david, money, i is an associate professor political science at the university of john is, but he says the allegations against run, of course, are the worst a president can face. this is a serious damming report. they actually said that he might have violated the constitution. so as they can never be any other with case for any city president than those kind of allegation of the president has a number of options. one which is the most difficult one, is to wait for the job process and fight it out and stick to use the narrative that he has done nothing wrong. but that might be a constitutional crisis in east ability, particularly within his own party, as well as in the country given the situation that way, even the economy and everything else. but full understanding, the man that has been behind us because transition to democracy. he has been in the forefront of writing the various and concentration we're talking about one. i think that the president might do the right thing, that is to resign for, for the good of the country and also to protect his own legacy. fair to say south korea a

welcome my next guest is john emeritus professor of theology and religious studies at the university m . john university of nottingham. john milbank merry christmas merry christmas to you . i'd like to christmas to you. i'd like to talk to you about claus or father christmas or saint nicholas of one should can you me a bit of his background? who is the saint nicholas. well, sir nicholas was bishop of in the third. fourth centuries and he's well known for many remarkable miracles, including raising children from the dead , and children from the dead, and notably giving and seeking dowries to girls who were otherwise going to go into prostitution . so that's a source prostitution. so that's a source of him being linked , give gift of him being linked, give gift giving and his eventual evolution via dutch folklore into santa claus rights. and we'll get to the gift giving and the european folklore. but to a lot of people santa claus is a make believe figure . something make believe figure. something we tell our children to give them a bit of hope and a bit of magic. is there anything wron

my next guest is millbank emeritus professor of theology and religious studies at the university of nottingham .johnuniversity of nottingham . john milbank. merry christmas . merry christmas to you too. i'd like to talk to you about claus or father or saint nicholas . of course one should. nicholas. of course one should. can you give me a bit of his background? who is the saint nicholas? well so nicholas was bishop myra in the third, fourth century. and he's well known for many remarkable miracles, including raising children from the dead , and notably giving in the dead, and notably giving in secret . dowries to three girls secret. dowries to three girls who were otherwise going go into prostitution . so that's a source prostitution. so that's a source , him being linked with gift giving and his eventual evolution via dutch into santa claus rights. and we'll get to the gift giving. yes, the european folklore. but to lot of people, santa claus is a make figure. something tell our children to give them a bit hope and a bit of magic. is there anything wrong with that? absolute nothing wrong with that

doctor marty makary, professor of surgery, professor of surgery at johns hopkins university school of medicine and professor of health management at johns hopkins university school of public health. after we have our discussion i will take questions from the audience including people viewing this online. online viewers can submit their questions on facebook, youtube and twitter using the hashtag cato health. let me start this discussion by asking each of you to give your performance review of the cdc during the covid pandemic, where did the cdc fail, where did it succeed in responding to the covid pandemic, what about the cdc covid test fiasco? should the fda share some of that blame? the agency suffer from political politicization and groupthink? >> delay to discuss this issue, it is an extremely important issue because there will be other pandemics later this century and we need to have better response than we had but the cdc certainly did not cover itself in glory and we look at a few things i have covered as a reporter over the last two years. first of all the testing failure you

of the pandemic. that is according to johns hopkins university. the number of infections is a lot higher because many people who get covid-19 do not test for it or do not report results of those at-home tests. the u.s. has reported twice as many cases as any other nation. >>> china has lifted there is zero covid restrictions as the country continues to struggle. experts fear more than 1 million people could die over the next few months as the virus spreads. the health authority now says it will stop public daily infection and death statistics. their concerns are more variance could emerge from this outbreak. >>> still ahead on the afternoon edition, why returning unwanted holiday presence may take a bite out of your wallet. and the special meeting behind one niner's fans memorabilia collection. we will have his story in the red and gold report. >>> welcome back to the afternoon edition. we are tracking a store making its way into the bay area tonight. let's get to our first alert meteorologist. >> heavy rain is right around the corner for us headin

