>> harvard university is the oldest and most prestigious college. wsuit brought by students for fair admission produced deaf stating hard evidence darks at a, that harvard systematically discriminates on skin color on deciding who to let in. discrimination is the basis of their decision, it is no different, morally, from anything that can happen in the jim crow south. this week, though, a federal judge appointed by barack obama said totally fine. for the sake of fighting, quote, entrenched racism, harvard is allowed to entrench racism. a lawyer and u.s. civil rights commissioner, he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. so what can we draw? what can we conclude from this court decision? >> that our elites think discrimination is okay as long as they say it's okay. what happened here as you indicated in the intro is that harvard was engaged in egregious racial discrimination against asian students who brought the law students but also white students to. give you a benchmark, asian students on average have sat scores 218% higher than the similarly

that was professor mary brinton from harvard university. relax and zone out, but how about lying down whilst somebody hits a gong? that's the idea of a gong bath which is a sound bath that "cleanses" the mind and the body. it's a tradition that goes back 4,000 years, but suraya sam's 90—minute sessions are popular with millennials in singapore. we caught up with suraya to find out more. it clea nses it cleanses the mines, the body. —— mind. why is it called a gong bath? it's because there's a sound bath. you are nourished through the frequency. so you are basically showered with 90 minutes of gong. singaporeans or generally this city is always so, they're rushing to time, they are on their phones, they are always chatting or e—mailing and they forget about their surroundings. so the gong that is right in front of me is the earth gong. the earth gong will ground you and the saturn gong will uplift you. the moon gong is basically four expelling negativity or any sale energy. we do breath work, we do sound bath. i'd do take people on a sound b

harvard university professor elizabeth cohen will look at policy and post world war ii through the work of urban planner edward and tuesday bookstore in austin, texas, settling of the american west. on thursday at barnes & noble in new york city journalist pamela will argue that workplace diversity initiatives have largely failed and then on friday we will be on the west coast at roman bookstore in pasadena, california, debate of baldwin and buckley over the civil rights movement. all of these events are open to the pun lick, if you're in attendance take a picture and tag us at book tv on twitter, facebook or instagram. [inaudible conversations] >> and now live from the texas book festival a look at silicon valley. [inaudible conversations] .. .. very honored to be the moderator today and i'm here with isaac from "the news york times." unfortunately as many of you may have guessed, ben mezrich is not here today the author

the 32000 babies who were born hiv positive every year for 5 years after that according to harvard university. it was at the time that we were saying we did not have the financial resources to provide antiretroviral medication but we were spending $10000000000.00 on weapons that we didn't need because of the drives and it speaks finally made it to the issue of accountability and this is where the n c has failed itself and the people of south africa so let me put that point to kalani color who is chairman of the south african business abroad and a member of the and see deal with that point under 330000 us 32000 babies born a year with hiv is that a stain on the conscious not just of south africa but specifically of the a.n.c. in your view. many things has been have have happened we feel sore about it but let's be honest about 2 things here the government of the african national congress its own members that they go to a national policy conference to discuss policies how to help those who are suffering from this disease out of i think there's a perception here that the media didn't translate pr

tend to be from the united states and the 3rd person in inevitably is michael kramer who is at harvard university and all 3 of them have been working on as you mentioned alleviating poverty now there's a phrase that the nobel laureate used the nobel committee as was being a what if that experimental approach to alleviate what is the evolved yeah so the key word there is experimental what these 3 have pioneered is going to areas of great poverty in the world around 700000000 people in extreme poverty around the globe and carrying out experiments there to work out directly what the effects of public policy actually have on those people and from that we would not go in models some theoretical thing but to actually go to go there and find out what it's like yeah they said that their aim is to have actual scientific backing for public policy rather than just this idea of what someone who lives in poverty is like and a series of numbers that dictate how they potentially should have. then or press for economics is not like the other nobel prizes but what's different briefly if you can well so it's not o

