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. >> reporter: internet expert josephine wolf is a professor at tufts university. >>> how much should we worry about the internet getting overloaded by everybody at home on video and video chat? >> so far we've been doing pretty well in urban areas of the united states. i think it's reasonable to be concerned some of this real-time video chatting and communication that we're relying on could very soon, if not already, start to experience a certain amount of lag, a certain amountfery our h >> reporter: according to wolf, the internet's path to your home has basically three parts. there are the servers, like the netflix computers that send out our movies. then there are the fat high-speed connections run by service providers like comcast and verizon. >> and then the third part are going to be these lower capacity residential networks, what we sometimes call the last mile of the network that actually gets out to your home. that's the part that most people are concerned about in terms of handling extra capacity. >> the good news is that the internet was really built from the beginning to

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country that has just been plunged into a leadership crisis and confronted with the specter of its nazi tufts medical hand-picked successor and a great crowd karrenbauer has stepped down after her c.d.u. members defied orders and voted with the far right and the german state up to run the us my guest is a c.d.u. parliamentarian who serves on the foreign affairs committee can his party find its soul and its backbone as europe and the world looks to germany to only. moderate he's about to welcome. how could an election in tauranga one of the smallest german states bring down the hand selected successor to angela merkel on an hour or you that week as a party well i don't think so but we have under estimated or the ramifications of touring year or so that we have to recognize that the christian democratic union has lost the elections in this country some months ago and we have not taken serious consequences so this was the 1st mistake inside the party of touring the 2nd mistake was that we have underestimated the role of the parliament. into ring year and 3rd we have underestimated drama law and

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familiar with the discrimination against women in engineering, specifically both of my parents went to tufts university and graduated with degrees in engineering. my mother is a mechanical engineer and my father is a chemical engineer. my mother worked for lock heed when it was lockheed martin. at one point, probably 25 years ago, she was applying to jobs in the mechanical engineering field and she was told that there were two things wrong with her. her age and her sex. >> very interesting. this group of women is different than any other nasa sectors. they were colleagues with the men they worked with. we see that in their early publications. so even in the 1950s and '60s, there were actually including the female computers on their publications. and that was very, very rare. >> hi. so i actually majored in computer science. i have two degrees in computer science. in 2004 it was difficult to get jobs at that time. it was right after 9/11. they weren't hiring people like that. i don't know why but i think there may have been a bit of the softening of the economy. so that could be why. all righ

this is the view from space, the satellite picture and tufts of high cloud through ports of northernnd, northern england, down into the midlands, lower cloud plaguing shetland but otherwise it's fine, it's dry, there is a lot of sunshine out there. it's the warmest day of the week. temperatures in the london area up to 2a, maybe 25 degrees. a little bit cooler around the coast, particularly close to some of the north sea coasts. sea breeze is developing through the rest of the afternoon. through this evening and night we stick with like winds and clear skies in most places but an area of low cloud, mist and fog is likely to work in through the north sea through parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, maybe into east anglia and the midlands. typically between 2-9d and the midlands. typically between 2—9d overnight, parts of eastern scotla nd 2—9d overnight, parts of eastern scotland below freezing and for tomorrow some of the eastern parts of england will start off quite grey, mystic and murky, but that should tend to lift and clear and again you've got lots of dry weather and lots of sunsh

she's currently the interim director at tufts university and co-direct the african-american trail project at the center for study of race and democracy. she is also a very good friend to mhs. one of our speakers in our legacies of 1619 series, helped us work on planning at that series, and she was also the commentator at the seminar last week. so she's a frequent visitor, please join me in welcoming her. [applaus [applause] >> thank you very much. can everyone here me. i wanted to say a special thanks to the historical society. i did most of my research here, combing through archives and taking advantage of the wonderful resources so i thank them for helping me in one of the many places that helped me in the earlest stages of the book. >> i'm going to start by a brief outline why william monroe trotter should be a father, forefather of black radical and deep american thought and i'll get into his biography and background and then i'll open it up for questions. on august 21st, 1902, william monroe trotter led a group of black lawyers, ministers and community leaders to the massachusetts st

of the first class of girls to attend the school of science and the first jewish student to go to tufts university. and worked with speech therapy. education is more than a profession. >> education was very important to her. >> reporter: mark, a professor at uc berkeley says nothing made his mother happier than hearing about the economic accomplishments of kids and grand kids. just below that, her love of music and cooking. although alice's enthusiasm could outpace her talents. >> this is going to send terrible. she thought she was a ber cook than she could. see that wou and she could bring out the matzo balls and they were so hard and rubbery. but we all it a them. >> reporter: he says his mother's battle was brief and peace frl. and one of the grandchildren is now a microbial scientist focusing on the treatment of infectious diseases. >>> the owner of a salon isn't waiting for the governor's permission. today she reopened the salon to customers. she is the owner of hair-indipty. she criticized the guidelines, and mae sheed major adjustments, limbi limbing appointments to long time cus

