earlier in scope, you can talk about the appearance of columbia university in the small circle of friends that was referred to in back matter and their buddies who were challenging the institution that was columbia and the literary establishment. they were questioning him as they do in the famous as at that point. the delivery of how it was presented in 1955 the publication two years later served in a couple of those seminal moments and they serve as triggers. the appearance and the emergence of the project at harvard believe it or not which involved timothy leary and then eventually richard alpert brought in young people to serve as kind of guinea pigs as it were and proved to be enormously controversial. surprisingly what became most controversial was the oldest institution that was harbored and they seem to be okay those community members and graduate students at where harvard drew the lines of harvard graduates. the journey across america in 1964 they went to meet new york city and it wasn't a happy experience. they shifted very far to the political right in that point in time and the

important to realize, ku klux klan, i'm quoting progressive historian eric stoner columbia university, ku klux klan was 30 years the domestic terrorist arm of the democratic party. it was a delegate to the democratic national convention founded the clan. the republicans shut down thed klan. president woodrow wilson revived the klan.w wilsoned the clan was a extension of democratic party. hey, they endorsed trump because they don't have a job and he wants to make america great again, no. klan has actual history and the history is closely connectedwa with the history of the democratic party. i guess i will leave it at that. >> host: up with section from your book, you write the facism card is used to intimidate conservatives and republicans with being feared. naziism is ultimate form of hate, association with it, the ultimate hate crime. in this book i turn the tables on the democratic left show they, not trump are the real fascists. they use nazi bullying and intimidation tactics to subscribe to full-blown fascist ideology. calling somebody is the ultimate hate crime.ngng do you fear a

i can still remember him coming down columbia university and after the interview with me he was goingown the hall and i did say check this guy out i think we have a rockefeller spy and he went on to be a strategist with the greatest political mind can't richard nixon and the speechwriter from one of the greatest communicators of all time, ronald reagan. [applause] i was just on a tour of the library now that the others have fixed it up in a was the first time i'd seen it and i will say for the folks in the c-span audience and of course everyone here, having worked with the old man for eight and a half years, you can't watch the film without having your heart torn out. it's magnificent and i barely got through it but you want to see it. let me talk now about nixon and what was in the book the battles that made and broke a president and changed america forever. ken has listed what was going on back in the 60s so this was the year before richard nixon took office. we took off january 302001 for new hampshire in 1968 romney had been in the race a couple months not doing well. we flew up t

he had been the first jew ever appointed to the board of governors of columbia university at the recommendation of alexander hamilton. one of his cousins was the deputy mayor of new york. >> we know about his -- but what about his believes, his practices? >> he too -- he belonged to what's called the spanish portuguese synagogue in new york. it's the oldest continuing synagogue in the united states. he belonged and when he was in new york he occasionally went on the high holidays. there was a seat in his honor. he very rarely attended services there. he was barmi on his first invitation to the brandeis home when he came to washington that's what brandeis served. >> fair to say it didn't auger well for a close relationship between the two on the court. >> i think that's an understatement, on the court or off the court. but he remained always affiliated -- when he died, the memorial service was at the spanish portuguese. he remained a nonpracticing orthodox jew. if and when he went to a synagogue, it had to be an orthodox siynagogusynagogue. when cardozo died, he died at the lehman's mansion. the

you know there is a guess, some of the work i am doing at columbia university.we are developing a campaign to amend the punishment clause of the 13th amendment. basically make sure that when you go to prison, hopefully that will begin the conversation to really look at real reentry. because there is no reentry really at this time. when i got out of prison in california under $200. and a bus ticket. in new york i think get $40. >> yes, on a metro card. >> dispense -- they spend 60 or $70,000 to keep you in prison. -- thinking about a campaign that highlights not just mass incarceration but reentry. because they rate 70 percent. so the 30 percent that make it out here, nobody ever really cares about it. some of them. i mean i've been out of prison 30 years. >> god bless. [laughter] >> can you talk about i guess, in theater form, what kind of campaign when you see if you were performing a piece on stage. how would you frame that? i so you do a visiting room. >> that is the show being produced. >> i saw you do the visiting room at the citizens. >> that's right. >> s

