one of the things that howard university and howard university hospital has identified was that we have a large population of at-risk drinkers, substance abuse patients, and that we wanted to find a way to try to really help our population. we didn't have enough social workers or frontline people to do it. so what we had done was put together a proposal to train our residents. and samhsa was very helpful in that and provided us with a grant to train our residents and our staff about screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment. so when a patient comes in on whatever service... they may not have come in for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, but the results of the discussion may have been screening that patient just to see, is this person at risk? and once you have done that, you really go through a process of educating the residents and staff about how you can have open-ended questions, affirmative listening, reflective listening, that really allows a person to open up and tell you what is going on. now we know physicians and health care personnel are very busy, so the

. >> "white house chronicle is produced in collaboration with howard university television. now, your program host, national and syndicated columnist, llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again. thank you for coming along. i would like to remind you this program is made possible by the arizona public service and its holding co., pinnacle west, and it's interesting chief executive. i promised you a special guest. here he is. george wilson, as i mentioned. ken, you have written a book called "family of freedom -- presidents and african-americans in the white house." you have been the white house correspondent of u.s. news and world report. that magazine has changed more than you have in 29 years. we all have. you have been broadcasting on sirius xm radio for several years now, george, and before that for a long time. >> also american urban radio networks. about 30 years on capitol hill. >> do you know where the men's room is now? >> yes. >> how has the business changed? >> obviously, it has go

the cultural competency piece is a specific part of our know the risk sbirt program at howard university. we wanted to make sure that people understood that communicating to one group versus another may require some refinement. you may need to know where the people are coming from, what their background is, so we try to incorporate this through a web-based program, education as well as through lectures and didactics and role playing so that the residents actually get a chance to get a understanding. so, when they come and actually talk to the person, they have some sense of history of who this person may be and why they are. and maybe why they don't want to come and seek treatment. and how is that accepted among the folks that have been trained in the sbirt methodology? well, the sbirt methodology has, i would say, taken a great role in not only improving the way they communicate for sbirt but all communication. because they have to learn how to talk with patients of different cultures for many different reasons. it may not just be sbirt that they are talking about, but they take these s

howard university is one of six sites that is providing ground monitoring. >>> the cleanup is getting under way in mexico. tropical storm arlene is blamed for two deaths. it caused widespread flooding in mexico city. >>> dropped in texas -- drought in texas. it will continue there. the year that we have the first and fourth weekend and the same month. >> it is going to be very fourth of july. >> a good weekend out there for folks doing the voting. -- boating. sunday afternoon. our temperature outside right now 90 degrees. july has an average of 1590- degree days. do -- june had 10. we are at 90 degrees here in washington. 80's out to our west. hardly a cloud in the site. oklahoma city, 100 degrees today. every day in the month of june, oklahoma city was 90 or higher. look at the humidity. that'll be coming in as we get into sunday and monday praised -- sunday and monday. overnight tonight, high pressure is still our dominant whether maker. tomorrow, a lot of senate -- a lot of sunshine. the humidity comes in and there is a weakening waterfront coming our way, sunday afternoon is to th

and roderick harrison of howard university. he is the former chief of racial statistics at the census bureau. paul, these numbers are amazing. white house holds median wealth 20 times greater than white house holds. what is the driver of these kinds of numbers? >> we're able to look at a before and after set of snapshots from 2005 to 009. in 005 the wealth gap ratios were roughly 10 to 1. they doubled to 20 to 1. they were already big and they got even bigger. so what happened? >> the main driver of these disparate impacts was the housing market. blacks and hispanics have fewer financial assets. wealth is a combination of all your assets-- your home, your car, your 401(k), your stocks if you have them-- minus all your debts-- your mortgage, your car loan, your student loan, your credit card. the financial port polio of blacks and hispanics are much more dependent on their housing wealth than on anything else. when the housing market tanked as it started to in 2006 it disproportionately impacted blacks and hispanics. on top of t

they are at howard university. that's right. the huffington post put howard at number two on its list of best-dressed colleges, right behind nyu. that blog commends howard students for their confident and colorful style. florida state is third. and parsons, the new school for design in new york, it comes in fourth. >>> the word "stylish" probably doesn't come to mind when you think about the car you used while you were learning to drive. mine was a hornet the. a yellow hornet. that's not the case for some teenagers in montgomery county. they are learning the rules of the road in one of the coolest cars out there. >> reporter: we've all been there, hours in the classroom taking writing tests, watching driving videos, all leading up to the rote lesson. you hop up to the chevy cavalier and take care of business. but potomac driving school decided they needed more power. >> i came out and he said i never got to learn in a corvette and i said what? and i see a corvette pulled over on the side. >> reporter: she's behind the wheel of a

