one mayor, of madison, wisconsin agrees. he planned to skip the tour at uber today. >>> uber is adopting a no gun policy. this means drivers and riders are banned from carrying guns of any kind inside you beber cars. there is already a strict no weapons policy in place. >>> a flasher may be on the loose in fremont. two incidents were reported in the city's brooke veil -- brookevale neighborhood. a man in a car exposed himself. one the car was a honda civic the flasher is latino and has a buzz cut. >>> parents at a south bay elementary school will hold demonstrations against staffing incidents. nearly all the teachers at west valley elementary school will be transferred to other schools in the district. originally west valley teachers had been told they would have to reapply for their jobs. the district and teachers's union decided that would be unfair. the parents will demand the teachers be left at west valley. >>> today is an important deadline if a planned new sports complex in oakland. a development group has until today

. >> father james bresky a professor of moral theology in madison wisconsin.nk you for joining us. still ahead - more than half-a-dozen current and prospective candidates are roman catholics. when st. john paul was pope he embraced his public positions. will they just as easily dismiss what this it 1st century pope was teaching. the pastor and the planet. it's the inside story. >>> you're watching "inside story", i'm ray suarez. for american politicians depending on the issue, and depending on the religious identity of the politician saying "i agree with the pope", or "i disagree with the pope" can present opportunities and challenges. during the long pontifficant of john paul ii politicians were happy to site the pope's anti-communism opposition to abortion, and stinging critiques of modern death penalties. catholic democrats paid homage to the church's concern for the poor, and had to find the right language to distance themselves from catholic teaching on family planning. >> on a young pontificate. pope francis aligned the church with a search for the plane

. >> father james bresky a professor of moral theology in madison wisconsin.nk you for joining us. still ahead - more than half-a-dozen current and prospective candidates are roman catholics. when st. john paul was pope, he embraced his public positions. will they just as easily dismiss what this it 1st century pope was teaching. the pastor and the planet. it's the inside story. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >>> you're watching "inside story", i'm ray suarez. for american politicians depending on the issue, and depending on the religious identity of the politician, saying "i agree with the pope

the mater of madison, wisconsin will skip the tour today. >>> police were called to sonoma and indiana street after 1:00 a.m. there they found a 32-year-old man arrive. he died after taken to the hospital. the name. victim is not being released until his family is notified. police are looking for evidence there at the crime scene but they want anyone who heard or saw anything to contact investigators either directly or anonymously through solano crimestoppers. >>> police say a flasher may be on the loose in the city. mercury news reports there were two incidents of a flasher in the brook vail neighborhood. both happened at the gateway shopping center. tuesday a woman told police she saw a flasher. then two days layer, another woman said a man in a parked car exposed himself. the car is described as a white, two-door 1990s honda civic. >> the man is described as latino unshave within a buzz cut. if you have information, call fremont police. >>> the contractor who work odden the balcony in berkeley reportedly had to rebuild palkonys due to water damage. many suspect dry rot from water ge

the occupy wall street movement did not start in manhattan, it started in madison, wisconsin. after they lost, they went to new york. at one point, racial duffy, the wife of -- rachel duffy, the wife of sean duffy gave me a bumper sticker. 14 senate democrats left the state and went to illinois to stop things. we figured out a way to change things and we got the bill passed. the duffy's gave me one of my favorite stickers that said one walker beats 14 runners. [laughter] [applause] that wasn't enough, so they tried to take out our supreme court justice. then they tried to take out six members of the state senate. then they tried to take out rebecca clay fish. because of the help of many of you here, whether a $20, $30 or $40 contribution. many of you mentioned that you actually prayed for us, the most potent thing you could do, we became the first governor and lieutenant governor in the country to win a recall election. [applause] thank you. the reason i tell you not to brag so much as to say thank you. many of you were a part of that. we had 300,000 donors in all 50 states. 7

. >> reporter: madison, wisconsin, mayor wrote the failed resolution after an uber drive there was accused of sexual assault. >> we would have had the name, the identification of the driver fingerprints. >> reporter: and he wants to make sure drivers earn a living wage. >> we're going to have a group of peasants who are not chained to the land but chained to the steering wheel of their vehicle. >> reporter: he's got at least one supporter who's running for office in san francisco. >> there needs to be consumer protections. >> reporter: but uber says they're in the minority. >> i think what we've seen are time and time again ride sharing is something people want in their communities and it's something we've seen across the entire united states that people are supporting. >> reporter: in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> a victim of an elder abuse cam in san francisco is getting her money back. the district attorney presented a check for $26,000 to margaret wang. restitution was made in a bogus real estate deal. it should be a lesson to everyone, especially seniors who are often