martin mcclary, the professor of surgery at johns hopkins university school of medicine and professor of health policy and management at johns hopkins university bluebird school of health. after we have a discussion, we will take questions from the audience, including those doing this online. online viewers can submit questions on the webpage, as well as facebook, youtube and twitter using the #cato health. let me start out by asking each of you to give your performance review of the cdc during this coded pandemic. where did they fail, where did they succeed in response to the pandemic. what about the cdc covid test fiasco. should the fta share that blame? the agency's leadership would suffer from book is eight and. >> thank you for having me. i'm glad to be able to discuss this issue. it is an extreme important issue because there will be other pandemics later in the century that we need to have better adjustments than the one we did. the cdc did not cover itself in glory. i will look at a few things that i've covered as a reporter over the last two years or so while this was going o

has surpassed 100 million confirmed covid cases since the start of the pandemic, according to john hopkins universitytual number of infections is a lot higher, because a lot of people who get covid-19 don't test or report results of that home tests. the u.s. has reported twice as many cases as any other nation and free covid treatments are about to come to an end. federal government will stop paying for paxlovid in the new year, but some health experts say that people vulnerable to but will have the hardest time affording the drug, which includes the uninsured and the elderly. >>> ahead at 5:00, river taking aim at the bay area and how residents and first responders are scrambling to get ready. >>> the uc strike has ended after almost six weeks and the workers have big concerns about the deal. >>> first look at numbers from the holiday shopping season as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could b

veronica, how is the university of idaho honoring the victims? >> john, hundreds of students are already inside right now. many people still streaming in. this vigil is just getting underway. they are making sure that as this is the first time students, community members and faculty have been able to come together. that they can honor those victims and also be here for each other. as you mentioned, this is the main campus here. the main vigil. but there are six other vigils happening across the state of idaho. even one in seattle. we do know that the family members of at least one of the victims is in attendance here tonight. and we have spoken with many students all throughout this weekend even today about why they wanted to come back despite the fact that there are so many people still afraid. they say they just want to be here together as they grapple with so many different emotions. john? >> obviously the killer is still on the loose. no suspects have been named. so what are police doing to help everybody feel safe? and i mean safe right now at the v

of more than 50 years? john: 49 years. it will be 50 in november. david: where did you meet her? john: i met her through charlie rose. charlie rose and i were at duke university. he was a couple of years ahead of me and he had moved to new york, and i was in new york at the time working at smith barney at the time. he called me up and said, my wife's sister is coming up. i would like you to take her out. i thought about it a little bit and got a date friday night. he called me back and said, ok, we will go out saturday night. i go up to their apartment on 96th street. mary was a beautiful woman, and christy took my breath away. not only beautiful but had a great smile. she was very warm, very friendly. if it wasn't love at first sight, it was pretty close. david: let's talk about your background. you grew up in north carolina, but your grandfather immigrated from lebanon, is that right? john: that's right. david: why did he go to north carolina? was there a big lebanese community there? john: there was a big lebanese community in south carolina, and he was going to go to marion, south carolina, when he got off ellis island, and he end up in marion, north caro

of france, wearing a red jacket, and gray knit cap. that, was december 3rd. >> i just hope that he reaches out to us. >> the land, it 22-year-old senior at st. john fischer university of rochester new york. as part of a study abroad program in france. at the university of grenoble outs. the man's family said they have been communicating frequently, but then, the message to stop. >> we were just exchanging how he was doing and, he has been traveling. he's been having a great time. we just shaker heads, we don't understand why he's not reaching out to us. >> his family launched a website seeking answers and detailing his last known whereabouts. november 27th, his last heard from him on whatsapp. that's when they say their son boarded a train headed for the lance, france. two days, later barbara 29th, be prosperous office and equitable, the study where he was studying french open investigation after his fellow students reported missing. november 30th, the last known activity from his phone. then, december, third deadline made an eight dollar 40 cent purchase at that sporting goods store located just about 80 miles from grenoble. as what they're saying, nothing seemed

of 49 years as well. where did you meet her? john: charlie rose and i were at duke university. he was a couple years ahead of me. he had moved to new york and i was in new york with barney at the time. he called me up and said my wife's sister is coming and i would like you to take her out. i thought about it a little bit and got a date for friday night and called back and said we will go out saturday night. i got the apartment and mary was a beautiful woman and christie walked in, she took my breath away. not only beautiful, but a great smile. she was very warm, very friendly. if it wasn't love at first sight, it was pretty close. david: you grew up in north carolina but your grandfather immigrated from lebanon, is that right? why go to north carolina? was there a big lebanese community there? john: there was a big lebanese community in south carolina. he was going to go to marriott, south carolina when he got off ellis island and he ended up in marion north carolina. he stayed the night in the train depot. no one came to pick him up. finally the conductor pulled him on the train and took him to charlotte, nort

