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help from their conveyor praise -- contemporaries at presidential libraries and archivists at harvard university and m.i.t. provided the material from which this study has come. by the way, the relevance of the holdings of the library were highlighted by an inquiry today received by marcus lawrence for his specific osrd technical report wanted by another government agency. if there is a central figure to the story, it is dr. vanever bush. it rhymes with achiever or in his case, perhaps, overachiever. an inventor a professor of , electrical engineering at m.i.t., and cofounder of the company now known as raytheon, he was a dean of the school of electrical engineering and the institute vice president before he moved to the capital at the beginning of 1938 to take up director ship of the carnegie institute of washington, now known as the carnegie institute for science. during world war ii, he was appointed as chair of the national defense research committee and later became the director of the umbrella organization. he became the unofficial scientific advisor to president franklin roosevelt. these

theirwith some help from contemporaries at presidential libraries and archivists at harvard university and m.i.t. provided the material for which the study -- from which this study has come. the holdings of the library were highlighted by an inquiry received by marcus lawrence for technicalic osrd report wanted by another government agency. if there is a central figure to the story, it is dr. van eve or bush. -- vanever bush. a professor of electrical engineering at m.i.t. and cofounder of the company now known as raytheon, he was a dean of the school of electrical engineering and the institute vice president before he moved to the capital at the beginning of 1938 to take up erector ship of the carnegie institute of washington now known as the carnegie institute for science. during world war ii, he was appointed as chair of the national reports -- defense research committee, and was later part of the research and development, and was advisor to franklin roosevelt. influence, profound including the introduction of atomic weapons and the ensuing postwar relationship between the federal g

. >> sunday, october 4, at noon eastern, on "in depth," our live two-hour conversation with harvard university professor jill lepore, her latest book "if then," other titles include "wonder woman," and others. , in in with your comments calls and tweets. sunday, october 4, noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> on tuesday, several world leaders delivered remarks at the 75th session of the united nations general assembly. we begin now with comments from brazilian president jair bols narro. -- bolsanoro. pres. bolsanaro: ladies and gentlemen it is an honor to open this assembly together with other sovereign nations at a time when the world needs truth to overcome its challenges. covid-19 has become the cent over attention over the course of this year. first of all, i wish to express my sorrow for each and every life lost. from the very beginning in my country i warned that we have two problems to solve. the virus and joblessness. and that both problems had to be addressed simultaneously and with the same sense of responsibility. as determined by court ruling in brazil all measures involving soci

sunday october 4th at noon eastern on in-depth live conversation with harvard university lapore, recent book is if then. other titles include the history of wonder woman. the truths and the history of the united states and the book of ages. joining the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets and watch in-depth with jill lapore at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> here is a look at some books being published this week in where law ends, andrew, lead prosecutor in robert mueller's special counsel's office and gives inside look of interference of presidential election. corey loewandosky, offer case on why the president deserves a second term in trump america first. and in rise up, civil rights leader al sharpton makes his case for americans to take action to create a better country for all people. also being published this week in the man who ran washington, journalist peter baker and susan glasser look at career of former white house chief of staff and secretary of state james baker. jennifer offers thoughts on how average americans suffer when rich co

professor fernando reamers he's the director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor bremer thanks for joining us you thought at the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expand on that for us. i was so looking i'm delighted to be with you the current house to be set in the complex but over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes through school which went from including about of one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic and with 3 mechanisms is going to create a major setback the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of term ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached on students all students equally well you know these are the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents and oth

harvard university had a poll that's at 53% of americans think the president should nominate a just as and the senate should take that person up quickly and that includes 51% of independents. also would like to push back on some more democrat misinformation about amy coney barrett. this is from "the new york post," the only newspaper that i read every single morning. i'm sorry, betsy. that is the correct pronunciation of her name. they are saying that she's going to undo obamacare appeared false. she's going to joined the other judges and take a scalpel to the mandate. she is not going to take a bold dozer to the entire obamacare legislation. secondly, there is not going to be 12 million people that are going to get thrown off the health care. that 12 million refers to medicaid and the court has already ruled that states can opt out whether or not they want to expand medicaid. thirdly and final point, because i know you guys love my wonky health care data is that the allegation from nancy pelosi that 138 million people with pre-existing conditions are going to lose access to health car

but he still the president of harvard university. and he carried all the authority and weight of that position. so often women in the university there after not wonder whether he thought they had the equivalent aptitudes of their male counterparts. so his ability to run that institution as in traditional opportunities to women on the faculty in the student body. i think it was . fundamentally called into question. so when you have an institutional reader who went through something they say undercuts confidence that they can lead the university, the values that institution stands for and treating people equally. that can be and it was in his case, kind fatal to his leadership. it is a very harsh consequence for speech. but i do think the stakes are higher the more lofty your position is . and that duty is care has to be stronger. and that for him, this perfectly acceptable thing to say if he was among a small group of friends are back when he was on the harvard faculty. they has to recognize as the university president that you no lon