. >>> also in madison, wisconsin, police officer in another racially charged shooting has been cleared by his department now. an internal investigation found officer matt kenny did not violate its deadly force policy in the shooting death of tony robinson unarmed 19-year-old black man. kenny says robinson struck him in the head and feared he would take his gun. prosecutors declined to file charges so he is free to return to work. >>> a couple of new presidential candidates hitting the campaign trail starting with former rhode island governor lincoln chaffee. he announced he's seeking the democratic nomination. he refused to rule out talks with isis and a switch to the metric system he's proposing. >>> rick perry expected to announce today. the former texas governor ran in 2012. recently perry has been traveling to iowa and other early voting states. perry's aides say today's event will be attended by prominent veterans as well as the wife of american sniper chris kye. >>> hurricane blanca is picking up steam. it's a category 4 but on track to become a category 5 by the time it affects

. >> reporte madison, wisconsin mayor wrote the failed resolution after an uber driver was accused ofhad the name, the identification of the driver fingerprints. >> reporter: and he wants to make sure drivers earn a living wage. >> we're going to have a group of peasants who are not chained to the land, but chained to the steering wheel of their vehicle. >> reporter: uber knows they are in the minority. >> i think what we've seen time and time again is that ride sharing is something people want in their communities and something that we've seen across the entire united states that people are pporting. >> reporter: even here in uber's home city, the rules for the service are still in flux. next month the state law takes effect and a court ruled that one uber driver wasn't an independent contractor, but an employee of the compan in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> a nta rosa man died while diving in the pacic. he was with a friend at the timber cove bt landing. the santarosa press democrat reports that he started feeling ill, so his friends used an inner tube to take him b

>>reporter: madison wisconsin mayor wrote the l after the uber driver was accused of sexual assault. >> we have had the name, >> we have had the name, identification of the driver the, fingerprints. >> he wants to make sure drivers earn a livingage. >> we have a grurp of pest ants nochanged to the land but change the steering wheel of the vehicle fight in the minority. >> we see time and time again that raid sharing is something people want in the community and we have seen across the entire united states that people are supporting. >> even here in uber ho city the rule forhe service still in flux. new i hope shrns requirements take effect next and one driver was an independent contract but employee of the company. >> all right. time to check on thforecast. now officially that summer. we feel the heat this week. but not mc donald's this week. but not mc donald'sly. ease you into the hot weather. we'll show you if when the triple digit will be showg up. the we see quite a ok of cloud cover receipt now just a patch or 2 of fog at half on bay what was left of the low clouds ong the coas

. >> reporter: reached by phone madison, wisconsin's mar you calls it a source for the elite not forople getting to the medical appointments or grocery store. >> éber is there to cherry pick. really the bread and butter of the industry in most cities. >> reporter: but it's true many taxi drivers would like éber. why they're not making enough money right now. so they're looking for other jobs. >> reporter: in fact after leaving the mayors went right across the street to twitter. reporting live ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a group of u.s. senators is accusing the company behind the huge bare recall of putting profit ahead of safety. when inflated the air bags could send out metal fragments. the senators say takata shows they were stopped between 2009 and 2011 because of financial reasons. that recall is for nearly 34 million vehicles. the senate commerce committee has a hearing scheduled for tomorrow on those takata air bags. >>> an environmental group putting up stiff opposition to major expanse plan for the saw valley ski report. seeking approval to build a year round indoor recreation cente

last month in madison wisconsin, where prosecutors didn't charge a white officer for shooting the unarmedit appears to put pressure on the cuyahoga county prosecutors to file charges against the officers involved in the shooting of tamir rice, but those charges must still go through a grand jury. joining me now, the representative who signed the afford seeking charges. professor, i had never heard of such a thing. how did this come together? >> we were called together by pastor colvin, whose clip you played earlier who launched the press conference. and we are all committed activists, lawyers, civil rights activists. we're academics. and we've all been engaged in community around police and community reform and the criminal justice reform. and so we came together and we began to have a conversation. and we have talked about how it is really important for communities to be engaged. for a community to have input and voice. for community to work on behalf of residents, for residents, by the people, for the people. and so we came together and discussed this. and we decided that you know, six

