>>> self centering the universe. thanks to data from a nasa orbiter called the shandra x-ray observatory, the scientists have just confirmed the existence of mysterious dark matter that holds the universe together. this finding and a galaxy of others since the late 19 90s makes it possible for astro physicists to understand the very essence of the universe. what does science tell us about our place in the cosmos? where do we fit in to the universe? in the first of a two-part series, we'll ask the authors of the view from the center of the universe, dr. joel primack and nancy ellen abrahams. if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. tother we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metl

why complex life is uncommon in the universe. isn't there an unnecessary degree of presumes build into the title meaning that if we have 200 billion stars in our solar system, and then you multiply that by the mere infinity number of other solar systems, in the universe how can you even -- how can you feel justified entitled a book "rare earth: why complex life is uncommon in the universe." you have no way of knowing it. >> how much time do you have. i can explain the many reasons why we said that may be the case. we think many of the statements that are present -- estimates that are present about how common intelligence life my be are wildly overestimated and a lot of this is simple an ateam by to us show there are many other factors one was to take into account besides those that are traditionally used an entire astronomical. one you mentioned, the numbers is the one we see the most of. >> do you want to comment on what peter waters just said? >> i would say that the important thing is that we can go out and begin to search for

the group was led by ohio university in the u.s. the crocodile has molars and sharp, pointed front teeth, traits found in mammals, then moreptiles. the researchers speculate the creature lived on land in the southern hemisphere. they also think it fed on insects and small animals before mammals thrived. the discovery will be published in the british journal "nature," to be issued on thursday. >>> russia says raging wildfire there's have killed at least 48 people and destroyed nearly 2,000 houses. the disaster comes amid a month-long record heat wave, which has sparked dozens of fires in the west and center of the country. on wednesday president dmitry medvedev dismissed several senior naf yoifsers for failing to stop forest fires fren guflg a naval hangar in the moscow suburbs. forecasters say the rain is still some way off. the russian government is trying to halt the fire from spreading to streenltly important facilities including a nuclear research center. >>> the u.n. is warning that floods ravaging pakistan could cause outbreak

every new discovery we made in space has shown we know less about the universe. that's job security so it's really great. the next decade we're going to revolutionize biology and find out where else life exists in the universe and something about how it started. second thing we do is help people on earth. nasa got the data and got the understanding that enables us to begin to deal with climate change and global warming. in addition the first a in nasa stands for arrow nonics. we need to make carbon neutral and carbon free airplanes. huge new industry. the third thing and where all of the controversy is our human space flight program. that's at a really interesting point. we're on the verge of settling the solar system. that's incredibly exciting. there's a lot of argument about how to do that. one approach was to rebuild "apollo." it turned out to be too expen expensi expensive. we have to invent a new way to do it. one of the key things about the new way is we're not going to go to just one destination. we'll go to the moon and asteroids and to mars. that's the p

absolutely not. >> we asked the university of phoenix's president, dr. bill pepicello why our hidden camera caught this same false promise. the same thing happens, a different recruiter, university of phoenix, if i come and pay all this money, can i teach? absolutely. 100%, 100%. >> well, no change in that particular instance. that's absolutely -- it's indefensible. it's unacceptable. and you know, we deal with those cases immediately. as they come up. >> he said they're investigating these cases. and taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> believe you me, no one here has not gone to school because of financial aid. >> and the government has been doing its own investigation into for-profit schools like the university of phoenix. >> a lot of people have student loans but the best thing about it, it's not like a car note where if you don't pay, they're going to come after you. >> in several cases, recruiters told undercover agents you're not penalized if you don't pay a federal student loan back. >> you look at, i owe $85,000 to the university

