please welcome to the stage comcast executive vice president david cohen. [applause] >> so thanks very much, charlie. good morning, everyone. it's a delight to see everyone here today. this annual conversation on race always provides new perspectives and new insights, and it's something i truly look forward to every year. that's a credit to charlie and kiahna and holding the it's a credit to juan who asked charlie said had the idea to have this program, and typical of juan come with me as an idea and he pursues it, doesn't just disappear. he's been an active part of this every year for all six years. i really appreciate your engagement and what you've done to bring this conversation to life every year. and at comcast we are very proud to partner with aspen since the first symposium in 2011. so at the time america's first african-american president was gearing up for what turned out to be a historic reelection victory. now as president obama moves through his final year in office, we are slogging through a brutal and bizarre primary season. and i use that wo

please welcome to the stage, comcast executive vice-president, david cohen. >> thanks very much, charlie. good morning, everyone. it's a delight to see everyone here today. this annual conversation on race always provides new perspectives and new insights and it's something i truly look forward to every year. that's a credit to charlie and key anna and the whole team. it's a credit who juan who, as charlie said, had the idea to have this program. typical of juan, when he has an idea and he pursues it, he doesn't just disappear. he's been an active part of this every year for all six years. juan, i really appreciate your engagement in what you've done to help bring this conversation to life every year. at comcast we're very proud to have partnered with aspen since the first symposium in 2011. at that time america's first african-american president was gearing up for what turned out to be a historic re-election victory. now as president obama moves through his final year in office, we're slogging through a brutal and bizarre primary season, and i use that word intentionally. i think one of

reporter: melvin interviewed @pundits including jeff johnson @and university of akron @professor, david cohen. @tomorrow morning chris jansen @from ohio, they are back on the @air at 11:00 a.m., if you are @interested in watchings come @down to the urban farmer @restaurant, encouraging people @to come down and watch the @broadcast. @monica robins, channel 3 news. @>>> betsy is off tonight. @greg d is the house tonight. @nice weather at least for @today. @>> mild and humid all day, now @we are paying the price for @that with the radar lining up @west and southwest of @cleveland. @take a look at it. @i will tell you, this looks @worse than it is. @this is heavy rain. @we are sendly tracking heavy @downpours and some @thunderstorms, south of @millersburg tonight. @a lot of these not producing @more tan heavy rainm some of @the heavier showers toward @lorain county, over towards @sandusky, lightning and thunder @this evening, nor walk, seeing @additional areas of heavy rain, @tracking those down to the @souths you will see we will cup @thunderstorms continue to @affect areas towards 71, also @ove

thank you david cohen who as always put together a fantastic event here.thank you to my good friend juan williams from the network whose ratings are always halved by the competition. or did i get that backwards. that was my not so inside tv joke. juan, thank you as always. i learned so much watching you every day as you do the great work that you do. it is an honor to be back at this point discussion that we are about to have this year and the past five years as well. thank you again all four. this year i want to start with a story that i'm working on right now and in uncommon fashion i would like to share it before you it actually airs. don't tell anybody, don't tell david. i filmed it wednesday and friday and my editor and i were in the dark booth yesterday, a monday for many hours. it will air on msnbc in the coming weeks w. that i want to share that with you. >> in the lead up to 1964 birmingham, new york, chicago crackle overracial inequality. rose voter turnout. giving lyndon johnson four more years. 55 die in the los angeles riots. that offer beatin

how young people in college campuses are responding to so many themes we heard raised earlier by david cohennd richard, in terms of how race, demographics are changing in our society today. i wanted to begin by asking chancellor hadden of rutgers who is, by the way, a scholar of implicit bias and race in society, how she sees her role as a chancellor in dealing with race and the changing days of race on america's college campus. >> i spent the last three weeks in a sort of surreal journey to talk about this issue. three weeks ago i was in south africa traveling with our students and we arrived at cape town university and spoke to students, the dean of the law school in cape town is an indian woman who was dean at albany before becoming dean at cape town. wonderful story. we talked about student unrest and there, if you don't know, there is great unrest about inequality. it is about income inequality, race, too little too soon, too little and too long, it is in the context of revolution that created disappointments. i then went on to come back here to campus compact and conversation about how