let's bring in john curtis now, the suffolk allergist extraordinaire, our titan of political science, of course of politics course and professor of politics at strathclyde, at the universityir john, thank you for joining us this . first of all, has it us this. first of all, has it surprised you, perhaps the difference that we've started to see here, people being less supportive , the rmt and the supportive, the rmt and the train strikes , but incredibly train strikes, but incredibly supportive of the of the nurses for example, the paramedics and everyone within the nhs . no, i everyone within the nhs. no, i don't think we should be surprised about this. in essence, what you see in this polling of different groups is in a sense a reflection of what we might want call the perceived social value of the occupations. at the end of the day we think that nurses do a very good job, a very important . we are a very important. we are therefore sympathetic to them . therefore sympathetic to them. we are less inclined to take that view about postal workers and of those who are writing off trains and one group that certainly who's also which is also on strike, getting much less public

university of munich a few years later. he taught us a number of universal things before becoming the archbishop of munich and wrestling in 1977. he quickly to pope johnaul the second and became one of his closest advisers pope john paul the second died in april 2005. joseph ratzinger was elected as head of the catholic church and became pope benedict's 4/16 . he became pope benedict's 4/16. he continues the legacy of his predecessor by speaking to other leaders, particularly judaism and islam, dominus is accused of conflating those he aims to revitalise the in europe and maintains traditional catholic values relating to sexuality and priestly celibacy. he visited a number of countries in the early years of his papacy, including new guidelines allowing more use of the latin mass. he directly addressed historic sexual abuse within the catholic church, speaking out against its during a visit to the united nations . a visit to the united nations. but he came under media scrutiny in his alleged role in the cover of sexual and physical abuse cases by parish priests and in schools. the vatican denounced the allegations as false and calumnies and said handli

rain was selected as one of npr's best books of 2018 writer in residence at the university of south alabama. he is also the john egerton scholar in residence at the southern alliance at the university of mississippi. he is the winner of the clarence case award for nonfiction, writing the lillian smith book award and the eugene current garcia award for distinction and literary scholarship. in 2019, he was awarded the alabama governor's arts award for his contributions to letter literature. thank you. you know, i'm a political historian. and, you know, when i get a hold of a good book, it is fascinating. and i had the opportunity for about a month and a half when i was asked to host this panel to take a look at this book, which i had heard about, but i had not had a chance yet read and it just blew my mind. i think if you have not had a chance yet, you're going to enjoy this read and going to enjoy what the authors have to say to get us started. however, i would like to start with you, farai and ask, could you please tell us? you know, how did you and cynthia start writing this book? how did you conceptualize whe

of morgan stanley? john: no. when i graduated, i needed one course to finish duke university.y scholarship had expired, so i got a job at a local brokerage firm called first securities in north carolina. that got me involved in the securities business, and there was a lady there named fanny mitchell. maybe you remember, she ran the job placement office at duke university. when recruiters would come down, she would say, there's one guy you've got to meet. it is john mack. i would meet these recruiters and got a number of job offers, and i decided i like this business. smith barney wanted to open an office at that time in atlanta, and they offered me a job and i took it. ♪ david: you went to smith barney. what did you do there? john: we started out a training class. then i got my brokerage license. i really did not want to go to open an office in atlanta, so i took that job, so i got in the bond business, and i was a trader on the bond desk. that led smith barney to getting in on the corporate bond market, and i transitioned over to corporate bonds. i got approached by a small b

