yellow tuft of lisa for centuries this humble plant was useless to the farmers just a week but now it's the big hope for a better future. for the them a bone that they don't want to be in the past we tried growing corn here we had we beings too but it just wasn't profitable. so we simply stopped farming the land. as you can see many had tears of land have been left uncultivated it was just not worth it here because the ground has so few nutrients that the harvest doesn't even cover your costs. and. instead the farmers are working with the elisa the plant is what's known as a nickel hyper accumulator which means it draws nickel out of the ground the farmers can then sell the metal and in 20 years the nickel levels in the ground could be depleted enough to allow food crops to grow. agricultural scientist. is heading up the project she uses a handheld x. ray unit to see how the crop is doing i'm checking the nickel content in different plant pots and the most interesting part is the leaves so the leaf between one percent and 2 percent nickel. the harvest is a success the plants are left ou

and the athletic teams at tufts are to this day known as the jumbos. in 1955 that building burned down. >> [inaudible]. >> what is it? 75. oh okay, if it's in my book, i need to fix that. i'm sorry, you look very young. i didn't mean to imply -- it's 75. the building burned down anyway and the elephant carcass was destroyed. >> if you go to the website, it's still listed as a founding trustee, on tufts website. who was next? >> i should say he gave money to other universalists institutions too, st. lawrence college and one other, i think. >> barnum was quite the globe trekker from his time. could you tell us an anecdote from one of his uncommon adventures? >> i guess one of the -- one sort of defining moment in barnum's life was he took tom thumb to england with the -- his sole plan for selling tom thumb in england was to introo intro -- introduce him to queen victoria. he had no reason to believe he would have access to queen victoria and indeed didn't have access to her for a while, but managed to work on various people and later met the queen. later

he studied with legendary adam olam, and that tufts with old friend of mine. she left washington after some 24 or 25 years, and now he's a professor at, in florida, at the program for human rights and diplomacy at florida international university and the move is shrouded in mystery, because few people do that, but, perhaps, he will tell us. one day, we will have some declassified information that will allow us to figure out why time,t washington at this just in may of this year, and he has a very nice suntan, as you can tell. so i don't know if he actually works there. i suspect the people in florida have better things to do. but he is very active. he has an op-ed in "the ," which, ipost think, we have copies available as you leave, printed out, enough copies for everybody. it's that get in the paper but it's on the internet and i suspect it will be the next day hopefully in the paper itself. just briefly, after 25 25 years -- what he did in these 25 years in washington, he worked extensively in the state department. he was a deputy assistant secretary of stat

they work in the tuft -- their work in the tough district of warsaw is aimed at making soccer a more inclusive sport. >> football for everyone. this warsaw club was founded on a simple premise. the priority is not to fight for trophies but rather for inclusion. that is what earned them the grassroots award. everyone is welcome regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or fitness level. the club's name translates to "bad alternative sports club." the women's team captain hopes their story can inspire others. >> it would be nice if our team atmosphere in the stands and on the field would spread to other clubs so that the mood was nice and courteous and everyone could feel at home cheering on their team here and elsewhere. >> with the award officially in their hands, fans and players can be assured that club bad is doing good work. brent: after a shoho b bak, i will be back to take you through "the day." ♪ . 51% presented by and it. twenty four twenty four .com. nine pm here in the french capital youou watchingg live from paris france twenty four until bush's wilson these are

at harvard he studied with the legendary adam olamb and in tufts with solitary and old friend of mine, indeed. >> he left washington after, ana professor at -- in florida, at -- at florida international university, and that's a move that is shrouded in mystery, because few people do that, but perhaps he will tell us one day. we will maybe have some declassified information that will now allow us to figure out why he left washington, just in may of this year, and he is a very nice suntan, as you can tell. i don't know if he actually works -- i suspect that people in florida have better things to do. but he is very active, he has an op-ed in the washington post, which i think we have copies available as you leave, printed out enough copies for everybody, it's not yet -- i suspect it will be tomorrow the next day, hopefully, in the paper, and just briefly, what he did in these 25 years in washington, he worked extensively in the state department, deputy assistant secretary of state for eurasia, including ukraine and russia, of course, he was also an assistant secretary for democracy and

