i was at nyu for so long, and a lot of the nyu family are here, they came here tonight, and i'm really happy. everybody else, simon & schuster and touchstone, and i just want to say thank you to everybody. [applause] yeah. so there's a boom mic that goes around if you have a question, because they'd like to record it for the booktv program. so they'll stick that in your face. yeah. yeah, i'm fine with it, yeah. >> the alligator -- [inaudible] the alligator reference, i didn't understand. if you could just repeat the alligator reference. was it the alligator flipped over and that's how -- >> yeah. i was going -- it's a story i tell in the book in great detail. i was trying to do it quickly. what happened was this. we have all these, all these new studies coming out of infants and young children especially showing these kinds of effects. and there's also an area called evolutionary psychology which is also showing these effects. but there are things that people don't practice. they don't do it frequently. and they're showing it in young people who don't have a lifetime of experience. we

alzheimer's disease and related dementia program, nyu school of medicine and the langone health at nyu. principle investigator of a randomized control trial of the caregiver intervention funded for 20 years by the national institutes of health. the results of which have been published widely. dr. mittelman has expanded her research focus to interventions that include the person with dementia as well as the caregiver. she is founder of the unforgettables, a chorus of people with dementia and family members, which rehearses and gives regular concerts in new york city. we'll then hear from dr. richard mohs, who is the chief scientific officer for the global alzheimer's platform, g.a.p., a patient centered nonprofit organization devoted to enhancing the speed and quality with which new alzheimer's treatments are developed. he retired in 2015 from eli lilly and company where he held several leadership positions for neuroscience, early clinical development and leader of the global alzheimer's drug development team. he also serves as a member of the board of governors for the alzheimer's drug

istt galloway of nyu sticking with us.will talk about amazon and what's in store for tech's four horsemen. plus, bitcoin. this is bloomberg. ♪ from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan, this is "bloomberg markets." i'm julia chatterly. commodity markets are closing in new york. crude oil has had a choppy trading session opening higher and losing gains then coming back. traders have been assessing the latest forecast. prime maker is faster than demand next year. we are higher by 0.7%. let us get a check on precious metals. gold trading higher today after the fed indicated three rate hikes for the next year. many traders have expected a more aggressive fed rate hike. this is pretty similar to gold as well, with oil. percent. silver features are also trading higher, although they lost a big chunk of the gain as the day wore on. scarlet: let us get you a check on the headlines with mark crumpton. mark: thank you. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations today unveiled recently declassified information about a rai

the nyu singers and jazz choir are helping us celebrate christmas all morning long.look forward to them coming here every year. >> they are so good. we want to wish you a very merry christmas at home. we are an tape this morning so we can be at home with our families. >> we're in hawaii on a beach. everybody's story is different. >> don't hate, don't hate. congratulate. don't hate. >> i'm happy for you. >> as you unwrap gifts this morning you may notice some new gadgets. becky worley is showing us how to set them up and get the most out of them by turning to the experts. and we know who they are, kids. they're the experts. good morning, becky. >> good morning. >> merry christmas, aunty robin. >> christmas morning, it's all about the kids and everything you unwrapped is really about technology. so who better to get all this gear up and running than you guys. oh! huh? how do i set this thing up? to answer that question i've asked my kids and a few of their friends to help. we start with one of the hottest gifts, voices systems. >> alexa, how do i set you up? >> did you

i was accepted at nyu. nyu was charging $750 a year. i couldn't handle that.was easy to get to city college. david: you grew up in the bronx? colin: i grew up in the south bronx. david: your parents were immigrants from jamaica. growing up in new york, did you enjoy new york as a young boy? colin: i thought it was a wonderful place. it was a diverse place. it bonded on me this is what the world is, people of different backgrounds, cultures, colors, you name it. ccny replicated that perfectly. i learned a little bit of yiddish working in another corner of the south bronx, a place which sold juvenile furniture, carriages, and toys. he was a russian jew. there was me, an irish driver, and an italian salesman in the store. after i had been doing this for a couple of years, he came up to me and put his arm around my shoulder, and said my name, using the yiddish diminutive, i don't think you can stay at the store. this will go to my daughters and to their husbands. i want you to get your education and go somewhere and do something. i had no intention of staying at t

i was accepted at nyu. the reason i went to ccny because nyu was charging $750 a month, or year.ouldn't handle that. my family could not handle that. i went to city college because it was easy to get to, and i had heard a lot about it. david: you grew up in the bronx? colin: i was born in harlem, about a mile from here, and i grew up in the south bronx. the hunch point section. david: your parents were immigrants from jamaica. growing up in new york, did you enjoy new york as a young boy? colin: i thought it was a wonderful place to be a kid. it was such a diverse place, it really bonded on me this is what the world is, people of different backgrounds, cultures, colors, you name it. and of course, ccny replicated that identity perfectly. i learned a little bit of yiddish working for six years in another corner of the south bronx, a place which sold juvenile furniture, carriages, and toys. he was a russian jew. it was me, an irish driver, and an italian salesman in the store. after i had been doing this for a couple of years with jay, he came up to me and put his arm around my sho