of morgan stanley? john: no. when i graduated i needed one course to finish duke university. scholarship had expired, so i got a job in a local brokerage firm called first securities of north carolina. that got me involved in the securities business and there was a lady there and maybe you will remember, she ran the job placement office at duke university. so when the recruiters would come down she would say, there's one guy you have to meet and there would be please with critters and got a number of job offers on that i decided that i like the securities business. smith barney wanted to open the office of that time in atlanta. they offered me a job and i took it. ♪ when you automate sales tax with avalara, you don't have to worry about things like changing tax rates or filing returns. avalarahhh ahhh david: what did you do? registered investment? stockbroker? john: we started training class and i got my brokerage license and i was approached by the municipal bond division, why don't you come into the bond business? i really didn't want to go down to open it office in atlanta

of france. st. john fisher university says it's working closely with the american institute of foreign study on thewith local law enforcement who have begun a search, and we are hoping for his swift and safe return. again, the state department is working with french authorities. his community and his family praying at this point for his safe return. bianna? >> all right, jason carroll. thank you. >>> and joining me now is kenny deland jr.'s mother, carol laws and his father, ken deland sr. is on the phone. thank you both for being with me. we said that the last time you spoke with your son was november 27th. carol, what with you tell me about that conversation? >> you know, it was like any normal conversation that we have had. he's telling me about the time that he's having in europe, and he was looking forward to coming home for christmas, and starting to put the plans in place for that. >> and before he went silent over the last couple of weeks, ken -- was it typical for there to be long stretches without hearing from your son? >> no, i would hear from him frequently. not every day maybe necessar

university of wyoming. he had gone to gail and did not do so well and dropped out. then dropped out again. it is a long story. at the university of wyoming, it was september of 1963. president john f. kennedy came to speak. my dad told me the story of what it felt like for him to be there and to hear john f. kennedy talk and to hear president kennedy talk about public service. and watching his motorcade pull away and of course he was killed just a couple of months later. after my dad told me that story, i went home and i googled the speech. it was a special thing to hear president kennedy with the speech that meant so much to my dad. i told the story at an event a couple of months ago and steny moyer was there. he said i had exactly the same experience. i was a student and president kennedy came to speak. the opportunity to really work with my dad and help him write his memoirs and then write the book we did about foreign policy, a very special time. >> there might be's somebody in the audience tonight who might be saying that about you. in my day when we wanted to make change, we got together with people with whom we had common ground and people who thought with us. we may sign

yvonne: still ahead, asia standford university says the fed needs to raise rates, john taylor to 6% to beat inflation. the professor of economics at joins us later on this hour. china seeing covert inflation -- infections pickup -- covid infections pickup. we speak to the university of toronto about the way out of covid zero. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪♪ what will you do? will you make something better? create something new? our dell technologies advisors can provide you with the tools and expertise you need to bring out the innovator in you. >> in terms of the reopening the direction has been set. in terms of bumping us it is about the fundamentals. we will see that the fundamentals in terms of consumption, investment, everything will come to a stop, because of the current fast rising infections. yvonne: helen calling it early about the -- that china will have to x out of covid zero. we want to brief you on what we heard from the last few minutes about this and the national bureau of statistics postponing that. briefing. after the data released tomorrow. the data set to release but the briefing postponed due to a work arr

and another criticism of the study was, it wasn't endorsed by the johns hopkins university. well, it was published by my joints hopkins institute, but johns hopkins university, or the university of chicago, or stanford, the universities do not endorse research done by professors at the university's. so, all of this stuff filtered into the press because the press are so ignorant, they have no idea how research is done, how universities are run, what even a peer review mess messages or article and it's just, it gets all, the insight go you know, they bought the biggest washing machines you could possibly imagine and they were spinning, spinning, spinning and that's what happens by the way to our study. it never entered any of the major press, the washington post, the new york times, the wall street journal did pick it up as a daily thing, just because it was a hot on social media, so it was reported on their social media coverage. so -- >> was the imperial study, whatever you called it, was that ever peer reviewed? >> no, no, no, it wasn't peer reviewed, now that you mention it

have you heard john mearsheimer from the university of chicago for have you heard me noam chomsky not exactly a right winger that there there is, there is a cook coffee county if you will, of individuals who have spoken about not, not just about this, but the whole notion of containment and in expansionism and, and, and, and nato. and i mean, if you can't believe in terms of how forceful they've been. so, the, the question is, is it because the subject matter is rather recondite? is it because it's rather arcane, is that how it was messed, but i'll tell you what, what, what's gonna happen right now is it, we have become habituated to the notion of more censorship. so the real issue that people should be having is, is anybody going to pay attention to this? can you keep track of the sanctions? can, can you do? do you have any grasp of where we are in terms of what's being sanctioned? what effect is his head? are we still having momentary operations? what are we doing here? what is what? what is the net effect? that's the issue. but i guarantee you today nothing's going to be said about

