oprah winfrey addresses graduates at harvard university, and we hear some of her advice to the class2013. >>> and it could be the next weight loss craze. we'll see how the mcdiet plan helped one man shed the extra pounds while eatingfast food. this is the "cbs morning news." pounds while eating fast food. this is the "cbs morning news." l st niar y h. >>> your generation is charged with this task of breaking through what the body politic has thus far made impervious to change. each of you's been blessed with this enormous opportunity of attending this prestigious school. you now have a chance to better your life, the lives of your neighbors, and also the life of our country. >> oprah winfrey addressing the graduates at the 362nd commencement of harvard university on thursday. she told the students to expect failure at some point in their lives, but they're also to find their purpose in life. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, electric cars get a jolt, and a fast food diet that might help you lose weight. ashley more sop is here in new york with that and more. good morning to you, ashle

there were laughs and tears during oprah's commencement speech on thursday at harvard university, but she also addressed gun control reform. >> we understand that the vast majority of people in this country believe in stronger background checks because they believe we can uphold the second amendment and also reduce the violence that is robbing us of our children. they don't have to be incompatible. >>> the "new york post" says president obama's half brother is trying to take his younger brother's celebrity all the way to the bank. malik obama is reportedly sell two of the president's handwritten letters for $15,000 a pop. >>> a measure to force a recall election of controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio has failed. opponents needed 335,000 signatures but only gathered about 300,000. >>> the california state senate has approved a bill revoking the tax exempt status of the boy scouts of america. >>> texas senator ted cruz is not making many friends in washington after saying he doesn't trust members of his own republican party. former vermont governor howard dean tells msnbc's lawrenc

. >>> oprah winfrey was among the speakers during thursday's commencement ceremony at harvard university. the queen of all media gave graduates some real talk after discussing past rating troubles with her cable network. >> the law of averages predicts that you will at some point fall. and when you do, i want you to know this. remember this. there is no such thing as failure. failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. >> the 59-year-old later got teary-eyed when she received an honorary doctorate of law degree from the school. >>> a close shave. well, close in space terms. the qe2 asteroid will come within 3.6 million miles of the planet this afternoon. it's about two miles in diameter, and it's even bringing its own moon along with it. why not? >>> now for an early look at business, we turn to cnbc's bertha coombs. good morning. >> good morning, richard. the markets could see some red arrows today after stocks rose on thursday. with one day left in may, the dow is set for its sixth straight winning month. >>> and mortgage rates are rising. freddie mac says the average

. >>> it take a lot to impress the graduating class at harvard university, oprah winfrey was up to the task yesterday in massachusetts. the media mogul touched on a variety of topics, including gun control and immigration. her main objective was to inspirement. >> i've done over 35,000 interviews in my career. and as soon as that camera shuts off, everyone always turns to me and inevitably in their own way asks this question -- was that okay? i heard it from president bush. i heard it from president obama. i've heard it from heroes and from housewives. i've heard it from victims and perpetrators of crimes. i even heard it from beyonce and all of her beyonceness. she finishes performing, hands me the microphone and says was that okay? they all want to know one thing -- was that okay? did you hear me? do you see me? did what i say mean anything to you? >> oprah also said the class of 2013 is "armed with more tools of empowerment than any generation in history" referring social media and its potential for mobilizing humanitarian efforts. >>> now to the world of business. the endless droug

fred, a lot of people don't realize is a magna kum ladder graduate from harvard university. he went through one of the most painful nasty divorces in his life. while he was out cruising the love beau hehe was in the middle of a terrible divorce. i think his advice is very wise. >> your book is complete with all kinds of detail on all aspects of divorce to the lawyers to the judges. while you have a very strong judgment against adultery, and you have very strong judgment on -- favorably of course, you examount -- exalt love andhe love of marriage, you nevertheless give advice to those who might want to take alternate views. you say do not use credit or debit cards to pay for affairs or use cameras with your paramours. phone records tell a story. use a land line or pay phone. the grass is almost never green on the other side. the passion of sex always changes over time. what is exciting with your lover will eventually become quote, unquote the same old thing. if you commit adultery assume you will be caught and be prepared to accept the consequences. you say it is impossible t

