professor in e department of linguistics at the university of arizona tucson and professor emeritus at massachusetts institute e of technologyhere he taught for more than half a century. professor chomsky joined us from his home in tucson, arizona, where he is sheltering in place with his wife, valeria. we spoke just after president donald trump foreshadowed this week's announcement that he would cut off u.s. support for the world health organization. this is trump addressing reporters last week. >> is t the time to frereeze fug to the who during a pandemic? pres. trump: maybe not. i'i'm not sayingng i'm going too it, bubut we will look at it. i said we're going to look at it. we're going to look at it. amy: can you talk about what he is t threatenining to do right ? first they reject the who tests thatat would have been critical and now saying they're going too defundnd the world health organization. well, this is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. ,henen you make colossssal erros which are killing thousands of people, find somebebody else to blame. is,in the united states, it unfortunately, the case for well over

april 15th jim walsh is a senior research associate in the security studies program at massachusetts institute of technology says a speculation is part of a familiar pattern we played this game before with him and with previous leaders where we've said oh he's disappeared for 2 weeks he's disappeared for 3 weeks you know it does that mean he might die similarly with the supreme leader in iran there been numerous rumors about imminent demise that never came true you know it's a pandemic right in north korea where does north korea live right next to that country where the coronavirus originated now north korea's did not it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a right no because of the focus on covering 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but it north korea if the leader darrius in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines that's

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jim walsh he's a senior research associate in the security studies program at the massachusetts institute of technology and he joins us on skype from boston jim there's been so much rima and speculation so so let's start with what we know for sure kim jong un hasn't been seen in public since april 11th where's he been. well i don't know and that's what the world wants to know now is that a possible indication that he has poor health yes but but we have to underline that we played this game before with him and with previous leaders where we've said oh he's disappeared for 2 weeks he's disappeared for 3 weeks you know it does that mean he might die similarly with the supreme leader in iran there have been numerous rumors about imminent demise that never came true but whether whether he's in trouble or not whether he's in trouble or not in some ways that this gives us and it gives the world community and the policy community a chance to think what happens if this is true because if it were to be true maybe it's not maybe it happens a month from now maybe to happen 6 months from now but given the condition

boston home to the massachusetts institute of technology. but you had to talk about artificial intelligence and the human body is the pioneer in the field of intelligent prosthetics a single person who has both developed and. there are dozens of prototypes in his lab. so this is you have a motor and there's a motor this is a synthetic subcellar joint for inversion a version. so we've iterated and spent millions of dollars to the to arrive at the soft heart. he began developing prostheses after his lower limbs had been amputated his replacement legs became increasingly complex now they are ai limbs with countless census mosts and computers. i quickly realize that i had an opportunity that from my knees dale i was there was a blank slate and i can create anything in that space that i can conceive of a legend so i start as a young male a certain legend. what what that blank space may look like what they fill that space. disability depends on perspective hugh has developed enough along. with the special pathy she says he's developed himself he ca

they are using the company's dog bed liners and these masks are being tested by the massachusetts institute of technology l.l. bean shifts operations to help in the crisis, the president and ceo of the company says that on the flip side, the government isn't doing enough to help the retail industry. joining me now is steve smith, the president and ceo of l.l. bean. good to see you, steve. >> good afternoon, fredricka. thanks for having me. >> thank you so much. and hope you are well. and clearly you and a lot of your employees are doing well because you are trying to make a dent to try to help out the medical community by making these masks. what was the inspiration behind doing this? >> yeah, it's a great story actually. we're a 108-year-old family owned business. we operate under the stakeholder philosophy and our employees and our customers and communities are really the critical stakeholders there. and when this kicked off early in march, a couple of our employees from our manufacturing center where we make our fantastic bean boots and totes wanted to know how they could help. they started experiment

the massachusetts institute of technology has long been on the front lines of solving america's problem>> america's synthetic rubber problem nears a solution. >> reporter: in world war ii, they secretly worked to make huge advances in radar. after the war, they did pioneering work with robots and helped the u.s. reach new heights in the space race. >> this is really what we were meant to do. >> reporter: dr. edleman is the director of medical engineering and science and taking care of covid-19 patients. >> this particular image shows it in the up position. >> reporter: he was instrumental in getting many health care work toers test it out. >> they said it's great if you build one that covers in the front, but we may need to turn to the side and if somebody coughs, that's a problem. we went through 28 revisions over the course of a week to ten days. >> is america thinking of american ingenuity up to the task at hand? >> i don't think we have lost our edge. people still come here from all over the world to learn. if anything, the difference of what happened in 1918 and 2020 is that the gl

