jennifer lawson was the executive vice president of programming and promotion services. she was senior vice president for television and digital content. little time between those, she ran the howard university public station. jennifer has received numerous awards for her work in public media. the hollywood reporter named her at 1.1 of the 50 most mostential -- one of the 50 most influential women. jennifer: thank you very much. education is a fundamental element of public broadcasting. public delusion -- public television was educational television first in many places around the country. e in many stations references education. several of the 362 public television nation are licensed to universities, such as the one orry just mentioned, whut arizona pbs, which originated as arizona's date university. public television, together with public, noncommercial radio ambined to serve as significant place for informal learning for listeners and viewers of all ages. we will discuss public broadcasting's educational underpinning, his legacy and how the preservation of this conte

it was betsy lawson who was tolliver's nurse when she fell ill with smallpox. betsy lawson notes that as tolliver recovered she did all manner of work but especially nursing. we know these things because application to the pension bureau in 1895 and was busy finding witnesses to testify on her behalf, naming names not only of the people she worked with but the surgeons who sponsored her work and so forth for two or three years it took her to put all this information. service recordhe of hospital attendants from the american civil war, and i did this about 20 years ago, we learn that among those 21,000 union female hospital workers, about 11% of them were african-americans. that is that we can identify from those index cards. my guess is there was probably a higher percentage, a higher number and percentage of african-american women, especially in the eastern theater. women,that many black especially fugitives who do not want to be discovered, were simply not counted. this is where we get into fuzzy math. died, really it was more like 750, the same we can meet -

and this way the work is broken down for you those in what's your own course course not often so lawson. one of the heart centers partners is software company thousand shapes. the i.t. experts specialize in the research of artificial intelligence and medicine so they know the potential. and you could really use your own personalized treatment will be available in the future and it's already possible and they're able to see the luxury product was also official intelligence will help to turn this luxury product into an every day product. i thought spoke to. germany's digital association but com says the person is not coming fast enough to enable their research and development of ai com is asking the government to provide at least four billion euros over the next four years. earlier i talked to philip lawrence of the new responsibility foundation a think tank focused on technology's impact on society and i asked him if the late stephen hawking warned that thinking machines could end the human race should we pursue artificial intelligence nevertheless. well as a matter of fact stephen hawki

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aj lawson the scoop to the who. north texas is your cbi champ. women's final four semifinals, yukon, notre dame. you guys might want to wake up for this. it was epic. final seconds of regulation. jessica sessions cannot inbound it. lays it in at the other end. 79-79. we have overtime. in overtime, notre dame by 3. we are tied at 89. the irish hold for the last shot. they go to their superstar. the irish ends yukon's undefeated season. they will play mississippi state in the women's championship game on sunday. that is just the tip of the iceberg on a big night in sports. much more coming up in about 20 minutes. >> those girls are incredible. >> next at 11 -- suspect terrifying moments during the fire storm last october. for the first time, we are hearing the voices of the people who were desperate to get help that night. >> hello? >> what is your name? a >> we are going to die! >> the 11:00 news on ktvu fox 2. >> our 2 investigates team has received calls from the fires last year. >> desperation, some did not know where to turn. dispatch centers

lawson. test launches of several effective missiles. able to destroy u.s. satellites. this development alters the strategic balance between great powers and is continued to involve in favor of china. public report indicates that it would have an number of u.s. satellites. disabling many of the capabilities we have come to rely on the united states military. in the classified setting. can you give us an overview of what the strategy is. i we really committing enough resources to this development that could alter the strategic balance. the development of ai as one of the things that we are investing in. they have made a commitment to be the world leader in ai by 2030. i'm just concerned that we are falling behind and this is the place because of the strategic implications we clearly had to leave. it's become very contested. we've a strategy and one that we share with the department of defense. we have a vision. we took that vision and wrapped and concept around. we have trained and exercised for that. there are several lines of effort that we are doing again if you are r

instead sadly the number of a child and as lawson psychiatrist has fallen by 6.3 percent. and young persons mental health. i will repeat the point. the issue of young people's mental health is a very serious issue. that is why that is why we are ensuring that we do start to address this at an earlier stage he is right about the higher portion of mental health. it's exactly why we are doing more in our schools where we are working to ensure that we do have the training for teachers. it's a wider issue here. i'm sure everybody in this house will recognize because when i go and talk to young people who had developmental health problems when i hear from them about the problems they are facing one of issues is the use of social media and the harassment that they get on social media. and i hope he will join with me and saying that we need to help our young people and had greater resilience in dealing with that but we also need to ensure that we see social media not being used in a way that the mental health problems could will be with them. she will support our digital bill whic

he wants to play scott lawson apparently i believe fbi agent yeah. >> we should mention who was his partner and apartmenter partner- >> latina from the the border the coolest investigative team like the "x-files" but you have like this country boy from tennessee. and then you've got this really cool latina from -- the border working together to unravel this. investigation. >> like you read how it concludes and how the trial concludes. the book is called bloodlines a true story of a drug cartel the fbi and the battle for a forest racing dineny melissa is the author. >> thank you. beginning now from the tucson peel of books, author discussion on president trump.