it's really that conclusive or persuasive it but the problem is he spoke as the president of harvard university, and carried all the authority and weight of that position, and so how could women in the university thereafter not wonder whether he thought they had the equivalent talent and aptitude of their male counterparts and his ability to run that institution as an institution offering equal opportunity to women on the faculty and in the student body, i think was pretty fundamentally called into question and so when you have an institutional leader who through something they say undercuts confidence that they can lead the university, embodying the values that institution stands for and treating people equally, that can be -- it was in his case kind of fatal to his leadership, and it's a very happen draconian consequence but the stakes are higher the moe lofty your position and is that's a duty of care has to be stronger and that for him that might have pan perfectly acceptable thing to say if if he was among a small group of friends or on the faculty but he had to recognize as the university

reese each -- research fellow at harvard university.nterested in thisof questin freedom versus rules. when it comes to the coronavirus, does it worketter to give people clear rules with say, these are the guidelines, be sensible, and sort it out yourselves? kate: countries have done both,o and both haved. we saw across many western countries that you didn't ac pally have to in place very stringent penalties during lockdown. a lot of what governments did really well was to send a clear message and to send a moral message appealing to people to do the right thing, and overwhelmingly during lockdown, that was incredibly effective in achieving behavior change. i think both uld work, and in many countries, they will want to go for the lighter touch fewer fines first, but that is likely to work, provided the messaging is clear. katty: we've seen there was a big difference between lockdown. it was this period after lockdown that has been difficult for people to manage. i here in washington, d.c. have alalmost no restrictions. i could have 20 p

so at 20 years old, you are a student at harvard university.ur own television show. and you've launched your own company, and you have a deal at disney, an overall deal at disney now. how do you manage it all? >> with an incredible team of folks. i have the best support network. i mean, you know my whole family, and i think we operate very similarly, just always having our families involved in every step of the process. but i think fortunately i've been surrounded by people who encourage me to do it all. i remember thinking back to even first season of "blackish". i was telling this story the other day. i remember welcomed i felt in the "black-ish" producer sections with you. it was one of the only audition sessions i walked out and was, i don't care if i don't get this because i had the best time. i was so happy with the experience itself. what it spoke to was my first days on set, everyone supporting how to figure out the balance of my education and this show and every other passion i've had has always been encouraged by everyone. so thank yo

making and that is department of justice the federal government research dr michael attended harvard university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior it has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those hour of am proud to wear their chances of success in life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's just so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this pig because that's what i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you don'

to professor fernando reamers he for director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor reamer thanks for joining us he said at the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expound on that for us. absolutely i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the complex of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes to school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create alternative ways of delivering education in a limited high with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached of students all students equally well in addition the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents other source eco

a two hour live conversation with harvard university professor jill lepore. then at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", foxbusiness news host lou dobbs talks about his book the trump center which is interviewed by victor author and hoover institution senior fellow. watch book tv this weekend on cspan2. >> >> earlier today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and vice president mike pence welcome supreme court not many amy amy coney barrett to capitol hill purge she met several lawmakers and had meetings with them. >> we are pleased today to welcome judge barrett to begin the process in the senate. as you know

to professor fernando reamers he for director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor eamon thanks for joining us you've said that the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expound on that for us. absolutely i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the complex but over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes to school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about every one now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major setback the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of turn in ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached of students all students equally well you know this is the kind of support that is available to students our home varies depending on the level of education of their parents and other source ec

to professor fernando reamers he for director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor beamer thanks for joining us he said at the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expand on that for us. absolutely i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the complex of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experience the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes through school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago do including just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of turn in ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation teachers those mechanisms have not reached out students all students equally well in addition the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents other social econo

followed the arguments that i'd been making in an academic setting in my harvard university colloquium and we had long discussions maybe 15 years ago and i didn't think anybody was going to be interested in debt an end mesopotamian the origins of debt money and tell i could make the point that the day had to be cancelled and david said no it given the long perspective let me write up your ideas is a popular book and i was. pleasantly amazed to say how popular is caught on and he expressed the debt issue in a monetary issue not in abstract academic theory but in terms. well. his own personal experience is an anthropologist in terms of the anthropology of death and people could accept the idea of debt cancellation much more readily when you're talking about an anthropological tribe it. meant a guest star or somewhere or when you're talking about mesopotamia so just as shakespeare would put his political plays in italy or illyria or somewhere else instead of in england where it would have been highly political david was able to make his point about insulation and money in terms of anthrop