. >>> and now there is someone else who has a powerful story of her own, who appeared at harvard universityoday, to talk about true success, and finding your way. >> i'm at harvard! >> if you're willing to listen, to be guided by that still-small voice that is the gps within yourself, to find out what makes you come alive, you will be more than okay. you will be happy. you will be successful. and you will make a difference in the world. >> oprah winfrey at harvard. >>> still ahead here on "world news," heading to the ballpark, a right of summer for the american family. but with skyrocketing prices, we'll show you how to save hundreds of dollars on your day at the old ball game. "real money" next. years ago, my doctor told me to take a centrum silver multivitamin every day. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? and now today, i see this in the news. once again, centrum silver was chosen by researchers for another landmark study. this time looking at eye health. my doctor! he knows his stuff. [ male announcer ] centrum. the most studied. the most recommended. and the most preferred multivitami

that's been done by the interest that promote war and finance the war machine and according to a harvard university report iraq and afghanistan are going to cost us between four and six trillion dollars and there's certainly a lot of business around war and commerce around going to war you know who do you think are the injuries that are promoting what you've called the war machine. well i think eisenhower said it best in his farewell speech you know the he predicted the vietnam war which was basically a war for profit and there was no clear moral message there there was no real good guy or big guy there's no reason why we're there and it was a war waged by the military industrial complex as he called it for profit and these concerns these multinationals have become and so entrenched and so powerful and they control congress they control. the media they control basically the whole narrative and the whole structure of our society and to our detriment and we paying this price and where. our priorities are skewed because we're being manipulated by their ideas of where we should allocate our resources d

themselves from fraud and counterparty insolvency summers would go on to become the president of harvard university which boasted the largest endowment fund of any american university the fund that was loaded with these very derivatives that he supported but an employee of the fund management company as ira smacked fired off a warning letter to summers about the positions and challenge of the competence of the fund managers for her trouble she was fired but she was eventually proven correct when harvard lost an astonishing twenty seven percent of its and down meant because of these a very derivative positions summers eventually resigned his post at harvard and two thousand and six after a speech he gave where he suggested women are biologically inferior to men in scientific reasoning but during his time at harvard he had begun supplementing his income through consulting and speaking engagements for financial institutions after he left in two thousand and eight he made one point seven million dollars from speaking engagements goldman sachs paid him a hundred thirty five thousand dollars for one spee

parents work and the opportunities they gave me, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. it was intense. i stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a master's in public policy there. those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in public service and public policy issues and government. i ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special about what san francisco is. >> we've been talking for years about how important it is to build new neighborhoods, to develop affordable housing, make sure we have transit-oriented sustainable green development that really is worthy of a 21st century san francisco. what we're doing today -- and, frankly, what we're doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. thank you all for being this, and i look forward to that mid-cutting. i moved to san francisco 15 years ago for all the reasons that we all love our city. our cable cars. our hills. the diversity of our neighborhoods. and have loved every minute of being here. >> li

done to us by the interest that promote war and finance the war machine and according to a harvard university report iraq and afghanistan are going to cost us between four and six trillion dollars and there's certainly a lot of business around war and commerce around going to war you know who do you think are the injuries that are promoting what you've called the war machine. well i think eisenhower said it best in his farewell speech you know the he predicted the vietnam war which was basically a war for profit and there was no clear moral message there there was no real good guy or big guy there's no reason why we're there and it was a war waged by the military industrial complex as he called it for profit and these concerns these multinationals have become and so entrenched and so powerful and they control congress they control. the media they control basically the whole narrative and the whole structure of our society and to our detriment and we paying this price and where. our priorities are skewed because we're being manipulated by their ideas of where we should allocate our resources d

. >> skm finally gangnam style singer at harvard university revealing the joy. >> they don't know what the word meaning but they're like... nice. >> for entertainment updates check out otrc.com. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 why police arrested a first responder helping on the night of the deadly plant explosion in texas. >> buried under rubble for 17 days, the incredible rescue, how this woman says she managed to survive, plus... we're getting ready for game three golden state might be getting reenforcements. >> you can show your warriors pride by posting >>> oakland arena going to be rocking tonight. >> yes. golden state warriors back home for game three against the spur autos abc 7 sports reporter is at the roracle right now. what is this about david lee? >> soon, 17,500 fans will be seeping into at reena. you can see we're warriors, tee shirt placed on every chair, if possible, fans can be noisier tonight than ever. now... we were at morning practice today. coach jackson sharing great news about david lee. the team's only all star but got hurt at the start of the denver serie