the department of linguistics at the university of arizona and professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of technology where he taught for more than 50 years. his recent books include "global discontents: conversations on the rising threats to democracy," "who rules the world," and "requiem for the american dream: the 10 principles of concentration of wealth & power." noam chomsky joined us for a conversation wednesday from his home in tucson, arizona, where he is sheltering in place with his wife, valeria. this was just before senator bernie sanders announced he is suspending before ththe democrac presidenential nominination, mag formerer vice prpresident joe bn ththe presumptive nominee to fae donald trump in the november election. i asked by -- i began by asking professor chomsky about what's happening g right nonow in thehe context of the 2020 elections and what you see possibly happening in november. reelected, it is indescribable disaster. itit means that the policies of the past four yeaears, which hae been extremely destructive to the american population, to the andd, will be continued probabl

the 15th jim walsh is a senior research associate in the security studies program at massachusetts institute of technology he says the speculation is part of a familiar pattern. we played this game before with him and with previous leaders where we've said oh he's disappeared for 2 weeks he's disappeared to put 3 wakes you know it does that mean he might die similarly with the supreme leader in iran there are been numerous rumors about imminent demise that never came true you know it's a pandemic right in north korea where does north korea live right next to the country where the coronavirus originated now north korea's did not it has any cases i find that hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know because of the focus on 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but if north korea if the leader dog in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is join an economy declines that

professor of genetics at harvard medical school and professor of health sciences and technology at harvard and at the massachusetts institute of technology. director of the us department of technology center and the director of the national institutes of center of x excellence in genomic scientists and he leads a synthetic biology of licenses where he oversees the directed evolution of molecules , polymers and whole genomes to create new tools with applications in regenerative medicine and bio production of chemicals. in 1984, he developed the first direct genome sequencing method resulted in the first genome sequence. he helped initiate the human genome project in 1984 and the personal genome project in 2005. george, it's just a delight tab with us. after george, debora spar will share her reflections on what she's heard and asked the first question for jamie and george to answer. deborah is another superstar, the former president of barnard university she's president at harvard business school and senior associate dean of harvard business school online read her new book work make merry love, how machines shape our human d

. >> neil: that is professor lydia maria back, she works at the massachusetts institute of technologybetter known as mit. a numbers person. that's what she has, she does the data, collects the data. she came up with a fascinating study that says given just the aeration that we have, when he coughed, nice knees come all of that, those projectiles go into the air as far as 27 feet. now, dr. fauci and others have sort of pooh-poohed this analogy and said you really have to take a leap to get a sneeze or cough of that magnitude, but all this professor is saying over at mit is it is a realistic concern, the transmission in the air is realistic enough to say that that 27-foot thing that she talks about, that distance isn't necessarily a goal, but just a reality that in some conditions, it is not much. now, does not mean we should separate from each other, not 6 feet, but 27 feet, or further? you imagine how difficult it is already in stores were crowded places where we go, then you have costco and a host of others today trying to limit how many people go into their stores, limited to you an

but that wasn't exactly what lydia boriva was saying, the massachusetts institute of technology professorioned again on a mathematical basis, numbers basis, whether the six feet thing alone is enough. the professor good enough to join us. very good to have you. >> thank you. neil: so professor, maybe you can educate me. you were looking at this, you know, the people when they sneeze, when they cough, that can project well beyond six feet. i think that's what you are getting at. but you examined it in a lot more detail. tell me what you found out. >> sure. so we are focused on exhalation, and developing technology to be able to reveal what you cannot see with the naked eye. what we focused on is exhalation so breathing out, coughing, sneezing. the central finding of our work is when we exhale, a gasseous cloud is coming out with high momentment and carries within it [ inaudible ] that you can see to ones that are invisible that you cannot see on the micron side. that cloud it turns out makes a big difference in the range that the drops can reach trapped within it, particularly sneezing, fo

let's talk now to one of the authors of that report, lydia bourouiba from the massachusetts institute of technologyal masks because there is a severe shortage of medical mask and we need those for health care workers at high risk of exposure some because of the procedures you need to do to save lives will increase the amount of virus in the atmosphere. we do say if you wish to wear a mask that is fine, but do not use a medical mask, use other kinds of face barriers. but combining it with the other things we know will protect you, hand washing, environmental hygiene, if you are coughing and sneezing, covered with your elbow to ensure you really limit the spread of anything. wearing a mask, is it to protect you or other people from you? it is to protect other people from you. we are getting increasing evidence people may have mild symptoms they may not even be aware they actually have the virus that they actually have the virus that they have a lot of virus in their throat and nose. they have no symptoms, they may not be coughing, but in the sunshine, we will sneeze with dust. the main reason for wea