the president of princeton university and working on a book about lyndon johnson titled what? now -- lyndony of johnson and the great society." >> hundreds of hours of phone calls. trove isof a research it for you and other historians? >> you get a real feel for how lyndon johnson tried to lobby and put together coalitions for legislation. also, people he was working with -- not just him. have they tried to work the president, place pressure on the white house. it is unfortunate we do not have that after richard nixon. it is a treasure for those of us who study american politics. is this a good time to assess his time in the white house? >> absolutely. with the enormity of everything he accomplished, we are looking of theth appreciation fact that so much legislation came out of congress within a half.year and legislation that remains with us today. medicare, civil rights sex, education policy. it is a good time to try to accomplished,t we and how we accomplished it. it is also the relationship between president and congress. right now we are in gridlock and people are wonderin

alan krueger with us from princeton university.about janet yellen's very important speech. i did not expect it, i got this wrong. arguably with the speech of her tenure and her time. coming up, we will talk. that cash in on your grilling plans. we will tell you what is going on in california. it is bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ >> good morning, everyone. bloomberg "surveillance." good fourth of july. i am tom. jobs day on a thursday. adam johnson, and alix steel is in for scarlet fu. alan krueger is the former chairman of president obama's council on economic advisers. adam johnson, also princeton university. arthur has become the season's first to regain. only category one. the wind is slightly over 74 miles per hour, and fortunately there have been no mandatory evacuations on the north carolina shore. president obama is taking a shot at the culture of wall street trading desks. the president said an unfinished piece of business is to do with banks taking big risks as of bonuses. he said additional steps may be required to fix the s

and princeton university had no comment on the professor's arrest. >>> they are saying no to hiring smokers as of july 1st doylestown hospital is testing all applicants for nicotine. those that use it won't get hired. the hospital banned smoking on its grounds seven years ago. they are taking this step to make sure that the campus and its staff are smoke-free. >> the news is not so sweet for chocoholics. hershey is raising prizes 8% on the average. there is higher costs for cocoa and dairy and nuts and expensive fuel and packaging. cecily this is not a kiss from hershey. >> not at all. the weather has not been too sweet lately. it's going to get better. and we are showing that we still have some rain around philadelphia areas west. there is one little line of heavy downpours from lancaster crossing route 30. it's west of 222 it. it heading up to northwestern berks county. no lightning strikes associated with this. the reason we are getting the flash flooding is all the rain. the atmosphere is loaded with moisture today. new jersey and delaware hit the hardest. and 2.5 and brook township 1.7

he's now at princeton university. daniel, john kerry is in gaza, so is ban ki-moon. this has all the choreography of a cease-fire. but does one seem close to you? >> i don't think so. it looks as though both israel and hamas have not yet secured their objectives. the israelis want to do further damage to the tunnels and to try to degrade hamas' military capabilities. hamas wants to prove that it can inflict harm on israeli soldiers and stand up in this fight. so i think the cease-fire negotiations are going to proceed, but we may be a few days away from any completion of them. >> if the palestinian president pushes for a cease-fire, does he have the authority to get hamas to accept it? >> no, almost not at all. he certainly is going to be a player, and i think both egypt and the united states will try to see whether or not the palestinian authority can come out strengthened as a result of this. but he has very little influence over hamas' decision-making. and hamas right now is battling for its political survival. it has very little support in the arab world and it h

york he is a professor emeritus of russian studies and politics at new york university and princeton university and author of the.

