in 2015, at nyu langone medical center in new york, dr. rodriguez agreed to perform what was then the most extensive face transplant ever done. >> i'm saying, get me back as normal looking as you can. >> reporter: the operation took 26 hours. this was the amazing transformation! all made possible, because of a donor. a reminder that one man's mortality is another man's miracle. so, it's no wonder. as soon as bev learns about that story -- >> a face transplant. it's like something out of a movie. so you pick up this magazine, and you see the name dr. rodriguez. >> reporter: all she can think of is what dr. rodriguez might mean for her son. >> and so i decided that i would go ahead and send an email to dr. rodriguez. >> reporter: but cam will first have to prove he wants a second chance at life. >> there was reluctance because of the concern to take away his life during a bout of depression. >> reporter: the fact that he had become this disfigured. >> correct. >> reporter: because he attempted suicide. coming up, convincing a savior you're w

nyu,: you graduate from given up your music career. what did you do when you graduated?the first time into the business world. i wasn't all that interested in it. i found myself fascinated. age, like 22,ung i was writing articles for the conference board magazine. . was fascinated i was getting quoted in the new york times. david: ok. the new york times is quoting you in your 20's. you ultimately became a well-known consultant on wall street. on the side, you get to know a --ous writer named iran rand. what was her appeal to you? alan: her heroes. , i wasread her books caught up in that science thing which basically said you can have anything rational about human emotions. aboutan argument uncertainty with ayn rand when i met her. i kept saying human values are irrational. they are not conceptually put together. she then proceeded to take me apart piece by piece, contradictions in my position. david: did you think she was smarter than you? alan: she demonstrated she was smarter than me. we actually became very close. good: you built a reputation on wall street because ri

david: you graduate from nyu, you have given up your music career.d you do when you graduated? alan: i went to the industrial national conference board. for the first time i went into the business world. i wasn't all that interested in it. i found myself fascinated. at a fairly young age, like 22, i was writing articles for the conference board magazine. i was fascinated. i was getting quoted in "the new york times." at a very early age. david: ok. "the new york times" is quoting you in your 20's. you ultimately became a well-known consultant on wall street. on the side, you get to know a famous writer named ayn rand. what was the appeal of her to you? alan: her heroes. when i read her books, i was caught up in that science thing which basically said you can't have anything rational about human emotions. i had an argument about uncertainty with ayn rand when i met her. i kept saying human values are irrational. they are not conceptually put together. she then proceeded to take me apart piece by piece, showing contradictions in my position. david: did

david: so you graduate summa cum laude from nyu, given up your music career.t did you do when you graduated? alan: well, first of all, i went to the national industrial conference board. for the first time, i went into the business world. i wasn't really all that interested in it. and found myself fascinated. at a fairly young age, like 22, i was writing articles for the conference board magazine. and i was fascinated by it. i was getting quoted in the new york times. david: ok. alan: those were the days. david: ok, so the new york times is quoting you in your 20's. you ultimately became a well-known consultant on wall street. and on the side, you become close to or get to know a very famous writer named ayn rand. and what was the appeal of her to you? alan: what fascinated me was her heroes. when i read her books, "fountainhead" and then "atlas shrugged," i was caught up in that science thing which said basically that you can't have anything rational about human emotions. and i had an argument about uncertainty with ayn rand when i met her. i kept saying that

david: so you ultimately left juilliard and went to nyu? alan: yes. actually was very surprised -- i did not think i would be a good student. i knew i did well in math in high school. i was not absolutely sure how i would do in college. it turns out that not only did i graduate summa cum laude, but i had only two b's, in shop and gym. i got a's in everything else, and no one was more surprised than i. david: you were called by many a maestro. did you think people were giving you too much credit to be such a great maestro of the economy? ofn: i was getting too much the credit for what was actually going on. i said, don't worry about it. it will come out on the other side. ♪ >> it is my intention to greenspan to aan four-year term as chairman of the federal reserve. alan: i want to say i am deeply grateful to the president for this opportunity to serve my country in one of its most sensitive economic posts. david: so you graduate summa cum laude from nyu, given up your music career. what did you do when you graduated? alan: first of all, i went to the n

