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started withhing i the shriver families. philanthropy. hired her to help me put together arts program in elementary schools. this, in for doing taught in the elementary schools to figure out where it goes wrong. they seem to be marginalized way back then, they were on the periphery. when i would get a kid, this young lady, i got her to paint on a box. she was very shy. everybody said, that is so beautiful. this kid turned around in 30 seconds. we are still missing. a lot of kids they cannot do reading, writing, and arithmetic . i have a son who had trouble with dyslexia. because he was involved with me in the artists, he was drawing and making things and that got him through school. there is a lot of that missing. we were talking to the aclu, we should file suit against the state. tavis: if it is missing and if the kids needed. >> not everybody is the same. of these kids have an art sense and the music sense. tavis: our time is up. you may be doing a project that has his name on it. , a sevencert halls hundred seat and 820 100 seat. -- 21

next are two leading asia analyst, bonnie glazer for the center for international studies and randy shriver the partner in armitage number who served in the state department as an asia hand during the bush administration. guy, welcome to the show. or welcome back. in both of your cases. bonnie, let me start with you, and i would like to get your view on this, randy, also. why did the chinese do this now? was it response to the pivot? a response to japan? how dangerous is it for the region? >> i think there are a lot of drivers of the decision at this time to announce this air defense identification zone. part of it is domestic. the chinese president is seeking to rally to his side and support of his agenda. and as he implements economic reforms which are going to be very controversial and he is going to have to some -- there will be some negative impact on invested interests in china. this is popular with the pla, with law enforcement agencies, and i think that is one factor. and japan is clearly another factor. the chinese want to change the status quo in the region. so that these disputed

maria shriver is here with a story of a great group of women.omen out number men on college campuses and many are primary breadwinners at home but when it comes to the tech world, the numbers aren't as encouraging. with that in mind, a small but growing group are encouraging women and girls to change that. >> i believe that computers are actually the next best resource we have next to the human mind. they make us really powerful. >> reporter: it's estimated that by the year 2020 there will be 1. 4 million software jobs available in the united states. if the numbers are right, only 20% of those jobs are expected to be filled with women making up less than half of that group. >> there's sort of this perception and i would say it's definitely a misperception that if you like working with machines or you like working with computers you couldn't possibly like people. what i found in my professional career is the people that like people and think about human problems first actually make the best computer programmers. >> reporter: she is a computer pro

i talk about kennedy shriver. he made a huge difference in the lives of the mentally retarded and disabled. mother teresa her advocate over the world. i would always mention, if i only mentioned one person, i would mention nelson mandela. if he was willing to honor one sentence, advocating his ambition for his country and for the abolition of racism in his country, could have walked out a free man instead of 25 years behind bars in prison. because of his deep conviction and because of his moral certainty, he stayed and made a difference in south africa and all over the world. you heard the president today. your children, your grandchildren, can you make a difference, you can give one word answer, the answer is mandela. >> senator dodd, you are now the chief executive officer of the motion picture. you have a feature film coming out. >> it's doing well. again, didn't plan on this. in 95 years, president mandela had a rich life, obviously and made the difference i talked about. films, in a way, not only are entertai

we met timothy shriver earlier in our state when he was making life miserable for everyone around him. >> you're the enemy. >> since he's been at this facility, he's attempted to incite other offenders. >> i'm going to get you good. you dumb [ bleep ]. >> been disruptive. >> what's your name? >> i'll put it in writing for you. >> state your name! state your name! >> he's masturbated in front of female staff. >> you fools don't see him a the management of the country. i'm not on the side of the prisoner. i'm not on the side of the [ bleep ] staff. i'm my own [ bleep ] army. >> schreiber has now begun harassing his neighbor. >> he came out of his cell and he started yelling, so that got the co's attention and he started spitting on my window. then he tried to spit into the little holes in the door. >> any idea why he would spit on your window or spit through your door? >> he was probably mad because i don't respond to when he calls me names like he wants me to, so that upsets me even more, so he tries even more to get me to respond, but i don't. so maybe he's just upset. >> but schreibe

she is walking with her two brothers in law beside me in the photograph and then we have sargent shriver and then hears agent paul landers. you will see president johnson and mrs. johnson and their two daughters. those are all agents surrounding him and walking on the way to saint matthews cathedral. and imagine all these heads of state. and this is just a security nightmare if you can possibly imagine. >> yes, the funeral was held in saint matthews and john gave his infamous salute. and tell us about this. you were there witnessing mass. >> the military wanted the salute to the president and mrs. kennedy saw this and she bent over and she whispered something into john's ear and john turned into his shoulders back and saluted. and that was not a natural thing for the young little guy. this kennedy came to me and said, mr. hill, the president is going to go to arlington national cemetery on november 11 and we know that the military is going to salute them as president. i would like john to go on i would like him to salute his father as well and you think the agents could teach them how to

