on "after words," harvard university professor danielle allen examines the issue of mass incarceration in her book, "cuz." >> a prison system as big as ours? 25% of the world's prison population in our prisons despite the fact we have only 5 percent of the world's population? it touches everybody. which means there's a lot of stories out there that we're not telling. and, yes, by not telling those stories, we're letting this thing live. it's like we've got to get the stories out so we can see the damage that we're doing and fix it. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. >> people have asked us, you know, why did you choose certain people to be in the book. i mean, one of the things that we have said as we've been interviewedded recently is the fact that there are really countless numbers of stories. i mean, there are so many women who we could have put in the book, and one of the reasons why we launched our digital platform was to try to highlight more of these stories. there truly is a visibility gap in tech. but one of the reasons why we chose donna is because not

and then that was conducted harvard university and one of those 10 counties to be less than 10 votes so i will give another example president trump's recent velvety to is the deputy trade representative he voted in virginia i don't know the facts but he thought he could vote in virginia when he could not.ose i know he would choose to prosecute him.m. >> and as the trade representative this got a lot of attention from the year times. >> republican line from texas go-ahead. >> with full disclosure you attack cruz kovach is being partisan the you are in a democrat and registered as such your wife is obama as communications director you're the president's personal attorney but yet you stand here to say you have a bipartisan view and does not go over well soso does the public know your background? also remember to to say he is partisan is silly. stand talking about we need to get more data, and that russian connection it is critical to the american democracy that we get that data and not just produced by harvard university that need to be produced by a true bipartisan committees get to th

harvard university rescinding chelsea manning's invitation to be a visiting fellow, following a backlashd's decision to welcome the former army intelligence analyst who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified information to shots like wikileaks. the move comes after obama's ex- cia deputy michael morell stepped down as the senior fellow at harvard's kennedy school after hearing that harvard did extend his fellow ship to the visiting fellow ship to chelsea manning. trump cia director also bailing out not giving a speech at the university, citing this fellow ship. manning was originally sentenced to 35 years in prison after a military judge found manning guilty of six act violations and charges relating to the dissemination of more than 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks but chelsea manning was released early after president obama commuted man nings sentence. the total 2016-2017 cost of attending harvard let's take a look over $63,000 a year. over 43,000 with financial aid let's bring in dan henninger, editor for the wall street journal and fox news contributor good to se

it is critical to the american that we getocracy that data and it not just be produced by harvard university or barack obama's committees. it needs to be produced by true bipartisan committees trying to get to the bottom of how my people are voting legally and not legally. guest: the caller raises some important questions. the first is many people have partisan choices that they make. they register as democrats or republicans. around specific policy positions they rise above their partisan interests and collaborate on a bipartisan basis. the commission on which i was a part, we cochaired with governor romney's selection. it was a bipartisan commission with commissioners affiliated with the democratic party and the republican party because at that we were rendering a public point, service. we were stepping outside of our political role. the problem i have with mr. kobach, and lets characterize my comments as criticisms and not attack. he has huge difficulty in stepping outside of his partisan or ideological role and collaborating around data on a bipartisan basis. as john said a few minutes a

betsy devos talked about education policy at the kennedy school of government at harvard university. and thestudents audience protested her appearance by raising their face, snapping fingers, -- raising their fists and snapping fingers. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> item the academic dean of the harvard kennedy school. joined by a very special guest to explore the critical question of how to improve our education system. should we address the challenges of our education system by shifting resources from school districts to parents by giving them tax dollars to choose whether to send their children and to public schools, charter schools, or private schools? this is the latest chapter of the debate that has been going on. in the 1955 essay, the role of government and education -- policy makers developed these programs in the 1990's. people signed the facebook page to protest tonight? the controversy surrounding this andm reflects a large society. this country is more divided now than it has been in many decades. many people on all sides feel fearful and deeply threatened. edu

