when i first got to the atlantic, all my co-bloggers were ivy league graduates. not only was i not an ivy league graduate, i was a drop-out. the atlantic didn't care. they've never cared. they have no concerns about that at all. from the time i got there up until the present, i've always been spectacularly supported, spectacularly encouraged. i came to the atlantic with no reputation at all for anything, and just on a hunch, they gave me a shot to write for the magazine first and then to blog later. they've been really amazing about that. >> hinojosa: so in terms of the activism of your generation, what do you want to see from them? >> i want them to be critical thinkers, and i want them to interrogate themselves. michael irvin posed for the cover of out magazine and came out in favor of gay rights and talked about why he was for gay rights and everything. michael irvin was a wide receiver for the dallas cowboys in their heyday. ultimate jock, ultimate, you know, sort of macho dude. and here he is posing on the cover of a gay magazine and talking about his commit

. >>> getting into a ivy league school is one thing but listen ho sw thisdent got there. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." let's start with the good news. isaac has not strengthened over the warm water of the gulf. that's fantastic. the bad news is the forecast cone is starting to narrow in on new orleans and a path similar to this would almost be kind of a worst case scenario. as a cat 1 it would be significant area up through lake pontchartrain. that's the thing to watch for the next 36 hours until landfall new if you're watchingous nbc 4 in lancaster, ohio, watch appalachian strings. >> that looked like a piece of art, banjo. >>> here's an early look at headlines in entertainment news. lack of any real opposition left "expendables 2" in the driver's seat at the box office. sylvester stallone lost 50% of their audience. fortunately for them, there was no competition from new films, so $13 million was enough to make it -- >> that's all? >> yes. multiple sources have confirmed to "us weekly" after a couple months of casual dating john mayer

. >> armed only with ivy league business and law degrees, and the mitt romney trailed blazes his way to a pioneering new boston firm, where he learned how to secrete money. from there, it was a series of personal triumphs, from single-handedly saving 2002 salt lake olympics to electing himself governor of massachusetts. but there is still one thing left for mitt romney to build, a presidency. as the elite east coast harvard educated creator of romney care started to run, in the most conservative republican field in history, romney realized that terrible truth. >> i am someone who is a moderate and my views are progressive. >> i will preserve and protect a women's right to choose. >> we also should keep weapons of -- to be on the street. >> he billed himself the wrong way. it would take a monumental feat of self reconstruction. >> i am pro-life. >> $122 billion. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. >> around the clock operations across 14 time zones until finally. >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> mitt romney had done it. all by himself.

and my gut instinct says there is an easy track that gets into an ivy league school. was valedictorian in my high school and top in my a.s.t. scores. you don't have to do that as a foreign exchange student. they are looking for diversity. that's an easy way to get into an ivy-league school. it changes the ballgame and levels the field. if they are looking for a guy from indonesia, but you are a good talker, good interviewer and you have a great, exotic story. >> sean: in the spirit of harry reid, you are saying what reid is saying to romney -- prove it. >> yeah. listen. i am being honest. but harry reid didn't make it predictions for a living. i smell clues. something doesn't smell right at columbia. if it's just grade, why not unseal your record? if it is something else, shouldn't the american people have a right to see that? >> sean: i have never been a birther, i thought delaying the release of the birth certificate was interesting. there you go -- are you voting for romney? [laughter] >> i'm a libertarian, so i'm a gary johnson guy -- [overlapping dialogue] >> i'm

he's an ivy league grad and he went to stanford and then he went on to harvard law school and he hasvery successful as mayor. his city was recognized as the top local economy last year by the milkin institute and by all accounts he's saying the right things, he has the right charisma and media savvy and he's not shy in front of the cameras and he has a right tone according to most analysts. >> and the first hispanic to be a keynote speaker, right? >> that's significant because as you mentioned before in 2004, barack obama, then a virtually unknown senator from illinois did the same thing and what many people are wondering are is this the beginning of a national career for julian castro. >> could he be the country's first hispanic president? if you look at what happened to barack obama. they have very similar back stories. >> that's right. probably too early to tell. he's only been the mayor and barack obama was a senator. maybe if he were to run for governor of texas and more political experience, that's a possibility. but it is definitely right. i mean, he's definitely seen as a ris

