. >>> scientists with harvard university are launching a multimillion dollar solar tech fix study for global warming. it's a $20 million project that aims to geo engineer atmospheric cooling kind of like what happens when a volcano erupts by sending aerosol injections into the earth's stratosphere. they're hoping to create a solar shield and that would cut the amount of solar radiation that hits the earth. they say shielding the entire planet would cost about $10 billion a year. >>> the port of oakland has approved a $9 million deal for solar power. the port will buy electricity from a solar farm in los angeles county and resell the energy to tenants at the airport. the port operates its own electrical utility. >>> it's friday and that usually means michael finney is here with finney's friday free stuff. michael is up in chico to get a special honor from his alma mater. chico state is handing out its annual distinguished alumni rewards. michael is one of eight honorees tonight. he graduated from the information and communication studies program, so congratulations to michael. >> but d

harvard university posted this video video on youtube. it shows zuckerberg getting advice from bill gates, of course. both of them dropped out of harvard and they did pretty well. zuckerberg left after he created facebook his sophomore year. harvard's president praises zuckerberg's leadership and how he altered the nature of scial engagement worldwide. >>> i graduated and i'm here. >> and we're happy for it. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. i have some good news. clear lake continues to drop. now the flood warning continues until thursday but we're barely above flood stage, which is 9 feet. we're at 9.15 at lake port. all right, let's take a look at what's going to happen today as we look at a few of those high clouds from our exploratorium camera at pier 15. santa rosa the biggest jump from 58 to 71. 13 degrees warmer. the rest of us about 4 to 8 degrees warmer. don't be surprised if your car thermometer says 70 when you're driving around this afternoon. >>> that will be a nice surprise, mike, or a nonsurprise. let's take you up to

." >>> one of harvard university's most famous dropouts is about to finally get his degree. idn't earn it the old-fashioned way. >> nope, more than a decade after leaving the university to build facebook, mark zuckerberg has been tapped to deliver this year's commencement address. with that he'll be awarded an honorary degree and he'll be issued an honoral doctoral. >> at 32 years old, zuckerberg will be the youngest harvard commencement speaker in history. >>> college students juggle their schedules all the time. they juggle girlfriends and boyfriends all the time. i mean, what? this morning we're getting a look at the video of one student juggling quite literally to stay out of trouble. >> so, take a look at this. this is university of central arkansas student -- his name is blake puckett. he got pulled over by the cops and needed a way to show an officer he had not been drinking and with his plates there that says juggling, there he did. >> blake actually pulled the clubs out from the backseat of his car and off he went putting on a display to show officers i am sober. >>

i'm a senior pr manager, graphic design minor harvard university. in the first 100 days i would like for him and congress to address the issues of federal funding towards women's services because that affects people as myself another middle class and definitely lower class people. >> hi, my name is michael mann at all. i'm a junior here. for the first 100 days, i believe that trump should improve immigration policy. for one, the muslim ban -- i don't agree because for one i have a friend who is muslim and as forward the war policy, i don't think it's good either. i do believe that illegal immigration -- it is an issue, but building a wall isn't going to help. >> my name is mia, i'm a communications major. my messages to president donald trump. i know a lot of candidates make a lot of problems, but i would actually like and to lower the wages of employees. >> voices from the road on c-span. >> we talk with people are pressing congress on how to use data and technology to address questions about privacy, cybersecurity and campaign. >> and now i'm "the

mark wu there from harvard university and a former trade negotiator.of the other news. a top us army general from the middle east —— for the middle east at 300 members of the iraqi military have died since the battle to retake western mosul started last month. a full investigation will begin into whether a coalition airstrike may have killed more than 200 civilians in the city. may have contributed to this, and so we now move to the investigation phase. —— we may. now it will be a more formalised approach to look into the details as much as we can to establish what happened on the steps what the facts, identify accountability, and certainly identify the lessons learnt out of that. also making use today: engineers have managed to carry out work on a dam in the euphrates. the centre of the fighting with his rsa. us—backed local fighters the fighting with his rsa. us—backed localfighters said the fighting with his rsa. us—backed local fighters said the gates were successfully opened, easy water pressure and fears of flooding. the us intelligence committee