on afterwards, harvard university professor daniel allen examines the issue of mass incarceration. she's interviewed. >> a prison system as big as ours, 25% of the worlds population in our prisons despite we only have a 5% rule population, there's a lot of stories out there were not telling. yes and not telling those stories were letting this thing live. we need to get them out so we can see the damage were doing and fix it. >> for more the schedule go to booktv.org. >> sunday night on q&a, adam, founder and ceo of open the books on how taxpayers dollars are spent in the need for government transparency. >> veterans affairs we have audited their checkbook for the past four years. last summer we found that during the time of up to thousands sick veterans died waiting to see a dr.. the virginia spent $29 on high-end art portfolio. 27-foot christmas trees priced like cars, sculptures price like five bedrooms homes. it was sculptures for $700,000 procured by virginia center that serves veterans. it was a black sculpture all in for $1.2 million. this is the waste that is in our governme

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of director on the program education -- at harvard university. senior editor of education next. he is a member of the distinguished american academy of arts and sciences, and the national academy of education. he has written many books. limits," a pathbreaking -- elizabeth devos has been involved in policy in more than 30 years in her home state of michigan and nationwide. in an interview she recounted how she first got engaged with educated -- education issues with a visit to potters house christian school. she saw a school that managed to create a rich, warm, welcoming education environment for many children. -- low income children. this effort grew into a larger philanthropic effort to provide a scholarship fund. she pursued this commitment to choice in the public policy domain working to pass michigan's first charter school law in 1993. then as now she seeks to transform education systems to provide such choices for parents and students more broadly. her fears advocacy of school choice has drawn equally fierce criticism. is new york times wrote it hard to find anyone more pa

when you chose to attend harvard, did anyone suggest you were against public universities? no. you and your family figured out which education environment would be the best fit for you. you compared options and made an informed decision. no one seems to criticize that choice. no one thinks choice and higher education is wrong. why is it wrong in elementary, middle, or high school? instead of dividing the public when it comes to education, the focus should be on the ends, not on the means. we should be for students. all students. that is why i am for having the -- for parents having access to the learning environment that is the right fit for their child's. i believe in students and trust parents. with that understanding of choice, what does the future look like? i am not a creature of washington. so i'm not afraid to say this -- we do not know what the future of school choice looks like. that is not only something with which i am ok, it is something i celebrate. the future of choice should be whatever parents want for their children. the future of choice relies upon parents bei

afterwards, harvard university professor danielle allen examines the issue of mass incarceration in her book. she is interviewed by author wes moore. prison the world population is in our prisons, despite the fact that we have only 5% of the worlds population. there are a lot of stories out there that we are not telling. and yes, we are letting this thing live. we have to get the stories out, so that we can see the damage you are doing and fix it! >> for more of this weekend schedule, wrote to books tv.org. announcer: tonight the director, mr. for rate and and is a director admal mike rogers on intelligence gathering and sharing. they express the neefor congress to run you section five -- fisa bill. see it tonight, at 8:00 eaern on cease in. right after that, texas congressman michael mcauliffe discusses terrorism and he serves as the chairman of the homeland security committee. we will look at the challenges that security committee currently changes. he will be speaking at the global terror threat bipartisan policy center, at 930 eastern, c-span.a spin -- on >> c-span washington journa

on "after words", harvard university professor danielle allen examines mass incarceration. she is interviewed by author westmore. >> our prison system as big as ours, 25% of the worlds population, prison population is in our present despite we only have 5% of the world population. there are a lot of stories out there that we are not telling. i'm not telling those stories or letting this thing live.