david: you graduate from nyu, you've given up your music career.did you do when you graduated? alan: first of all, i went to the industrial national conference board. for the first time, i went into the business world. i really wasn't all that interested in it and i found myself fascinated. at a fairly young age, like 22, i was writing articles for the conference board magazine. and i was fascinated. i was getting quoted in "the new york times." at a very early age. david: ok. so "the new york times" is quoting you while you're in your 20's. you ultimately became a well-known consultant on wall street. on the side, you get to know a famous writer named ayn rand. and what was the appeal of her to you? alan: her heroes. when i read her books, "atlas shrugged," i was caught up in that science thing which basically said you can't have anything rational about human emotions. and i had an argument about uncertainty with ayn rand since i met her. and i kept saying human values are irrational. they're not conceptually put together. and she then proceeded t

david: so you graduate summa cum laude from nyu, given up your music career.hat did you do when you graduated? alan: well, first of all, i went to the national industrial conference board. for the first time, i went into the business world. i wasn't really all that interested in it. and found myself fascinated. at a fairly young age, like 22, i was writing articles for the conference board magazine. and i was fascinated by it. i was getting quoted in the new york times. david: ok. alan: those were the days. david: ok, so the new york times is quoting you in your 20's. you ultimately became a well-known consultant on wall street. and on the side, you become close to or get to know a very famous writer named ayn rand. and what was the appeal of her to you? alan: what fascinated me was her heroes. when i read her books, "fountainhead" and then "atlas shrugged," i was caught up in that science thing which said basically that you can't have anything rational about human emotions. and i had an argument about uncertainty with ayn rand when i met her. i kept saying th

time we had an eeg recording sewing she was having over 100 seizures a day, the last eeg we did at nyuure over a 24-hour period. >> reporter: the dr. will be the first to tell you the drug is not a miracle drug, far from it. while some have had dramatic improvements, others had no improvement at all, and there is the pesky fact that cannabis is still considered an illegal substance by the united states government. >> it's my view that the use of marijuana is detrimental. >> reporter: in fact, the company making the drug is not based in the united states but in the uk. >> wow. this is pretty spectacular. >> reporter: dr. jeffrey guy is the founder and chairman of gw pharmaceuticals, the maker of the drug. i visited the labs outside of london. this is where they turn the plant into a medicine. >> we're able to say what each individual cannabinoid does. we can then breed into the plant the materials that will provide us with a range of beneficial effects. >> reporter: the price tag for all of this, $32,500 a year. so far jonna has been receiving the medication through a clinical trial. he

the largest recruiter out of my class at nyu's amazon. these are economic stars. it is important that we have billionaires. it is important junk people have something to aspire to. they are fantastic in terms of innovation. , we wouldn'though but wee party down early keep it going by breaking these companies up. l, wewe broke up ma bel unleashed 30 years of growth in fiber and optic and cell phones that likely would not have happened because a lot of these technologies were lying dormant in bell labs. imagine two systems, the current apple,d another system, itunes, amazon, aws, amazon fulfillment, facebook, instagram, whatsapp, messenger, youtube. which ecosystem has more hiring, more job creation, a broader tax base, more startups? which ecosystem will raise its hand and say to advertisers, we nosure there will be objectionable content and make sure no foreign government weaponize is our platform. these firms are effectively monopolies so i believe we need embrace full body contact capitalism and break these companies up. host: are these monopolies a natural prog

i teach a class of 160 kids every monday night at nyu and i believe in my classes there will be a billionaire or must like you to. a technology startup or alternative investment. but it's ever been harder to be a millionaire. what do i mean by that. general come back to america that if you work hard, play by the rules, discipline is a money by the time you start you might be to aggregate a million dollars in wealth with your home and 401k. it's getting harder that the opportunities never been greater for the exceptional but the opportunities seem to be more and more difficult to come by for just the above average. we live in a lottery economy where americans are optimistic we like to think will be that one person through luck or skill or pedigree in understanding technology will be the individual to jump to lightspeed and aggregate wealth. but statistically the majority of people are average and it's harder and harder when you smaller and smaller company representing the greater and greater amount of economic growth. keep in mind, amazon is responsible for 25% of all retail grow faster. if yo