specialist on the us energy sector from columbia university. from what we gather shell and exxon and one have already said that they shutting down some of the operations. in the region but what is going to be the long term impact. of the storm on the industry as a whole. what we don't know for sure and i saw the first time of course that the oil industry in the call which accounts for huge? chunk of the u. s. production and refining capacity. that is affected by how flod damage. she's katrina which really. because a lot of the fantasy to be shattered for extended periods of time. and the industry has made a huge effort to harden its infrastructure and make it more drug bradley. but at the same time she's about to detonate. there's been a huge increase in oil and gas production in the us i guess refining a chemical activity. that as a result of the sheer revolution to share americorps. that and that means that a lot of new collection is not looking good on shore. at no production capacity that has moved from the off shore areas. where no platfor

a lot of good groups are looking at this at columbia university and arizona state. oft is more a long-term kind technology because that is also really expensive, and you also have to think about where you are going to pump all that co2 you capture. are you going to put it into the land, and what kind of land-use changes will that create? you will have to get rid of forests to store all the carbon dioxide. question,mplicated but these are areas of research that people are very interested in. host: the report talks about raising heat levels, but it also talks about rainfall and storm patterns. what did they find when researchers looked at this weather phenomenon? guest: generally speaking, if you have more carbon going into are gettingthings hotter, you are holding so much more more easter in the air -- so much more moisture in the air and for longer amounts of time, and at a certain point, it is released in one big spurt. you have more intense but less frequent rainstorms or you could have more intense and frequent droughts. this is just a supercharged kind of atmosp

guest: that's a good point. , aco-author on this report law student at columbia university, he made a point that if you look at how we ensure for wind damage, it is totally different. . no federal wind insurance. wind, youe damage via go through your normal homeowners policy. the company that offers insurance can take into account if you live in oregon where there are virtually no such thing as thunderstorms and the risk of a high wind is slight, your premiums will be much lower than someone who lives in oklahoma city in tornado alley. flood insurance really doesn't work nearly that way. bit, weoking forward a have a story from the new york times. hurricane busy made -- season may get busier. the atlantic hurricane season may be the busiest season since 2010 and likely to produce two twomajor hurricanesfive -- to five major hurricanes. guest: i worked on the hill for a decade. my first boss told me my first -- nohat nobody ever does politician ever gets rewarded for doing something before everyone figures out there's a problem. i don't think so. the chairman of the house financial ser

in new york, students of columbia university remember kim, who graduated here in 2013.ted from around the world but met her gruesome end so close to home. so, as the investigation continues, this is a case which keeps growing up more questions than answers. and with the absence of witness testimony and much of the physical evidence now washed away, there could be a long wait for friends and family to know exactly what happened to kim and why. in the netherlands, thousands of iranian muslim migrants and refugees are converting to christianity, that's despite conversion from islam being considered punishable by death in iran. bbc persian's fariba sahraei visited a small congregation, where some iranians said they had only converted to increase their chances of being granted asylum. the christians i met were really nice and at the beginning i wondered how these people could be so good. i wa nted how these people could be so good. i wanted to know more about their opinions and what they actually thought. and when i read about it, i realised i knew nothing about christianity

in new york students of columbia university remember kim who graduated here in twenty thirteen. they celebrated the life of a talented journalist who traveled and reported from around the world. but met her gruesome and so close to home. so as the investigation continues this is a case which keeps throwing up more questions than answers. and with the absence of witness testimony and much of the physical evidence now washed away. that could be a long wait for friends and family to know exactly what happened to kim and why. tim duncan bbc news. let's have a look at some of the day's other news now in twenty three people have died in brazil after a ferryboat cyclone ripped from an island to the coastal city of salvador. a survivor said he spent two hours in the water before being rescued. at least nineteen others were killed in a separate incident on tuesday in another part of brazil. the french president emmanuel mccrone says the e. u. risk breaking up unless it can stop firms from undercutting local labor. in richer countries by recruiting temporary workers from low wage ones thi

in new york, students of columbia university remember kim, who graduated here in 2013. the life of a talented journalist who travelled and reported from around the world but met her gruesome end so close to home. so, as the investigation continues, this is a case which keeps growing up more questions than answers. and with the absence of witness testimony and much of the physical evidence now washed away, there could be a long wait for friends and family to know exactly what happened to kim and why. tom donkin, bbc news. a decision by venezuela to ban two colombian to be channels that were criticised. —— tv. it has been called censorship but no excuse has been given except that they were acting against the government. translation: we greatly regret what has happened. another example of a regime that is restricting the freedom of citizens. that is why we have said they have moved away from a democratic system and are moving towards being a dictatorship. stay with us. more to come. they are known as the unicorns of the sea. why our scientists looking more into narwhals? h

