could be is farah nihilism on the students at georgetown university calling for their own cherishing fees to rise by twenty seven dollars and twenty cents per semester why such a precise amount ten cents for each of the two hundred seventy two slaves sold by the university package eight hundred thirty eight to keep itself afloat danish if if approved to see every student paying into a pot that would help fund for example scholarships for the descendants of slaves. i think is really important for georgetown take a stand because like the human capital that we gained from the sale of these people is still benefiting us like georgetown would have closed down without these people . giving this kind of like one willing sacrifice and so i think as a student goes here like i'm benefiting a lot from this education so i owe it to these people and their descendants. back here the students held a nonbinding focus on whether or not to introduce the increase in fees and everyone was in favor of personally i'm just going to be very you know i. i empathize with the costs with the story with the idea

>>georgetown students are setting a president here.by doing something that is never been done before. >> reporter: in a statement the university said, they appreciate the students have made their voices heard but they did not say they will implement the fee. at this point, it is not clear when or if that will happen. chip reid, cbsnews, georgetown university in washington. >>>finding serenity on the water. >> it just felt normal being out there. >> how wounded veterans are being transformed through the power of surfing. >>>and not his typical close- up. this man arrested in a place you really do not want to pass out. >>> coming up all new at 6, several buses out of service after drivers were infected with scabies. the routes now impacted and what writers need to know. everyone's got to listen to mom. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, cle

glor: georgetown university has been around >> glor: georgetown university, the nation's oldest catholicversity, has been around almost as long as the country itself. the school's history includes a period in which it owned slaves. now, georgetown students have voted to pay money to the descendants of those slaves; what is called reparations. chip reid has more. >> reporter: georgetown university currently has an endowment of $1.5 billion, but in 1838, it was nearly broke, so the jesuit priests who ran the school sold 272 slaves, including frank campbell, to pay off its debts. ( cheers and applause ) georgetown students voted 66% to 34% in favor of a new fee of $27.20 per semester, money that would benefit descendants of those 272 slaves. >> we've all benefited from the sales of these slaves previously, and i think that we have a duty now to show our responsibility in the fact that we did benefit from them. >> reporter: freshman henry dai helped lead the opposition to the referendum. you say it's a slap in the face at liberty. >> yes. >> reporter: what do you mean by that? >> i believe i

now who should pay for the pain of the past students at georgetown university have decided they should at least partly they voted to add a symbolic twenty seven dollars and twenty cents to their twist in fees to benefit the descendants of slaves sold by the university two hundred years ago but the vote has not been without controversy and the next report we hear from some students at georgetown and how they got to that number i'm not a patient because our crowd or country is in fact it's hard to say i'm a patriot because of what we could be. more she says the u.s. could be is farah nihilism on the students at georgetown university calling for their own tuition fees to rise by twenty seven dollars and twenty cents per semester why such a precise amount ten cents for each of the two hundred seventy two slaves sold by the university package eight hundred thirty eight to keep itself afloat the initiative if approved will see every student paying into a pot that would help fund for example scholarships for the descendants of slaves. i think is really important for georgetown take a stand be

shepherd thomas is a junior here at georgetown.estors were forcedrk to as slaves on plantations that helped fund the university. he supported the referendum and says students need to pressure the university to do the right thing. >> a challenge to the university and the we the students, we're the first step. someone has to takehe initiative. whenever you want change on university, it stance with the students in my -- it starts with the students in my opinion. >> reporter: and georgetown university release a statement saying in part, "the universiin values tengagement of our students," and goeeon, "there any approaches to enable our community to respond to the legacies of slavery.rs the uniy has made a commitment to further our efforts in dialogue and partnership with the descendant community." and again, the university, the board of trustees, they will make the final decision about the fee and the funds for the descendants o slaves. back to you. >> megan mcgrath live at georgetown for us this morning. thank you. >>> 14 before the h