tim lawson, do you thinkjeremy corbyn has a point that we has been too close to saudi arabia and to willingaudi arabia. this is a hugely complex situation, it is right we need to tackle the saudis on how they conduct this war, i have been to yemen, it is a huge humanitarian crisis going on, we need the conflict to stop but we need more, people complaining about the crown prince coming here, whose prospects are reforming that part of the world are reforming that part of the world are quite inspiring, we need to talk to him and work out ways we can all get round the table and stop this conflict is happening. just coming up conflict is happening. just coming up with all these things about human having to talk to them and human rights, let's talk to them. jeremy corbyn has long supported ending arms sales to saudi arabia, do you think is right? i don't, saudi arabia is our ally against the rebels trying to use the democratically elected government in yemen. we have concerns about the way they prosecuted the war, they have themselves been on the receiving end of over 90 long—range missiles being

this is a quote by fbi agent or you're speaking in the words of fbi agent scott lawson. >> uh-huh. >> host: cute, nuevo laredo is on fire and i'm writing reports about it. break it down for us a little bit. >> guest: well, it's a weird dichotomy of being a border agent as he was. he was a fbi agent sent from tennessee down to laredo. his first post, and it was considered a hardship position, and there has been some pretty significant violence and conflict in mexico now, the drug war for the last, you know, ten years or more. so it's an odd sensation of being an agent being sent down to the border and then not being able to address the violence that was happening just across the river, and the duality of laredo and nuevo laredo which are really one community in the same, divided by a river, divided by the rio grande, but then just, outrageous violence that was happening in nuevo laredo still happening and then laredo is one of the safest cities in the united states. most people don't believe, but it's true. >> host: how did nuevo laredo go from being a tourist border town in many ways

. >> this is jeff lawson and i think he is a terrific guy. now there business is booming.it is a good situation. but they were volatile but it is good now john in florida. >> caller: john in florida. >> good to have you on the show again. >> caller: always a pleasure speaking with you. it has been flat for a while, what do you think of dina vax? >> i don't think that i can commit to it all the way up here tha f thank you for calling. and that, ladies and gentleman, concludes the "lightning round"" >> announcer: lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade >> hey, jimbo. booyah i love you man >> hey, jim, always gravely to catch up. >> news flash, the sky is not falling. >> caller: i talk about you all the time my boiyfriend wants to know who is this jimmy guy. >> caller: we renamed our dogs to prime and boeing. >> i sleep in my eagles pajamas. >> slap the tax on bourbon sorry, not sorry tions. thank you. how many kids? my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. yo

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aj lawson the scoop to the who. north texas is your cbi champ.nals, yukon, notre dame. you guys might want to wake up for this. it was epic. final seconds of regulation. jessica sessions cannot inbound it. lays it in at the other end. 79-79. we have overtime. in overtime, notre dame by 3. we

attorney general said david lawson of fairdale road in philadelphia was the ring leader. made fake scripts on his computer. there were upwards of 1,000 papers for oxycodon own opioids. >>> helene senior of doylestown admitted to taking $350,000 belonging to 16 clients. she was fired to manage rent collections and main security deposits from their tenants. >>> happening today, philadelphia franklin square opens for the season. the park will be open everyday through december 31 for rounds of minnie golf and rides on the carousel. there are special movie nights and festivals this summer. >> a lot of ahead on "action news" we'll work to update you on the top stories. david and karen. >> reporter: we have clouds around this morning, but temperatures will climb, by 1:00 p.m. we'll be up to 54 degrees, rain arrives later tonight and steady to heavier tonight and wind picking up a lot of stuff coming up ahead as we look at the extended forecast. >> reporter: a car fire cleared on schuylkill expressway devon, chester county. we have a problem on 422 i'll take you there live next.