in new york, students of columbia university remember kim, who graduated here in 2013. life of a talented journalist who travelled and reported from around the world but met her gruesome end so close to home. so, as the investigation continues, this is a case which keeps growing up more questions than answers. and with the absence of witness testimony and much of the physical evidence now washed away, there could be a long wait for friends and family to know exactly what happened to kim and why. tom donkin, bbc news. it isa it is a figure too big to comprehend. $758] million. but mavis wonzik has beaten all the odds to win the biggest single jackpot in american history. the numbers that made a middle—aged hospital worker one of the richest people in the world. mother of two mavis wanczyk, from chicopee, massachusetts, has since told her bosses she won't be at work tomorrow, or the next day or any other day after that. her $758 million prize is the largest single ticketjackpot in american history. last night it was kind of like... i didn't realise it. today, i'm still li

the first jew was appointed to the board of governors at columbia university at the recommendation of alexander hamilton and not until benjamin cardozo would another jew be appointed to this. he came and one of his cousins was the -- what is it? the deputy mayor of new york and emma lazarus was the first cousin, et cetera. >> we know, this is an appropriate term for safartic jew. we know about his -- >> what about his beliefs and his practices? >> he, too, he belonged to what's called the spanish portuguese, and the oldest, and when he was in new york he occasionally went on the high holidays. i mean, he always -- there was a seat that -- in his honor. he very rarely attended services there. he had his bar middle va thetzvd unlike brandeis who served, you know, food always, and cardozo would never serve a pork or shell fish in his home and by the way, he was a little taken aback who on his first invitation to the brandeis home when he came to washington that's what brandeis served, but he -- >> fair to say, it didn't auger well between the two on the court? >> i think that is an under

in new york, students of columbia university remember kim, who graduated here in 2030.ted journalist who travelled and reported from around the world but met her gruesome end so close to home. so, as the investigation continues, this is a case that keeps growing up more questions than a nswe i’s. growing up more questions than answers. and with the absence of witness testimony, much of the physical evidence now watch, washed away, there could be a long wait for friends and family to know exactly what happened to kim and why. tom donkin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tackling the rising violence in rio dejaneiro a year on from the olympic games. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange, glowing disc that's brighter than anything our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important miles

men did he sashs had been the first jew ever appointed to the board of governors of columbia university at the recommendation of alexander hamilton and not until benjamin core doze oh would another jew be appointed. his came -- one of his cousins of the, the deputy mayor of new york. >> so we know -- this is an appropriate term for a sef ar particular jew, but we know about his i didn't care i say. >> his i didn't care us. >> but what about his beliefs, his practices. >> well, he too, when he -- he belonged to what's the spanish portuguese synagogue in new york, which is the oldest continuing synagogue in the united states. he belonged, kept a ticket and when he was in new york he occasional went on the high holidays. he always kept -- there was a seat that he was -- in his honor. he very rarely attended services there. he feels bar mitts vad there. but he for the most part, unlike brandeis, who served, you know, i would say brought trays of food always, core doza would never serve pork or she will fish in his home. and by the way, a little taken aback when on his first invitation to th

from oxford university where she was a rhodes scholar and a degree in journalism from columbia university. in addition, she's written for "the new york times," "washington post" and the journal among others and is c currently a staff writer at science magazine. as an epidemiologist i was excited to read the book the vaccine race, science and defeated disease. the centers for disease control and prevention considers vaccination is the number one public health achievement of thn 20th century and in need they saved millions of lives and that is because of the vaccinations for smallpox has eradicated in this courage of other diseases such as polio and even chickenpox are a thing of the past. this book is not only the story of the great achievement in public health is also about the men, women and children who helr make the vaccines possible. throughout the book, contemporary interviews with key players bring the personalities of these important scientists and individuals alive on theth page doesn't shy away from the uncomfortable truth and that and the history of the experiments either. it's