the number of lab tests can tufted does stay wide is climbing, that's good news that more people are getting tested so what are what about here in the bay area we use the state publi health website to track progress in the hardest hit area. santa clara county that's the most cases you can see here the number of positive cases if we look at the map. it jumps up. at the enof march and then you can see it is now trending down on this case the number of deaths in santa clara county though remains fairly consistent. but it is starting to drop as ll. and again the number of lab test continues to climb more people are being tested. businesses gradually reopening. to tonight there are more than 5200 confirmed cases in the bay area 146 people have died from coronavirus these are the latest numbers in each county and santa clara county there have been 60 deaths, san mateo county has 2115 in san francisco contra costa count has 1123 in alameda county. morain county has 10 and counties all have 2 deaths each from covid-19 and starting on friday, everyone in sonoma county. we'll have to wear face

. >> reporter: you may not have immediately recognized him behind the mask, but the tufts of gray hair and twinkling eyes would eventually give him away. for 27 hours we sat together as he meticulously operated on anais and jayden mcdonald, separating their brains. two children among countless others alive, thriving because of dr. james goodrich. >> you've got to think after all they're your own kids. my god, the christmas cards you get are families you've taken care of for 30 years. like you operate on a child that's just been born, it's a life altering experience for a parent. >> reporter: for anais and jayden's mom, nicole, it was like watching a super hero. >> i'm blessed to say i got to see him with his cape on doing the most complex surgeries anybody could do, but i got to know him with his cape off. >> reporter: we bonded over our shared calling. neurosurgery. in our world, we pretty much all know each other because there are just about 4600 neurosurgeons in the country and we also bonded over our shared love of kids. all kids. >> this is for you and all the work that you've don

and then tufts university professor recounts the life of william monro trotter, a late 19th century civilrights activist who used his wealth and leadership of the african-american newspaper the boston garden to promote racial equality. >> tonight on "the communicators" mark randolph, cofounder of netflix and author of the book, that will never work, shares his experiences starting the online streaming service. >> on april 14, 1998, our cto hit a few keys and we were life. and it didn't take long and we got that first ding and we cheered and we began opening bottles of champagne and then two or three minutes later, ding, ding, ding three more orders. we were so excited and then we got two more orders and in all the excitement we kind of lost track of things until someone noticed that it's been a while since the bell has wrong. is it unplugged? was her problem? it turned out out in the first5 minutes of being online we crashed all of our servers. >> mark randolph tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> you're watching special edition of booktv now airing during the w

he just came off of the ventilator and the nurses -- he's been transferred now to tufts medical centere nurses have helped us to face time with him and he's super tired, as i'm sure you can imagine, but he was able to lift his hand and try to wave at us. so we're feeling really hopeful and positive. >> i'm happy to hear, before that, before this conversation, really, he just had your picture, thanks to gina. >> yeah. >> what does gina's gesture mean to you? >> oh, it just means the world to us. we're a big family, and we are really close, and it's just been so hard to be at a distance from him, and just wondering what he's thinking and wondering -- he's probably wondering where we are. he has a form of dementia, so things can be extra confusing. and so, it just means the world to us that he's able to see our faces and see some familiar people during his day. so, now that he's awake, he's been sedated, but now that he's awake, they're hanging the photos up in his room, and it just is -- it means so much to us. we know that they'll bring a smile to his face. >> gina, it seems like such a

will be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted stinney we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. we. have to control the eastern libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the weakest and with it libya's capital tripoli but his forces have been pushed back in recent weeks the worry is just a general is not going to win. or wind up as a dictator or. where we. rise up and get into the place. it's an intractable conflict with both huffed and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations feel that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the united arab emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown prince's brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u.a.e. could further support general hafta sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u.a.e. is playi

it's an honor to be here with you in such an honor to have you at tufts. it's the first visit i hope it's the first of many. i also want to thank you for your beautiful book, for sharing your journey with us and for educating us on issues of criminal justice system in your particular journey and on your faith and on faith. so, i think for people who haven't maybe yet read cyntoia's book i want to start by acknowledging how recently you are free. august, right? 3:18 in the morning. >> i'm wondering if you want to share us the first that is all the first that you had to experience like a first meal or -- something. >> well, everything is pretty much a first nowadays. my first meal i talk about in the book was a can of ravioli. >> how was that? >> at 3:18 the morning it was great. [laughter] >> good. so, before we start talking about your story i wanted to ask you if you could reflect on what it has been like telling your story and i can only imagine that going over some of the difficult details can be hard or maybe also very helpful in a w way. >> it definit

