or microsoft will understand every word but the error rates fall notable patterns a study by stanford university for example found a 35 percent error rate for african-americans as opposed to 19 percent for white americans even though english is the standard language for voice systems many languages can't be used at all it's just 8 work across platforms for amazon google and apple the google smartphone assistant is the most diverse it speaks 24 languages but generally the rule for all devices is minorities are not certain time or take minutes. if you lend and in many countries all there's no speech software gets off because the demand just isn't worth investing in it the most out on the hill. so speech recognition systems don't work the same for everyone plus let's not forget that there are people with speech impediments and people who cannot speak or hear a german research project has developed the 1st tool that enables speech software

stanford university announced that their nationally ranked men's volleyball program and attend other varsity sports are being eliminated after the upcoming academic year. >> it is become my life. and i don't know anything else besides that. to think it could be taken away is terrible. >> reporter: the sport that is going away in 2021 and 2022 is fencing, field hockey, rowing, coed sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, wrestling, and men volleyball. they claim that the athletics department was facing a $25 million shortfall and that the pandemic is only expected to make it worse. in an open letter stanford officials wrote that we face the reality that begin changes needed to create fiscal stability for stanford athletics and to provide support that is essential for student athletes to excel. stanford said that condemned sports will be allowed to continue for one final academic year. with the black cloud of covid- 19 hovering that could change. >> i am emotional because i love the school and i love my team. i love it all together. it stinks that a volleyball would not be part of it.

you are watching booktv on c-span2 and we are looking about his programs with fellows from stanford university'shoover institution, public policy think tank founded in 1919 by stanford alumnus president herbert hoover. up next, john u who worked in the office of legal counsel at the justice department during the george bush administration spoke at the commonwealth club in san francisco in 2012 about his co-authored book taming globalization. >> let me briefly describe the case in texas, explain how that encapsulates a lot of the issues in taming globalization. it is a case of a mexican national who crossed the border and committed murder, capital murder and was sentenced to death by the state court in texas, he was not given his warnings under the the in a conventions which require that when an alien is arrested in the united states he be given warnings that he can seek access to his consulates, he can get assistance from translators and so on. texas refused to reconsider its decision even though it had not provided these warnings as required by treaty. the country of mexico went to the internat

. >>> rarely do we talk about budget cuts at stanford university. it is among the richest universities in the world. announcing today it will drop 11 varsity sports after next year, including wrestling, men's volleyball and field hockey. what's happening on campus? robert handa joins us at stanford with the details and the school's reasoning behind the cuts. >> reporter: the bottom line is still the bottom line. stanford's athletic department says it was dealing with a $12 million deficit before the pandemic. so the decision was made rather than cut parts of all sports, some had to go. the varsity sports being dropped by stanford university after the 2020-2021 academic year may not be considered major sports. historically, the school has taken pride in its broad athletic spectrum. it provides 36 varsity sports is one of the most offered by a division i university. after the season's end, these 11 sports will disappear, men and women's fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, coed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, me

. >>> stanford university announced today it is eliminating 11 collegiate sports programs after this the cuts come in the wake of what stanford says is a massive budget deficit. we spoke with a student athlete today who said he was shocked. >> stanford is so disciplined on that block. look how high end over the net jaylen is >> reporter: it's the sport jaelyn jasper loves most, but he won't get to play it for much longer. >> i'm still in a bit of shock. i'm heartbroken. >> reporter: stanford university announced wednesday its national after the upcoming academic year. >> it has become my life and i don't know anything else besides it. to think it can be taken away is ugh . >> reporter: the sport's they are taking way is men's and women's fencing, field hawking, light weight rowing, sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, wrestling, men's volleyball and women's volleyball remains. stanford announced the cuts and a letter claiming the athletics department was facing a $25 million shortfall in the pandemic is only expected to make it worse. in an open letter, stanford officials wrote, we