are we going to change the name of columbia university or change the name of washington, d.c., district of columbia? >> eboni: i would love for the people to decide those issues for themselves. we just don't have enough to talk about today. a programming note, be sure to watch brian tomorrow on the great program, "fox & friends." an exclusive interview with arizona senator jeff flake. should be interesting. up next, president trump threatens a government shutdown over the border wall. the the -- could the lights be g out in washington, d.c., ? just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. try super poligrip free. ♪ >> kat: it would not be a proper trump rally without talk of a border wall. last night, the president added another twist. >> build that wall. the obstructionist democrats like us not to do it but believe me, we have to close down our government. we are building that wall. let me be very clear. to democrats in congress will pose a border wall and stand in the way of border security. you are putting all of america's safety at risk. >> kat: house speaker

i went and used his paper about columbia university and you can follow him. every time he goes to cuba he is touching base with earnest and they talk about this and he says in his letters ernest and i are 100% on the same sheet of music. the moderates desert him and it's changes to you have enabled this communist monster to take over and this is one of the pieces of hate mail that he ge gets. after that, i argue this is kind of a pivotal moment or series of events in hemingway's life and eventually leads to the bay of pigs. his home is in cuba. castro writes and tells him you can stay here forever. we don't like the rich americans who run the big factories and live in the gated community. you are one of us but hemingway feels he's got to choose and he winds up leaving cuba. he is ambivalent for a while and thinks maybe i can go back, maybe i can't but after the bay of pigs and the cia led invasion fails he realizes no, you can't have it both ways. you either have to be american or not. he would never be comfortable saying i want to be just a cuban. he comes c

he teaches engineering at columbia university in new york city. we'll be streaming the eclipse live on the abc7news.com website and on the abc 7 news app. you can get all the great information you need through our sources here and we got information and great stories online such as how to view the eclipse safely. we got details on the glasses that you might get. just going to give it a nudge there. all right, larry. >> i like that. a little elbow smash on the monitor there. you can't hurt it. >>> more than half a billion dollars, billion with a b, will be up for grabs in saturday's powerball jackpot. this after nobody matched the numbers in the 430 million dollar draw. it's the 19th straight drawing without a grand prize winner. saturday's drawing worth $510 million. this is the one we've been waiting to win. we didn't want to win earlier, 200, 300 million. that's chump change. you want to talk about lucky. a canadian woman is wearing her long lost diamond engagement ring after it kind of went under ground 13 years ago. mary dropped the ring while

i have to say in the interest of full disclosure, we just did something like this at columbia universityith a thousand students. there is something special about the curiosity and interest of young people wanting to know how to they learn from you, wanting to know if you were starting wantingat would you do; to know about values, you do a lot of this? ande met on july 5, 1991 hit it off immediately. if it wasn't for his mother we probably wouldn't know each other and we have had a good time ever since. we come together particularly on the giving things, but other things as well. charlie: he sits on your board? he sits on the berkshire board. the big thing that came out of discussions was the giving pledge. that has worked out so much better than i ever anticipated, charlie. i thought if i got 30-40 people, i would -- i think we are 100 and 56 or something like that. now goingople -- and beyond the borders of the united states, which i didn't feel would originally happen. people are learning more -- our members -- learning about things, how people handle within their families, wealthy fam

her room holds an ma in middle eastern and south asian studies from columbia university, where i understand you are currently a phd -- candidate. so, you can tell us more about that. his field of study includes muslim nationalism in south asia, colonial and postcolonial islamic politics. in the development of the indian ocean economy. i think sort of differently than your previous work, this is a very personal book. so i will leave it at that. if i may, it is a real pleasure to welcome our author, we'll talk a bit later and have time for question and answer. [applause] >> hello. i am pretty loud, so i don't know if i need the mic. but, you need the mic since you are recording. cameras follow me everywhere, it's called be a muslim. that was a joke. you can laugh. so i wanted to read a section of the book which the covers orange in honor of her president, because i saw coming so i thought it would be a nice gesture. ironically i asked the publisher if we could maybe change the subtitle to a north american story in case i flee to canada. but they were not am unable. the section i'm going to re