. >> howard university's processor says this has been always at play. >> unless america makes the significanticans and other people of color, and particularly now hispanics are going to find themselves in a constant struggle. >> the congressional black caucus wants the government to do more. >> this is an urgent appeal to the white house, to the congress, and to the people in municipalities all around the country that we must attack this issue of unemployment and that black unemployment -- >> highly educated african-americans are not immune. even with a phd in chemistry, it has been years since he had a job in his field. >> i have applied to a number of different places. and it has been an uphill battle. >> they tell you your qualifications were impressive, but you did not get the job. do you think being african-american has anything to do with it? >> i look at the statistics, and i see the opposite. >> i think it's more of a social economic problem. people who are low income having a harder time finding a stable job, so jobs that give them long term financial stability. >> two faces of the s

. >> thanks gospel artist trey thomas was born in louisiana but calls dc home at howard university he a member of the university's gospel choir and has performed with big time names including the bobby jones gospel show his debut cd was called a natural contrast he is working on his newest release tonight he will be at blues alley the first appearance but joins us now for a preview welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> yeah now this is your first time. >> it is my first time. >> wow >> i have seen other artists perform there, what other artists this is my first time. >> how you feeling? >> excited, nervous but excited i am excited, to share my music. >> right. >> this will be good. >> let me get this out, see trey, tonight, blues alley, don't miss that. >> your journey so far here is r&b. >> yes, my second album i am taking a little more aggressive approach i am a gospel artist but my influence musically has been r&b i want to stay true but have an inspiring message the second album is going to be really really great i am excited about it the music is showing my heart and how much i l

you're attending the parador doing yard work, heatstroke can sneak up on you and aing if at howard university's hospital is here with some of the signs and ways to prevent hot stroke. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, shawn. >> what is hot stroke and what signs should we look for? >> heatstroke is one of the heat-related illnesses that rels to your body's inability to cope with heat. you're either getting too much heat and not able to let it out. some of the symptoms you look for is being very, very hot. individuals have a temperature of 104 to 106 degrees and can have headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches and muscle pain. one of the main things is having a neurologic problem. either being unconscious, acting bizarre and being irritable or having the shakes. >> is there a certain group of people who are more at wreck, you know, like the elderly. who is at risk of this? absolutely. the very ole. people over 65 years old, people who are very young, infants and which were, people with chronic medical conditions and illnesses. alcoholics, people, and people who are on certain medications

nasa is working with howard university researchers and local scientists. crews on the ground launched weather balloons to measure surface plus. it will help scientists improve satellites in space. i can see you getting way into that. >> and the one phrase i remember learning in my air pollution dynamics class is the solution to pollution is dilution. isn't that sad? >> the ivy league does rhymes? >> we do. good morning, you guys. le hot day weekend is upon us, so let me tell that you today will be great and i think our fireworks should be good, too. we have one hurdle to get over and that is your sunday weather forecast. so if you're planning three days here, sunday is the one you'll have to look out for. let's take a look around this morning. it's pretty comfortable outside. we've been blessed with some low humidity despite the heat, we've had highs in the ninth, but it just hasn't felt that hot because the dew points have been so low and the humidity's been low. we're at 68 at reagan national airport. a quiet morning. and a comfortable morning. digital d

