you have to have the harvard id. >> host: that was part of the lower.gue: part of the lower, and then move from university to universities so i think that was something that came very muc

it had closed down harvard's computer system because there were so many hits. so he turned it off really quickly but he was almost kicd out of school. those with the seeds of facebook. he said but if people could put their own tickets up and guys could go and talk to them and that is how it started. >> one of the most amazing things to me is we have his blog as he is creating this prefacebook facebook. he had a few beers, thiwoman spurned him, he is going to show her -- >> part of with this generation is about is bloging, you always put yourself and what you are doing at all times online. as he was creating this he was writing about it on the blog. it exists, was able to get it. what is great about this book is there has been a lot of court documents because in this end if you read the story, they all end up suing each other. there are a million depositions, i was able to find a lot of information. >> a lot of it is about the battles between marzuckerberg and the other founders. one was eduardo saverin, one of your sources. >> eduardo saverin is a great kid, he

abernethy: coming up: with a swing band and a borrowed cow, his friends take note of the retirement of harvard theologian harvey cox. and, it is called the yizkor requiem, music that bridges christian and jewish traditions in coming to terms with death. plus, jews observe yom kippur, their holiest day, with fasting and self examination. captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> abernethy: welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. there was a flurry of diplomatic activity for the obama administration this week, and faith leaders were watching and commenting on all of it. the president was in new york, where the united nations general assembly began tackling issues of concern to many in the religious community, including nuclear proliferation and climate change. in his speech to the assembly, the president said the u.s. was ready for a new era of global engagement. >> the interests of nations are shared. >> while in new york, obama met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to try to revive peace talks. prior to the meeting, a

it's one of those things that came out of harvard and in a lot of ways could onl come out of harvard because youeede that special kid to make it. and i think they're very proud. >> host: you don't think there are speal kids at other -- >> guest: no, there are, and they're coming out with their own things, but in terms of what facebook started as, it was very exclusive when it started. you hado have a harvard id to join. >> host: well, that was, yeah, part of the allure. >> guest: yeah, this private, secret thing that harvard kids are doing, so then it moved from university to university. >> host: right. and i think that's still a little bit a part of it. you have to ask someone to be their friend, so -- >> guest: right. you have to beg your way in. >> host: exactly. well, it's been a delight. >> guest: it has been. i think this was awesome, and hopefully we're going to hang out now because i love your work as well. >> host: yeah, we'll go to a casino. >> guest: yeah, we'll make some money. awesome. thank you. >> host: thanks so much. please welcome the moderators, elizabeth taylor an

i hat to make fun of harvard because i loved it but where did you go to college? i said harvard. they said then you cannot be a teacher because you did not lear anything useful. i said there must bsome way and they said you to be a substitute. just like today they fled the inner-city schls with these alternate certification route basicallpeople who know nothing out teaching. just to get a warm body int thelassroom. they tested me and the first week they had me teach kindergarten and i was terrified. to me, they're like gerbils me. let the crawl all over i pe the but they survive. so finally they promoted me and i became the permanent substitutes and they gave me the fourth grade and that is our all started. >> host: let's get to some one calls. we will start wid maryland. >>aller: hello? i am sorry i tune did abo 20 minutesfter jonathan kol had already begun but i am familiar with him. i had a chance to thank fully ar you give one of your talks. by the way somebody gave you a copy of a book that i had done because i have written about what has been happening in public education s

i hate to mak fun of harvard because i loved it. and they said where did you go to college and i said harvard well, then you can't be a teacher 'cause you couldn't have learned anything useful at harvard. i said there must be some way i could do it. you could be a sub. just like wi the inner cities they call it aernate certification that that basically people who kw nothing teaching. and just to get a warm body into that classroom. so they tested me. and the first week they had me teach kindergarten. and i was horrified. i had no idea wha you do, the children are gerbiles and finally they promoted me and and i became a permanent sub and they gav me the fourth grade and that's how it allstarted. >> let's get to your phone cls and begin with worcester, massachusetts. excuse me. maryland. >> caller: hello. >> host: you're on the air, go ahead, please. >> caller: all right. thank you. i was 20 minutes after jonathan kozal's show begun. i got a chance to thank to you in person andear your talks and insight and by the way someone gave you

