everyone trusts pbs and npr is being honest and fair. that is why it is so important that now we archived and preserve the great things we have done and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the public television act. [applause] >> if the first panelists could come up to the stage? the first piece with eleanor roosevelt wasn't thank you to henry morganthough. [applause] >> the first panel is about the origins of public broadcasting. cokie roberts is a political commentator -- please, i have it all written out. i am dying to at least say she women as by american one of the greatest women in the history of broadcasting. in 2008, the library of congress name for a living legend, which we totally agree with. [applause] cokie: i am thrilled to be moderating this panel because this is one of the rare times in my life i am a kid. [laughter] >> thanks. cokie: i joined npr 10 years after the public broadcasting act was signed. i have been there 40 years. me.e gents preceded >> pre-deceased you? cokie: i did not say deceased. they were there at the be

did you feel that when you went to npr? >> yes, still to some degree. but it turned out to be a blessing, i think, in the end, that it was kind of a secret at because at the point when nixon first. did go after the show and the television and the television network committed suicide, npr was still there and there was no necessity to disband us because it was not on the radar. so the ability to just grow and thrive was much easier in that environment, but then the growing and thriving became something quite dramatic, and today, we are listened to by more people than the 3 network morning shows combined, is listen to to buy more people other than rush limbaugh, and i -- is listen to to buy more is listened to by more people than rush limbaugh, and i keep saying steve innskeep should get what rush gets. the difference is about half a million people. it's widely successful in the primary source of news for millions and millions of people around the world. >> and commercial radio has pulled back dramatically, leaving a big opening for it. so, you were paying

in an interview of npr today, senator mcconnell said, quote, we obviously were unable to completely repeal and replace with a 52-48 senate. we will have to take a look at what that looks like with a

but, of course, the federal funding is a tiny percentage of npr money.it is really just a satellite. but the stations rely on it a lot. particularly the small rules stations. that is an important thing to keep in mind. that these are people who are desperate for this kind of information. sometimes, it is also the only emergency signals. all of that. of thehink the fact service is so wide spread and diverse and so well listened to my people in all areas of american life, that i feel confident about the future. but i think it requires resources. >> i was going to say that the last two years have proven more than ever the need for what we do. it is so complex, depressing too many, hopeful to those who thought they were electing someone who would stand for them. but, the country is changing so fast. the political system is practically impossible to understand. the despair of being , but delivering some sense of rationale to what happened today, and this week and this year plus a lot of -- plus analysis and sensitive ideas about what might happen in the futur

it takes the npr funding model and lets anybody do it. we've seen some pretty successful podcasts. you should consider it for yours. they generate a decent amount of revenue using patreon. there is stuff happening at all layers of the food chain that is new and kind of interesting. cory: that's my conversation with bloomberg's max chafkin. us.s crawford will join this is bloomberg. ♪ cory: collecting data from shopping mall parking lots -- helping lead the way is orbital insights. we did the thing talking about the changes to the satellite business. first, i want to get to the notion of what you guys do, by way of an anecdote. manager,s a hedge fund i hired the satellite company to fly over an oil spill. there was an oil driller. their data looked fake. it was in the middle of the jungle. we flew a satellite over. but i had to wait a few weeks before the satellite would be in contact with the area. i got some good data. i didn't get everything i wanted. how does your business take that to the next level? james: we take advantage of changes that go far beyond our business. the comme

it takes the npr funding model and lets anybody do it. we've seen some pretty successful podcasts. maybe you should consider it for yours. they generate a decent amount of revenue using patreon. there is stuff happening at all layers of the food chain that is new and kind of interesting. cory: that's my conversation with bloomberg's max chafkin. coming up, you heard me mention orbital insight. james crawford will join us. this is bloomberg. ♪ cory: from the movement of thousands of oil tankers to collecting data from shopping mall parking lots, satellites helping lead the way is orbital , insights. we talked about changes to the satellite business. first, i want to get to the notion of what you guys do, by way of an anecdote. when i was a hedge fund manager, i hired a satellite company to fly over an oil spill. there was an oil driller. i did not believe they were drilling their data looked fake. it wasld not get there, in the middle of a jungle in public, new guinea. in papua, new guinea. we flew a satellite over. but i had to wait a few weeks before the satellite would be in cont