. >> reporter: madison, wisconsin mayor wrote the failed resolution after an uber driver was accused of sexual assault. >> we would have had the name, the identification of the driver fingerprints. >> reporter: and he wants to make sure drivers earn a living wage. >> we're going to have a group of peasants who are not chained to the land, but chained to the steering wheel of their vehicle. >> reporter: uber knows they are in the minority. >> i think what we've seen time and time again is that ride sharing is something people want in their communities and something that we've seen across the entire united states that people are supporting. >> reporter: even here in uber's home city, the rules for the service are still in flux. next month the state law takes effect and a court ruled that one uber driver wasn't an independent contractor, but an employee of the company. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> a santa rosa man died while diving in the pacific. he was with a friend at the timber cove boat landing. the santa rosa press democrat reports that he started feeling ill,

at least one mayor, paul saugland of madison, wisconsin, agrees with that. he plans to skip the tour of uber today. >>> uber says it is taking steps to increase riders safety by adopting a no gun policy. that means neither drivers or passengers can carry a gun of any kind inside of an uber car. now, that policy change was prompted by feed back from users and by drivers. lift, by the way, already has a strict, no weapons ban in place. >>> a southern california, high school, track coach was arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography after he left his ipad in a rental car. an employee in the rental car business found the ipad which contained photos of naked girls under the age of 15. raymond henry was arrested on friday. he works at the trabuco girls high school. and is due in court tomorrow. >>> time is 6:08. parents of a south bay elementary school plan a big protest against dramatic staffing changes. almost all the teachers at west valley elementary in sunnyvale will be transferred to other schools in the district. originally, west valley teachers

one went to madison, wisconsin no my school is the berzerkly of the midwest. i went to school that lack of diversity on campus was not something to be ashamed, they were proud of. at some point you realize that these self-anointed progressives who claim your mind because of your chromosomal make up, right gals? feminists just assume that you belong to them. and a lot of the racial grievance mongers this is perfect, michelle obama spoke at ober lynn commencement, match made in heaven, that somehow leftists should claim every last minority on campus and in the inner city by virtue of your skin color or ethnicity. that sense of entitlement they have needs to be pushed back against by people with an alternative view of what constitutes hope and change. yes -- so -- [applause] so that is why i said it, it was it was such a perfect setting to come here because when i wrote this book, i just didn't want to write it for folks who hear me on tv, agree with what i have to say, and this is why i'm so glad booktv is here to reach out to, you know, a much wider audience bu

to the left of herself every day and if you look at wisconsin, there's an element of mad sob madison, wisconsinf liberal left leaning democrats. so they were supporting bernie sanders. but it shows you where a lot of the activity is in the democratic party. >> he's drawing huge crowds relatively speaking wherever he goes. >> i don't think 41% of the democratic attendees were expecting or preferring bernie sanders to be the nominee. look they want to make a statement that we're here and you have to listen to us and i think that bernie sanders is very unlikely to be the democratic nominee but speaks for a portion of the base and i think above all of that base wants to make sure that hillary clinton knows that they are there. i think he can be an effective vehicle for that. whether he can be an effective vehicle for anything more substantive than that we will see. >> is he pushing her further to the left? >> yeah, i think he is. i think it's elizabeth warren. i think this started before bernie sanders officially got in the race. look the democrat tech party has shifted since bill clinton ran for p

and ruth coming to us from madison wisconsin.e expected to get a massive crowd. we'll have that story for you the next day on the "ed show." still to come, california passes a strict new vaccination rules for your kids in that state. we'll hear from both sides of this heated debate. put your hand over your heart. is it beating? good! then my nutrition heart health mix is for you. it's a wholesome blend of peanuts, pecans and other delicious nuts specially mixed for people with hearts. i said people with hearts. because hearts health is important. that's why i've researched optimized and packaged this mix just for you. not you. so if you have a heart start optimizing your nutrition with my nutrition. planters. nutrition starts with nut. >>> and here are the results of tonight's bing pulse poll. the question do you think chris christie's personality is an asset to his campaign? the numbers have been steady. 97% say no. 3% of you are going to buy it. keep voting till the end of the hour. pulse.msnbc.com/ed introducing the first ever