the first feature of a filmmaker from nyu named martin scorsese was picked up by an independent who changedts title and put it in local theatres. it didn't last long. he later made "goodfellas." steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma. though their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work would ultimately represent what hollywood did best, with works like "e.t.," "the godfather," and "the untouchables," blockbusters. we are going to look at a band of filmmakers who thought they could change the world, and they did. "the film school generation." (whizzing of rockets) (music playing) (screams) don't try it. buddy, look, the lady obviously doesn't want -- look, creep, you want a knuckle sandwich? (narrator) in the beginning, however, only two things distinguished them from old hollywood. they have beards, and they almost all went to film school. (steven spielberg) i never went to film school. but when i went to royce hall one day to see a film festival of combined ucla and usc student films, that's when i first saw george lucas's work, thx 1138, and i met george

a teacher class every monday night at nyu. in my class that will be a throughire, most likely technology startup, at the same time it is never been harder to be a millionaire. compactthe general america has had with its citizens that if you work hard and play by the rules and save money by the time you retire you will be able to aggregate $1 million in wealth. it's getting harder. the opportunities have never been greater for the exceptional. but the opportunity seem to be more and more difficult to come by for just the above average. we live in a lottery economy where america's are optimists. we like to think we will be that one person. digree, understanding technology will be the person to make the jump to lightspeed but the majority of people are statistically average. i would argue it is getting harder and harder, we have a smaller and smaller number of companies representing a greater amount of economic growth. keep in mind, amazon was responsible for 25% of all retail growth last year. if you talk about the cloud, digita

i teach a class of 160 kids every monday night at nyu. there will be a building are most likely to technology startup alternative investment. at the same time it's never been harder to be a millionaire. what do i mean? the general complex america sat on its citizens that if you work hard and play by the rules or disciplined ethic money by the time he retired you might be able to aggregate $1 billion of wealth through your home or your 401(k). it's getting harder. the opportunities have never been greater for the exceptional but the opportunities seem to be more and more difficult to come by for just the above average. we live in a lottery economy where optimist, americans optimistic we like to think we will be that one person that to luck, skill, pedigree, understanding the technology will be the one. but the majority of the people are statistically average and i would argue it's getting harder and harder when you're smaller and smaller number of company representing a a greater and greater amount of economic growth. keep in mind, amazon

brian: how long did you teach at nyu? mr. lewis: 10 years. brian: before that? mr.ewis: records for a longer. -- longer period. brian: you lost your wife in the middle of this. when did she die? , 2014 just as 30 this project was getting underway. naturally, there were other things i focused on. >> seven years to do the book? or longer? mr. lewis: no. 2014 -- six and a half years. you are a twice pulitzer prize-winning author of books on w.e.b. dubois. this was not a flip surprise but you wrote a book on martin luther king. the three books, which was the hardest to write? you have got about 10 books altogether. mr. lewis: this one was difficult because of the grief. was robust.tion i like the man. end,was getting near the when i saw we were going to have a false wilkie in the white house or the chances that we were, i thought it would be particularly -- have a particular resonance and the balance. he was a internationalist, a civil libertarian, a man of civil rights convictions that would have matched obama, perhaps. man who was a liberal to the role of government i

lewis: i was a chair professor in the history department at nyu. thought that would be a congenial place to get together. my first attempt did not pan out. he had a conflict, and i figured, busy as he is, we may not get together. i tried again and succeeded. the choice of the locale was a good one. our synergy, i can describe it as such -- brian: why do you care about him in the first place? mr. lewis: a long time ago, i was writing another book and unrelated, i came across a letter from wendell willkie to one of the personi in the book i was writing. it was walter white. it was wendell citing he had had the most restorative and gracious evening with walter and his friends. people may think he is depressed because of what had happened with his own party. he said, i am not depressed. you men understand what i am trying to do and what i tried to do. it was a great dinner. we are going to finish the book, walter. they were supposed to be writing a book about race in america. i put that aside and wrote several books. with my last book, which was all-co

i am a presbyterian from the mountains of tennessee. 95% of the kids at nyu were law school were jewishor roman catholic. they asked me who i wanted to room with, i said someone with a different background as possible. i did all of that deliberately. that i could learn to live in a world that strengthened me a lot. i'm not sure i would write that down today if i were looking for a roommate. maybe things have changed. but, deliberately being exposed to different points of view is a part of growing up and -- we won -- we want a nation of leaders and neighbors who are familiar with many points of view, can withstand them, know when to ignore them, know when to challenge them, know when to agree with them. all that is ideally what ought to be happening at a college campus. mr. rosenstein: setting aside the question of whether reform should be driven by legislation or by a self-help of universities, there are a number of ideas for reform and they include things such as bending -- banning trigger warnings, creating programs that teach about respectful dialogue and abandoning speech codes. whi