. >> a federal judge ruled that harvard university does not discriminate when it comes to its admissionsit alleges that harvard holds asian american applicants to higher standards than other students of other races. they said they will appeal the decision. the suit drew support from the trump administration. harvard did not immediately comment but denies any bias. >>> red meat lovers can rejoice this afternoon. a new report suggests there is little evidence that eating less red meat or processed meat improves overall health. ray bogan has more on the study that is getting major pushback in the public health industry. >> reporter: burgers are back on the menu. the research suggests cutting back on red and processed meat has few if any health benefits contradicting years of dietary advice from leading health organizations have long warned people about the potential harms of a meat heavy diet. now a team of international researchers say there is no significant link between eating meat and developing chronic health issues. >> we cannot say with any certainty that eating red or processed meat

not progress but we have got details. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: harvard university is this country's oldest andgious college it's not because they have fair or americratic admissions they never have but it's getting worse. devastating hard evidence, data that harvard sissaticly discriminates base on skin color in deciding who to let. in discrimination is the basis of their decision. it's no different morally from anything that happened in the jim crow south. this week though a federal judge appointed by barack obama said totally fine. judge ellison burrow for the sake of fighting entrenched racism harvard is allowed to entrench racism. lawyer and civil rights. he joins us tonight. what should we conclude from this court decision? >> basically elites think discrimination okay as long as they think it's okay. harvard was engaged in pretty egregious racial discrimination against asian students who brought the lawsuit but also white students to give you some type of a benchmark. asian students on average admit into harvard have sat scores 218 points higher than similarly situated black comparatives

he received his ba, and may, increase the from harvard university, as well as his masters and science from the london school of economics. finally, this is a visiting scholar, he also served as a visiting researcher at albright university as vice president in copenhagen, before her tenure, she worked at ibm, and has published multiple publications including four reports and served as president trump's transition team in 2016, helping to establish his federal communications commission. doctor layton received her nba from layton, her nba from rotterdam, and ph.d. from alt-right university. thank you for participating in today's hearing, and now if you will please rise out begin by swearing un. please raise your right hands. do you swear that your testimony is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, so help you god? let the record show the witnesses answers a formative, thank you. you must be in seeded. accordantly, i ask you summarize your testimony. it's a timing on the table, when it switches from green, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. commissioner chopper, you

she worked with harvard university and has written books so she has that expertise that is well-respected in this arena and soway can expect some of that to come out out of this treme and we may also get some of her testimony publicly in a written form as we received with some of the others who have testified so we'll keep you posted on that, as well. >> >> thank you. >>> as turkish troops pour into northern syria, president trump is de fending his nctionon turk for the invasion but even some of trump's allies in congress say that is not enough. >> i think it is not necessarily going to prevent turkey from doing what they are doing. this has been turkey's dream for a long time and the president basically gave the green light to do it. >> in response to his critics this morning, the president tweeted the same people who got us into the middle east mess want to stay there. >> for the first time san francisco is recognizing today the second monday in october as indigenous people's day. hundreds met in a sacred sunrise gathering. jackie ward was there. >> reporter: tribal nations from around

and as a historian serving as a faculty associate of eurasian studies at harvard university. with history or literature here to discuss cold warriors. so we are so pleased to have them here tonight. please me to welcome duncan white. [applause] >> we have five different microphones but i never met a microphone i did not like. congratulations i love that we are presenting on the day of your publication. >> with 20 interviews this morning. >> so you call that a group biography so what is the hook. >> so the idea was to have a comprehensive history of the cold war and the cultural cold war and the literary cold war through the collapse of communism. in the idea that i had was to do that somatically. that then you might work bad out as a group biography. and then weaving through as much of the story. >> the person that you open with is orwell. so with the spanish civil war. and they were agents and like we know for his journalism. and you have been a journalist. and then when they figure out with journalism. so i wonder if, i don't know. >> but that idea is the last possible thin

