copies have been translated into more than thirty languages is in america's fellow at the university of oxford and founder of the richard dawkins foundation for reason and science he joins me now from our studios in miami professor dawkins welcome it's a pleasure thank you it's a pleasure and an honor to have you with us in the selfish gene you shook up the discussion of natural selection you coined the term the selfish gene as a way if correct me if i have this wrong place as way of expressing the genes centered view of evolution as opposed to the views focused on group selection given that you also say that genes just are they can survive independently of the cell the cell can survive in the better the organism how do you reckon to reconcile the need for biological cooperation with your hypothesis of a selfish gene. cooperation takes place at the level of the individual or individuals cooperate selfish the whole point about my book the selfish gene is not that individuals and selfish but individuals may well very well be able to restrict cooperative as a result of their genes in being selfis

. >> and british researchers at the university of oxford found applying a small amount of electric current to the brain 10 minutes helped test subjects learn a computer game faster. doctors say the same technique might help stroke patients recover lost motor skills. and the organization boferning organ donations is looking into changes rules, one change allowing doctors to retrieve organs right away. and the united network wants to lift the ban on allowing patients to be donors before their doctors and families have given up hope of trying to save lives. and critics worry the changes will increase the risk that dying patients will have care compromised and supporters say it would strengthen the program. >> turning to business news now, net flix creating a social club and another shake up could be coming to hewlett-packard. hi, emily. >> and the resolving door at hewlett-packard may be turning again. now, the days could be numbed. bloomberg news reported hewlett-packard board plans to meet to consider whether to oust after just 11 months on the job. sources told us former ebay ceo meg whitm

basically my entire life, went to high school in yorkshire, the north of england, went to the university of oxford, then came -- returned to the united states after i left university. >> and why did you go to oxford? why did you stay? >> i studied history. >> what kind of history? >> modern history, which also begins with the anglo-saxons. why did i go there? i mean, it's an incredibly beautiful place. it was a wonderful time to go. >> new college? >> new college. yeah. and which is across the street. and new college is founded in 1369 or whatever, i think, so not -- but, you know, i had a great time there. i didn't really -- there weren't that many requirements to work, so -- and everybody -- you know, it was funny because at that time the english government paid for you to go to university. they gave you -- now you have to pay something yourself, but at that time not only was the education free, but they gave you spending money. so, it's kind of a very different philosophy than the kind of -- of course now the british government is asking people to pay, but it's still relatively speaking inexpen

ies came from england, anglicans from the holy club originally from oxford university and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from new ported rhode island to salve van that, and the crowds were enormous for the times.

i was at oxford, and i was looking out of the future and really i had three options in front of me. one option was to stay at oxford university or to go and pursue an academic career. i knew that the oxford or any university would be able to give me a lot of freedom. another option that i had was to go to a consulting firm and i'd knew that they offered me and my first year, they said we will pay you more money than both of your parents combined have ever made in any one or two year period. that i had they have a third option from the united states. now the navy said to me, they said if you joined the navy, they said we will pay you $1332.60 per month. they said come and they said we promise you that in your first few months in the navy, we promise you that in the first few months in the navy you will have zero minutes per day of privacy. and they said the deal is the minute you sign on the dotted line you will always eight years of service, at least four years active duty and four years in the reserves. they said in return for that what we will do as we will give you one and only one chance at a sick underwater demolition tr

anglicans came from the holy club of oxford university. george whitfield and the wesley brothers and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from newport, rhode island to savannah and the crowds were enormous for the times. benjamin franklin was the first to verify how large the crowds were when whitfield came through philadelphia. franklin invented a way to count a crowd. it's a pretty good one. he walked around the edges and then he figured out how many -- he calculated how many square feet the average person took up, and he came to the conclusion that there were 25,000 people in the audience. without a microphone, george whitfield could reach all of them. he traveled along with two horses one for himself and one for his portable pulpit from town to town. and wherever he went, young people, poor people who had never felt at home in the puritan meeting houses turned out and so the great awakening produced a schism in new england and 300 new separatist churches which was too much for ethan allen's father joseph. he

for tonight's cover stations of great minds i'm joined by journalist and author anthony summers anthony summers studied modern languages at oxford university before embarking on a journalism career that landed in the position of b.b.c.'s youngest producer at the age of twenty four and a lot of travel the world report on some of history's most memorable moments during the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's for the past thirty years anthony has concentrated on investigative nonfiction author in seven bestselling books about historical figures like tsar nicholas the second president john f. kennedy f.b.i. director j. edgar hoover and president richard nixon is also written biographies of celebrities marilyn monroe and frank sinatra his latest book the eleventh day well it's about account of nine eleven is an investigation of the terrorist attacks of nine eleven september eleventh is the product of five years. we had some research and access for the first time to tens of thousands of previously was withheld nine eleven commission documents it has been hailed as the first comprehensive independent account of the events that changed america

