person who was chosen to lead this effort is nicholas murray butler who's the president at columbia university at the time. he was ahead of the institution responsible for peace. the thing with butler is that a lot of other nations will contribute money and help build his library again, he wanted to be an american monument. he turned down money from other countries including britain and his vision was idealistic. they wanted the library to be built stone by stone and lots of donations from all over the country. as he said in this boettcher, build this memorial as a reminder of america's friendship for peoples and a fight for democracy. it's to represent all americans and men, women and children everywhere. you can see the overlap here and many of his speeches. in europe, officially they welcomed this idea because the americans were going to pump money and rebuild the library. but they looked at it and wanted some say over what does look like. but i think that americans saw themselves as caretakers and it is not a coincidence that the first western civilization course was taught in 1919 at colu

columbia university students graduate with a median 28,556. the schools that we're trying to send our kids to. and three-quarters of students will be able to get a salary high enough to pay for their student debt. the student debt problem is concentrated on the far ends, where people take -- go to a really expensive school and major in something that doesn't pay very much. this is a lot of data that can look at what you're studying, where you're studying and whether you can balance that debt load. >> college score card. check it out. >>> "early start" continues right now. >>> we have to establish the principle no one is above the law. we have a constitutional responsibility and we need to meet it. >> 2020 candidates take on impeachment right out of the gate in last night's debate. >> was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is, yes. >> a diplomat hand-picked by president trump, delivers what might be the most damaging impeachment testimony yet. >>

he was speaking about julian wikileaks founder, speaking at columbia university this past octobeber 15when we come back, we will speak with tariq ali in london and margaret ratner kunstler here in new york, editors of the new book "in defense of julian assange." stay with usus. ♪ [music break] amy: performed by harry belafonte. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. at the caseto look of julian assange and we're joined now by the coeditors of a new book called "in defense of julian assange," a collection of essays by leading activists, journalists, and whistleblowers who lay out the story of wikileaks and assange and the need to defend attacks on journalism and the public's right to know. tariq ali joins us from london, historian, activist, filmmaker, author, and an editor of the new left review. here in new york, civil rights attorney margaret cocounselor rs with us. tariq q you're in london, not tt far from the belmarsh prison where julian assange has been held since april, since police went in and took him out of the ecuadorian embassy where he had political asylum for over seven

and columbia university also documented these facts. we created an international team of researchers and produced a report that not only document the flow of weapons and logistical assistance but also ties between turkey and isis oil. the isis oil transfer was managed by -- and when and before onto ships own by the dnc crew. the profits was reinvested in addition to the data in the report atlantic council here in washington took $1 million on energy ministry. that might as well have been a check written by isis itself. so in the interest of time i think i will move ahead to the incident in 2018. turkey launched an unprovoked attack. the kurdish defenders were no match for turkey's warplanes. as result 300 kurds, christians and use these were killed and there were 300,000 internally displaced persons. the ssa committed war crimes. the middle i did the bodies of female fighters. they cut off their breasts and posed for salafis, which they then posted. a 12-year-old boy was filled topic of that of a syrian soldier at the behest of isis. wh

i columbia university, black students were not allowed to patronize any of the campus barbershops. at the university of kansas, black students were barred from participating in intercollegiate athletics. the rnc seeing, the debate team, the campus choir at the student council in. what many of these students at the university of canvas challenge the president, he essentially said, were letting you in, you're not even kansas citizen so you should be happy that you're here. those who made the best of a bad situation and relocated out of state had to learn the rules of traveling while black to avoid humiliation. hubert eaten, a black man from winston salem north carolina attended medical school at the university of michigan with a segregation scholarship. doctor eaten, i want to show you put your him on the screen, but technical difficulties are preventing me from doing, that but i can tell you the doctor eaten recalls making 25 round-trip trips between winston salem and an arbor while he was in medical school, and he often talked about having to move to the back of the bus when the bu