called america's soft doctor who has advised ask different presidents, today in a talk with stanford university he gave the nation an update and revealed his thoughts on what is behind this current surge. >> we are all concerned about the increasing numbers of cases. >> reporter: in the virtual with stanfords dean of medicine the doreve the pandemic is far from over. >> here it is it has happened your worst nightmare the perfect storm.>> as a y cases are now surging, he says unlike asia and europe the u.s. never completely shuts down and that parts of the country were not cautious about gradually reopen again following critical to points.>> so that when you try to reopen if you're not handling this urgency well what you're seeing is what you are seeing right now. people in some states went from shut down to complete throwing caution to the wind. bars that were crowded, people without masks. >> this is all about behavior right now. >> reporter: the doctor says part of the battle is some folks are fed up.>> we have to let people get out but we have to give them some guardrails.>> reporter: those

and a masters degree from stanford university, and an mba from the university of pennsylvania.nd we have tim cook the ceo of apple. in 2011 mr cook was named ceo. apple he has overseen their expansion into new markets to the larger developments of products like apple pay. larger developments of products like apple pay, apple watch, icloud. prior to joining apple pay, apple watch, icloud. prior tojoining apple, he apple pay, apple watch, icloud. prior to joining apple, he served as the director of north american fulfilment for ibm. he received a bachelor of science from university and mua from a school of business. last witness is mark zuckerberg, founder, chairman and ceo of facebook. he initially launched facebook. he initially launched facebook to help connect college stu d e nts facebook to help connect college students at his school more easily. since then it has grown into the largest social media platform with 1.7 billion daily active users. he attended harvard university before leaving to focus full—time on facebook. we welcome all our distinguished witnesses and thank t

bhattacharya: professor of medicine at stanford university. coming up, we will talk to lieutenant governor of the state of new york about what we are doing to make sure we do not backslide. that is coming up next on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. time for first word news. --go to mark crumpton mark: we go to mark crumpton. mark: the president of brazil has tested positive for coronavirus. the president told cnn brazil he is taking hydroxychloroquine and is feeling fine. the 65-year-old president moved during his campaign to reopen the economy and call the virus "a little flu" and has repeatedly disobeyed medical recommendations to avoid contamination, mingling with crowds and giving handshakes. brazil has become a global hotspot for the virus, second only to the united states in cases and deaths. hong kong is seeing its biggest number of coronavirus cases in nearly three months, stumping local health officials. there are only nine new cases, but it is

stanford. a university with an endowment of $27 billion. stanford is among the richest schools in the world.ut today, it cut 11 non-major sports. among them men's volleyball and fencing. many of the athletes past and present are shocked, including alexander, who led stanford to two ncaa titles in fencing and won the silver med el at the 2016 olympics. he joins us from his home in san francisco. you have given your heart and soul to stanford athletics. any indication this was coming and your thoughts this eving? >> absolutely not. there was no indication of this coming, not to the alumni, not to the coaches and not to the athletes themselves. the first thing i did when i heard the news is call the stanford coach. she told me she was notified 20 minutes before they were supposed -- they emailed the students that they were having a in 20 minutes to announce the news. so that 20 minutes later, that they could release the news to the public that they are cutting these 11 sports. >> i can see how frustrating it, is alexander. the athletic department is facing a $25 million deficit. what would your

as a cancer researcher at uc davis but also charged is a researcher at ucsf and another at stanford university. >> we had a case at stanford as well. >> reporter: daniel snyder is an international policy up for, expert. and we asked him about it. >> i would say the trump administration has been on an escalating campaign of rhetoricn as the enemy and some of this is situ >> i came from china ey pp >> coinn erdocumewegedly burned researchers charged with visa fraud, they are not accused of espionage. >> that is the politics of this but behind that is the deeper issues of economic competition and intellectual property issues between china and the united states. >> reporter: no word yet on what happens here at the council it and the case is being handled by the u.s. attorney's office. >>> tonight unemployment numbers in california hit a nearly 3 month high and they are now approaching 7 million. new numbers from the labor department show nationwide 1.4 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week and that is more than expected and comes as some counties rollback the reopening s >> i

