since jim and evelyn piazza's 19 year old son, timothy - died...from a hazing incident at his penn state university fraternity house. as we see other parents going through it, it feels like it happened to us all over again. it happened to richard braham's son, marquis... he went to the roof of a hotel and he jumped to his death. that was two days before he was due to go back to penn state and resume the hazing. the tragic deaths of their children because of hazing is why a group of parents are on capitol hill this week. they want federal legislation th and universities to enforce anti- hazing policies and report hazing to authorities...and the public...the north american interfraternity conference says hazing is wrong. and they support states...like pennsylvania... that have made hazing a criminal offense.... federal strategy which is really about transparency and making sure these issues are brought to light if we could have national transparency and reporting it would make a difference and parents would have an opportunity to look into each school and the fraternities and spirit groups and other

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. >> reporter: penn state university professor alan taylor is part of a team that has been studying california wildfires. they say what happened in santa rosa may be just the beginning. >> all of a sudden it looks something like 2017. there's a window into the future. >> reporter: climate scientist eugene wall was another person who focused on the amount of rain and snowfall this year and the severity of the fire seasons that followed. even if we have a wet winter ey increasingly warmer, drier summers are simply overwhelming that moisture. >> and now we have a situation where this, you know, more fuel and it's really dry even in wet years and we get the opportunity for really large fires to occur. >> reporter: so i guess we have two things working here. we have the years and years of fire suppression which have changed the landscape and then the changing climate which is giving us those warmer, drier summers. i guess the two really work kind of hand in hand together. >> absolutely, absolutely. and it's not just the warmer summers, it's the warmer winters, too. >> more of the precipitation it l

says beijing has tried to hack more than 200 universities in its quest including mit, duke, penn state, universitywashington. >> we have seen a huge increase in chinese government activity related to this type of theft. if they are saying it came from china there's a lot of great evidence to support it. >> fox news has been investigating chinese efforts to infiltrate american academia. some of the universities are claiming they are aware of and reacting to the threat. texas republican senator ted cruz will reintroduce a senate bill aimed at blunting beijing spying at the u.s., the legislation is called the "stop higher education espionage and theft act." >> the chinese government is investing vast sums of money infiltrating american businesses and they are engaged of a host of nefarious activities. this is a systematic threat to undermine our universities and economy and we need to be serious in combating it. >> the navy told fox news that does not comment on the specific acting cases but recognizes the serious nature's of evolving cyber threats. fox news asked for comment on the allegations but t

heather: the student challenging that democrat at an event at penn state university.peaking of democrats, alexandria ocasio cortez is in hot water again. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 is here to explain. what did she do? >> she was just released were stripped-down or no longer affiliated with this board called justice democrats. the pack that she -- that monster into fame and helped her defeat joe crowley in the primaries. according to the daily caller she, along with her chief of staff, took control of justice democrats in 2017 and they had something to do with it until last week. she never disclosed to the federal election commission that they controlled the path that was simultaneously support her primary campaign. this is a violation of campaign finance law. blake says this makes the whole thing look shady. another twitter user says how was she on the board of a pack she supported, that supported her as a candidate. another twitter user says and so it begins, people are seeing her for what she is. heather: the argument is she wasn't aware, she's new to politic

. ♪ >> this week on q&a, amy greenberg, professor of american history at penn state university on herook "lady first: the world of first lady sarah polk." brian: amy greenberg, why did you name your book lady first? prof. greenberg: it was not the title that the press wanted. when i thought about first lady sarah polk, and how she deployed power, i thought about the fact that, in her own mind, she was always a lady before anything