i said harvard. they said, well, then you can't be a teacher 'cause you couldn't learn anything useful at harvard. so i said there must be some way i could do it. they said yocould be a sub if you wanted. a sub? just like today they flood the inner city schools with these -- they call it alternate certification that basically people who know nothing about teaching and just to get a warm body into that classroom. and so they tested me. and the first week they had me teach kindergarten. and i was terrified. i ha no idea what you do with people that size. to me they're like gerbles and i survived and finally they made -- they promoted me. i became a permanent sub and they gave mehis fourth grade. and that's how -- and that's how it all started. >> host: let's get to some pho calls and begin with worcester, massachusetts. excuse me, we're going to begin with maryland. >> caller: hello. >> host: you're on the air. go ahead, please. >> caller: all right. thank you. i'm sorry. i tuned in about 20 minutes af

i had gone to harvard. was a geek at harvard.i wasn't wasn't smart enough to come up with facebook but i was the kind of kid these guys were. so i rmmersed myself in that world hiding out in nal clubs that are kind of cretive and hanging out with these kids and becoming a part of it. is different because the facebook guys did not want you the write this book. >> most of them rit. very different in "bringing down the house" these kids we were buddies and we became very close friends over therocess of doing the book. with the facebook it almost we believe the other way around. -- went the other way around. we started off knowing eachover other and slowly teriorated just as their own friendships deteriorated. they're scared not because there is anything to be scared abou necessarily but because even though they have this public site they're private people and i'm telling the story. i came in not as sbun someone who already knew them but as someone from the outside telling their story and i think that's what terrifd them the most. bu

in economics from harvard. his research contributions were recognized when he received the john bates clark medal, given every two years to the outstanding american economist under the age of 40. he was also the very first social scientists to receive the national science foundation's alan t. waterman award for outstanding scientific achievement. he is a member of the national academy of science and has written extensively on economic analysis and policy. it is a special day like today for the georgetown university community when we inaugurate this extraordinary building in this hall with this very special conference. it is especially a privilege for me to have him with us today to provide his insights. ladies and gentlemen, dr. lawrence summers. [applause] >> jack, thank you very much for those kind words. you described a number of different areas in which i have worked. when i first came to washington, people asked me what was different about working in the treasury department from researching and teaching ec

no, they hired chris murray at harvard and julio frank, the health minister of mexico did this study for them, not europeans. >> conservatives will say, harvard, a bunch of liberals, they want universal health care. >> you could make that argument. you know america is notoriously rated 32nd in that ranking and it's because of fairness. some americans get absolutely world class care, as good as anybody, better than the french. the problem is we leave tens of millions of people outside the door, they don't get treated. according to che national academy of sciences, about 20,000 americans die every year of treatable diseases because they can't afford a doctor. we meet one on the first page of my book. do you know how many people in france die of treatable diseases? zero. germany, zero. britain, zero. no other country lets it happen. >> according to the harvard school of public health, 7,000 americans go bankrupt for medical bills. medical bankruptcies around the world, japan zero, canada, zero, other countries don't let that happen. in terms of the fairness of our system, that's where w

i've had people leave us, going to harvard. there's something on the inside and we take it to the outside and we turned our young women into leaders. what i would ask all of you, and forgive me again for jumping in, but my name gets called, i get excited. i want ask all of you, if you are not an hbcu grad, adopt one. there are so many of us who are doing the lord's's work. so many of their lives will be transformed because of this trick there is money in the stimulus package. guess what else. we have $85 million for two years. this administration has continued. i love my president barack obama. i do not like his policy. we need you all to hauler because we need to lift your voice is to lift up the historically black colleges. we need that money. i will tell you a funny story. i go on an airplane, and people ask me, what do you do? i say i am in higher education. people will say, why do we still have hbcu's? the music is too good, i cannot hear. people cannot believe that we still have them. if we did not have them, we would hav

