, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can

, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. as i said, our moderator is not always our lieutenant governor, of course he needs to introduction -- no, i get to say something. i get to say something. as everyone in this room knows, youngest mayor in 100 years, right? youngest mayor in 100 years when he was elected 10 years ago and he has remained an effective and visionary leader for everyone. mayor newsom gained worldwide recognition when he granted marriage licenses

joined now by michael dannon burt director of higher education and education finance policy of education trust thanks so much for coming on my call here thank you so it seems like this is a ticking time bomb if we saw what happened with the housing bubble or should we expect a similar thing happen with the student debt bubble i don't think so i mean there certainly is a serious issue with student debt in the aggregate and there are a number of students who are in severe and borrowers who are in severe financial distress but by and large it's a small subset of borrowers who have loans in one hundred thousand dollars range and those borrowers have very sort of discrete characteristics most students don't but most borrowers do not nearly that much in debt and there are a variety of repayment options to make life a little easier for that really because a lot of people i know duo tens of thousands of dollars if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and that's i mean what characteristics are you talking about here so those who have the hundred thousand dollars range it's about four percent of all bor

coming on breaking it down michael danberg director of higher education and education finance education trust thank you very much. what if i told you that there are two men who have been very pivotal in the corporate takeover of america. yes i'm talking about charles and david koch the billionaire industrialist that own koch industries america's second the largest privately held company in. each of these men are worth twenty one billion dollars respectively and the norm is well that influence could be found lurking behind some of those controversial federal policies that have emerged over the last decade recently i was discouraged to learn that there potentially looking to buy at the l.a. times and the chicago tribune which would undoubtedly give them even more of a platform to push their agenda now you might be wondering what agenda and i talking about well let me give you a little background on the koch brothers in case she didn't know it all started in one hundred seventy one the lewis powell memo which described a strategy for the corporate takeover of america's public institutions the me

education trust west, an oakland non- profit, released a report on financial aid. agency says only half of the state's high school and state aid last year. this means millions of dollars in aid will be left on the table. many california students do not get to attend college, because they don't think they can afford tuition. a wild fire started on thursday. the blaze and has charred more than 300 a.. a fire spokesman says blazes have calmed down but they're concerned about when picking up. stay with us for sports highlights. a live look outside. overcast. i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. an intense burning sensation like somebody had set it on fire. and the doctor said, cindie, you have shingles. he said, you had chickenpox when you were a little girl... i said, yes, i did. i don't think anybody ever thinks they're going to get shingles. but it happened to me. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com the route through peninsula communities could harm the environment. let's take a quick look outside this morning as we toured our attenti

. >> reporter: a revealing new report from the nonprofit, education trust west, shows just how many studentspplying for financial aid. or should we say just how few. >> well, we found it was disturbing. >> reporter: what they found was hundreds of millions in grants untapped. >> only about half of the students who could be eligible for federal and state aid were actually applying. >> reporter: $12,000 of state aid available for qualified students who simply fill out a form. but the number of kids filling out that form varies from school to school. at kennedy high in richmond, only 20% of students applied. in san jose, they had a 57% completion rate. oakland came up on top, with 86% completion rate. and then the federal aid the students could get. >> in federal aid, putting together, you could be missing out on $17,000 on aid. and we're not talking about loans that need to be repaid. what we're talking about are grants to go to college that you never have to repay. >> taking a minute or so to finish up. >> reporter: these students at east palo alto are making sure they tap into all of their r

the education trust west a non- profit out of oakland released a report on financial aid.t on the table. government programs. say sales were up from a year ago -- and from last millions of dollars in financial aid is being unclaimed by students california. oakland -- released a reportthey say only half of the applied for federal and this means millions of don't get to attend college because they don't think also new at six. the cities of atherton, menlo park and palo alto have lost a bid to block thespeed rail line along the peninsula. a sacramento judge dismissed which means the state can speed rail through the santhe peninsula cities >> jacqueline: it was gorgeous today, with the 60s. the changes and the some-tropical moisture coming up from the self making changes. the sub- troubled moisture. let us take a look at futurecast with the sub-tropical moisture. from the sel coming up from the s south.. however, the temperatures are going to be topping out at an inn. 50s, 60s and even more with topping out at noon. a slight chance of sprinkles for tomorrow but i do not think

the report by oakland-based education trust west found that about 54% of seniors in california completed the free application for federal student aid in the 2012/2013 financial aid year. the report says thousands of academically qualified, low- income students don't go to college because they are not given the information and encouragement needed to fill out a financial aid application. >>> 7:17. family members and friends are mourning the death of a vallejo man stabbed to death yesterday afternoon. last night, candles were lit on el dorado street. that's where 27-year-old christopher armstrong was attacked by a man witnesses described as a homeless man. reportedly, he was an avid baseball player, a professional cook and a community college student who they say will be missed. >> everybody loved him. everybody. >> just a free-spirited, funny, always -- i mean, he was the person i would go to to talk to. >> now, police made an arrest of a suspect a couple of blocks from the crime scene. they've identified him as 36- year-old james alexander. armstrong's friend said alexander showed up at