berkeley controversy is now surrounding harvard after the university's school of government rescinded a visiting fellow ship to chelsea manning argues natasha sweet explains it all stems from the cia director's reaction to her invite harvard's kennedy school of government back pedals on their visiting fellowship to tell three man team this morning harvard dean douglas elmendorf insisted the university did not intend to honor her in any way or in-doors her words or deeds as we do not honor or endorse any fellow he said in a statement he admits quote i now think that that the navy and healthy men as a visiting fellow was a mistake in the statement elmendorf confirms the university's withdrawal of the visiting fellow invitation and the perceived honor it implies to some people he did however extend the invitation for manning to spend the day at the kennedy school and also speak in the forums and many were spotted to the dean's statement in a tweet saying quote honored to be the first disturbed by the trans woman visiting harvard fellow they feel marginalized voices and or see a pressure

harvard university professor danielle allen discussed how mass incars ration has impact -- incars ration has impacted her family. radio host mark levin warned against federal government expansion, and wall "wall street journal" writer george malone offered his thoughts on the publication's influence. in the coming weeks on "afte the words," journalist susie henson will reflect on her travel ares abroad and weigh in on america's global standing. investigative journalist art levine will report on the mental health industry, and this week on "after words" progressive policy institute senior fellow david osborn examines the charter school movement and offers his outlook for the future of public education. >> if you've got a system with a strong authorizer who is weeding out the worst schools and replacing them with schools operated by the best operators and is bringing in new blood to create new schools and is watching these numbers, that kid's going to have a much better chance of being in a keep school. >> correct. >> in new orleans 60% of the kids at the time of katrina went to schools in

harvard university has named manning a visiting fellow that prompted formal acting cia director michaelorell to resign from his post at the prestigious university and the acting cia director pulled out of a speech calling manning and american traitor in a letter to the ivy league institution. kimberly, what do you think? >> well, i mean, listen, these days, it is very controversial, depending on where you will go speak and have seen more than one person pull out and those have that have been disinvited to speak and goes into the whole thing about freedom of speech and getting an education that means opening in your mind and listening to all different viewpoints. when i see people being close minded by condoleezza rice, people should be excited for people like her to come speak. i have turned down things were i think it is not a good idea because of problems they are having on some of these c ampuses. >> there was an article in the paper today about harvard refusing a woman for a phd program who had been in jail for murder and came out and pushed her back but accept chelsea manning. >> c

martin phelps from harvard university. speaking about tax reform. getting people thoughts. one thing we didn't address was why we wanted tax reform when we have an economy working faster. what is the benefit? not cuttingn: it is taxes or stimulating demand. it is where capital is used in economy and in the world. we have a tax system that discourages capital coming into the business sector. that discourages capital coming into the united states, because our corporate tax rate is higher than the tax rate of other industria countries. foreignwe tax the subsidiaries of u.s. corporations causes them to leave their funds outside the u.s. rather than bringing them back home to invest here. michael: how do we know it will be used for productive uses growing the economy as opposed to going to shareholders in the form of dividends or buybacks? mr. feldstein: even if it goes to shareholders as dividends or buybacks, they will rush out to consume more. they will use those funds. they will save those funds, they would use them to invest in other companies. michael: if they bring the mo

and we can speak to karen hornet now she's an economist at harvard university and she is currently in katherine you're in the south of france karen good to have him with us now most economists do tend to agree that these reforms are necessary of course you know that timing is everything so is the french economy in good enough shape to stomach these reforms. i would say we're actually very french economy is in bad enough to show that it needs these reforms but i have to qualify this actually is it should actually it's getting better and it has been getting better credibly in anticipation of the reforms that mark karr has promised when he started his campaign so we will see someone better g.d.p. growth this year and investment in consumption soon to be going up a bit which is which is a good sign which will probably help mark karr was his reforms as he tries to use to speed up g.d.p. growth this will work because the order books are full of them they used to be and that will give a good incentive for people to actually hire people which is now easier thanks to the live alone or i will w

when facebook started out it was a replacement for a harvard university service which got you to knowrs in your university year. now it's a new service more than two thirds of facebook users or social media users use facebook for news. that means these big american companies cannot so easily dodge the editorial responsibility. we saw in the american election questions about who was using it, fake accounts, strange advertisers on the service. this kind of data puts that front and centre. the problem is if you are on twitter you have a certain, certain people you follow and that is the news which comes your way, the same with facebook and snapchat. snapchat disappears after ten secondsisit? snapchat disappears after ten seconds is it? what kind of news, i am sure people would love this bulletin to disappear after ten seconds... 20 seconds i am being told. i think it raises an interesting challenge for people like us who are news providers. here is an audience which expects to get its news in 20 seconds and it's up to us ina its news in 20 seconds and it's up to us in a way to make sure

