half the cost of what they would have to pay if they came to georgia tech. think we really have to look at these models and find the best practices and make sure we marry them in a way that inspires and reaches way down to the second graders and third graders so they get inspired and want to learn. it's there. but we really have mismatched ourselves in terms of being able to do that. >> well i want to thank you all for coming, and helping us celebrate our 30th anniversary, but very importantly, sharing your story and these three gentlemen have had and bill continues in his current leadership role to have tremendous impact on our country and i'll just close by saying that in the beginning of the council, there used to be a saying that what's good for america is good for all americans, and i think going forward we need to reverse this and really think of what's good for all americans is good for america. and so with that, i want to thank you all for being with us. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the assistant secretary for ene

georgia tech is going to get good students because there are so many applying. but down in another core who are fundamentally just as good as the students up here but can't financially afford their education today. is and that accentuates the problem of people getting left behind and being frustrated about our society. i teach part-time, again, and i'm stunned by how great the students are, how excited they are. they want to be motivated. they want to provide them with the kind of education that gets them excited. and in the technological fields is to help these students broaden their view. i love the bill gates history. and i think as you get into history you learn an awful lot about becoming something bigger for yourself. i think new approaches to education. georgia tech, to its credit, started the first degree program and master's degree in computer engineering online. the whole degree program. not a course but a whole degree program. and it is enormously successful. 4,000 or 5,000 students are taking this course at half the cost what they would have to pay i

i think when i was president of georgia tech, i knew i had a lot of things to do.the things i felt lacking was connection between what we're doing in the context, national context. so i talked to some people who i felt were friends and mentors and they all thought council for competitiveness was where things really happened and you brought together industry, government, labor, and private industry to do things together. so i had that myself. it was a real positive experience. a lot of time invested in the council and every bit of that came back to me, more than i invested in it, then had the wonderful opportunity to work with debra and be vice chair of the council. it's been continual, all these great leaders that continued to add to our national fabric on competitiveness. we had the great honor to coach here, national innovation initiative in early 2000. i think what people forget about led up to that, the lead up to that is a very important part of the work on the council. michael, who we saw last night on the video, worked on the cluster study. we did cluster st

half the cost of what they would have to pay if they came to georgia tech. i think we really have to look at these models and find the best practices and make sure we marry them in a way that inspires and reaches way down to the second graders and third graders so they get inspired and want to learn. it's there. but we really have mismatched ourselves in terms of being able to do that. >> well i want to thank you all for coming, and helping us celebrate our 30th anniversary, but very importantly, sharing your story and these three gentlemen have had and bill continues in his current leadership role to have tremendous impact on our country and i'll just close by saying that in the beginning of the council, there used to be a saying that what's good for america is good for all americans, and i think going forward we need to reverse this and really think of what's good for all americans is good for america. and so with that, i want to thank you all for being with us. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the assistant secretary for e

georgia tech now offers an online masters in computer the online program caters to less traditional students. 90% are employed and on average are 11 years older than on-campus students. syracuse and johns hopkins have degrees online for the same price as on campus though the internet options are more flexible and can also be less costly since students can work remotely after hours while keeping their job. still, 71% of academic leaders polled question the legitimacy of online learning and employers may not view internet credentials the same way as those rn khan academy is a small nonprofit with a big mission, to provide a free world class education for anywhere anywhere and it's a leader and pioneer in online education and sal khan is executive director and founder. sal, thanks for being here. >> great to be here. >> how did you start khan academy? >> well, it was a little bit happenstance. 12 years ago i started tutoring a cousin remotely. things started to work out. word gets around the family that soon find myself tutoring 10, 15 cousins every day when i get home from work. my day job, i

i think when i was president of georgia tech i knew i had a lot of things to do, but one of the thingselt that was lacking was a connection between what we were doing in a context, a national context and so i talked to some people who i felt were friends and mentors, chuck vest and eric block and they all said the council on competitiveness was the place where things really happen and where you brought together industry, government, labor and private industry to do things together. so i had to explore that myself and it was a real positive experience for me. so a lot of time invested into the council and every bit of that came back to me more than i invested in it. then i had the wonderful opportunity to work with deborah and to be vice chair of the council. but it's been a continuum of these great leaders to continue to add to our national fabric on competitiveness. i had the great honor to co-chair the national innovation initiative in the early 2000s but i think people forget about what led up to that and the lead up to that i think was a very important part of the work of the counc

academy before world war ii but on the first of four attempts, he was not admitted so he went to georgia tech and studied engineering and was accepted by the united states navy as a mid shipman for o.s.c. training and was within a few weeks of getting a naval commission officer reserves after serving on a battleship in the atlantic when he showed up at the coast guard academy dressed in a naval midshipmen's uniform. he was finally accepted in 1941. he graduated in three years in a cross sword wedding after graduating and was deployed to the atlantic where his ship was nearly torpedoed by a nazi u boat. after 19 4 in early 1945 in the atlantic and pacific, his ship was sent to okinawa. his ship was shot down by four japanese planes, mr. george said he was more worried about his pregnant wife back in the united states than the battle at okinawa. his ship is still afloat in baltimore harbor today. ladies and gentlemen, mr. carol george. >> mr. harry miller. mr. miller is a veteran of 22 years of military service in the united states army and air force. he served in world war ii in the united sta

