. >>> facebook ceo returned to harvard university today for the first time since he dropped out in 2004. he was there toen list new talent for his social networking site. he spoke with officials and held a private meeting with two00 hand picked students. he said he went back to harvard because quote there's a lot of really smart people here. >>> sorry et lovers. white house says it has no evidence that extra-terrestrial exist. what it house made unusual declaration in response to

joining us now, kenneth rogoff, professor of economics at harvard university and co-author of "this time is different: eight centuries of financial folly." hi, ken, nice to you have back. >> thank you. >> susie: all right, so a lot going on with the whole supercommittee announcement of no deal. was's your read on this situation and what does it mean potentially forth u.s. economy? >> well, it certainly shows the continuing paralysis in policy. yeah, it was expected. but it was worse than expected. i mean there might have been something at the last minute. there is really nothing on the horizon that seems like it could happen before the election e september perhaps some short term patches, perhaps the payroll tax, perhaps not. and there's a risk. there's a risk with the u.s. economy very weak that will actually have substantial tightening next year if congress isn't able to extend the payroll tax and some of these other short term fiscal stimulus. >> susie: what about those payroll taxes? a lot of people were counting on the supercommittee to come to some kind of an agreement to extend th

he still was the chairman of the harvard law review here at harvard university, and i think barack obama being the first african-american president certainly worked his tail off to get to where he is and he should be commended. i'm a hard-core right winger. >> david, this is one night we're going to let ron christie end the discussion. because you can't beat what he said. ron, five stars. thank you, david corn, thank you, ron christie. you'll pay for it with your republican pals tonight. >>> up next, you won't believe it but michele bachmann actually says she hasn't made a gaffe ever or done anything that caused her to drop in the polls. what is this, gravity that's brought her down? that's next in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ walk, little walk ♪ ♪ small talk, big thoughts, gonna tell them all ♪ [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990. the all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation for all. ♪ ♪ small talk, big thoughts, gonna tell them all ♪ [ male announcer ] the most legroom per dollar of any ca

a recent harvard university study shows women who drank coffee lower their risk for endometrial cancer. women who consume two or 3 cups saw a 7% drop. do copy lower as insulin and estrogen levels, -- coffee it lowers insulin. the catch -- and no cream and sugar. they raise insulin levels. a new study shows babies too young to get the chicken pox vaccine can be protected if younger and older children around them get the shot. before the vaccine was introduced for kids over age 1 in 1995, infant or four times more likely to die from the disease. cases in those younger than 12 months have declined since then. >> your insta-weather + forecast with meteorologist favre marie. -- ave marie. >> this storm system is bringing in lot of rain in ohio, west virginia, and western north carolina, but holding off for the east. it will slowly be moving in tonight. out towards garrett county, there are some indications of white sprinkles and will be the progression heading in. the warm weather has been pretty amazing. 58 in annapolis. 72 along the eastern day. cambridge 72. ocean city 62. oakland at 52,

doctors at harvard university transplanted nutrons from healthy field mice to repair brain cells and grow new ones in mice with genetic deficiencies, the advance could lead to new treatments ,,,,,, ,,,, >>> all right. let's take a look at the five- day-forecast. it is beautiful today. sunday we will take a shower out of the day forecast. not a bad day, look, 61 degrees. moving into late november this is not -- very late november. rain monday, five, slow clearing if any tuesday, 50, wednesday 46 degrees, going from 10 above normal today and tomorrow, to 10 below normal on when. check out overnight low out. darn close to 32 degrees. >> wow. >> okay. 'tis the season where it is feeling like it. >> all right. don't miss the cbs primetime line up this evening. at 10:00 it is blue bloods, then right after that be sure you stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. i have not bought anything yet on this black friday. i don't have the shakes yet. >> the day is young. >> going to be a long day? that is monday. sorry. >>

mark zuckerberg returns to harvard university seven years after he dropped out to run facebook to promote jobs and intern championships within his social networking company. he'll visit m.i.t. and carnegie mellon. >>> retired nba star magic johnson will hold a news conference on this, the 20th anniversary of his departure from the spot to launch point forward today, a national day of hiv and aids awareness. >>> msnbc's prime time host lawrence o'donnell turns 60. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. matt lauer hits the road, the seas and the skies as he kicks off the 10th edition of his week long series, "where in the world is matt lauer." and actress christina applegait is light in the studio to talk about "up all night." >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "earl