what you think of bitcoin, simply put, do you own any >> what do the kids at nyu think?going off script, every year 150 students we give an economic excellence award to someone in our class. who won that award in 2013 courtney >> yes, now she goes back and teaches occasionally >> the kids at stern, i think, are interested in anything gaining credibility and it's kind of the next wave and the media and even some of our regulatory bodies are adding a lot of credibility to bitcoin, so i think kids are really interested in it >> talked about a lot more than that this morning, of course, a former facebook executive, and he made provocative comments about social media and society >> i think the tools that have been created today are starting to erode the social fabric of how society works, and what i meant by that is the following thing, today we live in a world now where it is easy to confuse truth and popularity and you can use money to amplify whatever you believe and get people to believe that what is popular is now truthful, and what is not popular may not be truthful >>

he is also a professor at nyu law school. welcome to democracy now!o you just came back from this to her. congress is poised to vote on this tax bill. your assessment and why you are weighing in as the un's special rapport -- ravitch were on extreme poverty. >> my job is to try to find light the extent to which people -- to which the civil rights of people were living in extreme poverty jeopardized by government policies. what i see in the united states now is not just attacks reform bill, but a very clear indication by government officials with whom i met, by the treasury and their analysis, that this is going to be funded in part by cuts to welfare, to medicare, medicaid. so what you have got is a huge effort to enrich the richest and to impoverish the poorest. that is going to have very dramatic consequences. juan: and from what you saw, how did race and poverty overlap on this issue? >> there's a very conflict relationship, actually, between race and poverty. first, it is true if you are african-american, hispanic, your situation in terms of pover

he is transferred to the new 98 owe natal intensive care at nyu where he'll spend the first month of his life. what do you remember most about that day that you met the newmans? >> they were absolutely devastated. families will say, when is the surgery? when is the surgery that's going to make this all better? >> go away, get better, right. >> unfortunately, it's a journey, it's not a surgery. >> reporter: and for the newmans, the journey was just beginning. they say it was something unexpected that happened in the hours after nathaniel was born that sustained them through the early days and then the later months and years ahead. >> we turn on the tv. it was the grammy awards. the show starts with christina aguilera singing the song "beautiful." ♪ i am beautiful no matter what they say ♪ >> you talk about timing. and no matter what people say, no matter what people do, you're beautiful in every single way. ♪ ♪ words can't bring me down >> that song resonated. we got out of the bed and we went down to the nicu and we held nathaniel for the first time. we held our son. sorry. >> report

in the offseason she went to nyu, got a nursing degree. she was a nurse for 30 years, raised a son.tty amazing. >> very amazing, trailblazer. >> a lot of expertise in a this time of year is all about family. and we'd like you to be part of ours. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone and trade up to this silverado all star to get a total value of over eleven thousand dollars. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous romance, to ridiculous plot twists. (gasping) so dad! we also know you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so we're partnering with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. doctor poses! dad! cigna. together, all the way. >>> the debate continues on the floor o

shulkin: my son graduated from nyu and works in the new york area in the managed , helping to improve processes and the managed care industry, which they need a lot of assistance with. -- in her final year of law school at harvard. host: let me talk about your career. you are the ceo at work the halls at night to make sure things were done properly. how did that train you for this job? a newec. shulkin: running york city hospital is a very complex task. unusual or crazy happens, it can happen in new york city. when you run those institutions, you have to be prepared for everything. very complex work relationships as well with very strong unions and other groups that work in managing and working in hospitals. foras a good way to care the complexity and the troubles that organizations can have. after working through that, he gave me confidence and understanding that many of the problems that we see in the v.a. and across the country, the scale is much bigger, but really addressing the problems, it is a similar approach to the private sector. host: do you have it unique approach of healt

in the dormitory at nyu. >> auditions are over today. come back next week. work something out.nching, def jam record still at new york university. >> yeah, 5 university place was the address. >> was that the phone number into? >> yeah, the number. i would call, rick you get the tape yet. rick you get the tape yet. >> no. >> but when ruben finally heard it, he invited the young rapper to record. that's when smith had to settle on a stage name. >> ladies love cool jay. and, then i talked to rick, i'm like thinking ladies love cool jay. that's really long. how about we make it ll. yeah, ll. i think ll work. >> in 1984 "i need a beat" was def jam first release. it sold 100,000 copies. radio, ll cool j's first al bomb would sell a million. his stage show also electrified. hip-hop suddenly had a heartthrob. but rap also had its rap. >> i think that so many people fall in love with themselves overnight. >> were you tempted to fall in love with yourself at any point? >> i think i had, there were times in my life when i was probably, i was never -- yeah. >> ha-ha. >> the more i think ab