drudge, -- iok at look at drudge, npr, and i fox anymore.cnn or guest: it is a good question. i have been somewhat critical of what i think of fox anymore. think,oup but i also don't think it is an equivalency of, as some would have it, between left and right media. they have different roles -- roles, as far as i'm concerned, and different social roles. you know, my media diet before i started this was fairly typical mainstream media -- "new york social roles. npr,now, my mediatimes," "wash" as you might expect given my background, and it still largely is, but i love and it. -- 11 it. the way to get a sense of country as a whole is to toggle different sources, and i still rely on "the times," and " the washington post" for my information. you had the reporters, they do real journalism. i also read "the weekly standard," i look at fox on the left, i scroll through mark toin and even breitbart understand the perspective. not that i necessarily going to agree, but it is important in this increasingly divided country to try to understand people's perspectives, and i think that mea

examination of congressional data by npr found trump in last place in the number of bills signed going back to jimmy carter. even rough estimate from the harry truman library says trump is 150 bills behind the 33 president at this point. npr looked at significance of legislation trump has signed and found more than a third modify existing program. 16 repeal a rule or regulation and more with short-term or less consequential impacts. only three relate to new policy, including sanctions against russia and last week's tax bill. >> don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. >>> amid reports of turmoil at state department, secretary of state rex tillerson has a piece in the "new york times." year end recap of sorts promoting trump's policy vision and detailing views on where things stand in the world today. touches on the strategies aimed at north korea and iran and victories made in isis. also discussing north korea. discusses china's role writing they have applied certain bans and sanctions. they should do more. other areas of relationship including trade imbalances, intellectual

i never thought i'd be admiring our conservative [inaudible] [laughter] in this show indivisible on nprhow can we get it back? it was fantastic and i sent e-mails that i just don't know how to make it happen. >> referring to the show that we did out of wnyc broadcast on public wireless stations across country. we had post across the spectrum and it was an extraordinarily interesting experience for me in the first 100 days of the trump administration but i will say my very first show on public radio in january of this year as i am a stranger in a strange place you have to understand having been a conservative talk show host on the npr station i had a ngreat deal but i do think the focus of public radio are looking at ways of continuing that dialogue and i continue to work with those folks and it will take a different form but those kinds of conversations arn actually so rare but they're so valuable. >> i think we have devolved into a red state, blue state society so my question is how has the electoral college fair? most people in the world look at our elections as being unfair because t

my wife and i listen to npr and have historically listened to npr.y comment is, in pr appeals to maybe a broader base than fox or msnbc. you cast a wider net with the npr audience. since the election though, i have noticed just a real bias against trump and the administration by npr. i wait for bbc to come on around 10:00 in the morning so i can get a little more accurate, unbiased view of the world. that is saying something coming from bbc. pedro.mple i would use, npr has become an inside the beltway reporting source now. i do business in asia, so i look forward to mature, detailed reporting on what is going on in asia. npr doesn't do much of that anymore unless it is a pinpoint thing like the icbm launch. they are not reporting on south america, on africa at all except maybe if it is the zimbabwe situation. asia, they are not looking at the broader foreign policy picture. we consume our news for fun, like the news junkie but we also do it to be informed and good citizens. and thoughtful taxpayers and informed forwarders -- informed voters. virginia

with us now to reveal where we are at in this bracket challenge, npr lead political editor, joining usso much. i know you conceived of this idea. you did a lot of the vote tallying yourself. so we have a few minutes left in the voting, but who are the final two? what are the final two right now? >> final two right now are the mueller probe and fallout from sexual harassment. and right now with less than an hour to go, less than half hour to go in the voting, mueller probe is slightly ahead in the readers participating on twitter. you can go on at dominconpr which is twitter handle and you'll see the pin tweet is the final tally, final poll of this woel thing, which we've done way too many of over the past week. and did a callout for it on christmas eve and stunning to me how many people actually did submit handwritten branckets. i should have probably figured out a way to automate this, we have people harnld the desk willing to help out. because more than 300 people, 285 people submitted brackets. and only two people left who can win. i want to give them shoutouts. that's dave stedman

laughter and applause ] oh, i burned the rolls again. [ laughter ] i'm a fantastic actor. [ laughter ] npred an article this week urging people to incorporate frank discussions about end of life care with elderly family members this thanksgiving. [ laughter ] you know in case someone brings up trump and you want to change the topic to something less depressing. [ laughter and applause ] guys, come on, let's -- [ applause ] let's not talk politics, guys. grandpa, when are you going to die? [ laughter ] a retired alabama police officer recently said that police were told in the 1970s to keep roy moore away from high school cheerleaders. do you know how creepy you had to be for people to think you were too creepy in the 1970s? [ laughter ] that's the decade when people were okay with this. [ audiences ohs ] and finally the dallas cowboys added a special concession item for their thanksgiving game, featuring a texas-shaped waffle made of stuffing that is topped with turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy and cranberries. so now fans can also take a knee. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen,