you would have a madison, wisconsin, uprising on the part of the unions.issues next year become who's prepared to reshape the federal government, i think the democrats are in big trouble. if it stays on social ydz issues -- >> you're telling the republican party, no matter what the rural base, don't pander them? >>, no the rural base is deeply opposed to the irs being totally incompetence and the veterans administration unable to serve veterans. preferably if-f you're a conservative, 60% or 70%. that's reagan lesson pu cannot rub with 51% issues and expect to one because they will strip away 6%. you can run with a 70% or 80% issue because no matter what the liberal meet yeah does they can't bring you down. >> more from the panel, very short break. first a reminder, if you can't be in front of your tv to see "meet the press" live. no problem. we're always vanl on demand. you want to pause us as well, catch graphics perfectly and really triple-check our facts there. even if it's not sunday, when it's on the dvr, it's still "meet the press." we'll be back for

at least one mayor, paul soglin of madison, wisconsin, agrees, he says he will skip the tour of uber today. meantime, uber is banning drivers from carrying guns in an effort to increase rider safety. uber says both drivers and passengers are banned from carrying guns into uber cars. the policy change was prompted by feed back from passengers and drivers. lift already has a strict weapons ban in place. >>> time now, 5:07. reports in fremont that a flasher may be on the loose. over two incidents last week of a flasher in the city's brook veil neighborhood. both occurred at the gateway shopping center. on tuesday, a woman told police she spotted a flasher then. two days later, another woman says a man in a parked car exposed himself. that car described as a white, two-door, 1990s, honda civic. the man was described as la tee tee -- latino, in his 20s, unshaven and with a buzz cut. if you have any information call fremont police. >>> parents at a south bay elementary school will protest against dramatic staffing changes. nearly all of the teachers at west valley elementary school in sunn

a madison, wisconsin, police officer will not face internal discipline for fatally shooting an unarmed african-american teenager. tony robinson was shot dead in march after officer matt kenny forced his way into an apartment following a disturbance. kenny says robinson attacked him upon his entry. prosecutors declined to charge kenny last month. on wednesday, police said he has also been cleared by the madison police department's internal affairs unit. former rhode island governor lincoln chafee has entered the race for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination. chafee kicked off his campaign at george mason university in virginia. >> and certainly, we have many facing america. today i am formally entering the race for the democratic nomination for president. thank you. [applause] if we as leaders show good judgment and make good decisions, we can fix much of what is ailing us. we must deliberately and carefully extricate ourselves from expensive wars. amy: chafee previously served as a republican senator before switching to the democrats in he was the only republican 2013. senator t

. >> an internal investigation has cleared a madison wisconsin police officer for killing an unarmed bi-racial team in march. the madson police department said the officer did not vital any internal policies over the use of force. a prosecutor last month decided not to bring any criminal charges in the case. >> the fifa corruption scandal is growing this morning after an american who worked as a top fifa official admitted he and others did take bribes in exchange for awarding countries the soccer world cup. erica pitzi has details. >> in a bomb she will court document a former fever if a executive admits under oath that he agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks related to at least two selectionses of world cup host nations. he was a fifa executive for 20 years before the f.b.i. caught up with him two years ago. in 2013, he pleaded guilty to racketeering wire fraud money laundering and income tax evasion. he is the fed's number one informant as they make their case of widespread corruption against fifa. according to the newly released federal court document, when blazer entered his ple

there after the my apologies along the way but the occupied movement had wall street but at madison wisconsinthe state capital after they lost they went to new york and one of the members of congress remember why those protesters came to the capital is 14 senate democrats went to illinois to stop eventually they figured out a way to change things they got the bill passed then they gave me one of my favorites tickers one walker beats 14 runners. [laughter] [applause] one but that was not enough so they tried to take out the supreme court justice then they try to take out six members of the state senate then they tried to take out with the 20 or 30 or $40 contribution that is the most potent thing you could do along the way bin because of all that the first lieutenant governor in the country for a recall election one. [applause] the reason i tell you that is because so many were a part of that are across the country from all 50 states 70 percent of the donors give $75 or less. a true grass-roots effort is to make it possible but as an inspiration going forward no doubt we could do it anywhere i