the piecere whether you mentioned was a fed piece. >> it was from columbia university.ir powell: there were several co-authors. >> i want to ask you another subject. could you explain the relationship of our immigration policy to employment rate in the economy? chair powell: sure. we do not have responsibility for immigration policy, we do not comment on it, we do not advise. connect to our role in analyzing the economy. you can think of the economy's ability to grow as consisting of two things. one is how fast is the labor force growing and secondly is how much output per hour. that is what growth consists of. . trend united states the growth of our labor force has been slow. it was 2.5% in the 1960's and now it is .5%. half of that is immigration. immigration is a key input into our longer-term growth rate. look at population growth as a way to support higher growth in the united states, immigration we need to be in your thinking. back.ield >> representative to roane? -- representative trone? >> thank you for being here. i had questions on labor market participation.

house and the national security council, professor jason bordaff is the founding director of columbia university'son global energy policy at the forefront of the energy transition. has the u.s. been spoiled by this prolific production that we've seen in shale over the last decade and it's stalling the energy transition here? or is it still proceeding? >> the energy transition is still proceeding in the united states, but we have to recognize the scale and speed at which that's happening. so by far renewableses are the fastest growing form of energy in the u.s. electric vehicle sales are growing quickly. the u.s. has reduced emissions more than any other country over the last decade, and that has primarily been driven by cheap shale gas. market forces have allowed that to lap. increasingly you're seeing renewables play a larger role, complementing the role that cheap gas has played. >> reporter: in 2018, natural gas accounted for nearly 35% of the net power generation in the united states. more than any other source. when it burns, it produces nearly 50% less carbon dioxide than coal. so as a trans

just released research and columbia university quantifies for inflation inequality and it goes on to suggest that an appropriate course of action would be to peg the threshold to a higher rate of inflation given how many more people would be in poverty when looking at the expense side of the ledger. we ask you whether or not any had this enters into your decision-making, whether you have any research on this or comment on this? >> i did see that research, which showed some different groups of people. if principal inflation can be higher or lower, this was a piece of research that showed that the basket of goods bought at the lower end of the spectrum has experienced higher inflation. their veal incomes are lower than what we think. i would like to see a lot more research on that. it is getting a lot of attention right now. there is no definitive answer. there is a series that the government conducts for consumer price that looks at the basic basket of goods that find a much smaller difference. it needs further research. would bek someone else doing that research? >> our researchers w

kinds of products consumed by low and moderate income households just released research by columbia university begins to quantify these impacts by updating poverty rates for an adjusted inflation index that accounts for inflation inequality the article goes on to suggest that an appropriate course of action would be to peg the federal poverty threshold to a higher rate of inflation given how many more people would be considered in poverty when looking at the expense side of the ledger i would just ask you whether or not any of this enters into any of your decision-making, whether you have any research on this or any comment on this? >> it's an interesting -- i did see that research which showed that -- so different groups of people buy different baskets of goods. principal inflation can be higher or lower. this was a piece of research that showed that the basket of goods bought by people at the lower end of the income spectrum has experienced higher inflation and their real incomes are lower than we think. i'd like to see more research on that that's an interesting paper that's getting a lot o

at columbia university, black students were not allowed the patronize any of the campus barbershops. at the university of kansas, black students were barred from participating in intercollegiate athletics, the rotc, the debate team, the campus choir and the student counsel. wh -- student council. and when the students at kansas university challenged, they said, that you are not even kansas citizens and you should be happy to be here. those who made the best out of a bad situation and relocated out of state, they had to learn the rules while traveling being black to avoid humiliation. a man from winston-salem, north carolina, attended medical school at the university of michigan with the segregation of the tar heel state. and dr. eaton, and i wanted to show you a picture on the screen, but technical difficulties are preventing me from doing that, but he recalled making 25 round-trip trips between ann arbor and the medical school and talked about having to enter back of the bus when they entered virginia. one of the other things that the scholarship recipients talked about was the fina