the dons rally in the second half leads the team with 19 points usf would cut the lead by one a-j lawsonhe game away with a layup north texas wins 88-77 they win their first championship in men's basketball history about a month ago... nobody had loyola-chicago in their final four brackets. the ramblers are two wins away from being crowned national champions. today the team held practice before facing michigan in the final four saturday. the ramblers are making their second apperance in the final four since 1963. loyola chicago's cinderalla story is highlighted by san francisco highlighted by san francisco native, sister jean the 98-year-old nun is the team's chaplain. she has become a celebrity... as she took the podium to speak... she was surrounded by cameras sister jean says she is excited to be in san antonio. next at 8. this looks like people were having fun....but it's actually a punishment for actually a punishment for students we'll explain. tonight at 9 i'm like where is stanley when we need him except this i was there this time, watching people doing the only thi

the lawson dollars was much less than estimated at the time. loss in dollars was much less than estimated at the time. why did it happen? the report analyzes it in this negro pride rising in the civil rights movement, tension so high it was ready to snap. what turned incident into disorder? the violet response of our own , mainly of the police and national guard. the commission blames local government for being out of touch with their negro minorities. it also criticizes the news media, newspapers, and radio intelligent and for the same thing. television ford the same thing. getting a figure of $500 million damage from detroit, a figure that has since proved 10 times too high. by commission is critical negro militants that exploited the disorder after it began. the report includes there is no evidence that any riot was planned or instigated by any negro organization or that riots bye caused right -- caused outsiders. in explaining the origins, the report calls attention to the historic edition of lawlessness in this country, the vigilante from

aj lawson here with the dagger.th texas is your cbi champ winning the deciding game 88- 77. >>> kevin durant's return to the court was more brief than anticipated. at least he didn't get hurt. he did get ejected. last night against milwaukee he drives got fouled and doesn't get the call and lets the officials know about it. you know the rest. losing the game wasn't so big. kd is now in a precarious position going forward. the double technical gives him 14 from the season, two away from a one-game suspension. >> they doing their job. that's all they doing is they job. after the game i didn't go find a ref to give him my two cents. i went home, enjoyed my night and came to work today. that didn't affect me, my personality. i didn't change as a person because i got a tech. it just happened. >> bay area baseball off to a great start yesterday. giants and a's both winning tight one run games. and they will be at it again tonight. in the meantime, big time drama in detroit. check this out. pirates, tigers, tied at 10 in t

he wants to play scott lawson apparently i believe fbi agent yeah. >> we should mention who was his partner and apartmenter partner- >> latina from the the border the coolest investigative team like the "x-files" but you have like this country boy from tennessee. and then you've got this really cool latina from -- the border working together to unravel this. investigation. >> like you read how it concludes and how the trial concludes. the book is called bloodlines a true story of a drug cartel the fbi and the battle for a forest racing dineny melissa is the author. >> thank you. beginning now from the tucson peel of books, author discussion on president trump. here's josh greene, david k. johnson katy turn and john mickles. [applause] and my name is john nichols i write fore the nation magazine. [applause] i wrote a book and people called the horseman of the trump. we're not going to talk about my book but talk about some other ones here. i have to go through some -- at the start because we're on c-span which youau may have because c fan is very good thing for books. [applause] i'm getting

this is a quote by fbi agent, or you are speaking in the words of fbi agent scott lawson, in laredo is on fire and i'm writing reports about it. break that down for us a little bit. >> it's this weird dichotomy of being in a border agent as he was, he was an fbi agent sent from tennessee down to laredo, his first post was considered a hardship position and there's been some pretty significant violence and conflict in mexico. there was this odd sensation of being an agent, being sent down to the border and not being able to address the violence that was happening across the river. the duality in laredo which is one community in the same divided by the rio grande, this outrageous violence that was happening. most people don't believe it but it's true. >> how did laredo go from being a tourist border town in the 80s and 90s to what it is today. >> that's really what the book is about. part of it is about how the conflict arose in mexico, a lot of it has to do with politics, and has to do with corruption of politics and this widening inequality between the rich and the poor. we usually ref

beyonce's mother tina knowles and richard lawson they have a great charity where they do all this work to be there. and there was this art that came out for auction. it's this beautiful painting of sidney poitier. i'm like i've got to have that. so i put up my paddle and then somebody on the other aisle over there is bidding too. it's blue ivy, their daughter. beyonce and jay's daughter. >> jimmy: like 6 years old. >> yeah. i'm like i'm going to teach you a lesson today. and she keeps going up and up and up with it. >> jimmy: how far did blue ivy go up? >> she went up to $19,000. she went to $19,000. >> jimmy: that's like three months of allowance for her. >> i don't know. but i'm going, okay. had she gone up one more i was going to have to let her have it. but for me i'm thinking okay, it's charity, it's a good cause, and i'm not letting this kid take this painting from me. >> jimmy: i don't blame you. >> i'm going to teach you now, little girl. you're not going to get everything you want. [ applause ] >> jimmy: tyler perry is here. his movie is called "tyler perry's ak rcrimoacrimony

