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harvard is an iconic institution in this fight. likeg the faculty come out this so strongly i think is a real strong of momentum that things are beginning to escalate on campus, that we are finding a foothold with the administrations across the country. students of washington university in st. louis are them a sit-in to pressure to cut ties with the world's largest coal company. the debate is beginning to make an impact. having the voices of incredible leaders like archbishop desmond tutu only adds to the momentum as we get into the spring. >> some of the institutions have artie taken this step? >> there have been nine colleges that have divested from east to west, san francisco state liberal arts small institutions on the east coast. about 20 cities have made a commitment from san francisco, seattle, the smaller towns across the country. a large group of 17 foundations representing about $1.8 billion have already divested. people have taken up this cause from all sorts of different denominations, taking action. i believe this week
harvard is an iconic institution in this fight. likeg the faculty come out this so strongly i think is a real strong of momentum that things are beginning to escalate on campus, that we are finding a foothold with the administrations across the country. students of washington university in st. louis are them a sit-in to pressure to cut ties with the world's largest coal company. the debate is beginning to make an impact. having the voices of incredible leaders like archbishop desmond tutu only...
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change the world and dropped out of harvard. harvard is saying no more.pirit a lot of early are looking- you for the one percent of the one percent. what sets those people apart? >> it has to do with their talent. the record of harvard speaks for itself. we have eight u.s. presidents and 16 nobel laureates, and the birth of the venture capital industry as a whole. it started as research and development in the 1960's. field creates this fund, leave harvard and we will give you $100,000, go to -- talk about the harvard student who says i want to set harvard and i have this great idea. >> you should stay at harvard and after you graduate, you will get amazing support to do what you want to do. with all due respect, every single company that made him wealthy came from the college campus. facebook was here, say nothing of google or yahoo!. these are all people who met on campus and formed their initial ideas here. >> we are talking about the elit e, the 1% of the 1%, who all got 900's on their sat's. what does this do for those at cornell with the rochester in
change the world and dropped out of harvard. harvard is saying no more.pirit a lot of early are looking- you for the one percent of the one percent. what sets those people apart? >> it has to do with their talent. the record of harvard speaks for itself. we have eight u.s. presidents and 16 nobel laureates, and the birth of the venture capital industry as a whole. it started as research and development in the 1960's. field creates this fund, leave harvard and we will give you $100,000, go...
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harvard and yale accepted about 6%. students are applying to more universities forcing schools to reject a greater percentage. >> ucsf childrens' hospital received another sizeable donation from a tech entrepreneur. sales force.com ceo will write another check for the hospital split between ucsf and childrens hospital, oakland the center will also get a new name. >> twitter rolling out a new site called face twit. it looks like twitter. twitter says it will roll it off to everyone incoming weeks you can say the first intragram taken and posted from space is out of this world. check it out. beautiful. >> sky watchers will get a treat tonight. this is an artist conception. the first eclipse next tuesday morning. nasa says it may damage a space craft and could kreez prooez but it is near the end of the mission anyway. >> kaun way west rented out san francisco ballpark to propose to kim kardashian. >> now sh he's returning to the >> now sh he's returning to the city for an event that couljenna where every thursday people ri
harvard and yale accepted about 6%. students are applying to more universities forcing schools to reject a greater percentage. >> ucsf childrens' hospital received another sizeable donation from a tech entrepreneur. sales force.com ceo will write another check for the hospital split between ucsf and childrens hospital, oakland the center will also get a new name. >> twitter rolling out a new site called face twit. it looks like twitter. twitter says it will roll it off to everyone...
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>> well of course i've already replied to him in an article they harvard deilogical review. he had access to my entire review. it is a disappointment to me that he decided all of that was irrelevant. the discussion, this language that you have already pointed out of it being 100% clear that it was a fake didn't actually require looking at the data. so i suppose that what i do is, i point to the data. and in particular the arguments he makes about it being copied from a book called the gospel of thomas, of course the gospel of thomas existed in antiquity, and this would not have happened in the modern world, it wouldn't have had to be a modern reenactment for it being that. in part the kind of language that native coptic speaker would use. we have case he of them in ancient man you a scrips. ancient papyrus that are indisputably ancient. i haven't found anything in his work that with would actually indicate any positive evidence that this text was a fabrication in the modern period. >> you also said in an interview, this is a quote, when you have all of the evidence pointing
>> well of course i've already replied to him in an article they harvard deilogical review. he had access to my entire review. it is a disappointment to me that he decided all of that was irrelevant. the discussion, this language that you have already pointed out of it being 100% clear that it was a fake didn't actually require looking at the data. so i suppose that what i do is, i point to the data. and in particular the arguments he makes about it being copied from a book called the...