. >>> earning good grades to get into an ivy league school is one thing, but listen how this student got there. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonderful weekend. we've been watching isaac all weekend passing through the florida straits by key west. looks like the final end of the journey of isaac will end somewhere in louisiana and mississippi. that's where it will move inland and weaken. the question is how long will it take to approach land area. we've still got about 36 hours to wait to see how strong isaac can get. hopefully it will be a low end category 1 and not any stronger. the weather in the west, still pretty warm in veg gans and phoenix. partly cloudy skies up in the northwest. most areas should be dry. if you're watching us on knbc 4, los angeles, california, see a sculpture modeled after a fast-paced city and speedy roadways at metropolis ii at the los angeles county museum of art. that was complex. >> have you seen it? >> i have. >> they use toy cars. kind of like a mockup of los angeles highways. it's cool. you should g

this fall, she will begin her second year at a prestigious ivy league university. yet, jessica remains undocumented in america and could be deported at any time. this has been one of her biggest fears, despite all that she's accomplished here. >> in terms of being able to access jobs i never thought i could access, i think it gives you a sense of security, too just because there's always that threat of deportation, lingering behind. >> reporter: obama's new policy has renewed hope among young, undocumented immigrants for eventual perm residency. but immigration policy is a contentious issue in the was is likely to be a focal point in the run-up to current elections. corinne schneider. for an update on the weather forecast, mai shoji. mai? one is the typhoon moving suddenly closer toward the southern okinawa islands. it will be maintaining its strength as a typhoon as it makes landfall over taiwan. the rainfall amounts, could be staggering amounts when they accumulate. 300 to 350 millimeters could be possibly in and around the regions. it will be engulfing much of t

this fall, she will begin her second year at a prestigious ivy league university, yet yessica remains undocumented in america and could be deported at any time. this has been one of her biggest fears, despite all that she's accomplished here. >> in terms of being able to access jobs that i never thought i could access. i think it also gives you a sense of security, too, just because there's always that threat of deportation kind of lingering behind. >> reporter: obama's new policy has renewed hope among young, undocumented immigrants for eventual permanent residency, but immigration is likely to be a focal point in the run up to the presidential elections. corrinne snyder, nhk world, new york. >>> a group of about 90 japanese athletes and officials are on their way to the paralympic games in london. medal hopefuls in wheelchair tennis and other sports left tokyo on wednesday. a total squad of 135 japanese athletes will take part in 17 events in london. they'll try to top the nation's haul of 27 medals won at the beijing games four years ago. a wheelchair tennis player is gunning for h

young business tycoon had it his way he would have started in the united states where he got his ivy league qualifications but paul had no choice despite his eagerness to start a firm and create jobs america's searching on employment saw immigration authorities deny more and more visas for foreigners when your resume gets rejected you pretty much have to go back that is annoying there's no recourse us such and i think that was disappointing maybe we would have started something in the u.s. had we gotten. my visa but then you know it doesn't matter experts say it's no coincidence that the rising rejection rates occurred as america's economy tanked but acting on the perceived fear that immigrants were taking american jobs has had the opposite effect it's unfortunate. denials are being made that are justified because what happens if it ends up being an incentive to u.s. companies to locate more resources outside the country in some ways in ways that might. well u.s. immigration authorities have increased the rejection rate of temporary work visas for citizens of all countries india has been th

romney's economic team includes some pretty heavy hitters from business and academia, including ivy leagueors, hedge fund managers. there's a former president of the world bank and former merrill lynch ceo. tell us more about how they made it into romney's economic inner circle. >> one of the big questions that we've all had about romney's campaign almost from the beginning is what specifically are his plans to fix the economy. he's been accused by his critics of being big on grand gestures and short on details. and so what weather we found out about this economic policy steering group, we felt that it might give us some clues into what his -- what his policies actually will be. this is a -- if you look at the group as a whole, there's 19 members, five former chairs of the presidential council of economic advisers. as you mentioned, a former president of the world bank. a couple hedge fund managers, a lot of professors. i mean, all in all, i think the way -- think about the group as a whole is that this is a -- a group of establishment republican establishment figures. and my sense was tha