diversity event at the law firm and the three hundred and seventy fifth anniversary celebration of harvard university. at each of those events, i had the opportunity to network with attendees as well as the host of the event. i told them about how the occ operates and what the function is. will present the third quarter statistical report and the october monthly statistical report. that concludes my report. >> any questions? line item 3d. >> commission reports, first of the president goes a report followed by the commissioners reports. president mazzucco: rejoined on sunday night for the memorial for officer james gelf that was killed in 17 years ago. it changed what type of weapons they used. constantly hearing negatives, the positive of what i saw was that the moment of silence, they literally stopped all city broadcasts and play it out of the air where they take a moment for the officer. for 15 seconds, the turn of the red and blue lights on and hit their sirens. that is a great memory for a great officer. thank you for bringing that tradition back. it was well attended and an honor to be there. >

>> because if you mentioned the famous mehmet you may recall one of my colleagues from harvard university of very well known academic, he comes back from china trying to get into town the neighbor sees two black men trying to push the door and a neighbor calls the police i don't know they are trying to break in but maybe they are. check it out by the time the police come henry is in his house and police officers check it out and he shows id. the police officer is still skeptical. one thing leads to another they have words professor gates it is quite upset thinking racial discrimination had something to do with that. >> host: but specifically? >> guest: may be. let's say for the sake of argument that henry louis gates was short tempered and was deferential what's even suppose he was being fought -- eric and is that the crime? i don't think so. i hope not and i would also hope that will trade police officers would be trained to look with this is a sense and not arrest people simply because for the sake of argument being arrogant. in any event the officer event the the the profs showed this

i went to undergrad at duke university and law school at harvard.fter clerking for a judge, i came out here and have been in here for the last 14 years. i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area because that is where my family is, but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city, culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002, i moved to the san francisco city attorney's office, where our work on the trial team, doing trials for the city and doing my own cases and supervising a team of attorneys as well. another huge issue confronting the city is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have not maintained it properly, from our roads to our sewer system to muni. we need to be much more diligent about maintaining our infrastructure. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i have worked on campaigns since i wa

he still was the chairman of the "harvard law review" here at harvard university, and i think barackeing the first african-american president certainly worked his tail off to get to where he is and he should be commended. i'm a hard-core right-winger -- >> david, this is one night we're going to let ron christie end the discussion. because you can't beat what he said. ron, five stars. thank you, david corn, thank you, ron christie. you'll pay for it with your republican pals tonight. >>> up next, you won't believe it but michele bachmann actually says she hasn't made a gaffe ever or done anything that caused her to drop in the polls. what is this, gravity that's brought her down? that's next in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] in 1894, a small town pharmacist set out to create a different kind of cold remedy using powerful medicine and natural ingredients from around the world. he called it vicks vaporub. today, the vicks journey continues. introducing new vicks nature fusion cold & flu syrup. powerful multi-symptom medicine flavored with na

because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university.hat is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >> you grew up in the boston area. what made you want to make the transition and moved to san francisco? what motivated you to get involved in politics question marks before i ran for office, and worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney. i got to understand how much of a be in san francisco is to the rest of the world for social justice. i spent a number of years helping to grow a small business. i got to understand the innovative spirit in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood leader and as feature of an affordable housing organization. i learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and the special jewels that are the urban villages we live in. i ran for office because i w

he still was the chairman of the harvard law review here at harvard university, and i think barack obama being the first african-american president certainly worked his tail off to get to where he is and he should be commended. >> david, this is one night we're going to let ron christie end the discussion. because you can't beat what he said. ron, five stars. thank you, david corn, thank you, ron christie. you'll pay for it with your republican pals tonight. >>> up next, you won't believe it but michele bachmann actually says she hasn't made a gaffe ever or done anything that caused her to drop in the polls. what is this, gravity that's brought her down? that's next in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. what's better than gold ? free gold ! we call that hertz gold plus rewards. you earn free days, free weeks and more fast. that's a plus. upgrade your ride. that's a plus. rewards with no blackout dates so you can redeem anytime. and it's easy to redeem your points online. already a gold member ? just select gold plus rewards in your profile and start rewarding yourse

graduate school of education and has a book published by harvard university press called no citizen left behind. is very much about civic education in the extent to which we do or do not empowers children to imagine themselves as active citizens when they grow up and my wife has a wonderful book written basically for the in nine year-old's of the children's march in birmingham called we've got good job and it focuses on four african americans who took part of our were parts of the monumental event because the older viewers may remember the fire hoses and what i suspect they don't remember is the fire hoses were trained on children some as young as nine years old and one of the subjects was a nine year-old to spent one week in jail and it is a gripping book published