marc siegel, also nyu langeone medical center. good to see you. >> good to see you, charles.es: it seems like it's becoming worse, not better, and you know, you always come on, you are always optimistic, these are startling numbers? >> yeah, well, look, in terms of the workplace problem, i think it has to do with the combination of alcohol and opioids. those statistics, 217 which is up 30% over the year before, is people that are accidentally drank too much alcohol or too much opioids, they combine to suppress your breathing. you're not aware how much you are getting. key here is accidental and they're combined. charles: well, all of these overdoses are accidental, right? >> correct. charles: but the fact of the matter is in 2016, you had 63,000 overdoses, up 21% year-over-year, and i'm sure that number is going to be exponentially higher when they get it for this year. >> you bet it will, going up every single year. it was up 21%. here's the key here, charles, one word, fentanyl. here's what fentanyl has to do with it, started off in the 1970s as a cancer drug and rapid onse

. >> i want to bring in the professor in nyu. howard who served as ambassador under barack obama. >> who is right? >> so clearly, donald trump is not responsible for any of this job growth. he will never say thank you to barack obama. he is inheriting really positive things and he will ultimately destroy it because we know he doesn't understand money and he lies and he's the king of bankruptcy. so this new tax policy and all the subsequent policy there's drag down not only the american economy but the american people as well. >> well, donald trump is a master of taking credit and the voters put him in there so there's some truth to it. the thank you ad speaks to the base but i'm not sure what we're getting for it as republicans. >> the ads are part of his branding and that's all he has. branding. he says he's doing a great job and he thinks if he says it long enough, people will believe it. he told he signed the most legislation. we have the internet and we know that's not true. he says he has the greatest economy. we can read an

now an adjunct professor at nyu he says the occupy movement energized a generation. >> i think it did conversation and change the political equation. it brought something into american politics that had been missing for a long time which i think is the voice of ordinary people. reporter: he cites black lives matter and the surprising success of bernie sanders presidential campaign as examples of how occupy carried on. >> i think it was a turning point in the political conversation and i think it will be remembered as such. reporter: white, whose book is called the end of protest says we may never see anything like occupy again. >> i think the problem with protest is when you do these alone at there's nowhere else to go at a certain point. occupy was the biggest, the loudest and after a certain point you can't be any bigger or louder. reporter: whites is the only activist can truly succeed is to win elections. in new york, rick leventhal, fox news five rick leventhal, thank you very much. lea: text for bill is in the books expecting millions of americans showing how they owe uncle sam.

now an adult professor at nyu he says the occupy movement energized a generation. >> i think it did change conversation and change the political equation. it brought something into american politics that had been missing for a long time which i think is the voices of ordinary people. reporter: he cites black lies matter and the surprising success of bernie sanders campaign as examples of the occupy carried on. >> i think it was a turning point in the political conversation and it will be remembered as such. reporter: white was book is called the end of protest says he may never see anything like occupy again. >> i think the ultimate form of protest is when you do this alone at a certain point there's nowhere else to go. occupy was the biggest, the loudest and after a certain point you can't go bigger or louder. reporter: white says the only way activists can truly succeed is to win elections. in new york, rick leventhal, boxes. lea: from cell phones to delivery drones and van technology has made our lives easier. it's also helping in his business across industries as companies invest in ro

my daughter amy in the middle went to june jordan school of equity and has scholarship at nyu. my son matthew went to lowell, graduated two years ago, came back from peru, helping kids learn sports and my daughter goes to lowell. i would ask as the voice, we allow barbary coast to put this business, they operate from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. to bridge the gap between the different groups of people. and i appreciate being heard by our system. and our elected officials, but i state as a molecular biologist, mother, sister, i am san francisco, i am the single mother that supported myself, no child support, no anything. i am low middle class. my children are educated at a molecular level. i have approved pharmaceutical to go on the market for bayer. barbary coast should be allowed to go in. we need to trust in the urban planning department and need to allow to happen. thank you for listening. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is james, i'm a veteran. i say definitely open the dispensary, otherwise you're going to have illegal going on and i think they're being prejudice against us by no