look for us at the massachusetts historical society in boston where harvard university professor will look at the urban policy post world post-world war post world war ii. through the work of urban planner edward logan. for historian hw brant's recount of the settling of the american west. on thursday at barnes & noble in new york city. they will argue that workplace diversity initiatives had largely failed. and friday we will be on the west coast at williams bookstore. with the 1965 debate between james baldwin and buckley. all of these events are open to the public. if you are in attendance take a picture in tagus at book tv. .. .. >> host: congresswoman, bernice johnson, a democrat from texas is also chair of the signs space and technology committee and she is a

day may come t nhaloo erweee nngd aie said, programs like harvard's have an important place in society and help ensure that colleges and universitiesan offer a diverse atmosphere. >> o'donnell: so many people ertching this ruling, but i understand, jan, even though this is a big win for harvard, this fight is far from over. ig reporter: oh, that's right, s rah. e mean, this is really, in some ways, just the beginning of a long legal battle that's probably headed to the supreme turt. and the justices have long refused to end affirmative gction in college admissions. but with this new conservative court they may be willing to take another look at it, but that is years from now. and who is to say at that point in time what the court will even look like? norah. >> o'donnell: a good point, jan. thank you as always. sour months of pinsts teong h escalation today when police for ode first time targeted entigovernment demonstrators with live bullets. the crackdown came as china celebrated 70 years of communism, showing off its most advanced nuclear missile and a hypersonic missile. ramy inocencio is in hong kong tonight. >> reporter: for a

also employed as they were a freak hariri professor of the practice of political economy at harvard universityand all this time i thought in order to teach it harvard you had to be a brilliant bag of sorts. but know just how to be working with the u.s. government and the world bank to crush a sovereign nation if there are dying babies somewhere on your resume harvard has a spot for you. basically after how it was pressured by parable in the gray zone he decided to step down from the coup government so he could spend more time with his crime family. you know he wants to pursue x. turtle interests. so he'd be perfect for twitter. to go to great brag but i don't think we're going to do. live live. live. live. live live. live. live live. live live. live . live. live. oh. please. live. live live. live. and very well might continue watching us inside. gandhian by north beach so many people because they copied him you saw the border that even such a bad copy sending. i'm not killed to me would be a big. deal to find the next guy. who looked up live on continue being done the influx of feedback blogs

from harvard university and his mba from the university of pennsylvania. our second witness has been a professional of economics at the imperial college of london since 2007. he served as the chief competition economist for the european commission for three years where he focused on competition and digital markets. he served as a professional of economics at the university of rome and still served as a visiting professional of economics. he is currently a research fellow at the center for economic policy research and the manheim center of innovation. in addition to his work as an economist, he also received his diploma from the -- [speaking in a foreign language] our third witness is jason thurman, a professor of the practice of economic policy at the harvard kennedy school. before joining the faculty in 2017, professor thurman served as chair of the economic advisor during president obama's second term. he was an assistant to the president and principle deputy director. he currently served as a non-resident fellow as well as an advisor on digital market u

both from mit the massachusetts institute of technology and american michael kramer is from harvard university who for also became the 2nd woman to win the prestigious prize in economics. plenty more online of course al-jazeera dot com for the latest headlines when everyone. let's take you to the headlines now on al jazeera turkish troops and their syrian allies are advancing on the kurdish held city of man bridge there are reports that a small detachment of syrian soldiers have now into the city all of this just hours after president reject typer one warned the offensive would intensify the use of foreign policy chief is also condemned turkey's advance their conclusions we call for a ministerial meeting. of the global coalition because we see as one of the most immediate consequences of this military to it is in the northeast of syria the fact that could really find its briefing space inside that territory that worries us and normally this is a direct security threat to the european union not only to the european union 1st and foremost to the region and the international community so we want