york he is a professor emeritus of russian studies and politics at new york university and princeton university and author of the recent book soviet fates in last alternatives and in chicago we cross to john mearsheimer he is a professor in the political science department at the university of chicago who has written extensively on international security his latest book is the tragedy of great power politics all right gentlemen cross talk rules and that means you can jump in anytime on steven cohen if i go to you first i read your article in the nation the cold war again whose responsibility subtitle in the name of democracy the west has unrelentingly moved its military political in the economic power ever closer to a post soviet russia i'll not ask a very broad ended question here what a future historians are going to think about this time period right now what if there are any future historians left because this could easily lead to nuclear war but we could go to that later i think that they will ask the same questions they asked about the previous cold war the forty five year cold war who wa

princeton university had no comment on the professor's arrest. >> in the morning buzz we're talking comicks particularly archie. you remember archie when we were kids betty veronica. >> jughead. >> exactly. >> he's dead, right. >> well, he will be after today. there have been some spinoffs and this was the latest one. following archie and his friends as adults in the town of riverdale. archie will be shot and killed when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on senator kevin keller the first only gay character in this series. this character had been pushing for mr. gun control at the city and that's going to bring a conclusion to the archie comics. they've had variations of them but 93 say that's it after today that's it for archie. >> all right, 5:27 now. we are learning disturbing new details about the bucks county mother charged with murdering her 11 month old son. >> also federal health officials head to a lake out west trying to determine what in it is making hundreds of swimmers sick. >> "action news" brought to you by the new jersey lottery. win a thousand dollars a day for lif

now regarding democracy in a paper published recently by martin guillen's a professor at princeton university and benjamin page a professor at northwestern university looked at the u.s. political system now their conclusion was quote and read this to economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impact on u.s. government policy while mass base interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence now it sounds to me like political connections are actually undermining us democracy so are you at all concerned that this is what is happening in the us. well i think i think that that is what i was sort of referring to as the four lines that you know if you look at the way that people you've described the us system it used to be sort of this view of dad in the us the common man have. a column and has a political voice has a say in what policies get this side that is the sort of an open system which is not capture and i think we have all away from that to some degree because of political collection because of lobbying because

problem charlie jacobson experienced first hand as a volunteer firefighter when he came to princeton universityan engineering student in 2012, he invented fire stop. >> fire stop is basically a tabloid app that gives firefighters essential fire fighting information. >> exactly. >> the top of the screen as they're responding to fire emergencies and arriving on scene they can have critical information. where the nearest hydrant is, hazards to watch out for inside the building. >> it includes satellite imagery of every building in the area. along with building schematics. firefighters know the best way to enter a fire and more importantly the best way to exit. >> theism pad will live inside each fire truck before they even leave the firehouse each firefighter will be able to pup uply app and see all this information. >> reporter: in addition it tells one truck the location of all the other trucks as well as a list of each truck's equipment which makes his job of coordinating the fight a lot easier. >> having everything i need off the bat with this app really helps me establish where my apparatus a

this discussion was part of a conference hosted by princeton university's james madison program in american ideals and institutions. the association for the study of free institutions, and texas tech university. this program is an hour and a half. >> first, on the half of the directors of the alexander hamilton society, i want to express our gratitude for the james madison program for inviting us for this panel. this is a privilege for me personally also. when i arrived at princeton in 1986 at the age of 17, one of the faculty that i met early on was a young scholar, then in his first year as an assistant professor. and that was robby, and i've been pleased to work with him on a number of occasions over the last 30 years, i can hardly believe it. now, you may be unaware that the madison program was under some pressure to resin its invitation -- rescind its invitation to the hamilton society. elements of the princeton community discovered that i wrote my junior paper on the role and function of the servant in the comedies of moliÈre, and threatened a teach-in unless i publicly disavowed the

mcpherson is the george henry davis 86 professor emeritus of united states history at princeton university. he is a noted and award-winning civil war historian. his book was awarded the indisputable award in 1965 and his book received the pulitzer prize in 1988. he is twice received the lincoln prize. the first time in 1998 for his 2009.nd again in white is the david and mary hairston distinguished professor of law at the virginia law school. .e is the author of 16 books law and american history volume one from the colonial years to the civil war. or chief justice warren. we will have more time for discussion about justice holmes. professor snider, i turn the floor to you. thesem delighted to have historians here and i will try to get out of the way and let them be the stars of the show. isver wendell holmes fascination to lawyers and historians both on the stories of the civil war and court. was the huge impact of the civil war on his jurisprudence on his life, on his worldview. we are going to have professor mcpherson speak about the war and have professor white speak about him and court

