on behalf of the honorees, let me express my thanks to nyu. and congratulations from all of us to you, the class of 2014, and to your families, especially your parents. this is a special day to celebrate your achievements and to look forward to your lives ahead. your nyu education has not only provided you with a foundation of knowledge; it has also, i hope, instilled in you a love of knowledge and an enduring curiosity. life will continue to be a journey of discovery if you tend the fires of curiosity that burn brightly in all of us. such curiosity led eric kandel, here at nyu, to his lifetime goal, to discover the chemical and cellular basis of human memory. a few years after his graduation, he was doing research on cats. but he had the idea of focusing on an animal with a simpler, more fundamental brain: the california sea slug. his colleagues all but ridiculed him for the idea. they "knew" that the study of the lowly sea slug was irrelevant for understanding human memory. kandel's surgically-skilled collaborator deserted him. to get up to

on behalf of the honorees, let me express my thanks to nyu. and congratulations from all of us to you, the class of 2014, and to your families, especially your parents. this is a special day to celebrate your achievements and to look forward to your lives ahead. your nyu education has not only provided you with a foundation of knowledge; it has also, i hope, instilled in you a love of knowledge and an enduring curiosity. life will continue to be a journey of discovery if you tend the fires of curiosity that burn brightly in all of us. such curiosity led eric kandel, here at nyu, to his lifetime goal, to discover the chemical and cellular basis of human memory. a few years after his graduation, he was doing research on cats. but he had the idea of focusing on an animal with a simpler, more fundamental brain: the california sea slug. his colleagues all but ridiculed him for the idea. they "knew" that the study of the lowly sea slug was irrelevant for understanding human memory. kandel's surgically-skilled collaborator deserted him. to get up to

she was awarded an honorary doctorate from nyu prior to her remarks. this is about 10 minutes. thank you, president sexton. on behalf of the honorees, let [applause] and congratulations from all of us to you, the class of 2014, and to your families, especially your parents. this is a special day to celebrate your achievements and to look forward to your lives ahead. your nyu education has not only provided you with a foundation of knowledge; it has also, i hope, instilled in you a love of knowledge and an enduring curiosity.

we have been doing robotics at nyu for 10 years. how it started off. >> where are robots so far most in surgery? what kind of surgeries are you seeing the most progress with? >> a great question. we are seeing it in all different subspecialties. we are seeing it at the nyu medical center and using it in cardiac, graphic general surgery, and even with oncology. we are seeing it in all different areas of subspecialties. probably the sweet spot for this technology is getting two very difficult to reach places where you need to do very complex procedures, such as very small suturing or dissecting nerves, that sort of thing. that seems to be one of the sweet spot for the technology at this point. >> tell us about the risks associated? i know there are some obligations with some robots. some deaths have even been blamed on it. >> it comes down to the surgeon at the end of the day. the surgeon needs to decide which tool, which approach, and which technology is best for he or she. and at the end of the day, this is a tool. if you put someon

the ceo and dean of the nyu medical center.e will be back with more. ♪ >> it is time for more of bloomberg's exclusive coverage of the clinton global initiative summit. will is moderating -- moderating the panel of the workforce and how they are affected -- affecting the american economy. last but not least, the former treasury secretary and number goldman sachs cochairman. >> that would have a fiscal effect and you could increase revenues. >> how do we get there? is this leaders are used to going out and doing it and it is not some we can do when it comes to our federal policy. everyone is in agreement we need these policies to keep us competitive. how do we get them? >> unfortunately, what you have is people with very different views, as opposed to agreement here that is fine. there is nothing wrong with people with if and views. we had that in 1990 evan. the trouble is you needed to compromise. our democracy will not work without a willingness to engage in compromise area that is lost in washington and that is why we are in

director ofd by the the nyu robotic surgery center.e of the most list robotic surgeons in the country. how did you end up on this past -- path? but i decided earlier on that i wanted to do minimally invasive surgery, and when i saw the technology, i realize this would be a game changer. we have been doing robotics at nyu for 10 years. that is how it started off. far mostare robots so helpful in surgery echo what kind of surgeries are you seeing the most progress with? >> a great question. we are seeing it in all different subspecialties. we are seeing it at the nyu medical center and using it in cardiac, graphic general surgery, and and even with oncology. we are seeing it in all different areas of subspecialties. probably the sweet spot for this technology is getting two very difficult to reach places where you need to do very complex procedures, such as very small suturing or dissecting nerves, that sort of thing. that seems to be one of the sweet spot for the technology at this point. >> ellis about the risks associated with this --