what do you do, maya, if georgetown says no?k this is just -- it will be extremely upsetting if georgetown said no because the student body showed what they want to spend their own money on and what they truly care about. to be honest, i think that the board of directors is going to listen to us. i think there's no ability for them to ignore such a historic vote and such a large number of turnout. if the board of directors decides not to go along with this, i think there's going to be a large upset on campus. i think students are really engaged with this topic. >> let me read some of the pushback. one person talked to cnn, hunter estes writes morally i'm opposed to mandating an entire student population to pay a compulsory fee. you can't attach a financial number to the problem of slavery. you can't say this will account for it. do you think he has a point? >> i think he definitely does have a point. our work is not intending to put a numerical value on the lives or legacies of slavery of enslavement. what we're seeking to do is

shepherd thomas is a junior here at georgetown. ancestors were forced to work as slaves on plantations that helped fund the university. he supported the referendum and says students need to keep up the pressure ony the univers to do the right thing. >> every kind of challenge to the university and the jesuit. we are the fst step. someone needs to take the initiative. whenever you want change at a university it starts with theen st in my opinion. >> reporter: georgetown released a statement saying in part the university values the engagement of our students. it goes on to see therere many proaches that enable our community to respond to the legaciesf avery. the university has made a commitment to further our efforts in dialogue and rtnership with the descendant community. again, the finall decision w be made by the board of trustees. back to you. >> allright. thank you. >>> 6:34. we're also learning some new details about the victims of this deadly crash in prince george's county. we brought you this as breaking news wednesday morni

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investigators say the fentanyl alone could have accounted for 45,000 lethal doses. >>> as georgetown university coinues to confront its past role in the slave trade, students are now weighing in on the issue of reparations. undergrads are votesing toding r they'd b willing $27 per s semester to help the descendents avof those . >> i am here personally as a bridge between the past and the future. >> for this georgetown sophomore, today's vote isn't ju important. it's personal. >> my family arrived here in colonial maryland indentured and became enslaved. or >> they wered to work the plantations. jesuits used to fund educational e endeavors. in 1838 they sold 272 slaves to vee sought. she bel the time to atone for the sins of the pastno i that's why she's asking to vote yes. >> this is about a committed group of s cdents whoe up with a plannd an idea and said let's get together and do this. >> those efforts are not going unnoticed on campus. >> we do what we can in order to make sure we canore oess make amends. >> i hope this inspires other students throughout the countryr to really ad

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chip reid spoke to students on both sides of the debate and is at georgetown's campus in washington. both sides, it sounds like a lot of them are standing on one side in particular. good morning. >> absolutely, they are. people here at georgetown are waking up to the fact that a solid majority of students are willing to pay for the school's past sins. i talked to some students here early this morning, and they say they believe it's a moral obligation. >> we need to affect change in the university. we've all benefitted from the sales of these slaves previously and i think we have a duty now to show our responsibility in the fact that we did benefit from it. >> georgetown's endowment is over $1.5 billion but in 1838, the school, deep in debt, sold 272 slaves to stay open. in 2016, the university's president apologized. >> we will seek forgiveness for our participation in the institution of slavery. >> and institution that left this institution divided. now students here have voted to pay an additional $27.20 each semester that would benefit the descendants of those 272 slaves. >> georg

not only a student at georgetown, she is also the descendent of slaves sol by the university in 1838.he's thrilled that the referendum passed. >> our hope is th this will spread through education and colleges and schools and institutions across america. > georgetown students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new student fee. $27.20 per semester. the money going to a fund to help the descendents of those slaves sold by the school. the dlar amount of the fee is symbolic. >> we settled on a symbolic number of $27.20 to represent the people who were originally slated to be sold. 272 in all. >> while the student referendum passed, it is non-binding meaning the university does not have to implement the fee. the final decision is up to the board of trustees. georgetown released a statement saying that the university values the engagement of students and appreciates those whoade their voices heard, but at this point it's unclear if the board of trustees will institute such a fee. in georgetown, megan grmcgrath news 4. >>> storm team 4 tracking rain and storms that could be severe. >>> plus t

georgetown university students taking steps to address a dark part of the school history. they've passed a reparations referendum so call for the creation of a fund to helphe descendants of slaves the university sold in e 1800s. megan mcgrath is live at georgetown university and with more on the vote and the university's response. megan? >> repter: well, pat, the referendum calls for a new tudent fee and money would b used to help the decentents of families of slaves who were sold by georgetown university more than 181 years ago. now supporters are calling this a victory but at thist point is really symbolic. that is because the fee would ultimately have to be approved and brought along by the board of trustees. >> i'm ecstatic. >> reporter: for melli, it is a sweet vtory. not only a student at georgetown, the descendant of slaves sold by the university in 38. and she's thrilled that the referendum passed. >> our hopes at this will spread through the -- throu colleges and schools and america.ons across >> reporter: georgetown students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new