i actually gave the 5 bet that cap pa iteration at harvard and it was called the fate of eloquence in the age of ozzy osbourne. but there were millions of little c.i.a. cero's all over america. abraham lincoln made him one of those. and of course you say that the power, not just the sort of ornamental beauty of fine speaking but the ability to actually be persuasive as a speaker was something which seemed to be absolutely sort of discounted in the world of campaign spin and takedown mutual character assassination, but obama sort of delivered that. i mean, here the gracious speech of all campaign was on march 18, wasn't it, in the midst of jeremiah wright. that still remains one of the great speeches that, you know, has ever been composed in the history of american politics, and i thought that morning, we were filming in monticello and with i heard it, i thought he's going down if flames. hillary will be the nominee, because this was the act of the most extraordinarily dead on frontal candor, explaining to america, the roots of black rage in the church form as at the took, as well as a

when the president's friend, harvard professor henry louis gates was arrested by a white police officer in his own home, the president accused police of acting stupidly and helped create a national firestorm over racial profiling. he tamped it down by ratcheting down the rhetoric. >> interactions between police officers and the african american community can sometimes be fraught with misunderstanding. >> reporter: and by inviting the two men for beer and conversation in the rose garden. the president's decisive moment

yet at&t were only hiring people from harvard. your sister lived near harvard? >> yes.she lived in boston. >> charlie: she went to see what kind of internship offers they made on the bulletin boards or whatever they did. at harvard because that's where their audience was. >> at the time, i just wanted really good summer internship on my resume. >> charlie: you were at what point in your academic career? >> first year out of -- after my first year of business school, i went to business school my mba right out of under grad i had no significant work experience. my resume was raking leaves, cutting lawns. those kinds of things. i wanted to have a marquee name on my resume before i went out in to the job world. >> charlie: be great to say at&t internship. >> correct. i was at cornell. my sister figured, a lot of the top schools, summer internships are tougher to get, particularly back then but i think still are than full-time job. there aren't nearly as many. she went over to -- i talked to her about going over to harvard she said, okay, i'll go over there. she went and jus

in the history of american civilization at harvard. among his numerous books, the black parts of men, cowinner of the 02 frederick douglass prize and runnerp fob the lincoln prize. harvard book store in cambridge, mass. posted this event. for more information visit harvard.com. >> here's a look at the upcoming booc fares and festivals over the next few months. next weeken 50 authors will gather in bernsville, n.c. for the carolina mountains literary festival. this year's theme is mountain mosaic. in winston-salem, it is the bookmarks book festival. in new york, the jamaica market will host the fifth annual queens book and health-care. the tenth annual storytelling festival in kentucky offers fireside ghost stories and family storytelling at night. later this month, it is the 2009 fall for the book festival in fairfax, va.. atndees of sonoma county book festival can enjoy art, music, performance, and panels in northern california. at the end of september, the baltimore book festival hosts a weekend of workshops, author talks and literar

the chair cox has hd was endowed in coloni times, when some professors goto graze cows in harvard yard. >> pasturincows in those days wasquivalent to parking privileges tod. >> abernethy: for th occasion, coxorrowed a cow whose name turned out to be pre. cox pretend that he had been orried that a cow so named might benappropria for an event at the divinity scho. but then other professor reassured him. >> he saidharvey, at harvard we do not consir pride to be a sin. >> abnethy: there was a tuba ensemble, a spee in latin and many tributes to c's lifetime ofombining the stu and teaching of religion with commitment to liberalctivism. and, of cose, the more or less contend cow and signed copies of c's latest book, the future of faith. wtalked with cox about what sees as region's surprising rength. >> the resurgence of relion around the wld, and the rious religious institutions whi is unexpected, global. there were pple who were predicting the mginalization and even disappearancef religion in my ely years as a teacher. that dippearance, marginalizatn did not happen. it's a basic change in th

at harvard because that's where their audience was.at the tim i just wanted really good summer internshipn my resume. >>harlie: you were at what point in yr academic career? >>irst year outf -- after my first year of bunesschool, i went to business school my mba right out of under grad i had n significt work experience. my resume was raking leaves, cutting lawns. those nds of things. i wanted to hav a maree name onmy rume before i went ou in to the job world. >> charlie: be great t say at&t iernship. >> corre. i s at cornell. my sister figured, aot of the top schls, smernternships e tougher to get, particularly back then but i tnk still are than full-time job. there aren't nearly as my. she went ove to -- i talked to her about going over to harvard she said, okay, i'll go over there. she went andjust started taking down all the inrmation on summer internships that they were advertising there. she got me a copyof the plication. i sent it tohe recruiter a at&t. he goes,his kid is at cornell. what the heck?&wt's the story h? he was just c