. >>> stanford university is eliminating 11 sports programs. they are facing a $25 million deficit that is only expected to get worse because of the coronavirus. the 240 athletes impacted will not loss their scholarships and the coaches are being paid through the end of their contracts. >> this has probably been the worst year of my life. i love my school, my team, i love everything so much. >> but i have to love it all together. it sucks that volleyball may not be a part of it. >> stanford looked at things like fan interest, upon savings and the history of the sports at the school. the cuts begin after this upcoming academic year. >>> the ivy league announced it is pulling the plug on fall sports. the league said it will at leas 1st. there is talk of rescheduling it. the ivy league is the first division one sports confidence to make that decision. >>> university officials say that most of the cases are from people that have attended fraternity parties. students are not following basic safety measures like physical distancing and wearing masks.

lloyd minor, dean of stanford university school of medicine. dr. minor has expertise in predictive medicine, diagnostic research. he is also by training a head and neck surgeon, a member of the national academy of medicine, and he interviewed dr. anthony fauci today about this coronavirus pandemic. doctor, that interview earned you our starting part tonight. i'm going to play for you -- this is tony fauci from february. this is important because it's one of the quotes the white house, in attacking him, circulated this weekend, but they just used the first portion. as you'll see, dr. fauci goes on. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> at this moment, there is no need to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis. right now the risk is still low, but this could change. i've said that many times even on this program. you've got to watch out because although the risk is low now, you don't need to change anything you're doing. when you start to see community spread, this could change and force you to become much more attentive to doing

anthony fauci holds a virtual fireside chat at stanford university. his dire warning about covid-19 and the national dr. fauci the administration seem to be add odds over the covid-19 response. coming up next, how the white house is responding to the reports of a potential fall out. >>> around the bay area today, a noticeable drop in temperatures. we'll have a look at your current conditions and talk about how long awesome internet. it's more than just fast. it keeps all your devices running smoothly. with built-in security that protects your kids... ...no matter 24/7 peace of mind... ...that if it's connected, it's protected. even that that pet-camera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that? xfinity xfi can because it's... ...simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] for the ultimate in-home wifi, click, call or visit us today. my money should work as hard as i do. that's why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. got it! go time! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i should've purchased lighter weights! >>> the u.s.

stanford university dropped the name indians in 1972., traditions, logos, mascots, as of friday the nfl team is conducting a review to change the long criticized name. likely that will happen before the start of the 2020 season. just hours after the football preverbal cleat dropped. baseball cleveland indians are considering a name change. a year after they retired their mascot, chief wahoo, hoe many thought was racist. san francisco, warriors, philadelphia warriors, they once had a logo a stereotype of native americans. the list goes on and on. a lot of teams have changed. what has changed today, not society asking for a change but large-scale corporations but major football sponsors like pepsico speaking up, washington owner dan snyder said he would never change the team name seems to have a change of heart. he said in a statement, the allow the team to take into account the not only proud tradition of the history of the franchise but also input from alumni sponsors and the nfl. even roger goodell is weighing into the debate. he says t

>>the day in sports stanford university announced it's eliminating nearly a dozen sports programs partf the problem the pandemic attorney says kate rooney joins us now with details kate. >>that's right catherine stanford announced the elimination of 11 varsity sports which will affect some 240 athletes and 22 coaches, here's a list of the sport's being suspended fencing both men's and women's field hockey lightweight rowing men's rowing cohen and women sailing squash synchronized swimming. men's volleyball and wrestling the cuts will take effect after the upcoming season of su ming of course that sports will even be played this fall or spring, stanford has promised to fill all scholarships and coaching contracts for the sports in question. but the university said it had identified a million deficit in athletics operations prior to the pandemic which projects will double in the wake of covid-19 here's director of athletics bernard new york. >>you got to keep in mind we're talking about 36 sports here in ca average as we said in the in the notes is 18 and so we've been punching above our

researchers at stanford university found promising new results in a recent study that they did, and as ashley tells us tonight, the pba and the nba are both looking into the technology and getting behind it to help curb the spread of the virus. >> reporter: fitness tracker could soon play a key role in the fight against covid-19. research err also round the world are racing to discovery whether devices like fitbit and apple watch can showcases of coronavirus. these devices may be able to flag the illness days before users start showing symptoms. one study out of stanford university found that smart watches identify early signs of infection in 80% of coronavirus patients. >> 2/3 of the time we can tell when someone is getting ill before or at the time of symptoms, and we think that's super powerful. that means 2/3 of the time you can tell people to stay home, don't get out and infect other people. >> the sports world is get beak mind the movement. the pga partnered with root to provide smart bands for players caddies and media, and the nba is teaming up with the oraring to keep players

