she is boston native who recently graduated from syracuse university where she earned a dual degree in political science and policy studies. welcome, ladies, to higher ground. >> thank you for having us. >> my pleasure, indeed. >> tell us, sheryl, what is mass vote, where did it come scene. how and why was it established? >> okay, great. mass vote has been around since 1999. it rose up out of an organization called commonwealth compact, mass vote. and # # came up at the same time. mass vote is a non-partisan voting rights issue advocacy organization, basically we work in communities of color, through mass vote. we have our fair agenda, which is legislation that we advocate for to make voting accessible to everyone. we have a mobilization program , our civic engagement initiative, our main stay is democracy for non-profits and underneath that falls cea, civic engagement initiative, our boston 500 initiative, which is a joint program we're working with the naacp boston branch and mobilization programs. but i'll let andrea tell you about our third program, which is our young civic leaders

the shooting happened just blocks from the syracuse university campus, and right next to student housing. police say they recovered a weapon at the scene. hurricane matthew may have gone back over the ocean but not before leaving destruction in its wake. the super storm killed at least into a post-tropical cyclone. and matthew left a mess behind. there is serious flooding in the carolinas and florida. hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. a thousand people in north carolina had to be rescued -- some by helicopter. meanwhile -- in south carolina -- officials are asking everyone to stay safe and is asking for federal help in cleaning up and rebuilding... parts of the state are still under mandatory evacuations because of flooding. buses are being provided to take people to one of several shelters set up outside the potential flood zone. more than a week after the crash that killed a young mother and injured more than 100 people -- the hoboken train terminal is re-opening. this is new video of the hoboken terminal this morning where partial service has resumed the fi stat

new poll by military times in institute for veterans syracuse university show that is trump is a clear favorite among military vote for him. but recent allegations of assault are hurting his image when it comes to military women. and officers. >> nearly 64,000 more floridians will be voting this year thanks to the voter registration deadline extension. some experts say this number has the potential to help swing election in democrats favor. florida democratic party knows what it was doing when it was when it sued for the extension. during the last presidential election, democrats out days of the period by thousands. but don't count republicans out just yet. they believe their years long push to get more voters will most likely even things out. >>> men and women have been fighting for their freedom to vote for decades recently a string of national anthem protests players refusing to stand up for that song. but one college football player wanted to stand and show his respect. and he did it alone. this is a photo of standing on sidelines of game the entire football game decided to stay in

a law professor at syracuse university, she wrote me and told me, "i have just seen hamilton and it is astounding." she writes a lot of of the in whichand the period the constitution was written in, and there's a lot to be said about what this could mean for americans today. i published that. meanwhile, everybody on the other side of the political aisle was falling before the of the music,iter the book, the lyrics and was the star of it. by the time i saw it, in the winter, last winter, you know, it was as though, it was essentially the one thing that people would say, have you seen hamilton? really? i'm not going to see it until july. how was it? who is the best one in a? like that. mr. lamb: let me interrupt to show you a couple of clips of phd's who ares, met andns, who have talked about hamilton. we have had people here that have talked about it on both sides. you are not an academic. there is beginning to be a sense of unhappiness amongst some of the academics about hamilton. professor from the city university of new york, graduate center. first of all, he is talking about the pro

a law professor at syracuse university, she wrote me and told me, "i have just seen hamilton and it isounding." and i would like to write about it because she writes a lot about the founders and the period in which the constitution was written in, and there's a lot to be said about how it talks about the constitution and what this could mean for americans today. i published that. meanwhile, everybody on the other side of the political aisle was falling before the feet of lin manuel miranda, who wrote the music, the book and the lyrics and was the star of it. by the time i saw it, in the winter, last winter, you know, was the oneough it thing that people would say, have you seen hamilton? really? i'm not going to see it until july. how was it? who is the best one in it? like that. brian: let me interrupt to show you a couple of clips of some professors, phd's who are historians, who have met and talked about "hamilton." we have had people here that have talked about it on both sides. you are not an academic. john: no. brian: but there is beginning to be a sense of unhappiness amongst so