some of your friends at harvard had to say to you. what?d to run some mickey mouse operation? >> there were a lot of jokes, yes. >> i only hope we never lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mouse. >> reporter: mickey may have launched the disney empire of movies and merchandise, television and theme parks, but it really wasn't built by the mouse. it was built by the man. >> i think it was a little bit disconcerting when we learned that there were a lot of young people who didn't think walt disney was a real person. that it was just a made up name, it was part of a brand. >> reporter: to remember the man, the museum tells his story from his missouri roots to his 1923 move to hollywood. his first movies, the alice comedies mixed animation with live action. he made them when he was just 21. in 1927 on a train ride with his wife lillian, he got the idea for that mouse. >> he said i think i'll call him mortimer. and mother didn't like mortimer. she said how about mickey? >> it's you, huh? >> yeah, it's me, i guess. >> reporter:

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what harvard says on target -- tort reform, it would cost us $600 billion -- if you inc.harvard says -- incorporated. m i wrong in my numbers could $600 billion? -- am i wrong? where are we going to get that? >> keep in mind that he is enhancing benefits and privileges in the system, so it is not just the status quo and knocking it down from here. he is not going to get it. he is not going to get it, greta. if they could get rid of the waste and inefficiency, why would they not have done that already? he wants to do a little pilot project on things republicans are most concerned about. and he wants to make sweeping changes on the things that are on his agenda. greta: a hospital in my hometown, they have cut costs something like 25% without jeopardizing quality by just three figuring how they handle patient care. it was a really interesting program -- just by re-figuring how they handle patient care. coming up, president obama is going to be in your state. did you know that? >> yes. greta: are you going to talk to him? see him? >> i do not know. i think he is going to go t

but he is a harvard guy. >> i missed that one, what? we had a harvard professor on before you. >> um-huh. bill: he says you, me, fox, everybody, we are racist. we don't like obama to be black. >> some of us actually took martin luther king at his word. we judge people by the content of the character not the color of their skin. bill: i believe that's what you do. a harvard guy, a white guy, get his picture up there. >> i can't believe that we actually have to have that conversation here in america. bill: cosby, carter, mondale. >> cosby is the only one. cosby is the only one that i would actually sit down at a table and listen to. because i think cosby plays his cards face up and he doesn't say -- he has said, to you know, his own community, you know what? look, here is the thing, our own community is african-american is in shambles. bill: i think he would love to talk to you like katie couric did. we will try to get cosby on with beck. he never comes on fox. there he is, everybody, the biggest troublemaker in the world. we have a brand

what harvard says on target -- tort reform, it would cost us $600 billion -- if you inc. what harvard says -- incorporated. m i wrong in my numbers could $600 billion? -- am i wrong? where are we going to get that? >> keep in mind that he is enhancing benefits and privileges in the system, so it is not just the status quo and knocking it down from here. he is not going to get it. he is not going to get it, greta. if they could get rid of the waste and inefficiency, why would they not have done that already? he wants to do a little pilot project on things republicans are most concerned about. and he wants to make sweeping changes on the things that are on his agenda. greta: a hospital in my hometown, they have cut costs something like 25% without jeopardizing quality by just three figuring how they handle patient care. it was a really interesting program -- just by re-figuring how they handle patient care. coming up, president obama is going to be in your state. did you know that? >> yes. greta: are you going to talk to him? see him? >> i do not know. i think he is going t