. >>> in the south bay a decision that stanford university is saying is, quote, heart breaking, cutting 11 varsity sports including fencing, field hockey, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball, and wrestling. the reason? funding. stanford projects a $70 million shortfall over the next three years made worse by the pandemic. those sports combined brought the school 20 national championships and 27 olympic medals. >> sad because stanford at least when i went there won a lot of olympic medals in those sports and is a source of pride for a lot of the students and faculty and the most depressing fact is that stanford has a really huge endowment. >> that nearly $27 billion endowment makes stanford one of the wealthiest universities in the country. it is eliminating more sports than any other school. the decision is expected to send ripples through college athletic departments across the nation. >>> more to come here. meantime a catholic school is shutting down in the east bay. the diocese says it has no choice. some families wonder if that is really true. we'll have the story just a

a short time ago during a discussion with stanford university, dr. fauci talked about why we are seeing this particular resurgence in cases. >> we did not shut down entirely and that's the reason why we went up, we started to come down and we plateaued at a level that was quite high, then as

. >> it's a homecoming for the 69- year-old who attended stanford university and uc san francisco or he taught for two decades. he also served as the chancellor at uc irvine. dr. drake is expected to take over for outgoing uc president janet napolitano. >>> now to the coronavirus. this morning more than 50 intensive units in florida are full. as cbs' laura podesta reports tens of thousands of lives could be saved if 95% of the country wears a mask. >> so you are part of the prm.>>orter: dr. anthony fauci says young people need to do more to stop the coronavirus. >> you can inadvertently and innocently affect someone who's really vulnerable. >> reporter: fauci called in falling death rate a false narrative since so many younger people are being infect. >> there's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. >> reporter: still, some young seemingly healthy people are not surviving. >> this kid woke up with a smile on his face. >> reporter: 30-year-old darius settles died of coronavirus on saturday. he was diagnos just four days earlier. >> his eyes rolled back

his budget is a homecoming of sorts for doctor drake attended stanford university, and uc's efforts to scare, before teaching at ucsf for two decades. he also served as the chancellor of uc irvine. >>> one of the things that was very important to us is somebody who is ready on day one and michael brings that quality because of his familiarity with use the. >> reporter: $470 million/from the uc budget and campuses are vi tow ne instruction in the fall. >> university of california is one of few universities worldwide equipped to meet the challenges. >> reporter: doctor michael drake hopes to lead the way in fighting social injustice. >> i think the system has made progress, but one of the challenges is providing the support systems that students of color need. >>> alive look at city hall where one supervisor is pushing a big change to the rules on police staffing. right now the city charter requires the sf pd to have a minimum of 1971 officers. the proposed amendment from supervisor norman yee would abolish the minimum and let supervisors decide the number of cops on the force based on a

ambassador to russia michael mcfaul now serves at stanford university. thank you for joining us. joining us is harold holzer, the director for the hunter college roosevelt health and lincoln foreign chair. welcome back to c-span. me. host: you had a recent op ed talking about the topic of confederate monments and statues and a position now you're taking that with a little bit different. what's your position now? guest: well, if i could go back briefly. a few years ago i had the honor of speaking at the getiesburg national cemetery where the flag behind me is from the anniversary of the getiesburg address. i made a suggest sort of impor tuned people to consider contect liesing confederate monments. making sure that there were alternative monments. and frankly nothing happened in the three subsequent years. it's not an easy thing to make occur. it's expensive, time consuming, requires consensus on text and methodology, and it didn't work. and since that time, other convullsive events have occurred most recently of course the killing of george floyd and the response has been directe