bigad: major institutions and medical groups helped write the guidelines, including columbia university, uc san francisco, and the american association of clinical endocrinologists. our investigative unit was briefed on the new guidelines months ahead of their release. jack: i don't feel like being a girl is who i am. bigad: before jack started his transition, he says he couldn't even stand his own reflection. bigad: when you look in this mirror now, what do you see? jack: me. i see me, like-- julianna: i used to have a girl. now i have a boy. bigad: julianna is jack's mother. bigad: what do you see when you look at old photos of jack? julianna: that's hard. yeah, and i think that that is a little--that's, i think, the hardest part for me. yeah,bigad: as his mom,that is a litdo you have doubts? is the right thing to do. i do.now ght now bigad: still, julianna and even leading doctors worry the medicine that blocks puberty can also weaken bones and might cause other unknown side effects. eric: i think it's putting a lot on the shoulders of these children. bigad: pediatrician eric vilain

columbia university students graduate with a median 28,556.to send our kids to. and three-quarters of students will be able to get a salary high enough to pay for their student debt. the student debt problem is concentrated on the far ends, where people take -- go to a really expensive school and major in something that doesn't pay very much. this is a lot

she is currently at columbia university. the underus today is secretary of defense for policy. she was the cofounder and ceo and is the cofounder and managing partner at west exec advisors. who are helping a lot of small companies. openingd to make remarks. i will keep them brief because we have had a long day and we have covered a lot of ground. i think we have talked about research, applications, talent. this notion of the global positioning or the geostrategic positioning is one that is really founded on the notion of norms and values and the way democratic free societies are going to embrace these forms and values. we are going to talk a little bit more about that. development in ai , the advantages that will be attained through ai, cannot be separated from the emerging strategic competition that we have with china and russia. are of these challenges never going to go away. at least not in our lifetimes. there is a router geopolitical landscape that we need to talk about -- a router geological -- geopolitical landscape that we need to talk about. our particular group within

my name's alexander cooley, i'm currently director of the herriman institute here at columbia university, and it is a great pleasure to welcome back our guests, co-authors irina boar began and andre sold to have who will be talking about this book just out called "the compatriots." irina and andrei are cofounders of -- [inaudible] authors of "the red web" previously, a history of russia's internet, governance of the internet, and then also the excellent book "the new nobility," which was on looking at russian security services. so this, i guess, is the third part of the trilogy -- [laughter] and we're, we're so excited that you're, that you're here with us today. the -- i think just a couple of issues. one is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience as you engage and ask your questions, we'll can can you to identify yourself -- we'll ask you to identify yourself, and everything here is on the record in terms of the discussion. and then the, two, just in terms of format we'll start off with some general questions that i'll ask our co-no, sir, and then we'll segment -- co-author

just released research by columbia university begins to quantify these impacts by updating property rates forced a justed inflation index that accounts for inflation inequality and the article goes on to suggest that an appropriate course of action would be to peg the federal poverty threshold to a higher rate of inflation given how many more people would be considered in poverty when looking at the expense size of the ledger. i would just ask you whether or not any of this enters into any of your decision-making whether you have any research on this or any comment on this? >> it's an interesting -- i did see that research which showed that -- different groups of people buy different baskets of goods and in principle inflation can be higher or lower. this was a piece of research that showed the basket of goods that are bought by people at the lower end of the income spectrum experienced higher inflation over time. the implication of that is that their real incomes are even lower than we think. so i would like to see a lot more research on that. that's a recent paper that's getting a lot o

he is a columbia university freshman.the jeopardy teen turn the this summer and took home $100,000 but he is not keeping it all for himself. he donated a portion of his winning toward the cancer >> now that i have those i'm able to give the full amount, 10,000 314 and 314 has significance for me. b py. he hopes it will help pro police research for early detection. >> giving back at an early age. we love that. san francisco based airbnb is making big changes in response to the mass shooting at an east bay halloween party. to prevent future tragedies. >> new information after a shooting killed a 17- year-old girl earlier this week. another teenager has been taken into custody. the latest coming what are you searching for, mark? a version of myself who doesn't make decisions based on fear? no, what streaming apps are you searching for? oh. because you have xfinity flex. it puts your apps in one place, and it comes with your internet. try it! kung fu panda. ah. you have kids? nope. xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashbo

he is a graduate of stan and columbia university and taught at the university of toronto for 35 years before joining the faculty of marshall university in huntington, west virginia, where he is the john marshall professor of political science. it is with great pleasure, jean edward smith. jean: thank you very much. it is a pleasure to speak at the franklin d roosevelt library. this is i think my 25th visit back to the library. but my first time here as the speaker, and i am honored. my remarks today might be entitled franklin d roosevelt, liberalism without apology. if there is a subtitle, it would fdr, 60anced look at years afterwards. i intend to be provocative. for more than a generation, americans have been told that government is the problem. not the solution. college campuses think tanks across the country, libertarians felt the urge to remove government from our lives lives, . this thinking has led to privatization of vital and ament functions surrender of the government's management of military operations to private seeking -- profit-seeking operators. a look at frank and roos

theater director who grew up behind the iron curtain reportedly quitting his faculty position at columbia university a romanian tv interviewer the woke pressure made him feel, quote, like i was living under communism again. two gop senators say it is time for the state department to cough up every document pertaining to hunter biden and burisma. that story is next. >> shannon: remember the texas child who was shannon: remember the texas child who was the center of the custody case there was a flashpoint between the culture war between conservative and progressives, his mother was fighting for sole custody so she could medically transition her young son 2 female. that was against the father's wishes. the judge eventually awarded joint custody over the medical decisions, a facebook post purporting to show the a child in texas going to school dressed as a boy with the caption this is what it looks like when james gets to choose. two republican senate chairman colin on the state department to is all documents relating to joe biden's son hunter and his work for the ukrainian energy company burisma. richa

this has been examined by matthew connelly as story in a columbia university in new york he has researched in detail the development of this movement from its beginnings to its impact today population council saw its not just to control the rate of population growth but also to address problems of the quality of population so they have an explicit mandate to try to do something about the growth of the fertility rates among people who they thought you know what eventually take over the world if something wasn't done to reduce fertility rates across the board but especially among people who they thought would be poor parents would have even more poor children. this way of thinking also took hold in american politics in 1966 u.s. president lyndon b. johnson attached conditions for receiving development aid one of them being that recipient countries must reduce their population. it was a time of drought and starvation in india. the president spoke on the phone with the secretary of agriculture. but on this morning. the president has ordered her to go out but if you want to. exhibit a i don't w

i wanted to go to the best school i could, columbia university, so i applied.y eggs in that basket. it was the only place i applied and the only place i wanted to go. i was transferring from a conservatory at the time. i didn't get in. i was crushed. i read that rejection letter and i moped for a good day. the next day i got on the phone and i called the admissions office and i said i want to make an appointment. i want to come in and see you. they said why don't you reapply. so i felt like i got the golden ticket. okay, i have got a second shot. i did a semester elsewhere and reapplied to colombia and sure enough they took me. perhaps the most important thing, the key to having a successful life from an emotional stand point, from a career standing point and financial standing point is making sure you find the right partner. meeting james as young as i did in my early 20s. we have always been there for each other. now we have these wonderful kids and we think how did we exist without them. i can't emphasize enough how important it is to be able to find the rig

i teach a class at columbia university. my students there are far more progressive than i am. they're talking about things i wasn't even thinking about especially as a college student. and that's the future of i think where the democratic party is heading. so the question is who's going to be able to tap into those ideas and excite those type of voters? he may even be able to get some of the republican voters and independent voters as well. but who's going to motivate the base of the party? and joe biden hasn't been the person to do that. >> it is a little ominous for democrats how little enthusiasm he has in the democratic base among younger democrats. but the younger -- the millennials and post-millennials in the party isn't the only thing changing in the party. you have a lot of these center right white voters who are coming towards the democrats because they can't abide donald trump. and there's an issue as well who's going to hold them -- >> -- moved by getting donald trump? >> they are. but in the primary they have a choice. and that's not going to be his constituency. h

