perhaps this is what is behind meier's success and perhaps the difference between meier and companiesulnerable to political pressure is they launched these policies with less fanfare and more deliberation. harvard business review wrote, what matters is how an organization harnesses diversity and whether it's willing to reshape its power structure, end quote. whether it's willing to reshape its power treasure. >>> after the break, i'll be joined by two experts on diversity, gender and policy to discuss where dei goes from here. scuss where dei goes from here asthma. does it have you missing out on what you love, with who you love? get back to better breathing with fasenra, an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems. serious allergic reactions may occur. get help for swelling of your face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens or you have a parasitic infection. headache and sore throat may occur. ask your docto

with that, i'd like to bring up and welcome maria meier, who is the executive director of the women's fund. miami-dade dedicated to creating a metropolis where power and possibility are not limited by gender. the women's fund, re-engineer, support systems for women and girls through grants, partnerships, advocacy, research and leveraging collective impact. with that, i ask maria myra to come up and she will introduce our special guests for this morning. thank you. right. good morning. bonjour. where does this i look at you all. you all look so warm when it's so cool. so at your women's fund, miami-dade, we have a saying that your focus is our power. think about that. the power of focus. so today, here to give us her powerful insights in mind, expanding focus today is the former eve ensler, the tony award winning playwright, author and activist. her play, the vagina monologues is an obie award winning theatrical phenomenon that has been translated into 48 languages and performed in 140 countries. she's the author of numerous plays, often on broadway and many books, including the bestse

chancellor daniel deer meier will give a keynote address after which stephen tractenberg after i will engage in a fireside chat. he has given us a new paradigm of thoughtful and firm leadership in higher education in time of crisis. he's the ninth chancellor of vanderbilt university. coming there in 2020, right in the -- right at the epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic. and not surprisingly for the kind of leadership that he exercised, the university was in person open in the fall. he served as the provost at the university of chicago from 2016 to 2020 and he's brought the values of the university of chicago, chicago principles, freedom of expression and the calvin report on institutional neutrality to his leadership at vanderbilt. he's written extensively in the wall street journal, "the new york times," at forbes, along with six major books in higher management and management leadership. with that, let's welcome chancellor. thank you so much for being with us. [ applause ] >>> thank you first of all for the kind introduction. thank you very much for having me with you today. this is

bristol meiers. it's the single best property out there and they bought it.hey didn't pay to much. they will be able to make the 14 billion and make it back. this is the first drug for bipolar -- not -- approved for -- 30 years. it works according to everybody. i do a lot of work. >> some of these companies are pitt sized. >> i think that you are onto something. these companies, some have gotten so small and they could immediately -- you know they have huge sales forces. you fire your -- the sales force. >> there's a lot of cost savings to be had. >> it'll happen. >> i think we may start to see some mega pharma. >> you have any detail? >> nothing i'm following. >> i think they are all worried. >> i think they don't want the call. they are all doing their thing. it makes sense not to. they were able to say they won't let us do anything. handbags. >> glaxio is only 71 billion. up 18% gets a five year high. jim mentioned this briefly. santa fee. chron's disease. >> disease. people have had to struggle with it. they are going right to three. >> it's a lot of year

the truth about the biden economy should not be lost in the meier ire of political defed it would makeng resignation from the left. one close election, she says, should not be misinterpreted as a mandate for abandoning pro-wokker or pro-union approaches or a strong drill approximately see. policy. it's not just about him, it's about the future. ed a adrien, it does seem like right now in the aftermath of the vice president's defeat, a lot of democrats are running away with what the white house did over four years even though those inside the west wing are confident that history will regard them favorably and what is the challenge here for democrats. how do you navigate this? >> a couple of things. number one, we have to reflect on the fact that president biden, it wasn't the first four years and it was the first 18 to 19 months passed four major economic bills and we talked about this last week in the show, joe upon can you imagine where the economy would be with the rescue plan and make sure that we could reduce inflation as much as we possibly could and you look at where the u.s. inf