. >>> nasa is working with howard university and other local scientists to give us a better understandingf just how polluted our air is. today was the first of 14 flights that will gather air quality data over the d.c. area. a research plane with measuring instruments across the sky while scientists on the ground launched a weather balloon. nasa already has satellites that can measure air pollution. but this new effort will distinguish between pollution in the high atmosphere and what we're exposed to closer to the ground. [ closing bell ] >>> fireworks on wall street today. stocks wrapped up their best week in two years. growth in manufacturing eased concerns over the economic slump, and investors were also more optimistic one day after a temporary resolution to greece's debt situation. at the closing bell, the dow gained almost 5 1/2 points closing above 12,500. the nasdaq added 6.2%. all three indices had their biggest week percentage gain since july of '09. >>> the president of venezuela, hugo chavez revealed today that he is fighting cancer. chavez had two operations a few weeks ago

this is a picture, 1936, and she is visiting howard university, and the two students on either side are dressed in reserve officer uniforms. now, this picture caused an outcry from segregationists who used it in the south to attack the racial policies of the roosevelt administration. but on the other hand, it made a great hit in the african-american press of the day which would take pictures like this and run them to show that -- here you had a first lady who really was sympathetic to the cause of african-americans. now, she travels all over the country giving speeches. and some of them definitely paid lectures and some were not. often she's accompanied only by one person, that's her trustworthy secretary, melvina thompson. do you see the kind of clothes they wore. they sort of looked matronly. women weren't supposed to try to keep young the way they are today, no matter how old we actually are. they were expected to dress like older ladies. here she is on an airplane, of course, she loved to fly. she traveled about 300,000 miles during her first year. first eight years as first lady an

, georgetown university hospital -- >> georgetown, george washington, the military hospital, howard university, and recently johnson hopkins just bought suburban and sibley. i don't know if they're going to send residents there, but we have a lot of teaching institutions here. >> and they're great institutions, for sure. let's give some advice to patients when they are being admitted to teaching hospitals, especially in the month of july. what are some things we should be looking out for? >> well, try to avoid having elective surgeries at these teaching institutions in july. let people get their water ring, so to speak. there is a learning curve to being a doctor and to making decisions. let people know what you're allergic to before a nurse or a young daughter administers to you. these kind of errors happen all the time. there's something like 100,000 fatalities a year in hospitals from medication errors, and it's 10% worse in july. let people know. have somebody advocate for you in a hospital, family member, or be your own advocate. be very knowledgeable about what you're receiving. wash you

lots of suburban kids i grew up listening do you know, pop music but you know i also listen to howard university radio. >> and that is how your love of hip-hop group? >> i wasn't the only one. >> we know you aren't the only one. [laughter] we know there are a whole lot of you in the closet listening to hip-hop. [laughter] [applause] let me ask you this, dan. jay-z, sean combs, 50-cent, russell simmons spun their hip-hop careers into zillionaires. they have chloe and lines. they have music. they have alcohol names, you name it. why is it you only have a handful of these hip-hop artists that were able to do this, especially jay-z? what is the secret to jay-z's astronomical success and why was he able to do it versus all the other guys who some may argue for more talented than him? >> a lot of it has to do -- jay-z has his artistic mind and he also has a business mind. he has the soul of an artist and the mind of the killer. and capitalism that is what it is. you have to be strong. part of jay-z's success had to do with a guy named dane dean -- who is a native of harlem who in many ways taught jay-

. >> howard university's wilmer leon says that's because many african-americans lack access to educationhem get a job and he says racism is often at play. despite laws against discrimination. >> unless america makes the significant investment in equality then african-americans and other people of color, in particularly now hispanics are going to find themselves in a constant struggle. >> the congressional black caucus wants the government to do more. >> this is an urgent appeal to the white house, to the congress. and to the people in municipalities all around this country. that we must attack this issue of unemployment and that black unemployment. >> highly educated african-americans aren't immune. reginald booker teaches computer classes at maryland's montgomery classes, even with a ph.d. in chemistry, it's been years since he had a job in his field. the recession has only made it worse. >> i've applied to naurm of different places. it's been an uphill battle. >> they tell you that your qualifications were impressive, but you didn't get the job. do you think being african-american has