sociologist william julius wilson a university professor at harvard university. at the time of his appointment in 1995, national media covered his addition to harvard's dream team of african-american intellectuals including skip gates, a 2008 hello. i met bill when he was at the university of chicago in a major force there as he's been everywhere. i was slightly younger scholar and he was incredibly supportive as he is. he is a mentor of renown. he started his teaching and research career in 1965 at the university of massachusetts amherst shortly before completing his ph.d. in sociology graduate program at washington state university. which is a major program at that time. he's the recipient of 46 honorary degrees. past president the american sociological association, member of the national academy sciences, american academy of science, american philosophical society, institute of medicine national , academy of education, british academy and he's also the recipient of the national medal of science. highest scientific honor bestowed in the united states. who among

harvard university sociologist and author william julius wilson talks about the state of race in america when he calls income and residential segregation and the effects of donald trump's candidacy and presidency. one influenced the writing of the hbo series "the wire." this is about an hour. >> there's no way to introduce bill given his incredible accomplishments and undisputed status as one of the u.s. leading public intellectuals. unfortunately a dying breed. we could use more like bill, so i'm going to take you to the cloning machine as well. but i am going to try to introduce him. i'm going to catch here from the remarkable and lengthy biography that mike gatoni wrote for me. it was hardly a brief. if i used all the info he provided me, i would be speaking longer than the minutes assigned to bill himself. so i won't do that. i cut it down considerably. bill has a 56-page cv and it's not packed with anything trivial. i'll come back to his scholarly contributions. let me start with his titles, some, a few of his titles and honors. sociologist william julius wilson is the professor at

harvard is reversing its decision to name chelsea manning, remember her, as a visiting fellow to harvard university julie: the school dean is calling it a mistake. just one day after mike pompeo canceled the plan to appear at harvard. molly line is live in boston with the details. what on to ask when the story to us? >> it's worth noting that the imitation invitation for her to speak still stands. the dean making this clear in a letter that he provided. this coming a day after the cia director mike pompeo chose not to participate in the john f. kennedy forum at harvard. withdrawing a last-second letter purity he calls manning an american trader. she was convicted in 2013 of espionage and other crimes for leaking class find information to wikileaks. she was released from prison in may serving seven years of a 35 year sentence. in a letter from pompeo, he writes "wikileaks is an enemy of the united states akin to a hostile foreign intelligence service purely or from both clinical parties denounced ms. manning's actions as traders." those leaks put the lives of patronage men and women of the cia and d

i will take this moment to say that i will not accept any fellowship from harvard university. ion for that. >> juan: i don't think this is fair to harvard. >> jesse: i will not accept any speaking imitations from harvard as a sign of protest against this decision. i would not want to make the cia director, former cia director angry. >> juan: mike pompeo says he is not going. >> jesse: i would not want to be on the bedside of the cia. all of these ivy league institutions do the same thing. they hire these people for p.r. reasons, and it is a p.r. play. >> juan:n: so they also have robbie who ran hillary's campaign, sean spicer is out there. mary catherine hamm. joe scarborough, he is there. >> dana: all legitimate people that you can learn something from prior to this decision about chelsea manning was horrific for harvard.ma it was a decision, it's like harvard wantsor to be edgy. oh, look how woke we are. if i haven't chelsea manning. and i think it deserves a bitter cold that it is getting paid and jeff morel is so principled, he said that senior leaders in the militaryry say

