from duke university in durham north carolina, this is 30 minutes. >> host: booktv is on the campus of duke university in durham north carolina where we are talking with professors and scholars about some of their books. now joining us here is deborah hicks. her book "the road out" a teacher's odyssey in poor america. deborah hicks, what do you do here at duke first of all? >> guest: i have a couple of things that i do. i am part of a research unit called social science research institute and that is a unit that is composed of people doing research and social scientist scientists -- science and and also a social entrepreneur so i direct a nonprofit in the carolina mountains codepage partnership for appalachian girls education in there i worked with appalachian girls and middle school and help them get educational opportunities and access. so i have a couple of different hats that i wear at duke university, a researcher in the social entrepreneur. >> host: social entrepreneur. is that a new term? >> guest: i think it was coined by people like nicholas kristof but it's a widely used term

duke university suggested we use something called a dry shipper, cooled with liquid nitrogen. we sent the dry shipper to stem tech. stem tech sent the frozen cells to us. and we forwarded them to joanne kurtzberg. a computer chip inside our package verified that the cells were properly frozen all the way. dr. kurtzberg analyzed the cells. for comparison, look under the microscope. healthy umbilical cord stem cells look like this. the cells we got from stem tech had disintegrated. >> so these are the cells you purchased. and they are dying or dead. >> we see all of these dead and disintegrating cells and, essentially, cellular debris. >> mm-hmm. >> are there dangers of injecting that into someone? >> there are huge dangers if you injected that into someone's blood or spinal fluid, because all these little fragments and debris would get trapped somewhere in the bloodstream and could cause a stroke or, in the brain, could cause an inflammatory reaction. >> remember, the sussers asked dr. ecklund to treat adam in the u.s. and in december 2011, he got out of a van to meet gary suss

on october 10 -- in october, 2010, you told a duke university group, and i quote, the supreme court dealt a huge blow overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldn't give directly to political campaigns. ms. learner, what exactly -- ms. lerner, wanted to fix the problem caused by citizens united, what does that mean. could you please turn the mike on. >> my counsel advised me i have notwayed my constitutional rights under the fifth amendment and under his advice i decline to answer any subject matter in this hearing. >> so you're not going to tell us who wanted to fix the problem under citizens united. >> under the advice of counsel i invoke my fifth amendment right and refuse to answer the question. >> in february, 2011, you emailed your colleagues and the following. tea party matter very dangerous. this could be the vehicle to go to court on the issue of whether citizens united overturning the ban on corporate spending applies to tax exempt rules. counsel and judy kindell need to be on this one please. crinecy should probably not -- cincy should probably not --

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv it is on the campus of duke university endure north carolina where we talk with professors and scholars about some of their books and joining us is deborah hicks said teachers odyssey for for america what do you do here first of all? >> i have a couple of things. i am part of social science research institute that is a unit composed of people doing research into a friend disciplines. i am also a social entrepreneur and directed nonprofit called page partnership for appellation in girls' education and there i work with girls and middle schools so in of the bunch of different hats. >> host: social entrepreneurialism added new term? >> if think it was cleaned as of very widely used term. but for nonprofits in the non-profit sector. >> host: how are you get involved with appellation and girls in middle school from north carolina? >> that is a long story that i wrote about but growing up as of working class a was the first to my family to go to college that was a big step. and then to go to college to do super well and ended up finally after stumble