a spokesperson for npr said listeners may feel the limited information may not seem to justify the decision, but assures them it honors the highest standard they have come to expect. >> and in washington there are growing calls on capitol hill for embattled democratic congressman john conyers. the dean of the house to resign. with the entire democratic leadership in the house now saying it is time for conyers to go after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. the former staffer who made a settlement with conyers with $27,000 breaking her silence on today. >> it was sexual harassment, violating, violating my body, propositioning me, inviting me to hotels with the guise of discussing business. >> conyers denies the allegations and he is now hospitalized in his hometown of detroit. his political consultant says it's due to stress. >> now harassment allegations are also dogging a well known figure entertainment mogul russell decemb russell simmons stepping down from his companies. he founded def jamb recordings in the 80s and went on to create an empire, his recollections are different

next on american history tv, former sec commissioners and what of the cofounders of npr discuss the origins of public broadcasting and the bill posey passage. the library of congress -- bill's passage.

i'm joined by npr's justice correspondent, carrie johnson. and, john carlin.ran the justice department's national security division from 2013 to 2016. before that, he served as chief of staff and senior counsel to then-f.b.i. director robert mueller. and welcome both of you back to the program. carrie, i'm going to start with you. we're hearing and told michael flynn has pleaded guilty on this one significant charge but we're not told why he did it. what do we know? >> there is so much more the investigators with special counsel were probing with respect to michael flynn and son who was his business associate ranging from allegations that he violated the foreign agents' registration act through some of his business deals in turkey and russia but he pleaded guilty to one false statements charge and could spend zero to six months in prison. the feeling is he delivered somethingo the special counsel it didn't have before with respect with respect to the investigation and that's why the lenient deal. >> woodruff: the information released said there was a seep yore

when we were making our list of the best albums in npr music, we as a team found we had fewer consensusany ways. the music industry is aonlyizing more than ever. people are not necessarily even listening to whole albums, although artists are responding by making concept albums, like kendrick lamar's and st. vincent's mass seduction, all these records have story lines, you're trying to pull people back in from their play list playground. ♪ how could anybody have you ♪ . >> brown: but that means things are even more siloed, right? it's hard for anybody to have a mass audience, mikele? >> that's true. but i think you also see people using streaming as an aesthetic position. drake had a play list called "more life." i think he felt liberated from the need to make something tight and coherent and went in all kinds of directions because streaming gave him the license maybe to sort of ream and sort of say this can hang together in whatever way it fits into your life, so i think going forward we'll see more of how streaming shapes the aesthetic of recordmaking which is pretty interesting. >> br

tamara keith, white house correspondent for npr. and ken vogel political reporter for "the new york times." thank you all for being with us especially as part of our leadoff panel tonight. ken, i'll lead off with you. what do you make of this bank subpoena, if true, is it a big deal? what else does it speak of? >> absolutely. we always kind of knew that this was a possibility that mueller would start looking into donald trump's finances and this subpoena, again, if it is accurate that deutsche bank has been subpoenaed, would indicate that he is fully going down that route. deutsche bank is significant because donald trump -- it has at least $130 million worth of donald trump's debt and it sold some of that debt or could have sold some of that debt to russian banks. that could potentially give these russian banks some leverage over donald trump. and so you have the combination here potentially of donald trump's finances as well as his dealings with russia and how those two things intertwine. so even if the subpoena has not actually b

he was very into two things, npr and rush limbaugh.e realized he was more of a rush limbaugh guy then an npr guy. host: is this a picture of him in a double spread? wil: that's alex. host: what did this do for him when this came out? wil: it's interesting. i don't know if i can take blame or credit, but since the story came out and try to figure out who they are and what they are doing, they spent a lot more time in mainstream media. for example, a guy named rahim kassam, the breitbart london editor has found himself eating invited on cnn all the time to give interviews. and joel pollack was the editor-in-chief after andrew breitbart's death, joel is on nbc all the time now. for better or worse i would expect a fair amount of cynicism or normalizing breitbart, which has written offensive things and installed a president that half the country is upset about. not everyone would consider this a good thing, but i think it is true that putting breitbart in the magazine and looking closely at it has changed a little bit the place it occupies