i teach a class at columbia university. my students are far more progressive than i am.t ithings i wasn't even thinking about, especially as a college student. that's whethe future of where t democratic is going to be heading. the question is who's going to be able to tap into those ideas and excite those voters. who's going to motivate the base of the party and joe biden hasn't been the person to do that. >> you look at some of the polling, him with young people. it is a little ominous for democrats how little enthusiasm he has in the democratic base among younger democrats. but the millennials and post-millennials in the party isn't the only thing that's chaiting in the democratic party. they're coming towards the democrats because they can't abide donald trump and there's an issue as well as to who is going to be able to hold them. >> don't you think voters are moved by getting rid of donald trump? >> they are. but in the primary, you know, they have a choice, right? and that's not going to be his constituency. he has a pretty good idea who his constituency is, you kn

in new york, four students at columbia university with the global non-violent action movement extinction rebellion launched a five-day hunger strike monday. the students are demanding columbia declare a climate emergency and pursue a community-led process to divest from fossil fuels. over 400 people in 30 countries are participating in similar hunger strikes with extinction rebellion across the globe. former fnl -- nfl quarterback -- thisp burnett workout came after week of contentious negotiations with the nfl which cap has accused of blackballing him for taking the knee during the national anthem as a protest against police violence and racism. racial sparked justice protest that resulted in him not being signed by a single nfl team and being out of the league for three years. on saturday, he refused to participate in the nfl's hastily arranged workout which was to be closed to the press was tough instead he went to the nearby high school and held his own workout, which one of the nfl scouts called impressive. and in new york city, hundreds of farmworkers and their family members and a

and national endowment for the arts fellowships and she teaches in the mfa writing program at columbia university >> thank you all for coming out. i'm always really relieved when people show up. i love coming to the strand and i love seeing people very early in my career, not that really, actually earlier i was on a book tour i was in minneapolis, in st. paul and it turned out to be the same night that david sedaris was doing a reading at the university in minneapolis and in like a stadium basically. anybody who was anybody who cared about this went to see david who did errors except for one young woman who showed up at my event and she had driven 100 miles from her parents farm to come see me and she was such a big fan and she said like, i thought i wouldn't even get to see you. i thought i wouldn't even get to be near you. he looked around and i was like, you're the only one here. [laughter] so i took her to see david sedaris and that actually was a great night and we had to see him in the overflow room on the jumbotron. that's what it's like to be on bookstore. it's very glamorous. [laughter]

i was at the russian institute at columbia university.tudied under the national security advisor president carter. i studied russia. i know the left. the left does not have truth as a value. conservatives and liberals do, but the left never does. it never did. they smear everyone they differ with. that is why this woman could write that i am an anti-semite. we have project -- project veritas has a picture of an email in google describing ben shapiro and prageru as nazis. ben shapiro is a jew. jordan peterson is as fine a human being as i have ever had the honor of being with. by me and others and i made you. -- i am a jew and a very committed jew at that. that is what they do. that is why the word nazi does it mean anything anymore. they have raped all of these terms. i am sorry to use that term. i do not know of a better term. leftnow means whoever the does not agree with. racist -- the same thing with racist. all whites are racist -- that is what they say. it is a grandiose lie. i know a lot of whites. -- racist. one where maybe they hi

birthday when people knew he was dying there was a party for him and the head of neurology at columbia universitysaid that nowadays, this is three years ago, four years ago, nowadays at the columbia neurology department and the medical school of those who apply for residencies in neurology after they get their medical diploma fully 70% mentioned oliver sacks. that's the transformation. independent of what he meant for deaf people and what he met for so many different kinds of patients. he almost single-handedly changed medicine. >>. [inaudible question] >> he mentions the lava mozart in mendelson in particular also buff. and how intimate and complex they both are. he would play he would talk regularly about music within the context of people who work on music, parkinsonian patients and how you can bring them back with music. he would talk about how the thing about music is that it moves you and you move with it. music was extremely important to him. much more so then certainly then film. he was dense when it came to popular culture. one day he called me up and said, i've been dealing with this th