a professor of political science at the university of tehran so the i.a.e.a. and the u.n. security council view the development of these centrifuges as an act of defiance of their concerns justified and no one knows the true nature of your strategy here. i don't think anyone should be alarmed. by latest iranian. drive towards your in your enrichment because twenty percent uranium enrichment which the war please a hearing about is not anything new iran announced a few rounds back that it needs twenty percent enriched uranium for its experimental reactor which by the way it was actually built by the american about forty years ago and it uses twenty percent enriched uranium it's product of. radioactive medicine for four cancers patients and for agricultural products iran actually was always provided that the twenty percent enriched uranium for this particular reactor by the international atomic agency but because of the sanctions and because of the dispute between between iran and five plus one iran has not been given. the twenty percent enriched uranium so iranian eritrea th

ah, both the university of delaware and the national renewable energy laboratory have demonstrated, experimentally, a 42% efficient cell. that's a game changer. we also are likely to see in the bio-energy area that we are going to find ways to get a sugar based, ah, fuel, and out of that we're going to be able to combine electricity and a, ah, low, no-carbon, ah, option on the liquid fuel side that will give us, ah, solutions in the, in the transportation sector. so i have my eye out on those two. ah, wind will continue to play a very important role and my hope is that we will do a much better job on the energy efficiency side than we have to date. >> well, u.s. energy policy obviously intersects with u.s. foreign policy on a number, a number of levels. ah, we spoke with some of our other experts on this issue. let's, ah, have a listen. >> informed, intelligent leaders in places like saudi arabia, in places like, ah, ah, brazil, they're aware of the decarbonizing efforts underway, whether it's the u.s. or europe or other places. they're not very worried. they're not very worried because they know

well the first few nanoseconds after the big bang the whole universe was in a very tiny place it was very hot and it was composed of many different things some of which we don't know what we can do with the sea is create conditions in a very small space that are like that first nano second and look at what nature was like right at the beginning of the universe that tells us more about what the universe is made of and how it's put together and in many ways we can't do that without making these experiments to recreate those conditions because maîtresse so cold now thirteen billion years after the big bang so we have to do something to recreate that early early conditions to get access to see things that were there right at the creation the start of our universe evolving ok and in line and also all right let's say what we just heard you know we can find out we can find out those things with these experiments so what yeah so what. well i mean first of all it's basic science and basic science has always been an imperative for human beings we always wonder to understand our own environment

we feel the university has circumvented ceqa, and, i am sorry, i am a little nervous, and as i say, we would like to have better notification of the meetings, and i am absolutely opposed to this development. we will be having the university building on one side of us within 100 feet, and if this project goes throughp, ark merced, -- goes through, park merced, we will be a demolitions and for many years. this is part of a historic preservation projects. chair maxwell: a queue. -- thank you. >> we are giving away the golf course, right? you are giving away the soccer fields. you are handing is over. items three, four, and five today are tied together, ok? what they are about is expanding students in san francisco. now, let me give you two words. impactees? how many state? -- impact fees? why do they not pay an impact fee for living in the housing? koran under $50 million, the only homegrown, family business in san francisco -- note -- are you going to do that? i doubt it. give away the golf course. chair maxwell: any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervis

which has been something that's been an ongoing need for the university to complete with us. we were also informed that the department may issue notices the of violation with respect to properties, and in current use and in those identified in the i.m. p. so just briefly what's happened since then, the letter was sent, the department has convened a coordinated interdevelopmental task force. i jeffrey -- i just need to give christine credit for thfment they have visited all academy properties and all the code violations -- not just about the planning code but the city's code with respect to building code and fire code and all that. they have a detailed report on that. all outstanding environmental information has been transferred to us. we now have sufficient information to proceed twt e.i. r. we expect in the nex few months we will have the notice and scoping period for the e.i.r. to proceed. i know you have had concerns about housing. the housing that is within three different types of use classifications for the code. one is tourist hotels and then there are residential hote