this is cruz talking about harvard university. obama went to harvard. what he said in the speech. there was one republican . . . do you see that there's something extreme about ted cruz that is actually going to understood mine his party. i see the damage coming to his party, and i feel like it's a big problem. >> i have an affiliation to harvard as well and what cruz said is certainly like a yaley. this party is really unpopular, and really unpopular because of the very same things that he is doing in the senate. constantly attacking the president and refusing to deal with democrats simply on ideal long call grounds. as was mentioned earlier, if he is a great american it's hard to see that unless you squint. mainly because the obstruction that the republicans putting forth in both houses -- it's getting people's business from getting done. and number two it's driving the country in a direction that the country clearly does not want to go. look at the hand gunn vote -- >> let me give you the behind the scenes -- >> michael: guys. i'm going to have to st

moderated at harvard university about a month ago when jeremy's book first came out. it is a remarkable work and over 600 pages. i have to say, extremely readable. it is hard to put it down. it is out from an independent press, and it immediately debuted at no. 5 on the new york times best-seller lists. is 866-er to call 35943-4334 it is a double dvd. gave a majorjeremy address. today'snd is germy for asing out his investigation they take us inside the covert wars. and inside the united states with orders from the white house to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill. it is remarkable work. jeremy reports from the front lines in this high-stakes investigations. surface ofeath the based ont wars and unprecedented access, he tells a chilling story of an american citizen who are by assassination for his own government. difference,kes a you make it possible for this to happen. we urge you to make the call that makes the difference. phone call and get these lines. we make that available to you if you call right now. copy.a signed make a call right now. in,

he attended harvard university briefly. >> could you elevate the microphone slightly? it's very uneven. >> sure. is that better? this way? [inaudible conversations] >> so, as i said, he attended harvard briefly. he even read life magazine. so, yamamoto had a good understanding of america and new what japan was in for if it declared war on the united states, and he told the prime minister, i can guarantee a tough fight for the first six months but i have no confidence as to what will happen after that. it's important to understand that yamamoto was a gambler. he loved to play games of chance. he played billiards, roulette, bridge, soji, ma jong. he often threatened to resign from the navy to become a fulltime professional gambler. that's how good he was. and though i don't think they took his threat seriously, it's important to understand that yamamotos love of gambling influenced his military strategic thinking, and that's why he has a mixed record as a naval tactician. he was a fascinating character, nonetheless. in 1905, when he was young ensign, serving aboard japan'

joining me now is app grew, partners at edwards wildman jeffrey from harvard university, sorry,o commentand itch edson covering the story. rich, let me start with you, there's a hearing friday on irs thing. one of the big questions is who gave this order? where did it come from? how high does it goes; right? that's got to be the first thing to track down. >> yeah, absolutely. look at how it started on friday, the irs said that basicallthis was concentrated in cincinnati showing i was lower level employees who made the decision, a handful of them, and it went from there. look ag over the weekend, the trash ri inspector generaa's office did a report on this, and the director of the office that decides who is tax exempt and who is not, that person got a briefing at some point in june of 2011 so they ere aware of that at that point a few years ago, and so how far up the chain that goes is something we are still waiting to see. we'll get the full irs report from the treasury inspector general in the next couple days, and then there's the hearing with basicay the guy who leads the office doing

live by alan dershowitz one of the best known criminal defense attorneys in the world and a harvard universityrofessor. he joins us live from copley square in boston with his thoughts on what this all means and where it is going. new car! hey! [squeals] ♪ [ewh!] [baby crying] the great thing about subaru is you don't have to put up with that new car smell for long. introducing the versatile, all-new subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> megyn: fox news alert. awful eyes are on the federal courthouse in boston as we await the initial appearance, we believe be of the three new suspects believed to have provided some form of assistance to the two main suspects in connection with with the boston marathon bombings earlier last month. joining me now alan dershowitz one of the most famed and best-known criminal defense attorneys in the world and harvard university law professor joins us live from copley square. good to see you again. now we're being told we should expect obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. we will know shortly. your thoughts on what we have seen

the world's top universities including harvard columbia, uc berkeley and princeton offering virtual learning to some 15 countries through nonprofit websites. like udacita and udemi. the founder is also a stanford professor and he believe hes the old model of education is being challenge. >> when you go to school for four years and the next 40 years is on what you learned the model doesn't make sense in the rapidly changing world. we are bringing adults back into the education system so that they can keep on, you know, getting booster shots of knowledge. >> already, millions are tapping in with an average of 15% of them finishing the entire course. the american council on education says some are worthy of college credit. >> interesting thing is because of the technology and because we can track what students.org and what they are learning, how they are performing on different exercises and examinations, we have the ability to be able to really determine the learning outcomes. >> still, educators threat that inter-- stress that interaction is critical and crucial to learning and there may be r

we will also be posting online a conversation we had recently at harvard university between jeremy scahilly -- noamd non tom ski chomsky. thank you for being with us. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has confirmed the u.s. illegally -- al-a man in yemen yemen.in they also confirmed the death of son. -- his but the administration said those strikes were accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. today, we are going to look at the new book "dirty wars" written by jeremy scahill, former democracy now producer and now writes with the correspondence as well. and italled "dirty wars" is based on u.s. operations in somalia, yemen, and afghanistan. the majors -- the major focus is the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike --

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he attended harvard university briefly -- >> could you elevate the microphone slightly because it's uneven what's coming through. >> sure. is that better? >> no. >> this way? >> up. >> up. how's that? >> yep. >> that better? okay. so, as i said, attenned harvard briefly. he even read "life" magazine, so he had a pretty good understanding of america. he knew what japan was getting into when she declared war against the united states. as he told prime minister at the time, he said, i can guarantee a tough fight for the first six months, but i have no confidence as to what will happen after that. it's important to understand that he was a gambler. he loved to play games of chance playing billiards, roulette, bridge, mah jong, didn't matter, as long as there was a gambling component. in fact, he threatened to resign from the navy to be a fumeood h. i don't think they took the threats seriously. it's important to understand that his love of gambling affected his military strategy and influenced the military strategic thinking, and that's why he has a mixed record as a naval tactician. he was a

jeremy and i went to harvard university a month ago when he first premiered the book and he gave a major address. 600 people packed in to see him. i moderated a discussion between jeremy scahill and another. you get those laying out -- laying out his investigations. we urge you to call in right now. the double d.v.d. is $100. the book $150. put them together for $200. 866-359-4334. or get what we are offering to you today, what you've been watching and that is "shadows of liberty," exploring cases of failed journalistic freedom where the truth has been muddled due to corporate intent. we urge you to call right now. we ask you to stand up for independent media. scary to think that 90% of the media in the united states is controlled by five for-profit conglomerates, this media monopoly, shaping public opinion and furthering corporate goals, censorships, cover-up, cover-up of good journalism. the title taken from the thomas payne quote. the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. the film is yours for $100 contribution. hey, david, thank you for joining us from kentucky and donald from lo

, etc., could you ever imagine a scenario in which he becomes a -- let's say a professor at harvard university you imagine that? >> no, no. >> so then how does kathy boudin involved in killing two police officers and an armed guard, how does she get to teach at columbia? how does bill ayers get to teach? >> you're doing a rhetorical thing. she was convicted, served her time. >> sean: paroled. this is the best columbia university can offer its students, a convicted terrorist, domestic terrorist cop killer? >> i didn't know that you're now an expert on faculty hiring at columbia, but i guess -- >> sean: i was thinking we might have better people than convicted domestic terrorist cop killers. i think we could find better. call me crazy. >> i think it's reprehensible what she did. i think she's a terrorist, if you want my point of view -- >> sean: she is a terrorist and cop killer. >> are you saying that everybody's who's been convicted in america should be jobless and left on the street? >> i'm saying this would be the same, michelle, as dzhokhar, 22 years from now, he gets all these degrees whil

and we went over to harvard university where jeremy was slated to speak.he event was planned five days before. no signs everywhere -- anywhere at harvard. it was a beautiful saturday aternoon and ever run was festivals. but at the appointed hour, 2:00 to be exact, hundreds of people packed into harvard science center. it is set for about 500 people. 600 people and beyond were there. address and major then we sat down with the phnom chomsky and had a panel discussion between jeremy and abouthomsky, talking policy, past, present, and where it needs to be. that second dvd is yours. the book is yours for a contribution -- that second dvd is yours for a contribution of $200. the book is available for $150. put them together for $200. 4334 and let's- put these together and break a record. it is such an important book. it has around 150 pages of footnotes alone, to show you how well documented is. we urge you to call. jeremy scahill taking as inside these covert wars. house toom the white do whatever is necessary to hunt down or kill individuals designated by the