i said,eah, i asked my sister tgver to harvard she got thi thing. he ss, i want to meet you.the plane ticket the next day -- >> charlie: not a plane ticket come on dow for intervie >> at the end of t day they offered me job that was for summer internship. >> charlie: you stayed after? >> i bent back to my secd year of business school. th gave me job oer actually at the end ofhe summer. i interviewed what have you, a the end of the --end of my interviews at the end two of years i decided to go bac >> charlie: wt was it aut lecom that interested y? >> a combination. i felt telec industry wa going to change. and chae significantly. e industry structure -- >> charlie: good instinct. >>he other was, at&t. it was a great company, extremely novative. peop forget it wa generating th or three patents a day. they were really, been a company that was changg trying to beme much more marketing orient. i felt i could make a diffence. because th were going through th, mci an sprint and what ve you had already hit th scenehey were jus beginni to see competition they were ing after these high

harvard and yale saw major drops in the latest fiscal year. harvard's endowment fell 27.3%. yale suffered a 30% loss. for harvard, this is the biggest funding available in the coming years. >>> brian, japan's asahi brewery has denied reports that it is in talks to buy orangina. only yesterday it reported it was interested in the brand. it could be worth as well as $3.8 billion. and the reports say that a deal could be announced today. loui louisa, i love orangina, don't you? >> yes, i do, actually. but the canadian auto supplier magna has promised investors and clients that it will guarantee a, quote, complete separation of its business with opel. magna and its partners secured a 55% stake in opel. analysts said that gm had no clear alternative to the magna deal because of the cost of saving thousands of dollars. the deal brings clarity for the european unit's 50,000 workers. >> the board of gm has decide to sell the group to magna. as the german government has negotiated and welcome. i'm very pleased about the decision, which is what the german government wished for, the em

five harvard 1 yards total offense. that was a franchise record. they got a number among previous passes from. it sent a clear message that this year's team or not resemble any other we have seemed to relax the thing that we learned is that no matter how many yards you hold them to or how many yards he put up, one, two or three plays can make a difference. i do not know what the cincinnati stats were in that game, but they got a ball game and won with 40 seconds left. one play can turn the camera around. they talked about the denver turning began a round. this was much like to play is that copper ravens, but they win and they are 1-0. >> still ahead, treating injured soldiers. >> a harvard study shows a majority of our businesses are not ready. >> everyone is talking about serena williams. >> after two fatal accidents, howard county executive's say that something must be done. that story meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswa

she didn't get into harvard and she will make community college her harvard. >> greg: what is so badbout community college? a lot of people make fun of it. it is just a funner version of real college. >> a great way to get an affordable education. my mother taught at community college for years. there is nothing bad about it. >> greg: no one is going picket. the people at community colleges they are lazy, they are high, they are trying to learn a trade. >> you said it, not me. what is wrong with that? >> greg: this is wonderful. this is turning into an angry debate. >> community college and trade schools are the only ones getting job. >> that is true. that is what barack obama said we should all learn a trade. >> did we have to bring him up? what college did you do go to. >> california institute of the arts. an amazing school, i loved it. >> great place for oranges. >> the oranges were amazing. best part about going there. >> greg: what is the one thing you wish you could forget about your college experience? >> there are some things i have foregotten. i heard about them later. >> gr

the dean at harvard med school. >> let me defend max baucus' bill for a second.hat are in there are taxes on health insurance companies and things like that. also, he's really just rearranging the money. it's not like american consumers will see a lot of new taxes in this. most is paid for by savings in medicare. the big problem with this bill is that it's not reformed. it is insurance reformed, but you shouldn't have to pay $2 billion over two years. they're still forced into a really inefficient, private market. until it is health care reform, we shouldn't put money into it. we need really frankly, the kennedy bill to advance and not this one. >> john, one of the problems, you look at a poll, i think it was out of "usa today," saying the more americans hear about this plan, especial ly from the president, how do you combat that? that was from john harwood, actually. >> the president's trying to combat it by being out there. he's doing all the sunday shows this weekend. she's trying to use his purr swasive power on this. on the question of the tax increases, yes

i have a masters from the harvard public school of health. >> three degrees from harvard. mexican american ever to achieve that. >> my effort is not just mine alone. it's my family's and my community's. we've worked hard. he could have practiced anywhere. and they par it pate with me in community service sfwlchlt to make sure there's a next generation that will also give back. >>> that's just a snid bit of latino in america. coming to sister network on cnn. a comprehensive look at how latinos are reshaping politics, businesses, churches, neighborhoods. latino in america comes october 21nd and 22nd on cnn. >> toyota has issued the largest ever u.s. recall for a potentially deadly problem with a top selling camry and certain lexus models. the recall involves about $4 million. the floor mat on the driver's side can creep up and jam the accelerator pedal down. so the car suddenly speeds up. five people have been killed and 17 others hurt. there have been 13 crashes. federal safety officials are urging owners to take the mats out now and not wait for the fix. what should you lo

