is is ithaca here. >> yeah, this is ithaca in the center area. >> reporter: the point is, when you zoomdowntown... >> you've got one, two, three, four, five, six different two-block area. >> reporter: and outside of town, peer pressure also seems to work. >> five, l within about three blocks of each other. >> reporter: and even in the woods. >> there's one customer that could have solar on hinging post road, and that's where it started. and then the neighbors all tried to get it and couldn't-- oo reporter: because it's shaded? >> too shaded, yep. but these customers have all put their panels on solar farms instead. >> reporter: do the neighbors brag to each other >> yeah. oh, it's a "keeping up with the joneses" thing, for sure. >> reporter: keeping up with their economizing, too, another aspect of peer pressure. >> the cost of solar in the last seven yearhas dropped by about 80%. at this point, solar is the cheapest form ofthlectricity you can get. >> reporter: of course, all this depends on having enough peers. the six degrees of kevin bacon. >> the idea is that any actor,. alive or d

paul solman from in and around ithaca, new york. ♪ spectacular, we invite you to walk in the shoes ofpisode features author malcolm gladwell who tells us what to look for when meeting a person for aew -- a first time. he also hosts a podcast -- revisionist history. >>in we aroo much of a hurry that we seize whatever evidence is there and jump to c aclusions and probably not as aware as we should st of how many es we make in that process . every time you meet someone new there is ahrill of anticipation. you are presented with a puzzle -- who is this person? it is easy to create the illusion of intimacy and create the person you're talking tond that you should be careful. cwhen a judgefronts a defendant in an attempt to decide whether they should be given bail or not, h good are they at making that judgment? to prect if that person's dangerous or not and wt you discover in thatoment is that judges do a very bad job of that. an that is because they are human beings and human beings do a bad job of summingomne up in a one minute conversation. the judge does not have enough material to mak

. >> our next caller is from ithaca, new york. aster, welcome back to the conversation. good morning. good morning. are you with us? >> yes, yes i am. can you hear me? >> we can now. go ahead with your question or comments. >> yes, thank you, first of all, for everyone behind the scenes who put us all on every day. pastor michael vincent crea, and my ministry is ecological, egalitarian. one world life systems. stonewall needs not to just be an historical site, it needs to be an insight into our history, and i think mr. stein would concur that not only the commemoration of these events. and i did not come out until i left the seminary in 1983, and then i went into the peace corps, and i won a conference of case went i was fired, and one of the things they did was they fired me for being gay, in senegal. i had my masters divinity, i passed my own human rights ministry, but my last paper at catholic university was same-gendered marriages, and what we do not realize is that what we need is a vehicle of veracity with a capacity to uphold those self-evident truths. and so what

that's cayuga lake in ithaca, new york. it's where you'll find one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. cornell, the ivy league. more than 13,000 undergrads here working towards degrees will with good fortune take their places in medicine, the law, the arts. there's no doubt a cornell education can be a gold-plated entrance ticket to adult life. and only the best need apply, students like charlie tan. he was so kind, his classmate featured him in a video, random acts of kindness. giving gifts to complete strangers. >> not just a great kid but the greatest of great kids. >> charlie was the son of chinese immigrants who became "mr. everything." scholar, class president, the guy with the cool friends, hannah valentine opened up her parents' summerhouse to charlie and his other teenaged pals. >> he was always happy and energetic. >> the guy that tells jokes? >> everybody knows him. he'll like walk in. the room lights up, he starts telling a funny story. >> so you'd think charlie tan was another ivy league overach

. >> our next caller is from ithaca new york, pastor welcome back to the conversation good morning. >> can you hear me. >> we can now. go had with a question or comment. >> yes. thank you first of all for everyone behind the scenes. who put us all on every day. pastor vincent. stonewall, needs not only to be a historical site in needs to be an insight into our history. mister stein i think would concur that not only the commemoration of these events. i did not come out until i left the seminary and 83. then i went into peace corps, i and the peace corps i was wrongly fired. one of the things they fired me for was being gay and senegal. also, iran i passed my own human rights ministry, my last paper catholic university was saying gendered marriages. what we do not realize, is that what we need is a vehicle of veracity with a capacity to uphold those self evident truths. and so what we would like, i would think we need, with all the top and everything is good about the reparations, about voting rights, about equal access. i got fired by trinity church standing up for a south african tra

. >> our next caller is from ithaca new york. pastor, welcome back to the conversation.ood morning. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> i can. >> caller: thank you to all of you behind the scenes who put us all. it's pastor michael crea, my ministry is he can logical egal tare, one world life systems. stonewall needs not just to be a historical site. it needs to be an insight into our history. and mr. stein, i think, would concur that not only the commemoration of this -- these events, and i didn't come out until i left the seminary in '83. and then i went into peace core, and i won the most comprehensive case in peace corps when i was wrongly fired. and one of the things they fired me for was being gay in senegal. i passed my own human rights ministry. but my last paper at catholic university was same-gendered marriages. what we do not realize is that what we need is a vehicle of voracity with the capacity to uphold those self-evident truths. what we would like, i would think we need, with all the talk and everything is good about the reparations, about voting rights,

sue has a different opinion in ithaca, new york. my main issue is to beat donald trump in november. he is a danger to our democracy. i'm a moderate democrat who is undecided for the primary. i like amy klobuchar but if the front runner's joe biden i will happily vote for him as well. my second choice is bernie because of his integrity -- one of my most desired characteristics in a president. the issue of canada woman be a president, -- of can a woman be a president, which took center issue at the debate -- our banks to cnn for giving us permission to air this -- and senator amy klobuchar with this. [video clip] >> i hear that. people have said it, that is why i have addressed it from the state. you do not have to be the tallest person in the room -- james madison was 5'4". do not have to be the skinniest person, you do not have to be the loudest person -- you have to be competent. michigan has a woman governor right now. third, i would add to this, you have to be competent to win and you have to know what you're doing. when you look at what i have done, i have won every race every p