universities. a number of young people from howard are studying chinese language and culture. there are some young people and american teachers teaching in american universities. these present good foundations for our future cooperation. we have every reason to believe that as we build cooperative partnerships between our countries, the educational cooperation between our two countries hold even greater promise. we would like to work with you to create a brighter future. i would expect the following. one is that we would beat and cooperation in higher learning and to make such cooperation and engine in our -- we would be cooperative in higher learning and made such cooperation and engine in our relationship. relationship. we need

day working -- lady the other day working at a hotel, cleaning up with a college degree from howard university. she can't get a job. and so what are we going to do in congress? well, congress likes to bash the jobless need cash. what do we need to do to get things going? we need to stop being so mean. mean. that's what we are down here. a bumble bee cannot sting and make honey at the same time. and what we have decided to be in congress are a big group of 435 stingers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for one minute. mr. landry: you know, mr. speaker, i'm new to washington so sometimes i don't understand why this town makes everything so hard. for decades now this town has squandered the wealth of the people of the united states and, yes, it is the people's money, not washington's. our spend something 24% of our economy

universities. a number of young people from howard are studying chinese language and culture. there are some young people and american teachers teaching in american universities. these present good foundations for our future cooperation. we have every reason to believe that as we build cooperative partnerships between our countries, the educational cooperation between our two countries hold even greater promise. we would like to work with you to create a brighter future. i would expect the following. one is that we would beat and cooperation in higher learning and to make such cooperation and engine in our -- we would be cooperative in higher learning and made such cooperation and engine in our relationship. we need to work hard to encourage more students to study in anhui and provide them with scholarships. innovation cooperation should become an important part of our educational cooperation. we need to seize the trend of science and technology. we have always taken innovation as a priority. we will strengthen our cooperation in energy, and based on the protection of our pr, w

. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university, their two daughters, 11-year-old and 9-year-old, both attended public school in paola alto. >>> the suspect in friday's twin attacks that left at least 92 people dead in norway is scheduled in court tomorrow. his lawyer says he's willing to explain his actions during that hearing. part of the suspect's manifesto were almost word for word from the writings of unibomber ted kaczyns kaczynski. nbc's martin fletcher reports on why the suspect says he did what he did. >> reporter: the king and queen of norway, government leaders, attended a memorial service today in oslo khalid r cathedra 93 victims. the killer said he wanted to change norwegian society. turned out just hours before the bombing in oslo, when he killed seven people with his homemade bomb, he posted on the internet a manifesto explaining what he wanted. what he wanted, he said, is essentially to change norwegian society. he wants to stop muslim immigration into europe. and he hopes that this attack, he said, would focus attention on his political issues. ye

. >> robert howard, by the way, grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university. anna maria attended cal poly. their two doctors 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica both attended public school in palo alto. >>> a 17-year-old girl from sacramento is recovering tonight after a sand tunnel collapsed on top of her at bodega bay yesterday nearly killing her. she was buried under the sand for nearly two minutes and reportedly stopped breathing, but emergency crews revived her with cpr. this is the second incident of a california teenager buried alive on a california beach this summer. just last month you will remember brian buchanan of orinda was trapped 10 to 15 minutes at sunset state beach near watsonville. his dad says he is still at valley medical center in san jose. he is now breathing on his own and opened his eyes today, according to his website, but he is still not responding to his surroundings. >>> the man suspected of killing at least 92 people in norway is scheduled to be in court tomorrow, but could still be weeks away from facing formal charges.

. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto, attended stanford university, ana maria attended cal poly.ir daughters both went to public school in palo alto. >> two suspects arrested in the beating of bryan stow head to court today. the two southern california men will answer to charges they severely injured the giants fan back in march. marla tellez is live outside san francisco general hospital where the news would be encouraging for the stow family i can imagine. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, the stow family, though, has not officially made a comment regarding the latest arrest just on thursday. the day of these ares stow's sister said they are not ready to comment yet. of course their focus is on brian who remains here at sf general in ser just condition. 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood will be arraigned in l.a. superior court at 8:30 this morning. the two face charges of mayhem, assault and battery for the march 31 attack that left stow with brain damage. the men are said to be good friends, both have children, and criminal histories that include d

. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university. attended cal poly. the daughters both went to public school in palo alto. >> 5:45. four middle school boys are expected to go to trial accused of sexually assaulting two girls in a class field trip. the class from john f. kennedy middle school was visiting a park in redwood city in march when prosecutors say the boys broke away from the group before the attack. the boys are between 12 and 14 charged with lewdness, sexual battery and false imprisonment. each could face up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. >> it's 5:46. young girl is on the mend this morning after she was hit by a stray bullet during a slumber party. the mother of the 11-year-old says her daughter is still in the hospital but doing better. on friday, the girl was in bed at her cousin's home in the western addition when a bullet blasted through the window and hit her above the heart. police should release the names of the two teens arrested in connection with that shooting. >> the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding h

howard beal. joining us is jeff jarvis who directs the center for entrepreneurial journalism at the city universityiddle finger salute to washington? >> it was the company know noir talking. i watched the news and got mad. i went to twitter and just said it's our money, our economy, f you washington and people starting responding. so i started to joke and people said no, you should make it a hash tag. and now there are 99,000 tweets with that moniker on them. >> that is remarkable. why do you think this took off on at which time tore the point it was getting network news coverage? >> i think there is a lot of anger and disappointment in the government and what's going on right now. some people got mad at me and said you should have been spoefk and said to the gop orr congress or whatever. the fact it was a blank slate allowed people to come in and say why they were upset, f you washington for this or for that, for not letting me marry who i want, making my parents worry about whether they can pay their bills. it brought out the anger and disappointment which i think means it brought out the hope of

lockouts, we're joined by howard beck, who covers professional basketball for the "new york times." and kevin blackistone, a professor of sports journalism at the universityespn. thank you both for being here. kevin, do you first. let's talk about the newest dispute of the newer of the two, basketball. what's at the heart of this disagreement? >> well as always it's money. and the nba is crying poverty. they'll tell you that 22 of their 30 teams didn't make any money last year andç don'áç hae much prospects for making any money in the near future if the continued financial plan they're working under isn't broken up and something else is put in its place. ton the players obviously don't want to give anything back. that's the big difference between the nba and the nfl. the nba owners and management are actually asking concessions from their players. >> howard beck, what would you add to that? help us understand the divide between the owners and the players in basketball. >> well, it basically breaks down along two lines for the nba. there's the philosophical or the stuck toural side of thisçç which is that they want to impose this hard salary cap instead

university, dr. jeffrey sachs and richard haas. is this a cfr meeting? >> on camera. >> awesome. >> michael? >> i vice president paid my dues. >> former governor howard dean. good to have you on board this morning. >> thanks, mika. >> there's so many headlines, news of the world going down and what it means or if it will or if it will be rebranded. one thing we'll be talking about. in yemen, the president was seriously wounded in an explosion. he made an appearance. very awkward looking, very different and what it means. we'll talk about that as well. i want to bring this up because it plays in the budget. sorry, where is my obesity story. >> i had a thing about a 20-pound cat. >> that's stupid. obesity rates rise 90% since 1995. this is incredible. each of these states look at how much is spent on obesity related illnesses. medicare and medicaid spend 20% of their budget to treat illnesses and these numbers are staggering. it plays into the debate we are having in washington. >> this september in new york, for the first time ever, governments are going to gather to talk about noncommune cal diseases. obesity is one of the biggest drivers of health c

howard youtube channel, watch chief justice john robert's comments on cameras in the court room. you can watch it online at youtube. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table now, samer shehata, georgetown universityistant professor on arab politics. professor, what is the latest on egypt? guest: president mubarak was ousted on february 11, so this is a transition period. we have the supreme council of the armed forces. it is headed by the military in the have put in an interim cabinet. they have called for parliamentary elections in september. but the country is certainly unsettled. there is a great deal of political activity with different political parties forming, alliance is made, security issues. security is not fully back to what it was. there has not been reform within the security apparatus. the economy is faltering. so the transitional moment isn't settled. host: talk about the elections that you mentioned. in the last decades, we sought elections in which mr. mumbai won. what is different in terms of the process and the way that this might be played out? guest: as you know the january 25 revolution was against this authoritarianism and electoral fraud. i have some faith that elections i