i had two teachers, bolt p of whom graduated from lawson university. they were in their 50s. they had lived through the end of the japanese colonial period into the period of kmt rule. so, while professor masuda we were talking about last time it's a nostalgic feeling for japan, it's partially nostalgic, but it's also a visceral response to the kmt rule in taiwan and a kind of comparison. my teachers would say, you know, the japanese were strict, but they were fair. here's the rules. you go by the rules and things will be okay. it wasn't all copacetic during that period. there was a lot of opportunity for taiwanese. they went to school in japan some of them. there was the home rule movement. they looked at that and when the kmt came, all hell had broken loose. there were no rules, everything was up for grabs. between taiwan and japan, comes from very different -- for the older generation, a different view. the younger generation has another set of feelings. pop cultural links. there is the visiting back and forth. there is a lot of sense that japan is really our friend when t

last episode of conflict of a crisis that's been going on since two thousand and twelve but super lawson's these processes the pro independence movement calling this process towards independence started up and downs and it's picked for example during the illegal referendum when he was brutally repressed by police need and he was melting down actually during the last weeks and months because mainly because that unified thing within the independence block yeah i do see a psychology be more mature and understand the reality of the situation democratic europe has explicitly demonstrated its support to spain. we can see this with the extraordinary corporation between spain and into the great european democracy germany. hardly a conciliatory tone there is basically telling the catalyst to grow up or both sides headed towards further escalation in this crisis unfortunately it seems so. there's a lot of harsh tone from the p.p. from the populist party which is. the governing party in spain but also from few that i know is that the seat since party which actually won the cuttle an election last dec

each case and this way the work is broken down for you doesn't let's you want was first not often so lawson. one of the heart centers partners is software company thousand shapes. the i.t. experts specialize in the research of artificial intelligence in medicine so they know the potential. individual use you want personalized treatment will be available in the future and it's already possible and they're able to fill a luxury product was looking for the artificial intelligence will help to turn this luxury product into an every day products. i've talked spoke to. germany's digital association but com says the process is not going fast enough. it's calling on the government to put more funding into research on artificial intelligence. they don't believe it will lead to job losses. you can often also consistency begins we think all sufficient intelligence will actually create jobs so for all of use of force that shouldn't be seen as a replacement. the human beings but rather as an assistant for example to help us create better more advanced treatment options. to enable their research and deve

in the main seven point six kilometers sixteen even to daniel lawson finishing heda of the me three of belarus and canada is common cameron. tennis now in women's world number one simona halep has advanced to the third round at indian wells in california the twenty six year old romanian overpowered christina fisk of the czech republic a straight sets win for the former champion however six four six four on friday alex next plays the winner between slovenia and dominica sabine cover and american caroline don't hide claimed the indian wells title back in twenty fifty. has been a shock at the event already as world number three go to be near her was knocked out in her opening round match the spaniard losing to the world number one hundred qualifier sasha victory to six seven five six one it's victories best ever career when she goes through to the third round where she'll play naomi asarco of japan. world number five covering a political or has managed to go through to the third round of the tournaments the czech beat even cover many big who of romania in straight sets seven six six one t

this is a quote by fbi agent or you're speaking in the words of fbi agent scott lawson. >> uh-huh. >> host: cute, nuevo

father lawson and two white preachers in baltimore, he names the churches and preachers that influenced him. at least three different churches baltimore that he went to, maybe more. and then we got to new bedford, within the first year he is in new bedford, the local ame church had him reaching. this kid was good. take theears old, but pulpit, kid. and he did. his own story, and especially that of african-americans, and the oldest and most powerful stories of the hebrew prophets. it is all over his writing. in america, the people had turned from or never embraced their creeds or their god. american jerusalem, its temples and its corporate system of slavery had to be destroyed. the nation had to face exile and exile andn and -- extinction and bloody revolution. this is a story at the heart of the old testament. and only then could the people and the nation experience renewal, and a possible new history. profit ofas a living an american destruction -- a het of an american destruction and redemption. phets were his guides, they gave him his stories, his resolve, and his ancient wisdom. his