he is a graduate of oxford university and holds political science degrees from mit. he works as senior global advisor oxford analytica. i will turn it over to david. [applause] >> good morning. i have to start by saying it is a mark of the remarkable generosity of spirit that usually invites the europeans to chair this. strikes me as a mark of your diplomatic skills that the euro does not appear anywhere in what i am about to chair. i am delighted to be here not just to represent the rest of the world but also to help facilitate the discussion over the next hour and a half or so of this panel. i was trying to think what the framing theme of this conference and what came to mind was a commentary that was written in the wake of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. among -- the historians will write about the three important words. not war on terror but made in china. that is the question we are addressing in this panel and in the rest of the day. chinese leaders stressed they are a developing country of 1 fifty million people with less than $1 day. the per-capita gdp is 0.1 t

and finally some rowing while the on your boat race between british universities oxford in cambridge is known throughout the world not of their rights competed in the final as the european universities championship in moscow which was won by a local student crew always memories still fresh from beating reigning world champions germany at their home event and some pieces by the northern russian team french opposition to this one less than three seconds made the difference in the two kilometer race on the. driving come out that showdown topped the bell at the annual tournament state in russia for the first time since its inception six years ago almost five hundred students athletes from fifteen countries took part. and that's all sports news. hungry for the full slate we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in the czech republic all teas available in the hotel as my central hotel prima villa the nice and most regal full stop aida much of him a taste in bosnia and herzegovina parties available in hutto bosnia and children of each college told cubic feet a photo for.

from grove city, ohio who worked at mcdonald's earn scholarships to michigan state, oxford university, and the university of chicago law school? >> i worked hard in school, had really terrific teachers, and i think i was fortunate. >> and timely, last question, what has it meant to you that mike dewine who defeated you last year? >> attorney general and i have maintained a friendly relationship in what was a tough election. i think that's to his credit, and i hope mine, and i appreciate what he had to say about me very much. >> let me conclude, mr. chairman. his background and experience shows he's the een tone of the public servant, and it's not only bad for consumers if the nomination is hijacked, but it's bad for the country if he's treated as a pawn in a cynical washington game, so i hope you're here, the colleagues change their minds having met you and seen the quality you show as a nominee. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator menendez. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. mr. attorney general, you seem to have a strong record on consumer protection issues, and you've been endorsed by several consumer adv

and you really have to include all of russia if start just a piece of real estate near moscow it has to reach out to universities in oxford or all across this is what we call virtual this is really reaching out across the country without a physical it's not also your location you can reach out to people and that's what's happening today and that's what will happen for the first year or so of operation it will be virtual the skolkovo innovation how which is being developed on the outskirts of moscow just mentioned by my guest has been growing quite a bit of international attention spotlights you know the media has more in that. over a year after president they're going to announced plans to create the so-called russian soup and it has already attracted quite a number of major foreign investors and not here microsoft siemens only n.c. scott have signed cooperation agreements with. the russian innovation center has hosted some top u.s. officials including the governor of california arnold schwarzenegger and he wants a vice president joe biden and it was the former u.s. secretary of state condos or. rice wants to visit first

she's a graduate of george washington university, oxford university and massachusetts institute of technology. concentrating on the nuclear weapons, china and the soviet union. of equal significance, she is the mother of five, proud of all of them, but i'd understand that one of her daughters is a recent graduate 2008 of the naval academy in the surface order business on the west coast. ladies and gentlemen, is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce ms. mcfarland. [applause] >> thank you for being here. you may not recognize me behind the brunette at fox news. [laughter] this year's defense from a focus is on the journey back and helping the wounded warriors and their families transition, and the panel this morning is going to take a look at the issues of community integration, the challenges our veterans and their families face, and especially the wounded were years and their particular needs. you know, i am of the vietnam war met generation. i want to ask is anybody here as old as i am of the vietnam era? more than you would think. after the vietnam war that we treated our veterans sha

she's a graduate of george washington university, oxford university and massachusetts institute of technology concentrate on nuclear weapons, china and the soviet union. she is the mother of five, proud of all of them, but i understand that one of her daughters is a recent graduate to designate of the naval academy and the surface warfare business on the west coast. ladies and gentlemen, is and is distinct pleasure to introduce ms. katie mcfarlan. [applause] >> thank you for being here. you may not recognize me but i'm the burnett from fox news. last back [laughter] to finance foreign on helping wounded warriors and their families transition and the panel this morning is going to take a look at the issues of community integration that challenges are better at and especially our wounded warriors and their particular needs. you know, i am of the vietnam war generation. is anyone here is lotus im, the vietnam era? more than anything. after the vietnam war, we treated our vietnam shamelessly. it was an unpopular war and it didn't end well. instead of blaming ourselves, we think the military. when

