the springy legs of this creature were 3d painted at uc san diego, —— the springy legs of this creaturee easily traverse difficult environments, such as disaster areas. as we know, even walking on flat surfaces is still an issue for most robots. 0uch! well, i say ouch, but of course these things don‘t feel pain. that said, there are those of us who are asking whether even feelings might one day be part of a robot‘s mind. at the simplest level, it makes sense — robots are pretty expensive, you don‘t want them to run willy—nilly into fire and acid and toxic substances. but at a more complex level, we‘re looking ahead to a time when robots might interact with us on a more personal level as companion robots for the elderly, for those who are sick or are in pain, and perhaps maybe they need to understand the similar sort of experience and perhaps develop something like what we call empathy. pain is notjust about us saying ouch — there‘s an emotional element to this as well, isn‘t there? i get quite upset when i get hurt. so are we actually talking about programming some kind of emotions into

- i had a conversation with the dean of uc san diego, admission dean, mae brown. she said, "start preparing for college in sixth grade." now, where she's really coming from is to build strong study habits, build good reading habits is really shaping your skills in ways that is going to be easier for you in high school. it's not necessarily preparing you for college per se, but it's really building a stronger foundation. - that's pretty young. besides building that foundation, what else can a sixth grader do to prepare? - when i coach my own students, i emphasize quite a bit on shaping their skills, their mindset and teaching them about some tricks of the trade on how to become successful academically and non-academically in high school. to me, in middle school whether you're in sixth grade, seventh grade, or eighth grade is really pre-high school. so very importantly is really shaping good habits. so for example, if you're so distracted in spending so much time, many hours per day, playing world of warcraft or playing games, those are not good habits and that's no

uc san diego shows that quit rates jumped 1% between 2014 and 2015. that's the first increase in 15 years. researchers credit media campaigns and the popularity of e-cigarettes. >>> college students are spending less time binge drinking but young people who are not in college are doing more binge drink, that's according to national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. >>> turning to business and tech news right now, could meg wittman be the next head of uber. >> that will be interesting. scott has some last minute moves are fueling that rumor. >> she's stepping down as chairman at the board of hewlett-packard. she has a complicated job structure sht she was until now on the board at hp and she's still ceo of hp enterprise which is her main job. hp enterprise is a separate company approximately you'll recall it split itself into two a couple years ago. as far as we know, she has every plan to remain ceo at hp enterprise, but as you point out, this resignation from the board over at hp is fueling those rumors. we do know from uber insiders the com

victims was a uc davis grad. 30-year-old captain shawn elliott was part of the ski team and rotc team before he graduated in 2009. monday the plane was flying from north carolina to san diegoore going down in mississippi. there was some kind of in- flight mishap, but the cause of the crash says still unclear. >>> president -- crash is still unclear. >>> president trump back into the country tonight. there is another new twist in the russian election scandal. >> that's right, ken. just days after the revelation about donald trump, jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer we are learning there are more people in the room than originally reported. this russian lobbyist and former military officer admits attending the meeting last june at trump tower. also in the room, the president's son-in-law jared kushner, campaign chairman paul manafort and the russian lawyer and public list paul goldstone. >> deeply concerning beginning to end and yet every day we learn more to concern us about the trump campaign's willingness to work hand in hand with the russian government. >> the senate intelligence committee said donald trump, jr. and jared kushner will be called to testify. kushner's a