an aggressive brain tumor was killing maynard. she chose a dose of barr bit utes over a gruesome end. her story captured headlines, here she is in her own words. >> i can't tell you the amount of relief it provides me knowing i don't have to die the way it's describe, the way my brain tumor would take me on its own >>> maynard moved from california, where suicide with prescribed drugs is illegal to oregon, where it's allowed. britney's mother, who advocated for a death with dignity law in california says her daughter's everywhere. >> we agreed given her devastating brain cancer prognosis that she was fortunate to have a mother and a father and a husband who had the resources and the time and the fortitude to help her establish her new home in oregon. and this home would be the home that she would live the remainder of her life in. it would be the home that she died in >>> since maynard's death, lawmakers in 13 states and washington d.c. introduced death with dignity legislation and according to the death with dignity center, 22 le

micheline maynard, director of the reynolds national center for business journalism at arizona state "national journal." i'm going to start with reverend overton. give me a sense of how your religious community sees this debate right now. >> well, there's a huge concern in the religious community after the hobby lobby case where the government basically wanted to tell that christian-owned company that you need to buy medicine that causes abortion for your employees or the subpoenaing of the pastor's sermons in houston that, as society is changing, we may be losing some of our religious liberties and so we were supportive of this law to set a high bar for government to interfere in the private practice of religion and the original bill we were pleased with. >> ifill: yet one of the most remarkable parts unfolding in this day bait this week have been the series of companies who have lined up against the argument not what we saw with the supreme court case. why? >> that's right. we got a preview of this a year ago in arizona where the arizona legislature approved something very similar

i do not think that position can stand. >> ifill: ron brownstein, micheline maynard, tim overton, thankjor developments of the day: the united states and five other nations announced a framework for a final nuclear deal with iran. and 147 people died when islamist gunmen from somalia attacked a college in neighboring kenya. >> ifill: on the newshour online, new research shows that your baby might be a tiny scientist. it's well-established that when infants see something surprising, they look longer. now we know why: they're exploring and generating hypotheses, just like a real scientist. so don't be alarmed when your child bangs toys against the coffee table-- she's just testing its properties. see the full story on our home page, pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: tune in later this evening on charlie rose, former chairman of the joint chiefs michael mullen on the iran nuclear deal. and that's the newshour for tonight. on friday, we'll look at diversity in baseball. how america's pastime is reflecting changes in the country. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on

again, right now from what we understand a house is on fire on maynard street. judging from the smoke it might look like firefighters are getting a good handle on this fire. more information as we get it. >>> to the latest developments from nepal. the prime minister said the death toll could reach 10,000 as the buildings are searched. no word from many villains that -- villages that are still cut off. a san francisco man says he escaped being killed while on a trek when the 7.8 earthquake hit. >> afternoon, violent earthquake. cliffs come down. cliffs come down. deceased. buried in the rock fall. >> in the capital katmandu rain made life more difficult for survivors. now living in tents. many complained there is no food or clean water. they fear disease will spread without it. today we learned one of the victims was a man from sunnyvale. coming up, more on that man and what friends tell us they will miss the most. >>> the nfl is giving up its tax exempt status to eliminate controversy about not taying taxes -- paying taxes. league owners say it is a misunderstan

were the dying process painlessly and peacefully, the end-of-life option was inspired by brittany maynard, 29-year-old bay area native with terminal brain cancer. show was forced to move to oregon for the death with dignity ill giving adults the option to ask for a prescription to help them die. five states have authorized similar legislation. >> environmentalist robert kennedy jr. will argue for elimination of a controversial preservative in vaccines which contains mercury and is only used in multiple dose vials of the flu. the centers for disease control say that the chemical is harmless to hues and kennedy believes eliminating it would increase the vaccination rate by restoring parents' trust in the vaccine program. he speaks at the commonwealth club at noon. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is off and drew set the alarm to join us. >> you have nature's alarm the sweet sound of...rain. heavy in some spots. live doppler 7 hd shows moisture right over the bay area and some of it is heavy. we will press in closer into fremont and you can see the path of orange and red is heavy rain ponding on

the most recent high-profile supporter terminal cancer patient britney maynard who made national news when she ended her own life last november tackled the phrase head on in videorecordings made prior to her death. >>> well, back to steve. more rain this afternoon. maybe a little more. >> in spots, yeah. some areas might have is up. but we get the sun, the clouds, the showers. cazadero is pouring. thunderstorms out to the valley. this is the pattern we'll have the rest of date and then early wednesday. after that, things calm down. we had good rain this morning. i tried to get as many of these as i can. cobb mountain 1.30. le city -- daly city, picked up. vallejo, 1.21. yountville over an inch. there were a bunch of reports over an inch to an -- to 1.50. west san jose, good rain. san francisco .7 a. danville, two-thirds there were a bunch of .50 to 1.50. then we got a break. here comes two pieces of the system. the cold system is swinging inland. get a line of rain stretching from petaluma to north novato, american canyon, napa and then maybe isolated showers up until lake county arou