professorjane kamensky, who's director of the schlesinger library on the history of women in america at harvard universityf if you were watching news in 1976. the hite report, published that year, was a publishing sensation. she claimed to have inaugurated a sexual revolution for women but in fact, she published into the middle of a sexual revolution, asking freud's familiar question about what do women want? i think for the first time at a mass scale, asking women themselves to respond to that question — and their answers were riveting and surprising, even if they weren't gathered in the best social scientific standards. so i think she had the attention of the world during the peak of herfame from the mid ‘70s to the early ‘80s. she had a lot of attention, but she also had a lot of criticism as well, didn't she? why was that? she was, in many ways, a qualitative researcher passing as a quantitative researcher. the survey was the instrument of choice for knowledge in her day, and she sent out 100,000 58—question surveys and got more than 3,500 responses back. and she tabulated the responses and said a lot

professor fernando reamers he's the director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor eamon thanks for joining us if that the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expound on that for us. i was so looking i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the complex of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experience the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes through school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of turn ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached students all students equally well in addition the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents and their source

and a constitutional law professor at harvard university. i would like to start with you, you met justice ginsburg a number of times, what kindof impact that you have on you? >> i did have the pleasure of meeting justice ginsburg, a couple of times. she was inspiring. she was strong, she was quite an intellect, and i will give you an example of a meeting with her, where she demonstrated both of those, i had the pleasure of being at a conference with her at the federal judicial center, many years ago. she gave an address in which she talked about the way in which her personal experience of loss, had shaped her career. she talked about losing her mother, when she was in high school, about to graduate. and she said something that stuck with me, many years. she said, i wasn't going to sit in the corner and cry. in other words, that loss, actually had the effect of inspiring her, to pursue her personal dreams. and of course to be an advocate for equity for all people. >> thank you for that touching reflection on her. how was justice ginsburg view

state department he's now a fellow at harvard university joins me tonight from cambridge massachusetts benjamin it's good to have you on the day there is bipartisan opposition to nord stream to you in washington then the vol ne no the choke incident it really could not come at a more opportune time for washington right. well hello friends person just want to say i'm glad to join you i know each of ella today this is an extremely sad story about mr involve me so i'm really glad to focus on it in berlin in print i'm glad to hear the word bipartisan or question because that's exactly what opposition to the kremlin back nordstrom's to project has ben since its announcement 2015 bipartisan or the past several months nordstrom 2 supporters have been active in trying to pin this policy and the congressional sanctions that you mentioned on president trump and that's make sense given his litany of poor foreign policy decisions with respect to germany and russia over the years but in fact this strong opposition began under the obama administration with high level statements by then vice presiden

state department he's now a fellow at harvard university joins me tonight from cambridge massachusetts benjamin it's good to have you on the day there is bipartisan opposition to nord stream to in washington then the vol knee nobody choke incident it really could not come at a more opportune time for washington right. well hello friends 1st just want to say i'm glad to join you i know each of ella today this is an extremely sad story about mr involve me so i'm really glad to focus on it in berlin in print i'm glad to hear the word bipartisan or question because that's exactly what opposition to the kremlin back nordstrom to project has been since its announcement 2015 bipartisan or the past several months nordstrom 2 supporters have been active in trying to pin this policy and the congressional sanctions that you mentioned on president trump and that's make sense given his litany of poor foreign policy decisions with respect to germany and russia over the years but in fact this strong opposition began under the obama administration with high level statements by then vice president joe

we'll be speaking to a professor of epidemiology from harvard university.o canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgment in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines: the us passes seven million coronavirus cases — let's get more on that story. joining me now is epidemiologist bill hanage, an associate professor at harvard th chan school of public health. thanks very much for coming on the programme. it's my pleasure. first of

professor fernando reamer as he thought director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor eamon thanks for joining us you've said at the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expand on that for us. absolutely i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the context of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes through school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached of students all students equally well in addition the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents and other social e

our live two-our conversation with harvard university professor, jill lepore.er titles include the secret history of wonder woman. these truths, a history of the united states and the book of ages. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. watch in depth with jill lapore

professor fernando reamer as he for director of the global education innovation initiative harvard university professor reamer thanks for joining us if that the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expound on that for us. absolutely i'm delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the complex of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes to school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of turn the ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached of students all students equally well you know this is the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents other socioeco

