i taught at columbia university and right now i'm teaching at sing sing penitentiary, which is an incredible experience. i have a pretty varied life. married, five children. my wife, joanne, runs the film festival here. so we live a really fun live and it's constantly changing. >> host: we are booktv, so we will talk about your newest book, "a viennese waltz down wall street." first of all, teaching at sing sing, what is that? >> guest: it is part of mercy college. it is privately funded education for four year college degree program for these hard-core inmates who are in there for murder or worse and they can get a college degree so that when they do get out, they will have some kind of scale. you know, the biggest problem is recidivism. they don't have a skill contest at they end up going back to what they know, which is drug dealing or theft or what have you and the end up -- 60% end up back in prison. with this program, it is so successful that recidivism is zero. there's had to anyone who's gone back after graduating because they'll get decent jobs. i teach economics and finance. my wif

jackson of columbia university, a specialist in the history of the suburbs.y built upon their experience in the 1930s. they built upon the experience of a couple of levitts in building warworkers' housing. one of them worked for the seabees in world war ii. these things taught them how to mass-produce. i remember distinctly saying to a lot of fellow officers there, "when this war is over, "beg, borrow, or steal, and build housing because there will be a huge backlog." it was simple economics. people have to have housing. there weren't any houses being built. backed by the promise of va and fha mortgages, levitt put his money where his judgment was. he laid out 6,000 lots on low-cost long island potato fields. specialized construction teams hit levittown streets like commandos. instead of having a carpenter do all the carpentry, we specialized. he did only framing. another carpenter only did roof rafters. we began delivering 150 houses every 5 days. approximately 18 before noontime and another 18 or 17 after noon. as with the model t, assembly-line methods cou

jackson of columbia university a specialist in the history of the suburbs.y built upon their experience in the 1930s. they built upon the experience of a couple of levitts in building warworkers' housing. one of them worked for the seabees in world war ii. these things taught them how to mass-produce. i remember distinctly saying to a lot of fellow officers there "when this war is over "beg, borrow, or steal and build housing because there will be a huge backlog." it was simple economics. people have to have housing. there weren't any houses being built. backed by the promise of va and fha mortgages, levitt put his money where his judgment was. he laid out 6,000 lots on low-cost long island potato fields. specialized construction teams hit levittown streets like commandos. instead of having a carpenter do all the carpentry we specialized. he did only framing. another carpenter only did roof rafters. we began delivering 150 houses every 5 days. approximately 18 before noontime and another 18 or 17 after noon. as with the model t, assembly-line methods could m

the author, and dean of the school of business at columbia university, and david kelly, he is the chiefstrategist with j.p. morgan fund. let's talk about the jobs report, the economy created 162,000 jobs for the month of july. below expectations even though the rate went down a bit. what does the report tell you where we are? >> we have a slug recovery, we are not growing facht. i think we are learning if we want to change, we have to give the economy a jolt. >> a jolt in what regard? >> a jolt meaning better long-term policy, real clarity of where we are going that gives business people a chance to say yeah, we want to invest again, and we are missing that. >> we are missing that for sure and david, i want though talk to you about the theory of people reaching 65 and what they are doing. >> the most interesting part of we had a mediocre jobs report and the unemployment came down, and the reason for that is labor force is growing that much more subtly, it's grown by that half a percent, so many people are reaching 65, and when you are hitting 65, you are eligible for medicare and people

she came here after she graduated from columbia university to start her legal career. and she loves this community, she has many people here who love her and are concerned about her and we are just begging anybody who has any information to please call the police. >> reporter: thank you tanya. sorry about the disappearance. sandra coke's family is begging anyone with information to contact the oakland city police. her last family member to see her is her daughter who's been waiting for her to come home since saturday night. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right, thank you amber. >>> now to a story we've been following throughout the day tonight a man accused of murdering a mother in southern california and then burning her home. that man is still on the run tonight. the man hunt for james lee demaggio is expanding and so too is the amber alert for his two children. ktvu's robert handa is here now and tells us why some people were surprised when they received that warning. robert-- >> reporter: well law enforcement agencies like to point out that california's fr

stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. dimitri simes is president of the center for the national interest. he just returned from a trip to russia where he met with senior russian officials. welcome to both of you. stephen sestanovich was it the snowden asylum in the end that led to this and do you think it was the right move. >> i think it was a key factor in the decision but it wasn't the most important issue. what it did was force the administration to take careful stock of where the relationship stood. what's going on they had to ask, and is this meeting going to be a loser. i think they were right to conclude it was going to be a loser. that it was going to be a waste of time, at best, and at worst. >> brown: you told one of our producers earlier today you think president obama mishandled the situation with putin over snowden. explain what you mean by that and is that how russian officials that you've talked to felt. >> well, snowden came