bhadelia is a graduate of tufts university school of medicine and studied at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy. and trained at mount sinai hospital in new york as well as columbia presbyterian. she's joining us from her home in massachusetts. let's get to your calls. vickie in austin, texas, good evening. vickie with us? we'll try one more time for vickie. caller: yes. host: randall. we'll go on to georgia. good evening, randall. caller: good evening, how are you? host: fine. thank you. caller: good. i wanted to mention that if you're not aware, which you may or may not be, this is public health week. and the comment about the lines, acturing along yesterday was violence prevention day for public health week. and one of the things that we did at the university, i'm at georgia southern university and college of public health as a graduate student working on my second doctorate and i practiced dentistry for 30 years and snow public health and did a presentation on conflict management in stressful times. and hopefully folks around the country are doing that because it's very importa

they are commissioner versus tufts and i'm not seeing a lot of recognition in the crowd. that would be because my husband is a tax professor. which i think is really kind of an important perspective on the justice, if i could take a second on that, we were the first term after the justices had come on board. 18 months ago she had been -- on the intermediate appellate court and a year and a half later, she's writing these cases on federal income tax that are classics and are still taught to students because they're so important as contributions to an area of law that she couldn't have known. >> linda? >> so i think her most lasting decision was her earliest decision, hogan versus the mississippi women's university and ruth was there for that decision. she came onto the supreme court of the united states, there were boxes of case files and stuff all piled around her office floor, she organized a system to try to get to the first conference in the fall so she would look competent. and when she got there, she found out that the justices organized their cases according to a di

amanda scheduled tufted nice destinations for next year and a half and sign up unsuspecting travel companions about new gear, given to my wife to join me on some of these trips. in a plan to report back to my followers and headed out to the great big wide open. over the next 18 months, i would come to discover greater detail, the way previous generations of hunters, hikers, campers and countless others stood up to protect these places. by the end of it all, when defining truth blazes and me, if they could do it then, we sure as can do it again. so this book, was a product of that journey that i embarked upon. and throughout all the time, in the months of traveling across the country through the days and days and weeks and months of sitting in my office and beating my head against the wall waiting for something to emerge on the commute computer screen, two things really kept me focused on pushing forward. simply the reason, why had to do this. i think number one was the fact that a recognized huge knowledge gap. if i did not know about these things, if i did not realize that we have these were

if i were to have a son going to tufts in september, i don't know, david, if i would necessarily book the hotel on the night you drop him off you know what i mean >> yeah, i do know what you mean there's a lot of people trying to figure that out these colleges and universities are in a difficult position. foreign students are an important part of their paying population, that becomes an issue as well. >> what a world. >> guys, we'll get to -- on a shorter-term basis, discussion of this extension in small business loans we'll look for headlines regarding mnuchin and pelosi we'll talk to randy garutti as they return all of the ppp loans they got to vegi credit to smaller businesses we'll be back in a minute. ♪ you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad. get e*trade's simplified technical analysis. >>> as

joining us now, professor of international politics at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy and tuftsw book, "toddler in chief: what donald trump teaches us" and msnbc political analyst also joins us, susan del percio. >> let's talk about, dan drezner, talk about the most glaring mistake and that's testing. donald trump brags to 3 million people have already had tests in the united states. we of course have 320 million people around 320 million people in this country, and for millions and millions of americans, i sewed, noboaid, no get the test. unfortunately by the time many americans get the test, it's too late. they're already in the hospital suffering from coronavirus. we hear of people that get flu tests and then had to wait to get coronavirus tests in nursing homes and then they and so many others died. i mean, talk about the mismanagement on such an epic scale. >> where do you begin? you know, the fact is that the administration was late in responding, and even when they did decide to respond, even when trump started taking this seriously, think about the press conference where

daniel dresner is with us, professor of international politics at the fletcher law of ad diplomacy at tuftsity. his book, "the toddler in chief," what donald trump teaches us about the modern presidency. that's what we want to focus on today. >> dan, thanks so much for being with us. we've all relied so much on the good will of the president of the united states. that he is going to be -- or she is going to be a benevolent force in the white house and want best for the united states of america, primarily. i look at the trump presidency though, and i'm just wondering whether they have to start codifying things that we used to depend on custom to carry us through. let me give you three specifics. one, the attorney general. in this case, especially corrupt political attorney general, who, obviously, is doing things as the president wants. maybe in the future, a super majority has to pick the attorney general. deciding what is classified and not classified. relationship with an ex-kgb agent who now runs russia, making us wonder, is that what we want to do? of course, the power to pardon. does t