the global forest change database at the university of maryland also uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and reforestation over long periods. the global forest watch platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperatures c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the website earth now . here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms or forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. the alfred baker institute also plans to incorporate non scientifically compiled data melanie backman wants holiday makers to upload observations about beaches and coastlines kind of the topic of marine letter in particular send itself well to citizen scientists because trash is something everyone can relate to everyon

business professor peter morici, good to see you. >> university of maryland is located in maryland.going off of janice's arctic blast from the arctic. >> investors are very confident because the economy slowed in the third quarter but it is poised to do much better. the profits came better-than-expected. the first half of next year looks pretty good. rob: a chance for china trade deal to fix the problem with china? >> two things. will we get a china deal? it is likely we will get a deal that will ease tensions and pull back on tariffs that hit consumer goods at this time of year, tv and coffee tables and so forth. i doubt that will resolve it more completely. it is more like a christmas cease-fire on mash. it is important to understand what it is. what will sink into business, a permanent situation disengaging from china gradually and once they get that through their heads they will invest in new places and do it inefficiently. part of the problem with china was so much unemployment. that growth is going to spread around to places like mexico and vietnam and america. those people bu

he desperately wanted to go to the flagship law school in his home city, university of maryland law school. back then, blacks were not admitted. went down to louhoward law scho and started studying an he was discovered by the dean. dean houston was actually the first african-american editor admitted to the "mharvard law review." this portrait is the only portrait that sits in the "law revi review" building. just charles h it was because he discover the thurgood marshall. as a dean, he saw this student who was so brilliant. a better oralist, advocate, writer, he'd ever seen and mentored him and graduated at the top of his class and could have gone to any law firm, any clerkship he wanted to, instead, he went back to baltimore and fresh out of law school, he hung up a shingle on a redwood street, right downtown, and in his first year he filed a lawsu the university of maryland law school for admitting blacks. he made an argument no one ever made before. he made an argument no court had ever accepted before. became the first law school desegregated by maryland's highest court. the same argume

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the university of maryland poll showed that those voters regardless of party are looking at facts theyre actually beginning to see problems for president trump. whether they believe there for he should be impeached is a different question but they are seeing that. if you step back outside in kansas or anywhere else, you are seeing your life carries on, politics carries on. there is a narrow issue of foreign policy which to a lot of people are very obscure. they care about a lot of things at home, particularly health care, for example. >> during the nixon impeachment, the public broadcasting did help to shape public opinion. whether talking about mr. trump is impeached or voted out of office next year is two negative impacts. in terms of how this shapes public opinion, how does that shape the decision making process of the senators that you'd need to switch and vote in favor of impeachment they are waiting to see if there is a bell weather moment where something really big is revealed for that to happen mick mulvaney and john bolton will have to appear. otherwise, it's really difficult

thomas de lorenzo is a professor of economics at university of maryland in baltimore as well as a senior fellow at the mieses institute his latest book is the problem with socialism and in monterey we cross to david henderson he is an emeritus professor of economics with the naval postgraduate school in monterey as well as a research fellow with the hoover institution at stanford university he is author of the joy of freedom and economists honestly are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate thomas let me go to you 1st in baltimore i don't i don't really think on this program we need to speak about the failings of socialism i think we're all on the same page on that here my point in this program is here no i don't want to waste time on that because it's obvious ok historically it obvious on its face here but thomas what is the attraction then why do we have so many millennial zz and so many people attracted to this idea that so many of them have no historical knowledge of whatsoever go ahead thomas in baltimore. it was most