. ♪ q&a, amyeek on greenberg, professor of american history at penn state university on her book "ladyirst: the world of first lady sarah polk." brian: amy greenberg, why did you name your book lady first? prof. greenberg: it was not the title that the press wanted. when i thought about first lady sarah polk, and how she deployed power, i thought about the fact that, in her own mind, she was always a lady before anything else. she thought of for self as mrs. james k. polk. she was very invested in people deferring to her. but she was willing to defer to men. she considered herself a lady. i thought lady first was a good title. brian: what would you say about their relationship? prof. greenberg: james and sarah close andbout as positive of a relationship as any married couple can have. they were rarely separated. the reason sarah came to washington when james was a new congressman when she was 22 years old, was because they cannot stand to be a part. they were newly married. the whole time they were married the depended on each other far more than anybody else. she was james' closest co

he did not give up the names, but he found in penn state university, a big university, one of the professorsetired was making $438,000 a year. another one was making $423,000 a year. another 1, 300 $83,000 a year -- , after,000 a year retirement. the president does not even make that after he leaves. this is ridiculous, i don't know who sets these retirements u p, but it is being controlled by ponzi scheme or's. do you know how many kids, how many tuitions, just to support one? how many college professors are retired across this country's from bigger universities? that is what you ought to do, do an in-depth study -- i bet a lot of your audience out here, most of them, were unaware of this, of what these people are making. this is public information, but we never talk about the cost. that is the cost. i don't know how you can justify $438,000 a year. host: you mentioned the public inool and a private school your remarks. is there any difference, in your opinion, on what those professors should be making? guest: privates -- caller: private school, sure. you have to have the money to go to pri

. >>> you are looking live at penn state university, where beto o'rourke will be taking the stage justnly 2020 contender out today. news that will surprise you not at all. senators kirsten gillibrand and elizabeth warren will be in iowa and alabama in the next couple of hours. both of them coming off big town halls last night, where they made some big proposals. warren wants to get rid of the electoral college system altogether and she suggests that a congressional committee should look into the issue of reparations. >> we can have national voting and that means get rid of the electoral college and every vote. i believe it's time to start the national, full-blown conversation about reparations. i love the idea of this congressional committee. >> now, senator gillibrand for her part promised to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid crisis. she even went as far as to say drug manufacturers should be prosecuted, prosecuted for their role. >> should there be some accountability for these corporations? >> absolutely. >> is that something that you would pursue for the department of

fraternity hazing has intensified in recent years with the deaths of penn state sophomore timothy piazza and florida state universityraternity member andrew covey. just like other families impacted by college drinking deaths, noah's father says he will honor his son by doing everything he can to end hazing by fraternities and their members. we reached out to the fraternity, but have not heard >>> good tuesday morning to you. we are tracking a week but dry cold front that will bring breezy to windy conditions and cooler temperatures. we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds today. sunshine and warmer temperatures begin tomorrow and continue through the weekend. daytime highs today upper 50s to low 60s. again, partly cloudy. we will see increasing wind. check out the warm up, especially by the weekend. >>> this national weather report sponsored by toyota, let's go places. >>> we have much more news ahead. the florida police officer accused of stalking women after looking them up on restricted law enforcement databases. >>> and mixed martial arts champion conor mcgregor is arrested again. how a confrontation with a fa

navy contractors and gone after more than two dozen universities including mit, duke and penn state.d not respond for comment and has previously denied it engages in cyberattacks. fox news has been investigating chinese efforts to infiltrate american academia. i sat down with texas republican senator ted cruz. he is trying to blunt beijing's spying in the u.s. it's called the stop higher education espionage and theft act. china is especially brazen. >> the chinese government is investing vast sums of money infiltrating american universities and businesses. and they are engaged in a host of nefarious activities. it is a systematic threat to undermine our universities and our economy and we need serious combating it. >> the navy says the department of navy recognizes the serious nature of evolving cyber threats and bolsters the department's cybersecurity culture and awareness along with cyber defenses and information technology capabilities. this extends to all of our workforce and partners for security reasons the navy does not comment on specific incidents or vul near abilities. as f

. >> this week on "q&a," amy greenberg professor of american history at penn state university on her book, "lady first" the world of