. >> what is oxford. >> oxford. i suppose it was appropriate that richard kor dre would come up with a correct response on the last clue we had regarding oxford university, because this man received a b.a. at oxford, is that right? >> it's called the marshall scholarship program. >> after electrifying the people of ohio with that features his jeopardy skills did he go on to get elected attorney general of the great state of ohio? yes he did. richard kordre, five time champ was treasurer of ohio and attorney general of ohio and earned a reputation as attorney general for going after banks and predatory mortgage lenders with some obvious relish. now richard cordray has been named to head up the consumer protection agency, the agency supposed to make sure banks write mortgages in a way that is fair and understandable. and that credit card companies send you rules and regulations in plain language so you can understand them. even you as an ordinary american, we're all supposed to be allowed to understand our financial p

using a word like oxford. how about harvard? >> what is oxford? it is a shirt making company, right? >> yeah, and it is a book printing press as well. >> bill, you also believe that this isn't real. we have a religious person that they quoted. >> yeah, i didn't believe it was real until i heard that quote. after i saw the quote i was thinking, okay, now i have to change my talking point. and i have, greg. i have. that sounds like a morrisey concert. it sounds like a boring morrisey. they should geting to. >> that's true. they would get along well. should the british officials do anything about this? >> they actually listened to this. there is a law they passed that says they can do this. you can't go in and get beheaded. you could get beheaded or stoned or whatever else they do. they can't do that, but to get divorced it is impossible. there was a story about a lady beaten by her husband for years, beat the kids and they talk about, well, they are eating crackers while talking about it. meanwhile there is this lady all you see are her eyes and she

fattiest russell he's a historian and the author of a renegade history of the united states and in oxford we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state university all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want i always go to the person has to go early is for this program so i'm going to go to you family is here and looking at what's happening to them the murdoch media empire and every hour that passes more revelations are coming out and it looks very very ugly has any of this surprise you and do you think it's going to be this is just the tip of the iceberg because murdoch and his people have a really sleazy reputation now we're getting evidence of it. well murdoch has always been hyper aggressive he distinguished himself that way in australia than in britain and here in the united states you know i see no end to it but i would like to say i think this is very much politically motivated the attacks on murdoch and i would like to talk about that during the show i think there's a problem with many of the left wing critics attacking him

but oxford and cambridge are not buying. so if they had, today we might spell color without a you on both sides of the pond. but they are not buying. and he goes back, then he goes back to his original plan which was right the american dictionary. and that comes out in 1828. webster has one assistant on the dictionary, a fellow named james gave percival. i'm finding a lot of these are very eccentric. james gates percival was much more eccentric than webster. he was a yell student who was a medical student, never practiced. he once touched a woman when he was an adolescent and he ran out of the house he was so scared. he was tutoring her, but percival understands that a monkey and he tries to correct his boss. he realizes that webster doesn't know, and he writes a letter to a friend, many absurd things i have removed, because he understand the etymology is wrong. the merriam-webster company would figure that out 20 years later. but, of course, webster and he don't get along and basically he lays before the dictionary is publi

spokes watermark over the history lecture from oxford university told me norway's involvement in nato military campaigns could be another reason the army attack. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in on actions by and nato from libya to afghanistan will have been the basis for some backlash now whether that by flash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group or to his holster or to region major involvement. is what we see at the scene and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city mention ninety five one was a huge bomb of the federal. it would be left. to the work of islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very christian fundamentalist mission and also to the u.s. government so with the proviso that we should not rule out all the possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always a little involvement have long an attack on it and i think it's really too is why as involvements and other as perhaps. business trash economic all have an islamic group they might say you know where's a

to speak to mark almond a professor of modern history at oxford university. good to see you sir so that housecleaning going on at the embassy in london are kicking out some of the libyan different different parts there but let's talk about the broader picture here the opposition is a basically winning the war without winning any battles how can they represent a country they don't even control well this is a problem traditionally britain has recognized governments not on the basis of what we like them or what will they control the territory of the state colonel gadhafi may have lost control of parts of libya but clearly the rebels don't control it yet so this is a new precedent recapture of the english one the other problem is that the rebels are on the ground soon to stall even with the nato bombing raids and we remember when this started or months ago we would. sold it would be a matter of weeks rather than months and so i suspect really what we've paid the british foreign secretary is doing is really having a symbolic act to try to show that somehow or othe