could offer it does years competition it seems on the moscow state technical university mommy managed to make it to town before many of the german schools and is quickly working to reconstruct and fine tune their automobile after its long trek across the continent everything's been carefully calculated in advance but that works wasted if you can't come to get. on the track. of the engineers it mummie changed about their design to improve over last year the main target has been shedding precious pounds from the cars. to achieve this they build the frame out of twenty to fifty kilograms over two thousand and nine in the engine they keep the same honda c.b.r. six hundred four motorbike four cylinder switched to a lighter single cylinder engine cost efficiency evaluation. intake and exhaust systems from scratch and incorporated an additional control unit to optimize fuel combustion giving them a boost from forty to seventy five horsepower the braking system uses the same pads and cylinders which switch to discs from honda to home made to be more economical they managed. by changin

here is our second group of semi-finalists-- a senior from the university of michigan... a senior from dartmouth college... and a junior from yale university... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. leah, this is "jeopardy!"-- not "so you think you can dance."

that we're maybe maybe not creating a black hole that will swallow the world up in the rest of the universe but i mean we really you guys are really on the edge here is a is what are the chances that something could go wrong that you would you would find out something that you never expected and you know in my limited knowledge of this studying for the program you guys are really out there on the edge. you mean what could happen in terms of the end it seemed functioning and something happening that changes what i was saying isn't the real guy or you guys on a large has everything been thought about that you could discover or uncover or trigger well peter i'm a journalist so i talk to the scientists to find out they have been thinking about these things and as far as i can be you get that sure go ahead jordan. go ahead i mean i think one of the reasons we do scientists is to find out what's out there and in fact we have some ideas of what might be there but we don't know all the answers and by studying we find new things and you know some time later we actually understand what it all means w

the course in under twenty minutes for an average of less than sixty seconds a lap team delft the university of michigan in the middle east to reno took the top three spots ending their hard working week on a high note i think one is very important to take home this experience. we have money and we go. no you have to. go to the people coming up with the last laps completed in the tanks check for fuel efficiency the formula student cars have done all they could while the teams hustled their vehicles and equipment to trailers and clear out the pits is handshakes among teammates and new friends and rumors about who get the most nods from the judges with everybody cleared out and a bit freshen up we climb atop the pits to hear who's taking home the trophy. you can see the word ceremony is where the we will come off or at least where the glasses raise up their speedsters having spoken for themselves now it's time to celebrate the very good so very nice things to you you are a great spirit we have a great event here say a lot about. we became a little tiny does it seem that we now know what mistak

the stars. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, we're going to begin here tonight in the gulf of mexico. specifically with a reality check on just how much of the oil released into the water from that bp deepwater horizon well is still there. as you may know, the government's been reporting that only about 25% of the oil from that still remains. but is that at all accurate? and in plain english, did anybody really think 90 days worth of crude oil was just somehow slowly vanishing? our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in venice, louisiana once again for us. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, at the heart this is a number's game. and all sides on this issue admit no one knows for sure exactly how much oil is left in the gulf of mexico. but tonight there are clues about where some of it has gone. pictures of an increasingly blue gulf seem to support the obama administration claim two weeks ago. >> the vast majority of the oil has either evaporated or b

there are talks about the universities in barcelona with ours. sharing production with the our pride in barcelona. there are many examples of that nature. but something that is special to me, as a gay man, and i see my partner in the audience -- is the commitment to civil rights and the very special committee that that barcelona has played to the lgbt community. those of you who watched the movie "milk" remember the same how there was a protest in barcelona in the days of franco inspiring activists like harvey milk to say that we will be treated equally. that connection has been in place for decades. when i visited barcelona, i was impressed by

steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are having this session, if you have questions, feel free to write them down, and the ushers will get them some you. at the end of the discussion, we will have a question and answer session. dr. richards, it is my understanding you have some personal experience in this area. i would ask you to share your experiences with us and tell us about the barriers that exist for people who have a criminal record. >> i'm a convicted felon. i'm an ex-con. and i'm a professo