. >> charles dunlap junior at duke university. thank you for talking to us at "france 24." accusing egypt of the systematic killing, human rights watch has published findings of a year-long investigation that compared to the crackdown of the 1989 massacre. a short while ago, the executive director of human rights give us the details of the accusations. >> in short words, accusing the government of crimes against humanity, particularly the massacre that took lace in our office were just the -- in our -- there was a large city and of protesters against the two that ousted the muslim brotherhood president, mohammed al morsi. on that morning, early in the morning, pursuant to a plan that the interior ministry devised security forces surrounded the square, basically went in with bulldozers, armored personnel hundreds of troops, and within minutes started shooting at protesters. sometimes indiscriminately, sometimes using snipers. human rights watch has collected the names of 817 protesters who were killed that day, and the actual number is probably over 1000. >> you say the prin

according to a recent interview with one of my guests duke university scientist savannah eric it's like cutting an onion but 100 times more severe. could lead to the feeling of suffocation and skin and eye inflammation. and, there is the possibility, although it is not well researched, but there is the possibility that, in fact, tear gas can cause miscarriage in pregnant women. and, so the question is, if tear gas is something that we cannot use in international warfare, why is it something that we use in domestic politics? i'm going to talk about all of that, when we come back. at managing my symptoms, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fa

. >> host: joining us at duke university on booktv is claude piantadosi. what do you do for a living? >> guest: really i'm a physician and i work mostly taking care of patients with respiratory diseases but i do have a strong interest in research and extreme environments and of course space is the ultimate extreme environment. >> host: where did that interest come from? >> guest: well it grew out of my time in the submarine force during the cold war in the navy and of course submarines are controlled environments and are analogues to spacecraft. i developed an interest in the problems of life support submarines and add them to spacecraft environment. >> host: invective written a book about space. "mankind beyond earth" the history, science and future of space exploration. dr. subeighteen think i u.s. space program should be revised and renewed? >> guest: clearly that was one of the major reasons for writing the book. yes, i do. i think we are languishing right now. americans in general don't share the same excitement that they force-based exploration as th

from duke university. she is also a contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome, doctor. [applause] >> and next we have the president of the latino victory project. prior to joining the project, he spent five years in investing more than $16 million to increase political participation into communities of color. most recently, cristobol was named one of d.c.'s most influential leaders under 40. so please welcome our panel lists. [applause] >> so let's start with dr dr. francesco. give us an overview of what you think this election is really going to mean for latinos and what the latino vote will do. >> i'm going to start off with a question, and it's a question that i frequently get and i'm sure many of you get which is who cares about latinos? and people don't say it that way. it usually comes about in terms of, oh, yeah, latinos are the fastest growing population. but they're pulling in third in terms of behind african american and white. so we see this question being posed

on october 10 -- in october, 2010, you told a duke university group, and i quote, the supreme court dealt huge blow overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldn't give directly to political campaigns. ms. learner, what exactly -- ms. lerner, wanted to fix the problem caused by citizens united, what does that mean. could you please turn the mike on. >> my counsel advised me i have notwayed my constitutional rights under the fifth amendment and under his advice i decline to answer any subject matter in this hearing. >> so you're not going to tell us who wanted to fix the problem under citizens united. >> under the advice of counsel i invoke my fifth amendment right and refuse to answer the question. >> in february, 2011, you emailed your colleagues and the following. tea party matter very dangerous. this could be the vehicle to go to court on the issue of whether citizens united overturning the ban on corporate spending applies to tax exempt rules. counsel and judy kindell need to be on this one please. crinecy should probably not -- cincy should probably not -- a

she's on her way to duke university. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about.lication. they were like "i'm going to save you the trouble. don't even write the application." >> i know i couldn't get in. >> jimmy: no, way. absolutely. >> i told her, she turned 18, i said, "i really want you to watch my concert film, "you so crazy." i said, because daddy keeps it real and raw. i don't cut no corners. i don't sugar coat nothing. she said, "okay, daddy, i'll watch it." she watched it and loved it. >> jimmy: she loved it. how about the "martin" the tv show? >> she loves it. she loves it. my kids don't watch the "martin" show as much as i would think they would watch, 'cause they watch things. [ laughter ] like the disney channel, all those things. but -- but every now and then, they take a look at daddy. >> jimmy: more with martin lawrence when we come back, you guys, after the break. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ shelly ] as a graduate of devry university and keller graduate school of management, a business career was my goal. this was my career training camp... my pr