. >>> people took to the streets next to stanford university to support pearland portland theredhumans in fa officersspring teargas . they made headstones bearing the names of people killed in the wake of police violence. >> what we see is one struggle and one fight. one struggle, one fight. it comes together in one struggle for humanity, for justice. what is behind them is what we are really bringing, we want to bring attention to the black lives matter movement and the murderous. >> another protest is set for 7:30 at the plaza in oakland. >>> coming up, a sentence is: mark is getting an upgrade. how the geneva car barn will be upgraded to serve the community. >>> that is not the only hurricane that we are going to be tracking, in the forecast, coming up. there is another one for hawaii. of course we will talk about our weather back here at home as well. the marine layer has the golden ga >>> a new part of san francisco's railway is getting an upgrade. it is happening at the geneva car barn and powerhouse. pretty soon the historic landmark will be put to good use. >> reporter: it took

metabolism and obesity at u c san francisco in 2019 chen song conducted neurological research at stanford university in 2019. and chi chi zhao conducted research at indiana university. the 4th person charged to the d o j believes is still inside the chinese consulate in san francisco is one tank who conducted research in the department of radiation oncology at u c davis from january to june of this year. and this could be just the beginning the fbi has been to more than 25 us cities interviewing visa, holders that they also suspect. >>concealing their links to the chinese military. at the chinese consulate in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>coming up tonight on kron 4 news after holding firm for weeks president trump has canceled the republican national convention in jacksonville florida where he says now is not the time. and at 5 at 6.30 new details about last week's twitter hack the users whose accounts were hacked also some people getting their direct messages hacked and after the break the giants getting ready to play the dodgers and alloy that's coming up and we'll have a live report.

as a cancer researcher at uc davis but also charged is a researcher at ucsf and another at stanford university. >> we had a case at stanford as well. >> reporter: he is an international policy expert at stanford and we asked him about the standoff. >> first i will say the trump administration has been on an a and actions pointing to china as the enemy and some of this is linked of course to the coronavirus situation. >> it came from china and they could have stopped it and they didn't. >> reporter: the trump administration is close the council it in houston were documents were allegedly burned. >> as far as closing additional embassies, it is always possible. >> reporter: as for the three researchers charged with visa fraud, they are not accused of espionage. >> that is kind of an immediate politics of this, behind that is the deeper issues about economic competition, intellectual property issues between china and the united states. >> i am wondering what is the legality of a council it? they have different rules outside of like a normal building, and as far as harboring somebody charged with

a group marred in front of stanford university's president's home demanding he defund the campus police. now the group is holding a rally to find different ways to police the campus. the rally starts at 9:00 a.m. in front of the hoover house. >>> happening today san jose councilmembers will debate some amendments to the so-called strong mayor ballot measure this fall. councilmembers approved the charter amendment last month. it would give the mayor more powers to move the mayoral election to presidential election years. councilmembers have been divided on measure and local unions came out against the current plan. >>> a slowdown on new housing projects in san francisco could affect people trying to make it in the bay. but there is one bit of promising news here. in june only one developer, strada, received the green light to start construction on the first of six buildings to create more affordable housing. that would mean about 600 units on market and franklin streets. most san francisco developers are saying due to covid-19 and plummeting rent prices there in the housing projects, the

. >>> in the meantime, higher education now, stanford university announced its new model for reopening for a state's plans are still in the making. abc 7 reporter chris wynn has this story. >> reporter: as colleges and universities re-imagine what their complus look like come fall because of covid-19, many are feeling uneasy about it. >> i would love to be able to finish my degree. >> reporter: we spoke with a senior and student leader who was forced off campus in mid-march at the start of the pandemic. this week, the university announced its reopening plans, which calls for staggering students around the school year. most classes are going virtual. there will be limited student housing because of social distancing. freshmen, sophomores and transfer students can live on campus in the fall and summer. seniors and seniors can apply for housing during winter and spring. that leaves upper classman, blind out of luck for this fall unless she is able to get a special circumstance exemption. but she isn't hopeful and is worried about the high rent in silicon valley. >> i don't have a place to

a short time ago during a discussion with stanford university, dr. anthony fauci talked about why we are seeing this particular resurgence in cases. >> we did not shut down entirely and that's the reason why we went up, we started to come down and we plateaued at a level that was quite high, then as we started to reopen, we're seeing the surges that we're seeing today as we speak, in california, your own state, in arizona, in texas, in florida and several other states. >> in a moment, we'll look at how much that candor has cost them, this comes one day after florida announced over 15,000 new cases on sunday, shattering the record for the most of one day number reported by any state. that's over 3,000 cases above the record set by new york during the bad old days the height of the pandemic. the announcement came on the same day new york city reported no deaths for the first time since the beginning of the month of march. despite the positive development from new york, the federal government's testing czar brett giroir said we can expect to see the dea