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he holds degrees from syracuse university and the university of maryland. unfortunately, another professor is unable to join us tonight. now please join me in welcoming our guest. [applause] i appreciate the chance to be here. hello, chicago. it is my first time here. i am presenting to you a survey. the title being a rainy and public opinion for decades after the hostage crisis. that is one of our call centers in toronto. in the last presidential election in iran in 2017, that then president was selected. a poll was able to predict the results of the election. the economist published it one day before the election. our prediction was accurate within two percentage points. we did something that could be reliably used. the polling i am presenting today is used by the exact same methodology. a rainy and say the economy is bad. and it is getting worse. they blamed their own government more than they blame the united states for sanctions. 55% of irradiance blamed the domestic economy. 38% flame foreign sanctions and pressures. that does not mean that irradiance

national international level at the school of public health in michigan in school public policy university of maryland ran a division of the white house office of science and technology policy and lectured on every continent and more than 20 countries i wonder how many rooms in the rayburn office building. [laughter] most importantly a member of efi distinguish board of directors and we could not do the work we do without her guidance and leadership so i will turn it over to you. >> thank you very much. good morning i am happy to be on the efi board to advise the commission on adaptation. let me set the stage. we call it global commission adaptation report because coping with the changes that are already apparent from climate change is urgent and i word argue we already have delayed so time is of the essence. with that adaptation with half of my life ago working for the congress office of technology assessment i led the first and only report congress ever asked for on adaptation which included water coast and agriculture. in the second on right was the wetland in the forest in the parks. that was requ

alsocooperate governance and introduction who i am, some people weren't here, and professor at university of maryland smith school of business and germany's school. anyway, i'm really glad to hear the cooperation that i'm hearing across so we don't have to be just looking internally within the united states, but actually a global cooperation at the world level. so, there's something i'm writing for a forum, but actually be a good time to run it by you guys, also. to keep america's lead, you know, four, five, six companies that we are, google, apple, amazon, microsoft, ai leaders and facebook and so forth, and from china, they doso forth. we need a global consortium based on oecd corporate governance in a nutshell, and transparency, if we take the position to lead the consortium, the greater consortium, then also fund this, not only from a u.s. and nato and other allies, we have to understand two-part solution. this is one, whoever gets to the place on the race, but actually leading and so others follow our example. that's one part. case study that comes to a european union, small eastern country that

among the 150 students taking part in the first master's program in medical cannabis at the university of maryland. >> there is a significant need for medical cannabis education. >> she said the two year program is for enough visitations and professionals and covers everything from drug policy to clinical care and the science behind two compounds found in march. california is a morning 33 states and the district of columbia to have already legalized some form of marijuana and business is booming. the number of full-time jobs is going to surpass the 200,000 mark this year. >> much knowledge? >> it is huge. that is why this program is so monumental. >> students will not work with the marijuana plants because it is illegal to do so under federal law. the program meets once assem mess stir. the majority of the work is done online. >> 5:16. let's get a check of your local traffic. >> it is getting busy on the altamont pass. a lot of supercommuters westbound 580. we have a stalled vehicle at livermore so that will slow things down. a surface street problem on grant lane. grant lane used as an alternate.

university of maryland economist peter morici. g about a lot of people, almost 400,000 of them gainfully employed. they add billions and billions of dollars to the gdp and the federal covers. what could it mean potentially if they were deported? >> i don't think they will be deported but if they were were, that would be a negative. 400,000 people is a big negative on the labor force. that is notable effect on the economy. i think however in the end that the supreme court rules the president can end it, he has the bargaining chip he was using before the lower court stopped him from ending it, push the democrats on meaningful immigration reform. narrow family reunification criteria, you can't bring in your third cousin twice removed, also move away from the lottery. not end either of those. narrow them to move towards more skills based immigration within the same quota. let us bring in more technicians and engineers, people that would help the economy grow, and grow more rapidly. i think that is where we're headed. i think it could b