according to the study done by researchers at duke university having a close one with your mother and circle of sisters around you makes you more popular. a group studying the family in kenya my goodness they found that power of sisters help rise of female on the social ladder, researchers suggested eory could explain the secret, to the kardashian family popularity. >> why are we bringing them into it. >> every show has to have the kardashian embedded. >> yes. >> well, they are close as sisters. you have to give them that. they are very close. >> they are. >> poor rob is kind of like where is he. he is just disappeared. >> he is having a hard time. you have brothers and sisters. >> i have two sisters and one brother. >> was it easier to be closer tour sisters or your brother. >> you love your younger brother, he is funny. and for your mom's birthday. >> my brother was cracking us up. he is youngest and i'm the oldest. i used to give him gentlemen lessons. here open the door for me. pull out my chair. >> so words to this day. >> quite show. >> he is very popular too. >> yes. >> speakin

she received her degree from duke university. she works on immigration, women, and race. a contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome back. [no audio] [applause] arthur atlas is a good friend. he is a resident of the latino victory project. it is a nonpartisan effort. prior to joining the project, he spent five years in philanthropy serving at the ford foundation where he invested more than $60 million to increase political participation. he was named by washington life magazine as one of the season-low influential leaders under 40. it is quite a feat given that he moved to washington dc re month ago. [laughter] please welcome them. >> thank you. [applause] start with dr. francesco. give us an overview of what you think this election means for latinos and what the latino vote will offer it. >> i will start off with a question. it is one that i frequently get. who cares about latinos? people don't say it that way. it usually comes about in terms that latinos are the fastest-growing population, but they're pulling in third in terms of turnou

right to keep and bear arms with michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice and duke university school of law, and attorney alan gura. it's about one hour. >> thank you so much ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the national constitution center. it's such a pleasure to see you here. i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the national constitution center. as those of you been here before no is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and that means that would bring together the best thinkers and scholars and commentators from all sides of the constitutional debate that transfixed the nation and let you that people make up your own mind. we're doing this on a range of media platforms, and want you to please checkout our superb podcast, our we the people podcasts which are getting up to 100,000 downloads and bringing together top liberal and conservative scholars to debate the issues of the week. i want you to come back over the next few weeks to the national constitu

my name is marc anthony neil professor of african-american studies at duke university and the moderator for the next panel. the panel is a new urban aesthetics of black arts movement in which we will have a conversation to talk about the connections between the black arts movement and what we see now as new forms of urban aesthetics. i am joined to my right my colleague who is doing double duty today. professor terry from princeton university. to her right we have melissa castille garceau who is the author of pure bronx a book that she wrote with historian mark mason. to her right we have mr. june archer who wrote the book yes, everything can be a good thing. next to him we have mr. tramp daly, the adventures of the untouchables illustrator and at the far end we have mr. anthony whyte who published the book they love to die, a piece of what some folks might describe as urban fiction or street fiction and we will talk about the complications of that as we go on this afternoon. so one of the things that's interesting about this panel there are any number of people even in this room as i s

joining me now is dan arielli, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at duke university and "the hoppest truth aboutonestydishon" dan, what do you make about this? he made up a lie about saving his drowning 7-year-old nephew? >> that's a good story. no. so here's how i view it. you know, i haven't talked to him and i don't know the story in great details, but if i try to generalize what's going on, i would say there are three elements here. the first element is what we think about gains versus losses. the second one had to do with self-deception and the third one has to do with how our lies impact other people. >> in this case, i mean he injured his ankles and he was going to be out probably for the season and so he had to come up with an explanation i assume for why he was not going to be able to play football? >> that's right. so it wasn't that here was a guy who wanted to become a hero and he kept on thinking -- by the way, it was not a thoughtful lie. if he really wanted to plan something, he should have really thought about it better but he came up with something at the