it is not just being produced by harvard university or barack obama's committees. it needs to be produced by true bipartisan committees trying to get to the bottom of how my people are voting legally and not legally. the caller raises some important questions. the first is many people have partisan choices that they make. they register as democrats or republicans. on very specific public policy positions they rise above their partisan interests. the commission on which i was a part, we cochaired with governor romney's selection. it was a bipartisan commission with immigrant -- democrats and republicans. we were rendering a public service. we were stepping outside of our political role. the problem i have with mr. kobach, and lets characterize my comments as criticisms and not attack. he has huge difficulty in stepping outside of his partisan role and commenting on this in a bipartisan basis. he came to his first commission meeting after publishing that these on breitbart and made wholly inaccurate statements suggesting that the democrat who won the new hampshire el

writing five columns a week by reagan into that issue in the beginning of that which caused of harvard university but after a brief while i figured in terms of writing the way they speak the you think that is in no k way to go?. >> but then you start to describe the problem to say send me the e-mail and those that had been in the harvard english department nobody will rescue. is and this is a real issue of the language police. when i was writing the book i knew there'd be a subordinate clause or maybe you can say that it is in the normal sense of the word so i'm expected to get arrested any day now so to have a word without a firm. >> in the book is love interesting anecdotes and compelling stories they expect those writers to read count the number of people that you know, including me that have difficulty writing and tell a and unless they get that lead down perfectly. the first paragraph could take you in our. with 850 words. but not until i got that first paragraph down the rest is 43 minutes. >> that is familiar to me. because writing editorials and then to share with "the guardian" i spend t

harvard university has retracted the name for taishan for chelsea manning to become a visiting fellow it says the author made to the former military intelligence analyst and whistleblower was a mistake in ounce man comes after the cia's director mike pompei pulled out of a planned appearance at the university because of the proposal he says harvard's often the just to mises mining's quote treasonous actions chelsea manning was behind the release of course of hundreds of thousands of classified u.s. government documents she was charged with espionage after handing them to wiki leaks in twenty ten and said to the thirty five years in prison that was commuted however in the last day of barack obama's presidency and she was eventually released back in may of this year. i am. never not. after her invitation to become a visiting fellow was withdrawn manning called america a police state where the cia determines what is taught in schools and universities we spoke to former british and u.s. intelligence officers about the controversy they told us that the situation is shameful for both harvar

harvard university's president is in our toyota green room. harvard university's president is taking a stand against president trump's decision to end the daca program. the policy protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in this country illegally as children. it means they can go to work or go to school without fear of deportation. >> president trump's decision affects dozens of current harvard students. foust wrote in a message to the harvard community, this cruel policy recognizes neither justice nor mercy. she went on to promise the university will maintain its existing financial aid policies and provide funding to students regardless of immigration status. foust is harvard university's 28th president and the first woman to lead the school. she joins us now and we're pleased to have her here. good morning. >> good morning. >> i should say this will be your last graduation. >> coming >> and xa in cambridge and go back to being a historian. >> back to that, yes. >> tell me why you think this is so important to take a stand or daca. >> an

financial aid over $43,000 there, with me now campus reform.org correspondent and a junior at harvard university>> pleasure for being here. thank you for having me. >> liz: what are your thoughts about this story? >> well every semester the institute of politics at harvard picks a small group of visiting fellows that are supposed to interact with students and convey their experience in public service . i was surprised wednesday when chelsea manning was included and less for ideological reasons and first of all she don't have the qualifications. we're talking about people who have been visiting fellows that have been prime ministers, members of the cabinet, they've been congress people and chelsea manning just doesn't stack up. she's a one-time half-baked whistleblower conveying the honor of being a fellow against the institute of politics doesn't make sense to me and didn't make sense to a lot of people on campus. >> liz: obama's former cia deputy basically mike morell said this the harvard doing this means you set the stage for other leakers to come forward and connor, this is not the first tim

harvard university's retracted an invitation for chelsea manning to become a visiting fellow it says the offer made to the former military intelligence analyst a whistleblower was a mistake now this announcement comes after a lot of first particularly after the director mike pulled out of a planned appearance at the university because of the proposal not at all happy he says harvard's offer legitimizes manning is quote treasonous actions potted history here chelsea many of course was behind the release of hundreds of thousands of classified u.s. government documents she was charged with espionage after handing them to wiki leaks in twenty ten and sentenced to thirty five years in prison that was commuted though in the last days of barack obama's presidency she was eventually released back in may of this year. after her invitation to become a visiting father was withdrawn the man in cold america a police state with a series she said determines what's taught in schools and universities we spoke to former british and u.s. intelligence officers about this latest controversy their thought

