david skorton weighs in as well on skills training versus traditional education. >> the vast majority of people are making a living doing fine in the country without a very advanced degree. >> the veteran administrator has spoken out nationally on campus suicide prevention. >> one year we had what we call a cluster, a suicide contagion. >> he is not just an ivory league president. musician. >> i had a chance to sit with billly joel. >> if that's not enough, in 2015, david skorton is set to take over the smithsonian institution, the world's largest museum and research center. not to worry if you are a fan of the black and white bear. >> we are the pandacam. >> i spoke to him at our studios in new york. >> for all of the ills in society and the economy, education, when done well in america is done really, really well. at universities like yours, you are seeing applicants each year more and more from other places who want to come to america because america does higher education the best. what's your take on it? >> first of all, i would like to think about education as a spectrum from ear

our guest host, david skorton.niversity president. >> congressional republicans want quake action to resolve the immigration crisis. presidentt like obama's plan to deal with the surge of children. to lower thatnt amount. they want the children to return home quickly. -- call for caused the children to have court hearings. citigroup paid fines in claims that it misled investors. the bank, scheduled to report earnings in about 40 minutes, says it will take a 3.8 billion dollar pretax charge. it covers securities issues underwrittend between 2003 in 2008. soccer.- the king of they got a goal in extra time to beat argentina, winning the world cup of the tournament. a disaster for host brazil. 10-1 in was outscored its final games. it finished fourth. a washington think tank mentioned it will take years to recoup the $12 billion lost on this event. >> they are dominant. that is all you need to know. >> bloomberg television is in the u.k.. >> good morning. gathered to the west of london. am joined by -- from -- aerospac

david skorton weighs in as well on skills training versus traditional education. >> the vast majority of people are making a living doing fine in the country without a very advanced degree. >> the veteran administrator has spoken out nationally on campus suicide prevention. >> one year we had what we call a cluster, a suicide contagion. >> he is not just an ivory league president. musician. >> i had a chance to sit with billly joel.

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. the paul ryan proposals for restructuring the way poverty aid is delivered this time on the program its stated intention is to get the provisions of program and aid closer to the people that receive it and the plan promises not to reduce the overall aid to states who want to try out the new structure as part of a pilot program. now, when, peter, you hear bob woodson talking about xhashth and responsibility, work habits and life habits contributes to family poverty, has he got a point and are there policy responses that can respond to that part of the program?

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is aljazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top story, secretary of state, john kerry. helloas and israel have agreed to a interhalt. approach the bench meets with leaders of central america to stop the flow of young mig i can't want into the united states.

david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> good afternoon to you. welcome to aljazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford live from new york. here are the stories we are following for you. the death toll in gaza reaching a thousand and unrest in ukraine and sending refugees from the homes and scientists creating a makeshift sink hole and we tell you why in just a moment.

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price?> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city with a look at today's top stories. as the fighting in gaza stretches into a third week, u.s. tells airliners to stay out of israel. >> the chance for a skis fire with a legal showdown for the affordable care act, dueling rulings that strike at the heart of the health care allow. >> american investigators stepping in to help piece together the evidence from the attack on malaysia airlines flight 17.

. >> al jazzera america presents... on al jazeera america >> cornell university president david skortona college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> now a snapshot of other stories making headlines here on "america tonight." in washington state, firefighters are calling on calmer winds and schooler temperatures to try to stop a raging wildfire.. the carlton complex fire in central washington, more than 100 homes and structures have been destroyed. one person has been killed. >>> president obama signs an executive order protecting the lgbt community from discrimination. the order makes it illegal to fire or harass federal employees or contractors based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. >>> a big food safe

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> if governor of texas is deploying a thousand national guard troops to the border with mexico. heidi zhou-castro reports from dallas. >> 1,000 texas national guardsmen are deployed to the rio grande valley. what they won't do according to governor rick perry is target the migrant children who have been overwhelming border patrol since earlier this year. perry says he's seen this humanitarian crisis firsthand and he says it's taking border patrol resources away from catching criminals. >> i will not stand idly by while our citizens are under assault and little children from central america are detained in squa

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. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> you may have heard the disturbing story that reaches into a dark part of ireland's past. bodies of hundreds of of babies, the children of ireland's so-called fallen women have been found unceremoniously dumped, some in a septic tank, in unmarked graves, so too are more complicated parts of the tale. we learned more from al jazeera's lawrence lee. >> these women want to know more about who they are, and as well as helping the living they want to know more about the dead. they were all born at what was ireland's biggest mother and baby home, in the area of cork. this waste land which used to be home, they are