from harvard. his research contributions were recognized when he received the john bates clark medal given every two years to the outstanding american economists under the age of 40. he was also the first social scientist to receive the national science foundation's alan t. waterman award for outstanding scientific achievement. he's a member of the national academy of science and has written extensively on economic analysis and policy. on a special day like today for the georgetown university community and when we inaugurate this extraordinary building in this hall this very special conference it is a privilege for me to have him with us today to provide his insight. ladies and gentlemen, dr. lawrence summers. [applause] >> thank you very much for those kind words. you described a number of different areas, and which i have worked. when i first came to washington people asked me what was different about working in the treasury department from researching and teaching economics at the university. an

he seemed to be more worried about telling his father than about being suspended from harvard for a year: that's right. there's this great quote from his father where his father says, "there are a lot of people in life who can mess up and get away with and, teddy, you're not one of them." >> stahl: as it turned out, a prophesy. but teddy was the baby, and his older brothers had his back. >> john kennedy: ladies and gentlemen, i will introduce myself. i am ted kennedy's brother, and i'm glad to be here. ( laughter ) >> stahl: teddy adored his brother jack, who was his godfather. when he was assassinated, it was teddy who had to tell joe, sr., who had had a stroke and couldn't talk. >> karp: he was describing the experience of having to tell his father. and as senator kennedy was telling us this story, he actually began to cry, and... and couldn't finish it. these feelings are still so -- 40 plus years later these feelings are still pretty raw for him >> stahl: five years after jack, bobby is shot. i just want to read some things that struck me about this period from the book. and he says,

anyway, their became the first tenured african american law professor at harvard university.plauding] as if that wasn't enough then i also have the letter that derrick wrote to the dean in 1990 which out wind his protest to hire women of color. such an activist, such a man of great humanity. it has been a blessing for me to learn from him, to be hisriend and colleague. while. we un lucky to have in year. >> of want to know 100 years from now, what do we do to preserve this impact in a. >> the most important thing we can do is to preserve the bidders already enormous. >> incredible letters. and spoke to adam clayton powell's first one. i had an hour-long conversation. she told me about these amazing letters that they wrote to each and a. she was a showgirl. when we get a divorce. at. [laughter] >> and so, you know, these important historical relics have away from getting away from us. it takes a lot to step outside. that is what they are that is what historians used to help states together the history of a person, of a country. r african-americans because of our turbulent hist

thifacebook was started by an auction or that left harvard. that puts people in the position to really take advantage of the opportunities when they present themselves. i think that the economic recovery act gives us the responsibility to make sure we are educating our people to take advantage of that. >> just as a general comment, i agree with everything she said. we cannot miss the fact that as we talk about the challenges, we have made tremendous progress as entrepreneurs and business owners in this country. one thing that relates to the charter block, we have to develop a culture of giving in our communities. we do not give to our colleges, but your charitable institutions, and those institutions become dependent on the entities that we're going to and asking them to open doors. we have to take on and develop a sense of a culture of giving as part of their responsibility, not just as african-americans, but as members of society. >> in fact, this sunday, there is a business plan contest that is a tv show where college students present busin

when the president's friend, harvard professor henry louis gates was arrested by a white police officer in his own home, the president accused police of acting stupidly and helped create a national firestorm over racial profiling. he tamped it down by ratcheting down the rhetoric. >> interactions between police officers and the african american community can sometimes be fraught with misunderstanding. >> reporter: and by inviting the two men for beer and conversation in the rose garden. the president's decisive moment on race, though, came last year when his former preacher stirred up racial anger. after at first resisting, the president confronted it head on with a speech some insiders believe saved his campaign. >> working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds and that, in fact, we have no choice. >> reporter: with the issue of race heating up again, some political analysts say it won't be long before the president has no choice now confront it directly once more. katie? >> couric: chip reid at the white house tonight. now the latest on that terror investigation th