so the university of georgia scientists just ran their own numbers, put a different conjecture on this data than the government did and came up with a more depressing picture. the university of south florida, they actually did some research out in the gulf and what they did was went down into a deep campion near florida and found what they believe to be but haven't proved to be oil on the bottom and evidence that the oil in the water wassing to stick to these tiny creatures at the base of the marine food chain. >> brown: chris reddy, where do you and your team come down on the extent of the problem? >> i'm going to speak personally as somebody who studies oil spills. these estimates that are coming out, they are estimates, and they're not the end. you know, these estimates are going "time" prove and get more refined with time. the government has collected many outstanding samples that... around the gulf and when these samples are finally analyzed and it's not because of the government being lackadaisical or anything like, that it just takes a long time to get good data. it's not like t

norman francis is the longest tenured university president in the nation. in late august of 2005, the rising waters of the train would forever change his city, is university, and his life -- the rising waters of katrina would forever change his city, his university, and his life. it is summer, so it is peaceful around here. one cannot look at the surroundings and everything and think there was a storm that came through here five years ago. >> it is strange. we came back. there was 6 feet of water all along these buildings. this canal to the left overflowed. you cannot see the bridge that we're going to pass. tavis: this canal is in part responsible for so much of the water that hit the school? >> correct, and this broke further down by the lake. when the canal broke, the water that was supposed to be going into the lake went down and the like water came in. so that is the water that really started to flood this whole area. we talk about this catastrophe, but many people call it manmade, because the levees broke. not just flooded, but they broke, because the

city it's also a very young city we have twenty percent the population of. six universities under a very vibrant. inventing it's of course it's a different culture of course the climate is pretty harsh around. but the people here are very friendly. people always rushing around. very nice people so this is the real rush for the. phrase often in my trips around russia and this really is a city full of characters i wanted to find more top six history there's one place here which deals with the city's time. stalin's great terror of the nineteenth literally thousands of people were imprisoned and killed in thompson many of them lie buried underneath the stones this park is now a memorial to them and i'm going to visit the first museum in russia dedicated itself to covering the political repressions. this building was a jail for the k.g.b. predecessors the n.k.v.d. and even known sixty years after the last prisoner walked out of here it's still clawing and claustrophobic. more than fifteen thousand people post through these walls between one hundred twenty three and one hundred fo

education at the university of arkansas medical school. he came back to california it, and he found his spiritual and professional home. he joined the emergency room staff part-time in 1987, and soon, he joined full time in the emergency room and then begin the medical director of the emergency room until his passing. he was known as someone that was loved by patients. he was always someone to help a patient with a challenge that they faced, and he is someone that i knew well. he was an avid runner and a member of the san francisco runners for a very long time. they were together as a couple, and kevin is also a great individual and a great friend, and so i submit this on behalf of brain for a community who loved him and will mess -- miss him. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor dufty. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: to reduce our carbon footprint and our paper usage. i know a great efforts have been made by our founding was madam clerk and others in city hall, but yet, there is a reliance on a preponderant of paper, where i thin

nothing to support the theory let's talk about those scientists the climate research unit at the university of east anglia is one of the world's foremost climate research center is it broken so the news last yeah because it was accused of cherry picking day say in order to prove that manmade global warming was happening there was that an investigation and recently the results of that investigation have been released exonerating the scientists from any wrongdoing saying merely that they could have been a bit more open about the data that they had to where it had come from what do you think about that what did you think when you heard that this so-called inquiry was a war and there's even worse being hidden. crimes i'm going sorts which were not and for new ones not committed by the klan or search in the universities east anglia but more to do with the american operations namely what is called subtle or eight satellite measurements have been grossly overestimating surface temperatures and these gross overestimates which if you believe them would mean that like mitchie can should have boiled d

in latino american studies from the university of california at santa cruz. in 1974, while organizing with the progressive movement in argentina, she was arrested, tortured and ultimately held for 16 months as a political prisoner. a successful grassroots campaign organized by her family and friends, that gained her release in 1976. she is well known for her community activism. she has served in boards, planned parenthood, and leadership san francisco. she became the first executive director of the chicano latino foundation. this organization helps and empowered people so they can go to college. it's a wonderful, wonderful organization that has been doing a lot with so little and that's really because of her commitment and because your heart is there in helping all latinas. that's why you are one of the honorees. let's give her a big round of [applause] ! [applause] >> at this time, i would like to thank a couple of individuals for the true spirit in helping this -- make this a collaborative effort. we have organizations, we have a mexican restaurant and those

