of oklahoma to pass the bar who had been educated in oklahoma. she went on to teach and become the first faculty member of color at the university of oklahoma. she stayed there and eventually became a member of the board of regents that tried so hard to make sure that she never entered the school. her last act upon retiring was to create an endowed chair for anita hill. and she hired anita hill and they became close friends. when anita was testifying, when she testified at the clarence thomas hearing, she came to rely on ada, and i just want to read quickly what it is she had to say about ada. >> this is anita hill talking. as i settled into my role there, i drew on her enthusiasm. at every step she supported me, from the day i got there, through tenure and finally when i needed it most when my job was threatened after i testified in 1991 after senate confirmation hearing for judge clarence thomas. her support was vocal in public and private settings. at a university function in norman, days after my testimony she greeted me in her enthusiastic manner. she said, anita, you are my kind of woman. i knew that that i could weather the trials that

that was good to talk to them still she was under threat of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma thank you. come to light a pentagon analyst was stripped of his security clearance after he complained about how lucrative contracts were given to staff and how a man who turned out to be an f.b.i. informant with more details on this his. viewers will recall stefan helper at the university of cambridge helper met with an individual from the trump campaign carter page and this meeting took place roughly three weeks before the f.b.i. launched its investigation into alleged collusion between trump and russia it was later revealed that stefan halper has a long history as an f.b.i. informant he's worked with the cia what we're also learning is that an individual named adam a lot of injure has been stripped of his security clearance now adam levin sure is a twelve year pentagon strategist he's worked with the pentagon he raised why it was that stefan halper was receiving over a million dollars over the course of six years and different contracts and it wasn't exactly clear what work he was

atmospheric science and weather prediction, receiving his bachelor of science in meteorology from university of oklahoma and his phd in atmospheric science from university of illinois urbana, champagne. forerves as vice president research, weather news chair for analysis and production of storms at his alma mater, university of oklahoma. he also serves on the oklahoma andrnor's science technology council and as the governor's cabinet secretary of science and technology. he's well known in the senate commerce committee. he previously worked with us as we developed bipartisan american innovation and competitiveness act. he comes before the committee to make policy recommendations and notably said that we had "made science bipartisan again." he also previously testified before the committee regarding science in the u.s. economy and on hurricane research. he has twice been confirmed by the u.s. senate, each time by voice vote. the first time as a bush nominee in the second as an obama nominee serving his last chair -- his last term as chairman. he's eminently well qualified to tod stp, and a look forward th

atmospheric science and weather prediction receiving bachelor of science in meteorology from the university of oklahoma and phd from the university of illinois. he served as vice president for research, the weather news jerry merritt us of flight meteorology and director emeritus of the center for analysis and prediction of storms at his alma mater, university of oklahoma. he serves on the oklahoma governor science and technology council and the governors cabinet secretary of science and technology. he worked with us as we developed a bipartisan american innovation and competitiveness act. and the science and us economy and hurricane research, doctor drogomeyer was confirmed by voice vote. first time was a bush nominee and second time an obama nominee. and he is a well-qualified, i look forward to the senate confirming this position which is vacant. jim moorehart spent 25 years working in the senate in various capacities. mister morhard serves as deputy sergeant at arms, prior to this role he served as staff director of the senate appropriations committee. in that position he helped develop and negotia

just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma gave us his thoughts on the issue. the united states does not one assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there is very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitterly about this particularly in iraq and other areas that have been quite badly destroyed they've been pressuring a saudi arabia which just said it would spend another hundred million in syria stabilization they've been pushing france and and european countries to try to get them to spend more m

time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis a head of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma says there are multiple competing interests in syria. the united states does not want assad to become too strong and there you are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if their products where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of that so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitterly about deaths typically in iraq and other areas that have been quite badly destroyed they've been pressuring a saudi arabia which just said it would spend another hundred million in syria stabilization they've been pushing france and and european countries to try t

at a time via choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says america's interests in syria go far beyond elimination of terrorists. the united states does not want a side to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage. a key day for well diplomacy and less than two hours vladimir putin a threat to land in germany for talks with angela merkel among the major issues on the agenda syria and functions trying to hawkins' reports from berlin this is the second meeting between chancellor merkel and president putin in a matter of months the last one being a visit by the chancellor to the city

at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says america's interest in the thirty year go far beyond elimination of terrorists. the united states does not want a side to become too strong they are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if their province where there is very complex negotiations and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage. the u.s. department of defense is planning to spend up to fifteen million dollars and hunting the performance and interior and savage solace that has caleb maupin explains history shows such programs have to be hung out with cat. actually did. hollywood science fiction often depicts the soldiers of the future with all the talk of us base course from donald trump and fig

time for choosing but it is coming so she will on this head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says america's interests in syria go far beyond elimination of terrorists the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if there are problems where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of that so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage. the u.s. department of defense is planning to spend up to fifteen million dollars and haunting the performance and insurance of its soldiers but as caleb maupin explains history shows that such programs have to be handled with care. actually did. hollywood science fiction often depicts the soldiers of the future with all the talk of a space force from donald trump and fi

at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says america's interest in thirty year go far beyond elimination of terrorists the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran.