he received his undergraduate degree from duke university and his law degree are from columbia university. he was also a senior managers and government fellow at the kennedy school of government at harvard university. a black belt in tae kwon do, so he can whoop some ass when he needs to and was a drummer in the fiasco which he claims to be as popular at the beatles, but i'll leave that up to you. [laughter] he lives in bethesda, maryland. ladies and gentlemen, welcome mark greenblatt. [applause] so, mark, you've said this before, you wrote as someone who isn't a veteran but wanted to honor -- what made you undertake this endeavor, and how long did it take and what's the process been like? >> so in 2007 and 2008 i went to awards banquets where they honored military veterans -- i mean, folks serving in the military a. and they would tell their stories, and they would bring them up on stage in front of this huge audience of people, and there was not a dry eye in the house when they would tell these stories. these were unbelievable stories. and i would go year after year, and i kept saying h

. >> and director of the human and autonomy laboratory at duke university. we are very honored to have you here and we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman and senator thune and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to commit today to talk to you about the future integration of unmanned systems in the u.s. economy. i am the director of the duke university humans and autonomy lab in which focuses on the multifaceted interaction of humans and autonomous systems. i have advice all branches of the military on technology and policies related to unmanned aerial vehicles, are commonly called drones, and they do have personal aviation experience as i was one of the first u.s. fighter pilots for the navy when women were introduced. i do applaud the faa's recent the very late naming of their six test site but i like most experts in the field agree that the faa will not be able to meet the mandate to integrate jones in the national airspace by 2015. while we are making some progress towards t

a ba from colby college and his phd is from duke university. our third speaker today is adam, professor of political of and he from m.i.t., received his phd from the university of michigan in 2000 and for our purposes today, war --d "in time of understanding american public opinion from world war ii to iraq. he has similarly published in an array of journals. he has received grants from the national science foundation and was a fellow for the center of advanced studies in behavioral sciences. , perhaps speaker today cato's newest minted adjunct scholar, trevor thrall. he works at george mason and is graduatese. of the he is the coeditor of american volumeand another edited , "why did the united states invade iraq?" he was associate professor at the university of michigan dearborn, where he directed master of public policy and master of public administration programs. he received his phd from m.i.t. normally, we have a lot of university of chicago, m.i.t., conspiracy. today, it seems like we have a michigan, m.i.t. overlap, with john being up the

from duke university. is also a contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome, doctor. [applause] >> and next we have the president of the latino victory project. prior to joining the project, he spent five years in investing more than $16 million to increase political participation into communities of color. most recently, cristobol was named one of d.c.'s most influential leaders under 40. so please welcome our panel lists. [applause] >> so let's start with dr dr. francesco. give us an overview of what you think this election is really going to mean for latinos and what the latino vote will do. >> i'm going to start off with a question, and it's a question that i frequently get and i'm sure many of you get which is who cares about latinos? and people don't say it that way. it usually comes about in terms of, oh, yeah, latinos are the fastest growing population. but they're pulling in third in terms of behind african american and white. so we see this question being posed and

to launch our recruiting efforts by speaking to doctors, interns, residents, and students at duke university's medical school. recruiting isn't just for hr. here's how i look at it -- i was on an airplane going to phoenix. a 22 year veteran who is currently with lockheed martin. he said he needed to do something about recruiting. his daughter is a lieutenant in the air force. she is currently going to medical school and washington, d.c. he talked to her about a career with the v.a. she said dad, have you not seen what is going on with the v.a.? why would i want to work there? i am here to tell you i asked for her phone number, i called her three different times, i'm going to speak at her medical school -- dva is a great place to work. i also want to tell you a story about nancy. nancy is a knowledge is in medical school. we met on a plane coming back from memphis. she said my dream job is to work in the v.a., and she is a school at george washington university medical school, and she wants to be a neurologist was up i gave her my card and my address and i said contact me, i want you to work fo