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one of the students that we were with was from harvard. and she actually said, you know, for the first time in our history, unlike with the civil rights movement, where you saw bull connor, you know, and the dogs, you know, hitting and beating the blacks. where you -- >> or apartheid, where you saw the -- >> or apartheid. >> -- the battles in soweto. >> right. or where vietnam was brought into our living rooms, where you can actually see the direct consequences of what our actions are so that we change. in this case, we are actually going to have to react prior to experiencing the full consequences of it. but we must remember, nature bats last. and we have to react before that happens. >> but isn't it terribly hard to get people to act on what they don't see and we can't see? >> well, that's the challenge. that's the challenge. and as desmond tutu said, i think it's true, you know, custodians of creation. and this is where, i think, the religious do play a role in this. as custodians of creation, that is not an empty title. we are stewards
one of the students that we were with was from harvard. and she actually said, you know, for the first time in our history, unlike with the civil rights movement, where you saw bull connor, you know, and the dogs, you know, hitting and beating the blacks. where you -- >> or apartheid, where you saw the -- >> or apartheid. >> -- the battles in soweto. >> right. or where vietnam was brought into our living rooms, where you can actually see the direct consequences of what...
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>> this year you saw harvard's administrate drop slightly. rate droppeds slightly.arvard had a decrease in applications by about two percent but it is still tough to get into any of those schools. >> is an ivy league education so worth it? >> chances are if you go to one of those schools and qualify for financial aid, you're not paying the sticker price by any means. they have the most generous financial aid packages out there that i think a lot of parents would still cut off the left arm to send their kid to harvard. >> princeton is offering a great deal for students to get accepted. how does that work? >> princeton has offered this amazing deal. it is called the princeton parent loan. for parents they offer a deal of 1.2% interest rates variable and 1.2% fixed rate, and no origination fees. if you were to take the government parent loan, the student loan, the rate is significantly higher. you will also be paying a 4.3% origination fee. difference. such a you will be filling out a loan application. for the loan it is not underwritten. you the higher rate because yo
>> this year you saw harvard's administrate drop slightly. rate droppeds slightly.arvard had a decrease in applications by about two percent but it is still tough to get into any of those schools. >> is an ivy league education so worth it? >> chances are if you go to one of those schools and qualify for financial aid, you're not paying the sticker price by any means. they have the most generous financial aid packages out there that i think a lot of parents would still cut off...
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a new report from harvard university press, the man hunt and boston's recovery was published. the authors are two reporters at the boston globe that shed new lights and new perspectives on the tragedy. earlier i had l the opportunity to speak to two reporters at the globe who along with their colleagues at the globe just won a pulitzer prize. their book, long road home, boston's incredible recovery and search for justice. >> can't planning two people better suited to write this than the two of you. can't imagine how difficult it was to relive this. >> it was difficult but this is what we do and we saw a lot of value to go back to the story and going deeper and bringing the stories of individual people involved in these events, bringing them together. >> that's what you do, tell the story through eyes of different people, the police officer, the marathon director, one of the people injured, someone who died, a doctor who was running the marathon and was there when it happened. why did you choose them? >> when you think of that week that everything happened, we wanted to find a
a new report from harvard university press, the man hunt and boston's recovery was published. the authors are two reporters at the boston globe that shed new lights and new perspectives on the tragedy. earlier i had l the opportunity to speak to two reporters at the globe who along with their colleagues at the globe just won a pulitzer prize. their book, long road home, boston's incredible recovery and search for justice. >> can't planning two people better suited to write this than the...
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harvard vs. wal-mart. only about a .9% of applicants to harvard get accepted.a job at wal-mart, the odds are even lower. when wal-mart opened in washington, d.c. last year, there were 23,000 application for 600 jobs. with us now to explain how this could happen and explain it so that even a, a harvard graduate could understand it are brian kilmeade and bernard mcguirk. mcguirk, who knew wal-mart, huh? >> yeah wal-mart. aside from this study being -- it seems to me apples and oranges comparing the two. opportunity for you to remind us that you went to harvard and make us feel rather inferior. >> well, you are. >> we are, that is true. without a doubt listen, wal-mart has a 2% -- 2 point something%. people who apply for welfare more exclusive club. 4%. people in prison 1% of the population. >> people on welfare is 4%? i think it's higher than that 4% of the population. >> i thought it was auto% getting some means tested welfare in this country. >> just straight out welfare. i'm not talking about food stamps or partial welfare. but the point is with this study the
harvard vs. wal-mart. only about a .9% of applicants to harvard get accepted.a job at wal-mart, the odds are even lower. when wal-mart opened in washington, d.c. last year, there were 23,000 application for 600 jobs. with us now to explain how this could happen and explain it so that even a, a harvard graduate could understand it are brian kilmeade and bernard mcguirk. mcguirk, who knew wal-mart, huh? >> yeah wal-mart. aside from this study being -- it seems to me apples and oranges...