look at what my family her family is the reason georgetown didn't go bankrupt one hundred eighty years ago robert and mary mulholland me my four times great grandparents were sold with their ten cells and they were slaves owned by a roman catholic order the jesuits who ran the school and among the group of two hundred seventy two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for african-american students or a bond given to children at birth that they can cash in when they are adults in an attempt to close the income gap we have to remember that slavery went from at least that what we

thank you peter for all that you have done for georgetown. my topic this evening is the federal reserve the past, present and future. i have been privileged to work in the federal reserve for a considerable portion of my career. it's an organization i consider truly exceptional. with dedicated professional individuals who are devoted to public service. as a staff member in the board's finance division in the late 1970s. that ended quickly because i missed the love of my life and now professor here in a visitor at the fed and the board cafeteria. in 1994 president clinton nominated me to it serve as a governor of the federal reserve. i later returned to berkeley to teach but was kept in 2004 for different rural to serve as the president of federal reserve of san francisco one of the 12 regional reserve banks that are part of the federal reserve system. the assignment placed me right in the midst of the housing boom and bust that precipitated the worst financial crisis in the united states since the great depression. i worked with chair bernank

short coloma is not your typical first year student at the prestigious georgetown university in washington d.c. and not because she's a few decades older than the typical student look at what my family did. look at what my family. her family is the reason georgetown didn't go bankrupt one hundred eighty years ago robert and mary mulholland me my four times great grandparents were sold with their ten cells and they were slaves owned by a roman catholic order the jesuits who ran the school and among the group of two hundred seventy two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for afri

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do you feel or witness tension over freedom of expression on campus at georgetown well. it's more complex a lot of stuff that the president says on the surface might make sense when you dig like a millimeter it's much more complex what you're seeing you know on our campus in a lot of other campuses doesn't matter where that's a private university or public it's not what you're hearing rehashed in the mainstream media all the time where these massive protests and people bashing heads over silly stuff you are seeing like the journalistic approach or that or the maxim where you can have a point of view you just have to be fair to the other guy there are intense policy related mashing of heads going on which is good the problem that i see is that that's being conflated with some very. we are the kinds of off views that some people want to make legit i'll give you a metaphor in a real example we have plenty of people on undergrad campus or the law school who are not for affirmative action but have solid constitutional basis for that whereas you have other people who are sayin

the history teacher says georgetown's connection provoked a student to ask what was gonzaga's type of slavery. he suggested the students uncover that answer. >> from what they tell us, thii ph.d. level work. the quest turned personal. >> you start to feel a connection to tse slaves as you track them for hours and hours. >> the students identified five slaves who worked at the school. e of gathem, -- ge -- >> a shadows history on display. one that students hope will lead to a brighter future. in northwest d.c., david culver, news 4. >>> now the sdents will be back on high street this weekend putting the finishing touches on this exhibit. this will be displayed in the ormmuniti students kmeptshe next several weeks. >>> we had a very dramatic afternoon today. >> is there a calm after the storm? it seems to hav pushed off, but we've got some chill coming on. >> a little calm. if y're heading to dinner, we're not too worried about severe weather. talk the umbrella. still seeing some showers. tomorrow we're talking about grabs the jacket. >> i'm sure your ac was on at some point. if you he

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. >>> the year was 1838 and theje its needed money to keep georgetown open. what they did then has students asking for reparations now. i'll explain next. >>> and tracking a big storm out west. i'm going to show you how this storm comes through our region tomorrow and how another one affe.s your weekend affe.s your weekend see you back here in jus hi, i'm jeff. affe.s your weekend see you back here in jus in my johnsonville commercial,e weup in the forest. i'm out in the wild eating my breakfast. and all of a sudden, raccoon come up and asked me, "are those bigger patties?"p. i said, " wolf comes in and says, "wow, that's a lot of sausage."d and we had a goo laugh about that. says, (laughing) johnsonville breakfast sausage has 15% larger patties.a fits oscuit. >>> as georgetown university continues to confront its past role in the slave trade, the st students are now weithing in on issue of reparations. >> they're voting on whether they'd be willing to pay about $27 extra per semester and that money would go into a fund t help descendents of the slaves who we