a growing trend of affirmative action that might just be backfiring take a while say let's harvard university for example turns out it's got racial quotas twin shaw a dive us community something that didn't go down too well with a group of asian americans who filed a lawsuit saying they were basically realized in favor of their fellow black applicants despite having far better entrance schools and indeed multiple studies have shown that if the universe to based its admissions process just on academic factors what a bizarre notion asians make up over 40 percent of harvard's classes that's more than twice its current figures. the coolest conclusion the harvard has shown that its admissions program serves its compelling interest in diversity some racial categorizations are necessary to serve those interests and while the court might have backed hard at this time it's opened a can of worms an increasingly divisive issue affirmative action lifeline that its heyday is over so there's a huge amount of marketing executives and only sort of social media advisers you know in places like the british arm

in the hallowed halls of harvard university researches i'm looking at just how practical and dangerous geo engineering they say here we have one of the big pieces of test equipment that we use to work in preparation for putting instruments into the stratosphere engineering professor frank is preparing for the 1st test mission later this year. ok and so when put instruments into the vacuum tank and then we can simulate the stratospheric pressure so you have a 20 kilometers. belt use a high altitude balloon to scatter the sun reflecting inner cells across the upper atmosphere. right now they're fine tuning equipment to measure the effect. without the spice race in a way it does on a much smaller scale. they fly up into the stratosphere high above us the white board theory is that tons of tiny sulfur particles delivered by specially modified planes would lower the earth's temperature would result in cooling the planet. it's what happened naturally in 991 after the philippines mount pinatubo but i know . and this gas then reacts in the stratosphere with accidents and turns into a soft you'

crystal wang was only 3 years old when she posed with harvard university police officer charles marinharvard's class of 2023, in a dual degree program with berkeley college of music. the two met again last week during a move-in to pose for a new photo. obviously crystal looks a lot different. the amazing thing is, officer marin looks just about the same. >> the same motorcycle there. >> they found each other -- crystal didn't even know the original picture had been taken until she got into harvard and her dad showed it to her. they found the officer. as you see, the officer still working for the harvard university police department. he's a former marine. he still looks it. >> can you go back to officer marin's picture -- control room? i'm thinking officer marin is still working out. look at those arms. >> no wrinkles. maybe the case of botox -- >> he told crystal, anything he can to help -- >> bonds bonded -- bonded for life. >>> in "morning rounds," more than 16 million minimally cosmetic procedures took place last year in this country. that includes nearly 7.5 million botox and othe

but those two great universities were harvard university, where he earned his bachelors and ph.d., and the university of berlin, which in the early 1900s with the was the preeminent university in the western world. so he, he quite possibly doing the greatest and most educated african american in the country had no clue about africa's history. and so for him, he viewed africa like african americans generally viewed africa as this sort of place of barbarism, where civilization was never really known. he also wrote in his reflection, that i came then, to realize how the silence and neglect of science can let truth, utterly disappear. essentially, that truth, about africa. so, he then took it upon himself, and then from that point forward he started to write more and, more and speak more, and more about africa, but unfortunately, by 1912, dubois was battling a novel that was first published in this periodical. written by edgar rice boroughs. does anyone know what novel i'm talking about? it became an instant sensation. this novel, more than any other cultural product of the 20th century, l

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also employed as they were a freak hariri professor of the practice of political economy at harvard universityand all this time i thought in order to teach at harvard you had to be a brilliant bag of sorts. but know just how to be working with the u.s. government and the world bank to crush a sovereign nation if there are dying babies somewhere on your resume harvard has a spot for you. basically after house bill was pressured by parable in the gray zone he decided to step down from the coup government so he could spend more time with his crime family. you know he wants to pursue x. turtle interests. so he'd be perfect for twitter. to go great brag but i'll be performing. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. rather than for follow on that comes out of. the set of one among them. a fondness for the main t.v. they tell you not the high. that this month when the sun shone. fro