of morgan stanley? john: no. when i graduated, i needed one course to finish duke university.y scholarship had expired, so i got a job at a local brokerage firm called first securities in north carolina. that got me involved in the securities business, and there was a lady there named fanny mitchell. maybe you remember, she ran the job placement office at duke university. when recruiters would come down, she would say, there's one guy you've got to meet. it is john mack. i would meet these recruiters and got a number of job offers, and i decided i like this business. smith barney wanted to open an office at that time in atlanta, and they offered me a job and i took it. ♪ ♪♪ this... is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everything that's important to you. this is what it's like to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. making sure you have the right balance of risk and reward. and helping you plan for future generations. this is "the planning effect" from fidelity. david: you went to smith barn

that is according to johns hopkins university. the actual number of infections is probably a lot higher because many people who get covid-19 do not test for it or report results about home tests. the u.s. has reported twice as many cases than any other nation . >>> it has been a rough holiday season for many small businesses. consumer analysts expect as many as 50,000 small businesses could go under in the next few years. are devon -- found independent bookstores in san jose that hope to block that trend. >> reporter: if there is a season for everything, this is a season of economic uncertainty. people in general on not spending with wild abandon. nonetheless, here in san jose's shopping district but we did find a bookstore that managed to have strong sales this holiday season. >> the holidays were very good this year. >> reporter: -- is been in business for more than 40 years. the love bookseller spelling selling classics and new treasures of the written word to generations of children , like lily king. >> since i got some gift cards for my family an

simon is a graduate of johns hopkins university and honors at the university of wisconsin law school.ease help me welcome david simon. thank you. to the memory of simon kuznets and friedrich hayek and also for young for milton friedman, their younger colleague. that's the dedication to my father's book, the economic of immigration. i mention this because father would have treasured marion's and gail's new book because it makes excellent contributions to economics. the kinds led my father to admire the nobel prize winners i just mentioned friedman and kuznets kuznets. like hayek's superabundance, shows the critical role of markets and spontaneous order in the evolution of societies and the horrendous failure of particular of a particular form of central economic planning, government population planning. china being the most dramatic. like friedman's work superabundance shows its empirical analysis of the economic of the connection between population growth and resource availability, the importance of elevating empirical analysis over theory. in other words, it sort of something again t

of after a lain. s -- avalanches and tornadoes. well, an american college student missing in france may have voluntarily left the country, kendall ann junior, a senior at saint john fisher university seen or heard from since november 27th. the last ping from the phone, november 30th. the 22-year-old was studying french. local prosecutors said he had a difficult time making friends. he was supposed to return to the united states later this week. his parents are desperately searching for him. the energy department is expected to announce a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. the research has been called exciting source of clean basically limitless energy. nuclear power produces radioactive waste, fusion does not produce the waste or carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. after millions were angered with the presale debacle for taylor swift, swifties are getting a second chances to purchase tickets for her tour. fans will receive a summary of their purchase in an e-mail letting them know the request was confirmed. a lot of hearts were broken earlier this year. and those rush headlines. maria: all those swifties, cheryl, thank you so much all right. national security advisor jake sulli

and gentlemen of a moist child livingston from monet's university, he's an expert in the relationship between gambling problems and physical health. and john, me now from melbourne. miss livingston, what is the impact of gambling on physical health in place of gambling related to mental health issues that there are a number of emerging issues that are we can now observe people to gamble, and one of them is that general clinical health is not particularly good, it tends to be much worse and people who don't once you adjust or other factors and that includes issues around, there's a current reduce. it's generally obviously their problem just chatted with people not having enough money to ask themselves or 8 themselves properly. and it's one of the a what we call the k determinants of health. it's one of those is a nomic factors which has a long term impact on people's health and well being. just like, as we know, being cool, not having enough money as a very big impact on one's physical health and exactly the same phenomena occurs with family. you know, i'd like to talk to you about online, online gambling in particular because even though i