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maynard: how do you address the fear people have of letting someone else drive their car? guest: first, it's all about helping people feel safe. i think the insurance policy we put in place really makes people feel comfortable. more importantly, i would say we have really been good at greening -- screening people and we have created a marketplace of high quality drivers. cory:. a fascinating company. thank you for bringing it to us. want to use the internet anywhere anytime? a company is trying to tackle that problem. the ceo joins us next. cory: this is bloomberg west. i'm cory johnson. hiring freeze at alibaba. the company is expanding to quickly. he says 30,000 employees should be enough to maintain operations. alibaba continues to develop its overseas business. russia called off a mission to resupply the internationals base nation after losing control -- space station after losing control of a rocket. the unmanned rocket is spinning uncontrollably through space carrying 6000 pounds of fuel and supplies. it will fall to her than likely burn up in the atmosphere. -- fall

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the end life option act was inspired by the case of bring brittany maynard who was forced to move toth dignity," giving terminally ill adults to ask for a prescription to help die. five states have authorized similar legislation. >> on the record and thinking of an appeal after ellen pao loses her landmark trial. >> a common thread that is making coloring becomes a huge hit. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is wet from the rains that could now be slowing down. stay tuned. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline plus. >> good morning. i am meteorologist tracking a r

let's bring in jason maynard.s oracle or s.a.p. however, could google actually be a potential buyer as well? >> you know it's a really good question. i would say this. oracle and s.a.p. i don't think were the two buyers. we wrote about potentially microsoft, maybe google maybe even an outside dark horse chance at an ibm or amazon. i think those names fit a little bit better in the mosaic than perhaps like an s.a.p. >> how so? if you don't use salesforce.com or chatter, why would an amazon be a good potential buyer for salesforce? how would they connect? >> look so what's going on in the software industry right now is you're seeing nontraditional consumer internet players like google and amazon leverage their core infrastructure into the platform and infrastructure as a service business. applications like salesforce sit on top of those platforms and it represents, if you will that frontier that touches the business user. so it's the apps that the business users use. it would be a very asymmetric threat to the tradi

it follows the case of brittany maynard.ifornia bill under consideration would apply to adults deemed mentally competent to make a decision to hasten their death. >>> the duke blue devils won the ncaa tournament. last night's final game beating out wisconsin 68-63. grayson allen the freshman guard unlikely hero with 16 points as the blue devils polished off their fifth national title. >>> snow accumulate in the sierra. take a look. this is video from nyack. flurries started yesterday and right now it's starting to stick to the vegetation. >>> i'm ryan takeo life at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been raining here for an hour and a half or so. the roads are slick. .2" of rain have fallen here but it was colling down good here earlier. the problem is the wind. chp says high wind advisories are in effect for the dumbarton bridge, san mateo, bay bridge and also the richmond/san rafael bridge. the four bridges altogether on the bay bridge talking about a 20-mile-per-hour wind. that's what was reported earlier this morning even g

the end of life option act follows the case of brittany maynard. she was a 29-year-old bay area woman with brain cancer who went to oregon to use the state's death with dignity law. the california bill under consideration would apply only to adults deemed mentally competent to make a decision to kill themselves. >>> a bay area man lands his dream job at apple's new headquarters and then gets fired. we'll tell you how his past life came back to haunt him. >> also, in this historic drought a california city has a new plan to save precious water. the technology being used to catch illegal water wasters. >> wind, rain and snow, oh, my! we haven't even talked about the thunderstorms yet. we'll track this storm together. >> a major accident has shut down multiple lanes of 680 along the sunol grade. a jackknifed big rig with just one lane open. we'll have details on this major accident and a >>> 5:13 on this april 7. we have heavy rainfall at this hour for the morning commute. lightning off the santa cruz coast as well as over the pacific ocean. a channel