we've since graduated from nyu.full time at keen home, and we're looking to bring our first product to market. there we go. we need an investment from the sharks to help us scale to meet demand and grow the company even faster. i think part of being an entrepreneur is really just believing that you're gonna succeed no matter what. and we really believe that keen home is something that's gonna take us very far in life. hello, sharks. my name is ryan fant. and i'm nayeem hussain. and we're the co-founders of keen home, headquartered in new york, new york. we're seeking $750,000 in exchange for 10% of our company. hussain: the keen vent is a wirelessly connected air vent that automatically opens and closes to intelligently redirect airflow throughout a home. the keen vent is easily user-installed. a customer simply removes the existing vent from the duct opening and inserts our product in its place. once installed, the vent automatically connects to the internet. the average u.s. household spends half it's energy bill

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innovation with tremendous wealth they do create jobs they are the largest employer out of my class at nyu is amazon they are economic stars it is important we have billionaires and young people have something to aspire to they are fantastic in terms of innovation but we would shut the party down early we would keep it going by breaking up the company when we broke up ma bell in the eighties we unleashed 30 years of's shareholder growth of fiber and optics and cell phones likely that would not have happened because these technologies were lying dormant in bell labs so imagine the current system and another ecosystem apple itunes, amazon, aws amazon fulfillment messenger google youtube that echoes more hiring more job creation or a broader tax base, which ecosystem has a company to raise his hand to say as a buying proposition to stand out we ensure there will not be objectionable content we will make those investments to make sure no foreign government weapon eyes is a platform competition is key. markets would become noncompetitive now you have the effective of a monopoly so we need to em

tonight on "the communicators," nyu professor and author scott galloway talks about the power of thest tech companies in the u.s. with this book. >> if you think about who really knows you, is it your wife, is it your kids, your therapist, friends? i would argue the entity that knows the real you is google. google knows if you're about to get engaged, it knows if you're contemplating divorce. google knows what ailment you have, what ailments you are worried about having exposure sell to. google is the real you. if it is in modern man god it is google that sees everything, all of your intentions and what, have those contentions will likely translate into action. these organizations know where we are, , though who we are connected with, no our feelings and our intentions. so we have yet openly invite them into the brightest and darkest corners of our lives. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> what does it mean to be american? that this year's c-span studentcam theater competition. students and the teachers from around the country are posting on social m

for more on this story, i did speak a brief time ago with a bioe oicist at nyu's scho medicine.s a breach of medical ethics, editing the genes of embrs? >> well, it is one of the most significant experiments in the history of human genetics to change genes in our children, and it is stupendously unethical to have done so given where the technology is today. laura: is gene editing technology something that could very easily be misused? dr. caplan: gene editingch logy has been misused. this gentleman has misused it. he basically acted like a moral putz, meaning a moral idiot. he did not get approval from thm scientificnity, who does not yetelieve that the gene editing technique is ready for use this way. there has not been enough experimentation on animal embryos or human embryos in dishes to know that it is accurate and reliable. he did it in secret. he actually published and ethics paper, believe it or not, in whiche failed to disclose he was doing this experiment. he has been secretive. he has been talking about it only on youtube. he has never shared in writing what he has don

the latest study isomg out of nyu. researchers considered data from more than 2 million women. they say elevated risk factors a lude dense breasts or family history of breast cancer. an many breast cancer exper say start this mammogram at age 40. >>> the familyf army second lieutenant richard collins iii has tned his senseless death into something positive. the bowie state student was stabbed to death on the university of maryland campus last syear. olarship has now been established in his name. the $1 million state fund willb fit rotc students who attend historically black colleges and universitiesn maryland. his parents said this is the best way to honorar ris short but exceptional life. >> d it'sficult to see goodness through the tears of t heartache. >> i am sure our son is watching from above and saying, yeah. >> prosecutors believe collins' stabbing was racially motivated. his suspected killer, a university of maryland student, is expected to stand trial in january. >>> first lady melania trump took her message about the nation's opioid crisisst to ents at liberty univers