from oxford university where she was a rhodes scholar and a degree in journalism from columbia university. in addition, she has written for the new york times, the washington post, and the journal of nature, among others. she is currently a staff writer at science magazine. as a researcher in training, i was excited to read her book, the vaccine race, science, politics. the centers for disease control and prevention considers vaccinations a number one public health achievement of the 20th century. indeed, vaccines have saved millions of lives. it is because of vaccinations that smallpox was eradicated and a scourge of other diseases such as polio, new bella and chickenpox are a thing of the past. l this is not only the story of great achievement in public health. it's also about the men, women and children who helped make these vaccines possible. throughout this book, contemporary interviews with key players bring the personalities of these important scientists and individuals alive on the page. she does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth embedded within the history of vaccine expe

wendy chung is a doctor at columbia university and the lead researcher looking at the gene mutation intud they're finding it's involved with neuro developmental disorders like autism. it could be associated with alzheimer's and even cancer. >> all of these we know are genetic conditions in the sense they're encoded within the dna, within the genes of that individual. but in all cases, so far that we know of, they're not passed down from the father or from the mother. in other words, they're not inherited but they start brand new with the individual with those particular challenges. >> the geneticist when we got results from her test, he said there's only 21 known cases in the world. we really don't know much about it. here's the facebook group. you know, join that and see what you can get from that. >> reporter: the butlers were given very little information but ended up finding a world of support on facebook. where a very active yet small group of other families with the gene mutation who have met from around the world. >> now there's 34 families we can communicate with each other, yo

he gets a architectural degree from columbia university. he worked in new york. he works there until 1890 and from there he goes to paris. in paris he stays there for two years and returns an 1892. working on thets library of congress. this is thomas lincoln casey. now any questions? any questions about any of this? oh boy. the cement controversy is this. instantyer took a dislike to one of his contractors and suppliers. he tested the cement and he would test it. he said it is no good. the contractor said my cement is good. there are thousands of cement tests for hours. eventually they said use it. but ended the controversy alternately that was one of the reasons he was fired. nothing? ok, thomas lincoln casey is appointed the head of the army corps of engineers in 1888. he takes over the building and immediately he and bernard green -- it is like night and day. the bill that goes on right away from that point forward. in 1892 his son returns from aris. working on the library of congress building. a declaration of the woodwork in the congressional reading room. i

we have sharon o'halloran with us from columbia university on trade.t after the mexicans this weekend. i don't think they went after the japanese. i can't remember who was hating who. tell me about japan. remember how we hated the japanese 30 and 40 years ago? prof. o"halloran: that's right. the focus previously was a level trading plan. for everybody to have access to the markets. the key was to use trade remedies such as unilateral trade procedures -- tom: what are we doing now with japan? prof. o'halloran: we are not doing anything with japan. we have access to those markets. there was the tpp that was actually going to be the way to open up and have those free trade and actually expand the markets to have economies of scale that were necessary for asia and the united states. i really think that was going to be a key factor in expanding trade. that is what we saw. that has obviously gone away with the trump administration. and in mexico, we are back to where we were in the rhetoric. for we aret know building walls this weekend. maybe they will build

contributions they're going to be adding two new locations in the coming months, aster place and columbia universitynternational growth was something investors wantsed to hear more about. the company added two locations. they're bullish in the region. and aside, the company trying to grow airport presence. the mobile app is something people focused on. still working on making it better after the march rollout the average check is higher on the app. ed it's working. they're not working on a third party delivery strategy. they want to keep the quality and experience in tact as they work on this deliver piece of it >> thank you very much, now to leslie with the latest on weight watchers >> weight watchers soaring this after market trading the shake shack was giving you a bit of indigestion, they beat on the earnings and revenue side. their second quarter estimates per share. eps was 67 cents that compares with estimates of 51 cents per share ton revenue side, they reported revenue of $342 million. that compared with estimates of 330 milli$330 million subscribers were up more than 20% year over year thi

senior research scholar at the columbia university weatherhead east asian institute, a former north korea analyst of the cia and managing director for bauer group asia. there seems to be a consensus at least in the media that kim jong-un is backing away from his threats, do you get that same sense? >> he may have toned it down a little bit but let's put things in perspective, he was never going to attack guam or any part of u.s. territory. as barbaric and murderous as he is, he is a lot of things but he is all about survival and he knows if you were to attack the united states, he's reached the end of the regime and the end of his life. >> jon: he heard that from our defense secretary, who had this reaction when he was asked what would happen if north korea were to fire a missile at the u.s. >> if they fire at the united states, it could escalate into war very quickly, that is called war. if they do that, it is game on. >> jon: that is the kind of warning he understands. >> i would be careful from this to draw the conclusion that he is ready to come back to the negotiating table to get ri