harvard university did a poll of registered voters and asked who is the leader of the democratic partyat the top of the list, 40%. nobody. 40% said no one is in charge of one of the two major parties in this country. in second place former president obama with 1%. then bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and hillary clinton all the way at the bottom with 10%. the rest said anybody else including your mom. do democrats have a prayer in 2018 or 2020? glenn, where do you go from here? you have to look at this as nancy pelosi or i don't know, even rosie perez, and say we are in quite a pickle. and how do you have reinvent the party in a year and a half. >> if you are talking about the mid-terms you have got a lot of work to do. when you have both houses of congress and the presidency, it's easier to swing the party back in your direction. >> you don't have any new fresh phase on the sidelines ready to get in the game. they have a bench problem. kennedy: we talked about warren-sanders. kennedy: matt, you are a registered independents. around philosophical libertarian. you are a s characteri

stanford university, harvard university, ucla, obvious that higher education is a big source of moneynd foot soldiers who are likely to lean left at that phase in life, so it makes perfect sense. the question is who is left holding the bag. student debt up to 76% since 76 percent since 2,009. when i was writing the book it was just a trillion. students are stuck with that that they cannot pay default or nearly and defaults. >> a lot of problems with students just not earning that much. figures were recently released. $25,000 per year. almost half of college graduates are not making more than that. john: college should be free. it works in europe, but it is hard to get into college. maybe that is not a bad strategy for the united states to follow, but it is not what bernie sanders is suggesting. john: a bubble that is about to pop. when i started writing about the higher education bubble and people thought it was crazy but now you have from the la times a new york times, they will be saying the same thing. john: if it is, it will not sustain. join this argument, follow me on twitter. u

undersecretary of state for global affairs in the bush administration and senior fellow at harvard universityuture of diplomacy project. >> you said it was considerable continuity in how the world works. describe that. >> on lot of the structure of the world such as it was was based on this idea of sovereignty. the idea that borders were significant. that they do find nation states, countries, and there was a deal at their. -- out there. we will try to change her borders by force if you don't try to change hours. -- ours. >> washington journal continues. new is a policy analyst with the center for data animation. he joins us to discuss his recent piece in the hill entitled "why the federal government data is disappearing." what data and where is it missing from? guest: there are too many symbols of federal computer data. i believe it was on valentine's day. the white house opened data portal basicallyen

he's held from the marshall fund and who her institution and received his phd from yale and harvard universities so please join me in welcoming doctor miller to speak on his first book a struggle to save the soviet economy mikhail gorbachev and the ussr. [applause] it is an exciting time to talk about the history not only because as we were all aware russia is in the news a lot for good reason and bad. this past december was the 25th anniversary of the collapse and the entire year marks the revolution when they first took power in st. petersburg and moscow. the sources that led to the current government taking power to turn back to the period 25 years ago when the soviet union was beginning to fall apart and why and to do so i'd would likeo compare that with history with china. the fall of the berlin wall was in the central and eastern europe and we might not think of it as a history that in 1989 they were looking not to central europeans off towards human rights advocates to see mikhail gorbachev written in chinese and russian democracy the current were assembled under tiananmen because they we

who says giving the people went to harvard are much more likely to donate and continue donating to the university if their children go to harvard, i think that's a reason advantage them in admissions. remember, harvard has this 30 billion endowment and yet there's this idea that bring in that money is a reason to advantage the students. now when students receive all session have a hook that -- being black or latino becomes another form of diversity. and so here's a student who says ethnic diversity at that's much did class a summit was a world class b and a blueprint it's a different sort diversity to add. you can hear this problematic commodification of racial black and latino students. there's an assumption that a black and latino students on campus are benefiting from this consideration. now, this kind of way of thinking about admissions coupled with what i call a diversity frame leads to support for affirmative action. the diversity frame is this, that students, that race is a cultural identity that shapes individuals worldviews and cultural practices in positive ways. it's this positive thin