my name is janet campbell a architect trained at georgia tech and mba in real estate and have 38 years of experience in architectural and real estate development. i came to shed loithd on what i have seen over the past 17 years within the planning and building and other departments. in 49 states the lines of responsibility to produce plans is not allowed. architects structural engineer and contractorerize notd allowed to practice each other profession. they use a standard orphdue care particular to their profession for the life, safety and welfare the public including financial with regards to those who hold loans on such properties. in all such places in california an earthquake country those lines have been blurred. architects and engineer can practice each others professions. further, while the license laws are clear who can and cannot practice architectural and engineering, time and again we see paper napkin like drawings taken in against license law jz approved oner commercial space or residential propertys with multiple units. against the law and in multiple departments. why in t

affairs council convention with remarks from california democratic congressman javier becerra, actor georgia tech a and cnn commentator van jones and muslim goldstar father is your con. >> what we are trying to do is highlight the values of the constitution of the united states . the values of freedom of speech, freedom of practice of religion, equal dignity , equal protection of law and due process of law and those values are challenged today watch on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. more than 300 members of the uk's youth parliament from 11 to 18 gathered in the british house of commons for their annual debate. this first part focuses on cuts to the uk national health service and is focused on mental health services. it's 50 minutes. >> thank you very much and i have a friendly advantage this year, in previous years the youth parliament has been friendly, but it has been 16 . order. welcome to the eight sitting of the uk youth parliament in the house of commons chamber. this marks the beginning of uk parliament week , a program of events and activities which connect

she is from georgia tech. she is a dynamo. she left the private sector making a lot of money to serve her country and help lead the country's cybersecurity efforts. at the secret service we have a director there, a fellow named joe clancy. he protects dozens of officials through the recent election season. over to the office of health affairs, the chief medical director leads some of the best and brightest in the world. the science and technology director reggie brothers has helped make smart investments for research and development for d.h.s. to all of you and your agencies a big thank you. mr. president, these are just a few of the incredible leaders at the department of homeland security. just a few. so many more who deserve our thanks for steady leadership, leaders like sarah saldana who leads immigration and customers enforcement known as i.c.e. gail kerkowsky, leon rodriguez, the director of -- i call him leon red bone. the director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services. then we have the commandant of the u.s. coa

georgia suspect has been caught, david, and charged with attempted murder. one of the officers still in intensive care tonight. david? >> pierre thomas tonight. president-elect donald trump, and the hike tech summit at trump tower today. industry executives sitting down with the president-elect today. some of them had publicly supported hillary clinton. tonight, what the president-elect told them in that room, as he also defends his pick for secretary of state, and this evening, how russian tv is now responding to mr. trump's choice of rex tillerson. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: today, trump tower turning into silicon valley. the president-elect summoning the leaders of amazon, google, facebook, paypal and apple. some of whom publicly supported hillary clinton. >> we're going to be there for you, you'll call my people, you'll call me, it doesn't make any difference. we have no formal chain of command around here. >> reporter: but as trump welcomed industry leaders, he's also defending his pick for secretary of state, tillerson, amid charges that he's too tight with russian president vladimir putin. >> rex is friendly with leaders in the world we don't get along with. some people d

tech method used by today's car thieves. "early today" starts right now. it's great to be with you on this thursday morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. a manhunt is under way in georgia after one police officer was killed and another critically wounded at the georgia southwestern university campus. in the last few hours, police released this wanted poster offering a $30,000 reward to capture the suspected gunman. kerry sanders has this story. >> reporter: an you are junt manhunt in america's georgia. a suspect accused of shooting two police officers. >> this is a very dangerous individual. we need to have him off the streets. >> reporter: 9:40 a.m., the officers responding to a domistic dispute at an apartment complex. the officers hit and he took off. georgia southwestern university on lockdown. a digital message sent to those on campus, please secure all doors and windows. >> within minutes of the call our campus was on lockdown. >> reporter: killed officer smart, four years on america's police force t. other officer, four-year veteran jody smith, fighting for his life. this has been a deadly year for law enforcement. 63 officers shot and killed in the line of duty

tech's and on twitter. twitter.ia texan on david is online from georgia. host: -- caller: thank you for c-span.ost: what do you think of this suspicion of russia? caller: i think the only person a suspicion ofis russia is comey. there is no credible evidence. that is why the fbi won't get on board. he has been run through the wreck. i feel sorry for the guy. he is subject to the clinton machine. he has felt the pressure. proof that provable russia has done this. comey sees that. as far as i can see, you are not naming anybody. the only person that can be politicizinge is this thing like the -- like eric holder politicized the justice department. host: we will do this for about 10 more minutes and look at some other news. some more news about donald trump. "washington times." they write that a handful of liberals and senate democrats said they will introduce a bill early next month when congress convenes just ahead of the inauguration. the other thing today in the meantime the sites to put this on its front page up at the top. freddy has been hanging on from los angeles. early morning there. cal