your nyu education has not only provided you with a foundation of knowledge; it has also, i hope, instilled in you a love of knowledge and an enduring curiosity. life will continue to be a journey of discovery if you tend the fires of curiosity that burn brightly in all of us. such curiosity led eric kandel, here at nyu, to his lifetime goal, to discover the chemical and cellular basis of human memory. a few years after his graduation, he was doing research on cats. but he had the idea of focusing on an animal with a simpler, more fundamental brain: the california sea slug. his colleagues all but ridiculed him for the idea. they "knew" that the study of the lowly sea slug was irrelevant for understanding human memory. kandel's surgically-skilled collaborator deserted him. to get up to speed on sea slugs, he had to go abroad to study. but kandel persisted and, in 2000, his curiosity won him the nobel prize. it was, as you must have guessed, for deciphering the chemistry of memory in humans, as revealed by his research on sea slugs. kandel's life, i believe, demonstrates how a persistent curi

nyu's valuation guru oswath is crunching the numbers, and he has a very different view than the street does. >>> plus, more trouble at target leaving customers in long lines and setting off a social media firestorm. that's up next. we're going to debate the stock. >>> then how did greenpeace get caught up in a currency trade gone bad? what? we're going to reveal in our "worst trade of the day." all that and more straight ahead. >>> every morning the markets take off. at noon, "halftime report" puts it in context with the news driving the markets and debates making the news. get a jump start on the afternoon. >> "halftime report" real money, real debate, weekdays noon eastern. with all the opinions about stocks out there, how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. call or click

professor of medicine at nyu's langone medical center and the author of "unlocking the secret code ofbness and health." >> and dr. david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. hello. >> good morning. how are you? >> great to see you. >> good to see you. i want to start here today. there's a disturbing new report about measles so the centers for disease control revealed that the u.s. has seen more measles

professor of medicine at nyu's medical center, also author of "unlock the secret code of sickness ande to see you. >> i want to talk about this. we have a major news story, the centers for disease control and preventi

the next day we catch up with becca an nyu grad to denstudent. >> i really enjoyed it. >> what time didome? >> no comment. >> reporter: tonight it is party time. and right away we notice something very interesting. >> so it is mostly men and our new york women. which they are loving. >> reporter: but for becca, she only has eyes for one man. and before long. >> you guys are leaving? >> yes. >> reporter: and melissa, she hand her date andrew have seen each other every day since the first night. for some of the other ladies they have yet to find the love connection, but they're certainly loving the attention. after our cameras left one of our new york ladies met a very special guy. the next day she spills the gossip. >> we get into his car and drive like so far out of the city into the mountains. we got there and i'm immediately like oh, my god there are stars, i can see stars. then we go, go into this like cabin room, and, you know have some fun. >> yeah, pretty much like the best night and morning ever. we're texting. >> i know. >> he travels a lot. he was like, i will come to new york.

joining us as always, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hospital j and marc siegel at nyu medical center, also author of the "unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." welcome. >> good to see you. >> we have this major news story, the centers for disease control and prevention now under serious fire following a major mishap in three of its facilities after 80 workers were reportedly exposed to anthrax. how does something like this happen? >> this is shocking news, as cdc announced this week, on june 13th, a mistake, a mishap happened that should never happen. this is a very sophisticated lab in atlanta. they deal with e boly, small box, and anthrax. the protocol failed this time. and this is what happened. one big lab sent live anthrax to another lab. they realized it was live later and they were exposed to this. they're not getting sick at this point, they're all getting treated. it can take up to two months or 60 days before the symptoms would start. you would ask whether exactly people should be looking for. if they have cutaneous anthrax, they would see painful ulcers

