how you get these and why it works and it's nice to learn from these areas that i didn't learn in undergrad or think of as publishing. and everything that entails. that's my favorite part of it. >> from the city still in the program, any thoughts? >> i got my job through listening to the program, so right off the bat that was really all. as far as skills as well, one of the fun things he's been able to say i know what that is. this is a pml. i know what that is. i worked with one of those before and you come in and get more respect on the work place and much is going to go forward more. >> you know, one of the biggest assets are your professors. you know, they are the leaders of the industry currently. they have so much to share and had i not been in the program, i would not have access to that and like she mentioned, we have amazing guest speakers who come in and give you insider information that she wouldn't have found otherwise. the other asset is your peers. christian and i started together. were actually in almost every single -- we see a lot of each other. but like our peers they come

i went to undergrad at duke university and law school at harvard.er clerking for a judge, i came out here and have been in here for the last 14 years. i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area because that is where my family is, but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city, culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002, i moved to the san francisco city attorney's office, where our work on the trial team, doing trials for the city and doing my own cases and supervising a team of attorneys as well. another huge issue confronting the city is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have not maintained it properly, from our roads to our sewer system to muni. we need to be much more diligent about maintaining our infrastructure. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i have worked on campaigns since i was

. >> host: rob marcus got his undergrad degree at brown, his law degree at columbia. how'd you get into this business? >> guest: you know, one thing leads to another. almost my first day out of law school, i was practicing at a law firm, and i was assigned to a matter for time warner. and one thing led to another, and seven, eight years later i found myself at time warner, and then seven or eight years after that i found myself at time warner cable. it's been a great ride. >> host: rob marcus is president and chief operating officer today of time warner cable. you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. >> guest: thanks. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> coming up next, two speeches from this past weekend's conference of the faith and freedom coalition featuring former u.n. ambassador john bolton and e.w. jackson, the republican nominee for virginia lieutenant governor. after that we'll be live with an energy conference with a keynote address by energy secretary ernest moniz.

. >> host: rob marcus got his undergrad degree of brown and his law degree at columbia.how did you get into this business? >> guest: one thing leads to another. almost my first day out of law school i was practicing at a law firm and i was assigned to a matter for time warner and one thing led to another. seven or eight years later i found myself at time warner and seven or eight years after that i'd done my time at time warner cable. it's been a great ride. >> host: rob marcus is president and chief operating officer of time warner cable. you're watching "the communicators." >> guest: thank you.

by undergrad is in real estate. my master's focuses on financing. not the builders. it is the consumer. if i came to you and send you by this house and you paid this interest rate. if you bought this one, you pay this is as ray. in -- if not the same you bought this one, you pay this interest rates. why is it not the same in insurance? one of thesling, things you mentioned is that the winds of a tornado are much than gusts of vertical winds. there are categories of events. f5. to have the we do not technology to protect a home from an f5 storm. ofwe go to the mitigation life over property, to say that the house does not make, there are things they you have worked affordable fairly inside the home. could you cover a little bit of what are some practical things the could be done in the homes in retrofitting and new construction? >> thank you. early on, we adopted the toroach that it is expensive take a home of the type we build today and to sign it to resist the worst case tornado. certainly improve the performance and protect against severe damage from the vast and th

just got her college degree from the american military university, her undergrad. jeannie has already finished a textbook for her first summer class at harvard. she says you shouldn't be surprised if you see her in washington in the next few years. we expect her in a year or two now, something like that? >> it would be nice. if she could come sooner, that would be >>> on the broadcast tonight, tracking your calls. why is the government keeping a record of every phone call you make? the stunning disclosure of a secret policy that's been in place for years. >>> a story on the eve of president obama's crucial

background in history to speak of just the six hours of western civilization they make you take as an undergrad. i was casting around in my mind and this whole frame of mind i happened to see -- on public television. seeing if any of you are familiar with dr. who. it's a really old long-running u.k. show originally done as a children's fantasy show. it's now much more are adult and still running but the doctor is a time or from the planet who travels through space and time having adventures and along the way he picks up opinions from various history. in this old show he had picked up a young scotsman from 1745. this was an 18-year-old man and i said that's fetching. i found myself still thinking about this the next day and at church. [laughter] i said to myself if you're going to write a book it doesn't matter. the important thing is to pick a point to to get started. so i thought fine started the 18th century. i had no plot outline or characters nothing but the images conjured up by the notion of a man and a kilt which is a powerful and compelling image. a few years ago isix book was the lucky

. >> well -- >> american college undergrad, that was not so much.u and harvard, they were left, but they weren't out of control. >> the leftist indoctrination is starting in kindergarten. by the time these kids get to college, they're on the that are left, they're willing to throw out the first amendment. >> there's no right, left, everything's far left. >> i don't understand your objection to this characterization. this is what it is. >> they're trying to use this to prove that education is somehow too liberal, and these kids are dumb. i think we're saying effectively, that george mason university isn't brown. all right? and it's not the university of california berkeley. and you get 11 out of 16 signing a petition -- >> you have 11 people that say something stupid. that proves -- >> out of 16. >> it may be a pattern. >> these kids grew up with a bunch of liberal loans that don't know what they're talking about. >> if those kids don't want to watch this program or disagree, they don't have to, but they should be fighting to the death to protect our