customers in northern and central california. úaffected areas include napa an sonoma counties where the tuftsfire in 2017 cited neighbors like coffee park in santa rosa. the utility giant shut off power to parts of counties -- 34 counties to reduce the risk of wildfires in ndy conditions. according to cal fire, majority of the states destructive while wildfires have happened in octothber. joining me now areanthony to bot h of yoa u, cox welcome sense of how this wildfire season is a shaping up compared to lt year with the camp fi and now we are approaching november, which was when the camp fire broke outeain y november. that's right. in comparison to the last few years we experienced under 200,000 acres of land burned in california. this time last year, we were overllion acres of land burned, a relatively mild season in comparison to the . fsolame ew ther sweats year s that's due to the rain and much we haven't had earlier into the year. hover we are now to the titend to get fefiysinre th infr meatthe e ba an d now in southern california some of the largest fires we es pp hareti aartost have

customers in northern and central california. úaffected areas includepa and sonoma counties where the tuftsfire in 2017 decimated neighbors like coffee park in santa rosa. the utility giant shut off power to parts of 35 counties -- 34 counties to reduce the risk of wildfires in windy conditions. according to cal fire, the majority of the states destructive while wildfires haveappened in october. joining me now are anthony sehgal and jonathan cox welcome to both of you, jonathan i want to begin with you give us a sense of how this wildfire season is a shaping up compared to last year with the camp w fi and we are approaching november, which was when the camp fire broke out, in early november. >> that's right. in comparison to the last few years we experienced u 200,000 acres of land burned in california. this time last year, we were re over 1 million of land burned, a relatively mild season in comparison to the last few. maybe the biggest reason for that because we have some more steers that we haven't had in the last two years that's due to the rain and much we haven't had earlier into the

sam harris, christopher hitchens has passed on and daniel, a philosopher at tufts university, they call them the four horseman of the atheist apocalypse but their aggressive and angry. the old '80s and of the 20th century was much more live and let live. the idea i can't believe but if you want to believe that your business and is probably good for you and probably good for society. the new atheist will have none of this. they will say i don't believe that i'm going to make sure no one else believes either and i want a crusade to try to destroy effluence faith. part of it is playing off that of the new atheists that i'm not talking at the last days, the latter-day saints. i'm trying to broaden the scope of apologetics. you have a catholic tradition the prospective st. thomas aquinas in which to make philosophical argument for the existence of god. i'm sure if a with these arguments, the argument for design, a whole range things st. then you have a protestant tradition which focuses on the text to remember martin luther taught this idea, the bible is the ultimate authority so find eviden

rebel held province of idlib killing 2 people and injuring many more strikes hit the rebel held by tufte on ars airports and a refugee camp near by. meanwhile turkish president tayyip russia says he will discuss turkey's offensive in northern syria with his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week he also warned ankara would quote implement its own plans if a solution was not reached a truce in northern syria is largely holding despite accusations from both kurdish forces and turkey of violations. catalans pro independence leader. has called for talks with the spanish government following a day of violent protests on friday at least 60 people were injured in the riots half a people marched through the city over the jailing of one separatist leaders for their role in catalonia has failed independence bid 2 years ago. as more from barcelona. or just in front of the exterior of the spanish national police headquarters this was the site really where the troubles started last night between the rioters and the law enforcement officials here as well it was a trigger point the police have ma