in january this year, more than 100 medical staff at the nyu health centre in manhattan, new york formedsurgery a success. all the careful planning, all the logistics involved led to this kind of result and it ultimately paid off. you can see that in the result of cameron‘s face. the quality of the skin, the matching of the bones, his smiling. it was a remarkable result. the operation was the most technologically advanced face transplant, with the first use of a three peat printed donor facial —— 3—d printed donorfacial mask in the united states the surgery took place just 18 months after his injury. one of the shortest waiting times for a facial transplant. the donor was 22—year—old will fisher, a chess champion, aspiring writer and film—maker. will‘s mum, sally fisher, said she may not have survived losing her son if it wasn‘t for cameron. with the success of the surgery, cameron is now having a second chance at life. the past couple months have been pretty normal, you know, just trying to do normal stuff and you know, hang out with my friends. since the first face transplant in 2005,

monday night on the communicators, nyu professor and author scott galloway talks about the power of the largest tech companies in the u.s., with the hidden dnae: of amazon, apple, facebook, and google." >> if you think about who really knows you, is it your wife, your kids, your therapist, your friends? i would argue entities that know the real you is google. google knows if you are about to get engaged, if you are contemplating divorce. youle knows what elements have, what ailments you are worried about having exposed yourself to. google is the real you. if there is a modern man god, it is google that sees everything. all of your intentions and how those intentions will likely translate into action. organizations know where we are, who we are connected with, no our feelings, no our intentions. openly invited them into the brightest and darkest corners of our lives. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> each week, american artifacts takes you into museums and historic sites around the country. next, the baseball americana exhibit and the libra

night on the andunicators, nyu professor author scott galloway talks about the power of the largest technology companies in the united states with his book "the hidden dna of amazon." you think about who really knows you, is it your wife or your kids or your therapist? the entity that knows the real you is google. google knows if you are about to getting gauged, if you are contemplating divorce. it knows what ailments you have. it knows what you have exposed yourself to. it is the real you. if there is a modern god, it is google. these organizations know who we are, no our intentions. personally invited them into the brightest and darkest corners of our lives. >> watch the communicators on c-span2. ♪ >> what does it mean to be american? that is this year's videocam competition question. students and teachers from all over the country are posting on social media about it. what does it mean to be an american? studentsudies investigating constitutional rights. from florida tweeted, civic students brainstorm ideas for c-span's studentcam. gary has two students recognize their projects. todd young

monday night on the communicators, nyu professor and talks scott galloway about the largest tech companies in the u.s. in his book, the hidden dna of amazon, apple, and google. >> if you think about who really knows, your wife, kids, therapists. that know,ies google. google knows if you are about to get engaged, contemplating divorce. they know what ailments you have, what ailments you -- if there is a modern man god, it is google. they see your intentions and how the intentions will likely translate into action. these organizations know where we are, know who we are connected with, nor feelings and intentions. we have openly invited them into the brightest and darkest corners of our lives. >> watch the communicators monday night at eight eastern on c-span two. previously owned real america we have shown parts of a series from

tonight on the communicators, nyu professor and author scott galloway talks about the power of the largest tech companies in the u.s. with his book "the four: the hidden dna of amazon, apple, face it, and google." >> when you think about who really knows you, is it your wife, your kids, your therapist, your friends? i would argue the entity that knows the real you is google. google knows if you are about to get divorced. have,ws what ailments you what ailments you are worried about having exposed yourself to. google is the real you. if there is a modern man god, it is google that sees all your intentions and how those intentions will likely translate into actions. these organizations know where we are, who we are connected with, no our feelings, our intentions. we have openly invited them in to the darkest corners of our lives. watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. announcer: u.s. representative niki tsongas of massachusetts sat down with c-span for an interview reflecting on her life and career in politics. ,he talked about her marriage her time in congress, and h

strengthening those basic institutions, thank you all very much. [ applause ] >>> tonight on the communicators, nyuprofessor and author scott galloway talks about the power of the largest tech companies in the u.s. with his books, the four, the hidden dna of amazon, apple, facebook, and google. >> if you think about who really knows you, is your wife, your kids, is a therapist, that your friends, i would argue that the entity that knows the real you is google. google knows if you are about to get engaged, if you're contemplating divorce, google knows what ailment you have had, what ailment you are worried about exposing yourself to, it is the real you if there is a modern man god it is google, that sees everything, all of your intentions, and how those intentions will likely translate into actions. so, these organizations know where we are, know who we are we are -- who we are connected with, no our intentions and we have openly invited them into the brightest and darkest corners of our lives.>> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> coming up on c-span 3, harvard law scho