i don't trust any educator in my building to help me. and it was interesting because there was a gentleman who had organized a screening who was himself a victim of bullying who had just spoken on stage to this group and i felt him really deeply, he was so committed, he was so passionate, so i said to this student, i said, what about mr. so and so? he's, like, i just never, the trust was so burnt that he wasn't willing it even try again. so i just -- more anecdotes. >> that's really helpful. ros, one of the things we talked about before we came up here, kids think this is all a joke until they get more information and a lot of parents think this is a joke too and maybe some parents are coddling their children. >> as i do the work around the country that i do, i am concerned about how bullying is being politicized and that it's therefore losing its power, that we really are in this incredible place of opportunity where a lot of people are galvanized, here we are in this room. but we're right at this place where i think you get coopted int

education, training and trust. the vets need to take advantage of the g.i.other services to help them understand how well their skills translate and employers can't continue with cookie cutter ways to evaluate people, larry. they need to trust that these people who defended our safety can get the job done. we see the service industry and you tell me these guys cannot work and so many of the people we see. >> first of all, it's a great cause. i'm glad you covered it and it's a phenomenal cause. i'm horrified at these unemployment numbers. i wasn't aware, particularly of the under 25. >> but let me just say it's a dual-sided thing and not just the employers. it's these veterans getting organized and know what's at their disposal. >> i would think and this is the point i was going to make. these vets have, first of all, a lot of discipline. they have leadership qualities that they learn. they know team skills and they can think on their feet. if you tried to make a composite of what a good soldier is like, this would be it. how does that not translate into some

educated together. we politicized together and then we built trust.'m not saying it's perfect trust, but we built trust. so i would like to single out david chu, david campos and mark ferrel for the great job they did. [ applause ] >> the mayor's office in particular a great de

. >> start a trust fund for his education. >> start your own trust fund for your education.>> is he going to commute? we asked him that. i don't remember what his answer was. that's right. he was trying to finish school. >> it comes so naturally. i do think it's easier for that generation. >> not that easy. that kid was smooth. >> he is. but you understand. how many apps on your iphone? i have an ncaa. i follow the scores. that's it. and skiing thing. i find out when the snow in, you know, copper. >> that's all you really have? >> yeah. >> you were ordering black cars when -- where is your car? you were ordering black cars when people didn't know what they were. >> uber. >> it's pretty cool to call and there is one in the neighborhood. great business model. pandora. >> you have pandora. >> no, i don't. no. >> moving along here. >> steve cohen. >> that's interesting. >> page 6 this morning. >> this is new york post, page 6. >> disclaimer because we don't know what it all means. steve cohen just bought picasso. they say it was a present to himself. he bought it from steve wynn

they have to trust themselves, educate and inform themselves. >> that's an interesting point. most people would think the opposite. putting my money in a bank is not risky. putting it into an index fund, which is a basket of stocks, is risky. comes down to people's fear. no guts. worried about the market. the market is volatile and it's risky. what do you do when people tell you that? >> it's the thing about fear and ignorance allowing us to dictate financial decisions. we should never allow that. nothing wrong with being ignorant, something wrong with staying ignorant. we should never be scared of something you don't know about. a lot of individuals are scared of something because they have not put pun in the market. what i ask is what other alternatives do you have? show me another that can give you a 13.2% return. for a three-year average, what is what the dow jones gave us in the past three years. you show me another that can give that type of return or security. what we have to do, this is what lewis has been doing for years, what i have been doing for years, directly add

educated together. we politicized together and then we built trust. i'm not saying it's perfect trust, but we built trust. so i would like to single out david chu, david campos and mark ferrel for the great job they did. [ applause ] >> the mayor's office in particular a great deal of debt. he did a great job. i just don't know who i'm going to talk at midnight anymore. [ laughter ] . i also want to thank people from the department of public health and others from the mayor's office. but colleen chav an and wagner were instrumental in helping us understand the projections and understand the construction cost, etc. i would also want to acknowledge the hospital team, mike, warn browner. ceo of cpmc, [ applause ] george, i want to say is it w u. and john gates creative cfo who works at the hospital and the chairman of the board mr. bob -- [ applause ] . throughout this process, i had the luxury of a number of people helping and counseling me and encouraging me, but i would like to particularly thank bishop mark andrews who has been a tremendous supporter

dialogue with exchanging pulp pulpits, you'd be amazed at sophisticated people, educated, sweet, spiritual people don't trustther. and when they meet the other they find that, well all they thought about them is wrong. >> you're in atlanta for a very important cause but you are trying to use your own business and sense of entrepreneurship to educate and encourage others. >> yes. >> tell us about that. >> well, my experience is, you know, as an entrepreneur, are ones that i like to share or i can. this green project is one that speaking at it is inspiring to me as it does inspire the people who come to the convention. so i'm happy to do that. that's why i'm here in atlanta. >> okay. >> there is also something else. we'll talk about that some other time we were going to mention just briefly because we mentioned it before the break about the diamonds. this is something you also continue -- one of my foundations. i am the chairman of the diamond empowerment fund. we underwrite education in places where diamonds are a natural resource and the diamond industry had been very supportive of that and especially since