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so when he came to princeton university as an engineering student in 2012, he invented fire stop: so it's basically a tablet app that gives firefighters information. >> exactly. as they're responding to emergencies and arriving some scene, they can have critical informati information. >> reporter: it also includes satellite imagery of every building in the area along with building schematics. so firefighters know the best way to intera fire, and more importantly the best way to exit. >> the ipad will live inside the fire trucks. they'll be able to pull up the app and see all the information. >> in addition it tells one truck the location of all the other trucks, as well as a list of each truck's equipment. which make's the job of coordinating the fight a lot easier. >> having everything i need off the bat with this app really helps me establish where my apparatus are going, what hazards i have, i can weigh the pros and cons of the accident. >> weighing the pros and cons quickly, enabling his crew to save lives. in princeton, new jersey, douglas kennedy, fox news. >> you can now see m

gerri: and we get to who you expect to see, princeton university, totally different issue here. why did they put it on this list >> colleges like princeton and harvard, they're not actually the most expensive colleges because those institutions have very large multibillion dollar endowments and they offer a lot of financial aid for lower and middle class students and they are not the most expensive colleges and candidly those colleges tend to be the pipeline towards high-paying jobs on wall street. gerri: stanford is also listed as a top school by lots of potential students out there. but what do you say about stanford? is a deserve to be on the list? >> the promise of it is that you can, you know, get rich and get a tan at the same time, different ways to make a lot of money being in a cool silicon valley startup and inventing a new iphone application. gerri: finally we have harvard bringing up the rear in the top six here. the average annual salary $55,000 and i would've thought more. and maybe everyone is graduating with a history degree. what do you say? >> one thing to keep

james mcpherson is the george henry davis professor emeritus of united states history at princeton university. he is a noted and award-winning civil war historian. his book was awarded the indisputable award in 1965 and his book received the pulitzer prize in 1988. he has twice received the lincoln prize. the first time in 1998 and again in 2009. professor white is the david and mary hairston distinguished professor of law at the virginia law school. he is the author of 16 books, including "law and american history volume one from the colonial years to the civil war." he served for chief justice warren. we will have more time for discussion about justice holmes. professor snyder, i turn the floor to you. >> i am delighted to have these historians here and i will try to get out of the way and let them be the stars of the show. oliver wendell holmes is a fascination to lawyers and historians both on the stories of the civil war and court. part of that was the huge impact of the civil war on his jurisprudence, on his life, on his worldview. we are going to have professor mcpherson speak about th

when he came to princeton university as an engineering student in 2012, he informed fire stop. fire stop is basically a tabloid add that gives firefighters essential firefighting information. >> exactly. as they were arriving on scene they can have critical information as to where the nearest high drandz are and the things that are a little more complex like hazards to watch out for inside the building. >>reporter: it also includes satellite imagery of every building in the the area, along with building schematics so the firefighters know the best way to enter a fire and more important lirks the best way to exit. >> the ipad will live inside the fire trucks. so before they leave the hoyer phos they will be able to pull up the app and pull the information. >>reporter: it tells one truck the location of all the other trucks, as well as a list of all the equipment. which makes remember del's job of coordinating the wait better. >> it also me establish where my apparatuses are go, what hazards i have, i can weigh the pros and cons of the incident. >>reporter: weighing the pros and

about this, stephen cohen is professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and princeton universitystia freeland is a member of parliament in canada and a former top journalist at reuters and "the financial times." steve, let me ask you the russian government's position is that this is the ukrainian government's fault because not only does it control, is meant to control the territory of ukraine but more importantly that kiev has been fermenting conflict and behaving irresponsibly. this is a charge you support and outline in a big article in "the nation" magazine. why do you think the russians are right? >> well, the late senator moynihan said all of us are entitled to our own opinion but not to our facts. the biggest fact missing from the story of the tragedy of the airliner is is that for weeks and months now, the government in kiev which is a government supported 100% by washington has been bombing cities in eastern ukraine. bombing them, destroying them. leveling them. we probably have about 250 to 300,000 refugees having fled to russia or other parts of ukraine. that's a humani