professor of medicine at nyu's medical center, also author of "unlock the secret code of sickness and health". >> nice to see you. >> i want to talk about this. we have a major news story, the centers for disease control and prevention now under serious fire following a major mishap in three of its facilities after 80 workers were reportedly exposed to anthrax. how much do you know about this and how does something like this happen? >> it's shocking new that cdc announced this week that on june 13th, a mishap happened which should have never happened. this is a very sophisticated lab in thereabout. they deal with ebola and small pox. they deal with anthrax. they have a lot of protocol and unfortunately it failed this time. one big lab sent a live anthrax to another lab. they thought it was dead, but they found out a few days after it was live and a lot of people were exposed to this. they are all being treated. nobody is getting sick at this point. it can take two months before the symptoms would start. you would ask what exactly people should be looking for. they would see painless u

with us on set, msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu harold for

joining us is professor of medicine at nyu's medical center and author of "the inner pulse: unlocking the code of sickness and health." >> and chairman and professor of urology at linux hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> good to see you. >> i want to start here, though, a stark new warning about smoking. okay, there is a new report suggesting lighting up is actually more dangerous than it was 50 years ago. and this as the centers for disease control releases some of those most shocking anti-smoking ads we've seen so far. dr. siegle, i tell you what, when those ads come on, i don't smoke, so i'm not the target audience, i turn them off. they really gross me out. they're really aggressive. why is smoking so easy, and why are those campaigns -- anti-smoking campaigns getting more aggressive? >> the first thing you're referring to is called campaign for tobacco-free kids where they are showing that cigarettes themselves are worse in a certain sense than they were 50 years ago when the surgeon general put out his first warning. they've got more nicotine, more sugars in them, p

joining us as always, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hospital j and marc siegel at nyu medicallso author of the "unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." welcome. >> good to see you. >> we have this major news story, the centers for disease control and prevention now under serious fire following a m

. >> visiting professor at nyu, you two are bickering. senior correspondent, now, stop.on white house correspondent for the press, julie pace. >> how was your weekend? what did you do? >> i finally relaxed. finally thrived. >> fantastic. >> you meditated. >> took a while. >> did you meditate? >> i just sat in a chair. >> yeah. >> and that's all i did. >> that's a good weekend. kind of like the final scene of "god father 2," sat there thinking about -- >> that's what i did. animals around me. >> how about you? >> i just sat in a chair. sat. >> do that together sometime. >> i wish. i have 87 kids. >> oh, my lord. >> you don't sit down for a while when you have 87 kids. >> are you all well today. >> we are all well. >> a lot to get to. let's start in

professor of medicine at nyu's langone medical center and the author of "unlocking the secret code of sibness and health." >> and dr. david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. hello. >> good morning. how are you? >> great to see you. >> good to see you. i want to start here today. there's a disturbing new report about measles so the centers for disease control revealed that the u.s. has seen more measles cases this year than since the disease was eliminated back in 2000. dr. siegel, i'll start with you. why the resurgence? >> the cdc put out a chart which we can show that shows 288 cases already this year. as you said, in 2,000, there were no naturally occurring cases in the u.s. as all, but the problem is the issue regarding vaccination, okay? arthel, we have about a 90% compliance with vaccination here of the mmr vaccine which is a live virus vaccine, do the not have thimerosal in it and never associated with autism though fear mongers have gotten into this. this vaccine has helped to stamp out measles worldwide. we had ove

international center for journalists and members of the advisory board of the center for global affairs at nyu and the watson institute of brown university. he served as the chairman of the human rights watch from 2010 to 2014. and we are of course proud to have him as a member of the library family. [applause] well thank you tony and steve those are terrific remarks. a quick note on the foreign affairs addition. [applause] we started taking out a number of things a couple of years back in i got concerned that maybe we were going to end up sort of censored one way or another. i called our editor and assess what's happening, how much pressure on you under. he laughed at me and said pressure fixed he didn't read us our intellectuals. they hate putin and putin hates them. he could care less. so we've gone forward running the piece after piece that is critical and he doesn't care. i want is to say a special thas to the five finalists will move looks superb but last night they gave us the time and attention to do a panel discussion on longform journalism. what's it about and where is it headed and