i'm the director of the program on education policy and governess at harvard university. and i want to welcome you all today to an event that celebrates the publication of a new book called essay on law and education. it's published by the editors are myself, and michael mcconnell who is a professor at stanford university school of law. and was a judge of the circuit court of appeals. so, we held a conference about a year ago. in which all the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today two of the participants in that conference. and authors of tw of the essays included in this collection. antonin scalia was in social justice of the supreme court justice who wrote and signed opinions that bore directly upon fundamental elements of the earn educational system. he was also a scholar. and a leading public and a leading public figure. it is appropriate to honor this ma'am with reflections of his impact on education. seen broadly as not just schools but scholarship and public discourse as well. in doing so

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and when you are harvard university and i know you don't care about the brats at harvard university as whatever, we still actually live in a country where we do give some esteem and we have standards that we expect some of our institutional institutions to live up to. i know that's an issue. i know you don't care at some point we have to have standards and it's worth discussing. it's worth debating whether or not this is a good idea. >> why insult all the kids at harvard as brats? what's the point of that? let them show up. i think smart harvard students should show up at chelsea manning's speech and challenge her aggressively and not hide behind the transthing i'm victim. i'm marginalized. >> martha: they said forum will allow tough questioning of chelsea manning. go ahead, zach. >> no. which i think is great. look, i think that because this is being a controversy. harvard has come out and they have found an interesting middle ground which i think is great. she gets to go and speak and get questions. i mean, look, she undoubtedly objectively offers a unique perspective on accountabili

on "after words" harvard university professor danielle allen examines the issue of mass incarceration pitch is interviewed by author westmore f. >> 25% of the world's prison population in our prisons it touches everybody. it's a story we are not telling and by not telling those stories where letting this thing with piggyback to get the stories out so we can see the damage we are doing and fix fix it fix it. earlier today lily eskelsen garcia criticize president trump's decision to end deferred action for childhood arrivals program also known as.gov saying he's playing games with the lives of 8000 young people. she made those remarks that the speech of the national press club. this is ju u

. >> harvard university revoked a visiting fellowship for chelsea manning.arlier this morning the school's dean called the fellowship a mistake and did not intend to honor manning, she is still welcome to participate in the student forum but will not be considered a visiting fellow. and manning was convicted of leaking u.s. documents to wikileaks. she was released after prp commuted her sentence. >>> heather locklear was arrested after crashing her car into a ditch. police say that locklear was not seriously hurt and alcohol and drugs were not a factor. locklear is well known for her roles on melrose place and tj heerk. >>> the white house lawn received extra tlc tay thanks to an 11-year-old boy named frank. frank was so hard at work he et him.notice president t he finally turne president and they chatted for a bit and theresint calling fran and this was his response. >> with what do you want to do when you grow up? >> navy seal. >> he'll make it there is no doubt about it. that is a good choice. >> frank came to the president's attention after writing a let

on afterwards, harvard university daniel allen investigates mass incarceration "cause."ook >> prison system as big as ours, the world's prison population in our prisons, despite 5% of the world's it is everybody. there is a lot of stories out there we're not telling and yes, telling those stories, we're letting this thing live, it is like get the stories out see the damage that we're doing and fix it. >> for more of this weekend's go to booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: and we are back in open phones for the remainder of today's "washington journal." ou can call on any public policy depate that is happening in washington around the country, talk about the deal with democrats in the white house yesterday. the "new york times" says he g.o.p. to strike a deal on the debt. wall street journal" says the deal with democrats erked the g.o.p. all about that, north korea, other domestic issues like the daca program that we've been hurricane irma, hurricane harvey and the response to that. this morning that donald trump, jr., has according right now meeting with