. >>> oprah winfrey will be the featured speaker at harvard university's commencement today.y was invited because her rise to prominence is one of the great american success stories. >> that will be interesting to hear. she always has inspirational talks for students as well. >> and amazing presence. >> students looking toward their future. >>> a well-known company moves its base away from the bay area. how many local drives are about to be cut.pi >>> plus driving your electric car from coast to coast, new details how accelerating its super charger network. >>> the baby found alive inside a sewage pipe is out of the hospital and back in his mother's arms. we'll tell you why investigators made the shocking decision. >>> let's take a live look outside golden gate bridge a little bit hazy here but we have seen just amazing pictures of the sunrise this morning over the bay area. christina loren has been telling us about a warmup coming up to the bay area, i think it's kind of a hot up. we're going to check the temperatures when they're going to hit, how long will they stay, all

so, example, when my friend senator randy paul goes to harvard university, you don't go to howard university and tell them what they already know, you don't insult their intelligence that way. you bring them why they should listen to you what value are you offering, how will you make there opportunity to access the american dream as they have defined it real? the political parties find themselves and i think the democrats are going to find this when they get to 2016 particularly if hillary is not the nominee of the party those tensions that exist within the party began to get exposed. it will be on the left, not the right. moderate conservative democrats will tangle with the senate deacons senator flatted progressive democrats just as you have seen in the republican party since ronald reagan stepped off the state and since that in blue is no longer there, but ideological glue he was able to bring the right, left and center reasonably together. you see now with the crackings that occur as the foundation. so the political party for the challenge right now is how you begin to mend those before

he quickly lost consciousness, went pale white, and harvard university police officer and boston police give an option, chest compressions, had to rip-off his vest, calling for rescue, my brother, a firefighter gets out of driver passenger side, comes up with jimmy caruso. >> your brother showed up with the ambulance. >> we locked eyes, he was like thank god you're not on the ground, thought maybe i might have been. >> he heard the radio traffic there was an officer down, was worried it could be his brother, tim. >> first reports was that a watertown police officer was down, didn't know if i was off duty. we saw each other, just that moment of recognition in the eyes, and officer done hue in the air, tossed in the ambulance with my brother and jimmy, and then a paramedic got in the back, they started to work on him. a transit officer, who is going to help drive to the hospital. >> the team that drove this ambulance there is now in the back trying to save the life, so the regular driver is back there trying to save officer donahue's life. >> they worked to save him, i hopped in the drive

gained him the prize for reportorial distinction at the guggenheim fellowship and fellowship at harvard university's radcliffe institute for advanced study. makes both, which i should have said the interim come at the beginning of yours begins with an accidental encounter and his graduate student here at columbia university with a trove of documents, which lead him to the kind of understanding of the tom and the word that forces all of us to reassess what we know. growing up when i get it that i understood vietnam as a series of political mistakes in what was wrong with the war. his book goes far deeper and exposes a systematic brutality that already has historians arguing about whether we understand the words we should. a quick word not. i'm going to stl and next to each other about their books a little bit. tell us a little how they put them together and showed the side, read from them, whatever they intend to do. then a little bit of back-and-forth in a conversation with olivia. i hope all of you in the room will participate. when you do, i'll tell you about this later, come up to the microphone

next up, we will hear from juan enriquez, the founder of the life science project at the harvard university business school and the cfo. we mention a couple of ways for you to participate in a half hour or so. we will open up your fold lines .nd take your tweets use his name and we will search for those. we also posted a facebook question for you this evening on the deficit economy and scientific research funding. should we invest in scientific research funding. if you have questions for mr. enriquez, you can post those as well. a couple posts already. jeffrey says, replay teddy cruz speeches. what is the point, congress does not understand what that is? -- of that coming up again in about a half-hour. next up from earlier this month, juan enriquez spoke at the peterson fiscal summit and looked at the impact the .rowing deficit and debt we will show you his comments and then hear from you. [applause] ♪ >> good morning. let's go up to the first slide, please. all of you know the story of paul revealed -- were -- paul revere. the british are coming and people paid attention and that was a goo

one of the world's most influential women, oprah winfrey, speaking candidly to graduates of harvard universityer personal struggles and how they can be true to themselves. >> oh, my goodness! i'm at harvard! it doesn't matter how far you might rise. at some point, you are bound to stumble, because if you're constantly doing what we do, raising the bar, if you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages, not to mention the myth of icarus, predicts that you will, at some point fall. and when you do, i want you to know this. remember this. there is no such thing as failure. failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. now, when you're down there in the hole, it looks like failure. >> all right. now, she also urged students to get off facebook, go out and have conversations with people face to face. great advice. >>> so still ahead on the hour coming up, hype over hillary, why her presidential potential might not be the slam dunk that everybody has predicted. erica. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card b