bucknell, nyu. and i think all of us have done well and some of us have done extremely well. there's a strong moral obligation to make sure we do our part to give the next kid the same chance we had. on the other hand, there's so many people, so much hurt in this world. you go to the ronald mcdonald house on the east side and 10-year-old kids coming here struggling to live. how can you not help that? jeff candidate, children's and what they've done there and the opportunities they're giving these kids. i'm very active up there and in charge of the academy. and you see these kids and they're blossoming and doing so well. >> what satisfaction must that give you? >> more of the value of the stock going up. more -- look, you reach a point in life where material things are frankly in the abstract. okay? but when you can touch a life, you say i've made a kid's life a little better because i wanted to and i had the ability to do it, and i had the financial wherewithal. there's no greater glory. maria: our thanks to ken. this special edition of wall street week, the best of 2017 retu

i was lucky enough to meet four women who were working at nyu working as volunteers. i decided to try to run a clinical trial of what they were doing. so i wrote a grant proposal and was funded until 2010 to study an intervention that was based on what these women had been doing. the intervention is a multi-component intervention and it is individualized for the needs of every care givegiver. it starts with an assessment then there's an individual counseling session, the point of which is the help the caregiver to understand his or her need from support of family members, friends and formal support. then there are four family counseling sessions with family members that the caregiver nominates as important to him or her. so there are six counseling sessions. since it can last as long as 20 years we thought it was important to provide ongoing support. so other parts of the intervention are recommendations that the caregiver run a support group that is run by organizations like it. also we are available for what we named. so any caregiver or family member who participat

for 22 years and he was commuting from new york city and was tired of that so he is now teaching at nyuo yes, i have two that are professors. my son works in art history. brian: i want to ask you about a footnote, go to the back of your book and advanced praise and it is that they quote in their cup meant in this book by joseph ellis. and you don't often see this, there is a footnote on page 481, you take joseph ellis on. this is something called the mecklenburg declaration. gordon: note well, he just made a mistake. it can easily happen. brian: he made a mistake, and then you say, how often of you found that as a historian. gordon: in this particular case i think it is important because it reflects on adams and a serious way. he said that adams didn't mean what he said, this has to do with the mecklenburg declaration, which was a phony declaration of independence discovered by somebody in 1818 or something. andrews was initially very excited about this, because it shows that something had anticipated jefferson and so was jennifer than simply copying the mecklenburg declaration which oc

it is incredibly exciting to look around the room and sees only people i know and i care about my nyu students to my neighbors to my longtime friends. i'm really happy you could be a tonight, and you can share in this incredibly exciting moment. i just discovered as a can opener that the book is going to be on the "new york times" bestsellers list. [applause] >> the great thing is a hasn't even been reviewed yet. it's going to be reviewed in this sunday's "new york times" at the following is when the bestsellers list will be out so i'm thrilled. thank you for being you. there are two of the people of what you think you are here tonight. what is my husband walter shapiro who many of you know. [applause] >> now, walter isn't is not ona great spouse but a great book spouse. he encouraged me to do this. he read every draft and you save me from some truly embarrassing historical errors. then i want to thank my editor, gretchen young, of grand central. christian was excited -- [applause] >> she was excited about this idea from day one, and not only did she -- make contributions in shaping t

rate is down in the nation's 30 largest cities, including the murder rate according to a study by nyu'san center for justice. violent crime down by 1.1%. even better news, the murder rate in the biggest 30 cities dropped by 5.6%. that includes an 11.9% decline in chicago. a lot of attention for many years. a 9.8% drop in detroit. is this encouraging trend here to stay and does president trump deserve the credit? let's ask journalist heather macdonald, the author of last year's critically acclaimed book, the war on cops, how the new attack on law order makes everyone less safe. also joining us as michael, a democratic strategist and former senior aide to senator chuck schumer. thank you both for joining us this evening. heather let me start with you. the previous sound bite that we played said that the presumption that the police were racist as the wave may be couple years ago, black lives matter and barack obama's presidency, juxtapose that with president trump. we could all say he has the presumption that the police are heroes, that that they deserve his backing and our backing. how mu

the stock market and who holds it, 84% of the stock market, these are new data out from ed wolfe from nyu. 84% of the stock market is held by the top 10%. and 40% just like that wealth statistic you just showed and of course they're related is held by the top 1%. so who do rising share prices benefit? when you hear donald trump getting all excited about the stock market, that's folks like him who are getting ahead in that regard. >> so jared, in some other countries, there's wealth inequality all over the world. it's a global problem. but some other countries, it's mitigated by the fact there's parental leave for having a bay -- baby, there's real child care. we don't even fund it properly. but there's health care, reduced or free college tuition. so the inequality is dampened a little bit by the fact that regardless of what your job is, life is okay. >> right. we have the most kind of raw form of capitalism in that regard. and it's unquestionably why our inequality statistics are always different than those of other advanced economies. that's across the board. one of the things they do i