the chair of three, that's right, three departments at harvard university, dr. kim was a macarthur foundation genius whose efforts helped to treat three million new hiv/aids patients in developing countries. by the way, he was also the quarterback for his high school football team in muscatine, iowa. so why at 50 years of age is this world renowned scholar and physician leaving all that behind for the hills of western new hampshire? just a few days from now he will be formally inaugurated as the 17th president of dartmouth college. welcome to the journal. >> moyers: welcome to the journal. >> thank you very much, bill. >> moyers: i am indeed curious. you have spent the last 25 years of your life working with the sickest and the poorest people in the world. and here you are, now about to sit in the corner office of a wealthy, elite school with fewer than 6,000 undergraduate students. what in the world did you tell the search committee? >> well, it was entirely unexpected. i was minding my own business, working with colleagues who were interested in global health.

police chief cathy lanier says fortunately harvard police officers were not far away. >> we found out about it once the exercise began. we did have harbor boats out there. we were very kwlik able to determine it was an exercise. the aftermath was letting everybody else it was an exercise. >> reporter: departures from national airport were delayed for about 20 minutes. the faa released a statement that said it's not typical for the faa to make decisions based on media reports but when there are reports o shootings on the potomac the situation needs to be checked out. coast guard defended its train. >> we will look at our procedures and timing of the exercise but i wl tell you this. we are charged with seven by 24 365 all day, every day, all weather, securit and safety. >> reporter: cnn released a statement that said in part, given the circumstances, it would have been irresponsible not to report what we were hearing and seeing.ip as with any breaking news story information is often fluid and cnn updated the story with the official explanation from the coast guard as soon as it was prov

harvard researchers say nearly 45,000 people die each year due to a lack of health insurance and claims the uninsure have a higher risk of death. a new voice is helping the president to deliver his message. first lady michelle obama. as tom fitzgerald reports, conservatives say they are gaining ground on rallying the opposition. >> reporter: as different versions of the health care reform bill are now beginning to take shape in both the house and the senate, first lady michelle obama entered the fray on friday. as conservative activists from across the country gathered here in washington. until now president barack obama has been center stage in the white house effort to reform health care. >> now is the time to deliver on health care reform for the american people >> reporter: but today that stage got a little bigger. >> thank you all. please. >> reporter: for the first time the first lady climbed into the ring of the health care fight. >> we need to act. no longer can we sit by and watch the debate take on a life of its own. it is up to us to get involved. >> reporter: the move to put

the harvard researchers say that the company's need to change their sick policies. trace: in less than seven hours until the president addresses congress in what many are calling the most important speech of the obama administration. and democrats in the house are bringing a new concept to the debate over government run health insurance. they are calling it a trigger. what is it and how will it affect you? karl rove will break it down for us next. >> fires are fired to distract enemy missiles. 6 tons are dropped in a matter of seconds. trace: and nightfalls as heroes fly. colonel oliver north takes us high over the afghanistan on a mission to resupply our marines behind enemy lines. he is a super bowl winning quarterback accused of rape. his alleged victim says she is ready to drop all the charges. there's a major catch. ?7 trace: in the top box, that is a live look at san francisco. that is steve jobs. he is the keynote speaker at the apple music meeting. it will announce a new product. it is likely to be an upgrade of the ipod. in the middle box, the massive wildf

a professor at harvard university. nice to have you on the program. thanks for spending the time with me today. >> good to be talking to you again. >> what are you expecting out of the g-20? >> i suppose in a word, nothing. there will be a great photo-op. 20 global leaders. but i don't think there will be any hard action promises. >> i hope some of them don't miss that photo-op. i think the last time we were in london, a couple of the world leaders went to the men's room. what would you like to hear out of the g-20? >> well, i would like to hear that there really are concrete plans for deficit reduction in the major industrial countries like the u.s. that have very large deficits. obviously this isn't the time to start cutting those deficits, those budget deficits. but it is the time to explain the plan and to make concrete promises about what's going to happen as the economy recovers. not just to talk vaguely about how this will get done when the time comes. >> you know, so much debate about really making a dent into the deficit, marty. what do you t