an investigation by npr radio revealed dozens of students graduated last june from the high school even though they had high rates of unexcused

the scene is austin jenkins of radio station kuow and the northwest news network, a collaboration of npr stations. i spoke to him a short while ago. austin jenkins, thank you for talking with us. what do you know so far about the extent of the casualties? >> we know there are multiple deaths. we do not have a confirmed number. we know there are multiple injuries. this was a passenger train with 12 cars. it was not packed full. in fact, it was pharrell light in terms of passengers, but we know that most if not all of the train cars derailed. at least one fell to the freeway below. another train car or two are hanging from this bridge over the interstate. this is a major disaster and a major scene with all of these railcars off the track. >> woodruff: how is this rescue operation going? are they still hoping to find people alive? >> my sense is they have rescued everybody who survived this and either took them to local hospitals or, if they were not injured or ambulatory, then they put them on buses, and those passengers have now reunited with their families. at this point, looks like this

and npr has placed veteran journalist and "on point" host tom ashbrook on leave while the network investigatesngdoing allegations made against him. a fiery inferno is raging out of control northwest of los angeles. nearly 6,400 firefighters from 11 different states are now battling to make headway against the so-called "thomas fire". it's already scorched more than 230,000 acres since first igniting last week. clouds of ash and smoke billowed from the santa barbara foothills today, as the thomas fire roared unabated. helicopters hauled and dumped water, part of the week-long struggle by firefighters to get it under control. >> we've been up, i'm at 29 hours straight, every other day. we are exhausted, but we aren't coming off until this is done. >> woodruff: the fire was just 15% contained today, spreading west from ventura to santa barbara county. it's enveloped the towns of carpinteria and montecito that sit between los padres national forest and the coastline. thousands have been ordered to evacuate, and more have been warned they should be ready to leave if the fire moves closer. so far, n

. >>> npr reports the line brair of congress will no longer archive every tweet. the library says beginning january 1st, it will only acquire tweets on a very selective basis. >>> the "washington post" says a large portion of the magnolia treat that was plant odden the white house grounds by andrew jackson will have to be removed. he added the tree in 1835. the white house says it's too old and badly damaged to have it replaced. melania called for part of the tree to be cut down after a report from the national arboretum. >>> coming up we'll tell you which popular items made this the biggest christmas yet for the yonge line retailer. >>> and class act, what harley-davidson is doing to attract younger riders. when my smile is bright, i feel ready to shine. some whitening toothpastes only remove surface stains, colgate optic white high impact white is different. it has hydrogen peroxide, to whiten four shades for a visibly whiter smile. trust your smile to colgate optic white. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorr

. >>> and npr said fell again for two years. part of it was fueled by the drug crisis. 63,000 drug-related deaths, two-thirds involved opioid. >>> people.com says a pregnant college student finished her final college exam from her hospital bed while in labor. she tweeted herself in bed. she turned in the assignment on time and hours later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. she's back home and plans to head back to school in the spring. >>> and "the new york times" has a warning about toys that could allow hackers into your home. dolls and toys connected to the enter net could give hackers access to the cameras and microphone. that could potentially allow them to see and hear whatever the toys does. the toys could be hacked to spy on children or track their location. >>> still to come, crusty comments from a pizza ceo. why the head of papa john's says he's stepping down from the franchise. i used to have more hair. i used to have more color. and ... i used to have cancer. i beat it. i did. not alone. i used to have no idea what the american cancer society did. researc

an investigation by npr revealed dozens of students graduated when they shouldn't have. only 507 out of the 164 students who received diplomas -- released a statement saying in part, "we take this issue seriously. this investigation will restore integrity to the process by providing students, parents and the broader community with answers. >>> this morning, prince george's county police officers will be out in force at four schools to make sure students are saf someone made a -- against kettering middle school, weiss, frederick douglass and bowie high schools. there was only one threat posted yesterday. police have not identified -- they said he or she could face criminal charges. >> not surprised that the u.s. supreme court -- the court ruled that it can be fully enforced while cases continue in lower federal court. the ban applies to travelers from five muslim majority countries. critics say it's discrimination. the latest ban is, quote, lawful and essential to protecting our homeland. new overnight, billy bush is sticking to his guns on the "access hollywood" clip tha