this is marquell maynard boyd. he was last seen wearing a blue gap sweatshirt with a white polo underneath and khaki pants. he was carrying an orange wolverine backpack. he suffers from russell-silver syndrome and he must eat 2,000 calories a day. >>> a mother is looking for your help to find her son's stolen wheelchair. prince george's county police released this surveillance video yesterday. it shows someone walking away with the wheelchair at an apartment complex in langley park. the boy's mother says she leaves the wheelchair in the lobby of the building every night so she can carry her son to the second floor apartment. but when she went to get the chair monday morning, it was gone. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> three d.c. firefighters are recovering after being exposed to chemicals. crews went to check on a fire alarm yesterday on new hampshire avenue. they found a fire suppression system somehow activated in the building and some of their crews were exposed. no one else was hurt. >>> i

to paraphrase john maynard keynes, the economic consequences of the peace, we are not going to sign up to targets. we know our economy cannot meet by means of policies that our partnership not wish to impose upon us, not just for our sake but for the common european and global interest. ladies and gentlemen, in 2010 a greek state ceased to be able to serve its debt. while nominal gdp was falling. europe's banking system had become more or less insolvent, the growth prospects of our trading partners were abysmal and the global credit crunch ensured that interest rates would be going up. and how did we deal with this problem as europeans? by means of the largest loan ever on condition of a massive internalization, a program that was found to shrink incomes which we all knew that's what have to be repaid. those loans were naturally extended to the greek government in the context of the -- i don't have a diagram to show to you. i had one but in the end it turned out that we don't have the facility to project it. but if you look at projections of nominal gdp growth in 2010 by the imf and in

and so anyway, i love hearing maynard say that, and those of us who do know them just a what a struggle it is the struggles that they've had about how much they really care about people. >> i think that's an appropriate last word. i want to thank everyone for coming to the panel. thanks to you all so very much for your research your commentary. your memories. i think it's been a terrific panel. thanks very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and the senate to end at 2:00 eastern time today on c-span2. expected to continue work on a building with human trafficking that would increase penalties and create a fund for victims. it has been held up over how the money can be spent on abortion service. leaders say they're close to compromise and we will learn more when the senate towels and that they too. the house back for legislative work tomorrow at 2:00 eastern working this week on funding for the consumer financial protection agency and guidelines for sharing information in the event of a cyber attack but you can watch the house live on c-span. lawmakers are meeting to set didn't

to paraphrase john maynard keynes, the economic consequences of the peace come we are not going to signup to targets. we know our economy cannot meet by means of policies that our partnership not wish to impose upon us, not just for our sake but for the common european and global interest. ladies and gentlemen, in 2010 a great state ceased to be able to serve its debt. while nominal gdp was falling. europe's banking system had become more or less insolvent the growth prospects of our trading partners were abysmal and the global credit crunch ensured that interest rates would be going up. and how did we deal with this problem as europeans? by means of the largest loan ever on condition of a massive internalization, a program that was found to shrink incomes which we all knew that's what have to be repaid. those loans were naturally extended to the greek government in the context of the -- i don't have a diagram to show to you. i had one but in the end it turned out that we don't have the facility to project it. but if you look at projections of nominal gdp growth in 2010 by the imf and i

to paraphrase john maynard keynes the economic consequences of the peace, we are not going to sign up to targets. we know that our economy on policies that are partners should wish to impose him on us not just for sake but for the common and european global interests. ladies and gentlemen 2010 the greek state ceased to be able to serve on nominal gdp was falling. europe's banking system had become more or less insolvent the growth prospects of our trading partners were abysmal and the global credit crunch in sure that interest rates will be going up. how we would deal with this problem is europeans by means of the largest low never of condition of a massive internal internal -- which was found to shrink incomes. those loans were extended to the greek government in the context of their debt system. i don't have a diagram to show to you. i had one but it turned out that we don't have the facility to protect it. but if you look at projections of nominal gdp growth in 2010 by imf ended in 2011 and again in 2012 in reality you will realize seen dispassionately we are talking about a massiv

the forced is not with john maynard keynes, but our twitter question of the day is about disney.s. this is a "star wars" report. ♪ tom: good morning everyone. an incredibly busy day, futures -15. markets coordinated, let's call it a risk off fuel. let's get to our top headlines. brendan: an unlikely alliance taking shape on capitol hill, republicans trying to rescue a trade deal back by president obama and opposed by many democrats, congressional leaders have agreed to legislation that would give the president authority to the finish negotiating a partnership. democrats say the deal will hurt wages and elevate jobs but the white house says it will open markets to american goods. the international monetary fund is getting tough with greece, managing director christine lagarde told tom keene she will not allow reese didn't skip a payment. -- greece to skip a payment. greece told its creditors earlier this month that it might be able to take a break on this one. right now, the islamic state is closing in on a city 80 miles from baghdad. residents say they have captured three village