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the lead up session with the georgetown, 95% of the u.s. lenl lay tors have at least a four-year college degree. the net worth of a congress person is a million dollars. i'm not criticizing them in any way or saying it's a bad way. that inevitably shapes the nature of the debate because of the world they're in. serious debates about community college are pretty rare. we're starting to see signs of what might happen now. it's for those from the bottom 80% households. i think why this idea of making community college investments, from aspen institute, century foundation and roosevelt and others, it's a very, very middle class way of thinking about this. from the bottom 20%, much lower enrollment rates anyway. really need serious investments for them to benefit from college and think should make that. those in the 20%, candidly, i'm not worried about them. they're okay. we're okay. it's the ones in the middle where wanls have been pretty flat, you are seeing the cost of public college going up, you're seeing a fear about that. fear is a policy

. >> one of the most vuable players on georgetown university softball team this season. just eight years old. we'll expln how this that happened. >> ta are at it again. a group of thieves targeting atms from local 7 elevens. this time they didn't get ay with the cash. >> they left a big old mess behind. police think this latest case is nnected to sever similar crimes and several trends in the crime are emerging. we have the story from mount rainier. >> for months now in our area,s thieveave been using stolen pickup trucks. ramming them into 7 elevens. dislodging atms and trying to make off with the money machine. they have done it four times this year in prince george county. and each time they have done it on a wednesday. what's up withlhat? >> they appened wednesday. >> why? >> we're not sure. that's under investigation. we don't know if it's a reason or. coincidence >> queue the surveillance videoe a ladr rack on top. boom. it backs into the store at the dislodge the atm inside. one try didn't do it.so boom. they did it again. then the three robbers pull. and pull pus

georgetown freshman nile blass helped push the measure. >> i want everyone here to know that we cannot remove the historical pre-context to our current context. the direct quality of life of these individuals who were used as objects and equipment for our university can be directly tied to the decisions that are georgetown faculty of the time created. amy: and 31,000 workerers at the stop & shohop grocery chain have launched a strike in connecticut, massachusetts, and rhode island. stop & shop's parent company earned $2 billion in profits in 2018, but workers are being asked to accept cuts to their health care and pension benefits. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from boston. today we spend the hour with noam chomsky, who visited his hometown of boston this week where he was a professor at massachusetts institute of technology for more than 50 years. he now teaches at the university of arizona in tucson. over 700 people packed into the old south church thursday to hear the worl

>>> up next on booktv "after words" georgetown university professor angela examines russia's relationship with the u.s. and the world. interviewed by democratic representative deana titus of nevada. a member of the foreign affairs committee. "after words" is a weekly program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. as a political scientist i missed this kind of discussion that your work certainly informed me for what i do on the foreign affairs committee. i was looking at your resume which is most impressive. you're a professor and scholar at georgetown, a published author with highly acclaimed work from the u.s. russian relationship and beyond the director of the center for your asian and east european studies and former intelligence officer. i wonder if you can start by telling us how wearing all those hats has informed your work. and it's okay you can tell us without having to kill us. [laughter] >> firs >> first of all, i am delighted to be here with you and so privileged to have you talking about my book. i started as an academic and i w

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you have a law degree from georgetown. you practice law.there a disadvantage to not having a phd? and is there an advantage to having a private equity background? [laughter] jay: you know, i would not say there is a disadvantage to having a phd. i have been at the board seven years. i have had a lot of time to learn monetary economics. you really have to do that if you're going to serve as a board. you have to invest in learning. i have done that. part of my career is doing and learning different things. i have an interesting story. i know a guy who founded a private equity firm with no business degree, no experience, and made a success of it. [laughter] jay: so, it can be done. david: uh -- [applause] david: sometimes it is better to be lucky than anything else. let me ask you this. recently, the president of the united states, who appointed you, has been less than favorable in some of your decisions. does that bother you? jay: no. we are very focused on our job. congress has given us a very specific job, it is an important job. we are her