universities. that is an important thing to remember. for better or worse, harvard has pretty much a free hand in discriminating against who they want to, or whatever standards they want to use for admission. as i tell my children, the fact that you have a right to do something does not make it the right thing to do. the discussion needs to take place on the plane not of what is legally permissible, although once a 10, under statutory that might be debatable, it is what should harvard be doing, how should they be choosing a leads? -- how should they be choosing elites. this is a long-standing issue and it is not an easy one. the honor ofs being referred to in the body case of doing the right thing. diverse the policy and amy is right, they were a relevant in that case because they were a private institution. whatever they were doing was their business, it was not appropriate for consideration. mr. powell found that as a way to solve a problem that he had. any others? i cover the supreme court for education week and other publications. i do question, like ambassador

universities. that is important thing to remember. for better or for worse, harvard has pretty much a freehand in discriminating against who they want to or whatever standard they want to use for admissions. now, as i tell my children, the fact that you have a right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do. so, i think the discussion needs to take place on the plane not of what is legally permissible, although, once again, under statutory materials that might be debatable -- what should harvard be doing? how should they be choosing elites? this is a long-standing issue and it is not an easy one. i would say that to them. >> guess, unfortunately, harvard has the great honor of being referred to in the baci case as doing the right thing and they had a diversity policy and i think amy is right that they were irrelevant in the case because they were a private institution or whatever they were doing was their business and what is appropriate for consideration but mr. powell found that as a way to solve a problem that he had. any others yes, in the back. >> ma

i am the director of the program on education policy and government at harvard university and i am a senior fellow at the hoover institution.i want to welcome you all today to an event that surveys the publication of a new book called scalia's constitution. as is online education. it is published by paul gray mcmillan and the editors are myself and michael mcconnell was a professor at stanford university school of law and was a judge of the circuit court of appeals. we have a conference about one year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. antonin scalia was an associate justice of the united states supreme court who wrote and signed opinions directly on fundamental elements of the american system. he was also a scholar and a leading public figure. it is appropriate that to honor this man with the selection of reflections on his impact on education. seeing broadly is not just schools but sch

on "afterwards" harvard university professor daniel allen discusses the issue of mass incarceration in her book and is interviewed. >> a prison system as big as ours, 25% of the world's prison population is in our prisons despite the fact we have only 5% of the world's population? that touches everybody. there are a lot of stories we're not telling. and, yes, i'm not telling those stories -- by not telling those stories we're letting this live. we have to get the stories out so we can see the damage we're doing and fix it. >> for more of the weekend's schedule go to book tv.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we're joined now by congresswoman pramila jayapal who is a democrat from the washington state and is a member of the judiciary subcommi

new this morning, harvard university is calling for peace today as a controversial plans to take thechool is hosting a talk by an author who co-wrote a book discussing racial differences in intelligence. political scientist charles murray cowrote the bell curve. he says his views are misunderstood and hopes tonight's appearance on campus is peaceful. >>> president donald trump has declared emergencies in florida, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands as hurricane irma bears down on that region. the declarations are going to authorize the department of homeland security and fem a coordinate disaster relief efforts in those places immediately. key west residents and businesses boarding up and leafing town ahead of the major storm. there's only one row in and out. florida keys are already packed. the traffic is on that one road. mandatory evacuations don't start until today. florida governor rick scott declared a statewide emergency. still, tourists took a moment to snap a photograph at the southernmost point in the united states. that's a look at what's going on. the news at 4:30 st

saffer center for ethics at harvard university. a political theorist who published broadly in democratic theo theory, political ceasociology history of political thought. known for her work on justice and citizenship, allen is the author of several books inclu including "our declaration." 2001 macarthur. and the society of american historians. she's also a contributing columnist for the "washington post." emily sneff, resource manager of the declaration resources project in the center for american studies at harvard university, responsible for administration, research and web content in pursuit of the project's mission to create innovative and informative resources about the declaration of independence. background in content development and curatincuration. she was a member of the curatorial. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome danielle allen and emily sneff. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you to david ferriero and the national archives for having us. thanks for joining us turg thdu this week of jul