. >> in our culture we put trust in positions, we have them have amazing investments in education so sometimes it is harder for them to recognize when something is amiss. >> he introduced a bill to create a new database on doctors who over resign drugs -- prescribe drugs. >>> some students received free eye exams. the bus serves high poverty neighbors where some -- neighborhoods where some might go without eye care. they conducted eye screenings. 6,000 children a year receive vision care through this program. >>> recent anti-gay remarks urged him to call for changes. he said gays should be banned from holding prominent political positions. she is now looking into what is needed to rename the street that was named after the co- founder. >>> california's agricultural industry is facing a labor shortage. they say more than 70% of agricultural producers expect a worker shortage starting this spring. aging farm workers say their children are not interested in field work. >>> the wet weather in the bay area last week came in the form of new snow in the sierra. operators say 26 inches of ne

trust in physicians. we have them have amazing investments in education and continuing education. sometimes it is harder for them to recognize when something is a miss within their profession. >> centers for disease control says in the united states 100 people a day die from prescription drug overdoses. >>> it is not new that sleep and weight are linked. a new study shows people sleep deprived tend to overeat and gain weight. 16 healthy adults were only allowed to sleep five hours a night for five days. they gained about two pounds. participants burned more calories while sleep deprived but ate for it to make up for it especially late at night. >>> now that it is nice and sunny and you can get up and get outside. >> exactly. i can attest to that working the morning shift many years in the past, eat and eat and eat. jessica mentioned a lot of sunshine. we will talk more about when the 80s return. we are also tracking fog. we will let you know when that burns off for tomorrow at the coast line in just a few minutes. >>> the last time the warriors played the knicks seth curry had 54

education. tavis: you felt like you did not fit 10? >> no, because all the girls had a perfectly straight, blond hair and trust funds. i knew this even at seven years old, it was just a very bizarre experience for me. they all had moms and dads and a sister and a golden retriever and a house in the hamptons. i lived with my single mom in a 1-bedroom apartment. they would come over to my house to play in they would say, you should get a bigger apartment. this is really small. i would just think like, this is not real life. i don't belong here. came intothat how you discovering your own identity, when everything around you was so unlike you? >> i guess i was ok not being like everyone else. i guess i kind of had never felt like i was one of the cool kids. now i feel like maybe i am one of the cool kids, but i still don't feel that way. tavis: so how reprocessed this now, because at one point you did not fit in. you were not all that and then some, and now you are all that and then some. how do you process that? >> it is helpful when people keep saying no. [laughter] i think all of that is just noise. you cannot pay att

. >> education reform by this government -- [inaudible] this week there has been a blitz. a school has been offered free school status has found that the trust found last week that we move out knowing why. i wonder if the prime minister can use his offices to let me know the reason because i have 110 agitated parents. >> first of all, i join her in strongly supporting the preschool's movement. i think it is a remarkable advance that we have 101 free schools that are open. we have more in the prime line. i know my friend the educational secretary was listening closely about this proposal. it is obviously important that we vet proposals to make sure they are strong for education, they have parental support and raise standards in the local area. i'm sure my friend will be in touch with her. >> mr. speaker, we've done work over the years in improving public health. they have asked to refrain from smoking in children's play areas. [inaudible] >> i think we should look carefully at what he and others have said. we're looking across the piece at all the issues and whether we could follow the strains on the ban -- us a trail januaries -- australians

reached consumers, fraud.org has become a way for consumers to come to a trusted organization and submit complaints and get education about different types of scams. with articles on site but everything is from romance scams the lottery scams the mortgage scams, telemarketing scams, you name it. there's probably an article on fraud.org about the. we recently relaunched the site to provide -- all the information has been reorganized to make it easy and searchable for consumers to find. it's also, it's important to make sure all of our information is securable. one of the recent fraud.org exist is because we are a nonprofit fraud education organization. as was mentioned by some of my other panelists, consumers are very reticent to report scams. there is embarrassed by how much they have lost were worried about what the kids are going to do. they will put them in a home. and sometimes the reason the consumers themselves can be involved in the scheme and hoping somehow to find new lease for the other scams, either consciously or through no fault of their own. so the fraud.org is out there. i think the latest poll from p

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