charity ford foundation can no longer give money to local organizations without its permission.s been placed on a watch list to ensure its funds are used for bonafide welfare activities. this after money was given to an aid agency after being investigated for embezzlement. what is the significance of this? >> the significance of this is that money coming in from the ford foundation cannot be paid to its intended beneficiaries unless the government of india approves of it. so all the money that comes in the people have to apply to the home ministry and if the home ministry approves of it only then will it go to the recipients. this watch list is essentially a mechanism, the government seeks to control the use of the money. >> tell me what are the politics at play behind this? >> well the politics is a mixture of xenophobia and economic nationalism. the ford foundation has financed institutions which went after the people who were behind the riots in the year 2002. when the prime minister was the chief minister of that province. there have been allegations of complicity of activat

i want to share something dareen walker the president of the ford foundation wrote. this is a paraphrase on his reason why the ford foundation supports the arts at the core of their strategy. their strategy is about social justice so it is important to understand that. he says, less art leads to more inequality amore inequality leads to more injustice. we need more art and all our art institutions >> student be committed to their goal as civic assets public benefit institutions that change the paradigm in our sit a. thaupg >> thank you very much. next speaker, please >> high supervisors great to see all of you today. my name is [inaudible] i want to let you know that i'm working with arts alliance. what i'm excited about is we talk about a new day in terms of the arts advocaers work in san francisco. what happened in the a past is there a decision in the arts xhunty and cultural equity is a issue and need to address that. what we have seen is the piece of the pie that the community received in the city budget and the city increased has decreased so all the arts in sa

and additional support from the park foundation, the ford foundation, the wyncote foundation and the frontline journalism fund. >> corporate funding for frontline is provided by: >> narrator: 70 years ago, in april 1945, camera crews with the british and american armies entered the nazi death camps and filmed the horror they found there. the edited film remained unfinished, with missing soundtracks-- stored for decades in the archives of the imperial war museum in london. the film's directors, including alfred hitchcock, had developed a script to go with the pictures. so in 1985 frontline reconstituted the as closely as possible to what we believe the producers intended they made it as a document to serve our collective memory. at least six million people died in nazi germany's system of camps. more than three million were jews. (militaristic music playing) >> trevor howard: in march 1933, 17,264,296 germans voted for the national socialist party. 20,680,000 others cast their vote for democrats, communists christian socialists, people's party, et cetera, et cetera. lack of unity amon

the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> corporate funding for frontline is provided by >> whether it's discovering an aspirin a day can prevent heart attacks worldwide, or creating cells that regenerate new heart muscle, our goal is developing treatments that save lives. brigham and women's hospital. >> al ahmad: i came to yemen to try and understand what is driving the groups now fighting for control of the country. (gunshots) in particular, i wanted to meet the houthi rebels. the houthis had mobilized thousands of fighters, and by last fall they had begun pushing south from their northern stronghold close to the saudi border. yemen's government was weak, its army fractured. the houthis saw an opportunity. when i first arrived several months ago, the houthis had already pushed into the capital, sana'a. the houthis are mostly zaidi muslims, from the shia branch of islam. their slogan is now s

and i was able to read some of the oral histories of ford foundation people. but there is one program that i've written about the foreign student leadership project which was a joint venture by ford and cia. and i think reason more that in that instance -- for that in that instants is that foreign students were being brought to american campuses under this nsa program, and the cia is forbidden by law to operate domestically. and i think it felt it really needed a, you know a kind of mature partner of stature. and so, but it was handled by a special committee at ford. and i've actually read those archives. they have been involved. but whether they were involved in that program, i have no idea. the only one i know is the one i've written about. but the one i've written about did produce some illustrious student leaders, future leaders including kofi annan. >> given all your research into the cia ask -- cia and students do you look at the events of the arab spring differently than the average american, and if you do how do you look at them differently? >> i shudd

the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. corporate funding for frontline is provided by... >> whether it's discovering an aspirin a day can prevent heart attacks worldwide, or creating cells that regenerate new heart muscle, our goal is developing treatments that save lives. brigham and women's hospital. >> sebastian rotella: it was july 2009. a man from america had come here to copenhagen on business. but first, some sightseeing. >> first of all, he rents a bike, an ordinary bicycle. and he has his video camera, and he rides with one hand on the handle and holding the video camera, riding around and taking pictures. you know, it's such an unusual scene of someone biking along with a camera. >> this is the famous concert hall built in 1748. >> rotella: these are his actual recordings as he narrated the im