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they send them to stanford and harvard. but 'er saying here, den send them because you believe -- i think you came to it at the end of what you just said -- those schools challenge some of the precepts of religious faith -- >> guest: not just religious faith gut the history of our country. i just hear on a talk radio station recently about this woman called in and her public school child is getting some kind of indoctrination about the pilgrims and the early colonists, that somehow the native americans were bucolic people who were at peace with. thes and each other and these horrible white europeans invaded and gave them syphilis and gonorrhea and stole their corn and killed them off and all of this other stuff and this is the kind of stuff that it is being caught increasingly in a government school system. most parents don't hear about it. it's not always in the textbooks but in some. we are living in an education model created in the 19th 19th century. i'm all for diversity. people of different backgrounds, religions, rac
they send them to stanford and harvard. but 'er saying here, den send them because you believe -- i think you came to it at the end of what you just said -- those schools challenge some of the precepts of religious faith -- >> guest: not just religious faith gut the history of our country. i just hear on a talk radio station recently about this woman called in and her public school child is getting some kind of indoctrination about the pilgrims and the early colonists, that somehow the...
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i remember them saying nathan puzey when he was president of harvard a century ago said the least that should be expected of the harvard graduate is that he learned to pronounce the name of god without embarrassment. >> host: it will take a short break and you right back with cal thomas and his new book "what works" common sense solutions for a stronger america. >> host: we are back with cal thomas the author of a new book called "what works" common sense solutions for a stronger america cal at the end of your book you write let's have and i'm quoting here the equivalent of testimony where we can start showcasing people who once lived in poverty now self-sufficient because they embrace the conservative and historically sound principles of kansas. kansas. inspiration followed a motivation. first explain. kansas? >> guest: i made a speech reproduced in the book for the kansas chamber of commerce 18 months or so ago and they think sam brownback former senator from kansas now governor of the state has created some tremendous business-friendly programs they are years ago north carolina and
i remember them saying nathan puzey when he was president of harvard a century ago said the least that should be expected of the harvard graduate is that he learned to pronounce the name of god without embarrassment. >> host: it will take a short break and you right back with cal thomas and his new book "what works" common sense solutions for a stronger america. >> host: we are back with cal thomas the author of a new book called "what works" common sense...
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it should be expected of a harvard crowd at undergraduate. too bad the the school's god is becoming. >> host: will take a short break and be right back with cal thomas with his new book, "what works: common sense solutions for a stronger america." >> host: we are back with cal thomas, author of a new book called "what works: common sense solutions for a stronger america." cow come at the end of the book you write outside the equivalent of testimony time in church where we can start showcasing people who once lived in poverty. now self-sufficient uk's they embrace the conservative and historically sound principles of kansas. inspiration followed by motivation. first, explain kansas. postcard in his speech reproduced in the book in which the kansas chamber of commerce 18 months or so ago. sam brownback, former united states senator, now governor of the state has created some tremendous business friendly programs they are better increasing employment and lowering taxes and kansas city were talking about eliminating state income taxes. i forget t
it should be expected of a harvard crowd at undergraduate. too bad the the school's god is becoming. >> host: will take a short break and be right back with cal thomas with his new book, "what works: common sense solutions for a stronger america." >> host: we are back with cal thomas, author of a new book called "what works: common sense solutions for a stronger america." cow come at the end of the book you write outside the equivalent of testimony time in church...
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you wrote this memoir, 50 years at harvard. you're now retiring.u being aboard a plane expected to crash. >> 41 years old. i had just taken my oldest son to college in colorado. we get 10, 11,000 feet in the air and the pilot comes on and says we have a serious, serious problem. who knows how to do disaster control. told us we would have to have a dangerous landing. asked for volunteers. i changed my seat and sat next to a pregnant woman to help her out. i wrote notes to all of my children. put it all in my whole little black box, my shaving kit, hoping it would survive. everyone around was praying. i was writing and trying to figger out exit strategies. it ended up fine. a few people were hurt but nobody seriously injured. but those moments when you're thinking, he gave us about an hour because he said he had to dump all the fuel before he tried the emergency landing. it was really terrifying. >> you have a special perspective as you watch these events unfold and thinking of those families without any resolution. >> yeah. i mean, my heart goes out
you wrote this memoir, 50 years at harvard. you're now retiring.u being aboard a plane expected to crash. >> 41 years old. i had just taken my oldest son to college in colorado. we get 10, 11,000 feet in the air and the pilot comes on and says we have a serious, serious problem. who knows how to do disaster control. told us we would have to have a dangerous landing. asked for volunteers. i changed my seat and sat next to a pregnant woman to help her out. i wrote notes to all of my...
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harvard, princeton, yale, penn and brown. you play basketball and tennis and soccer.all? >> it's very difficult but at the same time i know how to manage my time. i think time management is the most important step in order to do these type of things that i do. and school community service is very important we have to be able to balance community service as well as extracurricular activities as well as trying to keep our lives together. it's very difficult but at the same time, if you know how to manage your time, it can be very simple task. >> anita, there are a lot of challenges for your kids. avery grew up in ward 8, there are some tough neighborhoods around there and single parent home. and he goes to school at benjamin bannicer has had extraordinary success in recent years. but this is public school in the big city. how do you incentivize your kids and how do you get parents involved? >> well, it's not easy and again, public school in the city so there are a lot of distractions. but, you know, i look at the students and they kind of grow the culture of making it h
harvard, princeton, yale, penn and brown. you play basketball and tennis and soccer.all? >> it's very difficult but at the same time i know how to manage my time. i think time management is the most important step in order to do these type of things that i do. and school community service is very important we have to be able to balance community service as well as extracurricular activities as well as trying to keep our lives together. it's very difficult but at the same time, if you know...
