caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm on the road in lawrence, kansas, on my way to the university of kansase of the jayhawks, one of the most storied teams in all of basketball. now, kansas is actually not where the tale of this strange inheritance begins, but through a turn of events, it does wind up here. >> in 1939, my grandfather, dr. james naismith passed away and left us an artifact that dates back to 1891. >> he was my great-grandfather, and what he left us was the magna carta of basketball. >> naismiths. jamie. >> i'm jim. good to meet you. >> hi, jim. how are you? >> jamie, i'm sean naismith. >> great to meet you both. >> likewise. >> i am interested to hear about your strange inheritance. i'm awfully curious what the connection is to k.u. >> we'd love to show you. my great-grandfather, dr. james naismith, started the first basketball teams here at k.u. [ whistle blows ] >> but time out! let's reset the clock. the boy who would grow up to invent basketball, james naismith, is born in ontario, canada, in 1861. at age 9, he and his brother and sister are orphaned when both their pare

caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm on the road in lawrence, kansas, on my way to the university of kansase of the jayhawks, one of the most storied teams in all of basketball. now, kansas is actually not where the tale of this strange inheritance begins, but through a turn of events, it does wind up here. >> in 1939, my grandfather, dr. james naismith passed away and left us an artifact that dates back to 1891. >> he was my great-grandfather, and what he left us was the magna carta of basketball. >> naismiths. jamie. >> i'm jim. good to meet you. >> hi, jim. how are you? >> jamie, i'm sean naismith. >> great to meet you both. >> likewise. >> i am interested to hear about your strange inheritance. i'm awfully curious what the connection is to k.u. >> we'd love to show you. my great-grandfather, dr. james naismith, started the first basketball teams here at k.u. [ whistle blows ] >> but time out! let's reset the clock. the boy who would grow up to invent basketball, james naismith, is born in ontario, canada, in 1861.at aged sister are orphaned en both their parents die of typhoid fever. >>

>> stephen: any of that going around at the university of kansas? >> i hope not that. > stephen: my college loved that. but i went to acting school, so that's to be expected. >> right. >> stephen: it's part of the major. here's one that says-- there's an owl, kind of charming. and it says, "we knew you could do it!" but the first draft said, "we just didn't think it would take you seven years!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) did you do it in four years? >> four years. >> stephen: four years? >> >> stephen: five, i did five. it took graduated, there was no diploma piece legal pad that story. i got annt. but the first draft said "that's the last timausee yoll >> stephen: you can take the you.with you. >> stephen: wed'l on. a world traveler, start by..oh, is that a galaxy s8? handsome screen. well pack that. uh-op, oh okay we're moving fast. you'll need a tour guide...apparently not. don't forget a big camera. or that phone will work. okay, i guess you have the world traveler thing covered. ♪ ♪ you might not ever just stand there, looking at it. you may never even sit in the ba

>> stephen: any of that going around at the university of kansas? >> i hope not that. >> stephen: my college loved that. but i went to acting school, so that's to be expected. >> right. >> stephen: it's part of the major. here's one that says-- there's an owl, kind of charming. and it says, "we knew you could do it!" but the first draft said, "we just didn't think it would take you seven years!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) did you do it in four years? >> four years. >> stephen: four years? >> yeah. i made it. >> stephen: five, i did five. it took my five years. as a matter of fact, when i graduated, there was no thing. there literally was just a torn piece of legal pad that said-- from the dean. it said, "see me." true story. i got an incomplete, got an incomplete. this is a nice sentiment. it says, "way to go, graduate! carpe diem!" but the first draft said "that's the last time you'll ever use your latin major." ( laughter ) ( applause ) ashlee, congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> stephen: you can take the beer with you. >> oh, thank you! >> stephen: and you can

buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u.s. army which he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, slightly higher than i got to in the army. he has many awards and served much of his career in central -- he currentlys works for the u.s. government. they -- he and his wife have three sons and the title of his presentation today is john asked mosby, the perfect man in the perfect place. lee's help me welcome mr. eric buckland. [applause] mr. buckland: good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the union -- at the unit level, the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander, i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil war to actually put together a unit and candidate all the way until the very end of the war when he disbanded the unit. i can't think of another regiment was formed where that commander, if you lived, continued to command. in many case

buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u.s. army in which he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, slightly higher than i got to when i was in the army. and he has many awards and serve much of his career in special forces. if you've seen some of the awards he received her in that time, we certainly thank him for his service. works for the united states government and lives with his wife, maureen, in centreville, virginia with three sons in the title of his presentation today is john s. mosby, the perfect man in the perfect place. please help me welcome mr. eric buckland. [applause] good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the union -- at the unit level, the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander, i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil war to actually put together a unit and candidate all the way until the very end of the war when