(man speaking chinese) >>> welcome back to the nyu investment hospitality conference here at the marriottchen, ceo of starwood hotels and resorts. >> it's great to be back. >> we have many things to discuss but i do want to start off with the technology that you're introducing, the idea, and you're proving this in hotels that you can have mobile keyless check-in. >> we launched this in two hotels, lofton harlem and lofton cupertino in california. you can take your mobile device, check-in before you get to the hotel and then use your mobile device as your room key and go straight to your room. it's a really simple idea, but it changes an age-old pain point for many guests as they've been traveling in a way that we think is going to be exciting, if not revolutionary. >> rollout in 2015? >> rollout to elements in lofton and ws in 2015. >> what about the google glass, what are you going to do with that? >> we're working on beta testing using voice activation. it used to be people engage with travel through web search on pcs. now everybody's gone to mobile. half of our interaction with people

joining us is professor of medicine at nyu's medical center and author of "the inner pulse: unlocking the code of sickness and health." >> and chairman and professor of urology at linux hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> good to see you. >> i want to start here, though, a stark new warning about smoking. okay, there is a new report suggesting lighting up is actually more dangerous than it was 50 years ago.

columbia, nyu. i literally just moved out to london four years ago to be with the bbc, and it's always nice to come home. i'm an engineer by background. i spent a lot of time with media, viacom, pearson, aol and time warner. and one of the reasons i went to the bbc is bbc's known as a tremendous storyteller, iconic storyteller. but it also has a great tradition this terms of tech -- in terms of technological innovation. and this is a little video i'd like to start with for you to get a sense for what i mean by that. >> [inaudible] >> station on the air. ♪ >> television broadcast -- [inaudible] ♪ ♪ >> the first outside broadcast of the olympic games. >> [inaudible] >> you can keep the rest -- [inaudible] let's see that. >> now, futures are getting to be very, very common place. >> bbc, computers in schools. >> the world's ever known. ♪ ♪ >> we've given you complete control of what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. ♪ ♪ >> we've been bringing you the future since 1922. makes you wonder, wha

debbie, an assistant professor in the nyu school of medicine.eard the term a trial fib ualation. the heart gets an electrical impulse and serves as the wiring system of the heart. if something is wrong you have an a trial fib uulation. and the heart is sort of sitting there and the blood inside pools and clots and what happens when blood is not moving. >> they are finding that that contributes to strokes. >> if a clot forms in the the heart when the heart pump its out tis sends that clot to the vein. and it can get lodged and stop the oxygen from getting there. >> so the suggestion that people with strokes with not an obvious cause should get longer monitoring of the heart. they monitor their heart for 24 hours to so if there is an irregular rhythm and problem with the electricity. if they don't find anything they let it go. in these studies they monitoring them for 30 days which is not that upon longer and found a dramatic difference. and that makes a difference because the treatment is different. >> what causes a trial fibrilation and is there

before rejoining the nyu faculty with the environmental writer for a newspaper david finkel is a writer and editor for the "washington post" and also many foreign subjects the author of the goods soldiers the critically acclaimed account of the u.s. surged during the iraq war. it won the bernstein award in 2010. the latest book was named a finalist for the 2013 national book critics circle award and a finalist here again for the bernstein award. fred kaplan is on his way with some traffic delays but will be here shortly. if you are from new york you know, what those delays are like. a columnist for slate the author of two books in moscow bureau chief for the globe the lead member of the team that won a pulitzer prize for the nuclear arms race his book was a pulitzer prize finalist in this year's edward r. murrow follow in tea to a freelance journalist and former correspondent an editor from the associated press and the only full-time correspondents with the 7. zero earthquake struck the won the 2010 gold medal of courageous in journalism and his book entitled the big truck that went by

james, november 9 and 10th that would be a symposium on harlem drivers at nyu, and randy weston is gettinga concert on november 9 with the music of james reese europe. it's going to be 6 p.m. on november 9. randy weston and cons. you have to promise you will come to the events of the next day, okay? >> hhe's also appearing at the end of this month at concord baptist church. my information about jack johnson, all dealing with the racial climate. jack johnson staring in the racial situation you. he's much more -- our people were catching hell them. i call it hell in the racial climate. you see, so i see what has to happen. the people have to understand, this was not just one part of the country. you see, it was heavy up here, and it's heavy all over. so the civil rights in 65 changed a lot of things. you can take it for granted if you want to, but i never thought i would live to see the time that we are living in today, back in 1930, 1940, 1950. so i'm glad i came because you connect so many of the dots about the social climate and all that, at that time. and these are the things we have to