he graduated from columbia university initially and then he studied in london, london school of economics and received a ph.d actually at oxford university. and has served academically as a professor at a number of institutions including the national war college, columbia, trinity college and so on. i would like to mention only one book, the most recent book that i got. how the bush administration managed reconstruction of afghanistan. just was published several months ago and, obviously dov is a frequent commentator on radio, tv and media in general. dov, please. >> thanks very much, yonah. it's good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend general al gray who is sitting in the front row, who was one of the most dynamic come man daunts the marine corps has ever ad. al and i go back longer than either of us will admit but i am certainly proud i can call him a friend. like yoram, i'm not going to speak for this administration. anybody who knows me will understand why i wouldn't, but i do want to give a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things and i want to star

dangerous strategy professor marc ullman from oxford university says that religious violence is what lies ahead for post revolt states the question is what kind of democracy will you have either in egypt or perhaps in syria where the the core of the opposition to president assad is the brothers the cousins if you like of the muslim brotherhood and these groups say they want to see them even indeed have majority support but they also say there's no question that the woman could be elected president of all the christian quarter but we have to remember in these countries like egypt and syria there are significant religious minorities it's a christian minorities there are also muslim groups who are regarded by the hardcore if you are one have the fundamentalists is not really muslims as heretics and so there is a danger that under the guise of democratization what we will see is the replacement of secular dictators who are at least tolerated really just diversity of fashion in a place with very dogmatic hardline people who will want a kind of saudi single rigid religious authority that will not tolerate sentiments muslims of all non muslim groups i

and while they on your boat race between british universities oxford in cambridge is known as throughout the world not as their rates competed in the final of the european universities championship which was one zero zero zero russian crew with the race still fresh from beating the reigning world champions germany at their home and support team the northern russian team that's french opposition to almost one in three seconds made the difference to call it a race class we are going now actually that tops our bill at the annual tournament which will stay for russia for the first time since its inception six years ago almost five hundred student athletes fifteen countries took part. that's what sports news this evening the weather news headlines are coming up next for me i think. hungry for the feels like we've got it. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. i'm. russia would be so much brighter if you bought someone from funniest impressions. i mean for instance on t.v. dot com. if. the disease. is fifty two.

ies came from england, anglicans from the holy club originally from oxford university and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from new ported rhode island to salve van that, and the crowds were enormous for the times. benjamin franklin verified how large the crowd were. he invented ways to count crowds. he walked around the edges and figuring hot -- he calllated how many square feet the average person took up, and he came to the conclusion there's 25,000 people in the audience. without a microphone, george witfield could reach all of them. he traveled with two horses, one for himself and the other for the portable pull pit from town to town. poor people who never felt at home in the meeting houses turned out, and the great awakening produced a schism in new england and 300 new churches which was too much for ethan allen's father, joseph. he was born a proud puritan and called themselves saints with an upper case "s," much as evangelicals still do today. rather than be part of the awakening, he led 19 families into the wilderness of north western connecticut which seems like a funny thing

the annual book race between british rivals oxford and cambridge is known throughout the world not thirty eight competed in the final of the european universities championships in moscow a russian student three winning disappearance with a memory still fresh from beating reigning world champions germany up their home event in st petersburg in june northern russian team age french opposition to win this one less than three seconds making the difference in the two kilometer leads showdown topping the bill again you will target which was staged in russia for the first time since its inception half a dozen years back almost five hundred street not least from fifteen countries. that's all your sport for now whether it's next i'll seize it. the. big. one.

annual boat race between british rivals oxford and cambridge is known well throughout the world none of the eights competed in the final of the european universities championship in moscow a russian student crew this time winning the events with memory still fresh from beating reigning world champion germany out their home of intensive petersburg in june to northern russian teen age french opposition to win this one less than three seconds making difference in the two kilometer race that showed on chopping the pill at the annual tournaments which was staged in russia for the first time since its inception half a dozen years ago but was five hundred student athletes from fifteen countries to think that a. hold on to them or not it's all the sports now i'll see you again in four hours time this time on the weather is next year and twenty four hour party. the. line in motion would be so much brighter if you normally bounce song from funds to impressions so. these funds dance on t.v. don't come. wealthy british style. sometimes it's classified. market why not. come then.