well you're sure landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says that america's interests in syria do you go beyond fighting terrorism. the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if their province where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of that so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage. on the situation in syria will be just one of a number of subjects up for discussion in talks going on right now in berlin between i'm glad hawkins joins us live now from the german capital dan there's a press conference was in the between the two leaders just a few minutes ago hinting perhaps that's what they will be discussing. indeed that press conference concluded literally about two thre

absolutely obliterated isis in iraq we're joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma gave us his thoughts on the issue. the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if their profits where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitterly about deaths typically in iraq and other areas that have been quite badly destroyed they've been pressuring a saudi arabia which just said it would spend another hundred million in syria stabilization they've been pushing france and and european countries to try to get them to spend more mon

choosing but it is coming well we spoke to joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says america's interests in syria beyond fighting terrorism the united states does not one aside to become too strong there you are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if there are problems where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of that so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage. the u.s. department of defense says planning to spend up to fifteen million dollars in halting the performance and insurance of its soldiers but caleb maupin explains history shows that as a reason to be wary. treated . hollywood science fiction often depicts the soldiers of the future with all the talk of a space force from donald trump and fighting robots across the silver scr

a sophomore at the university of central florida, from sarasota, florida... and a sophomore at the university of oklahomama... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. a little bit of show biz there with thatcher -- "ah! ah! it's me!" [ laughter ] hannah and eric, good to see you guys again, too. let's go to work, shall we? first round of play has one daily double and these categories for you... next... because... thatcher, you start us, please. hit the books, $600. hannah. -what is obscure? -correct. cooks, $400. thatcher. -what is slave? -good. books, $800. eric. -what is civilization? -good. hit the books, $1,000. thatcher.

and a sophomore at the university of oklahoma, from tulsa, oklahoma... e is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] a senior from the university of ottawa. thank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen. the second of our quarter-final matches today with these three talented young people. i give you credit even before you perform. good luck. here we go. the jeopardy! round today contains these categories... you should do well in that. each correct response will be a word from the dictionary that appears before "rec." and finally, this... hamlet -- clues about the prince of denmark from his native land. all right, thatcher, you go first. let's do vocabulary for $1,000. jordan. -what is a reed? -good. pre-rec for $1,000. thatcher. -what is reactionary? -that's right. pre-rec, $800. dhruv. -what is a rebar? -good. let's do hamlet, $800.

oklahoma. the area got 5 inches of rain in just matter of hours. this video shows several cars submerged on a street. but on the campus of oklahoma state university- >> whoo! >> reporter: -- students took it in stride, as flash flooding swamped the campus. those storms are on the move right now. a closer look at the forecast in just minutes. >>> to washington now. and a group of former officials who once served in the highest levels of the intelligence community, slamming president trump for stripping the security clearance from ex-cia chief john brennan. brennan is still not shying away from blasting the president. arlette saenz joins us from d.c. with the very latest news from overnight. good morning. >> reporter: kendis, good morning. the president's move has sparked backlash amongst the intelligence committee and democrats on capitol hill. the top democrat on the house oversight committee wants the white house to hand over documents about the process that the president used to revoke john brennan's security clearance. president trump in a meeting with his cabinet ignored questions about revoking the security clearance for former cia director

you went to the university of texas when earl campbell won the heisman trophy. biggest question of the year, does texas beat oklahoma in the second weekend of october this year? >> i'm sure hoping so, because i'm sick and tired of being called baja oklahoma by the oklahomans who like the fact they have beaten us way too many times in recent years. john: you better believe it. they love to rub it in. i have family from oklahoma so i have been looking forward to football season. karl, thank you very much for joining us. >> i may be in sweetwater doing bird hunting later this year. john: have a great time. democrats ramping up their words on president trump. we will bring you the story. >>> first, president trump calling out social media platforms. have they become too biased against conservative voices? lawrence jones takes up the issue next. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. [music playing]e. (ceo) haven't been playing golf this ye

oklahoma state university. >> exquisite team, university of nebraska. >> i don't know that the internet has changed comedy itselfnged. >> the reason that parody is even stronger now is because we are in this viral internet culture where most stuff is now watched online in little bits and it's presented in a oh, you got to see this. click on this and you're not going to believe this. >> don't call me bitch, i'm a grown man! >> bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch. >> god, you're mean. >> the idea was everything. the idea was parody. >> why are there newspapers all over the place? >> political satire. crazy characters. sketches. it was anything that was fun that you wanted to try that a network would never put on. >> i would like to welcome my first guest, jessica chastain. >> you had a program that's a sendup of talk shows so it's a satire of talk shows. >> real interested in the work you've been doing down in haiti. tell us a little bit about that. is there a six flags down there? >> there's not, no. >> we can move on. >> the new medium, especially sites just for comedy, i think they're a good thing for the business. espe