welcome i think both richard lui and david cohen made great points about the tension between these two seemingly polar opposite narratives -- we are kind of in the middle of both products of racial products. i would not have been able to go to jail 50 or so years ago. don't look like us or our families or sure kinship with the indiscriminately utilize before our very eyes sometimes. i think it is that, it is that kind of tension and i think it is also holding a university that we love accountable and admission statements and kind of , why we came to yale. we came for opportunity and we thought there would the prioritization of people of color africans of color. we are trying to hold the school at accountable for the things they say they are going to do. >> you said school life? ia: i am talking about the two narratives we are straddling between. kind ofese incidences do in some ways carry on over to college campuses. recently, i think about a year ago at yale a student, a friend of mine was actually held at gunpoint by a new haven police officer because he matched the description of so

as david cohen, used to be head of the intelligence unit for the nypd, the truth of intelligence sharings no such thing as intelligence sharing. there is intelligence trading. when you have that situation with so many different countries and interests, it's very hard to coordinate. >> i wanted to play, malcolm, for all of you, the new york police commissioner bratton yesterday responding aggressively in defense of the muslim members of the police force against what ted cruz said. >> i would remain the senator he lives in the united states of america in the statements he made today is why he's not going to become president of the country because we don't need a president that doesn't respect values that form the foundation of the country. i have over 900 very dedicated officers in this department, many of whom do double duty, seb as active duty member of the u.s. military in combat, something the senator has never seen. before he starts denny grating any population group, take a close look who he's denigrating. >> one of the risks of the rhetoric, anti-muslim rhetoric, against isis. >> is

cohen, david cohen? >> yes, i do. >> he was here in november 2014. we had a fairly energetic discussion about the funding of isis, and you eluded to that earlier in the conversation today. you said it's hard to get in there to blow up -- you're referring to blowing up the oil. what do you mean? what does that mean? it's hard to get in there. >> well, we've gotten pretty good at it, actually. we've targeted points of vulnerability, the tanker trucks this move -- >> you know what i just read? so when he was here he said they're getting a million dollars a day. >> yeah. i think that since then -- since then -- >> now that's $365 million a year. now in december, december of 2015, it's 500, and that report talks about trucks getting in the line to get oil filled up and they wait months, months in the line to get one truck of oil and our airplanes are flying overhead. meanwhile they're sitting down here in a line that's 5 kilometers long. so what exactly does it mean that we're being successful at interrupting? because it doesn't -- if their revenue is goi

>> david cohen. i won an emmy for that and i deserved it. >> yes, you did. >> no pain, no gain. >> anybody slugs you, there you go. >>> let's check in with heather. >>reporter: a little bit of a painful thing here. this is the 1 train fast track, no service between 96th and dikeman streets and that's until 5:00 a.m. but the good news is that should be cleared away soon. now, this is actually the gowanus expressway inbound at fort hamilton parkway, three lanes closed down. long island railroad, metro north, new jersey transit doing just fine. over to you >> heather, thanks. >>> police in philadelphia have caught four young boy hoss were caught on camera last week in a pro fannity-filled confrontation on a train. >> [ bleep ] >> well, the outbrurs was so foul that we can't -- outbours was so foul we can't let you hear it and the children were so young we can't show their faces. police say the four boys are just 6 to 7 years old. one passenger who was attacked shotted video of them cursing, hitting and

according to the examiner, supervisors cohen, david -- david avalos and -- are all signed up for the app. e-mail and text messages are considered part of public record, if they relate to business, but there are no rules about new forms of communications, such as encrypted messages apps. >>> just over an hour, a court hearing is scheduled for the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty, the da's office tells ktvu that the hearing involves a judicial matter. the trial is set to begin on april #25g9, even though lamar's body has never been discovered. they found her dna inside of garcia torres's car. sierra's family gathered with friends last night, at a fremont restaurant to mark four years since she disappeared. a restaurant called el -- was one of the teen's favorite places to eat. family members say they were touched by the large turn out. a group of volunteers plan to look for her this saturday along the reservoir in morgan l hill. >>> still ahead here on the noon hour, a major announcement from sea world, regarding a killer wh