she has received fellowships from the ford foundation and michelle are claman institute for gender research and the center for comparative study of race and ethnicity at stanford trade allison teaches courses on american identity african-american history african-american women's history and 20th century american history. she has won numerous teaching awards including the phi beta kappa teaching prize the grapes award in the humanities the sinclair great teaching award. she gave a tedx talk at stanford. she has appeared on c-span and "national public radio" and her work has been featured on "cnn".com, slate.com and the "chronicle" of higher education. "a chosen exile" a history of racial passing in american life is allyson prospectors but featured on "national public radio"'s all things considered the tavis smiley show on public radio international and serious sex into the book was selected as "the new york times" book review editors choice a best book of 2014 by the "san francisco chronicle" and a book of the week by the times higher education in london. the roots chose sub six. please join

i was fortunate that the ford foundation came onboard.directly and the third film -- one film they supported, about nelson mandela, which was on pov. point of view. public television, this the second film they've supported through itvs. the independent television service. the nea, the neh the new york state council for the arts. c-span: the national endowment for the humanities and arts what kind of requirement do they put on you when they give you the grant money to do this kind of thing? do they have any sayso on the content? >> guest: sayso on the content? it's a thorough vetting when you apply so you give a narrative of the project, and they judge based on the narrative. c-span: how long does that process take? >> guest: months, if not years. pan -- c-span: you have a film you're working on and i want know why why you named it. we're africans seeking compile in canada. >> guest: oh actually -- c-span: what is that? >> guest: a colleague of mine -- i was advising her on that project, and so she -- i'm not sure if she is still making th

they contain for example all the holdings of the rockefeller foundation but i believe now the ford foundationclass operation. they were enormously helpful in seeing that this did not last more than 14 years. the house in which they are located, it was decided the archives would be located there, and turned out there was this grand house built. she never spend one night there. two two rolls-royce is in the garage but other than that there were no signs of occupancy. it turns out the house went itself beautifully to the purpose of an archival facility. c-span: on a personal basis 14 years doing this random house is your publisher did you get an initial advance to do this? >> guest: i did. i did. c-span: how much do you think this book cost you? >> guest: i don't think anyone -- the original advance was $50,000. you have to remember random house gave me something much more valuable than money. they gave me time. no one, no one ever presciently. -- ever pressured me. and i can't tell you how critical that was to whatever the final product is. c-span: how much did you end up having to spend? >> gu

because it is a daunting experience the ford foundation has already pledged their support and we need other powerful entities within our own country to think that this is an important issue and certainly that is one of the areas that we feel is a huge gap. the other is that we are hoping that the american media can find ways to collaborate certainly in the field, that is so important, jim seems to feel that freelancers as a whole that that's all they had with one another and they tended to really work together in the field. but we really would love to see if we couldn't do more as american media or colleague in captivity. and i realize that this is complex and very competitive it's not a simple thing. but that is something that i link jim would've liked to have seen. some of the hostages mentioned to us that this was a big hostage issue. there were 18 western hostages are held together and nobody knew about it. a lot of the journalists knew about it, a lot of people knew but the public did not know. and so in their hopeful moment, some of the european freed hostages would say to us wo

to my far left is vicki schultz ford foundation professor of law. i will be bringing up the rear with my comments. i am khiara bridges, associate professor of law. without any further ado, please, ruth colker. >> thank you for staying for saturday morning. i am really impressed with people's vitality. my talk has nothing to do with anything you have heard all weekend. i don't know if that is good or bad, hopefully the. i will talk about the law of special education which has its own statutes, the individuals with disabilities education act. most of the nothing about that, you probably don't know what i am going to talk about. so a couple blocks on the subject you should read, i can't tell you everything about what you need to know to follow my talk but i will do my best but i want to talk about what i call bad mothers which is sort of blaming the mother when things are not going right in the educational system and in some ways this talk is the second chapter in the talk we heard yesterday about pregnancy so not only do we devalue women when pregnant

the ford foundation has pledged its support. we need other powerful entities within our own country to think this is an important issue. so certainly that is one of the areas we feel there's a huge gap. the other one is we are really hoping american media can find ways to collaborate are certainly in the field, that so important. jim seem to feel that freelancers dead as a whole though they had was one another. so they tended to be to work together in the field. but we really would love to see if we couldn't do more as the american media for colleagues in captivity, if you'll. i realize it's complex, very competitive here in our country. it's not a simple thing, but that's something i think jim would've liked to have seen. some of the hostages mentioned to us once, this really was a big hostage issue. i mean crisis if you will. there were 18 western hostages all held together and nobody knew about it. a lot of the journalists knew about it. a lot of people knew, but the public didn't know. and in their hopeful moments some of th

