. >> reporter: educator alfie kohn is a grit skeptic. >> i don't want children, or adults for that matter be fearful that if they say this isn't working, i don't derive pleasure from this, i'm going to move on to something else, that they will be accused of not being sufficiently single minded, or having enough stick to it-ness. >> reporter: moreover, says kohn: >> these concepts have the effect of blaming kids in dire circumstances for their circumstances, instead of looking at how poverty, and racial discrimination holds kids back. >> reporter: duckworth concedes the point, to a degree. >> i think grit is a very important thing to being successful, but it's also important to have a situation have a, have a life that has opportunities for you to do well, right? and, and that's separate from your grit. and the other thing i would say grit is not a substitute for is having you know values, you know, empathy for other people, um, other aspects of character. so, grit is an important thing, but i don't think it's the only thing. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour, this is economics corresponde

indeed judge kohn had a number of grievances with the university and how the case was litigated and so forth and he cataloged them twice, one at the end of the doe and later in a law review article that he later wrote about the case. one gripe may in retrospect strike us as ironic, toward the end of doe, the judge suggested that in thinking about its policy, michigan might have learned a great deal by looking at the experiences of another great uffer, yale. i am not sure that today anyone on either side of the debate thinks that the perfect solutions to these problems reside in new haven. here is the point. although judge kohn found the policy unconstitutional and had a variety of grievances with the institution, his opinion reflects genuine respect for the university's concerns, for the complexity of the problem before it, indeed the first sentence in doe, this case that strikes down one of those policies reads, "it is an unfortunate fact of our constitutional system that the ideals of freedom and equality are often in conflict. the difficult and sometimes painful past of our politica

do you think it's what you're saying, kohn, this new paradigm that's not left/right?arty says they think it's all good for you guys what's going on with sanders and clinton. >> i think it's all good. i'm not surehi hilary and i thi it's good for the same reason, or hillary clinton and i think it's good for the same reason. we've had a republican party and democratic party who, for too long, have been captured by a lead interest, big business and this sort of status quo, right? and, let's be clear, we are increasingly a partisan country. but the parties have been -- and the elites of the parties have been pretty aligned on a number of issues, including friendly business policies, trade deals that help big business and hurt -- >> no question, money wins. >> right? and foreign policy. right? so this realignment that's happening in this country -- which, by the way, didn't just start now. you could say it started with the tea party. remember, it was a movement against bailing out the big banks with taxpayer money. this movement is starting to transform politics and depend

. >> have you seen buzzy kohn?d he knows he's smart so he's showing off a bit, even passing p up big money just to taunt alex trebek. >> nick watts has the antics we're all talking about. >> what is a mourner? >> correct. >> who is philip ross. >> you are right again. >> he's nine-day champ dividing the internet. love him or hate him or 200. some say smug. some say sexy. >> who is buzzy cohen. >> in final jeopardy he wagers zero, passes up prize money to goof around. >> what is see you tomorrow trebek? >> reporter: has there ever been a more pungible jeopardy champion? looks like a kid i would p push into a locker. >> this is just me. this is my hair and these are my glasses. >> reporter: but then there's this. buzzy cohen is my soul mate. i have never loved a man the way i love bazi cohen. >> there are people who have sought me out and sent me messages. >> announcer: sultry messages. >> things you can't say on tv. >> reporter: but this cary grant meets arthur the ard vashg is -- >> who is you aren't rid of me yet

the carolina kohn campaign has also announced they started working with the dnc, democratic national committee, to form their general election organizations, to beef up state parties and hire field organizers in eight swing states. the clinton campaign has been making a big deal for months now how they're not just raising money for hillary clinton's campaign. they've also been raising money for dnc and state parties while this announcement today, this represents the first big dispersement of those funds. they say it's an initial investment of $2 million to start building up democratic state organizations for the general election in these eight states, colorado, florida, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. eight states. building up the organizations in those states. hiring field organizers. making sure those state operations have what they need for the general election. and that will be music to the ears of democratics. now that they have settled on their candidate, donald trump and democrats are still in this contested broil on this side. it's go

sally kohn from cnn, nancy giles from cbs sunday morning is in the book as well as some, you know, new and rising writers. elise saw worthington, i wrote an essay as well as the introduction. emily -- [inaudible] from the american spectator. you know, there's conservatives in the book as well who have things to say about hillary. and a woman from memphis who produces a podcast called hey, that's my hummus. and it's a multi-ethnic, multi-religious podcast about issues and coming together. the essay topics range from millennials who found it to be a plus, not a minus, that hillary stayed with bill after monica lewinsky as well as baby boomers who have a hard time forgiving hillary for that decision. there are conservatives who won't vote for her but who admire her for the path that she's taken and paved for all women. there are women who couldn't support her in 2008 because of judgment of her life choices, but who have had a change of heart in 2016 because of their own personal experiences. one of her neighbors from chappaqua has written one of the essays, and i visited the neighbor's to

chairman, ranking member kohn, mr. conyers and members of the subcommittee. i'm david weiss with ddr corps, executive counsel. i've been in practice for 33 years and general counsel since 2003. ddr is a new york stock exchange-traded real estate investment trust. we own over 350 properties around the country and puerto rico and have over 113 million square feet. our tenants are some of the most recognizable national, regional and local retailers. i'm here to testify today on behalf of the international council of shopping centers or icsc, the global trade association for the shopping center industry with over 70,000 members and over 100 countries, they represent a wide variety of owners, managers and other professionals related to real estate. first and foremost, let me say that the icsc vigorously supports both the letter and the intent of the ada. we recognize and applaud the positive impact that the ada has had on our society. we also support hr-3765 introduced by congressman poe and co-sponsored by congressman peterson as ways to strengthen accessibility,