. ♪ [music break] amy: caetano veloso performing "brazil" at columbia university last month.e was o on a panel talking abot the edge of democracy, the new netflix film. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: in a stunning victory, public defender chesa boudin has been declared the winner of a hotly contested district attorney's race in san francisco. boudin is the child of weather underground activists kathy boudin and david gilbert, who were both incarcerated when he was still a toddler. he learned the news that he'd won the race by a razor-thin margin while he was on a plane flying back from visiting his father, who remains in prison in upstate new york. as of the latest numbers, boudin had 36% of the vote. his opponent suzy loftus had 31. boudin ran on a platform to end cash bail and dismantle the war on drugs. he was endorsed by democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders. his win sends a pointed message to the democratic establishment, which had mobilized in full force against his campaign. san francisco mayor london breed, califor

national security adviser, more importantly the deputy director of the cia and she is currently at columbia university. also with us today is michelle flournoy, the under secretary of defense for policy, the cofounder and ceo, the managing partner at west executive advisors helping a lot of small companies. i told them to make opening remarks. i will keep them very very brief because we had a long day and covered a lot of ground. i think we talked about research and applications and talent. this notion of the global positioning or geostrategic positioning is one that is founded on the notion of norms and values and the way democratic free societies are going to embrace these norms and values. we will talk more about that as we go through it. that said the developments in ai, the advantages that will be attended can't be separated from emerging strategic competition we have. we talked a lot about it with china and russia. some of these challenges are never going to go away, at least in our lifetimes. there is a broader geopolitical landscape and geostrategic landscape we need to talk about and that is

more important than that though she was the deputy director at cia, and she is currently at columbia university. also with us today is michele flournoy. michelle was the undersecretary of defense for policy. she was the cofounder and ceo at cnaf and right now is the cofounder and the managing partner at west exact advisors are helping about small companies, so thank you very much for that. i'm told i to make opening remarks. i will keep them very, very brief because we've had a long day and we have talked, with covered an awful lot of ground. i think we're talked about research. we talked about applications. this notion of the positioning of the a conversation is one that is really, i think, founded on the notion of norms and values and the way democratic free societies are going to embrace these norms and values. we're going to talk more about at that as we go through it. that said, that the developments in ai, the advantages that will be attained through ai can't be separated from the emerging strategic competition that we have and we've talked a lot about with china and russia. some of these

here at home, fewer american kids are getting their flu shots, according to a new study from columbia university researchers examined cdc data from eight flu seasons and found that in recent years there has been a decline in those 17 years and younger being vaccinated you were up to date. that's the news update ty, back to you. >> sue, thank you very much. sue herera. >>> here's what else is coming up on "the exchange. >> ahead, a dog's got to eat why one analyst says chewy is set to rally 26%. >>> instagram's bold likes initiative comes to the u.s. >>> and will the recent cracks in the ipo market start to heal antiy me soon? that's all ahead on "the exchange." - stand up if you are first generation college student. (crowd cheering) stand up if you're a mother. if you are actively deployed, a veteran, or you're in a military family, please stand. the world in which we live equally distributes talent, but it doesn't equally distribute opportunity, and paths are not always the same. - i'm so proud of you dad. - [man] i will tell you this, southern new hampshire university can change the whole traj

irwin redline is the director of the center of disaster preparedness at columbia university and a specialt to the clinton administration. >> this is a public health crisis that we actually have 40 or 50% of children not getting a flu shot. that is putting children at terrible risk. >> do we need to change these laws? >> it makes sense. pharmacists are capable of doing it. >> reporter: dr. fauci says change hasn't happened in part because health authorities haven't fought for it. >> i think when you keep bringing attention to it, someone is going to wake up and say here's what we need to do. >> reporter: in the states where children can get flu shots in pharmacies, it makes a difference. two years ago, during a terrible flu season, new york governor andrew cuomo declared a disaster emergency and allowed all children over the age of 2 to get flu shots at pharmacies. the result? the next year, more than 30,000 children and their parents got flu shots at pharmacies in new york, according to the state department of health. last month in new york, rebecca mondelo got her daughter sophie a flu s