designed by them because they're passionate about it and in 2010 i was accepted to transfer into columbia university in the city of new york which was really exciting. i would not have gotten in if it weren't for columbia -- city college because my program is for nontraditional returning students. city college as it was, mission statement as it was, allowed me to be nontraditional. and had i taken the sort of course of action that accjc seems to think is appropriate for students to take to return to work, there are no credits that would have transferred to city college. [speaker not understood]. the quirky classes that were offered anywhere else [speaker not understood] were the ones that got me -- were the ones that helped me find out what i wanted to do once i got to university and also saved me money because there is not that much in grants and i just think that there is so much [speaker not understood] the accjc, i understand that they and i have a totally different idea about the role of community education. but thinking that one course of action and spending six years is wrong or that taking t

and that we want to thank all of our day's sponsors, including columbia university, our host, the shopper, as we'll see spend much of the broadcasting all day, as well as a host of other sponsors who have been in the room and out on the street and in the reception area all day long. and most importantly we want to thank all of you for sticking around for this final conversation. please give yourself a hand. [applause] so with that note, goodnight to our panel, to you all. all right. >> this event was part of the 15th annual harlem book fair. for more information visit qdr.com. >> now on booktv from the 20th annual eagle forum collegian summit, jerome corsi discusses his book, "bad samaritans: the aclu's campaign to erase faith from the public square." this is about half an hour. >> jerome corsi is an outstanding conservative author. he wrote a "new york times" bestseller called "unfit for command" which was a major factor in the defeat of john kerry in 2004. and he is a prolific author so he has not one, but two books that he will talk about today. what went wrong, the inside story of the

scott small is part of a team of researchers at columbia university medical center. >> this really reinforcesdea that alzehimer's disease and aging are mechanistically distinct. and i think that's quite important. >> reporter: the researchers found the amount of the protein called r.b.a.p.-48 declines with age in human and mice brains. then they disexexperiments in mice to see about blocking the protein. >> mice have a hippocampus that's similar to ours. it's quite remarkable. it's humbling. >> reporter: when the proteins in the brain of healthy young mice was blocked the animal started having memory loss. when the protein was reactivated their memory returned to normal. in another experiment, levels of the protein in the brains of elderly mice were raised. the results caught the researchers by surprise. >> quite remarkably, i should say, we reverse or we improve memory and now this older mouse is performing almost just as well cognitively as a younger mouse. >> reporter: scott, people may joke about senior moments, but underneath that is often real concern. even if it's not alzheimer's-- and

joining me now is dorian warren, associate professor of political science at columbia university andlow at the roosevelt institute. andrew mowsel and shaniqua davis, who works at mcdonald's and participated in the nationwide fast food strike. i'll begin with you, miss davis. you had to take time off to join us on this saturday morning. tell me why you are engaged in these activities. >> well, the strike, i feel like, you know, us workers, we feel like we deserve more than $7.25. we work extremely hard. some workers there, we have families to take care of and $7.25 is just not enough. >> so you are -- andrew, you're with the national restaurant association. you're sitting there next to shaniqua. she's a worker in a restaurant. what is your response to her about her ability to raise her family, to meet her bills on $7.25 an hour. >> well, i want to make clear, when you look at these protests, it's easy to think that every single worker makes the minimum wage. in fact, it's only about 5% of workers that do that. there's many more there are able to go on and make incredible career and li

jonathan from columbia university posted this article. here is a link to the article.f you are on twitter, follow #cspanchat. at the top of the home page, you will see the link right there. it will be right on that article. another view, they say it is must -- much less intrusive if they can find information faster and not abuse it. >> i wrote a little thing down and it will take a couple seconds. no big deal. we are now a nation of suspects that fight every moment everyday, so much for the great revolution. can you imagine what washington, jefferson, atoms, the others would say? >> steve on the independent line. >> i come home after my long day of work, at once every three months, i go through one of those checks for the do sobriety checks. >> you get pulled over or you go through them? >> once you reach a certain point, you can't turn left or right. they don't typically talk to every single person there, but they pick and choose who they think might be drinking. it kind of bothers me because i am working. i am not breaking any laws. this happens hundreds of times a n

on book tv, "after words" with guest host josef sorett, assistant professor of religion at columbia university. this week joshue dubler and his latest book "down in the chapel: religious life in an american prison". he experiences a week in the lives of christian and muslim prisoners to make their way through the graterford prison chapel. he discusses the place of religion and rehabilitation and incarceration. the program is about an hour. >> good afternoon. so does not have a conversation with you. what might be seen as an opportune moment. this is the year where there has been much discussion, different sorts of the place of presence in american society in the contemporary moment, i think, in particular on one hand of michele alexander is the new jim crow.