university of virginia, ucal, northwestern.even. >> >> vassar. >> carnegie mellon. >> duke, syracuse. >> u. chicago. >> mit and university of california. >> >>eorgetown. >> and there are lots of others. but still, getting into a good college can be daunting. to give us some advice, we're joined by jason ma. he's a college prep coach, as well as the author of the book "young leaders 3.0." hi, jason. >> hi. thanks for inviting me. >> how important is it to get into one of the top colleges? >> i think it would depend on your own ambition and your aspirations. if you want to really go for to have to work a lot smarter and harder in preparation. but a lot of kids are happy wi state schools and all that.th and i would advise that don't think about college as your endy goal. it's part of your jour through your, towards your dreams and aspirations. >> is it getting harder every year to get into a top school? >> it is. and i think, it's really largely due to an increasing number of applications per year. while the phical dorm-roomys spaces remain constant, or to increase that much. so, when you have

university of virginia, ucal, even. >> northwestern. >> vassar. >> carnegie mellon. >> duke, syracuse. >> u. chicago. >> mit and university of california. >> stanford. >> georgetown. >> and there are lots of others. but still, getting into a good college can be daunting. to give us some advice, we're joined by jason ma. well as the author of the book "young leaders 3.0." hi, jason. >> hi. thanks for inviting me. >> how important is it to get into one of the top colleges? >> i think it would depend on your own ambition and your aspirations. if you want to really go for getting into the super-elite schools here, then you are going to have to work a lot smarter and harder in preparation. but a lot of kids are happy with state schools and all that. and i would advise that don't goal. it's part of your journey through your, towards your dreams and aspirations. >> is it getting harder every year to get into a top school? >> it is. and i think, it's really largely due to an increasing number of applications per year. while the physical dorm-room spaces remain constant, or fairly similar -- it's not

she went on not only to finish high school but has gone on to syracuse university, got to study abroad. today, she is a counselor in connecticut. it was that exposure that helped her working and gave us an example where to go. those are the kind of things that we can see really happening. she is just one example of what we can see over the years with the involvement as an adult. she tells a young person that i believe in you and i care about what you are doing. i care and that potential and that belief motivates us and drives us very high. >> i wonder whether this emphasis on mentorship, does this fit within any of the data points that you looked at. >> it is very interesting during this conversation. i think it is absolutely born out in the data. traditionally, when people think about improving education in the united states, there is a lot of focus on the dollars that we kind of throw at the problem. i think that's probably not the right way to look at it. as this conversation kind ofily luofily illustrates. the u.s. spends more per student in terms of dollars like many other countri

a law professor at syracuse university, she wrote me and told me, "i have just seen "hamilton," it is astounding." she writes a lot about the founders and the period in which the constitution was written, and there's a lot to be said about how it talks about the constitution and what this could mean to americans today. i published that. meanwhile, everybody on the other side of the political aisle was falling before the feet of lin manuel miranda, who wrote the book, the lyrics, and was the star of it. by the time i saw it, in the winter, last winter, you know, it was the one thing that people would say, "have you seen 'hamilton'?" really? i'm not going to see it until july. how was it? who is the best one in it? brian: let me interrupt to show you a couple of clips of some professors, ph.d.'s, who are historians, who have met and talked about "hamilton." we have had people here that have talked about it on both sides. you are not an academic. there is beginning to be a sense of unhappiness amongst some of the academics about "hamilton." here is a professor from the city university of

built an international reputation of applied economic policy and began his career at columbia university at syracuse became a professor of economics and social director them long before that he happens to be right next but the second panelist dr. bernstein he is been there since may 2011 served 2009 as the chief economist and economic advisor and is well-known to many of you as director of the white house tax force policy is areas of expertise of income inequality and the analysis. with a co-author of numerous books including the latest uniting growth and prosperity. the frequent on air commentator and holds a ph.d. from columbia university the third panelist is a resident fellow at american enterprise institute. there he studies health care of u.s. budgetary policy health and retirement programs. he had many years of public service serving as associate director 2001 through 2004. and responsible for the portfolio of health care social security, welfare and a senior fellow of the public policy center and from duke university and a b.a. and government from notre dame. we currently have the chief econ