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you're heading to harvard. what reception do you expect to get from president obama's alma mater? >> i take the same message everywhere i go. i took the same message to berkeley and i'll take the same message to harvard and that's that conservative republicans like me believe in the right to privacy. we believe that every individual should be left alone from the government unless they have probable cause to think you have committed a crime. so there are republicans, like myself, who believe in the right to privacy and i take that message to kids in college everywhere and it's well received whether you're on the right, the left, or in the middle, most americans do believe you ought to have privacy. >> senator, are the young people, the liberal, the academia, are they embracing b libertarianism? >> maybe, maybe not. there's honest progressives on the left that are good with civil liberties but you have some who are horrible on civil liberties and you have some who are good on civil liberties. one of the ones i have worked with is ron, a senator from oregon and i consider him to be a
you're heading to harvard. what reception do you expect to get from president obama's alma mater? >> i take the same message everywhere i go. i took the same message to berkeley and i'll take the same message to harvard and that's that conservative republicans like me believe in the right to privacy. we believe that every individual should be left alone from the government unless they have probable cause to think you have committed a crime. so there are republicans, like myself, who...
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but what if they got into harvard, too... and princeton.. and ague school? >> if your child got into yale, you would want them to go right? what if they got into harvard and princeton and every other ivy league school? >> reporter: as you begin to open the envelopes, did it begin to occur to you i'm going for a full flush here? >> i wasn't thinking full flush. i was looking through the list and thinking there's no way. someone has to say no. it doesn't happen. >> reporter: what did you do when you got the last envelope and heard you got accepted into all of them? >> i just took it in for a second and realized the little dream of getting one of them became all eight. >> reporter: the eight ivy league schools on average accept less than 20 students on average. this senior was a standout for a range of extracurricular activities from second chair viola to starring in school musicals. he says his biggest challenge now is choosing which school to attend. >> how are you going to do that? how are you going to decide? >> i'm going to visit them all again and see whi
but what if they got into harvard, too... and princeton.. and ague school? >> if your child got into yale, you would want them to go right? what if they got into harvard and princeton and every other ivy league school? >> reporter: as you begin to open the envelopes, did it begin to occur to you i'm going for a full flush here? >> i wasn't thinking full flush. i was looking through the list and thinking there's no way. someone has to say no. it doesn't happen. >>...
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harvard said it probably came from egypt. the debate will go on. maybe we'll find out who gave if. >> a test of faith for investigators offer wall street. the nasdaq dabbing saw a drop in two and a half years. biotech stocks were overvalued. speaking of falling, felix set the record for the longest free-fall jump from space. what it's like to do something no one has done before, and what do you do for an encore. ross shimabuku found out. the decision has been made. felix will jump. >> red bull, a jump, riding, connected to a balloon, felix went 24 miles into the air. he could see the curvature of the earth, he stepped out of the capsule and did the unimaginable. he jumped. >> i took a deep breath outside. i was trying to memorise everything. i would see the curve of the earth and look up, and see the sky above was black. i have never seen it before. you take a big breath, one step forward and you were on the way. >> he really was on his way. it took him two and a half hours to get to the age of space, and nine minutes to get to earth. he reached th
harvard said it probably came from egypt. the debate will go on. maybe we'll find out who gave if. >> a test of faith for investigators offer wall street. the nasdaq dabbing saw a drop in two and a half years. biotech stocks were overvalued. speaking of falling, felix set the record for the longest free-fall jump from space. what it's like to do something no one has done before, and what do you do for an encore. ross shimabuku found out. the decision has been made. felix will jump....
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. >>> a team of researchers from harvard has compiled more than 50 years of data about the effectiveness of mammograms. and tonight they've issued some controversial findings, with apologies for the confusion this may reignite. they say the benefits of screening are often overstated, while the potential harms are often downplayed. but tell that to so many women whose lives have been saved by early detection and say they'd rather be safe than sorry. our report tonight on all of it from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: america's conversation about breast cancer began in 1974, when president gerald ford made an unprecedented and emotional announcement. >> i just returned from the hospital where i saw betty as she came from the operating room. >> reporter: his wife, first lady betty ford, had survived breast cancer. and she changed everything and becoming an outspoken advocate for early detection. >> urge the women you care about to have regular mammograms. >> reporter: since then a lot of high profile women have gone public about their own breast cancer. many say
. >>> a team of researchers from harvard has compiled more than 50 years of data about the effectiveness of mammograms. and tonight they've issued some controversial findings, with apologies for the confusion this may reignite. they say the benefits of screening are often overstated, while the potential harms are often downplayed. but tell that to so many women whose lives have been saved by early detection and say they'd rather be safe than sorry. our report tonight on all of it from...