mentally lou is is joining now now police say it's the pastor himself who is in serious condition at tufts. a friend says his church new england pentecostal ministries you to be in law and that he's been a pillar of the local black community there for decades a lot of people in the community. look to a bishop show for leadership. >>african americans year on preaching. he really really believes god. if looking out for >>now the senior assistant attorney general says the bride is in good condition tonight and that gunshot wound will not require surgery. the suspect is now facing a number of charges. a look into the lives of calm. >>heard something on the border of syria and turkey have families there are dealing with the ongoing war. i'm tracking a cooler air at this evening with widespread 40's and even some patchy frost possible in parts of the north bay and the highest peaks. michael climate monday forecast in just a few minutes. announcer: time magazine reports: "the new american addiction. how juul hooked kids and ignited a public health crisis." other news outlets report- juul took $12

cautious because just two years ago in this same area 22 people were killed in what's known as the tuftscuees are obviously and understandably emotional. >> i'm a little tired because it's very emotional, it's very wearing on you, you know? just going through it and watching other people go through it. >> when the fire started coming down the hill and the smoke came with it, right? couldn't breathe. >> financial documents expect phone numbers we need, birth certificates, that was really it. and lots of diapers. >> reporter: the kincaide fire is the biggest in the state charring 30,000 acres and destroying 79 buildings including 31 homes. it has 3,000 firefighters working it. the goal is to have it contained by november 7th. so many people in the state are affected by fires in different ways. a grass fire in vallejo shut down interstate 80. 2.3 million people are without power because the utility pg&e proactively put in place blackouts to avoid the wind bringing down charged power lines and starting more fires. but the governor is still not satisfied. >> difficult calls, professionals nee

tufts university recently released some interesting data about student voting.ns in 2018 doubled from 19% to 40%, it doubled. so now you've got a cohort going into the 2020 election who have a very different viewpoint on economic policy and it's more far left economic policy. i actually think that could translate into u.s. policy over the next four to eight years. neil: i don't know what's more remarkable there, dave, that a guy from stanford is quoting a tufts survey, or that we have to really worry about that. always great having you, professor. thank you for taking the time. >> yes, sir. neil: a quick peek at what's turning things around for stocks, up about 56 points. doesn't hurt that apple is putting in a good day, flirting in and out of near record territory but again, we are following this very very closely. apple, remember, had to ramp up production of its new iphones by about 10% because contrary to a lot of critical reports, a lot of people are getting them and they want them like now. after this. 2,000 fence posts. 900 acres. 48 bales. all before lun

current tufts cooler. 52 in vallejo. 58 in hayward. 45 in santa rosa. on the coast 46.n the 70s yesterday. 20 degrees cooler that's what happens when the winds back off. it's calm calm out there. chance for the atmosphere to cool and that cooler air did descending into the lower efrlgss. 10 degrees cooler in oakland. a lot of twinkling lights out there. cooler and hazy conditions tonight. strong gusty winds tonight through tomorrow. looking at high fire danger throughout the weekend. this is our scale indicating when the fire danger will be its highest. tonight by 9:00 where the winds beginning by the delta up by discovery bay up through napa, and then they begin to get stronger and spread through the diablo range, the rest of sonoma, this is 4:00 sunday morning. the strongest winds should be at sunrise, which is about 7:00 tomorrow. and as we continue this into 7:00 in the morning you notice we have the darker shades to the north. but certainly breezy to windy on the peninsula. and here is a look at the winds in-mile-per-hour as we get to 4:00 tomorrow morning. we have

structures and homes destroyed in this fire but compare that to the more than 5000 destroyed in the tufts fire. also more importantly this time around there were no lives lost in the kincade fire. that is now 60% contained. no civilians were injured and county leaders credited this strategic overwhelming firefighter responses part of the reason and also the decision to evacuate 189,000 people in sonoma county i had of the fire. >> i think it was the right thing to do and that's evidenced by no civilian fatalities or injuries. yes, a little bit of traffic. we can put up with that. i think it was definitely unequivocally the right thing to do. >> reporter: two firefighters were injured in the kincade fire. one had minor injuries. the other more serious injuries. that firefighters still recovering at the burn center at uc davis medical center. what did not go right this time around? one supervisor had harsh criticism for pg&e at this meeting and the strain the lack of electricity, water and gas has had on residence, particularly in the western part of sonoma county this week. pg&e said there

