wjla.com is our online home for weather. at

let's cross to new york now, where we are joined by a freelance journalist and professor at columbia university who is also of greek origin. european leaders say they are shocked, and what do you think about this referendum? >> what do i think about it? when i first heard it was happening, i kept saying, what is the prime minister thinking? i think it is dangerous. i think it is a high risk gamble. the chances of it passing are less than 5050. less than 50% of the public are not in agreement with what happened he tried to change the stakes by saying it was a vote on the eve, but that is dangerous. >> what do you think is the rationale behind this decision? >> the rationale was to almost deflates the protests and antagonism that is going on. if you vote to except the austerity measures, which most of the greek public are not happy about it and which has driven the protests and riots over the last several months, it is a question of the greeks are so tired of the austerity measures that you are saying, let's vote. let's take the medicine and swallow it, and i do not think the greeks want to do th

albums to critical acclaim, taught at brooklyn college, new york university, the new school in columbia universityd is now touring lyrics for lockdown. one of those is sponsored by the naacp. i learned that he is beginning rehearsals for the remakes of "the wiz." let's welcome him. [applause] our moderator for this afternoon, world renowned anti- racist, multicultural educator. [applause] yes. as many of you in the audience know, she is an accomplished front line teacher. a teacher, educators, researchers, writers, consultant, speaker. she is like a mother, auntie, big sister, all in one, for me. she has taught in canada, the caribbean, and the u.s. and has been involved in the development of teachers for two decades. she consults on anti-racist inclusion very and equitable education. she assists school districts and schools to continually restructure themselves for equitable outcomes for all students. the initiative put that puts race -- she designed the initiative that puts race on the table. she is the virtual scholar for teaching for change. she is the author of "reality check," a major report

eric kandel, a nobel laureate, a professor at columbia university and a howard hughes medical investigat. we begin our program wh the question what other similities and differences of various brain disorders. >> in this issue we're going to consider various various brain disorders and as you know the brain is theost complicated o gahn in the body and susceptible to diseases than any other organ and we'll begin by considering psychiatric, addictive and neurological disorders which encompasses all brain disorders and we'll ask the question what are the similarities and differences between them. now, this is an issue that has been discussed for decades and thinking about it can be divided in three phases. the first phase which is called the moral face. continued until around 1800 when many physicians thought that only neurological diseases are based in the brain that psychiatric disorders and addictive disorders were not brain disorders, they were weaknesses of character, moral disorders. and people with dictive and psychiatric diseases were isolated from the rest of the community, put into

country and allow you to type in your location to see if your bank is in trouble, anlastly, columbia university, the school that answered the call of joseph pulitzer to train journalists, is now partnering with several w media sites, sites like the huffington post investigative fund. this partnership is already producing headliner stories. these universities ar attempting to bridge classic watchdog function with the best in new media tools. >> thanks, sonya. are you confident that given all this change that we're gonna have a strong, vibrant investigative journalism future, or is this something att e d the day, despite the experiments, is truly endangered? >> i think it's--there is a danger here. i really do believe that. i thk a building a new system, and it's not clear how it's gonna be paid for, it's not clear what the model is for it. there are lots of still investigativ journalists who want to do this work and who know how important it is, and a good story does travel, it does get disseminated. when you have th'o go everywhere. we have seen that over and over again. so it's--it's a worry.

we'll feature renowned scholar and japanese literature donald king, the professor amer tus from columbia university decided to become a japanese citizen after the march 11 disaster. last month he realized his long cherished desire to revisit the temple in disaster hit prefecture. nhk went with him. >> reporter: imagine him as a young man 56 years ago. he returned again a few weeks ago. this june he added the temple to the list of the world heritage site. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: literature and culture spans more than half a century. he has translated a variety of literature works from classic to modern novels. he felt inspired by a poem. he decided to make the same pilgrimage as by the poem's author. he has had a deep affinity. could you share your candid reaction to the temple? >> i felt enormous relief. at first the news of the success, the earthquake, the tsunami and then the atomic leakage, everything was unspeakably bad. and there was no room for saying whether the was all right. of course any damage to the temple even very, very minor damage is unfortunate. one would li

he was at columbia university. yo, yo, yo.iance, giving a lecture. apparently part of this anti-bullying campaign going on. some of the class weren't necessarily happy with him being there. one -- someone interrupted the class said why are you such a good example. you have a repetition of being a hard guy, and so they kind of shouted him down some of them. anyway he was invited to columbia. >> cultural phenomenon that is "jersey shore." we'll be right back. >> yo. "jersey shore." we'll be right back. >> yo. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out o

feature renowned schoolar and japanese literature donald king, the professor emeritus from columbia universityecided to become a japanese citizen after the march 11 disaster. last month he realized his long-cherished desire to revisit the temple in disaster hit iwate prefecture. nhk went with him. >> reporter: he first visited as a young man 56 years ago. he returned again a few weeks ago. this june, unesco added the temple to its list of world heritage site. >> reporter: his experience in japanese literature and culture spans more than half a century. he has translated a variety of literature works from classic to modern novels. he felt inspired by a poem. he decided to make the same pilgrimage as the one made by the poem's author matso basho. he has had a deep affinity for it ever since. could you share your candid reaction to the temple? >> i felt enormous relief. at first the news of the earthquake, the tsunami and then the atomic leakage, everything was unspeakably bad. and there was no room for saying whether it was still all right. of course any damage to the temple even very, very mino