the area i'm concerned for tornadoes, illinois madison, wisconsin. talking about the flooding rain. thankfully drying out bait in texas. the bull ps's eye of heavy rain coming there. >> i have to tell you about this. in the west we know the situation is there. dry conditions and broiling heat fueling those wildfires. dozens burning right now. the biggest skornling nearly 20,000 acres. and abc's cane thatkayna whitworth is there for us in california's san bernardino california. good morning. >> reporter: we have 13 nirs seven states. officials here telling me the like fire again grew overnight. crews dealing with hotter than normal temperatures. with no rain in sight, this fire is far from over. the largest fire in the state still growing. now topping 17,000 acres. it may be moving away from big bear. it's six miles from the city. too close and too hot. charles wilson drove 70 miles to pick up his daughter and get her out of harm's way. >> we decided to get her and get her home and safe. >> reporter: the blaze 19% contained. it's far from under contro

one mayor of madison, wisconsin plans to skip the tour at uber today. >>> well, today is an important deadline, a big deadline for a new sports complex planned for oakland. a developing group has until today to lay out details of how it will pay for a new stadium that would be built right next to the current coliseum. the city plan suggests having football, baseball and basketball venues as well as housing, retail and office space. now, the as owner has made it clear, he does not want to share the location and baseball commissioner rob manfred said the as would not flay at the site if the raiders build a new stadium and mark davis has not signed onto that coliseum city plan. >>> well, now to the 49ers. they have this new stadium in santa clara. and team officials team seem really interested in politics down there. mercury news reports, team executives spent more than $11,000 to help elect the mayor and two of the six city council members last fall. this as the 49ers are asking for city approval to take over city property near the stadium. the 49ers say they are just doing what a lot o

joining us now is bill hib ard, a senior scientist emeritus at the university of wisconsin, madison. when technologists like bill joy or world renowned physicists like steven hawking say to the world yes this is happening, but please be care: warning. >> well, i think there's a variety of problems that arise with artificial intelligence. the one we discussed earlier was our desire to build machines to make our work easier, it's a natural desire, a consequence of that is there's less work for some people to do. there's other problems that might arise. for instance, if you think of a theory you have in your iphone, you can talk to it, but you can't talk with it the way you talk to another person. at some point you will be able to talk to a little voice you carry around with you, with some jury. and a lot of people will speak with that voice all the time. that companion will get to know them very well. the single company or a few companies are providing the companions to the population, and the large computer server will be able to know a large number of people very well, and that will

the area i'm concerned for tornadoes, illinois, madison, wisconsin. down back through eastern iowa.that part. remember we were talking about that flooding rain thankfully drying out a bit in texas. the ball's bull's eye of heavy rain happening right there. >> i have to tell you about this. in the west, we know the situation is there. dry conditions and broiling heat fueling those wildfires. dozens burning right now. the biggest scorching nearly 20,000 acres. and abc's kayna whitworth is there for us in california's san bernardino national forest. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: we have 13 fires in 7 states. officials here telling me the lake fire grew overnight. you can see the crews getting ready to head up to the lines again. with hotter than normal temperatures and no rain in sight, this fight is far from over. this morning, the largest fire in the state still growing now topping 17,000 acres. it may be moving away from big bear. it's six miles from the city. too close and burning too hot for charles wilson who drove 70 miles to pick up his daughter, brianna, to get her out of

most likely the tornado threat is greatest southern portions of wisconsin, madison, milwaukee.t of wind damage with these storms too. multifaceted storms, early storms with wind damage threat. this afternoon we'll probably get a few tornadoes. tomorrow, 51 million people at risk including new york city philadelphia, down to baltimore, pittsburgh area capital district. that will be more of a wind damage threat tomorrow afternoon. that's with the same storm system going across the plains. the whole southern half of the country is roasting here in red. it will be near 100 today in charlotte. >> ooh-wee. thank you. summer is here. >> it is. >>> in new orleans an alleged police killer is captured. travis boyce was caught trying to catch a bus. he was in a squad car headed to prison and allegedly freed himself from handcuffs, shot haloway and fled. >>> in new mexico the search is over. body of former white house chef walter scheib was found yesterday. he went hiking a week ago when he vanished in the mountains near taos. his body was found two miles at the base of a popular trail. he

but the occupy wall street movement did not start in manhattan and wall street, it started in madison wisconsin in our state capital. after they lost they are eventually went to new york. at one point rachel duffy, when the wives of the member of congress, gave me my favorite bumper stickers. 14 senate democrats of the minority left the state and went into illinois to try to stop things. eventually figured out a way to change things. we got the bill passed and they came back. they give me one of my favorite stickers that says one walker beat 14 runners. [applause] that was not enough, so they tried to take on the supreme court justice. that they tried to take on six members of the state senate. they tried to take on rebecca and i. because of the help of many of you here, whether it was on the phones or 20 or $40 contribution for some of you came in some of you mentioned tonight you pray for us, which is the most important thing you could do along the way. because of that we became the first governor and lieutenant governor to win a recall election. [applause] thank you. the reason i tell you th