let's get back to clyde wilcox professor of government at georgetown university joining us here until haas so let's pick up on that point there were many statements and words that came out of bill doris now that or exactly the things that donald trump had been tweeting over and over and over again since this since this investigation began and then he also said the president took no act that in fact deprive the special counsel of the documents and witnesses necessary to complete this investigation and he actually did testify and some could say that that was depriving the special counsel of some information that he could have had the attorney general is indeed appointed. nominated by the president of united states but explain for us the role of the attorney general and the department of justice so it's actually a complicated story because he's part of the president's cabinet he's one of the president's advisors but he's the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government and so his role at this point is not to campaign for donald from it rather to objective really interpret the

marsha chapman is an associate professor at georgetown.he works with the students who propose today's referendum. professor, thanks for your time. i know it's a busy day there on campus. georgetown acknowledged its role in the slave trade in 2015. that's when it created a panel to examine the issue. politico reports that the perception has grown among some of the approximately 7,000 undergraduates that the university has moved too slowly. the university still has not addressed what many saw as the most crucial element in the working group's report financial compensation for the estimated 4,000 living descendants. in a word, reparations. professor, why did it take a student movement, not the university to do something about it? >> i think that students and the university are coming from two places. students have an opportunity to use their imaginations to imagine different mechanisms, to really resolve an unpaid debt. a debt that's caused a lot of pain and suffering to so many people. so in many ways, although the university and the student

. >> ed: it is a hot topic already on the 2020 campaign trail and georgetown university just took the, a step to address the issue of reparations. students they are voting overwhelmingly, a margin of 66% to 33%, to approve a fee of $27 per student to help fund charitable causes that directly benefit descendants of slaves once sold by the jesuits in 1838. the measure still requires final approval from the university's board. what do you think about this cosmic lawrence jones, editor of chief at campus reform and fox news contributor. stacey nichols is an american studies professor at a nearby college, university of maryland, i should say, college park. gentlemen, good to see you. lawrence, what do you think about this? >> well, like i tell people all the time, the colleges are setting a tone for the culture. remember, a majority of the presidential candidates on the parade of craddick field, on the democratic side, agree with perot's proposals like this. the problem is how do you determine who are the descendants of slaves and how is this actually going to help black folks in the long

look at what my family her family is the reason georgetown didn't go bankrupt one hundred eighty years ago robert and mary mullaney my four times great grandparents were sold with their ten children they were slaves owned by a roman catholic order the jesuits who ran the school and among the group of two hundred seventy two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for african-american students or a bond given to children at birth that they can cash in when they are adults in an attempt to close the income gap we have to remember that slavery went from at least that what we're ta

short coloma is not your typical first year student at the prestigious georgetown university in washington d.c. and not because she's a few decades older than the typical student look at what my family did. look at what my family. her family is the reason georgetown didn't go bankrupt one hundred eighty years ago robert and mary mullaney my four tons great grandparents were sold with their ten children they were slaves owned by a roman catholic order the jesuits who ran the school and among the group of two hundred seventy two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for african-ame

the f.c.c., ajit pai, on the future of 5g communication in the united states.th , as students at georgetown s iversity vote to start a fund for the descenda slaves, a look at where 2020 democratic presidential candidates stand oa reons. and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks on the latest coroversial statements by the president on immigration. plus, celebrating loretta lynn. an all-star cast of country musicians pay tribute to the legendary singer, who at 87, reflects on how she got to the top. >> you have to be smart. hard wor and smart. that's all it takes. if you've got a little talent, l you can gog way if you're smart, and put the work in it. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fundiws for the pbs ur has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> text night and day. >> catch it on replay.e >> burning st. >> sharing the latest viral cat! >> you can do the things youh like to do wwireless plan designed for you. with talk, text and data. consumer clular. learn more at consumercellular.tv >> babbel. a