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i read a good many works on race and when i was in graduate school at harvard kenneth m.stamp who was a very distinguished historian from berkeley came for a semester to teach at harvard. he had been near my apartment and we became good friends. the first really great book on slavery in the american south was not based on the assumption that blacks were inferior to whites. it was a very serious book. suddenly talking with him made me realize and might classes at dartmouth as an undergraduate there had been hardly anything said about slavery let alone abolitionism. this opened up a whole new prospect while i was working on homicide. prospect of slavery and anti-slavery in fields that i would go into a bit later. when i fortunately in 1955 got a professorship at cornell to teach american history i began bringing material on slavery into that. when i was super lucky to get a guggenheim fellowship and 58 and when not to britain because the head of the guggenheim thought i should go abroad given my interests i immersed myself in london on what became the problem of slavery in
i read a good many works on race and when i was in graduate school at harvard kenneth m.stamp who was a very distinguished historian from berkeley came for a semester to teach at harvard. he had been near my apartment and we became good friends. the first really great book on slavery in the american south was not based on the assumption that blacks were inferior to whites. it was a very serious book. suddenly talking with him made me realize and might classes at dartmouth as an undergraduate...
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also a fascinating new international ranking done by harvard's michael porter. is the usa number one? try number 16. i'll talk to porter about the study. >>> and a week after three people were killed in an anti-semitic attack in kansas, i will talk to simon sherman, the author of the story of the jews about why jews have been a target for more than 2,000 years. >>> but first, here's my take. over the past two months, we have watched what has looked like a minor version of the cold war between the west and russia. many people are wondering, how did we get here? was this confrontation inevitable or did the west mishandle russia from the start? in the mishandling camp is jack matlock, former u.n. ambassador to the soviet union in the late 1980s who watched from moscow as mikhail gorbachev presided over the cold war. he wrote, the united states has treated russia as a loser since the end of the cold war. in the years after the cold war ended, writers urged policy toward a more gentle moscow. i was one of them. my logic was simple. we had two healthy experiments in p
also a fascinating new international ranking done by harvard's michael porter. is the usa number one? try number 16. i'll talk to porter about the study. >>> and a week after three people were killed in an anti-semitic attack in kansas, i will talk to simon sherman, the author of the story of the jews about why jews have been a target for more than 2,000 years. >>> but first, here's my take. over the past two months, we have watched what has looked like a minor version of the...
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on thursday, the harvard university is mostly heaping praise on the tragedy. the first definitive manhunt was published. the authors shed new light and perspectives to the tragedy. some of the images are graphic. joining us in new york are the two award-winning reporters from "the boston globe", they along with the rest of the staff covered the bombing and its aftermath, the book is titled "long mile home", boston under attack, the courageous recovery and hunt for justice." i can't imagine anyone better suit to write this than the two of you. it must have been hard to relieve this? >> it was a difficult story. it's what we do. we saw a lot of value in going back to the scory and going deeper, bringing individual stories together. >> that's what you do, telling the story through the eyes of different people. you have the police officer, the marathon director, a doctor running the marathon. he was there when it happened. why did you choose them. >> this is a massive story, there's so many pieces and ch t chapters and the week. we wanted to find a way people coul
on thursday, the harvard university is mostly heaping praise on the tragedy. the first definitive manhunt was published. the authors shed new light and perspectives to the tragedy. some of the images are graphic. joining us in new york are the two award-winning reporters from "the boston globe", they along with the rest of the staff covered the bombing and its aftermath, the book is titled "long mile home", boston under attack, the courageous recovery and hunt for...
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it said today it accepted just over 5% of applicants, lower than harvard's at 5.9%. spoiler alert if you are a fan of archie comics. today, we learned that in an upcoming issue, archie andrews is going to die, shot while saving the life of a friend. archie's been around since 1941. is this really the end? well, comic book heroes have been known to come back to life, so stay tuned. the bids were out of this world when pieces of space history were auctioned today. that's next. celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology that helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. help prevent your cravings with nicoderm cq. this is mike. his long race day starts with back pain... ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ ♪ don't miss a beat... ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ ♪ oooh discover the fearless protection of tena. so absorbent even when you twist not a drop escapes. ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ so i got the new
it said today it accepted just over 5% of applicants, lower than harvard's at 5.9%. spoiler alert if you are a fan of archie comics. today, we learned that in an upcoming issue, archie andrews is going to die, shot while saving the life of a friend. archie's been around since 1941. is this really the end? well, comic book heroes have been known to come back to life, so stay tuned. the bids were out of this world when pieces of space history were auctioned today. that's next. celebrate every win...