an investigation by npr radio revealed dozens of students graduated last june from the high school even though they had high rates of unexcused building this morning at 10:00. mayor muriel bowser has launched an investigation into the allegations. >>> 4:30 now. developing this morning, the gop is scrambling to get its tax plan passed. the president wants to sign the bill by christmas but republicans may not have the votes. >>> meagan fitzgerald is in the newsroom with more on how this tax plan is hanging by a thread at this point. >> aaron and eun, what a difference a few days makes, right? last week it looked like president trump was on track to get his first legislative win of the yeefrmt that's in jeopardy now. marco rubio is threatening to vote no unless there's a child tax credit. mike lee is undecided. tennessee governor bob corker doesn't support the plan. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but president trump thinks rubio will come around. supportive. i think that senator rubio will be there. >> republicans are also concerned about mississippi senator thad cochran wh

i interviewed her twice before using her npr voice like she was really trying to connect with me on my level. and a white lady. so, describe your body to me. [laughter] and i stammered i said im tall. i knew what she was trying to get me to do and this view of health loathing that is not how i think of myself because i have to get through the day but later in the interview she said describe your body to me. and i lost my ship. shit i said no ma'am. i hope they air that. every bit. laughmac my publicist was there and said it was as bad as you think it was. and just to give context because people are bad at guessing numbers of what weight looks like everybody think every woman weighs 140 and every single review has mentioned that every single one. i am like fuck me. really? that's of session and people read the weight-loss memoir because a manual this is how i don't become her. it is very frustrating to be a cautionary tale. what is the number i need to start panicking? the coverage has been well intended but interesting. >> but that is really interesting. talk about in the intro the mem

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an investigation by npr and wamu radio revealed dozens of students with high rates of unexcused absencesill allowed to graduate. mayor muriel bowser has launched allegations. >> does d.c. feel more crowded lately? a lot more folks calling the district home. the mayor's office said 10,000 people moved here. they believe it will hit the 700,000 mark soon. population has grown about every year since 2006. the mayor is attributing that to an increase in jobs. >>> all right. it's 4:50. new this morning, things are back to normal at mgm national harbor after a glitz caused headaches yesterday. that prevented people from using the automatic payout option for their winnings. mgm says they were manually able to pay out kus americans and the system came back online. >>> the news 4 i-team obtained records that show 23 thefts or robberies at the casino in november. that's more than double the number in october. the most at any maryland mgm tells news 4 the internal review shows one of the incidents was a robbery and at least ten were complaints from customers about missing money. the maryland lotter

one economist tells npr it's not clear what sparked the shift but point autothat 73% of cashiers areen and many of those jobs have been cut by automation. "the wall street journal" says u.p.s. called on reinforcement to get packages delivered. that's not a surprise. listen who did it. they asked hundreds of accountants and office workers to stop what they were doing and help make the deliveries. u.p.s. says a surge in e-commerce orders coupled with a tight market made the shift in roles necessary. international business times reports a pennsylvania woman got quite a shock after checking her monthly electric bill. get it, shocked? they charged her more than $284 billion. there may be an error here. the decimal point was in the wrong spot. i guess so. the actual balance was $284. still a high bill. >>> still to come, military helicopters that fly themselves. how the emerging technology could change the way future wars are fought. rs are fought. fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to

speaker paul ryan told npr today companies would use that money to expand and hire. >> you have more jobs being created that pay better. you have faster economic growth and you get more revenue as a result of that. >> reporter: but watch what happened at a recent gathering of business leaders in washington. >> do you plan to increase your company's investment, capital investment? just a show of hands. if the tax reform goes through. >> why aren't the other hands up? >> reporter: only a few ceos in the room said yes. a survey finds 35% of companies would use lower taxes to hire or increase wages. a cnbc survey finds that most will use the money to buy back stock. in indianapolis, despite getting tax breaks, this rexnord manufacturing laid off 300 workers this year because they could pay workers $3 an hour in mexico rather than 25 here. >> we're the ones that made them wealthy. that company is highly profitable, up until the point that they decided to leave. >> reporter: the question tonight will the republican plan mean more jobs and higher wages for american families or will companie