joining me to discuss, university of maryland economist, peter morici. is my take on all of this. this is why when people go to target this weekend they will not see a massive increase in prices because it has been absorbed all the way back to china? >> well basic tax shifting. you know in freshman economics we show people some products the consumer pays a tax. for example, if you put a tax on insulin, it is made here the consumer will pay a lot more for insulin. if they put a tax on the foreign product, they devalue currency, they have room to absorb or resues profits, the producer absorbs it. china's economy not doing as well as it was before because it is so dependent on the exports. a lot of manufacturers are in trouble. china is having trouble unwinding its credit bubble. meanwhile the u.s. economy is doing fine. look around. does it look like the u.s. economy is doing badly? into no. no inflation and jobs being created. china is out of bullets but they can hit us with much more. there is a lot of more donald trump can do to china to make its life m

the first lady of the united states took the stage to speak at a youth opioid summit at the university of marylandmore. she's speaking on behalf of a mark wahlberg youth foundation. she was greeted with a few cheers but also some boos coming from attendees. >> it is my pleasure to introduce you to the first lady of the united states of america. [ audience reacts ] >> first lady melania trump in baltimore there. she spoke for roughly five minutes. >>> meanwhile, also in maryland, three men who were in prison for 36 years in maryland were exonerated last night in the shooting death of a baltimore teenager. they were let go hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped their charges following a review of that case. they received an apology from the state's criminal justice system. the trio sentenced to life in prison back in 1984. prosecutors now say multiple police reports at the time pointed to a different suspect. >> i really don't have the woerdz words to say. i just thank god. >> reporter: how does it feel to be real? >> it's wonderful, it's the first time i've been able

of iranian politics. he focuses on a team missed finding iranian politics, he hopes to be at syracuse university and a ph.d. in policy studies from the university of maryland college park following the flash stop we will continue our discussion introduced the panelists. unfortunately the former deputy chief of the political section the u.s. embassy and iran is unable to and join us tonight, please join us and welcoming doctor farm each. >> hello, hello. i appreciate the chance to be here, hello to chicago it's my first time here thank you for the welcome (applause). >> i am presenting to a survey that has been done for the chicago council and iran poll of global affairs, the title being iranian public opinion for the iranian kids after the crisis on an. so the independent company focusing on iranian polling. also canada, have allowed to canadian consulates here on. >> the scientific polling from iran has been proven to be reliable, scientific, and as an example in the last presidential election in iran in 2017 bennett presidential ronny the current president was selected, the iraq poll was able to predict the result of the election, send the results to the

on tuesday we will be at the iv bookshop in baltimore where university of maryland history professor ill look at the underground web of slave traders and human traffickers cooperated in the north prior to the civil war. wednesday look for us at the spy museum in washington dc for henry hemmings talk on how a british operative who worked to spread propaganda in order to encourage and Ãin the same evening at miami university in hamilton ohio where former i how government will share his ideas on how citizens can promote social and political change. all of these events are open to the public if you are in attendance take a picture and tag us at took tv on twitter or facebook or instagram. recently on tv former defense secretary jim mattis recounted his military career and offered his thoughts on leadership in the conversation with new york times columnist david brooks. here's a portion of the program. >> in the good old greek phalanx preparing for battle the men were huddled into this covered by their shields and so terrified they could hear each other's teeth chattering. have you felt th

are not really closer at the university of maryland in baltimore duke university north carolina and stuniversity in missouri and also ohio cincinnati children's hospital, medical center. >>not close at all a new study says getting the measles virus could effectively wiped out much of your body's immune system. researchers at harvard medical school looked at blood samples from children both before and after they had measles they found measles cause what they call immune. and the meeting the fire is wiped out other protective antibodies that could prevent more disease down the road and patients are more at risk for catching other viral and bacterial infections. >>a new study says more and more adults are getting diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. the rate of adults facing adhd diagnosis is climbs significantly over the ask decades. in fact, 43% more adults were diagnosed with the disorder over the 10 year period, but the study senior author says it doesn't necessarily mean that more people are developing adhd the number could instead be rising because more cases are