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last month, a harvard student published an open letter titled "dear harvard: you win," detailing her unsuccessful battle to have her accused assailant moved out of her residential house. imprisoned black panther mumia abu jamal turned 60 years old on thursday. he has been more than three decades in prison, much of it on death row, jealous sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2012. he was convicted of killing a philadelphia police officer, but is widely seen as a -- political prisoner. >> you fought for my breath. the state hates you because you fought for me, with me, every step of the way. i am humbled by your support and energized by it. struggles like this prove the possible, and we are not done. >> mumia abu jamal supporters are holding a celebration of life festival in philadelphia saturday to celebrate his 60th birthday and call for his release from prison. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and ar
last month, a harvard student published an open letter titled "dear harvard: you win," detailing her unsuccessful battle to have her accused assailant moved out of her residential house. imprisoned black panther mumia abu jamal turned 60 years old on thursday. he has been more than three decades in prison, much of it on death row, jealous sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2012. he was convicted of killing a philadelphia police officer, but is widely seen as a -- political...
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harvard said it got the fragment from the person who owned it. but jon, we don't know who that is, how it was discovered. he only says it probably came from e. >> the debates are just starting? >> just beginning. >> richelle, thank you. sending in pizza keep erps. coming up, united nations votes unanimously for 12,000 troops on the ground in the central african republic. we will have that story. plus evidence rejected. he job description prosecutors try to make their case against our colleagues detained in egypt. cutting the electronic leach, while a million french workers will be required to turn off their phones after they leave the. >> welcome back. a lot more to cover this half hour. back in court, our al jazeera colleagues see what egyptian prosecutors claim is evidence against them. fighting the flu. why some researchers say the popular drug tamiflu may be a waste of money. bringing down the old bay bridge before an earthquake hit. first, richelle is back with the top stories in tonight's briefing? >> health secretary kathleen sebelius who
harvard said it got the fragment from the person who owned it. but jon, we don't know who that is, how it was discovered. he only says it probably came from e. >> the debates are just starting? >> just beginning. >> richelle, thank you. sending in pizza keep erps. coming up, united nations votes unanimously for 12,000 troops on the ground in the central african republic. we will have that story. plus evidence rejected. he job description prosecutors try to make their case...
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harvard has $33 billion, $34 billion.y are not in that league, but they have an ambition to be in that league. that is part of the story. part of duke's ambition. the school is only 75 years old. it is not at the 350 year old school that harvard is. part of the reason that duke has the new president is because he was the former dean of yale college and well-respected educator and to duke wanted to get into the top elite of academic institutions in this country and also athletic institutions. it is a very interesting balancing act that duke is trying to do. really, only stanford and northwest try to do it. duke has been successful. top-notch athletics and top-not academics. this incident, it had unfortunately corrupted the university. >> i want to go back. this is a clip from cnn. nancy grace back in 2006 right after this happened just to show the intensity of this issue. as you said earlier, it was like the 370 flight that went on and on. let us watch. [video clip] >> david miller, what is your reaction to the indictment?
harvard has $33 billion, $34 billion.y are not in that league, but they have an ambition to be in that league. that is part of the story. part of duke's ambition. the school is only 75 years old. it is not at the 350 year old school that harvard is. part of the reason that duke has the new president is because he was the former dean of yale college and well-respected educator and to duke wanted to get into the top elite of academic institutions in this country and also athletic institutions. it...
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harvard accepts 5.9% of people who apply. anyway, he got into all of them.ngratulations. >> amazing. >> here's something really sad and i'm sure people will nail me on twitter for saying this, but i don't think i can name all eight of them, let alone get into all eight -- >> harvard, princeton, yale, penn, brown -- >> did we say princeton? >> somebody went to that school and is mad -- >> i will think while you talk about the next one. >> well, he had his safety, duke and nyu. >> yeah, i'm not sure about nyu. but duke for sure. >> this is pharrell's "happy" on the trombone. this guy is really cool. he does the percussion on his legs and then he layers and loops it all together. take a listen. ♪ so i'm kind of new here, but i've noticed a trend. my human does this funny thing where she goes around and gets all my toys, and then she hides them in that basket by the door. you know, it's always the same basket, and it's always in the same place, and then she acts so surprised when i find them, but, you know, she's putting them in the same basket again. it's like,
harvard accepts 5.9% of people who apply. anyway, he got into all of them.ngratulations. >> amazing. >> here's something really sad and i'm sure people will nail me on twitter for saying this, but i don't think i can name all eight of them, let alone get into all eight -- >> harvard, princeton, yale, penn, brown -- >> did we say princeton? >> somebody went to that school and is mad -- >> i will think while you talk about the next one. >> well, he had...