. >> julian zeller, princeton university. thank you for being with us. >> each week, and american history tv sets in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday evening at 8 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, ian isherwood looks at how world war i soldiers interpreted their war experiences. he uses works by three writers, including ernest hemingway, to illustrate different ways soldiers coped with the transition to civilian life after they enter words physical and mental trauma during the war. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right, we will go ahead and get started. today, we are covering, as you can see, this illusion meant of the first world war postwar , disillusionment. and how we as historians should maybe a perch the topic -- approach the topic. i'm going to begin this class with something i never thought i a class.to begin we're going to begin it with a canonical column. this comes out of the first world war and is reprinted in anthologies over

princeton university professor is facing theft charges accused of stealing of all things dozens of lawnignings. police say they arrested john mull fifty two yesterday he's free tonight with a court date in the offing. police found the signs in the professor's garage. so why would anyone take those signs? according to the daily prince tone yann, the business owner says they started disappearing those signs after a traffic incident he had with a professor. however, malvesies he didn't steal anything. those signs were just lying around and he considered them litter. >> president obama will be in wilmington tomorrow. he's speaking in front of the shut down i495 bridge to announce a new initiative to help our nation's infrastructu infrastructure. meantime, things are moving smoothly with the repairs on the bridge. deldot says crews finished construction on 32 new underground support columns today. they are continuing work on towers that will lift the bridge deck back into alignment and if all goes well deldot hopes to eventually open the southbound lanes a few weeks before labor day. the bri

and steven cohen, professor emeritus of russian studies at princeton university and nyu.gentlemen, thanks so much for being here. let's start by playing you the comments from vladimir putin today. and then we'll talk on the other side. >> i want to emphasize that this tragedy would not have happened if there were peace on that land. in any case, if the military activities had not resumed in the southeast of ukraine. and of course the state over which territory it happened is responsible for this terrible tragedy. >> governor richardson, what is your reaction to hearing vladimir putin? >> well, it's very disingenuous. i'm very disappointed the way president putin has handled this issue. not giving access to the crash site, not leaning on the separatist rebels. this is what i would do. you know, when you're in politics and you're in a hole, you don't want to dignity deeper. what i think president putin needs to do is, one, call for a ceasefire. get the ukrainians and the pro-russian separatists to a ceasefire so there can be a credible investigation. and then i think most i

princeton university had no comment on the professor's arrest. >> 6:27 now and clear skies are comingthe second half of the week. accuweather update coming up next. >> developing overnight more air strikes in the middle east as an urgent warning goes out for residents >> ♪ >> developing right now on "action news," philadelphia police hope to act quickly now that a person of interest is police hope to act quickly now gruesome murder. >> flew this morning a woman faces jaw dropping allegations of abuse against her own child. she is now behind bars with another baby on the way. >> storm tracker 6 shows rain moving through the southern half our region but fortunately accuweather is calling for the skies to slowly clear up and for you end are wednesday on a beautiful note. >> good morning, it's 6:30 on this wednesday. david is off. karen is here along with matt pelman. >> today is a day of transition. it starts off cloudy, it's muggy and wet in some spots. by the second half of the day car better. the national weather service has a flied advisory posted until 8:15 this morning for parts of

he has also taught at princeton university and holland college, roanoke, va. and dupont scholar. [applause] >> welcome to our stage. before you begin, you are not going to see it for so long. next time you see it. and at that time. i will introduce the conversation partner. >> listen to the women. >> i should have given her the short version of the resume so we could have more time for this discussion but i want to thank the sanford institute, dr. linda patterson for coming up with the idea for this event. and the support of the center for black literature at met trevor's college headed by dr. brenda greene and clarence reynolds who have been of great help to me. i would also like to thank roger green who has actually picks completed the monumental task of reading this book. and lost a lot of sleep as the result. let me move on to a to "harlem's rattlers and the great war: the undaunted 369th regiment and the african american quest equality". i would like to begin first by reading from something that william pickens wrote. william pickens, scholar best with the naacp, india >> ho