though many are still undergrads, these kids make world class music.rprise, since they're immensely talented and most of them have been practicing practically all day, every day, since they were tots. and were admitted to one of the world's most selective schools some juilliard departments have less than a 1% acceptance rate. so, what are the job prospects of some the world's most gifted and motivated young college grads? >> for any orchestral opening in the united states, you might have, for one violin opening, 300 people applying that are all completely qualified to do that job. >> reporter: that includes the allentown, p.a. orchestra, which diane wittry conducts. >> they play great. they have fabulous technique, great sound, great intonation. >> reporter: so then the obvious question: how do you decide whom to hire? >> it's almost like the olympics. my harp player-- i was just talking to her during rehearsal, and she had recently taken an audition, they give you a piece that's really hard, and if you do really well in that one, you get to play anoth

no background and history speak of, just six hours of western civilization they make you take an undergradwas casting around in my mind, i happened to see public television. i see a number of your family with that. those who are laughing it's a really old, really long running uk show that was richard than as a children's fantasy show. it's still running. the doctor is a time ordered who travels through space and time having adventures and along the way he picks up companions. this very old show which has to show which has to be none figures can be picked up a young scotsman from 1745. and 18 or 19 year old young man who appeared in his kilt. i said that's fetching. [laughter] i found myself still think about this the next day in church. [laughter] i said to myself, you to myself, you're credible, it doesn't matter where you said. the important point is pick a point, get started. knowing nothing about scotland or the 18th century, having no plot, no outline and the characters. nothing but the rather vague images conjured up by the notion of a man in a kilt which, of course, is very powerful

you know the liberal arts education i had when i was an undergrad, it changed the person i was.unded. >> we have to get to the nitty-gritty of your life. the jobs you had and then you end up at duke university. your mother said i'm going to have distance myself from you for a little bit because what you did is a little crazy. you ended up at duke university and you were living in van. duke university wanted to offer you guidance and counseling. it sounded nasty in the book. >> i hope i didn't embellish the squaller too much. it was more like living in a tiny dorm. there were certain inconveniences. >> you had a mouse. >> i had a mouse in the up holetry for days. when it's hot outside, it's really hot in the van. i had a college campus nearby. i had free wi-fi, rooms with air conditioning. >> you could shower. >> compared to a lot of places i had it pretty good. >> you had challenges in the alaskan wilderness and you survived them and now you're getting a duke degree. >> i recently walked the troeshlg pipeline and i'm working on my next book "trespassing across america" because o

the grad students -- undergrades on campus. the grad students outnumber.in as early as next year. >>> some football players at cal appear to be losing the game when it comes to their permance in the classroom. the latest ncaa report found when it comes to academic achievement. the cal bears came in dead last among pac 12 schools. however, cal athletes in other sports scored very high marks in that same survey. among the football players, sanford came out on top of the pac 12 teams and the san jose state spar tons scored a record- high score in its conference. >>> john boehner there's a good chance an immigration reform bill will become law before the end of the year. the senate passed two procedural votes. while democrats favored the bill, some republicanses in the house and senate -- republicans in the house and senate have doubts, they want tighter border securities and tougher rules for those seeking status. >>> 78:52. the 4th of july -- 8:52. the 4th of july now a couple of weeks away. how independence day in one bay area city will be different this ye

. >> he says he believes there were more communist because he went to harvard undergrad -- >> and a list of them. >> do you have reason to believe that's not true? >> he said he was honored to be compared to joe mcarthur. >> is it not true, alan? >> is whatn not true? >> let me talk about this. there's a question now about whether this strengthens mr. cruz's brand. because he comes in, he's really touched a nerve. it's sort of like sarah palin. she touched a nerve, too. and then many in the press went after her. and then it sort of backfired because people on the right loved her more. i was there in the 2008 convention speech. >> megyn, liberals have never quite figured out that the process of demonizing a guy like ted cruz only makes him stronger. they've never quite grasped the idea. they just expressed indifference or ignored people like ted cruz, he wouldn't continue to build steam and momentum. they're not bright enough to figure that out. >> you're totally ignoring that the right goes after this guy. >> it's in the center. you want to point out it's the established republicans like

. >> my undergrad isn't real estate. it is the life i grew up in is not the builders and if i came and said hey, try this house because the attributes and data center straight, but this one i paid this interest rate, would would all scream and go running to this one. mr. chairman, i'd like to yield to mr. neugebauer because he had more on this. >> one of the things you mentioned a while ago is that much of a tornado are much different than make us vertical wind. there's different categories of events all the way from and at 02 at five. at this particular point in time, we don't have the technology he on an economic basis to protect a home for monoxide storm probably. so then a thick coat just mitigation of life over property, saying the house doesn't make it, but there are things the work done by various degrees that are fairly affordable inside that home of fortification. could you cover a little of what are some practical things that could be done in the homes both retrofit and new construction? >> thank you for asking

he is returning to santa clara, where he majored in political science as an undergrad and where he alsof law. santa clara university holds a special place in his heart as well. it's where he first met his wife. >>> meantime, new york mayor michael bloomberg will also take part in a local graduation. he'll speak at stanford's 122nd commencement tomorrow morning at stanford stadium. the event will be shown on the school's website. stanford says it chose bloomberg because he encourages students to think big and to encourage them in how to make a difference in the world. >>> a new push to crack down on end of the school year dumping. many students at cal state east bay are leaving behind a large amount of garbage. a community room has been transformed into a drop-off site for items students no longer want. it's called free fest and it's run by students. >> educating yon minds, it's important to let them know that recycling, you should do that. >> organizers are also looking at dumpsters around campus for items that can be recycled. disadvantaged students can go to the community room and tak

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