. >> hi, i'm rich cohen, and i happen to graduate from this lawson tear in 1972. makes me older than terry ann. and because of that i spent one year as a student in this place. first, and second year at an old red brick building which was not great, at 5th and e, it is truly remarkable to see the campus and impressive to see the campus developed here. and one of a personal note. i am living proof, and there are plenty of others, that one can graduate from this law school and not practice law or even be a member of the bar and have a successful career in my case as a journalist covering congress for the most part. so my question is, to what extent -- this may be a false choice, and if so tell me -- to what extent are your concerns about the census that the maturations, that the prop lems that result will be sort of deliberately or even maliciously imposed on the census by the administration or by others? or are your concerns also or even more so they'll be benign steps that are pursued that are taken that could mess up, that adversely affect the census? thank you.

and then father lawson and two white preachers in baltimore, he names them. he names the churches and preachers that influenced him. at least three different churches in baltimore, maybe more. and then when he got to new bedford, within the first year he is in new bedford, the local himme -- ame church had preaching3 . this kid was good. only 20 years old, but take the pulpit, kid. and he did. he rooted his own story, and especially that of african-americans, and the -- in the oldest and most powerful stories of the hebrew prophets. it is all over his writing. especially the oratory. in america, the people had turned from or never embraced their creeds or their god. the american jerusalem, its temples and its horrid system of slavery had to be destroyed. the nation had to face exile and extinction and bloody retribution. this is a story at the heart of the old testament. and only then could the people and the nation experience renewal, and a possible new history. douglass was a living prophet of an american destruction and -- destruction, exile, war for its e

connie lawson of indiana was not able to be here today, but i want to acknowledge her outstanding leadership in leading the organization. we are comprised of members of strong and diverse opinions, but when we speak, we speak with one voice. voting is the core of our democracy. with november's general election months away, i want to assure you and all americans that election officials across the country are taking cyber security very seriously. while it is important to ask what really happened in 2016 and learn from it, we believe it is even more important for us to be discussing what lies ahead. the 21 states that were not notified until september of 2017, one year after the supposed scans. no votes were changed as you had heard, but let me be clear. the secretaries of state across this nation are diligently working each day to safeguard the election process. when former dhs secretary announced the infrastructure designation in january of 2017, our members raise many questions and express concerns about potential federal overreach into the administration of elections. with the critical infr

the website, the gifford lawson's website, it talks about ammunition laws state-by-state.n virginia, per se, it is unlimited purchase of ammunition. there are other laws specifically dealing with the type of ammunition you can buy. minnesota for all others, talking about this idea of supporting or opposing changes to gun laws. go ahead. caller: yes. i believe they should ban all guns on premises. when you go to a hospital, they have no guns on hospital property. when you go to government buildings, no guns. when you go to libraries. i feel they should be starting that straight across, especially with schools, churches, any public place. all guns are banned on public places. it would make it a lot safer. i do not own a gun, and when i can see that the guns are not allowed in a public place, i feel a lot safer. i think we should ban all guns in public places, and no assault weapons. there is no reason for people to even own them. but if you have to own them, don't bring them out in public. plain and simple. host: george of twitter as this to the conversation. other is plenty

the website, the gifford lawson's website, it talks about ammunition laws state-by-state.n virginia, per se, it is unlimited purchase of ammunition. there are other laws specifically dealing with the type of ammunition you can buy. minnesota for all others, talking about this idea of supporting or opposing changes to gun laws. go ahead. caller: yes. i believe they should ban all guns on premises. when you go to a hospital, they have no guns on hospital property. when you go to government buildings, no guns. when you go to libraries. i feel they should be starting that straight across, especially with schools, churches, any public place. all guns are banned on public places. it would make it a lot safer. i do not own a gun, and when i can see that the guns are not allowed in a public place, i feel a lot safer. i think we should ban all guns in public places, and no assault weapons. there is no reason for people to even own them. but if you have to own them, don't bring them out in public. plain and simple. host: george of twitter as this to the conversation. other is plenty

connie lawson of indiana was not able to be here today, but i want to acknowledge her outstanding leadership in leading the organization. we are comprised of members of strong and diverse opinions, but when we speak, we speak with one voice. voting is the core of our democracy. with november's general election months away, i want to assure you and all americans that election officials across the country are taking cyber security very seriously. while it is important to ask what really happened in 2016 and learn from it, we believe it is even more important for us to be discussing what lies ahead. the 21 states that were not notified until september of 2017, one year after the supposed scans. no votes were changed as you had heard, but let me be clear. the secretaries of state across this nation are diligently working each day to safeguard the election process. when former dhs secretary announced the infrastructure designation in january of 2017, our members raise many questions and express concerns about potential federal overreach into the administration of elections. with the critical infr