jason nichols, professor of african-american studies at the university of maryland.e you both. i will start with you. i remember a time when democrats were really up in arms over "lock her up" and has. rally like this, bernie sanders not pressing back on that crowd about president trump, "lock him up." and you say what? >> it was like he was fighting a smile, as i was watching the video. you have to ask yourself, for democrats who have complained so much about the tone of the term presidency, what kind of action are we getting from them on the campaign trail? you saw it last night, there was a lock him up chant at a major router bernie sanders. i don't think this is the tone he wanted to set in his campaign, but he seems just swept away by the hard left on this one as any other candidate does. >> harris: i don't know if you watched or could hear former senator of indiana evan bayh wants it with me moments ago, saying the number of the people who would support or and or bernie sanders on the socialism column, if you will, is now starting to outnumber those more modera

china been the head of programs at jon hopkins, syracuse, and the university of maryland. he was the producer of chinese plane which persons of sesame street. he is recognized as an expert on u.s.-sino relations. melissa griffith, her work has been cited before. deals with the intersection of research and technology and focus on cyber security and how small countries can defend themselves in a dangerous digital world. she is a phd candidate at uc berkeley and affiliate researcher at the center for long-term cyber security. and the deputy assistant director at the national risk management center. the focus is on public-private partnerships to enhance cyber security and the resilience of critical infrastructure. does work deals with efforts to manage risks in the global supply chain, something talked about earlier, and the security of 5g networks, which has been the primary topic today. chief ofs formerly staff for congress in john ratcliffe, the chair of the cyber security and infrastructure protection subcommittee. ok, good. with that, let's -- melissa, let's start with you

historically black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and we need to do that now. so, mr. president, i'm here today to advocate on behalf of maryland's four hcbu's that face a funding cliff due to congressional inaction. without the immediate passage of the future act, bowie state university, coppin state university, morgan state university, and the university of maryland-eastern shore face a collective $4.2 million funding shortfall now that the act for mandatory funding for these institutions lapsed on october 1 of this year. this clean bipartisan and paid-for two-year reauthorization gives breathing room to continue to negotiate the full reauthorization of the higher education act without holding these historically underfunded institutions as hostage. our hcbu's and m.c.i.'s know that they can count on this mandatory funding each year to strengthen their course offerings, in-demand stem programs, make infrastructure improvements and provide academic counseling and student support services to first-generation and historically underrepresented students. throwing these budgets of these institutions into chaos directly harms their abi

at events book tv will be covering this week, tuesday we will be at the iv bookshop where university of maryland professor richard bell look at the underground web as slave traders and human traffickers operated in the north prior to the civil war. on wednesday look for us at the sign museum in washington dc for rehabbing thought on how british operative word to spread propaganda in order to encourage american involvement in world war ii. that same evening we will miami university in ohio former ohio in 2016 republican presidential candidate john casey will share his ideas on how citizen can promote social and political change. all of these events are open to the public. if you're in attendance picture cd on twitter, facebook or instagram area. >> the cspan2 online store nowhas graffiti products . see what's new for book tv and all the products. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm the vice president in foreign policy studies at cato. you all for being here. welcome although those of you to wanting online@cato.org and i take the time to say hello to those watching on c-span and i'd also like to exten

peter morici, professor emeritus of economics at the university of maryland, shouldn't parents be doing shouldn't parents teach their kids how to parent, not the university? what do you say? >> certainly parents to provide an example of regard to parenting but let's talk more basic stuff, how to manage your credit card, how to balance a checkbook, things like that. my mother sat me down my senior year and showed me how to do those things. kids when they arrive should be able to do those things. can they? i don't think so. look how they are labeling on all that debt and the first people they encounter at universities are carnival barkers, the people in the admissions office to tell them majoring in foreign would've and art history will lead to meaningful careers and they should borrow 60, 80, $100,000 a year to do it. is it any wonder we have a third of our college students can't do the work. if they can't do college work they can't navigate the system, we have to assign them nannies to register. i was handed a catalog. they can't do those things. is it any surprise they can't do basic t