. >> reporter: furthering concerns, a harvard university study found covid-19 is increasing rapidly amongng adults 18-34. health experts are also worried about more outbreaks as flu season approaches and cooler weather leads to more people gathering indoors. florida's two biggest counties, miami-dade and broward, have been given the green light to start in-person classes. and bars can reopen in most parts of the state on monday. >> pretty ecstatic. you know, this year has been really, really tough on a lot of us. and this is just the rainbow after the storm. >> reporter: in nebraska, where ndarly all social the governor distancing rules for bars, churches, and gyms. and in the race to find a vaccine, pharmaceutical company astrazeneca is resuming clinical trials in the u.k. trials were suspended earlier in the week after one participant had a potentially serious adverse reaction. major. >> garrett: michael george, thank you. president trump will be in nevada tonight, kicking off the first of a three-state swing out west. the president is campaigning there, despite the silver state's ban o

kennedy school of government at harvard university. miles is a senior practice fellow in american democracy at harvard kennedy school center for democratic governance and innovations. as a longtime organizer, policy advocate an elected official. prior to his appointments to the center, he was most recently president of the independent grassroots organization, because . ... ... >>. >> and now i'm honored to turn things over to our speakers the digital podium is yours. >> thank you. also thank you to the harvard bookstore for making this possible tonight. thanks to all of you who are joining us tonight will be a very good discussion especially to alex writing this remarkable book i have been a friend and fan of the professors book for years we both been involved in the democracy reform the right to vote has been the anchor if i can use that term in the field of the understanding of the nation's troubled and fried history of the right to vote. why do we still have the electoral college? as the anchor explanation with the possibilities of c

the special honor to host michael porter, diversity of lawrence professor and harvard university. michael and i met a long time ago when i was a student in his industry of the competitive analysis on harvard business school that was not long after his foundational book called strategy. we collaborated extensively but i work deeply and widely with the business framework in my own work over the years. his framework is front and center in our strategy course which is very popular in all of our programs. so welcome to catherine and mik mike. it is a pleasure to have you here. catherine and mike just had a book called the politics industry, how political innovation can break partisan gridlock and save our democracy. which was published earlier this week by harvard business review press. and congratulations on that as well. many of you watching this live stream have your hardcover copy when you registered. your copies will begin shipping tomorrow. but let's edit started here pretty wanted to ask an opening question to catherine. i wonder how this project got started? where did the idea

jane kamensky is director of the schlesinger library on the history of women in america at harvard university'sou so much forjoining us thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news professor. mr by asking you, i have to admit, before i came into work today, i hadn't heard much about shere hite. the viewers watching this wondering who she was and why she was so important to the feminist movement, can you tell us? sure, shere hite was someone you would have heard of if you're watching news in 1976. the hite report published that year was a publishing sensation. she claimed to have inaugurated a sexual revolution for women but in fact she published in the middle of a sexual revolution asking for av sexual revolution asking for as familiar question about what do women want. i think for the first time in a mass scale, asking women themselves to respond to that question and their answers were riveting and exciting, surprising, even if they won't governing the best social or scientific standards. i think she had the attention of the world during the peak of herfame from of the world during the pea

university where she met and married martin ginsburg, and aspiring lawyer and, quote, the first boy i dated who cared that i had a brain. her husband ginsburg pursued a law degree, enrolling at harvard after the birth of daughter jane. then columbia law school where he graduated at the top of her class. she stayed in the world of academia and a professor at university, she gave birth to her son james. at, the university to become that school's first female tenured law professor. she described the 1970s as a fruitful time for women's rights. >> be in the right place to help events for women's equality. >> he went on to create the american civil liberties union women rights project and as general counsel for the aclu ginsburg began appearing before the supreme court, argued six cases for women's rights before president jimmy carter nominated her to serve on the us court of appeals for the dc circuit in 1993 bill clinton nominated her to the nation's highest court, she was only the second woman to serve on the supreme court and the first jewish woman. >> what a long way we have come in this nation. >> reporter: after a series of hearings the senate confirmed ginsburg to the post by 96-

new york in 1033 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only one woman to enroll in harvard university law school in 1956 later transferring to columbia university where she graduated at the top of her class the skin's broke told one television interviewer no law firms wanted to hire a married mother i had 3 strikes against me when i was jewish. a 4 year old. that is the sixty's and seventy's launched the women's movement ginsburg found a place in academia then as co-founder of a women's rights project for the american civil liberties union she wrote the 1st supreme court brief on gender discrimination after 12 years as an appeals court judge in washington d.c. president bill clinton appointed gives birth to the u.s. supreme court in 1993 ginsburg proved to be a consistent liberal voice on the increasingly conservative high court she supported abortion rights and gender equality she also advocated using international laws to shape us laws there spoke in ginsburg fought several battles with cancer her dying wish was the vacancy her passing creates will not be filled until after the elec