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv it is on the campus of duke university endure north carolina where we talk with professors and scholars about some of their books and joining us is deborah hicks said teachers odyssey for for america what do you do here first of all? >> i have a couple of things. i am part of social science research institute that is a unit composed of people doing research into a friend disciplines. i am also a social entrepreneur and directed nonprofit called page partnership for appellation in girls' education and there i work with girls and middle schools so in of the bunch of different hats. >> host: social entrepreneurialism added new term? >> if think it was cleaned as of very widely used term. but for nonprofits in the non-profit sector. >> host: how are you get involved with appellation and girls in middle school from north carolina? >> that is a long story that i wrote about but growing up as of working class a was the first to my family to go to college that was a big step. and then to go to college to do super well and ended up finally after stumble

from duke university. she works on immigration, race and ethnic politics. contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome, doctor. [applause] and our third panelist is also a good friend. he's president of the latino victory project, nonpartisan effort to build political power within the latino community by developing leaders for public office while building a permanent base of latino donors to support them. prior to joining the project, he spent five years in philanthropy working for the ford foundation where he invested more than $16 million to increase political participation in communities of color. st recently, cristobal was named as one of d.c.'s most influential leaders under 40 which is quite a feat given he only moved to d.c. about three months ago. ok. so please welcome cristobal and all three of our panelists. [applause] with dr. fran francesco he -- soto. >> i'll start off with a question and it's a question i frequently get and i'm sure many of you get which is -- who cares about latinos? and people don't say it that

will launch our recruiting efforts by speaking to doctors, interns, residents, and students, at duke university's rather -- medical school. recruiting for hr. here's how i look at it. i was on an airplane going to phoenix to visit the v.a. facility there. the gentleman behind me nude that i was with the v.a. he is a 22 year veteran with the air force and is currently a lockheed martin employee. he said, i need to do something about recruiting. his daughter is a lieutenant in the air force and currently going to medical school in washington, d.c. he talked to her about a noble career with the v.a. and she said, dad, haven't you read the newspapers or seen on television what is going on at the v.a.? why would i want to work there? i'm here to tell you i asked for her phone number. i called heard three different times. i'm going to speak at her medical school. the v.a. is a great place to work. i also want to tell you a story about nancy. nancy is a neurologist in medical school. we met on a plane when i was coming back from memphis. she said, wow, my dream job is to work at the v.a. and she is in s

a leadership director at duke university says she sees female ceos who really benefit from being ableposite suggests that if you don't like sports you shouldn't have to pretend you're interested authorized to get ahead at work. and, yeah, i can see any time you're faking it and -- >> yeah. >> but -- >> if you're authentic -- in if you do have a natural interest it's good to be up on all types of topics but i don't like how they just feel that all women don't follow sports and that it's only -- there are a lot of men who don't follow, as well. >> correct. >> i think what your point -- the best point you made be authentic. just be your authentic self who you are really. and that will win. >> if you like to talk about shoes, it's okay. that's all i'm saying. >> men might leave the room. >> i know but, you know, i have to admit having worked at espn and i just naturally love sports, it is an ice breaker. it is -- it does kind of because it's a hot topic but it comes naturally to me. it's not something that i'm trying to force. we wanted to hear from you and asked you and this is interesti

shro i'm on the duke university medical staff. i'm also a clinic researcher. this law could reasonably be interpreted to invalidate any type of current state laws which place regulations on abortion. it would also endanger health care providers of conscious. the purpose of the bill as we've understood is to protect women's he held health by ensuring that women's health will continue to be available. one, abortion is good and safe for women. number two, state abortion restrictions are medically unwarranted. number three that access to abortion is important to women's health and that the state has no interest in protecting unborn children. ly i will address each of these. the centers for disease control and produce a nonviable fetus at any age. the u.s. supreme court has repeatedly acknowledged that abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the termination of a life and that the abortion decision has implications further than other treatments. a substantial body of literature indicates that reduces abortio