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kennedy school of government at harvard university. mr. davis was appointed by another great leader, former boston mayor thomas menino. in this role, commissioner davis led the boston police department's response to the boston marathon bombings on april 15. the heroic actions and quick thinking of the men and women under mr. davis's leadership, as well as that of the massachusetts national guard, the boston national guard, medical personnel, and indeed, civilians, led to the survival of 17 critically injured civilians. i have known mr. davis throughout his 34 years of law enforcement, and he served in the lowell police department. he was named superintendent in 1994. during this period he was recognized for reducing the crime rate and lowell quicker than any other superintendent in the united states of america with over 100,000 residents in the city -- in cities of over 100,000 residents. commissioner, thank you for your service and your service to the city of boston, the commonwealth, and to the country. it is an honor to have you with us
kennedy school of government at harvard university. mr. davis was appointed by another great leader, former boston mayor thomas menino. in this role, commissioner davis led the boston police department's response to the boston marathon bombings on april 15. the heroic actions and quick thinking of the men and women under mr. davis's leadership, as well as that of the massachusetts national guard, the boston national guard, medical personnel, and indeed, civilians, led to the survival of 17...
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terms of the competitive marketplace you see people with money and they send them to stanford and harvard but you're saying you believe and i think you can do it at the end of what you said those schools challenge the precepts of religious faith? >> guest: the history of our own country i heard on one of the talk radio stations about a woman that called in and her public school child is getting some kind of an indoctrination about the pilgrims into the early colonists but somehow the native americans were people that were at peace with themselves and each others into these horrible people and gauged them and give them syphilis and gonorrhea and stole their corn and all this other stuff and this is the kind of stuff that is being taught in the government school systems. most parents don't always hear about it. we are living in a model that was created in the 19th century. i'm all for diversity. you were going to have people with different backgrounds, religious, race and all that. i think it is a very good thing however what are they being taught and if it violates the faith and values and
terms of the competitive marketplace you see people with money and they send them to stanford and harvard but you're saying you believe and i think you can do it at the end of what you said those schools challenge the precepts of religious faith? >> guest: the history of our own country i heard on one of the talk radio stations about a woman that called in and her public school child is getting some kind of an indoctrination about the pilgrims into the early colonists but somehow the...
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. >> getting a place here is harder than harvard.here are 3,000 were selected for an intensive boot camp, all competing for just 900 places. we are not kidding, tougher than harvard. >> 70,000 applicants. >> yeah, for only 900. >> did you expect that? >> no, we were thinking around three to 5,000. >> and you get 70,000. >> we were surprised. >> surprise doesn't quite cover it. ten months ago, this school didn't exist, here the first class of students will achieve the officially recognized diploma. what they hope they will be able to do is write computer code. >> if we find a problem, we'll find solutions, we'll find people who can help us. we'll ask the questions that will help us understand correctly what is asked from us. >> what do you think it will take to get france moving again? >> to help them to create. we need to give energy to a new generation of youngsters in this country. >> do you consider this a good investment? >> it is better than buying a i will or a plane, being productive for my country is much better. >> very inte
. >> getting a place here is harder than harvard.here are 3,000 were selected for an intensive boot camp, all competing for just 900 places. we are not kidding, tougher than harvard. >> 70,000 applicants. >> yeah, for only 900. >> did you expect that? >> no, we were thinking around three to 5,000. >> and you get 70,000. >> we were surprised. >> surprise doesn't quite cover it. ten months ago, this school didn't exist, here the first class of...
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he is going back to harvard because he only had a two-year leave. if he doesn't go back, he loses his tenure there. or prestige to be a harvard professor than to be on the federal reserve. he was the point man on financial stability, the first to talk about the idea that low rates for a very long time might lead to instability and asset bubbles. in his resignation letter, he pointed that out. a number of important steps have been taken to make the financial system stronger and more resilient. there is undoubtedly more work to be done. the other aspect of it is there are only going to be, when he leaves the fed, two confirmed members on the seven-member board of governors. jay powell is still on the board but his term is up. he can serve until he is reconfirmed or until he departs. so there are three votes but there it sets up an interesting situation because they have not confirmed the others and they have not nominated someone for the other empty seat and now they have another one to go. as the fed deals with the issues of the yellen term, they don
he is going back to harvard because he only had a two-year leave. if he doesn't go back, he loses his tenure there. or prestige to be a harvard professor than to be on the federal reserve. he was the point man on financial stability, the first to talk about the idea that low rates for a very long time might lead to instability and asset bubbles. in his resignation letter, he pointed that out. a number of important steps have been taken to make the financial system stronger and more resilient....
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book recounts the senator's life and professional career, childhood in oklahoma to her years as a harvard law professor at her oyster -- current tenure in the u.s. senate. on our face book page we posted a behind-the-scenes photo from our interview program after words. pictured is the host talking with jeremy rifkin, author of the zero marginal society prior to the start of their interview. look for the program to air soon on booktv. follow us on twitter at booktv. like us on facebook, facebook.com/booktv to get more news about the world of publishing and what is happening on booktv. >> marie breaux talks about the history of authors write and argues copyright law will need to be revisited in the future. this event was part of the tennessee williams new orleans
book recounts the senator's life and professional career, childhood in oklahoma to her years as a harvard law professor at her oyster -- current tenure in the u.s. senate. on our face book page we posted a behind-the-scenes photo from our interview program after words. pictured is the host talking with jeremy rifkin, author of the zero marginal society prior to the start of their interview. look for the program to air soon on booktv. follow us on twitter at booktv. like us on facebook,...