. >> harvard university posted this video, showing zuckerberg getting advice for his speech from bill gates who spoke at graduation ten years ago. gates is also famously a harvard dropout. >> yeah, zuckerberg left harvard after creating facebook, they praised his leadership and how he altered the social engagement worldwide. >>> and tonight, contra costa county is having serious effects. >> you can see how the slide is affecting the community, laura? >> reporter: well, hi, dan, you can see behind me there is work going on here but mostly it is soils testing and pg&e work, all very preliminary, despite an emergency declaration today it could be months before this roadway is permanently fixed. it's a reality that many residents here find frustrating. this has become a way of life for those living along morgan territory road near clayton, at least since february 24th. that is when the hillside gave way and took much of the road with it. >> what has it been like for you? >> horrible. it's awful. i'm too old for this. >> reporter: since that time the residents here have been almost cut off

harvard university is at the top, but not far behind is stanford which is ranked number four. u.c. berkley'sho hoss school is on the list. faculty student ratios and job placements after graduation. >> the best of the best. >> yeah. >>> time is 5:11. a police officer in vallejo is under investigation this morning. coming up at 5:30. new information about the police officer involved in this violent arrest caught on camera. >> also, trying to hold on to good teachers. up next a new bill that could give teachers a huge break at tax time. >> and so far so good on the east shore freeway. traffic is moving along well. and we'll show you another commute that is getting slower. >> and our weather was record setting warmth for a few yesterday. sfo 77 degrees. what about today? we'll have some changes. we'll talk about that coming up. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's five. ooohh!! aaaahh!! uh! hooooly mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. it's truck month. get 0% financing for 60 mo

it was prepared at the schlesinger library, institute for advanced studies at harvard university. she's also published a number of books on women in the new deal, a biography of amelia earhart, biography of social reformer molly dusome and women's history anthology. i also have my own favorite book that susan put together which i have had in my collection and home for a long time and i forgot to bring it in tonight. but i love collective biographies and the book which she put together is called "forgotten heroes." it was published in 1998, i think, by the free press. it is a charming volume that does talk about forgotten heroes. but stories are told by well known historians who are asked to pick their favorite forgotten hero. so some of the people aren't quite forgotten but people that haven't gotten the attention that some of these historians felt. tonight, thanks to susan, we are going to learn about someone who maybe has not been forgotten but hasn't been as well known as she will be with the publication of this particular book. it's my pleasure to introduce susan weir and to p

marshall found me and hoover institution and received his ph.d ma from yale and day history from harvard university. join me in welcoming dr. miller to speak on his first book: the struggle tsave the russia economy." published in 2016 by unc press. dr. miller. [applause] >> thank you very much. an exciting time to talk about russian history not only because russia is in the news a lot tied for good reasons and bad reasons and this is an anniversary for russia. september was the 25th 25th anniversary of the soviet union's collapse and this year is the history of the russia revolution when the communists took power. so very timely period to look back at. the source of russian history that led to the current government taking power. would like to turn back to period 25 years ago when the soviet union wag beginning to fall apart and ask what went wrong and why. to do so i'd like to compare that period of history with china. the period the end of the cold war in 1989, the fall of the berlin wall, establishment only democracy in central and eastern europe you may not thing o beijing as central but in may

. >> larry summers, the former treasury secretary, current president emeritus of harvard university,esterday here or described the future for , america without nafta in dire terms. would you describe the future without nafta in similarly dire terms, either for america or for this country? >> i think that we have to prepare for all scenarios, and if what is on the table is something that is not good for mexico, mexico will step away from nafta. and we are members of the wto, the world trade organization. the public trade between mexico and the u.s. would be ruled by wto, and we certainly -- there would be a future without that, but the question is, why would we want to do that? why would the u.s., mexico, canada want to do that if we could have a trade deal that could be much improved in the benefit of the three countries? so yeah, of course you would , have to plan for different scenarios, but it is so strong a case that for nafta, creating value for the three sides, creating jobs well-paid jobs, , because that is the case. >> but to be clear, if common sense does not prevail, and it

the doctor i interviewed on facebook live is from harvard university, quite talented and a really wonderfuls twice a year for a month. they tees him that they save the hardest cases for him to work on. then you have nurses, operating managers and supply managers. in addition to that, if you were thinking about a military operation you have a lot of support staff. everybody on the ship needs to eat. you have that whole operation. plus you have communications and assessments, as well as security. the gurkas are our security and we're in very good hands, i have to say. >> eric: denial narcotics you and i don't see eye-to-eye on politics from time to time but i'm so proud of what you are doing, it takes a big heart. where can i and other people donate to help out the cause. >> that's kind of you to say, i don't think politics has any place in it at all for me or for you and people that support the ship come from all sorts of different walks of life. mercy ships.org is where people can donate. they can find out if they want to work on the ship. they need a car mechanic. if there's anybody out th