researchers at columbia university say they found a flaw that allows hackers to reprogram the winters giving the attacker full control of printer functions. but hp released a statement saying the laser printer has a hardware element that is designed to prevent the fuser from over heating or causing a fire. >> theoretic it is possible that if you have a security vulnerability, you could get into the printer, but it is extremely unlikely. >> so if you have one of these printers at home, know that hp says it is now building a firm wear upgrade to mitigate this issue. no customers have reported unauthorized access to their printers. >>> politics, herman cain's campaign manager says there is no way he is backing out. he told his aides that he was reassessing his campaign. this follows an accusation that the woman add -- an extramarital uh fair. four other women accused him of sexual misconduct or harassment. they admit that it has become a distraction to the campaign. >>> a very big breakthrough for the tunnel's fourth bore projects. the crews tunneling from the west side broke through con

. >> reporter: hall received a full scholarship to columbia university.actor, she found few roles written for women of color. >> i was taken an acting class, and a teacher, you know, told me and my acting partner to go to the library and get a play that had, you know, a scene between two young black women. we really struggled. that's when i was like, i got to write some plays, then. >> reporter: hall has written nearly a dozen plays since. she was only 26 when she finished "the mountaintop." >> it's a gift. she was meant to do it. >> i did feel even at a young age that i had walked this earth before. >> reporter: you're an old soul. >> yeah. >> reporter: in 2009 in london, it opened to rave reviews and top awards. in retrospect, was it easier to go to london because people don't have that same ferocious love and respect for dr. king? >> absolutely. absolutely. there's cultural distance. they were also very open to judging the play on its own merits and not, you know, being disturbed over the human portrayal of dr. king. >> reporter: close to home, on broa

researchers at columbia university say they found a flaw that allows hackers to reprogram the wintersiving the attacker full control of printer functions. but hp released a statement saying the laser printer has a hardware element that is designed to prevent the fuser from over heating or causing a fire. >> theoretic it is possible that if you have a security vulnerability, you could get into the printer, but it is extremely unlikely. >> so if you have one of these printers at home, know that hp says it is now building a firm wear upgrade to mitigate this issue. no customers have reported unauthorized access to their printers. >>> politics, herman cain's campaign manager says there is no way he is backing out. he told his aides that he was reassessing his campaign. this follows an accusation that the woman add -- an extramarital uh fair. four other women accused him of sexual misconduct or harassment. they admit that it has become a distraction to the campaign. >>> a very big breakthrough for the tunnel's fourth bore projects. the crews tunneling from the west side broke through conne

he's glenn hubbard, dean of the graduate school of business at columbia university and economic advisorto mitt romney. >> the super-committee's work on our nation's budget deficit problem is important-- and hard. but, a two-part approach points the way. first, over the next decade, we can return federal spending to its long-term average of 20% of g.d.p. how? by eliminating unnecessary federal programs, empowering states with block grants and reforming and streamlining government. second, we should note that our long-term budget problems reflect yawning budget deficits in social security and medicare. we must find a way to close those deficits while helping americans who need that help and bringing the programs into the twenty-first century. for social security, we can gradually increase the retirement age and slow the rate of benefit growth for upper- income households. for medicare, gradual increases in the eligibility age and premium support for choices among health care plans point the way to reform. memo to the super-committee: the time for action is now. i'm glenn hubbard. >> susie

researchers at columbia university said they found a throw that lets hackers give full control of the devices. hp says the laser jet printers have hardware designed to prevent from overheating or causing a tire. hp is building an upgrade to mitigate this issue. >>> 4:57. next, honoring a fallen police officer. the huge crowd expected today for a memorial for a man whose death has devastated a community. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney at the oakland police department. investigators are frustrated by a lack of cooperation from witnesses to monday night's shooting that sent seven to the hospital, and left a nearly 2-year-old boy in critical condition. police have named some suspects. story coming up in a live report. >>> the city trying to prevent another tragedy whats palo alto plans to do to make the crosswalk where a little girl was killed a lot safer. [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritio

this is supposed to be a public school, i am paying the price for a place like columbia university. >>j.r.: there is a large crowd. we are waiting for the results of the vote and we're waiting to hear from the former u.s. labor secretary who is also a uc- berkeley professor. he will be speaking tonight. he has some crowd. j.r stone, kron4 news. >>catherine: the uc-berkeley group got a big show of support from occupy oakland. jeff bush walked with the oakland groove during their march on campus. frank ogawa plaza to uc- berkeley down telegraph ave. [chanting] >> oakland police escorted the group. officers were stopping traffic along the way for safety reasons. the protesters carrying signs and singing along with speakers that played music along the way. the clear weather was encouraging. >>catherine: said was kron4 as we continue to cover the oakland--the occupy protests. how much is the movement costing the city of oakland? also, what some people say away oakland's mayor is handling the situation. >>catherine: trouble was brewing on another part of campus today. a man was shot after