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the 32000 babies who were born hiv positive every year for 5 years after that according to harvard university. it was at the time that we were saying we did not have the financial resources to provide antiretroviral medication but we were spending $10000000000.00 on weapons that we didn't need because of the bribes and it speaks finally made it to the issue of accountability and this is where the a.n.c. has failed itself and the people of south africa so let me put that point to kalani color who is chairman of the south african business abroad and a member of the and see deal with that point under 330000 us 32000 babies born a year with hiv is that a stain on the conscious not just of south africa but specifically of the a.n.c. in your view. many things has been have have happened we feel sore about it but let's be honest about 2 things here the government of the african nation congress its own members that they go to a national policy conference to discuss policies how to help those who are suffering from this disease. i think there is a perception here that the media didn't translate presid

the 32000 babies who were born hiv positive every year for 5 years after that according to harvard university was at the time that we were saying we did not have the financial resources. to provide antiretroviral medication but we were spending $10000000000.00 on weapons that we didn't need because of the drives and it speaks finally made it to the issue of accountability and this is where the a.n.c. has failed itself and the people of south africa so let me put that point to kalani color who is chairman of the south african business abroad and a member of the and see deal with that point under 330000 us 32000 babies born a year with hiv is that a stain on the conscious not just of south africa but specifically of the a.n.c. in your view. many things has been have have happened we feel sore about it but let's be honest about 2 things here the government of the african nation congress its own members at large they go to a national policy conference to discuss policies how to help those who are suffering from this disease. i think there is a perception here that the media didn't translate presi

in the hallowed halls of harvard university research is a look at just how practical and dangerous geo engineering. so here we have one of the big pieces of test equipment we use. in preparation for putting instruments into the stratosphere engineering professor frank is preparing for the 1st test mission later this year. ok and so when put instruments into the vacuum tank and then we can simulate the stratospheric pressure so you have a 20 kilometers. belt use a high altitude blue to scatter the sun reflecting aerosols across the upper atmosphere. right now they're fine tuning equipment to measure the effect. without the spice race in a way it does on a much smaller scale. they fly up into the stratosphere high above us the white board theory is that tons of tiny sulfur particles delivered by specially modified planes would lower the earth's temperature. would result in cooling the planet. it's what happened naturally in 991 after the philippines mount pinatubo but i know . and this gas then reacts in the stratosphere with accidents and turns into a soft euro acid and for the few year

unalloyed holes of harvard university research is they're looking at just how practical and dangerous geo engineering. saying here we have one of the big pieces of test equipment that we use. in preparation for putting instruments into the stratosphere engineering professor frank is preparing for the 1st test mission later this year. ok and so we can put instruments into the vacuum turn and then we can simulate the stratospheric pressure so you have a 20 kilometers. belt use a high altitude balloon to scatter the sun reflecting aerosols across the upper atmosphere. right now they're fine tuning equipment to measure the effect. without the spice race in a way it does on a much smaller scale. they fly up into the stratosphere high above us the white board theory is that tons of tiny sulfur particles delivered by specially modified planes would lower the earth's temperature. would result in cooling the planet. it's what happened naturally in 991 after the philippines mount pinatubo but i know . and this gas then reacts in the stratosphere with accidents and turns into a soft euro acid an

her a little bit farther just like her claim to be native american which helped her get into harvard university the democratic candidates absolutely believe that voters need a victim mentality she needs to be authentic with voters more than being a victim to voters it appears that she was never actually fired for being pregnant in fact there is a resignation letter that she apparently turned in at one point and here's another presidential candidate he's chosen a different role as i've stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i had migration on mash wisdom considered to be off limits i will totally destroy and a brooch or a the economy over i've done before now donald trump can certainly play the victim when it comes to impeachment inquiries and media bias however he's also clear on other things he's big he's rich and he almost always gets his way for them in trouble also considers himself a victim he refers to the witch hunt against him especially in the russia collusion case now with the impeachment he refers to himself as being the victim of one of the biggest