state senate committee will take up the end of life option act today follows the case of brittany maynardty law. the bill would apply only to adults deemed mentally competent. >>> traffic and weather and the very >>> good morning. liza battalones here with your "kcbs traffic." an accident in an area where we have been seeing reports of deep standing water still. expect the standing water and now an accident southbound 101 at lucky drive in larkspur. the accident is blocking middle lane. very heavy traffic. it's backed up out of novato approaching the scene. meanwhile, heading for the bay bridge toll plaza, it is still bumper to bumper into the macarthur maze in the maze expect the right lane shut down east 580 approaching highway 24. this is so crews can repair a guardrail damaged in the morning accident. the san mateo bridge, no accidents as of this moment but westbound 92 still slow. you can see it will heavy all the way across the span. and still very windy for most bay area bridges. if you are heading for bart expect 10-minute delays. here's roberta. >>> stick around look at this. tow

it was robert maynard hutchins the very well known president of the united university of chicago, who wrote in his 1930s book "the idea of the university," still a very modern approach to thinking about higher education and the book begins along the lines of the most important thing to understand about the university is the confusion that besets it. and in many ways, the first part of my book -- which is a history of american higher education -- is the story of that confusion. where it came from and what it continues to still mean today. and i think i don't believe anything that it says, that the book says about the history of american higher education is really all that contested or controversial. i claim no original scholarship. many of the ideas have been represented in books of higher education history that have been used for a long time. the book talks quite a bit about how in the formational period of american higher education in the late 19th century we decided or allowed to happen an organizational model that stuck together three essential purposes; the research university whi

bursch: well, you walked through those same cases that you just mentioned, you know skinner, maynard, griswold loving, zablocki reemphasize loving itself every single one of those talked about marriage in the context of men and women coming together and creating children, procreative interest. justice kagan: well, they were dealing then with men and women coming together, but the question was, well, there might be a black woman and a and a black man or a white woman or a black woman and a white man and there was no inquiry into whether that was a traditional form of marriage. if there had been such an inquiry in this country, they would have come up pretty short. mr. bursch: right. and historically, that wasn't part of the tradition, and more importantly, invidious discrimination -- justice kagan: historically, it was not a part of the tradition, that's right. and the court said -- mr. bursch: can i finish the answer? justice kagan: irrelevant that that's not a part of the tradition because -- mr. bursch: right. justice kagan: because there's no good reason for it not to be part of th

but as john maynard cane said when the facts change you change your mind.ampaign in the last eight years and things have changed and it's become clear that wall street does not always act constructively in the country's interests. so she can change her mind but i do think it would go down. >> steve, we are going to be -- for the next two years, you're going to hear the right with all of the stuff that helps them with their base we're going to get tired of hearing that but we're going to hear hillary try to maybe at least speak to the elizabeth warren side of things and it's all just -- most of it is just like this. the only thing i'm disappointed in is that i just wish the first thing she decided to focus on because she had just kicked off her cam peanpaign, those were the headlines, one was 300 times the average for the ceo and the other one was carried interest. i'm looking for somebody who unites everybody eventually and has a pro growth positive message, not pointing at ceos and then private equities. she can do it. she doesn't have to do it this way. g

maynard jokes them and they're just not as -- you can hear it in the crowd when a joke is not working because it is mean. sometimes you can sneak bill johnson are because they are funny. it is ok. >> topics. hillary clinton 2016. >> we may mention them. i don't know. >> we will hear more from cecily strong as host of tonight's white house correspondents dinner, as willis remarks from president obama. our live coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> on c-span this morning washington journalists next. following a senate hearing on her cultural trade cuba. later, former president bill clinton talking about his life in public service. >> on this morning's washington journal, a new report that talks about support for gun rights increasing. that a discussion about child support and its enforcement in the u.s. later, usa today reporter gregory korte talks about affirmative action. ♪ host: good morning to you. it is saturday, april 25. comcast has dropped time warner after -- tonight is the white house correspondents dinner. the annual party that brings together journalists politic

maynard jokes them and they're just not as -- you can hear it in the crowd when a joke is not working because it is mean. sometimes you can sneak bill johnson are because they are funny. it is ok. >> topics. hillary clinton 2016. >> we may mention them. i don't know. >>