think that's a business we don't want to be and that's very interesting sean if i can go to you in oxford this any of these allegations and they're very very serious surrounding murdoch and his media assets do any of these things surprise you and are you bothered by the fact that this investigation started two years ago and it's only now that it's getting the light of day that people actually seriously talking about it because these allegations have been out there and the police have known about it . they have and they conducted their own investigation several years ago and they found no evidence of wrongdoing obviously there is plenty of wrongdoing i have to say that i'm not surprised with the finding that murdoch's media empire has been conducting itself in likely to be a legal way this especially as the news industry has been under the financial pressure as it has been in recent years news organizations struggling to keep audiences are really grasping at straws to get information that would entice readers to continue to read their newspapers and hacking into voice mails is actually pro

them all right marc ullman thank you for your input there in a program tonight joining us and from oxford thanks taking the time thank you. the terror attacks on norway is a huge bombs exploded in the very center of its capital oslo is our main story tonight it's damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office two deaths have been reported so far at least fifteen are reported to have been injured police say more people are still trapped in the shattered buildings there in the center promised again sultan berg is said to be safe state secretary christian edmondson earlier on added that the situation is the worst his country has ever seen quote blown reports suggest a car bomb and the blast was so powerful that it blew out windows over a one kilometer radius witnesses say the nearby all ministry building was also caught fire with thick smoke seen rising from it there are reports that two other devices were found that had failed to go off police are evacuating people from the city center and all of those central railway station meantime in a separate attack a gunman is

history lecturer from oxford university told me the involvement of nato military campaigns could be the reason behind the attack. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in on actions flying nato from libya to afghanistan will have been the basis for some backlash and whether that by flash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group clue to his whole star who. is obviously at the scene and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city mention ninety five one was a huge trauma a duel. it will be left it must be the work of islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very christian fundamentalist mission to the u.s. government so with the proviso that we should not rule out all the possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always going to. have an attack on it and i think it's really hard to if one is involvements and the other is perhaps . this trash economic power of an islamic group or a missing or is a soft option. if you think about a place like london paris. targets of terrorist attacks ove

university, because this man received a ba at oxford. that's right. thank you, alex. >> you were there on a scholarship program? >> yes, from the british government. the marshall scholarship program. >> after electrifying the people of ohio featuring his jeopardy skills and the human interview part, did that marshall scholar go on to get elected attorney general of the great state of ohio? yes, he did! richard cor cordray, went on to be treasurer of ohio and attorney general of ohio, and he earned a reputation as attorney general for going after banks and predatory mortgage lenders with some obvious relish. and now richard cordray has been named to head up the consumer financial protection agency. the agency that is supposed to make sure that banks write mortgages in a way that is fair and understandable. and that credit card companies send you rules and regulations in plain language so that you can understand them. even you, as an ordinary american, we're all supposed to be allowed to understand our financial products now. the idea that

october now we know what is in store for one harry potter start and watson is going back to what oxford is currently enrolled in brown university she will now study in her native england a shot some of the scenes for harry potter in oxford. >> it is 5:57 a.m. and we will be back in a couple >> it is 5:57 a.m. and we will be back in a couple minutes. kids are going to climb rope. they're going to have a year long tug war with the ceiling. and by the time they get out of 8th grade, they're going to do it with sweat on their brow and achievement in their hearts. so, this is what they're gonna need: running shoes, t-shirts, tube socks, fruit cups, cheese sticks, energy bars, rope climbing gloves, rope burn ointment, and a jump drive. not sure what that is, but they're gonna be jumpin'. school takes a lot. target has it all.

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fattiest russell he's a historian and the author of a renegade history of the united states and in oxford we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state university all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want i always go to the person has to go early is for this program so i'm going to go to you thaddeus here and looking at what's happening to them the murdoch media empire and every hour that passes more revelations are coming out and it looks very very ugly does any of this surprise you and do you think it's going to be this is just the tip of the iceberg because.