top climate in nasa and now the director of climate science, awareness, , ad solutions at columbia university'sth institute. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we hear a lot about the red cross now being in houston. what does that mean? we will look at the red cross. [♪ musical break] "weary" by really -- solange. >> the devastating storm killed more than 1800 people and forced more than one million people to evacuate. the government and major aid agencies like the red cross were widely criticized for failing to adequately respond to the disaster. instead, local residents took matters into their own hands, launching relief and recovery and mutual aid efforts such as the common ground collective. amy: as many across the country anand world are searching for ws to help houston's residents, we arare looking at failures of the right across -- red cross from haiti. joining us is scott crowe, author and anarchist. he is the author of "black flags and windmills. carolina,ham, north jonathan katz is with us. he is the author of "the big thek that went b

he's a professor of history at columbia university.t made me wonder today where would we be if robert e. lee had been convicted of treason. we don't have any stutes in this country to anyone who has been convicted of treason. >> one of the reasons grant did mott want him tried is it would have made him a martyr in the south, which in a sense he became any way. people in the north were not that interested in treason trials after the civil war. they were interested in what was going to happen to the 4 million emancipated slaves, including the slaves of robert e. lee. and you this titan tick battle of reconstruction which ended up granting civil rights to the african-americans. robert e. lee opposed that vehemently. but i think, you know, treason trials were really not a major factor in the agenda of the post civil war period. it probably wouldn't have made a heck of a lot of difference. maybe you would have had fewer statues of robert e. lee. but there were hundreds of statues like him of confederate generals all over the south. >> and t

. >> warmus, who's from a wealthy michigan family, graduated with a master's degree from columbia universitys living in the big apple and loving her first teaching job in the suburbs of new york. paul solomon, 17 years her senior, became her mentor, and she was captivated by his charm. how did he steal your heart? >> like puppy love, almost, but at the time, i thought, oh, this was real love. you know, this was real deep love. but he was intelligent. i'm sort of intelligent. and i don't know, he was just, you know, paid a lot of attention to me. >> interesting stuff. so you got a sense to know this woman now a 20-odd years after her conviction, she's been in jail all these years. >> oh, yeah, for 25 years, practically her whole adult life and people said to me, this seems like the nice mom next door. she doesn't seem like someone who could pistol whip another woman and shoot the person nine times, and she has a chorus of defenders supporting her. there's this bloody glove, which is so interesting, the blood was never tested so she's on apapea, wanting that glove tested. also no weapon was ev

broadening all of this out, steven is with us, adjunct associate professor of political science at columbia university and senior director at the korea society and a former senior analyst for the u.s. state department. steven, off the top, listen to or reading the president's tweet, is the u.s. locked and loaded? >> the u.s. is always locked and loaded in terms of preparedness of the korean peninsula. it's the articulation of that. it's the verbal rhetoric that has now intensified and has intensified now between both the united states and north korea. and clearly, they're not used to a u.s. president saying this. so it has the region and the world concerned about the step up. >> on the bellicosity of really also, you could say, both sides, do you think that kim jong un thinks this is a war of bluster, or is this threats truly turning into action and potential war? >> i think they think -- they're uncertain, as is most of the region, and so that north koreans, despite all their bluster, tend to be pragmatists. they tend to go to the line and step back. in this case, we need to be cautious because if th

columbia university student says the fact that they couldn't drive her car's stick shift helped her breake. it happened last wednesday. three teenaged boys robbed her but since they couldn't drive a manual transmission they made her drive. first police say they forced her to drive them to an atm. and then a house where they told her they were going to rape her. well she eventually saw an opportunity to escape swung open the door and jumped. >> i still had to unbuckle my seat belt to reach the buttons as i'm drawing out the money. i came to the conclusion i'm going to have to jump, and so i made sure to not buckle my seat bet back up and i just hoped that they wouldn't notice. >> police have arrested the three teenagers they say are behind this crime and a string of robberies and kidnappings of other college students. >>> it's popular with teens but some people believe this app could be causing more harm than good. what parents need to know about it. >> and forget having to go to a hamburger joint. starbucks is now serving up coffee with a sized beef. scott? >> high there, lucy. temperatur