was named one of top postcodes and the country by diverse magazine picture seek her ph.d from duke university or academic experience centered on campaigns and elections come immigration women, rights and ethnic policy. she's also contribute to msnbc and the regular political analyst. welcome, doctor. [applause] >> and our third panelist is also a good friend, his present of the latino victory project, a nonpartisan effort to build political power within the latino community by developing leaders for public office while building a permanent base of latino donors to support them. prior to joining the project, alex spent five years of philanthropy serve as in the ford foundation reinvested more than $60 million to increase political participation in communities of color. most recently christobal was named by washington "life" magazine as one of d.c.'s most influential leaders under 40 which is quite a feat given that the only move to d.c. about three months ago. [laughter] >> welcome. so please welcome christobal joshua alex, and all three of our panelists. [applause] >> so let's start with dr.

from duke university. her academic experience centers on immigration, women, race and ethnic politics. she is also a contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome, doctor. >> thank you. [applause] >> and our third panelist is also a good friend. he's president of the latino victory project, a nonpartisan effort to build political power within the latino community while building a permanent base of latino donors to support them. josh alex spent five years in my be land throe by is serving at the open -- philanthropy where he invested more than $16 million to increase political participation in communities of color. most recently, chris pal was -- chris ball was named as one of d.c.' most influential leaders under 40 which is quite a feat given he only moved to d.c. about three months ago. [laughter] >> small town. >> small up to. okay, so please welcome cristobol josh alex and all three of our panelists. >> thank you. [applause] >> so let's start with dr. dr. francesco. if you

was named one of the top 12 scholars in the country by divers magazine and received a phd from duke university. her academic experience centers on campaigns, immigration, women, race and policies. she's a contributor to msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome back. [applause] the third panelist is a good friend of president of the latino victory project nonpartisan effort to build political power in the community by equipping leaders for public office while building a permanent base to support them. prior to joining the project we spent five years in philanthropy serving in the ford foundation where he invested more than $16 million to increase political participation. most recently named by washington life magazine as one of the most influential leaders under 40 which is quite a feat given that he moved about three months ago. [laughter] please welcome all three of the panelists. [applause] would start with doctor francesco if you can give an overview of what this is going to mean for latinos and what the vote. >> i'm going to start off with a question that i frequently g

etonas wearing an exoskel designed at duke university, controlled by his brain alone.ve, the handsome actor, who played superman in the movies -- he died. but before he died, he dreamed of the day when his mind would allow him to bypass is spinal bypass by pass -- to his spinal cord so he could walk again. unfortunately, he died too soon. we can now do it. the military has dumped over $150 million to create exoskeletons like this for our wounded warriors. and surrogates. that is, controlling a robot mentally. this is from "surrogate," starring bruce willis. this is the future perhaps of the space program. it is too dangerous to put humans into outer space on the time. why not put robots and have the robots guided mentally by an astronaut sitting in his hot tub in his living room? so, you could explore the universe just mentally and that's the thesis behind "avatar," the movie "avatar," and also the movie "surrogat es," mentally controlling robots, and we can do that today. and telekinesis, the ability to control objects with the mind. we will talk about this in a momen

dukes of hazard." but this is the real thing. >> it's the scariest thing i've ever seen in my life. >> august 16th, 2013, michigan. a freshman at michigan state university her way to dance team practice. >> i was driving down the freeway with my window down because it you hot out. >> glancing to her left, she sees a silver pickup truck with a trailer hitched to the back and it's speeding into the median lane that separates the two sides of the highway. >> i thought it was someone being stupid or trying to be funny and i got my phone out and thought it would be funny to record it and show friends later. >> law enforcement officers don't recommend video recording while driving. >> i saw him like go right through a sign on the median. that's when i realized it was probably something serious. >> the median lane abruptly ends. the truck speeds over the edge and disappears into a ravine below. >> as soon as i saw him go over the ledge, i just dropped my phone because it was crazy. it was the craziest thing i'd ever seen. >> she pulls off to the side of the road and called 911. at the inglam county sheriff's department, shft flint is on duty. >> i'm the shift