. >>> facebook ceo returned to harvard university today for the first time since he dropped out in 2004. he was there toen list new talent for his social networking site. he spoke with officials and held a private meeting with two00 hand picked students. he said he went back to harvard because quote there's a lot of really smart people here. >>> sorry et lovers. white house says it has no evidence that extra-terrestrial exist. what it house made unusual declaration in response to feature on the web sthit allows people to submit petition that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign on. in this case more than 5000 people demanded that the white house disclose the government knowledge of extra-terrestrial beings. >> honda human shape robot has become more hum an. the newest version of it was demonstrate entered tokyo early tuesday. robot can now run faster. balance itself on uneven surface. hop on one foot and almost think on its own. it opened a thermos and poured a drink. there it goes. many he was also able to sting distinguish the voice of 3 people speaking at on

. >>> mark zuckerberg returns to harvard university seven years after he dropped out to create facebook. zuckerberg founded facebook in 2004. his company is now among the most popular internet services with more than 800 million registered users. >>> you may have hundreds or thousands of contacts on facebook, but a new survey shows most of us only have a few close friends. the daily mail listed results of the study today that shows in the last six months 48% of people only discussed important issues with one other person. 18% of people considered two others close friends. 25 years ago, most people had at least three close friends. researchers say people aren't necessarily isolating themselves but considering fewer people suitable for important discussions. >> that seems pretty reasonable. there's a difference between friends and friends. >> and your friends on facebook aren't necessarily your close friends ever. >> duh. >> yeah. >> tom, tell us about this forecast. >> i'm glad you got that all worked out. >> yes. >>> this morning we've got patchy dense fog in western and northern suburb

financial spiros there is a whole line of thought in america from condemning stephen walt of the harvard university and of chicago university that says a zionist influence through apec the american israeli public affairs commission is so strong that it has succeeded in making american foreign policy prioritize the national interest of israel over the national interest of the united states now the united states is not so much bent on war public opinion against iran but israel is so one could envision that israel is a wild card in my unilaterally attack iran and it will then be a counter attack which will be ferocious from iran against israel and then the western media who planned the whole thing out so that it will drag public opinion from america and europe to support israel and work and happen after that is anybody's guess because you don't know what russia will do we don't know what china we do will do we don't even know what pakistan and india and they are losing are you bringing you bring in a more regional and even a global perspective here but we saw the american backed nato effort in libya j

doctors at harvard university tran planted an embryonic neurons from healthy field mice to repair brainls and grow new ones and mice with deficientsies. it could lead to new treatments for everything from spinal cord injuries and autism to epilepsy and lou gehrig's disease. >>> time to check out the question of the morning. >> 25% of all married couples met here either the airplane, college or grocery store. >> log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer coming up in the 6:00 hour. >>> i'm olga breeze in. we're definitely looking at a clear and quiet day weatherwise. plenty of sunshine. your day planner is looking great. lots of sunshine this morning. it is a little bit on the chilly side. temperatures currently in the 40s and 30s. we'll bump that up into the 50s by the 11:00 hour. later on this afternoon, we head for the lower range 60s. sunshine sticks with us even into late day. clear and cool back down into the 50s. it will be a pretty great day. we'll continue some of that for tomorrow. our visibility so far is quite nice. but the next three days f

. >>> facebook ceo returned to harvard university today for the first time since he dropped out in 2004 was there toen list new talent for his social networking site. he spoke with officials and held a private meeting with two00 hand picked students. he said he went back to harvard because quote there's a lot of really smart people here. >>> sorry et lovers. white house says it has no evidence that extra-terrestrial exist. what it house made unusual declaration in response to feature on the web sthit allows people to submit petition that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign on. in this case more than 5000 people demanded that the white house disclose the government knowledge of extra-terrestrial beings. >> honda human shape robot has become more hum an. the newest version of it was demonstrate entered tokyo early tuesday. robot can now run faster. balance itself on uneven surface. hop on one foot and almost think on its own. it opened a thermos and poured a drink. there it goes. many he was also able to sting distinguish the voice of 3 people speaking at once.