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jim's daughters preparing to enroll at harvard. if she were to be employed at today's minimum wage she would need to work full-time for four years to afford even one year of tuition and room and board at harvard. a young man that i just talked about could never dream of putting himself through harvard or unlv or anyplace because if you're working two jobs he can't do it. simply put it's not fair that working americans and their families are being stripped of the american dream. that's what he has done just like everybody else has like the presiding officer, like i have. train to better yourself even better than what your family was able to provide. well so again mr. president put simply is it fair that working men and women are being stripped of the american dream because we refuse to pay more livable wage for working hard? that is what this legislation is so critical. an increase in the minimum wage offers will make a millionaire out of anyone that will ensure that each full-time working american receives a wage they can live on t
jim's daughters preparing to enroll at harvard. if she were to be employed at today's minimum wage she would need to work full-time for four years to afford even one year of tuition and room and board at harvard. a young man that i just talked about could never dream of putting himself through harvard or unlv or anyplace because if you're working two jobs he can't do it. simply put it's not fair that working americans and their families are being stripped of the american dream. that's what he...
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harvard accepted just 5.9%.can tell me you cannot do that. i won't accept that. >> he said his son did not have any natural born advantages either. >> i would say he was a unique kid, but he was an average child. >> every parent wants to hear what did your parents do to inspire you? how can we all get a kid like you? >> make a policy anything below 95 is not good enough. in a way that's not beating you down, but it's saying you can always do more can't you. if you feel that sense of i can always do better you always will. >> he wants to be a neurologist or cardiologist and he wants to keep playing music. and he is leaning towards yale, but financial aid will be a factor and he got into other several schools, including duke. >> i heard duke was his safety school. >> well glad to have him, tell you that. >> his parents are immigrants from ghana, right, and they are nurses, right? >> yes. >> they moved the family to this country to give him those opportunities. >> does he have siblings? >> 13-year-old sister. >> no
harvard accepted just 5.9%.can tell me you cannot do that. i won't accept that. >> he said his son did not have any natural born advantages either. >> i would say he was a unique kid, but he was an average child. >> every parent wants to hear what did your parents do to inspire you? how can we all get a kid like you? >> make a policy anything below 95 is not good enough. in a way that's not beating you down, but it's saying you can always do more can't you. if you feel...
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. >> conservative turn, name of the book, publishedly harvard university press, michael kimmage is the author, and here is the cover.
. >> conservative turn, name of the book, publishedly harvard university press, michael kimmage is the author, and here is the cover.
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. >> it is nice being with one ivy league grad, i feel sorry that you went to harvard, we had a good education at yale. lou: fine, i know. a great thing, the education they offer those of you at yale. my executive produceer who went to cornell was sputtering as col colonel ralph peters. >> he was there before and after. >> anyway, great to see you. >> good to see you lou. lou: talk about this jobs report, obama recovery most personally, lawrence summers calling for more infrastructure spending, your reaction? >> the jobs there is no recovery. you had a huge fall in employment as a population hit bottom in two thousand 9, been there -- in 2009 it has been there 5 straight years flat. there has been no recovery, every person off unemployment roll as dropped out of the employment force. these numbers are not encourageing. we're not fall anything more, that is true, but there is no recovery. we should have 9 percent growth rates per quarter annualizeed. and larry summers said that government should do more. my god, ho how much damage can u do? you know, dumbest thing you can do is to rep
. >> it is nice being with one ivy league grad, i feel sorry that you went to harvard, we had a good education at yale. lou: fine, i know. a great thing, the education they offer those of you at yale. my executive produceer who went to cornell was sputtering as col colonel ralph peters. >> he was there before and after. >> anyway, great to see you. >> good to see you lou. lou: talk about this jobs report, obama recovery most personally, lawrence summers calling for more...
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harvard saying the discovery not meant to prove that jees was married.hey say it was only meant to show that early christians may have believed he was married. >> that's going to do it for this edition of aljazeera america. more news straight ahead. we leave you with the images of today, coming from last night said induction ceremony at the hall of fame. peter gabriel part of those selected to be part of the hall of fame this year. more ahead in two minutes. we'll see you then. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60s, ukraine's prime minister says he will do anything to prevent a crackdown on protesters in the east. pope francis makes his first public plea for fore giveness for child
harvard saying the discovery not meant to prove that jees was married.hey say it was only meant to show that early christians may have believed he was married. >> that's going to do it for this edition of aljazeera america. more news straight ahead. we leave you with the images of today, coming from last night said induction ceremony at the hall of fame. peter gabriel part of those selected to be part of the hall of fame this year. more ahead in two minutes. we'll see you then. >>...