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. >> rose: timothy garton ash, the noted oxford historian, joins us to auk about the global and the economic polical moment. greece is in crisis that may have pro found consequences for europe and the global economic order. there's also china and its economic juggernaut with enormous implications. here in the united states president obama negotiat for an extension in the debt ceiling and to f the demands of growth and the peril of debt. then there's also the arab spring which some believe to be the most conditions qenl shl event of political change in the 21st century. no one knows what the consequences of it will be. we're pleased to have timothy garton ash back on this program. he's spending the smer at stanford university and he has in paper back his book which is called "facts are subversive" which we talked about when he published in the hard back. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> rose: let's talk about eece first. >> it could default andeave the euro. it could default and somehow stay in the euro. it could somehow fudge it so it doesn't qu

researchers in oxford university say that the risk of cancer goes up 16% for every four inch increase in height. they are not sure how height is linked to cancer but they say diet, genetic factors and growth hormones determine height. >>> when this week's jefferson award winner first picked up a video camera, it changed her life. as kate kelly reports, the danville teenager is using her films now to make positive changes for others. >> reporter: 18-year-old lauren lindbergh isn't used to being on this side of the camera. though barely out of high school she made over half dozen short films and award winning documentary. >> i think i have always enjoyed being behind the camera more. i don't know what it is but i just feel kind of powerful. >> reporter: lauren found that power when she picked up a camera two years ago in her school media class and didn't have to look far to find powerful material. >> some of the social issues i'm interested in and have filmed are blind students and independence, teen homicide, body image suicide prevention. >> reporter: when her film class was cut from

frozen assets to discuss this development i joined i by mark allman a modern history lecturer at oxford university i thank you for joining us today so who are these rebels that the west now is agreeing to work with do we do we know anything about them why should we side with them and now we're getting reports that the al qaeda may have infiltrated the ranks. the rebels are of a mixed group. some of them ministers into the his government his former minister of interior minister of justice who some people called it was a hunger. in prosecuting his opponent and then there are people who apparently forty in iraq for instance against the american occupation then there are people who have been abroad living in an america some of them were former intern khadafi in the eighty's and early ninety's who come out with and others are being the next are a long time they were members of families that supported the ngo in libya interest who was overthrown in a military coup back ago in one hundred sixty nine so they're remarkably crude and i think what is quite interesting perhaps in countries like bri

. >> that contrast, the thai prime minister and leader of the democrat party is oxford educated and has the backing of the establishment. he believes the back of the opposition is enable him to go home to thailand. he's warned voters the formal leader's return would destabilize the country and says voters have a clear choice to make. >> whether they want to move the country forward for the democrats, the policies that will help alleviate the problems of the people concerning high prices or drought or if they want to move u.s. ties to work for one man, give them $4.6 million. >> thailand is save plagued by violence. anti-government protesters have at times brought the capital to a standstill. last year at least 90 people were killed and some 2,000 injured during an army crackdown. the problem is this election once again pictures thailand's rich against the poor. there are fear noes matter who wins the vote on sunday, losers will refuse to accept the results and an already-agriculture ravated political situation could become even worse. bbc news. >> the chinese president jintao has warned

take this guy, james murray, one of the original lexicographers who compiled the oxford english dictionary. he decided what words are and are not in the queen's english. he was most certainly not a rebel. >> deciding what words are good and what words are bad is actually not very easy and it's not very fun. >> erin is also a lexicographer, former editor in chief of american dictionaries. she has radical ideas bow how dictionaries should work. they should include all words, any words, from the street forecasts science, from sports. and in the rather quiet world of dictionaries that makes her a rebel. >> if you love a word, use it. that makes it real. >> erin loves words, one of her favorites is higgeldy, piggeldy. my favorite -- >> what does it mean? >> like a hedgehog. >> i can't imagine i've gone my whole life without using that. >> bovine. >> also looking for a word for hedgehog. >> i assume -- >> makes no sense whatsoever. >> work it in like a cameo. >> sure you can describe a ceo as hedgehog like. >> because the word erin. >> part of the latin name of hedgehog has erin. >> i'll never l