. >> she's going to nyu to study acting. >> yes, so she's going to supersede me big time unless i get if you could do a movie together. >> wouldn't that be awesome? >> jimmy: that would be nice. >> she just graduated high school. "on golden pond" again. >> jimmy: she just graduated high school like last month or was that -- >> she graduated from high school. >> jimmy: were you tearful and excited and proud and all those things at the ceremony? >> i was a lot of things, but at first i didn't understand, but the keynote speaker was terry bradshaw. >> jimmy: what? he can't even read. >> he was explaining he can't read and he knows he's dumber than everybody here. but his speech was mind boggling, absolutely brilliant. you would never imagine. he should have your job. >> jimmy: terry and i used to work together on fox sports. we worked together for two full years. every week we were there together. one night at dinner he decided he liked me. he stood up to give a toast and said, i just want to say, i wasn't sure about you when you came in. but billy, i really like you now. and he wasn't k

marc siegel, professor of medicine at nyu medical center. doctor, great to see you. start with the system, overall there are some systems that are terrific, some hospitals, across the country this looks like just a disaster. >> let's start with what it is. a form of socialized medicine because the government fears the doctors, it builds the hospitals and hires the nurses. if you're on a salary, you may not be surprised to know the amount of care is variable. nobody says if you do a better job, we will pay you more. it is not so. i am here to tell you the care is variable. for heroes and plenty of slackers. the matter what is being said, this system cannot be fixed easily. lou: people taking care of our veterans have been doing an amazing job, particularly the burn units across the country. head trauma, just extraordinary jobs. the fact we have spent so much money and apparently moved so little of that in the form of care to our veterans is inexcusable yet we have known there is a problem since the transition certainly from bush to obama. why isn't anybody standing up

she is also the cochair and advisory board of the of many institute at nyu. without further ado, please give a round of applause for chelsea clinton. [applause] >> goodness. thank you, elba, for that introduction. thank you for that enthusiastic welcome. it is always awesome to see so many energized women of all ages and a few men who are here. [laughter] i want to thank the university of maryland for hosting us. [applause] and a.u.w. for convening all of us and particularly the staff of a.u.w. and the university of maryland who have already insured this meeting is going so well and i am sure will continue to go well. i know big offense like this are truly team sports and there are so many people who participate to ensure the experiences are meaningful for us who you never see, but i think it is important to it knowledge. one of my core areas of focus of the foundation is what we are , a fullno ceilings participation project. it is long-standing and i think well known that my mother has been working on issues of women rights and advancement for opportunities

i'm originally from new york, the bronx columbia nyu.ally just moved out of london four years ago and it's always nice to come home. i am an engineer. i spent a lot of time with media viacom pearson al well and time warner and one of the reasons i went to the bbc is bbc is known as a tremendous storyteller, iconic storyteller but it also has a great tradition in terms of technological innovation and this is a little video i would like to start with for you to get a sense of what i mean by that. we will see if that will work. >> television broadcast for the first time. [videotape] [videotape] we give you complete control of what you want to watch when you want to watch it. we have been bringing you the features since 1922. it makes you wonder where next? a. >> i love that tagline, bringing you the future since 1922. that's cool. by the way one of the other reasons i went there was for the olympics themselves, the opportunity to be unbounded in what we could do with that is just something too good to pass up. i will just take you through a

the discussion about having an advisor, from nyu or the u.s., it was over. his words were held very closely. people are pessimistic because it came as a surprise. nobody expected that easily that the iraqi army in the north could be crumbled down in a few days. and they have been marketed as this is a national very solid well-trained army and it will defend the country. and here in a few days it's gone. what happened? the iraqi people are asking, and there are no request question -- there are no good answers in fact. that's why the people are pessimistic at the moment. >> regarding the power and influence that you mentioned of ali sistani, isn't it still improbable that that's actually going to happen in the next couple of weeks? >> i think his style of government is a lone player. he puts most of the rule in his hand. he's in charge of many of the sovereign ministers as we say. however the pressure is enormous, especially from the obama administration. they're telling him this crisis cannot be solved militarily. you have to listen. there are many sunnies wh