on afterwards, harvard university professor danielle allen discusses the issue of mass incarceration in her book cuz. >> a system as big as ours, 55% prison population, despite we have 5% of the world galatian, it touches everybody. there are a lot of stories we are not telling. i am not telling ghost stories. we are letting those things live. we have to get the stories out so we can see the damage we are doing and fix it. >> for more on the schedule, go to booktv.org. >> friday night, a conversation with secretary david chilton about the challenges facing the v.a. he also focuses on his childhood and growing up in a military family. here is a preview. saw you in houston, texas with vice president mike pence and we are in the middle of hurricane season in when it comes to natural disasters, was the role of the v.a.? missions. has four the health commission is one people understand. but we also have an educational mission where we train 70% of u.s. trained doctors in the country, a research organization , $1.6 billion dedicated to improving the lives of veterans. our fourth mission, w

. >> mason: the harvard university institute of politics has rescinded an invitation to chelsea manningto serve as a visiting fellow. manning, a transgender woman, served seven years in prison for leaking classified military documents to wikileaks. harvard withdrew the fellowship invitation today after current and former national security officials protested. a young fan of president trump wrote him a letter offering to mow the white house lawn. and the president took him up on it. 11-year-old frank giaccio, of falls church, virginia, who goes by "f-x," got to work today. he usually charges eight bucks a lawn but he did this one for free. the president asked "f-x" what he wants to be when he grows up. he replied, a navy seal. the cleveland indians take on the kansas city royals tonight and will try to make it 23 wins in a row. number 22 came last night when jay bruce lined an r.b.i. double in the bottom of the tenth. that set off a wild celebration. the indians own the longest winning streak in american league history. they're just four wins from tying the major league record. steve har

today former cia deputy director michael morrell resigned as a senior fellow at harvard university after the school extended a fellowship to chelsea manning and his resignation letter morel said he couldn't remain at an organization that honors a convicted felon and that leaker of classified information he went on to say quote miss manning was found guilty of seventeen serious crimes including six counts of espionage also hundreds of thousands of classified documents went out to wiki leaks senior leaders in the military had stated publicly that the leaks by mr manning the lives of u.s. soldiers at risk after serving seven years in prison for her crime manning was pardoned by president obama since her prison release manning has become a freelance writer and an advocate for transgender rights for morels resignation manning's response on twitter was state it with just one word good. a new study has found childhood experiences can permanently alter human d.n.a. the scientific community has long established certain illnesses are genetic the very few studies have looked at the effects of early

secretary betsy devos talked about education policy at the kennedy school of government at harvard university on thursday. several students and the audience protested her appearance by raising their fists, snapping fingers, and holding up banners. she later took questions from the audience. this is just over an hour. [applause]

on afterwards, harvard university daniel allen investigates mass incarceration "cause."ook >> prison system as big as ours, the world's prison population in our prisons, despite 5% of the world's it is everybody. there is a lot of stories out there we're not telling and yes, telling those stories, we're letting this thing live, it is like get the stories out see the damage that we're doing and fix it. >> for more of this weekend's go to booktv.org. >> "washington

fletcher university professor and director for african-american research at harvard university. midwest regional director national park service. [applause] the governor of arkansas. [applause] the 42nd president of the united states william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> now to though little rock nine. [cheers and applause] [applause] and remembering the late jefferson thomas. [applause] [applause] seven eppley is locked onto the podium and educator and community leader and the first african-american to attend the tenth and 11thaf and 12th grade before graduating 1960 to. [applause]se be >> please be seated. look good to this historic day. but some have traveled from down the block as a lookout into the crowd i see familiar faces and no matter how far you travel to be here are how many people that you know, we're honored to have you here as a key component of this ceremony.tion of so with the arkansas 31st junior rotc from little rock central high school followed by the pledge of allegiance.plea led by the student body president of each school district five high-school surcoat