. >> why -- >> university of kansas. >> he is hesitating. >> it is documented if you want. >> did you in kansas city and i went for. >> you should go back and get it. >> really? >> i think he's been successful somehow in broadcasting. >> just to say you finished. >> i've done all right. anyway, what i really want to do with my life was be a motown singer. and i'm not kidding. i used to lay in my bed, or lie in my bed at night, and listen to radio all night long. now, this is a radio station out at oklahoma city. i remember hearing ben kings, listen to his music, fell in love with motown. anyway, i'm going to go see maybe every night of the performance motown. the stage performance is in philadelphia over on broad street. we will tell when you it start, if there are ticket left. let's go down memory lane, motown in the house. couple of the stars from the show are here live in the studio. in fact, he plays a young michael jackson. and he plays on the left marvin gay. >> (cheers). >> come on up! >> welcome to the show. >> good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> sit over here. >> comm

he has a masters and political science, university of kansas. speaks and writes on leadership and intelligence and management topics and also serves on the board of advisory in the international spy museum. it is with great pleasure that i welcome both of you and ask you to take the stage. thank you so much. [applause] robert: did you order this water, keith? good evening. delighted to be here. the first challenge in giving any kind of presentation of this type is will this thing work? the answer is yes. so far, so good. the lighted to be here. thank you for attending. you brought better weather than we had earlier today. we will discuss spy sites in washington, d.c. some you may be familiar with. i think you will find the stories that we will tell and some of the videos that you will have a chance to see to be particularly intriguing and perhaps new. peter, thank you to the international spy museum for inviting us and most importantly for displaying our book prominently down in the bookstore. i'd like to begin by recognizing and introducing hank

university of san diego. he later went on to earn his phd in military history from kansas state university. career in public history he retired to tucson in , 2015. he is the author of dozens of books, including "fighting for uncle sam, blacks in the frontier army," which is for sale in the gift shop following the lecture. we are excited to welcome dr. john langellier. join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john langellier: i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] john langellier: i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. [laughter] john langellier: hi, i am nancy. at any rate, thank you for allowing me to be here. it is a wonderful opportunity to come back to what we at kansas state call western kansas. some of you call it colorado. [laughter] been angellier: it has pure pleasure. shawn and the crew have been wonderful. this is a magnificent facility. we certainly want you, if you are not members, before you leave tonight the doors will not , be unlocked until you join. that is just a small, there is no suc

kansas city, missouri. >>> elsewhere tonight, 18 fraternity brothers at penn state university have been charged in connection with a deadly hazing incident, accused of encouraging a teen to drink a lethal amount of alcohol, and then waiting hours to call for help after witnessing him take a terrible fall down the stairs. shockwaves on that campus once again. and we get details from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: timothy piazza was just 19 years old, a sophomore at penn state, doing what so many college students do, pledging a fraternity in february. >> they made the pledges, soon to be brothers, run from station to station and drink enormous amounts of alcohol in different phases. >> reporter: with a blood alcohol level of 0.4, authority says piazza took a terrible fall that the fraternity brothers witnessed. >> these brothers gathered around timothy, where some of them describe that he looked dead. some of them googled things like what to do with a head injury. >> reporter: no one called 911 until the next morning. piazza died several days later in the hospital. tonight 18 fraternity brothers from beta theta pi and the fraternity itself are fac

correct, you veterinary skill in pennsylvania is one of the renowned ones along with i was stay, kansas and others along with my alma mater university of georgia has done a great job putting out professionals who are part of that food safety network. we also have great career professionals and usda under the guidance of veterinarians who are making great work in that. much of the foodborne illness you see happens after that on the supply change in delivery, but we're committed to zero-tolerance policy to make sure the food americans view their family safe. >> in pennsylvania i was in the state legislature. we dealt with the issue of food deserts and food insecurity. we came up with a program called the ssi program which is a public-private partnership to address a food deserts. how do you address foods insecurity and food deserts. >> some of the programs that you have funded regarding fresh festivals and others is a healthy food program there's another one that has to deal with those problems. there's very little money in that but we use pilot projects to understand how we can make sure that those people in the areas where food is n