. >> scientists at the university in greenwich have been placed in one of the most important life- saving discoveries. their intention of an artificial cow has been ranked alongside the discovery of dna because of its use in fighting sleeping sickness we have seen the work in practice in uganda. >> they are treating people suffering from sleeping sickness. it is a disease that only affects africa, but it kills tens of thousands of people each year. >> they normally died. >> scientists at the university of greenwich have developed a weapon against sleeping sickness -- the artificial cow. they do not look like cows, but they smell like it to the cc flyer -- tse-tse fly. it is considered among one of the best lifesaving discoveries of modern times. >> it ranks among dna, fingerprinting, and this is an african problem. >> sleeping sickness kills 3 million head of cattle each year. >> it is one of africa's greatest constraints. it is a very important strategic use. >> whole communities are being screened. it is hoped with the right treatment, it could even be eradicate it. medics say the work

obviously, the universal stuff, i did not know anyone on the left to does not believe in universal health care, more money for jobs and schools, but you have to deal with a specificity. a lot of the stock is not even about what the government has to do. the truth is a lot of the stuff we can do to move forward equity we can do on our own. a lot of it is about the conversations we have in our home. a lot is what we do and do not have our teachers say in their schools. a lot is what employers have to do to step up and realize the role of racism continues to play and the subtle bias we all have internalized plays in evaluating how we see college applicants. if i am going to see this, i am going to try harder to make sure we do not act upon that. the problem is if we do not talk about the internal crises, you cannot check the behavior euan are not aware of. -- you are not aware of. tavis: assess for me how well black leaders are doing the dance with the president. and he is the president, but he is not a member of congress. he is not one of the naacp. he is not running the rainbow coalition.

if that is the case, there is a chance we are not alone in the universe. c news. >> talking of stars, he is number one on most people's lists in the rock-and-roll hall of fame. now jimmy hendrix is getting a memorial in london where he began make his name in a 1960's. the site is a flat where he lived. our correspondent went to take a look. ♪ >> american musicians usually come to britain after they have conquered their home turf. that is not the case with jimi hendrix. he came to london in 1966 with the sole intention of becoming a star. he is the stuff of legend. ascentndrix's creative was achieved in four years. his debut album was released a year after his london arrival, and it showed unique confidence and versatility. >> i met him a few weeks after "hey joe" came out. i met him and we recorded the solos for "ice and fire." that was like the beginning of the psychedelic music. when we came back to the flat, we knew what we could do. ♪ >> hendricks reveled in marion's studio sound effects like -- hendrix reveled in it and marion studio sound effects and

he was admitted to the university across the bay.a consequence, he led the movement for disability rights. that was in 1962. in 1977, the movement really took shape just a stone's throw away in united nations plaza in san francisco. over 100 people assembled and did a set in. they denied access to city buildings. it was the longest sit in in the history of the rights movement. it was through that collective effort and the collective wisdom of those assembled and the leadership of ed roberts that the disability rights movement was born in a formal sense. it brought to the forefront nationally people of all political ideologies to come together. thousands of people assembled when president bush signed the legislation 20 years ago today. i want to celebrate that milestone. i want to it knowledge -- acknowledge those for their wor. it is a fundamental thing that needs to be advanced for those with mobility issues as well as physical challenges. all of us are equal. all of us should be given the same god-given right of full access, full p