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put in about $100 million into blm and the ford foundation one of the most liberal marxist organizationsncerned because i'm worried about the six grandchildren and what kind of nation they are going continue to later from my generation. >> brian: general wine continue, thanks so much. again, thanks for your service. always great to talk to you. >> good to be with you, brian. >> brian: you got it meanwhile, straight ahead, you are going to love this story. ivy league professor smart enough to know how dangerous politics is for american youth. glen joins us live next. ♪ ♪ uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ hooh. that spin class was brutal. well you can try using the buick's massaging seat. oohh yeah, that's nice. can i use apple carplay to put some music on? sure, it's wireless. pick something we all like. ok. hold on. what's your buick's wi-fi password? “buickenvision2021.” oh, you should pick something stronger. that's really predictable. that's a really tight spot. don't worry. i used to hate parallel pa

david: the ford foundation or rockefeller, they can live forever, presumably, if they don't lose their. your foundation is not a perpetual, and why did you decide not to have it be perpetual? melinda: well, warren has had a fabulous, huge influence on us, and warren said about his own wealth from berkshire hathaway, he said, "you know, i'm going to give this away during my lifetime, and within ten years of my estate settling." and as bill thought about that and i thought about that idea, we said, "yes, that's right. we don't have a crystal ball. "we can't predict what the problems are going to be a "hundred years from now, but we want to work on today's issues while we're alive and while we're energetic and healthy." and so, within 20 years of the last of bill or i passing away, all of the resources that will flow through the foundation will be given away. david: so many people are probably wondering what it's like to be, for quite some time, the richest couple in the world. melinda: mmm. david: does it make it possible for you to go to a restaurant? can you go to a movie? melinda: wel

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the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines lines of social change worldwide. ♪ > by the promise of great ideas. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of "the newshour." this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is "pbs newshour" from w eta station and from our walter braun kite school of journalism broadcasting station from arizona state university -- walter cronkite school of journalism and broadcasting station from arizona state university. [music plays] oyster. how do you say it? eyester. oystah...hahaha. [mus plays] i'm vivian and i'm a chef. my husband ben and i were working for some of the best chefs in new york city when my parents offered to help us open our own restaurant. of course, there was a catch. we had to open this restaurant in eastern north carolina, where i grew up and said i would never return.

organization in the world that i like to say it started with the full book with bob calling the ford foundation $200,000. one of the ways that bob was extraordinary was standing up once at a meeting of board meeting at human rights watch and he said we endow our libraries. we endow our hospitals. we and our universities. let's endow our values. the amazing thing about bob is when i reminded him 10 years later it was all about his instincts for what was right and to be a person at his level and it's hard now to fully appreciate being the chairman of random house meant that anybody would come to his table. in the early years of what became human rights watch who would have a familiar -- and everybody wanted to be around bob. he and the woman who was his first investigator the human rights situation. orville shelled they started this thing. it was tiny and by the way susan went to work for them in ice to save that have been google and shoot gone to work for them we would be no dinners instead of human rights watch pray she was the first press director but what bob did consistently was sustained hi

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to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> the ford foundation.nes of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org . >>> hello, everyone. welcome to "amanpour & co." here's what's coming up. >> we've aeady committed to work to send 60 million doses of astrazeneca vaccines to other countries. starting this month into june. >> prbl promises to send vaccines with the developing world. as coronavirus surges in india, is it too little too late? i ask south africa's foreign minister. and donald trump's facebook ban continues for now. top tech journalist kara swisher on the ramifications of today's decision. then -- >> when john and i first started all of this, the republican party was really truly a wonderful place to be.

to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> the ford foundation.sionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> the alfred p. sloan foundation. driven by the promise of great ideas. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> llo. welcome to "amanpour & company." >> the stakes could not be more serious. >> how to avert a climate catastrophe. fresh off meeting with john kerry, the eu cte chief joins us on this pressing global issue. >>> india's covid crisis derails africa's vaccine drive. we talko the woman coordinating distribution on the continent. >> we need in-schl learning. it needs to be full and robust. >> back to school. teachers union leader randy winegarden tells michelle martin why come september, students and teachers must be back

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. >> the ford foundation.working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> fidelity wealth management. >> the alfred p. sloan foundation. driven by the promise of great ideas. >> and with the ongoing suort of these institutis and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. ♪ >>> hello, everyone, welcome to "amanpour and company" here's what's coming up. >> as we predicted, ill-wishes both outside and inside the country have changed their methods of attacking the russian state. >> belar defiant as the world condemns the arrest of a journalist but with russia sticking by its close ally we hear from moscow's ambassador to ireland. and. >> our objective is to have in place the information, tools in the market so the private financi

e ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. ♪ >> the alfredh and -- foundation, driven by the promise of big ideas. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> this is pbs newshour west, from weta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. [music plays] i spent alyear waiting to bite into the first tomato still warm from the sun. and i spent the next four months gorging myself on what i would go out on a limb and call my favorite ingredient. i'm vivian and i'm a chef. my husband ben and i were working for some of the best chefs in new york city when my parents offered to help us open our own restaurant. of course, there was a cah. we had to open this restaurant in eastern north carolina, where i grew up and said i would never return. the avett brothers perform "will you return"