. >> author marianne macy met baird in the early '80s, when he's known as the columbia university gradtudent who throws the best parties in town. >> he was from a "social register" family. he had numerous graduate degrees. >> baird starts collecting art created by pop-culture celebrities, like these scribbled drawings by miles davis and jimmy stewart. others are by stars who are also artists, like anthony quinn and david bowie. baird works for clubs and discos like the famed studio 54, where he's a doorman and party promoter. >> he was extraordinary at getting together really unlikely combinations of people from preppy to downtown grunge. >> the young nightlife impresario rubbed shoulders with hundreds of new york celebs. he leverages those connections to moonlight as a gossip-column tipster. >> besides inviting me to all of his events, he used to provide gossip-column items for me. >> richard johnson is a longtime editor for the ultimate big apple gossip column, the new york post's page six. why did people love him? was it his personality or his connections, his ability to throw a goo

. >> o'brien: radley horton is a climate scientist at columbia university's lamont doherty earth observatory you probably want to have 500 years of data, a thousand years of data, to estimate those statistics. and of course, we don't have data records to go back 500 years or a thousand years. >> i'm very uncomfortable talking about causation of one particular storm, in the same way that i can't identify what particular home run was hit by a baseball player because of steroid use. >> o'brien: marshall shepherd is a professor of geography and atmospheric sciences at the university of georgia. >> i think that we know that steroid use likely increases the probability or chance that there will be more home runs in baseball. but can i conclusively say that that particular player hit that particular home run because of steroid use? i don't know that for a fact. >> o'brien: so let's begin on the firmer ground-- the facts. over the past hundred years, global temperatures have risen 1.5 degrees fahrenheit, and global sea level has risen about eight inches. no dispute about that. >> it doesn't sound li

dr craig spencer, a public health specialist at columbia university hospital in new york, has just spentee months on the vessel. >> for me, the question is, is it acceptable to you, is it acceptable to anyone, to let someone drown? i hope everyone would answer no. that "no, it's not acceptable" to allow humans, children, even your worst enemy to drown unaccompanied in the middle of the mediterranean. >> reporter: in an attempt to impose more control, the italian one sicilian prosecutor is investigating allegations of collusion with smugglers. this week, in an attempt to impose more control in the rescue zone, the italian government has ordered the n.g.o.s to sign a code of conduct. marcella cray leads the doctors without borders team on the "aquarius." one of the accusations that's sometimes leveled against organizations like yours is that you are in cahoots with the smugglers, that you're communicating with them so that you can pick these people up at sea. what is the situation? >> well, what i can say is that in no way, shape, or form have we ever been in contact with any traffickers o

joining us now, senior research scholar at columbia university and a former cia senior north korea analyst. you were just on the korean peninsula, does it surprise you this news out of "the washington post" and the defense intelligence agency? >> it does not surprise me, we always suspected they might have an ability to put a nuclear warhead that could reach japan and korea. it was a matter of time. they personally told me they are very close to perfecting their nuclear arsenal and that they are never, ever going to give up. they are never going to negotiate over nuclear weapons. this was a matter of time and i was expecting this, maybe not today but i was expecting this at some point. >> jon: if you say they are never going to give up nuclear weapons, does that mean sanctions hold no possibility of effectiveness? >> i think given limited option options, we should still respond with sanctions, there are three options. the first option is sanctions, and then if it doesn't work, we have deterrents and containments and the second option is the military option, the third option is trying to br

i have to say in the interest of full disclosure, we just did something like this at columbia university with 1,000 students. did you this before. there's something special about the curiosity and interest of young people wanting to know how do they learn from you? wanting to know if you were starting over, what would you do? wanting to know about values. you do a lot of this. >> well, about the friendship, we met on july 5, 1991. and hit it off immediately. bill was a little reluctant at first, but he got there. >> rose: reluctant to come. >> if it wasn't for his mother, we probably wouldn't know each other. and we've had a good time ever since, and we've cooperated on-- particularly on the giving pledge, but other things as well. and i have to say, everything about us turned out well. >> rose: he sits on your board. >> he sits on the berkshire board, and we have a lot of fun talking about a lot of thiks, but the big thing that really came out of one of those discussions really was the giving pledge. that's worked out so much better than i ever anticipated, charlie. i thought if we got