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short coloma is not your typical first year student at the prestigious georgetown university in washington d.c. and not because she's a few decades older than the typical student look at what my family did. look at what my family. her family is the reason georgetown didn't go bankrupt one hundred eighty years ago robert and mary mulholland my four times great grandparents were sold with their ten cells that they were slaves owned by a roman catholic order the jesuits who ran the school and among the group of two hundred seventy two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for africa

two slaves that were sold by the school so it could continue to this day a couple of years ago georgetown officials apologized and offered the descendants of the slaves like cologne preferential treatment for admission to the school but now two thirds of the students have voted to do more they want to pay an additional twenty seven dollars and twenty cents every semester for a kind of reparations fund it's not just being talked about by students but several democratic candidates for president have endorsed a nationwide system some ideas improved education for african-american students or a bond given to children at birth that they can cash in when they are adults in an attempt to close the income gap we have to remember that slavery went from at least it well we're talking about it under the united states went from seven hundred seventy six to eight hundred sixty five so we're talking about eighty nine years so i think in my opinion we have eighty nine years to fix it and we know that our wealth in order to close the wealth gap it would take two hundred twenty eight years and that would b

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you're a professor and scholar at georgetown, a published author with highly acclaimed work from the u.s. russian relationship and beyond the director of the center for your asian and east european studies and former intelligence officer. i wonder if you can start by telling us how wearing all those hats has informed your work. and it's okay you can tell us without having to kill us. [laughter] >> firs >> first of all, i am delighted to be here with you and so privileged to have you talking about my book. i started as an academic and i when i was an undergraduate i took a boat i would go up in england and to date code from london and i didn't speak a word of caution. i got hooked. so then i did my graduate studies on looking at soviet politics, maybe foreign-policy and i got my job at georgetown university. i was always interested in the policy side and the great thing about the united states is that you can do that. there are not many countries in the world you can be an academic and also be involved in the policy side. i got involved in the project with the congressional office of

, and they're concerned about their high level of dead with that degree from georgetown. that person in my estimation, is going to be fine. so how do we -- but that person is also much more politically powerful than the people who aren't going to be fine. how do we drive the conversation to actually be about the folks who need it, and then how do we deal with the fact that those doughnut hole people have a problem, but maybe not quite as acute as those who are getting pell have. what are we trying to solve here? so i think this is an implicit constraint in a world where we can only solve one group of people's problems, i think if we're living in a world that's less constrained and we're saying what are we doing to build or economy, and to build the society we want to live in, people who go to georgetown and take on debt, yeah, they're going to be fine. they are not necessarily we know making the kind of purchases we assume they ought to make, like buying homes, starting small businesses. that affects all of us, right? and they're also being driven, by and large, into jobs

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. >> james iant wen to georgetown university school of law but instead o becoming a lawyer he turnedo mousic in hopes of helping others. >> our sister station in san diego shows us how he's bringg awareness and a voice to others struggling. >> this is my calling. this is what i'm supposed to do with my life. >> repter: james ian is a gifted musician. he makes it lookffortless on his album "lor oflove" he played all of the instruments. >> so i track drums first and then i think base and then guitar a keys and then my iser-dubs and then vocal. >> but sharing h gift of music with the world is part of his life calling. he has a genetic disease called spinal muscular at trophy. >> so our mcles degenerate over time. >> james has type three and number one is the number one killer of infants, affecting one in 6,000 births. >> it is devastating because it affes your majife functions and a lot of folks need help going about their daily lives. >> reporter: this 36-year-old singer-songwriter lives with a long lt of challenges. >> i walk with a limp. i fall down i involuntarily a can't get up on

that's the recommendation from a new study out of georgetown university.esearchers followed local uber drivers for this two year study and as news 4 markegraves reports, both the driver and the researchers say local governments need to take a closer look at how the companies pay their drivers. >> for ride share drivers with to and lyft, it's a w make money. but a new study from georgetown university questions just how much money those drivers are actually making. >> drivers it's a bit of a gamble. when they get into the car, it's a mystery. they're not sure how much they're going to earn. >> they looked at 40 uber driverng inclu kim hall who quit driving after a year and a half. >> after you add insurance, gas, and general maintenance, you're really not making the money you think you are. >> a spokesperson for uber issued a statement saying uber is making it easier for drive to make money. building on what we've already introduced like in-app tipping, ade regned driver app, instant pay and new rewards programs like uber pro. we'll continue to improve the x