to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> the ford foundation.king with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ >>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & company." here's what's coming up. as anti-government protests escalate in columbia, an exclusive interview with the president and the great british novelists, we talk about wrapping up the epic war saga and her hard journey to success. also ahead. >> women are sort of almost all schooled in some ways to put ourselves second or third. >> columnist talks about how american women

the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. >> the alfredoan foundation, driven by the promise of great ideas. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for plic broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] >> this is "pbs newshour" west from weta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. muscadine grapes are so different than what you would get in a grocery store. the skin is really tart and tannic. and the flesh is so juicy and sweet that you don't even mind teething out the seeds and spitting them because the reward is worth it. the avett brothers perform "will you return" i'm vivian and i'm a chef. my husband, ben and i were working for some of the best chefs in new york city when my parents offered to help us open

joining us now is ford foundation president darren walker, separately, the foundation last week launchedanizations mr. walker, good to have you this morning tell me a bit about this effort led by the connecticut state treasurer and yourself in terms of getting these financial institutions to commit more in terms of at least lending and everything else to these communities. >> well, thank you the effort with the connecticut state treasurer is an effort els for corporate policy diversity inclusion in both their internal practices and how they deal externally the effort is intended to diversify the ranks of staff and professionals to increase hiring and ensure that african-americans and communities who have traditionally been locked out of wealth-creating activities are encouraged to do that. >> how is it going to actually work >> it's going to work in two ways one, internally. those corporations making commitments to increase hiring, to ensure that there are across the company leadership, promotions, et cetera. externally it's going to work with how they invest how these companies invest i

i'll note, she also met with foundation ceos, spearheaded, bringing that group together by the ford foundatione additional meetings over the next couple of weeks, a virtual bi-lat with mexico. as the vice president said, this is not going to change overnight. but we have seen progress and we'll continue to see progress. and i think that's something we can all be glad about. >> and reported in "the washington post" today is there could be planning for a trip to one of the northern triangle countries as early as june? can you confirm that? >> that is correct, jonathan. i can confirm that. the vice president is very much looking forward to traveling to mexico city and to guatemala some time in june. i don't have dates i can share with you yet. but these trips -- this trip will be important and it will be the first of many trips. but this work is important, engaging in the region in person and virtually. she's speaking and addressing the council of americas also upcoming this week, virtually addressing them. this is important. our diplomatic efforts are critical to success and what's happening at

then in an hour we hear why dolly madison lucy hayes and betty ford are not easily categorized first ladies the national archives foundation hosted both of these events and provided the video. i want to introduce our speaker today warren finch. he's the director of the bush library and college station. he's enjoyed a long history with the institution first working on the library project team in 1993, and then becoming a member of the library staff when it opened in 1997. he had several positions and ascendant eventually to the directorship in 2004. he is really an archivist through and through having served at the national archives here in dc for the office the presidential libraries and presidential materials and he hails from mobile, alabama warren are you with us? i am thank you. pat. excellent. good to see you. how how is how is everything going down there? are you reopened yet? i know it's been a tough year for all the presidential libraries. we have not reopened yet. the covid numbers here are um, they're going down. we we hope to get the staff back into building sometimes soon. but the museum is still closed. and fo

ford as examples of the three jellison believes betty ford to be the most difficult to to put into one neat category. the national archives foundation hosted this event and provided the video. our featured speaker today is katherine jellison catherine. is professor of history at ohio university where she teaches courses on us women's and gender history. she's published a number of books and authored of biography on jacqueline kennedy in the blackwell companion to first ladies. she's a frequent frequently appears in print and on television and radio as a commentator on first lady is in the role in us politics and history and that is why she is here today katherine are you with us? i'm here patrick. thank you for the nice introduction. excellent. how are you doing? and how's that? athens is what right now raindrops are falling on my window, but at least not on my head, so i think i'm ready to go whenever you are. terrific. why never got a great presentation so i'm gonna pass the screen to you and take it over. okay. let's see. here we go. i think oh. yes. um as patrick said i am a historian here at patrick's alma mater. ohio universit

to put this in perspective, the gates foundation has assets of about $51 billion, so they are giving away that money. that's about equal to the market cap of fordr general, we are talking about a major force in the world of charitable giving that's now going to be going through some kind of reorganization or -- or organizational challenges so i think that's really where an interesting story in terms of their divorce, you know, i've just got to say, regardless of how wealthy you are, it can't be easy for any couple and any family and any children, so, my heard goes out to them for going through a breakup like that. i think the charitable giving issue is a big one. dagen: and, jon, just with that much money, there's an issue of i think in the charitable giving and in philanthropy, absorption, where you have so much money and you're targeting at just a few areas particularly health, it's even hard for these areas of giving to absorb that much money, that you've got so much to hand out, it's hard to hand it out in a way that's efficient and useful and effective and avoid fraud. that's a huge challenge. jon: there are a lot of organizations that dep

then in an hour we hear why dolly madison lucy hayes and betty ford are not easily categorized first ladies the national archives foundation hosted both of these events and provided the video. i want to introduce our speaker today warren finch. he's the director of the bush library and college station. he's enjoyed a long history with the institution first working on the library project team in 1993, and then becoming a member of the library staff when it opened in 1997. he had several positions and ascendant eventually to the directorship in 2004. he is really an archivist through and through having served at the national archives here in dc for the office the presidential libraries and presidential materials and he hails from mobile, alabama warren are you with us? i am