sola is joining us live along with her coauthor melina kapoor.ola and melina, thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you for having us. >> okay, i have to brag a little bit about you guys, so try not to get embarrassed. sola is a quantum computing researcher at tufts university near boston. and melina, you are a redwood city native and student at stanford, two amazingly accomplished women. so perfect guests for us. international women's day. like sola, you are the afghan girl in the title. tell us about your growing up female in afghanistan and what that meant in terms of education and everything else. >> sure, so when i was 16, i did not even know how to add and subtract. and that was because when i was 11 years old, a group of men came to our door and threatened us if we continued to going to school and from that day on, over the years, i left home only a couple of times a year. and whenever i did, i had to wear the suffocating burqa that covered me from head to toe. but meanwhile, my brothers were going to school and they were. i coul

melina jones explains that to do this they are purchasing properties and turning them into resource centers to billback the community. >> this is more than just a building. ground zero two expose itself to the world. the goal is to billback or turn a thriving community. this will serve as the foundation of the cultural zones and this will be a housing and job development. colt working space and content studio. to reach thousands of people throughout the 80th to 90th avenue commercial corridor. combating decades of disinvestment. >> we have to hold these properties but also have our legacy our residents and or businesses, those who used to live here, who had been gentrified or displaced out and want to return have a say in what we do with properties that we acquire. >> this is pivotal for landlord engagement and a drop in center. if they are at risk for homelessness they can come here. this is 10 cultural hubs serving the 50 by 50 block radius. the idea is to rebuild provide resources and opportunities to help tens of thousands of people throughout the community. east oakland has been callin

melina jones is at fremont high school with a look at how their media academy is moving the bay area forward. >> reporter: beyond the lights and cameras, this academy is setting students up for success in and out of the studio. for these students, this is more than just another class. >> i absolutely love it, it is like this is the whole reason i came here. >> reporter: this separates and teaches students film, design and even virtual reality. the student photographer has already been published in the new york times and believes the sky is the limit. >> i was scared and i was honestly like, i don't know if i will be able to do it. can i be good, can i continue doing it? it was like, it was like a confidence boost. >> reporter: her success is one of the many reasons why the state is now rewarded the program a distinguished academy designation. the award celebrates more than 90% celebration and his commitment to at risk students. >> you want a better city and a better community, it starts here, it starts in the schools. >> reporter: she is the academy's director and one of the former g

so just if the size of the pricing by melina, a citizen, i'm divorced on that is that is i sure i suppose the amount is on the bridge to the g. my with the special as much as well. great. and then i can, i see the water is part of the visit that the employee would post good. isn't the defense you of us and that in the word part, is it something deeper, more complex might be present? good. let's stop without glitches. let's go out of or the perfect traders of last week. terrorist attack in moscow receive significant amounts of money from the trip to currency from the premium nationalist, which was used in preparing to conduct the prostate findings of russia's investigative committee. turning on the charm ukraine's foreign minister arrives in india, having previously on the box to the country for its ties with russia. new delhi votes age, it is time for pm to of peaceful we took the position from desktops took you're not going to get a solution to this conflict fund. this real must be held to account the react.

congratulate him for his beautiful speech in honor of the armenian resistance fighters misak and melinakyan, whom he just led to the pantheon. but the president of the republic is thoughtful. situation. in ukraine, where they have been invading for two years russian troops, it worsens, the war drags on. in any case, next year i will have to send the boys to odesa, - said the head of state to a small circle of guests. macron's position on the possibility of sending troops to ukraine increased the tension among the leaders of european countries, because some are ready to continue this discussion, some are categorically not, such as german chancellor olaf scholz. today, by the way, macron met in... with the chancellor of germany, later they were joined by the prime minister of poland donald tusk to discuss precisely support of ukraine. the talks are being held as an emergency summit of a regional group known as the weimar triangle. on the eve of the meeting, political observers wrote that one of the goals of these negotiations is to reduce diplomatic tension between germany and france, as