a harvard researcher is about to publish a study that suggests the h1n1 virus will be no more deadly than a typical moderate flu season. jonathan serrie is tracking h1n1. is he live in the thratlanta newsroom. what is the cdc saying about that report from harvard. >> cdc officials say, trace, this is certainly good news. they also caution it's not reason for comecomplacency. >> it doesn't minimize the fact that influenza kills and causes disease in a lot of people every year. and so even a moderate influenza season has a lot of morbidity and mortality. >> and, remember, h1n1 disproportionately effects children. and while by and large most of those kids are going to recover just fine, because of the shear numbers of kids who are expected to be infected, there will, inevitably be more deaths from a disease that potentially is preventible. trace: we keep hearing, jonathan, get vaccinated, get vaccinated. any ideas when the first doses of the vaccine will be available? >> they're actually a few days ahead of schedule. now they are saying the first 3.4 million doses of vaccine will be ava

also professor of law at harvard university. so good to have you back on the program, miss warren. thank you for spending the time. >> thank you. >> what was your reaction to secretary geithner's testimony just now? >> well, i was really struck. i think that this crisis is entering a new phase. you know, the oversight board and the department of treasury may have differences about how strong or how weak the economy is, where the dangers still lie ahead. but what kept recurring in this testimony was secretary geithner's assertion that in effect, if we don't get some regulatory reforms through, if we don't get the rules changed, then we stay at risk for this problem happening again and again. >> interesting point that you made, because i guess recently with so much focus on health care, and overhauling that system, the financial reform has sort of taken a back seat. are we losing momentum on that? >> that is exactly the right question. we're not losing momentum in terms of the need for it. it's just not in the spotlight right now. but if anything, i thought that secretary geithner's

and of course having to mention harvard every show because i'm an intellectual.i'm not actually an ivory-tower kind of guy i've noticed. nope. i'm a guy who sold ice cream and soaps in philadelphia. and ail want to do is try to help you make mad money. i can't tell you what each and every segment means. we won't get every day. evaluating the relevant importance of the lightning round or a sudden death a boo-yah free zone. i wouldn't have any time to give you any of the important content if i did that. as it is i have to cut a minute and a half of the show for some fantastic stuttering boo-yahs. we're saving most of the explanation for this show. this one that you're watching. it's entirely devoted to helping you get the most out of the "mad money" experience. people keep joining the show. i regard it as a bit of a club and i think they want to know, what's the initiation? this. no the jim cramer experience. which i do say myself franks up with the jimmi hendrix fan. and also the hardest working show businessman post-james brown. or at least in this state of new j

. >> reporter: and rudy, professor of neurology at harvard university.all of this had is in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of scientific research and give science a cooler image so more young people will choose it as a career. >> you need to get rid of this for putting you out there or in that period. >> reporter: joe perry says he alwaysed wanted to be a marine biologist. the band gets better with years of rehearsing and the study of science is the same way. >> you can get that feeling, that's the real feeling of satisfaction, energy, and that adrenaline rush from being scientists as well as being a rock star. >> reporter: the rock stars of science campaign stresses the continued funding for biomedical research. so scientists, they can find treatments and cures for diseases like alzheimers, cancer, and hiv aids. there so rather than the end of the road, this is actually the beginning. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> very cool. to see the complete interview with aerosmith, joe perry, go to wusa9.com and also click o

harvard economist david culter figures 10 percent of health care spending is wasted on unnecessary administrative costs by providers. he estimates another five percent is wasted on what he calls unnecessary overhead from insurance companies. probably another 10 to 15 percent is people who are readmitted to hospitals they don't need to be back there iof they got better care outside of the hospital or people who get infections in the hospital that if you avoided the infections you avoid the spending. so its care that just doesn't need to take place if the system were working well. for instance, the senate bill creates a pilot program for health providers to better coordinate care across doctors and for all to be accountable for all the treatments provided. its been estimated that new information technology in the healthcare field could save $77 billion a year its so critical that in order to make our health system more efficient that we require physicians and hospitals to have electronic medical records in order to not only for billing purposed but clearly so they can identify what's in their pract