joins us now, he is a fellow at nyu center. what is the possibility that maliki will no longer be the head of iraq? >> the obama administration is hoping that the territorial prospects of the country being broken into pieces and basically sunni extremists controlling northern iraq, only 40 miles away from back dad. is going to finally concentrate the lines of attack's shia leadership. i don't know if that's true. it is conditional on those changes. that that leverage will concentrate those minds. he is the one with that is looked to, and i think they really need others to stay to maliki, you have to go. >> we can talk about iran in a second. >> i understand, but i'm also ins a conversation about the unity government, and occur sod many years ago, but just didn't happen, why not? >> so this whole conversation, this is back to the future moment. it is very similar back to 2009. the last time iraq had an election, we should point out that iraq has had a parliamentary election, the last time they had one in 2010, he basically ran n

the director of studies on nyu center corporation and a great afghan scholar points out that if the taliban is fighting to get u.s. troops to leave, they will now no longer have reason to fight and they should start living peacefully with their fellow afghans. if it is only an excuse for another agenda, then they will now be exposed. and the fact that the u.s. will not have a military base in the heart of afghanistan in perpetuity should make regional powers, like russia and china, more willing to support the new afghan state. my optimism is mixed with caution, of course. but after 30 years of civil war in afghanistan, it's a pleasure to be able to even have a qualified sense of hope for the country and for its people. if you want to hear the afghan presidential frontrunners, abdullah and ghani, on all the issues, go to our website, cnn.com/fareed. >>> next on gps, problem-solving disrupted. a new way to think about life's conundrums from our old friends at freakonomics. [ female announcer ] grow, it's what we do. but when we put something in the ground, feed it, and care for it, don't we g

mark siegle, professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center.reat to see yo let's start with the system. overall there are some systems that are terrific, some v.a. hospitals, but across the country, this looks like just a disaster. >> let's start with what it is. the v.a. system is a form of socialized medicine. why? because the government hires the doctors. it builds the hospital. and it hires the nurses. it sets the standard of care. now, if you're on a salary, lou, it might not surprise you to know that the amount of care is variable. there's no incentives. there's no one saying you see more patients, faster, you do a better job, we pay you more, that's not so. i've worked in v.a. hospitals and i am here to tell you that the care is variable. there are some heroes there and there's plenty of slackers there. it's variable. and no matter what is being said right now, this system cannot be fixed easily. most veterans -- >> i have to tell you t only places i've been, they have worked like heroes to me and the people taking care of our veterans h

i was moved by the data i saw this week at the nyu security center that the federal court approach hasssful. >> we have a 91% conviction rate and we have a legal system that has been proved through history to be adequate to the task. the military commissions haven't. you also have to understand guantanamo is filled with men, many of whom have never been charged because they have never done anything. you can pull them in there and yesterday the house of representatives passed a bill to say don't let anyone out, no matter what they do. they are deteriorating. i have clients there who are on hunger strike or being force fed. there are innocent people there. that is not the american way. and you also have this week, the bush era official who was in charge of giving legal opinions on law of war issues say that you cannot have a military commission try these men at guantanamo or anywhere else because under the statute that was passed in the bush administration, this is not defined as a war, it's defined as a crime. so the law doesn't support it and our legal system is not -- our legal system

the top leaders in the hotel industry are gathering in midtown manhattan today for the 36th annual nyu investment conference. simon hobbs is out there, hobnobbing -- excuse the pun. hey there, simon. >> indeed within the last few minutes we've had the first major business address to an audience of this size by the new new york city mayor bill de blasio. it was a fascinating experience. on the one hand he defend the the city's decision not to bid for the olympics in the future, saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it. we like where we are as a city, we don't need it, and then telling the assembles ceos, they should be expending the reach of tourism within new york to a five bore rouse solutions which includes queens, the bronx and statenite, not just manhattan. joining me is jonathan, the host of this conference, it bears his father's name and a hotel owner in his own right. you brought super bowl here. should de blasio have brought the olympics sheer? >> there's a difference between super bowl and the olympics. i was involved in the last effort to get the olympics. the olympics, a lot o