our second speaker is professor kerri greenidge, the director of the american studies program at tufts university. she's also the core director of the african american trail project at the center for the study of race and democracy. she has a book coming out in november titled black radical, the life and times of william monroe draw her, and she will be given a top at the nhs when it comes out. and finally, professor david krugler, from the university of wisconsin, the author of multiple volumes of nonfiction, as well as fiction, and including 1919, the year of racial violence, which came out in 2014. you're moderator today is professor robert bellinger, from the department of history, and also director of the black studies program and the clerk direction of african american literature. thank you for joining us. now, professor wirzbicki?. >>. i'm glad you came out to spend some time on this topic. as you've seen, the snow historical topic more pressing than american slavery. i will talk about a very small chunk of that big story, how black and white abolitionists, in the era before the

he was raised in that commonwealth and graduated sue macomb louder from tufts university. he then earned an mma and ph.d. from harvard lunar city where he studied under bernard bail and. he taught at harvard and university of michigan before joining the faculty at brown in 1969, a prolific author, professor would has won numerous awards. in 1970, his book the creation of the american republic, 1776 to 1787 won the bancroft prize and in 1993, his radical a station of the american resolution on the pulitzer prize for history. the american is a shove that german franklin was awarded that how it prized by the boston office club in 2005. his volume in the oxford history of the united states entitled empire of liberty, the history of the early republic, 1789 to 1815 was given the association of american public are shores award for history and biography in 2009. the american history book prize by the new york historical society and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. incidentally, professor would, be heard from your former student jack warren, executive director

. >> somebody to tuft that can give you some perspective.like this and live a full life. >> what's the likelihood those kids behind it get punished. >> i don't know the answer to that the district attorney in his statement said they are still investigating. some people we talked with are concerned that charges may not be filed >> what about the school, though, what about just consequences of the school. >> the school, because of the legal action right now or the investigation going on, the school has said they can't comment. we really don't know what the school is thinking we know they have said they brought in additional counselors but as you heard, some of the students think more needs to be done. >> sound like it. >> we should mention actually this is national bullying prevention month we're going to be covering this issue all month long we'll also have a live interview with monica lewinsky she's going to join us to talk about the anti-bullying campaign she has spearheaded on october 16th >> we're going to head over to mr. roker. you've g

house correspondent for pbs news hour, yamiche alcindor, associate professor of political science at tufts roe, and reporter for the wall street journal rebecca ballhouse, she's here with reporting on how the relationship between william barr and rudy giuliani is straining trump's impeachment defense. good morning to you all, rebecca let me start with your extraordinary piece about this dynamic between the attorney general and rudy giuliani, the president's private attorney. they go back a while. they were both attorneys during the first bush administration, bush years, but they don't have a great relationship now. in fact, according to your reporting, barr is mystified by rudy giuliani going out on tv in defense of the president every night. >> that's right, so what we learned over the course of reporting the story is that back in april barr called the president, and essentially wanted to know why rudy giuliani was in his view squandering the days after the mueller report had come out, not out on tv declaring victory and declaring that the president had been exonerated as the president hi

. >> joining us now, professor of international politics at tuft's university, daniel dresner.isten welker. >> kristen, let me start would with you. president tweeting yesterday he has the absolute right to investigate corruption in other countries. how are they feeling right now with this flood of reports that came through last night? >> well, first, what we expect today, willie, is defiance from the white house. remember, they had gotten document requests from house committees on capitol hill. and the big question swirling around this administration was how would they answer? well, now we are getting our answer. according to a source familiar with the matter telling me overnight that as soon as today the white house is preparing to send a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi saying they're not going to turn over any documents until they hold a vote to officially open an impeachment inquiry. sources here have been saying, look, the bottom line is she held a press conference so we don't have to comply with these document requests. so defiance on the one hand. on the other hand,