david of npr, hal of the orlando sentinel, claire atkinson, and gabe sherman of vanity fair who is alsoscussing we the increase glit hostile relationship between journalists and a media-bashing president who considers other media bashers, some of whom are in the media themselves as part of his base. all right, let's start with a simple question, we were here last year. there was a lot of optimism here that the media's reputation would improve. okay. i'm going to start with the most outsider of everybody at this group, hal, has the media's reputation improved as far as the people in orlando are concerned? >> well, i think most people in orlando would probably say no, but you're just repeating certain things. if you say the washington post or the "new york times," i don't think most people in orlando read those newspapers, so you're kind of just taking what somebody else thinks. as somebody observes these things, i think the reputation of the press has gone way up. >> three major newspapers now can say they've got a million plus paid subscribers, that is historic, and the fact that people

the author of "murdoch's world, the last of the old media empire" and he's a media correspondent for nprhe joins me from new york. welcome to the program. >> thanks so much for having me. >> so look, i sort of asked all the questions leading into you. is this a radical reshaping of the media landscape? and if so, who's winning? >> well, what i would say is that it's a radical recognition of shifts that are happening in the media landscape and a radical consolidation of the studio power in conventional, traditional hollywood. that is that disney which has been such a force, the largest conventional studio for television and the movies is adding you know the luster and the back archive and the knowledge and the know how of 21st century fox. the movie studios, the tv studios that produce "the simpsons", produces one of nbc's top hits, "this is us" and abc -- disney owned top hits "modern family." all in recognition that winter is coming for conventional hollywood. they're looking at netflix. they're looking at amazon. apple is likely to be a new entrant. if you think of netflix spending $8

npr says the latest craze is retroconsoles like atari, supernintendo and saga. you can play games like zel dda and hedgehog. today you can spend more than $200 for one on ebay. brook? >> wow. one of those atari systems was in my swap this year but nobody wanted it. they were unaware of the craze i guess. >> now it's back on steroids it seems like and you know, it's so funny how things can just on a dime turn back and become involved again. >> shouldn't have thrown them out. thanks a bunch. >>> all right. still to come, working holiday. some of the firefighters battling the california wildfires tell us why they're on the front lines for christmas. things than r rheumatiod arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. it can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometime

. >> reporter: but from a report by npr and wamu radio reveals students were given pl requirements. >> it was a culture in the school set by administration. >> reporter: teachers say they felt pressured from what they called unrealistic evaluations for things like student attendance and a certain percentage of passing grades. if teachers didn't score well, they could have lost their job. so 10 teachers took their concerns to officials. the day after the graduation they followed up with this e- mail and copied several city government and school leaders. >> a lot of people didn't have knowledge what was going on and i did not receive a single response from anybody. >> reporter: nearly six months later the mayor and the city council have agreed to look into these allegations, but the teachers say that for some students it may be a little too late. would you say that the school district failed these kids? >> yes. yes, absolutely. >> reporter: reporting in southeast washington, michael quander, wusa9. >> the whistleblowers say they don't want the students to be punished because of allegati

that's one of the things i discussed on npr earlier today, which is it doesn't have a more quality or in more quality. it's a neutral construct, if you want to sell your kidneys would be able to. there's nothing in capitalism that intrinsically says no or suggest or encourages it or discourages it. it's up to society to ultimately view it with values. that's always been the case throughout. just like when you're asking me how you rate capitalism, how would you rate democracy, for 80 years slavery was tolerated. would that mean you would then impugn democracy? i think it's a neutral philosophy, that you can have whatever values you want to and it's up to your society to shape its force. i also brought up -- [inaudible] >> i do. [inaudible] >> i do and it's a constant evolution. one example i use is the rise of schools, the rise of public schools. so if you going to, even a staunch republican community in, let's say texas, or deep red state and you would ask them what is the great thing about your community or your society, many times you will hear that the thing they love most in that

an investigation uncovered last week by npr and wrmu radio revealed dozens of students graduated last june when they shouldn't have. only 57 of the 154 students who received diplomas were on track to graduate. d.c. public schools chancellor antoine wilson released a statement today saying in part, we take this issue very seriously and this investigation will restore integrity to the process by providing students, parents, and the broader community with answers. >>> students could see extra police officer at four prince george's county schools tomorrow. as someone made a threat on social media. there will be more officers up inner marlboro at kettering middle school, wise high school, and frederick douglass high school. and no bowie at bowie high school. we understand there was only one threat that was issued and that was posted on social media. but police have not identified the person who posted that and they did say, thoug she could be facing criminal charges. >>> arlington county police say they arrested two teachers for smoking marijuana at an lfr elementary school. luke lloyd and