ford and her husband had a buyer. before the sell could go through, the foundation of the home had to be fixed. ford, three weeks ago on a referral from a family member hired jermaine sturge and his home improvement company to come in, dig up this corner of her kitchen to access and raise the foundation. >> he started on the opposite end of the kitchen and just really demolished everything leaving this section completely undisturbed. horace: the couple paid stur dp e $4400. he demolished the floor and he asked for more money. they gave him $2000 more and then never showed up again. >> if he's done this to us and as friends of family and come to find out that he's done this with so many other people. horace: turns out he's been accused of this thing many times before. and has been the focus of two previous "7 on your side" reports. one in 2012 and another one a year ago. in both cases, after our reports aired, sturge did make a full refund. however, despite repeated attempts, he did not talk to us on camera then and will not talk to us now. >> of course, i felt betrayed. horace: these home owners

gerri: we'll have the latest foundation some are calling a slush fund. >>> ford joining the list of automakers recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. we'll tell but the newest problem and if your car is safe. ♪ gerri: he promised a streaming service would revolutionize the music world but now it is being called a failure. why he is blaming apple. >>> a wave of refinancing could be causing another housing crisis. one expert takes on the dangerous road ahead. >>> we're helping you decide for all the credit card offers in your mailbox. find out which rewards programs are best for you and your family. all that and more, coming up on "the willis report," where consumers are our business. you're looking right now at live pictures from baltimore where s.w.a.t. teams are clashing with protesters, following the funeral of freddie gray. now we'll be keeping an eye on events unfolding here. we will keep you updated throughout the hour. these are pictures from baltimore. and you should know this has been going on for at least two hours. maybe three. where protesters are in the streets. throwing cans

candidate clay aiken will discuss his recent run for political office, the ford -- subject of a four-part documentary series. also foundationconomist kyle talks about a new report on how much americans will pay in federal and state taxes this year. and a look at the pentagon's f3 five joint strike fighter program and other weapons systems, with a global business reporter. we will also take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal is life every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on the stand. -- on c-span. >> monday night, policy director for alliance tho

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candidate clay aiken will discuss his recent run for political office, the ford -- subject of a four-part documentary series. also foundation economist kyle talks about a new report on how much americans will pay in federal and state taxes this year. and a look at the pentagon's f3 five joint strike fighter program and other weapons systems, with a global business reporter. we will also take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal is life every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on the stand. -- on c-span. >> monday night, policy director for alliance thought -- science and technology, on the importance of technology and the public. >> that last two presidents have written on presidential memorandum on spectrum. when i started in 1979 out of the marine corps, i did not know anything about spectrum. most people that i met and some that i worked with did not understand much about spectrum. nowadays everybody realized the part of our daily lives devices completely rely on it and our ability to communicate. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span two. announcer: during th

course of the 150 years these artifacts, came away from ford's theater some into private hands and some into other museums. >> abraham lincoln foundationsatanner's notes are considered to be the single most important piece of information related to the a assassination. president lincoln is credited with ending slavery while holding the union together. >> i passed union league all the time, and never knew it was there. >> now you know. >> 4:56. coming up the reward goes up for information on the two remaining suspects in the kidnapping of the jewelry store worker in philadelphia. >>> double hit and run tragedy police are searching for two drivers who hit two children and young adults. we are live with the description of both vehicles. >>> in colwyn temperatures flare during a council meeting after two high ranking officials are fired from their jobs. one side says it was because of budget cuts but the other side claims it was political pay back let's head outside. we are tracking rain today. how it will affect your morning commute. >> speaking on have that, construction begins on the the vine street expressway this morning, it is not a

foundational. it runs across all of our hopes and aspirations for the future. >> david, i'll ask you the same question i asked bob son fordord. we don't have a lot of time. but can we afford to fix this. the world is so burdened at the moment. going after water seems too big an assignment. >> but the payoff is tremendous. there are opportunities to increase our efficiency, the ways that we use water through policies, institutes, governance. as i said before, most of the water we use around the world produces the food that we eat. only about 20% of the farmland around the world is irrigated. it's that irrigated farm land where water is used more efficiently that produces 40% of our food. if we expand irrigation, we could produce more food with less water. even here in the united states, where we are an agricultural powerhouse, according to the u.s. department of agriculture, half the farm land in the united states uses the most efficient modern techniques. there's scope for improvement and cooperation providing benefits for all users. >> thank you both for joining us on "inside story". >>> granted the kind of disastrous ef