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price?usses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america ♪ >> we got another sign today that the u.s. labor market keeps getting stronger. the number of americans filing new claims for first time unemployment benefits fell. we haven't seen a number that low since february of 2006. summer claims usually increase because of temporary factory closings. to put it in perspective how far we have come, at the depths of the great recession in early 2009, more than 600,000 people a week were filing for benefits. data out today shows home sales tanked 8% from the previous month. and sales are down more than 4% for the first six months of this year compared to last year. home building

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>> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> disappearing polar caps... >> in the arctic the prize promises to be much substantial >> untapped resources... >> the really big expense hasn't been tested in the arctic >> could climate change reveal new battlefields? >> countries are developing combat capabilities fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're blocking the doors... >> ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... award winning investigative documentary series the battle for the arctic only on al jazeera america >>> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight" - the affordable care act

award winning investigative documentary series >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america % >>> stock market investors are disappointed, they let a company know it. amazon and visa felt the backlash of the market. amazon plunged 10%, reporting results below what analysts expected for the second-straight quarter, visa sank 4% for lowering its forecast. that put the innedizies in the red. the dow had a big loss finishing below of the 17,000 market. the s&p and that dabbing lower. >> amazon's new phone is on sale, aiming to compete with the premium smartphones. amazon is entering a market. >> reporter: amazon's c.e.o. introduced the online retailer's big play to heat

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> finally the malaysian airliner hits home for many frequent flyers. steph is dutch herself and flew the mh17 route. she shares her thoughts on this tragedy tonight. >> i'm trying to remember how many times i flew from amsterdam to kuala lumpur and onwards in the past 17 years since living in indonesia - maybe 30 times or more. locked up inside the plane with the music, magazine and movies. i've felt a sense of protection. as soap as i boarded i entered a different world, unrelated to the world outside. a world with happy families on an exotic holiday. children in choking outfits. and europeans. dutch and joh

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america his, . >> al jazeera america. his, . >>> ocean farming is not a modern innovation, ancient egyptians, aztecs and chooupees long farmed aquatic plants. disappearing soil threatens the planet environmentalists and futurists are experimenting with floating infrastructure as alternative options for the future of farming. >> what will you do today? >> i will transplant the rest of my koouk cum brs. >> reporter: meet kath rein king and wayne adams sculptures living on a floating platform. >> we are floating above half an acre. we are floating a million pounds, about 500 tonne. 90% garden. the rest a small studio. >>

david skorton weighs in as well on skills training versus traditional education. >> the vast majoritypeople are making a living doing fine in the country without a very advanced degree. >> the veteran administrator has spoken out nationally on campus suicide

. >> al jazzera america presents... on al jazeera america >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> two groups of hamas fighters attacked inside israel on monday after using passages dug underneath the border. ten palestinian militants were killed in the attacks, but so were four israeli soldiers. now the primary goal of israel's assault on gaza is to destroy these so-called terror tunnels. >> our goal is to end the terror attacks from gaza to israel. there shouldn't be rockets fired on our citizens and they shouldn't infiltrate slew the tunnels. just this morning two squads cam through tunnels and tried to attack two different areas where civilians are trying to

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> as america goes, so goes the world as we look at the global economies chances for growth the rest of the year. also america is number one when it comes to frac-ing for gas and oil, i'll tell you what the rest of the world needs to do to catch up. plus the grocery chain ceo who is so popular, even cashiers and clerks are risking their own jobs to get him back. "real money." ♪

journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america >> cornell university president david skorton> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> now as you listen to me an oil tanker from turkey is finishing a long journey across the atlant ib, carrying one million barrels of oil to get it refined. probably doesn't sound like anything new, but it's no ordinary oil. it's carrying crude from iraq's semiautonomous kurdistan region. baghdad says unsanctioned oil sails are illegal. the maliki government calls it smuggling. the u.s. tried to prevent the transaction. if a deal with kurdistan oil has been struck, it's a slap in the face to baghdad. the kurds ship barrels through a pipeline, stretching across the turk

. >> cornell university president david skorton >> is a college education worth the price? >> discusses the purpose of college >> students allow yourself to dream... it's very, very, important >> and his post university plans >> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera >>> now as the number of civilian deaths continues to rise, human rights activists call on both sides to stop using rockets in populated areas. we have the report now from donetsk on continuing fighting between ukrain