joining us now professor of sociology at the university of maryland, dana fisher, the author of the newe." good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i think people hear the resistance and think immediately of the trump years, but obviously you go back further here. what is the through line in the resistance movements in america? >> one of the things that i would say is a consistency across resistance movements is the way it is challenging whatever is the dominant political perspective of the time, but most of the focus in the bock ok is really on beginn at the women's march that we saw this spark that united the resistance. it is threaded throughout. we still see it today but i trace it to the congressional districts during the midterm elections. >> so donald trump obviously has created an explosion of resistance movements. the women's march was the first one where i think the country looked at the images from the helicopters of the street and go, wow, people are upset about this. what is the real impact of them though? i mean obviously they're voicing concern of americans,

i have been a political science major from the university of maryland, also a 23-year retired navy chiefcommon sense dictates -- and the american people are watching very closely. we have been watching since the inauguration. we have been watching since prior to the inauguration, and there seems to be this pattern with the russia collusion, with brett kavanaugh, and now with ukrainianw with this deal. something comes to mind -- you know, if this thing actually makes it into the senate, the senators are going to be able to -660,the same rules as hb and they will be the ones controlling how the rest of this circus rolls out. host: to that point, daily caller has this headline -- "we asked every gop senator about impeachment. seven ruled it out." senatorsublican refused to rule out removing president trump from office. the caller contacting all 53 senate offices on monday and tuesday to ask if the senators would rule out voting to remove the president from office, received a variety of responses. seven senators explicitly rejected impeachment. , heror cindy hyde-smith office said the senato

on policy and technology in baltimore we have thomas de lorenzo he's a professor of economics at loyola university marylandin baltimore as well as a senior fellow at the mieses institute his latest book is the problem with socialism and in monterey we cross to david henderson he is an emeritus professor of economics with the naval postgraduate school in monterey as well as a research fellow with the hoover institution at stanford university he is author of the joy of freedom in economists honestly are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate thomas let me go to you 1st in baltimore i don't i don't really think on this program we need to speak about the failings of socialism i think we're all on the same page on that here my point in this program is here no i don't want to waste time on that because i it's obvious ok historically. it's on its face here but thomas what is the attraction then why do we have so many millennia and so many people attracted to this idea that so many of them have no historical knowledge of whatsoever go ahead thomas i

on policy and technology in baltimore we have thomas de lorenzo he's a professor of economics at loyola university marylandin baltimore as well as a senior fellow at the mieses institute his latest book is the problem with socialism and in monterey we cross to david henderson he is an emeritus professor of economics with the naval postgraduate school in monterey as well as a research fellow with the hoover institution at stanford university he is author of the joy of freedom in economists honestly are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can.

behind the optimism on the street is chief economist for the international trade commission university of marylandd: one would expect wall street, you know, they hate uncertainty, so given the political uncertainty in washington, if they thought the president was going to be removed from office, one would expect that the stock market would be in a far different place. >> perhaps. there is no reason to believe that vice president pence would pursue any policies that were different. and we really don't know what that would mean for re-election beyond that or election beyond that what's really driving this is near turn data. we have had very, very good g.d.p. growth, much better than expected. forecasters are now lifting their expectations for 2020. corporate profits were better than expected in the third quarter and now businesses, the corporations, the guidance, they're lifting, you know, what they say are going to be profits in 2020. so, you know, overall the outlook has brightened. and we see this in a variety of places, consumer confidence is improving. private surveys regarding retail sales and

of maryland. he is the author of the new southern university academic freedom and liberalism at unc. and zack messitte is the president of ripon college in ripon, wisconsin, where he is also a professor of politics and government. he is co-editor of understanding the global community. he was also the very first director of the center for the study of democracy here at st. mary's college. i would say welcome back. >> thank you. >> but zack has been the president at ripon since 2012, and he has remained engaged in st. mary's community through both the center for the study of democracy and his family, judge peter messitte, and susan messitte. welcome, susan, who both have a home just north of campus. the messittes are indeed a family of service with a strong sense of community as evidenced by susan for many years serving as the president of the college's foundation board of directors. zack and chuck, along with a third author, gerald podaira professor of history at lawrence university in appleton, wisconsin wrote "republican pop list, spiro agnew and the origin of donald trump's america