. >> reporter: armed with an ivy league diploma greenberg entered the job market in may 2011, lookingrk in public service. >> if i knew that there was an option to give back to society, work in a service job through the government, through an agency and to also make a living, that would have been completory ideal. >> axelrod: 15 months after graduating, greenberg is still struggling, while segal is trying to mobilize people like her through the internet, enlisting stars like larry david. >> would support any effort to create a new service job. >> axelrod: it will take far more than the enthusiasm of the hollywood set to get congress to fund a program that could cost as much as $18 billion. >> our house of representatives, our senate leaders cannot ignore the voices of a million people signing petitions saying we want jobs and we want to serve our country. >> axelrod: soinar, ourtime has collected more than signatures. 62-year-old diana nyad hit the water in cuba today, making her third attempt to swim more than 100 miles to u.s. shores. if all goes well, the crossing would take some 6

they were ivy league school. that wasn't enough for them. ask yourself how many pita people you seen who are genuinely happy people, how many gun control activist are content with their lives when they're not controlling yours? how many anti-sugar crusaders manage to go through life with scowls on their faces. their scared that someone is enjoying a lollipop. i'm not cheerful until i have my breakfast but that's just me. enjoying your freedom and plotting that course is fun. sometimes you work without it but it's fun isn't it? who do you think is happier in life? the town of alderman who has a stand who is unregulated for the parent in the town who pay the fine so kids can be kids? we're here to shoot guns in the air today. i shot some really badly. smoking plenty of cigars, drinking something hand crafted for the soul purpose of enjoying it and the simplicity of it all, it's making everybody in this room happy. i can see you guys are enjoying yourselves. only thing that will make it better, we need ice cream sundae station over there and a

. >> along disserving university ivy league ishe stepping down. richard levin of yale university is leading and the end of the years,c year after 20 sabbatical take a and write a book. more than $7 billion during his tenure as president. at harvard university, allegations of in anread cheating undergraduate government class. half the students in the plagiarized orng inappropriately collaborated on the final,. it was a take-home exam. 279 students. those found guilty could be forced to withdraw from the e for a year and face other disciplinary actions. us are using our smartphones to get away. >> college kids may experience as they goproblems back to school. here's linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning. wired college kids may feel on plugged as they head back to campus. most colleges and universities are not prepared y internet traffic that's expected of their networks. many students may be booking back home for the holidays. two out of five smartphone users or use travel web sites applications. that's over 40 million peopl

both young, ivy league educated, both latino. who's texas star going to shine the brightest?d cruz. he's the tea party darling. he won the senate primary, and he won big even though his opponent david dewhurst raced more than twice as much money. now dewhurst also had the backing of conservative texas governor rick perry, a lot of good that did. here is cruz this morning taking a not-to-humble victory lap. >> this race has been called ground zero in the national battle between the moderate establishment desperately cling to go power, and the conservative tidal wave sweeping this conservative. >> jennifer: moderate establishment, who would thunk that rick perry would be part of the moderate establish establishment. when this guy says conservative, he means the extreme far right. as a lawyer he successfully defended the ten commandments monument and the 2003 texas redistricting plan. the supreme court called it jerrymandering, and it gets worse. he believes that there is an u.n.-backed experience that the president is in on to take away all private property. actually on his web

this is why i go to these ivy league schools.h grate dropout. i want her to understand that. from that perspective. they didn't get it because they got caught up in the laughter of it all. that's the only -- the part about it is laughter. laughter soothes people. i love it from that perspective. i wanted to get the true essence of really who i am as a person. >> when people listen to you here and whether it's on camera or not on camera, they hear your real interesting command of the english language and words and candor and honesty. where does that come from? >> just want to improve yourself as a human being. you know, all this crazy stuff. these are the guys that are -- the intellectual world so to speak. you want to learn about these guysment most of the guys we want to be you look up to for personal gain. it's all about gaining something, for people to think that you're versed in things. people we don't look at in that perspective. we only look at their greatness and never look at the perspective. all that greatness doesn't ne

as ivy league football teams go, that's pretty good.d i went to the university of texas, but i'll always claim harvard's research library as my own. >> i see. >> you get to claim it as your own? that sounds absolutely ridiculous. and the same thing at harvard, i loved lsu my whole life. come on. that's just absurd. >> the article is hilariously funny. thank you for talking to us about it. thank you. >>> ahead on "starting point," a massive shipment of those gorgeous red soled shoes stopped in their tracks. we'll tell you what they would have gone for if they'd hit the market. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] >>> welcome back to "starting point," everyone. a quick check of some of the stories we're following this morning. u.s. customs turns into a giant shoe closet after agents seize thousands of fake christian loub tan shoes in los angeles. the nearly 20,500 pairs of counterfeit red soled shoes could have brought in $18 million. that's a lot of money, if they had reached the underground market. >>> there was a wild ride t