cohen, david cohen? >> yes, i do. >> he was here in november 2014. we had a fairly energetic discussion about the funding of places and you allude to that earlier in the conversation today. you said it's hard to get in there to blow up -- referring to blowing up oil. what does that mean it's hard to get in there? >> we've gotten pretty good at it actually. we've targeted points of real vulnerability, particularly the tanker trucks that move oil in the country -- >> you know i just read? so when he was are you said they're getting $1 million a day. so now than that's $365 billion a year. now then in december, december of 2015 its 500. and that report talks about trucks hitting in the line to get oil filled up and they wait months. months in line to get one drop of oil, and our airplanes are flying overhead. meanwhile, they are sitting down. it online is five kilometers long, and so what exactly does it mean that we are being successful at interrupting? because it doesn't, if the rabbit is going up, keep in mind the price of oil in 2014 was at 70 at th

democrat and hillary clinton supporter, councilman in cleveland and david cohen, a professor of politicalou know what? let me start here with some sound and video from saturday. this is a man at a trump rally here in cleveland, a very short clip but he's talking about auschwi auschwitz, appearing to use the nazi salute. >> ah, go to auschwitz. >> we saw a confederate battle flag poster at a trump rally and reports of other battle flag posters at trump rallies. what kind of effect is donald trump having not just on this particular race but on the future of your party? >> look, i think those things are despicable and i think it's important to call them out what they are. i got back from israel earlier in january and no likeness to that. i think it's unacceptable. that's why i support john ka kasich. he's not going to take the low road to the highest in the country. we bring people together on both sides of the aisle. you heard a clip from the white house. on all sides having moved on and bernie sanders people going to shout down trump people for is a disaster and a mistake for trump to have

cohen, david cohen? >> yes, i do. >> he was here in november 2014. we had a fairly energetic discussion about the funding of isis and you eluded to that earlier in the conversation today. you said it's hard to get in there to blow up -- you're re r referring to blowing up the oil. what do you mean? >> we've targeted points of vulnerability -- >> you know what i just read? so when he was here he said they're getting a million dollars a day. >> yeah. >> now that's $365 million a year, now in december, december of 2015 it's 500, and that report talks about trucks getting in the line to get oil filled up and they wait months, months in the line to get one truck of oil and our airplanes are flying overhead. meanwhile they're sitting count here in a line that's 5 kilometers long. so what exactly does it mean that' ear being successful at interrupting? if the revenue is going up -- keep in mind the price of oil in 2014 was at 70. at the time he tested. so 70 down to 30 and they're doubling the revenues. it doesn't sound like we're being very effective with

>> completely unsecured. security official john cohen told abc's david kerley that the areas before airport security are especially vulnerable. >> we've built up checkpoints and screening procedures and screening technologies. but the front of the airport is vulnerable. someone can walk in the door with an explosive device or a firearm and can create a lot of havoc and a lot of injuries with people who are waiting to go into the other part of the airport. >> reporter: at present u.s. officials say they know of no so-called isis cells in the u.s. but the fbi continues surveillance on dozens of americans in all 50 states who have shown alleged sympathies for isis. in the past 2 1/2 years, 103 americans have been charged with trying to join isis or are suspected of supporting the group in some other way. but still, it's far less of a problem than exists in many european countries. >> the number still is relatively small. and the reality is that the muslim-american communities here in the united states are not as isolated, not as alienated as what we've seen in certain places in europe like thi