university of arkansas school of law very he received his ba from highercollege, administration from the university of nebraska and is a life member of the american law relatede and wrote two books, mccullough v, maryland, and temporary issues. that is 2002. he is published widely on the supreme court, constitution and spoke twice before this audience . so there is demand that he came back. , a badge ofreat honor the society once you to return. please join me in welcoming the professor. [applause] mark: thank you for that gracious introduction and for taking the time from a busy first monday. i didn't realize until you were 1935,airs on october 7, 84 years ago, the first monday of the first term the court spent in this building -- there is a certain degree of residence and it is humbling to be here. i want to thank the society for the invitation and in particular jennifer lowell, the driving force behind these things. it is a great honor and privilege. the subject is the oddity of opinions styled as conferences that actually turn out to read like to sense. -- dissents. just as johnson and his opinion justiceher v. peck, brandeis and justice homes in 1927 in california -- they are the most prominent exa

university of arkansas school of law. he received his ba from boston education andgher phd from the university of nebraska and is a life member of the american law institute and wrote two related books, "mccullough v, maryland," and an older book from 2002. he is published widely on the supreme court, the constitution and spoke twice before this audience . so there is demand that he came back. and it is very good. it is a badge of honor that the society wants you to return. please join me in welcoming professor killenbeck. [applause] killenbeck: thank you for gracias and-- production, justice breyer, and acious introduction, for takingyer, and the time from a busy first monday. i didn't realize -- i want to thank the society for the invitation. i want to thank in particular jennifer lowe, the driving force behind these things. it is a great honor and a privilege to be here. the subject tonight is the oddity of opinions, the style of concurrence is that turn out to read much like dissents. be thets are going to main part of this, justice and -- justice johnson and his opinion in fletcher v. peck, justice brandeis and justice homes in 1927 in whitney, california, and they are the two most prominent examples o

of the turkey, the trimmings, decadent desserts, we have your entire thanksgiving table covered. >> awesome, al. >> i love this >> parading our chefs in, morgan state university from baltimore, marylandamily to your family, happy thanksgiving >> we're just getting started. >>> good morning. 8:26. it's expected to keep raining off and on throughout the bay area today. to give you a sense of what's been going on overnight, this video from outside our studios in san jose. you can see the heavy rain coming down at times, leaving behind puddles and a mess. in the east bay, a video of a eucalyptus tree that crashed down, barely missing a home. a police officer estimated it's about four feet across. this public works employee had to break it down with a chainsaw to remove it. let's get a look at that commute for you. >> we had some tough times and less flooding as things ease up. still a little bit of a breeze, but this crash south 880 just passed the truck scales is causing some slowing. heading out of fremont toward mission, just shy of mission by the way. just north of mission, we have slowing from an earlier crash and flooding reported. they should have cones out in the area until they

of maryland. he is the author of the new southern university academic freedom and liberalism at unc. messitte is a professor of politics and government. he is coeditor of understanding the global community. the very first director of the center for democracy here at st. mary's college. i would say welcome back. sag has been the president at written since 2012. he has remained engaged in st. mary's community for the center of the study of democracy and his family. judge peterman said he and susan messitte andr susan messitte. they have a strong sense of community. susan served as a president as the college board of directors. , along with a , third author, jared, wrote republican populist: spiro agnew and the origin of donald trump's america. as most of you know, spiro agnew was vice president under president richard nixon. inew resigned from office 1973. i was just a child then, you can tell. after pleading no contest. incidentally, agnew is also maryland's 56 governor serving from 1967 to 1969. published by the university of populist ispublican described as a fascinating political p