. >> the chancellor was formally the dean of arts and sciences at columbia university. he says he wants to help the campus community imagine new futures for the university. ktvu.com has a new section to help you and your kids head back to school. you'll find more information about the first day of school, and deals on school supplies. >>> president obama awarded the medal of honor to a soldier from antioch. he was chosen to receive the military's highest honor, for what he did during battle in afghanistan. ♪ [ music ] at the white house today, army staff sergeant ty carter took his place by the president. >> give thanks to the memory of the men who fought with him that day. >> reporter: the president cited his bravery. this is video taken by afghan insurgents of that battle. he risked his own life to save an injured soldier. 8 soldiers died. 22 were wounded. president obama spoke directly to his family and children in the audience. >> if you want to know what an american hero looks like, you don't have to look too far. you just have to look at your dad. >> reporter: afte

professor of associate science international affairs columbia university.ssor of social and cultural analysis. robert george, associate editorial page editor of the "new york post." for today the official pooh-bah of the republican party, we made you own them all. >> that's a hard row to hoe. >> because allan west comes with the package. i want to ask you, robert, in all seriousness, is the republican party at risk of going the way of the whigs, extinction. >> i certainly wouldn't go that far. you may not know but i worked for newt gingrich in the 1990. it's interesting how the circle has turned now. newt was exactly right republicans, particularly in the house, are in a really tough shape. this is a classic case of, you know, idle hands become the devil's play things. one of the things that the republicans had under newt, this they don't have right now. i know a lot of liberals hated the contract with america. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if ari's dissertation was a contract on america. >> phd luckily for you. >> but the fact was, back then they actual

then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia universityeuroscientist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it's the prefrontal cortex. >> it's very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done cnn affiliate

then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia universityroscientist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it's the prefrontal cortex. >> it's very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done cnn affiliate k

hamid dabashi is at columbia university and nicholas burns is a professor at harvard and former undersecretary of state of the united states. professor dabashi, what did you make of rouhani's "time" magazine article? did it suggest that you that he for one thinks that while iran should have a nuclear energy program, he's absolutely against any kind of weaponization of that program? >> as you know, fareed, no politician, no statesman can be -- can be looked at only on the surface of what he says. there must be measures of checking him and making sure what he says are verifiable within international confinements, but there's no reason to believe that he goes out of his way to publish an article in "time" magazine in which he commits -- if you go down the article, in fact there is nothing other than committing to iran to transparency in multiple number of ways. on the surface, this article has to be taken seriously. as president ronald reagan once said, trust but verify. within that confinement, i think even back in 2006 that statement could have been the beginning of a negotiation. >> nick burns

harvard university, princeton university, yale university, column b columbia university, and the university of chicago. your loist is california state university fullerton and the university of florida. and the difference here is the difference between prestige on one hand, and actually value added of, what are the inputs. what are students coming in with and what are they getting? is that more or less the difference? >> that's the goal, yes. and to highlight colleges that are doing a good job with their students and at a reasonable price. the u.s. news does reward colleges for spending more money. those measures do have a great use. they're great at measuring prestige, but they're not quite as useful for helping students to get through and potentially through college. >> perversely, the cost of tuition ends up becoming a mechanism signaling prestige. so it's almost a perverse market, whereas, as opposed to trying to get lower cost, if you cut costs, then you don't look like you're really serious, important college, whereas if you jack up -- you do, right? >> well, we're moving, hopefully,

august 2011 at new york presbyterian hospital, columbia university medical center in new york city. more about this debilitating disease, we learned about the dire shortage of available organs and the number of deaths as a result of this shortage. the limiting factor in saving lives is in many cases the lack of organs due to the low number of registered organ donors. throughout the five years of my illness, surgery, and recovery we have had continued support and love from a large circle of family and friends. we feel deeply about the strength of this support and helping in my recovery and the ability to reachpoins where we can now pay forward some of what we've learned from this experience. carol, alexis, brit, and i along with our family and friends have initiated the outreach of share life. we hope this effort will inform and educate others, increase enrollment as organ donors and provide many others the opportunity to receive life-saving organ and tissue transplants. >> that's beautifully done. >> wow. and you can tell why we picked your story, howard, because it's beautifully wr

then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia universitycientist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it's the prefrontal cortex. >> it's very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done cnn affiliate kiro

then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia universityntist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower. a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it's the prefrontal cortex. >> it's very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done by affiliate kiro in washington state. subject

then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia universityist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower. at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it's the prefrontal cortex. >> it's very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done cnn affiliate kiro in

let's bring in kim martin, political science professor at columbia university's bernard college and steve clemons from the atlantic. thanks to you both. >> good to be with you. >> professor, i want to start with you. we've had back and forth from putin and obama. some hostility coming from putin. it strikes me we might be missing there's a domestic issue in terms of his own domestic politics as to why he's showing a certain kind of face to the united states. >> there is. we have to keep in mind, rush wra is really not a unified government. there are facts that are relatively not transparent that are battling against each other, competing against each other, especially for their own economic well-being. when we're dealing with putin, he represents some someone trying to be a moderator and let his own people have individual power than simply representing the russian state. >> one of the things i thought was interesting in listening to president obama on friday and senator menendez, this message of talking about, you know, russia's future and where does putin want to take russia, which sound