. >> reporter: we put that question to supervisors john allis, david campos, malia cohen, jade kim andaaron peskin. supervisor peskin was the only one who responded let alone answered the question. >> used almost exclusively for nonpublic business matters, but in one instance actually used for public business matter. >> reporter: that business was a group discussion regarding the city's contract negotiations. but because it was in a group discussion the records were retained and available for public inspection. in certain sensitive areas such as pending lawsuits, or personnel matters, public officials may indeed meet in private but those exceptions to sunshine laws are few and far between. >> meanwhile i am not going to use this application for any public business until we hear from the city attorney. >> public records are public irrespective of whether it is something you are conducting on a private device or private email account. >> reporter: sunshine laws are there precisely to put sunshine on public policymaking. even though for legislators sometimes that makes things difficult, i

i have david gregory back with me. ed an adrianna cohen, maev. he said he will self-fund when it comes to general election time so round robin, shall we, on what we thought. david gregory first. >> i wasn't particularly surprised. he was vulgar. he was insulting. he he was belittling. he wasn't substantive about what it is mitt romney brought up against him. i think that's true to form for trump when he takes on people who challenge him and he'll get more of that in the debate tonight. but i think in essence this was a good day for trump. he takes romney's critique, turns it back on him by saying he was a failed nominee, he rep ree represents rank and fail republican voter ps. he gets wall to wall coverage all day long why someone attack him who is not in the race and will not be in the debate stage and in the process i think probably makes cruz and rubio look smaller. i think romney makes them look smaller by taking trump on. all in all, i think it's right in stride for donald trump. >>ed an rihanna, how did he do? >> he was charming, he made us

neoconservatives at the pentagon which we are hoping to cover letter today eric stuart levy and david s. cohen attridge of conducting economic warfare against iran, unaccountable to public inquiries but always seemingly meeting at the washington institute for near east policy to give private briefings. the fbi adl believes the which i go to great gaps in my book which has been ongoing since the 1950s and various irs commissioners whose scorecard on creating more indispensable israel affinity organizations, or ignoring congressional request to investigate various groups has been ongoing since the 1960s. with this level of what i would call regulatory capture of some key agencies you of course have abuse of tax exempt status. before many organizations begin israel lobbying organizations, they were, in fact, holding clear social welfare purposes, immigrant aid, life insurance, culture, charitable hospitals. so this first wave that started in the mid-1800s tended to reduce government burden which is the actual reason that organizations are giving tax exempt status. as we have moved on and since 19

they say it's aaron peskin, jane kim, david compose, john avalos and malia cohen. to one of the supervisors to get their reaction on this article and whether or not they use the app. we have not heard back. at the very least, it brings up an interesting debate on whether this app should be used by public officials in the first place. >>> 8:35. students at uc davis who haven't camped outside the office of the chancellor linda katahey got a chance to speak with her. the students protesting the chancellor's involvement with devry university. a for profit university under federal investigation. she is also on the board of a textbook publishing company. they want her to resign. she showed up unannounced and spoke with them briefly. >> the only time she did speak was to frustratingly tell us like we don't -- what we are saying is inaccurate. she refused to acknowledge her actions in any way. >> the chancer admits she made an error and gave up the board seat. she intends to donate the money to scholarships but is not planning to resign police arrest add homeless man accus

francisco supervisors have downloaded this app, including john object lows, david compose, jane kim, aaron peskin and malia cohene feature that many consider alarming is the self- destruction button that allows the user to delete messages completely on the device and to the recipient without leaving a trail behind. >> let's talk real quick about a program that's offered at high school in san francisco that has nothing to do with textbooks. >> reporter: i know. it has to d with swimsuits and surf boards. we were able to head out to the guy that founded the city surf project. yesterday we went to linda mar beach. this is a really, really cool program. a dozen kids from the leadership high school in san francisco get to take this class for free. we found out about it from travis payne, san francisco paramedic who won second place at maverick. he is a surf instructor for this project. it's basically a free surfing course offered by johnny irwin and hunter child. it's designed to give kids from low-income families an opportunity they wouldn't normally receive. surf boards, wetsuits are expensive. they operate off of

in this sunday's sunday's new york times book review david ocean ski, history professor at new york university reviewed adam cohen's new new book about state-sponsored sterilization in the united states. the president setting supreme court case bucket of the bill. professor notes that from the late 1920s until the 1950s forced sterilization in the united states would claim tens of thousands of victims in california and other states leading the way. the procedures were were performed to so often on poor white southerners that they acquired a nickname mississippi appendectomies. the george w. bush institute recently released a book which profiles the lives of several women in afghanistan were fighting for civil rights. the review says this work sounds -- hears for more first lady laura bush who wrote the forward talking about her interest in working with afghan women. >> right after september 11 when the spotlight turned on afghanistan, american women, including myself saw women who are marginalized, who are left out. the very idea of the government that would forbid half of its population from being educated was sho