this 90-minute event was hosted by the james madison program at princeton university. the association for the study of free institutions and texas tech university. >> on behalf of the directors, i want to express our gratitude to the james madison program for inviting us to co-sponsor this panel on foreign policy and the challenges of totalitarianism. this is a privilege for me personally also when i arrived at princeton in the fall of 1986, the age of 17, one of the faculty that i met early on was a young scholar then in his first year as an assistant professor. that was robby. i've been very pleased to work with him on a number of occasions over the last nearly 30 years. i can hardly believe it. now you may be unaware that the madison prap was under some pressure to recind the invitation to the hamilton society. elements of the princeton community discovered that i wrote my junior paper on the role and function of the servant in the comedies. and threatened to teach him unless i publicly disavowed the imperialist pat arky of 17th century france. instead of giving int

she is now a professor of history at princeton university. she is also the incumbent presidents of the history of science societies. she has done pretty well for a biochemist. [laughter] creager. [applause] >> i would like to give my warm thanks to the key west harry s. truman foundation, for bringing me here. i am enjoying the sunshine, and the sea, as well as these marvelous panels. where thisn with morning sessions left off. the nuclear detonations at hiroshima and not a socket world war ii by demonstrating a devastating power of the atom that. turned toovernment publicizing the peacetime dividends of nuclear mileage -- knowledge. pioneering usage of isotopes in medicine and science have actually proceeded the atomic age by two decades. of radioisotopes remains small-scale, until the development of nuclear reactions for the bomb project in the 1940's. before the war ended, leaders of the secret manhattan project proposed to convert the large senior into aor production site after the war for radioisotopes for outside users. commissionenergy

robert george of princeton university who told my hearing in -- on may 22 and laid out in long detail and very, i think, precise detail what needs to be done to combat the intolerance that exist today. i would point out paraphernalia heycally that a new chair, happens frequently, about almost every year, i would point out that members of the religious minority community, muslim, baha'i, christian, jewish spoke out about the work, in countries like pakistan, iran and china, hoping to shine a light on the serious abuses that take place in all three countries. of course, they raised other issues as well. i therefore ask all of our colleagues to join us in supporting this fine bipartisan piece of legislation, sending a very important message to the world that the united states of america values -- and i mean deeply values religious liberty and that it should continue to be a cornerstone of u.s. foreign policy. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. patterson purn th

this 90-minute event was hosted by the james madison program at princeton university. the association for the study of free institutions and texas tech university. >> on behalf of the directors, i want to express our gratitude to the james madison program for inviting us to co-sponsor this panel on foreign policy and the challenges of totalitarianism. this is a privilege for me personally also when i arrived at princeton in the fall of 1986, the age of 17, one of the faculty that i met early on was a young scholar then in his first year as an assistant professor. that was robby. i've been very pleased to work with him on a number of occasions over the last nearly 30 years. i can hardly believe it. now you may be unaware that the madison prap was under some pressure to recind the invitation to the hamilton society. elements of the princeton community discovered that i wrote my junior paper on the role and function of the servant in the comedies. and threatened to teach him unless i publicly disavowed the imperialist pat arky of 17th century france. instead of giving int

professor of politics at princeton university and authors of "empires and citizens." what did i get wrong? >> well, the one thing you got wrong, which is part of the problem is that in the consequence of the first world war, one empire did not collapse. the russian empire, in a sense, was reconstituted now found by an ideology as opposed to orthodox christianity. >> that becomes the imperial power in the world. >> it becomes a -- it persists and has a series of multi-ethnic problems and one of the biggest problems that russia, that the soviet union confronts is the nonrussian nationalities which eventually in 1991 through after a period of ferment began to unravel. all this is relatively peacefully handled. few hundred lives are lost and struggles, there is a pretty violent struggle in the caucuses between armenia and some killings in the baltics. but pretty much for the collapse of a multi-national state, it's pretty peaceful. you have general acceptance for the russian lead for about a decade of this state of affairs. and then you have other separatist movements occ