and ron christie, who's now broken into a smile, is a republican strategist, and fellow at harvard universitytitute of politics, very impressed. although i'm not, just kidding. let's go now to david corn. let these people speak for themselves. first of all, leader, not a reader. what does he mean? you don't have to read the paper? you just get experts to do it for you? like when is he going to know these things? my question is, if you don't know it now, do you need briefers to tell you where libya is? >> i think that's exactly what he means. and i think the question you could put to herman cain, would you hire someone to be a ceo that couldn't read a profit and loss sheet. this whole notion that he doesn't have a single thought about the most significant military action in the past year should disqualify him. he could have the wrong thought, he could have a opinion one way or the other, and he'd be in the arena. but to run to president and say, i have no idea what you're talking about when you ask me about libya, i mean, there should be no one on the stage behind him! he should be alone in a

lawrence lessing from harvard university, good to have you. >> great to be here. tavis: up next, actress forns henderson. stay with us. please welcome florence henderson to this program. she's one of tv's all-time iconic moms. thanks to her role on the "brady bunch." she's out now with a new memoir from a poor childhood in indiana to stardom. it's called "life is not a stage" pr broadway by by to lovely lady and beyond. good to have you. >> i'm excited to be here. tavis: we were just talking before you came on camera about your life and my life. i grew up in indiana, like you. >> what town? tavis: kokomo. >> that was a big city. tavis: for you it was. kokomo, big city. they laugh at me right now, my mom is watching and laughing right now, in kokomo. grew up in indiana, one of 10 kids. i was just so -- i grew up watching you on "the brady bunch" and thinking that house, is nothing like my house. >> it wasn't anything like mine, either. tavis: i was so tickled when i got into the book, just about the interesting part of your life growing up in indiana, but the thing

graduate school of education, and she has a book published by the harvard university press called "no citizen left behind. "um, and it is very much about civic education and the extent to which we do or do not empower children to imagine themselves as active citizens when they grow up. and my wife has a wonderful book written for, basically, i think, 9 to 14 or 15-year-olds on the children's march in birmingham, alabama, in 1963 called "we've got a job." and it, it focuses on four african-americans in birmingham then who took part or were part of this really monumental event because the older viewers may remember bull connor and the fire hoses. and what i suspect they

graduate school of education, and she has the book published by the harvard universityress called "no citizen left behind." it is very much about civic education and the extent to which we do or do not empower children to imagine themselves as active citizens when they grow up, and my wife has a wonderful book written for basically, i think, 9-15-year-olds on the children's march in birmingham, alabama in 1963 called we got a job, and it -- it's focusing on the four african-americans in birmingham

>> because if you mentioned the famous mehmet you may recall one of my colleagues from harvard university of very well known academic, he comes back from china trying to get into town the neighbor sees two black men trying to push the door and a neighbor calls the police i don't know they are trying to break in but maybe they are. check it out by the time the police come henry is in his house and police officers check it out and he shows id. the police officer is still skeptical. one thing leads to another they have words professor gates it is quite upset thinking racial discrimination had something to do with that. >> host: but specifically? >> guest: may be. let's say for the sake of argument that henry louis gates was short tempered and was deferential what's even suppose he was being fought -- eric and is that the crime? i don't think so. i hope not and i would also hope that will trade police officers would be trained to look with this is a sense and not arrest people simply because for the sake of argument being arrogant. in any event the officer event the the the profs showed this

did they need to be occupying the economics departments of the universe that yes and in fact harvard university did this in a sense just recently going to students a ten percent of men queued fuz class walk the walk out of these lectures and men queue i'm sure is a lovely guy but he's a new classical economist he teaches nonsense he's theory is garbage in his book is trivializes a complex area and makes numerous economic mistakes he doesn't apparently know because he hasn't rid the literature of economics and as i've realized i wrote in this particular edition of the book new york possible economists don't understand classical economics they don't even know their own area properly so that walkout occupations things like that students around the world should be doing that and saying we want to learn other approaches to economics if you want to learn this particular approach wat's and all of them believe me this is not lots of warts ok and the other thing too of course we've been talking about politics in the united states we saw another g.o.p. debate republican presidential hopefuls we've seen a

celebrities and sports teams can set up pages and finally, mark zuckerberg got a welcome at harvard university today. the ceo visiting students there for the first time since he dropped out and spent the day speaking to students at both harvard and m.i.t.and recruiting new interns for the largest social network. he will be appearing on the charlie rose show tonight and many among many topics facebook versus skpet tigs, including google and google plus. >> i don't think this is going to be the situation where there is one company that wins all of a sudden. >> you're getting into each others' business. >> google is more competitive in certainly is trying to build their own little version of facebook. but when i look at yam skon and apple, i see companies who were aligned with us. and we have a lot of conversations with people in both companies just trying to figure out ways we can do more together. there is just a lot of reception there. >> this full interview airs tonight. >> thank you very much. and imagine how well mark zuckerberg had done has had he not dropped out of college. >> hard to ima