what they do need to do, the foundation needs to do, what happens if she is president? then if fordight to, forget about foreign stuff they give a contribution to fight poverty, and, where there is no conflict with the epa on fuel emission standards? so this is, and i do think this is a problem on the bush libraries and foundations too. >> this is not about the bushes, joe. this is about an agreement, an agreement mrs. clinton -- >> i'm making larger -- >> agreement they made when secretary of state. they clearly violated that. and as secretary of state she could have stopped this deal. martha: like to continue the conversation. she is saying in iowa, will get unaccountable money out of the political system once and for all even if it take as constitutional amendment. that goes to what you're talking about. we'll see if they can make that fly. thanks very much guys. see you next time. bill: jon scott, coming up next on "happening now." good morning on a monday. how are you? >> good morning to you bill. martha was talking about it. more fallout from the clinton foundation today. the

foundation. who knows? i don't think we are going to get distracted at ford wondering about what's going to happen with consolidationt markets, competitors, those types of things. understand what it means for our business. be proactive. take appropriate action and grow the business. that is what we are going to stay focused on. >> part is growing the business out here in the silicon valley. mark fields ceo of ford company. you like this. >> i love it. >> let's do all our business interviews this way. >> i love that. >> be. >> we are just heading towards the data we are expecting for the new york mercantile exchange. let's hand it to jackie deangelis, nat gas industries and oil as well. >> good morning to you simon. we are expecting those numbers to come out shortly. last week we saw an injection of 90 billion cubic feet. traders looking for 88 billion cubic feet. what is interesting about the nat gas trade, it's come down more than 10% year-to-date based on the stock piles we recovered so far. traders feel we are in a good spot in terms of the amount of inventory we have. injection 81 billion cubic feet. slightly le

ford all th americans. i a think that's why we all come here. we come here tos t remind us of how much sacrifice there was to create a foundation on which we kroocan build.tion on that's why today is important. th it's not merely a celebration but a commemoration a remembering of just what was at stake here. and what is at stake here was here a nothing less than the future of he the united states and all the and people who live in it. not an ending, but the beginning of a long journey in which we're still traveling, and that the best days 6 the united states jo lay not behind us, but before us. thank you very much. [ applause ]est >> thank you, dr. ayers.r. the clock ticks toward 3:00 p.m. as the meeting between lee and eetin grant neared its conclusion the armies waited under flags of truce for whils around you. it's likely after 10:30 that morni morning, not a shot echoed across this landscape. before official word of the ev surrender came out, confederates realized what the silence portended. they had risked everything in ey had their quest for r independence and any chance for recompense beyond pride was gone.a s aou south carolinaian wrote

ford says she was moving quickly towards the date of the closing with the buyers of her home but nothing would be finalized until she was able to correct a sinking foundation. that's when she hired a local contractor who was referred by a family member and paid him $4400 downpayment. it was supposed to be a simple fix. but this is what she said the contractor ended up doing to her kitchen floor. then she says he asked for more money to finish. >> we gave him the $2,000. and then he didn't do anything else. horace: when ford called us we discovered her contractor had been the center of previous "7 on your side" investigations and wait until you find out what we found out this time around about him. we'll tell you that and we'll tell you who he is tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. leon: the world's oldest person has died at the age of 117. he died of heart failure earlier this morning. recognized by the guiness world records as the world's oldest person in 2013. in fact she was the last living japanese person born in the 1800s. she's survived by four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. alison: unbelievable. leon: isn't it? alison: look at that. well a mi

ford all th americans. i a think that's why we all come here. we come here tos t remind us of how much sacrifice there was to create a foundation on which we krootion on that's why today is important. th it's not merely a celebration but a commemoration a remembering of just what was at stake here. and what is at stake here was here a nothing less than the future of he the united states and all the and people who live in it. not an ending, but the beginning of a long journey in which we're still traveling, and that the best days 6 the united states jo lay not behind us, but before us. thank you very much. [ applause ]est >> thank you, dr. ayers.r. the clock ticks toward 3:00 p.m. as the meeting between lee and eetin grant neared its conclusion the armies waited under flags of truce for whils around you. it's likely after 10:30 that morni morning, not a shot echoed across this landscape. before official word of the ev surrender came out, confederates realized what the silence portended. they had risked everything in ey had their quest for r independence and any chance for recompense beyond pride was gone.a s aou south carolinaian wrote, i cannot

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