obviously, her decision to study geology at stanford university was an outgrowth of that. and even as late as her sixties, we have material when she went on camping trips at the age of 63, 67, rode horseback into her campsites and slept on the ground while her other camp mates, other women slept in tents on pallets. >> from a public policy perspective, she also spent much of her years encouraging other young women to incorporate the outdoors and physical activity into their lives, so was just for her, she saw benefit from other young women, at a time when women really weren't doing this. >> there has started to be some interesting women being more physically active. but yes, she really took it what we would call the next step. so there are two areas where she got involved with that, the first area was with the girl scouts, because that was an opportunity for her to promote a lot of outdoor activity, but we would today call camp craft or outdoor crafts such as camping, hiking, learning how to build a campfire, learning how to cook outdoors and join the outdoors. and the oth

anthony fauci holding a fireside chat with stanford university. when he said we might have a coronavirus vaccine. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. >>> good morning and welcome to mornings on 2 , i'm dave clark. >>> and i am claudine wong on this tuesday, july 14 . let's go over to mr. steve paulson who was watching the temperatures. you get my approval for yesterday, not that you were looking for it. >> i don't want you to be uncomfortable. good morning claudine . >>> don't worry, the warmer temperatures will be back. this morning is cooler for just about everyone. even out to vacaville and brentwood and antioch. we have low clouds and it is cooler. 62 in the city and the average high has gone down. the record was 92 and 1972 and 40 in 1902. sunrise at 6:00 a.m. . low clouds and fog and i don't think they will go far. ellen temperatures near average to below, which is not something we were saying a couple of days ago. they were way above. over to allie, it looks like she has been busy. nothing new, is that the case? >> nothing new,

an investigation is underway at stanford university after 2 swastikas were drawn on campus. university officials say that the graffiti was discovered monday on a hallway wall and the campuses memorial church. now in a statement stanford's president condemned the act calling the swastika symbol of hate antisemitism that has no place on campus staff to leave the let the vandalism could have occurred as early as july 4th show the july 4th weekend authorities are investigating the incident as a hate crime. well happening now firefighters are trying to contain a growing brush fire check this out it was grown to at least 240 acres in the angeles national forest, the la county fire department says that the flames started yesterday afternoon in a remote area with heavy brush about 100 firefighters and 2 helicopters responded to the scene. they're still dealing with some of the steepest terrain in the and in the triple digit heat by the way. the fire dubbed the dam fire is only 10% contained this morning. no buildings are threatened so far no one has been hurt. well coming up next on

metabolism and obesity at u c san francisco in 2019 chen song conducted neurological research at stanford university in 2019. and chi chi zhao conducted research at indiana university. the 4th person charged to the d o j believes is still inside the chinese consulate in san francisco is one tank who conducted research in the department of radiation oncology at u c davis from january to june of this year. and this could just be the beginning the fbi is said to have been to 25 american cities and have interviewed visa holders there. all of those folks they've interviewed are suspected of doing the same thing concealing links to the chinese military. live at the chinese consulate in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news dan thank you for that. >>and coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 5 after holding firm for weeks president trump has canceled the republican national convention in jacksonville. why he says now is not the time also at 5.30 new details about last week's twitter hack users whose accounts were hacked also have their direct messages compromise and after the break the restaurant industry has

decision whether fall sports could be played in the spring will be made at another date >>> stanford university is cutting a third of their varsity sports and ohio state suspended teamworkouts after their last round of covid testing >>> renewed concern about dire shortages of protective gear doctors in houston are already reusing n-95 masks for up to 15 days the trump administration is pushing to get students back in school >> reporter: president trump is escalating his push for schools to reopen. >> learning by computer is not as good as learning in the classroom. we want our schools open in the fall >> reporter: earlier complaining about the cdc's voluntary guidelines for reopening schools blasting them as very tough and expensive. they're asking schools to do impractical things hours later the white house announced the cdc will issue new recommendations next week. >> we don't want the guidance from cdc to be the reason why schools don't reopen >> reporter: among the recommended policies, keep desks six feet apart, closed cafeterias and playgrounds and reinforce use of cloth face coverings. t