a true purpose. >> reporter: the well check app is funded in part by money from johns hopkins university, the university ofing used in schools from elementary school all the way to high school. it's in public schools, private schools, charter schools, in urban settings, in rural settings. and at the greene school we learned that in addition to doing the well check, they also have mental health counselors on standby just in case. >> kerry sanders there reporting. that's so interesting. i've done stories, too, about using willing to to try to reach people especially kids. that's their universe, they know how to use an ipad, how to click an emoji. they can tell you how they're feeling that way. makes a lot of sense. >> every tool possible these days. you need every tool you can get. stay with us. i i love what t downy doess fofor my sheetets and towewe. but did yoyou know i i love what t downy doess fofor my sheetets and towewe. downwny provideses 7 benefits for your c clothes, i i love what t downy doess fofor my sheetets and towewe. like makining them softerer and freshsher. plus, dodowny fightsts fag and s

taught a harvard, washington college, has served as director and librarian of the john carter brown library at brown university, and director of the center at the library of congress, his latest book is lincoln on the verge, 13 days to washington. he is also a 2022 recipient of the guggenheim fellowship. graduations, ted. nicely done. chad will be talking about the transition after the election of 1860. as you can tell, we are choosing the good ones. rachel sheldon is associate professor of history and director of the richards civil war era center at penn state university. she specializes in the long 19th century and writes and teaches about slavery and abolition in the u.s. south and political and constitutional history, she is the author of washington brotherhood, politics, social life, and the coming of the civil war published by u.n.c. press in 2013. which received honorable mention for the wily silver prize for the best third first book in the american civil war. she is also co-editor with carrie gallagher of a political nation, near directions in mid 19th century american political history, published by

he has served as director and librarian of the john carter brown library at brown university and director of the cooley center, the library of congress. his book is lincoln on the verge 13 days to washington. he is a 2022 recipient of the guggenheim fellowship. congratulations, ted. that's leslie dunne. and we'll be talking about the transition after the election of 1860. so you can tell we're choosing the good ones. rachel sheldon is associate professor of history and director of the richard civil war era center at penn state university. she specializes in the long 19th century and writes and teaches about slavery and abolition the civil war, the u.s., south and political and constitutional history. she is the author of washington brotherhood politics, social life and the coming of the civil war, published by umc press 2013, which received honorable mention for the wiley silver prize for the best first book on the american civil war. she is also coeditor with garry gallagher of a political nation directions at mid-nineteenth century american political history, published uva press in 2012

a lot of celebrities left elton john is no different. they live in their own universe. no idea what is happening outside of people tha tell them what's happening. so talk about information, like they already have their own and then they are commenting on twitter. >> i know elton john has a lot of influence and he set misinformation and it is riddle with misinformation. hugh don't even know. you have no idea what you're talking about so stop. >> the problem with misinformation is it is hard to determine in real real-time wha is misinformation. the covid lab leak was misinformation. may be kids being better off in school covet that was more of a threat than covid was misinformation. so you air on the side of free speech and i think that is what elon musk is doing. it's hard to try to regulate this and how these people bend over backwards to come up with all kinds of reasons to regulat the speech but if you air on th side of the spirit of the first amendment, that is the best cas scenario appeared. >> trace: probably outside of the political -- and harry don't talk about at

university of missouri . perhaps of most interest she's also a former law clerk to us supreme court chief justice john roberts. roger severino is heritage foundation's vice president of domestic policy. he has joined also that ethics and public policy center as senior fellow 2021 where he continues to this day before joining epc he was director of the health and human services department office for civil rights. >> the moment when colorado is saying you can tell a speechwriter or compel a group to create the website promoting catholic marriage. i think those are powerful ones so that she is in a course at the end of the day i think the underlying message for everybody is received. when you force people to say things they don't agree with. they should be concerned, there's a public accommodation side of it. >> erin, as a former close to the chief justice was there a particular line of questioning from him that you saw was maybe critically important toa potential outcome in this case ? >> the chief justice wrote the decision in there versus rumsfeld which required law rules to allow military recruiters on campu

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