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at "the chicago daily news," but i ran into a friend of mine who became a key confidant to sargent shrivere war on poverty and i was recruited, and i have been here ever since. my first job, actually, was the most incredible job and a young journalist could have because sargent shriver did not trust bureaucrats to tell him what was going on in the poverty program, so he hired a bunch of young to gos journalist like me around the country and write in- depth reports on what was going on. i was assigned to the deep south. much of my political philosophy was really shaped during those years. where was your trajectory? what did you work for over the years until you got to the clinton white house and the democratic leadership council? guest: well, i spent two and a half years with the war on poverty. on capitol to work hill for senator joe tidings of maryland, who was chairman of committee,district we passed a home rule, built the subway, rebuilt the courts, and started the first narcotics treatment centers citywide in the country. then, after the people of maryland decided that senator tidings

then sergeant shriver and steve smith and then hidden behind teddy kennedy is agent landis. agents surrounding them walking on the way to st. matthews cathedral. >> so you walked, it was about a mile and a quarter. imagine all these heads of state out in the open, the president has just been shot, and this is just a security nightmare, if you can possibly imagine. >> it was that. >> the funeral was held then in st. matthews, and when you came out, john gave this infamous salute. tell us about this. you were there witnessing this. >> yes. we came out. they placed the body on the caseson in front of st. matthews, and the military renders the salute to the president. mrs. kennedy saw this, and she bent over and whispered something into john's ear, and john turned, threw his shoulders back and saluted his father. now, that wasn't a natural thing for young john. in very early november, mrs. kennedy came to me and said, mr. hill, the president's going to arlington national cemetery on the 11th. while he's there, we know that the military is going to salute him as president. i woul

nbc's maria shriver has a close are look. and a die hard green bay packers fan dr.h risk. the longer you play and more successfully you play, the higher the likelihood is that you'll develop problems. >> reporter: neuropathologist an mcgee studies the brain. her goal, diagnose and find a cure for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. >> it's been associated with trauma. >> reporter: many researchers believe cte develops from hits like this. and this. tackles that rattle a player's brain inside his helmet. >> we cannot have them acting like gladiators out there. they're suffering from severe injuries with hits that we encourage from the sidelines. >> dr. mcgee gave me back my prince charming. >> reporter: lisa mchale's husband played college football for five seasons. their marriage seemed like a fairy tale until the last years tom suffered from depression and addiction both of which they say were linked to cte. >> it's so different from the man i had known and began to question my memories of him. >> reporter: at the age of 45, after three attempts at rehab, tom overdos

. >> maryann bartels from merrill lynch, adam thurgood and done shriver from wbmi funds. what do we make of what's gone on in the markets the last couple of days? made a lot of money this year, we're exiting a little bit before the end of the year? >> you may be seeing hedge funds, we're certainly seeing hedge funds take some money off the table. if you look at short positions in the dow, in the diamonds and the sem conductor etf, there's very big short positions. so those are being used as hedges. obviously the market's been overbought. there's a lot of concern about tapering, but really when you look at the markets from the longer term perspective, the fundamentals, all the technical, it does argue we'll see higher highs in the market. >> you think without the fed markets here are 25% to 50% lower. are you serious? >> oh, yeah, because the correlation between fed action and their balance sheet and equity prices is at 0.93 right now, which means there's a near one to one connection or correlation between what they want to buy, when they buy it and how equity prices move.

and researcher brittany shriver who worked so hard on that, you guys, that means so much to us. >> doess is so much more... what's different? oh, it's my chicken and cheese enchilada diet. well keep it up, honey. it's working. oh, gracias! did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! lisa, did i tell you i'm on the... [ male announcer ] soups so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. >>> what a year it has been, hoda, you know, i finally got an iphone. >> yes, indeed. i had to get a new phone because i messed up and showed my number on the air. >> to the whole world. you also got a new doggy. >> i did. i got my blake and my blake got to meet the blake shelton. let's take a look back at the laughs we've had, at my expense most of the time. >> have a great new year's eve, everybody, we love you, we'll see you tomorrow, god bless. ♪ celebrate celebrate >> have a great show. >> the kids are back in sport, the leaves are changing, the tailgating's in full swing. enough about hoda's sex life. >> here we go. >> looks like he's

nbc's special anchor maria shriver is launching a new series for us on the "today" show that stems fromary. before i talk about the focus and the specifics, i want youtoo tell people at home, women in particular, you want their input on this. >> we've already started. we've been getting responses from people saying, i am doing it all, but i don't have time in my life, i need help financially, i need help spiritually. >> we hear the expression a lot, having it all. i think it's very different from women who say i'm doing it all. >> exactly. it's very different. one in three women in this country are struggling financially. there's millions and millions of single head of households who are women. they are being told to reach for the glass ceiling, and they say the foundation we're standing on is cracking, it's filled with cracks. we want to know, what would help you secure the foundation. what do you need in your life? do you need flexible hours, health benefit, financial assistance? what is it? >> and when a lot of women say, i'm doing it all, it's because they have to do it all. they ar