devi here from the nyu school of medicine. let's hit the allergy story. do you think about this one? >> your immune system supposed to fight dangerous threats or cancer or bacteria or viruses it overreacts when it sees things like that are not dangerous like cockroaches, it attacks the germ or molds or pet dander. it damages your own body in the process. so it can damage your lungs. melissa: what this is, fight back especially people with the first child are hyper serious about purelling every single surface. don't let my child touch anything! this is from the journal, clinical immunology. 41% of the children without allergies grew up in households rich in allergens and bacteria. this contradicts prior research. >> there is something to it. if you're exposed to different allergens maybe your immune system won't have as much of a reaction but we can't go that far yet. these are kids growing up in the inter-city. they are exposed to all kinds of pollution, smoke, other type of things. probably needs more research. melissa: add to this new pill camphor the c

that is the real problem here, colleges, it costs 200 grand to go to nyu,.elissa: because there is so much money available. >> that is insane! melissa: it has gone up faster than anything else. inflation in tuition is outrageous and direct result of this money being available. julie what do you think? monica, i'm sorry. he said julie. >> julie too. >> i think this indicates a lack of financial literacy in students as well as in many swaths of our population. i saw a staggering statistic. 52% of homeowners can't afford the house they live in. >> president bum dash. >> don't have to make it political. >> it is political. >> there is overhang when people in the economy -- >> this is political. this is why i say this about president obama. we have went through a mortgage crisis. why did housing prices go through the roof. melissa: government backed and subsidized made money available. >> why isn't our president, more importantly -- >> more importantly i want to agree with what charlie saying. what kind of student underwriting are we doing? none. give loan, besid

it seems to me like nothing important changes and we get a headline today that there is a young nyu studentbecause she can't afford tuition. at the end of the day what should congress be doing to change the system if anything? >> the system is too complicated. there are two any loan programs, too many repayment programs, streamlining it might help students better understand their options when it comes to repaying. but, fundamentally with congress not increasing grants at the same pace as college costs more and more of the burden is shifting from the government to the families and that is a debt balance a graduation. gerri: i want to show these numbers. average student loan debt at graduation $33000, my parents didn't pay that for the first half. average starting salary, $45000. so, and they nearly have as much debt as they do in their first years salary and that's a dangerous combination for it don't you think that is too much debt? >> so long as their total student loan debt at graduation is less than their annual starting salary they should be able to repay their student loans in 10 years

. >> joan us onset with the former "new york times" editor and lecturer at nyu.e appreciate you coming in. the enter the national crisis for independent research and policy institstewart describe a situation in iraq this way. it's pretty dire. the reports that they publish said parliament has been rendered toothless. ministries to an unprecedented extent have nepotism and other forms of corruption, the severely criticized judiciary represents all but rule of law. isis has taken city after city. what needs to happen on tuesday? >> this is exactly why isil was able to do what it did and to gain ground in the sunni provinces. this is exactly the reason. it's political more than real military reason. so what needs to be done is first of all, you should show to the iraqi people that you are willing to change what the current situation and the iraqi state, to form an inclusive government, that will take over from mamnouri al-malaki's government. >> when you say inclusive, particularly reaching out to the sunnis? >> exactly. definitely to the sunnis and to the kurds. in

she has served as visiting professor, professor, or scholar at nyu and the university of vienna. her current research centers on the law of the frontier 1800 to 1857. mostses, in her work, the marvelous electronic tools. her next book titled "redemption discoverybased on a in which she participated, the discovery of nearly 300 freedom suits brought by slaves in the st. louis court. was ther vandervelde awardee of the prestigious guggenheim award for constitutional law. in 2011 and 2012, she was a visiting scholar at the american law foundation. during that time, she convened a meeting of experts on the american law institute's proposed restatement of employment law. her works in progress include the narrative of 19 century american law, the significance of slavery, and its abolition for the loss of employment. she is a graduate of the university of wisconsin law school where she had a near-perfect academic record. before beginning her a lot teaching career -- law teaching career, she served as senior law clerk to i would district judge -- iowa district judge. i invite you to join