of original manuscripts and more online-- digitized from the collections of amherst college, harvard university the boston public library. for marta werner, the power of dickinson's poetry goes beyond professional scholarship to the deeply personal: to her father, who, as he was dying, shared poems with his daughter. >> it was his idea. he started to write me letters. and then he would ask me to send back my list of poems, and so, it was an extraordinary thing. >> reporter: the enduring power and mystery of one of america's greatest poets. from the morgan library and museum in new york, i'm jeffrey brown, for the pbs newshour. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now: acclaimed writer jonathan franzen pays tribute to paula fox, a prize- winning author for adults and children alike, who died last week at age 93. franzen talked to jeffrey brown about finding inspiration in her work and their friendship. all that and more is on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for >> a quick correction. in the report on the new republican health care bill, we misidentified a woman in

harvard university honored her as its humanitarian of the year. her philanthropic efforts include a breast cancer center in her home nation of barbados and started a scholarship program for people attending college in the u.s. from caribbean countries. >>> olympic swimming champion michael phelps told washington lawmakers that more needs to be done to improve anti-doping measures in international sports. >> if we allow our confidence and fair play to erode, we will undermine the power of sport and the goals and dreams of future generations. the time to act is now. we must do what is necessary to ensure the system is fair and reliable so we all can believe in it. >> phelps told members of the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations that he doesn't believe he ever participated in a competition in which the entire field was clean. >>> the nfl combine began today in indianapolis and former college players hoping to impress nfl coaches and executives, they're going to have something else to shoot for. this is a pretty cle

university of massachusetts professors, harvard ph.d.. they said he was a party member. i read from a kansas professor, and that book, he said davis actually joined the communist party and produces a letter he dates around 1943 where davis says in his own writing that he joined the communist party. ok. finally, after looking at all of those things, not long before the book went to press, i found -- i got davis' actual fbi filed , which was declassified request by aa fellow researcher. it's 600 pages long, and as soon as you read frank marshall davis' fbi file, you can see clearly it takes a half hour of reading to see the guy was a communist. very, very, very clear. in the book i give 10-12 pages from that fbi file, including on page 507, this page which among other information lists frank's communist party card number, 47344 which is, i mean, that's hard evidence. -- 47544. which is, i mean, that's hard evidence. i recently read some of the stuff out there accusing howard of being a party member. i read his file, and there's not things like communist party numbers in hi

harvard university caroline blight offers a critical examination of standard ground laws and you'll hear about the impact of charles darwin on the origin species published in 1860. that all happens this weekend on booktv, 48 hours of of nonfiction authors and books. it's television for serious readers. we will kick off our programming this weekend jill jonnes who talks about the use of the trees in city planning. >> good morning and welcome to the new york botanical gardens. this is our special friday morning science conservation and humanity seminars. i also welcome you this morning very heartily from my cohost, brian and charles. my name is vanessa sellers. i'm the coordinator of the humanities institute, a special research division in the library set up to stimulate critical thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities. and what better subject than urban forests to bring science and humanities together? to discuss science and society, to study the deeper relationship that people have always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, as object of the light, as pl

she received her undergraduate from harvard university. she specializes in american history with an emphasis on the american south in the civil war as well as american women and african american history. she is held academic positions that countless institutions. she is been at the university of richmond, visited l, -- the citadel, the university of texas at san antonio. as a consulting scholar on a number of documentaries and feature films, including steven spielberg's "l incoln." she also wrote a well-received children's book about harriet tubman which she will be selling at -- signing after the lecture. please help me welcome catherine clinton. [applause] >> thank you so much. many thanks for this return to fredericksburg. thatparticularly heightens both the lecture series and my biography of harriet tubman got launched in the same year. it is a testament to the well told story of the life. since 2004eased that there have been more than half a dozen excellent studies of harriet tubman and be underground railroad, including a book called