- has at least three columnists who are openly soinis, the s and those are david brooks who said he gets gooy-eyed. roger cohen that said israel is justified by the holocaust but can be somewhat critical of the occupation. he is openly which is a good thing in as much he is frank with adherence to the ideology and then there's paul crugman who says he's critical of is israel but never expresses it. you would think that winning a nobel prize would give you freedom, but demonstrates principle that the higher you get, the less freedom you have. i'm leaving that other columnists freeman, while he began his career as supporter back in the suburbs of minneapolis, i think that one of the principles of this conference is that people can change and i sense that freeman has been away from ideology in the way that congress is paid forly the -- making the statement not being nice enough about israel. and he is also said recently that the two states-solution is a failure and that that failure was produced among netanyahu and natelson and the right-wing jewish influence. and that was a very important column and i will turn

david. >> know. i know. thank you. 12:30. sara is standing by. >> coming up, from the origins of his new character to the movie's jaw-vropping connection to donal trump, the brothers grimesby star sacha baron cohen reveals all to joel. we have an oscar winner in the house. with lupita nyong'o. are talking broadway, star wars and much more here at 12:30. >> looking forward to that. thank you. >>gi> still ahead on news 4 at noon, a big fight mid-flight. what sparked this all-out brawl [ yelling ] >>> yeah. this is a fight on a flight wednesday morning. it happened on a th spirit airlines plane just before it landed in l.a. spirit says it was between a group of older and younger women over someone playing loud music through what's described as a boom box, but i say unless it was l.l. cool j. playing rock the bells. nevertheless, police pulled them off the plane after it landed >> the man known as chumly on the reality hit "pawn stars." austin lee russell was arrested in las vegas wednesday afternoon. the officers search rving a search warrant found meth, and a gun in the home. he's being held on $62,000 bail. starting at 5:00, it's a situation no one wants to end up in. you fall in love with your n

david: i vonnie quinn. it is time for the three stories that matter. now to break it down as michael cohenmodity research at berkeley. chinesehas cut the credit rating. rating aa minus credit has a negative outlook. let's take it back to commodities. we have been focusing on china. not least because of the effect on consumption of commodities. what it has meant for emerging markets and world markets. where are we on commodity consumption, particularly oil, in china? michael: it is a complicated picture. you have a stronger dollar which makes consuming commodities more expensive. the trend is a slowing china. a china that is a growing as much as in the past. a more service let economy has implications for the broader economy and the consumption of commodities. otherappens is that emerging commodities in the neighborhood, and outside of it, that are providing commodities to china are slowing because the chinese demand for commodities is slowing. the property market is slowing. there's excess capacity. is continuing. that is causing a situation in china where they believe the gdp outlook is m

and david brooks said he gets glassy eye when he thinks that israel. and roger cohensays end with that occupation openly a zionist that is a good thing with his it here is to the ideology. and senator krug mitt is the liberal's zionist but never expresses it and says as little as possible you would think winning a nobel prize gives freedom but that demonstrates the principle the higher you get the less freedom you have. i am leaving that to other columnists out of this list because while fried bin began his career as a supporter in the suburbs of minneapolis, one of the principles of the conference is that people can change. and i sense that friedman has fallen away from the ideology that congress is bought and paid for. and then to brand as he anti-semite. and that was produced by and then other than netanyahu. openly speaking of right wing jewish influence. and that is the heart of what i have understood journalism to be. and what is new and true and important. but serving in the military in one of those has served in the military. the example was the previous speak