former chairman of the white house council economic advisers allen krueger, currently t at princeton universityold are your kids, scott? >> five and eight. >> that's young. he's young. we love him. >> i was in princeton for the first time not that long ago. >> beautiful. >> it is cool. >> a beautiful school. >> if you need a tour. >> you are good with economics, too. >> i am available for a you are to. i don't know if you foe this princeton was once the capital of the united states. >> right. >> really? >> iam told it's in new jersey. people think. >> and it's pretty. >> it's pretty. they think about it. but the reason i'm excited to have allen here, do you hear we talk to you all the time. there is no slack in the work force yellin doesn't believe you. >> i think the more data and you were kind of an outlier at the time. it was also something that people wanted the fed to stay full bore didn't like the stuff you were saying at that point i think the economy isn't where they want it to be for 2014. did you get any calls complaining to you? >> i heard some complaints. >> i bet you did. we will,

the university of colorado in boulder, harvard university, m.i.t., princeton university, university of arizona, arizona state university, university of chicago, university of california-berkeley. mr. chairman, last time i looked at, these are some of the leading institutions in the country and i think they know better than the federal government and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona yields back his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. gosar: i have nor amendment at the desk, 173. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the followin

professor from princeton university.right we have barstow, the author of pure bronx, but she wrote with the historian. to her right we have mr. june archer who wrote the book yes everything can be a good thing. >> the adventures of the untouchables, illustrator. at the far end we have mr. mr. anthony wright had published a book of love to die, a piece of what some folks might describe as urban fiction or st. fiction. real talked about the complications of that as we go this afternoon. >> thank you. >> one of the things it is interesting about this panel, any number of people even in this room as i sit here and look at sonya sanchez to can describe what the black arts movement was about who were there in the room what makes this panel unique is none of us were in the room. and so it becomes an interesting vantage point to talk about with the legacy of the black arts movement is for people who may not necessarily be engaged in the black arts movement the way that we understand it historic we but have taken examples from th

his post in early 2006, he has returned to his teaching position at oxford university, and has also taught at harvard and princetonher changes, judge radhi, the man with the most dangerous job in iraq, fled the country and sought asylum in the united states. as for the man he was investigating, ziad cattan, he's not returned to baghdad to appeal his conviction. and accused middleman, naer jamaili, is also still at large. [ticking] coming up, the science of big-time shoplifting. this man holding up the clothes, is executing what's called a blocking maneuver. >> just loading things up in a booster bag. now here's a different angle. just different view. just loading. >> is he gonna leave anything on the rack? >> basically, it's empty. this is how bold and brazen they are. >> they're good. >> oh, no, they're professional at what they do. [ticking] >> and later, we look at china's massive counterfeit industry. >> what would retail for close to $3,000 in the united states was being offered to us for $275, because, as the owner of the shop readily admitted-- >> copy. >> copy. not fake. copy. >> boosting billions when 60

i went to high school in princeton, new jersey, and after my school days in princeton, i would go to the university, and i saw this big statue, poster of this guy who became my hero bill bradley. he was a rock star in my opinion. the epitome of what a student athlete should be. nba hall of famer, u.s. senator, and a rhodes scholar. the first time i heard those two words, rhodes scholar used in the same sentence. once i fijsed high school in princeton, i had 83 scholarship offers to go anywhere i wanted to, and i was rated the number one high school prospect in the country. i decided to go to florida state. the first thing i did was going to the office of national fellowships and told them i wanted to be a rhodes scholar like my hero, bill bradley. if he did it, i wanted to do it as well. three years later, i was fortunate to earn that scholarship. then i want to see my teachers and mentors and told you i want to increase my capital so one day i can be a pediatric nurse lie ben carson. now hopefully i'll be able to do that in the future. lastly, i went to my strength coaches and my trainers, and i t