this latest study is coming out of nyu. researchers considered data from more than 2 million women. they say elevated risk factors family dense breast or history of breast cancer. >> and one word is giving new meaning to retail therapy. the company is oering mental health clinics right inside their store. they can get full therapy sessions at a lower cost. the goal is to help underserved communities who may not get the care they need. we go to one clinic already open in texas. >> reporter: we know can you go to walmart for toothpaste, hair oducts and even prescriptions but therapy? there's a brand new mental health clinic now open inside walmart, where you can walk in, call or make an appointment online to see a licensed mental health professional for things like anxiety, depression or the e resses of every day living. >>ink having it available in a setting like this provides opportunities for people to reach out andet care in a comfortable place. >> reporter: a boston-based company called beacon health option runs the clinic and is leasing space inside the walmart store. their goal

against nyu professor nicholas author of "black is a country." that will be a debate about antiracism versus racism. on monday, december 3, a harvard professor of economics, author of "the curse of cash," will defend the resolution governments of the advanced industrial economies should phase out the use of paper money in the form of large denomination notes and sharply restrict the use of crypto currencies. that is against george mason university professor of economics larry white. so, that is in december. those two events, the other events through may will be held at the subcultural theater. the only event that will be the exception is in october at the gerald lynch theater. october 15. ready to bring the results? ok, please bring them up. all right, the initial vote in favor of the resolution was 45.59%. that rose to 50%. so, the yes votes picked up 6.41%. that's the number to beat. the no votes were 33 points, 33, and declined slightly to 33.77. it looks like the yes gets the tootsie roll. congratulations, gary. [applause] [captions copyright

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joining me now is michael waldman, the president of the brennan center for justice at nyu and the author of "the second amendment: a biography." and jeffrey toobin, staff writer for the new yorker and chief legal analyst here at cnn. michael, so when warren berger says that, he was, in a sense, expressing the view of the long continuity of american law, which had felt that the second amendment did not confer an unequivocal right to bear arms to every individual. >> that's exactly right. he was reflecting the conventional wisdom of centuries. it was only a decade ago that the supreme court in the heller case said that there was an individual right reflected in the second amendment. those well-regulated militias, which are foreign to us, were actually quite important to the founders. they believed they were a bulwark against tyranny and they were worried that the big, strong new central government might crush the state military forces, but they were unlike anything we have now. every -- >> so to be clear, what you're saying is that that was meant to be a way for states to organize militias

>> i think was english at columbia, her history at nyu, social thought as chicago and philosophy at -hardheaded program in the doctoral program in the study religion. you can do hinduism, buddhism, islam, judaism. that is what i opted for. it sounded fascinating. >> but why? i mean for someone who was so open to all of these other possibilities. >> well, because of the emotional power of that experience. i was curious about what hit me four years earlier when i had that, that encounter with a powerful religious group. was it christianity? would it have been any religion? what was it about that? and you know, israel is so much about the music, the poetry, the passion, the imagination. whatever drew me to painting and music and art and poetry, that was all part of it. >> this question of, the title of the book runs throughout the book, why religion? it's there from the beginning, it's there once you're in school and is there especially when you reach the man that is a scientist.and he says why in the world religion? right? >> he said why religion, why not something that has a real impac

monday night on the communicators, nyu professor and author scott galloway talks about the power of the largest tech companies in the u.s. with his book the four, the hidden dna of apple, google. >> if you think about who really knows you, your wife, kids, arabist, are you the entity that --lly knows the you you is therapist, the one that knows you is google. they know what illness you have, what you are worried about having exposed yourself to. it is the real you. if there is a modern man god, it is google, seeing how your intentions will translate into actions. these organizations know where we are, who we are connected with, our feelings and intentions, and we have invited them in to the brightest and darkest corners of our lives. communicatorsatch on c-span 2. announcer 1: now, a soho form debate on gun laws in self-defense. topics include background checks, 3-d guns, army school officials and large magazine clip bands. this is one hour, 25 minutes. >> well put this down. , and announce the main event. to defend the resolution we have professor gary kleck. gary, please come to the s