and history from oxford university highlights norway's involvement in nato military campaigns as a possible catalyst for tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement is a nato member in various factions lining nato from libya to afghanistan we'll have the basis for some backlash now whether that backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that is hostile to the region later involvement. is what was yet to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand nine hundred five when it was a huge moment. we left inclusions it must go to work because i'm a terrorists and it turned out to work a very good question i'm sure militiaman hope so cause and so with the proviso that we that we should don't rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously that norway's political involvement in. lone an attack on a layover is perhaps there's a strategy to it on the behalf of an islamic group they might say no way as are so what can. you think about places like london paris. recall that

manuscript would go abroad but i can reveal that it was bought by a british institution, a library in oxford aided by the national heritage memorial fund. >> it is worth every single penny. this was the last fiction manuscript in private ownership. we felt very strongly that we needed to step in and bring it into public ownership for the enjoyment of the nation. >> virginia woolf once said that jane austen was the most difficult offer to catch in the act of greatness but this work in process is rare example. so scarce that future generations might consider it priceless. >> amazing sense of history there. that brings us to the end of today's broadcast. you can find updates on our website and to see where we are -- what we're working on. go to our facebook page. thank you for watching. please tune into the broadcast when we are next on tomorrow. goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength

have a new as one of the best known streets in russia i suppose you could contest the prospect to oxford street in london. the area is packed full of restaurants shops museums and historical sites the main point has to be this magnificent. construction two hundred years ago it was closed by the bolsheviks in one thousand twenty nine became a museum of cool services. and today the area in front of it is one of the city's main meeting points and tourist spots. the church of the spilled blood is located off the main streets here not to be confused the same battles cathedral in moscow this church was built on the site but saw alexander the second was assassinated and was dedicated in his memory. and in this week's program we aim to show you some alternative sightseeing excursions. we've arrived at the city's answer to the. very popular. international tourists tickets cost seven hundred rubles that's roughly around twenty five dollars. similar projects in. his visit to people who seek some emotions since. the thirty feel. so include those who are interested in history literature. represents.

history of that trip from oxford university highlights norway's involvement in nato as military campaigns as a possible catalyst for tensions in the area. with most likely explanation is that norway's on board as a nato member when they're asked armed actions i may do from libya to afghanistan will have a basis for some backlash and whether that backlash comes from a libyan or more generally from an islamic group which is hostile to the religion major improvement. it's got to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in moore oklahoma city mention ninety five when i was in the form of. it we left from pollution says it must work in islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very tough question on the banking system and hostile to the rest so with the proviso that we that we should only rule out outlook also that is the most likely explanation is obviously that's norway's political is all going to be alone an attack on it and the other is perhaps there's a strategy to turn the heart of an islamic group i might say the ways are so correction. if you think about it what i sa

mark almond a history lecturer from oxford university says norway's involvement in nato's military campaigns could be a factor behind the attack. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in the various factions line in nato from libya to afghanistan will have been the basis for some lashing out whether that backlash comes from a libyan group all more generally from an islamic group that is hostile to the region nato involvement. is yet to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in one hundred ninety five when it was a huge bomb of the federal us there will be that we left that it must be the work of islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very christian fundamentalist mission on how so can we. do so with the proviso that we move we should don't rule out all the possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously that noise a political involvement drone an attack on i think really for two is wise those involvements and the other is perhaps there's a strategy to it on the whole have an islamic group signallers or so hel

his trajectory from oxford university highlights the noise involvement. campaigns countless tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in armed actions by one nato from libya to afghanistan will have the basis for some backlash now whether the backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic who is hostile to religion. is what was yet to be seen and i have to say you should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand nine hundred five one was a huge bomb of the federal us will. ever be left as it must work was when my terrorists and it turned out to work very question on the current u.s. mission hostile to the u.s. government so with the proviso that we should not rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always political involvement. and attack on the other is perhaps if the trash economic heart of an islamic. i might say no way is a soft option. if you think about it places like london paris. was targets of terrorist attacks over the year