former stanford university medical center chief of neuro-radiology dr.tt atlas sounding the alarm. >> i never hear anyone talk about the harms of closing schools. finish the harms are against the children. anyone who prioritizes children would open the schools. james: a new report from the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine says that school districts should prioritize reopening. especially for younger kids who need in-person instruction and who face little risk from the virus. the report adds that not being in school creates its own health problems because, for better or worse, many kids now rely on schools for health care. the report notes school nurses conduct screenings, administer medications, address acute injuries and illnesses and help students get needed cower. they also -- care. they also help prevent disease outbreaks by tracking immunization requirements and monitoring health trends. another area of contention is the wearing of face masks. wall with mart is now requiring -- walmart is now requiring all customers to have t

chen song conducted neurological research at stanford university in 2019. and chi chi zhao conducted research at indiana university. the 4th person charged to the d o j believes is still inside the chinese consulate in san francisco is one tank who conducted research in the department of radiation oncology at u c davis from january to june of this year. and this could be just the beginning the fbi has been to more than 25 us cities interviewing visa, holders that they also suspect. >>of concealing their links to the chinese military. at the chinese consulate in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well meanwhile, china's ordering the u.s. to close its consulate in the western city of shun too. the demand comes after the u.s. told china that it must close its consulate in houston. that's in do consulate is one of 6 the u.s. has in china, including the u.s. embassy in beijing. assessing side in alameda is close after being open only one day the brand new testing site is at the marina village area. it was closed because of a problem with insurance liability

stanford university has one of the most successful athletic programs in the entire country.today he announced they are cutting 11 varsity sports from that program. athletic director bernard pierce said the pandemic only added to the growing deficit for the program forcing them to cancel 11 sports listed. 240 student athletes learned their fate on a zoom call this morning, current scholarships will still be honored for students that want to remain at stanford. my first reaction was shock and awe, but it turned into a lot of disappointment and frustration and anger as well. you know i felt like this is very disrespectful to all the athletes that have really you know, given their time and exemplified the best out of the student athlete that they possibly can. >> meanwhile, the ivy league is canceling or postponing all their fall sports for 2020 and the winter sports won't begin until january at the earliest. and jim harbaugh acknowledging the possibility of college football season being canceled but for now he is preparing as if michigan will be on the field this fall. >> covid

, like most other american universities, once had a robust and mandatory civics curriculum. today stanford, like most other american universities, is derelict in its duty to offer its citizens anything like a civic education. we do a terrific job, i think i can say this in all honesty, in training students to be productive members of society, in economic terms. we do a miserable job in giving them the understanding and skills that justice roberts spoke of. research universities like stanford and research institutes, like hoover, have the resources, the material and intellectual capital to be leaders in the essential work of designing an advanced civic education curriculum for the 21st century. we've not been doing our duty for a long time. and it's past time to take up the slack. a university level civics education can and should go far beyond the nuts and bolts of high school civics into much greater -- greater depth than the set of facts that must be mastered to pass the united states naturalization test. today university students need to be able to answer deep questions, what makes the

stanford university, shoutout to that young man. >> i went to cal but he deserves it because he got five rbis or something crazy like that. i also have to ask you, we have about 40 seconds left for now, but what's it like, oracle park with no fans present. how you going to pump yourself up? >> well, i have to say, that's my happy place. it didn't feel like any time had passed at all. >> that's awesome. i'm going to hold you right how about poor fred wilson? what a shame. so soon after retiring. i hear his wife needed help with the funeral expenses. that's ridiculous! -he had social security. -when my brother died, his wife received a check from social security, all right-- for $255! the funeral costs were well over $8,000. how on earth did she pay for it? fortunately, my brother bought additional life insurance -before he retired. -whew! i bet that cost a pretty penny, huh? not with colonial penn. coverage options start at just $9.95 a month. less than 35 cents a day. i have it myself. we both do. -both of you? -that's right. neither of us had to answer any health questions or take a phy