>> i think was english at columbia, her history at nyu, social thought as chicago and philosophy at -- hardheaded program in the doctoral program in the study religion. you can do hinduism, buddhism, islam, judaism. that is what i opted for. it sounded fascinating. >> but why? i mean for someone who was so open to all of these other possibilities. >> well, because of the emotional power of that experience. i was curious about what hit me four years earlier when i had that, that encounter with a powerful religious group. was it christianity? would it have been any religion? what was it about that? and you know, israel is so much about the music, the poetry, the passion, the imagination. whatever drew me to painting and music and art and poetry, that was all part of it. >> this question of, the title of the book runs throughout the book, why religion? it's there from the beginning, it's there once you're in school and is there especially when you reach the man that is a scientist.and he says why in the world religion? right? >> he said why religion, why not something that has a real imp

we're at nyu's capital markets and real estate comments the title of the panel inside is the outlook york city which has changed pretty dramatically in the last few days with news of amazon's hq2 moving into new york city. the chairman and ceo has a major new office project going up in brooklyn's navy yard he says amazon will change the landscape for development throughout the entire metropolitan area. >> it's an incredibly positive message, not just for long island city and queens but for the entire city and it sort of ratifies the fact that new york is a technology hub. you have obviously amazon, google's expanding, facebook's expanding. all of these other companies are coming here. they're expanding out of silicon valley and coming to new york city. >> just the prospect of amazon's 25,000 employees are exposing rentals. high end real estate is expanding with prices down in the double dibgits i asked richard why that was down his answer was crystal clear. >> i'm very concerned that rising interest rates because that's one of the if you have been touch stones of real estate values i

. >> i'm from texas, but in my opinion you had a successful governorship and i went to nyu and i know that the corzine years were really terrible. >> they created the christie years. >> exactly, and i'm speaking of-- building on your success, what happened to the political climate in new jersey that caused the democrats to take over the governorship, even though it seems like, i mean, camden, newark, you know, these are cities that are completely run by democrats and they're, you know, they're very hard places to live. how do they concert the little accomplishment, if any, into these electoral successes in new jersey? >> remember a few things about my state. there are more democrats registered than republicans. it's a blue state. despite the first question talking about being purple. we haven't elect add republican to the united states senate since 1972, the longest streak in my state in america not to elect a republican to the u.s. senate so it's a tough state. now, what happens-- >> i would be curious if bob menendez, if you think he's in trouble. >> we can get to bob menendez. ther

nyu medical center doctor. tell us what folks can do to protect themselves.always seems to happen on the eve of thanksgiving. >> at least it's the lettuce we have to throw away, not the turkey. the difference between the two, there's two major players. one is the bacteria e. coli and the other is salmonella. e. coli is what we are concerned about in the lettuce. the reason you have to throw it away is not just the e. coli itself but it produces a toxin. even if you kill the bacteria, the tocsin can still survive. it can cause kidney failure. >> charles: what are some of the early signs that you've had some bad romaine lettuce? >> you may not have anything for 1 to 10 days but just because you had it doesn't mean that nothing happened, let me serve it to other people. it can take some time to figure it out but you can have dehydration, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. in terms of the tocsin, after that, you have no symptoms, you can get dehydrated severe kidneys are shutting down. that can be much more dangerous. >> charles: e. coli, salmonella. alw

attorney for the southern district of new york and fellow at the brennan center for justice at nyu school of law. joyce, do you take the president at scout's honor that this is all his work. that he hasn't handed it in yet? >> i think it's unlike they the president answered the questions. i suspect particularly coming off the sugar high that he had from the pre-midterm election campaign ral hes that he was sitting down seriously thoughtfully answers these questions was something he didn't want to do. he has adopted these answers as his own. he is on the record saying these are his words and thoughts and he didn't need me help and if there's anything in those answers mueller this is has evidentiary value or use to feel him, they belong to the president who has formally adopted them. >> excellent point. daniel, if you're representing donald trump and you hear the words he spoke today at the white house about this being his work product, just hasn't been submitted, what goes on within you? >> i think donald trump is trying to navigate this very carefully as we've seen over the last many mont