>>is the brains and now we know he has a huge heart last june 18 year-old bobbi go up to columbia universityshman, one the jeopardy team tournament and the $100,000 grand prize. he's not. >>keeping it all for himself. the young man donated a portion of his winnings to pancreatic cancer research at the knight cancer institute, he said it was an honor of jeopardy host alex trebek's battle with pancreatic cancer. someone who he says has been a role model for him. i think a few months ago, i gave $214. but they hadn't gotten the deputy winnings yet but not to have those unable to give the full amount 10,314 and 3.14 is a number with significance for me it's pi to me represents my lifelong love of learning in math and sence that eventually lead me to appear on jeopardy and has propelled what i've been doing every sense. we love this guy or was filled so smart. obvious is that he hopes his donation will help promote research for early detection. doctor ian drucker is director of the knight cancer institute he and his wife or so inspired by gupta they pledged to match it there you go smart's good.

radley horton, thank you very much, columbia university. thank you. >> thank you. se woodruff: in the day's other news, the u.s. hf representatives set december 4th to open hearings on whether to impeach president trum lawmakers must consider possible articles of impeachment basethon allegation mr. trump held up military aid to ukraine for his persal, political benefit. fresh violence gripp iraq today. three bombings across baghdad e killed at least five peod wounded more than a dozen. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. those attacks followed clashes with security forces that left three more demonstrators dead. meanwhile, smoke filled the air across parts of southern iraq, protesters burned tires and occupied roads. the protesters are demanding an end to corruption, poor services and high unemployment. es the west bank, several thousand pnians staged a "day of rage" against the changed u.s.tance on israeli settlements. the trump administration announced last week it no longer nsiders the settlements illegal, reversing 40 years of u.s. polic in bethlehe

joining me, adjunct professor at columbia university. anna marie mcavoy.ow important it's going to be. certainly, once you put a witness on the stand, there may be additional information that comes out. there were areas of the mueller report that were redacted. likely, due to not wanting to influence this trial. so now, that information may actually come out publicly during the trial, as well. so we may learn much more about the mueller report based on what we find out from the stone trial. >> meantime, it looks as though the supreme court is going to be asked to take up the president's appeal on the ruling earlier this week, which says you got to release your tax return. how significant is this? >> well, it depends what's in there. first of all, it depends whether they take the case. they may not take the case. in that case, then the president has to ostensibly turn over eight years of tax returns, which is pretty lengthy amount of material to turn over, too. and there may be stuff in there that even if it's not illegal anything that was done, certainly t

he has a lot of degrees cambridge and columbia university. he was admitted to practice law in the state of new york. please join me in welcoming dean colin crawford. [applause] >> thank you very much, good evening to all of you it is a real pleasure to be back here for the second year in a row at the mcconnell center and i'm convinced i was asked back if i have one skill it's been a very strict timekeeper. so this evening i will hold the speakers to the time limit that i have been instructed to give them in before introducing them let me run over the format very quickly, each of the speakers will have 15 minutes for their opening statement, when they have two minutes left i will put up two minutes, then one then i will utter the word stop and then i will say please "after words" and i just ask that you respect that so we have time for a robust discussion. then i will abuse the moderators privilege and asked the question of each of them as a way to try and incentivize the discussion and for that i will have five minutes each and we will start

that question i'm joined by democratic pollster, as well as jalani cobb, a professor at the columbia universitylet me start with you. i should note on things like some of these poll numbers from "the new york times," a bit of an outlier, a very small sample side from emerson, a huge, huge spread. emerson has joe biden winning michigan by 1 point2 points. there are a ton of white non-college voters in this country, half the voters in these battleground states and basically still with the president. it's similar margins in 2016. how does that story sound to you as a pollster, yourself? >> it sounds absolutely terrifying. and i think that one of the things that's really, really important to democrats right now is who can beat donald trump. 49% of voters think that that is their number-one criteria. right now, joe biden is the strongest with those voters. he is showing real strength in these polls with blue-collar voters and with men and with older voters. all of which we can't lose by too much. >> i should note that, like, the margins here, it is the case that biden -- >> right. >> -- does best an