. >>> a madison, wisconsin, officer in another racially charged shooting has been cleared by his departmentthe shooting of an unarmed black man. he had been struck in the head. he feared he would take his gun. prosecutors had already declined to file charges so kenny will be free to return to work. >>> the flight attendant who refused to serve a muslim woman an unopened can of soda will no longer be working for the public. united airlines apologized for the incident. the attendant told amad she couldn't have an unopened can of diet coke because she might use it as a weapon. amad said this was not a case of poor customer service as united originally claimed. >> it was about prejudice, stereotypes which leads to bigotry which should not be accepted. >> united says its employees who work with customers will continue to undergo training on cultural awareness but this was part of an affiliate flight called shuttle america. the woman didn't directly work for united airlines, but she was serving a united customer at the time. they wanted to make that distinction. they wanted to make sure anybody s

jordan ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the university of wisconsin madison.ox.me you're a mathematician so let's talk about. plot charts. i love this chart we saw. it looks like a robot taking flight and turning into a spaceship. it tells a story. the story this tells, each one of those dots on the screen represents one economist's forecast. each person's forecast individually. the long-term forecast, everyone agrees on what is going to happen. how we get there, many different stories. you can see where the disagreement is among economists. scarlet: that is pretty much what we talk about all day long. i tried to use percentages to offer context for viewers. that is often misleading, especially when there are negative numbers involved. jordan: the percentage is a useful tool. we talk a lot about income inequality and we say something like 93% of the growth and income in the recovery has gone to the top 1%. that is true but the way that makes it sound is there are only .- there is only 7% left there is negative income growth for everybody else. way,way, saying

tornado threat today, areas of southern wisconsin, especially. madison to milwaukee, southwards down to about chicago, into michigan later this evening. wind damage and tornadoes likely with these storms. and on tuesday, ayman, we'll watch these storms heading to the northeast. new york city baltimore, philadelphia and d.c. two days of strong storms. today we'll have a chance of tornadoes. i don't expect many tornadoes in the northeast tomorrow. >> we'll keep our umbrellas nearby. >> if it's not stormy it's hot. very hot. >> bill karins thanks for that update. >>> parachute stunt gone horribly wrong and believe it or not, all caught on camera. we'll hear from the skydiver who somehow made it to the ground in one piece after his parachute collapsed. this moment is perfect in every way. just like my kid. gooey. flakey. happy. toaster strudel let's take a look at your credit. >>i know i have a 786 fico score, thanks to experian.com. so what else are you going to throw in? leather seats? >>and this... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian c

john in madison, wisconsin an independent. caller: high. -- hi. reason i called him is my wife is a nurse anesthetist -- called in is my wife is a nurse anesthetist. i am a cpa. i have looked at health care the last 35 years. if you want to improve accessibility and lower the cost, you need to do two things. congress needs to do a better job of negotiating drug prices for pharmaceuticals bought for medicare. my understanding is that the premium we are paying is somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 billion per year, that's how much we are overpaying for pharmaceuticals. the other thing is, there is talk of cutting residency funding. this would affect my daughter -- this won't affect my daughter. but if you cut the amount of residency funding, you are going to cut the number of residency slots and, ultimately, the number of people who are accessible to patients. that's going to lessen care and drive up prices. host: i will have both lawmakers jump in on this. guest: let me start with resident funding. resident funding goes back to what i see as the

university, melissa hines of the university of cambridge, and janet hyde of the university of wisconsin at madison. i'm pleased to have all of them here and to begin this conversation with my colleague eric kandel. what are we going to talk about? eric: we will talk about gender identity and the biology of the brain. this is a marvelous topic and i like it particularly because it shows how brain science can be liberating in our life. as we understand the biology of our own gender identity better and become more comfortable with ourselves to become more empathic to somebody else's gender identity, we can understand it at age 9, 10, a person says i am in the wrong body. we really can sympathize with them and understand what is going on. but, this is not only an interesting topic, it is an unbelievably timely topic. when we began talking about this six months ago, it was not on the radar screen. we were ahead of our time. but now, you cannot pick up an issue of "the new york times" or "vanity fair" without having a discussion of gender identity. charlie: 17 million people watched the diane sawyer int