correct, your veterinary skill in pennsylvania is one of the renowned ones along with iowa state and kansas and others along with my alma mater university of georgia have done a great job pruning out professionals who are part of that food safety network. we also have great career professionals in usda under the guidance of veterinarians who are making a great work in that. much of the food-borne illness you see happens after that and the supply chain, the delivery and others. we're committed to a zero tolerance policy to make sure that the food that americans feed their families are safe. >> mr. secretary, in pennsylvania, i was in state legislature and we dealt with the issue of pennsylvania food desertes and food insecurity. and came up with a program called the ffi program which was a public/private partnership that worked to address food deserts. how do you steek to address food deserts? >> i think some of the programs that you all fund thad we have the opportunity to award some grants regarding fresh vegetables and others, it's a healthy food program that we are -- finny is one of them in that area as well as another one that has

of the military, richard falkner, has a ph.d. in american history from kansas state university and taught 15 years at the command and general staff college at fort leavenworth, military history. he is the author of a book called pershing's crusaders, the american soldier and world war i. you have had a lot of military history at your disposal. why are you particularly interested in world war i? >> that's a good question. i grew up on the battlefield of the american civil war north of atlanta, a period with trenches. for some reason, that just stuck with me. when i was four years old, my parents gave me a world war i play set. little tikes and little airplanes and it went from there. as i was building a period that i was going to study, it is an era that is not very well done in american history. you are able to plow new ground. >> we are hoping to do a little of that and interest more people in coming to this museum and reading your books and learning more about this important period. we have talked quite a bit about general blackjack pershing. would the american effort have been successful without him? >> he was the right man at

your veterinary school in pennsylvania is reknowned ones along with ohio state and kansas and my alma mater university of georgia have done a great job putting out professionals part of that flood safety networks. we have great career professionals in usda under the guidance of veterinarians who are making a great work in that. much of the food-borne illness you see happens after that and the supply chains, delivery, restaurants and others but, we're committed to zero tolerance policy to make sure that the food that americans feed their families are safe. >> mr. secretary, in pennsylvania, i was in the statn legislature and we dealt with the issue of pennsylvania foot deserts and we came up with the ffi program, which is a public/private partnership to address food deserts. how do you seek to address insecurity in food deserts? >> some of the programs you funded that we had opportunity to award grants and fresh vegetables and others. it is a healthy food program that we are, fini is one of them in that area as well as another one that that has to deal with those problems. there is very little money in th

of the military, richard faulkner. has a ph.d. in american history from kansas state university and taught 15 years at the command and general staff college at ft. leavenworth. so you've had a lot of military history. why are you particularly interested in world war i? >> that's a good question. i grew up on the battlefields of the american civil war and that was a period of the civil war with trenches and for some reason that just stuck with me. and when i was 4 years old my parents gave me a world war i play set. little tanks and little airplanes and it just went from there. and i was building a period that i was going to study, it's really an era that's not very well done in american history, so you're able to plow new ground. >> we're hoping to do a little of that and interest more people in coming to this museum and reading your books and learning more about this important period in american history. we've talked quite a bit already about general blackjack pershing. over your shoulder is one of his battle flags. would the american effort have been successful without him? >>

kansas or appalachian state university. so for me it's been a natural thing. the tv show takes that experience and pushes it forward another step. >> brown: everything you said is your personal experiences of you get out of boxes but then you are extrapolating to a larger -- this is what america needs. >> yeah, because i travel around and talk to people and everybody sort of loves their part of america, which is great, but then a lot of times we think, this is the most america, the part i live in. people in new york think that. >> brown: to the detriment of the culture? >> yes. if you watch the news and you're in new york and they talk about alabama, they think, that's not my country or my people, so you con descend to what their experience is or you think you can judge that experience even though you've never been there. people in coal country, people who don't live in coal country go, why do they want to destroy the environment with coal? but if you talk to people in coal country, it's about jobs. we demonize them because we think they want to destroy the environment. >> brown: you talk to the alt right richard spencer but you do it in a good way. you're clear about your left leaning. >>