california berkeley and in gainesville we have matthew conley he's a professor of history at columbia university all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it but first marsha where does the world stand right now at seven billion people and still counting today's world population is that what it was in one nine hundred sixty seven and seven times what it was only ten centuries ago by mid century a projected growth will put that figure at nine point three billion people concerns are mounting that such sustained expansion of humankind threatens to run dry this planet's already overstretched resources. the business as usual scenario predicts that humanity will be using renewable resources and land at the rate of two planets each year by twenty thirty and just over two point eight planets each year by twenty fifty in addition to medical progress and higher agricultural productivity fertility is thought to be the main driver of population interesting re enough worldwide population continues to grow despite the fact that the growth rate itself h

new york he is the president and co-founder of the children's health fund and a professor at columbia university's mailman school of public health dr redlener welcome thanks i'm glad to be here thanks for joining us so now we have sequenced ration so can you describe what that is and why it's both a blessing and frankly a potential curse to the most fragile and vulnerable people in our society. well first of all the whole idea of sequester rationing was a kind of a backstop so if the idea was if this twelve person so-called super committee which turns out to be not that super failed in its mission to cut the budget appropriately and deal with the deficit then seaquest ration was the terminology used to describe what would automatically happen upon failure of the committee of it to complete its work so now we're to see cost ration which is not a great great use of that term but but in any case what it is is predetermined cuts in the budget that will take place as a result of the failure of the committee there's no new taxes involved but what it does involve is fairly equal cuts in domestic spending

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students at columbia university in new york yesterday got an unexpected guest speaker. e" swung by for a little gym, tan, lecture. he did. they asked him to speak at an ivy league university. it's kind of like when an animal wrangler brings a monkey to an elementary school. he was there to talk about bullying. one of the students asked him, what givens you a right to lecture us on setting a good example? and then vinnie beat the crap out of him. kate gosselin is still at it. she just got a job blogging for a coupon website, which is exciting. they hired her to give advice on how to save money. tip number one is, after the seventh kid, use birth control. kate knows a lot about coupons. she used a coupon to get that reverse mullet hair cut. too soon? [ laughter ] meanwhile the tlc network continues on without the gosselins. have you seen the show "my strange addiction?" it's a reality documentary. they follow weird people who do weird things, some of them are great. and the show's been such a big success they are launching a celebrity edition. we got a preview of episode n

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the professor of psychologist at columbia university, he's never met or treated bruce potts, but he's counseled other heavily modified people over the course of his career. >> certainly it's a kind of recognition. and a lot of people feel underappreciated in life, and doing something outlandish is a way, sure is a good way to get attention. >> but incredibly here in albuquerque people sometimes hardly seem to react. >> hi. how are you? >> pretty well. yourself? >> oh, pretty good. i want a double short latte. >> okay. anything else for you today? >> no. that will be fine. i want you to stamp my card. thank you. let's see. is there anything around here? there's a lot of ink in this area, in albuquerque. you will probably notice it the longer that you're here. >> he's just a normal guy really. you know, he may have a lot of tattoos but he's wearing a sweater vest. >> when we come back, a heart surgeon with an alter ego some might find shocking. >> i love to just push it. wishe they won't be beat. oh, actually... then i'd be like, you rule! and my kids would be like, you rule! i'd be lik

. >> reporter: hall received a full scholarship to columbia university.n actor, she found few roles written for women of color. >> i was taken an acting class, and a teacher, you know, told me and my acting partner to go to the library that get a play that had a scene between two young black women. we really struggled. that's when i was like, i got to write some plays, then. >> reporter: hall has written nearly a dozen plays since. she was only 26 when she finished "the mountaintop." >> it's a gift. she was meant to do it. >> i did feel even at a young age that i had walked this earth before. >> reporter: you're an old soul. >> yeah. >> reporter: in 2009 in london, it opened to rave reviews and top awards. in retrospect, was it easier to go to london because people don't have that same ferocious love and respect for dr. king? >> absolutely. absolutely. there's cultural distance. they were also very open to judging the play on its own merits and not, you know, being disturbed over the human portrayal of dr. king. >> reporter: close to home, on broadway, th

it was columbia university professor's wishful thinking that was so kind of to me fanciful that it bordered on romantic, professor sax, noted liberal academic. his idea is some liberals had when this occupy wall street movement began this will be the great battery of energy that will power our party and ideas back to power. and i don't think it's worked out that way. >> bill: when you have jean kwan, the mayor of oakland you don't get any more left wing. they have got to get out of here, they are destroying the city. i think it's over. as i asked karl rove. this was organized campaign in the sense that it gives president obama cover in the sense that he can say, listen, not my fault the economy is tanking and your life isn't as good as it might be. it's the fault of these people. and the republics won't help me defeat these people, the 1%ers, the banks, the wall street guys. that's going to be their theme, they being the obama people next year. i'm wondering whether some folks are going to buy that. >> i don't think it helps the president and the democrats if this is going to be their theme