she's a graduate of george washington university, oxford university, and the massachusetts institute technology. concentrating on nuclear weapons, china and the soviet union. equal significance, she is the mother of five, proud of all of them but i understand that one of her daughters is a recent graduate, 2008, of the naval academy in the surface warfare business on the west coast. ladies and gentlemen, my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce ms. kt mcfarland. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. you may not recognize me but i'm the brunette at fox news. [laughter] >> this year's defense forum focuses on the journey back and helping the wounded warriors and their families transition. and the panel this morning is going to take a look at the issues of community integration. the challenges our veterans and their families face and especially our wounded warriors and their particular needs. you know, i'm of the vietnam war generation. i just want to ask is anybody as old as i am. is anyone here of the vietnam era. wow, more than you think. after the vietnam war we treated our

of no faith. the thing i write about most besides higher education is religion. >> wendy you have this completed? >> it is due in june to oxford university press. if the editors are listening, june. >> is the next book bigger than this? >> i think it will be. the next book is a lot of -- i got funding to do a national survey on interfaith marriage. i also spent about four months traveling to do interviews with people across the country. this is more a summary of a lot of things i have learned about higher education over the last number of years as a reporter. >> the name of the book is the faculty lounges and other reasons you will not get the college education you paid for. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give your comments, visit us at q- and-a.org. >> coming up, the british deputy prime minister on the economy and other issues. after that, coverage from the cpac conference in florida. also, reports from florida's u.s. senate candidates, running against incumbent bill nel

and graduated from columbia university initially and then started in london, the london school of economics and received the ph.d., actually, at oxford. and served academically as a professor at a number of institutions including the international war college, the university of columbia trinity college and so on. i would like to mention only one book, the most recent book that i got. a work on how the bush administration managed reconstruction of afghanistan. just was published several months ago. and obviously duv a frequent commentator on radio and tv and media in general. duv, please. thanks very much, jonah. good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend al gray sitting in the front row who was one of the most dynamic congressman dants -- commendanes the marine corps has ever had. and i'm proud that i can call him a friend. like yurim, i will not speak for this things. anybody who knows me understand why i wouldn't. but i do want to give a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things. and i want to start with the largest possible context and work my way down to the su

of these issues. i met him i think in the late 80's at csis and graduated from columbia university initially and studied in london the school with economics and received a ph.d. actually at oxford university and served academically also as a professor at the number of institutions including the national war college issued in colombia, trinity college and so on. i would like to mention the one book i got, how the bush administration -- it was just published several months ago, and obviously there was a frequent commentator on the radio and media in general. >> thank you very much, yonah and it's good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend, the general sitting in the front row who was one of the most dynamic, once the marine corps has ever had. we go back longer than i or any of us would ever admit but i certainly am not proud that i can call him a friend. like yonah, i'm not going to speak to this administration. anybody that knows me would understand why i wouldn't, but i do want to get a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things, and i want to start with of the largest possible context and work my way down to

professor mark hellman from oxford university he told me earlier that he says that religious violence is what lies ahead for post revolt states. the question is what kind of democracy will you have either in egypt or perhaps in syria where the the core of the opposition to president assad is they are the brothers the cousins if you like of the option muslim brotherhood of these groups they were not pursued even indeed have majority support but they also say there's no question that the woman could be elected president all the christian court would have to remember in these countries like egypt and syria there are significant religious minorities both for a christian minorities they're also muslim groups who are regarded by the hardcore . the fundamentalists not really muslims as heretics and so there is a danger of that under the guise of democratization and what we will see is the replacement of secular dictators who are at least tolerated really just diversity of to a fashion be replaced with very dogmatic hardline people who will want to kind of saudi symbol rigid religious authority that will not tolerate dissent amongst muslims of all normal sleep gr

of rhode island. where i hail from. kingston. the uri, you didn't go to uri, though, you went to wellesley. and then you went on from there to where? >> oxford. university. >> how many years were you there? >> one. >> what did you study? >> theology. >> then where did you go? >> i went to new jersey. >> and what did you study there? >> at princeton i studiedhe origins and history of ancient christianity. >> you taught in a number of institutions. would you list those for us? >> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >> my first book was "from jesus to christ." and that was published in 1988. and "jesus of nazareth"

oxford university. she's very busy. >>> today's "talk back" question, why does donald trump matter to the gop? monica says ever since that birther nonsense, no respect for this man. we'll read more ofsponses just ahead. loaded potato with bacon. that's what we like to hear. where was i? oh right... our rich & hearty soups.. people love the thick cut carrots... we do too! where was i? progresso. right, our new rich & heart soups... [ ring, ring ] progresso... switch our phone service? [ ring, ring ] [ ring, ring ] ...no, i think we're pretty happy with our phones. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. with listerine® total care. its multi-action formula works to restore enamel, help prevent cavities, and kill bad breath germs for a whole mouth clean. whooo... [ male announcer ] listerine® total care. the most complete mouthwash. >>> you have been sounding off on our talk back question. carol costello has your responses. hello again. >> the talk back question, why does donald trump matter to the gop? would would any care about trump, he's nothing more than an attenti attention monger. i do my own homework, donald trul p has revealed himself to be a bit of a buff fo

doctorate from oxford university and has taught national security studies at west point and in georgetown university security program. he has also served as military assistant to to get the secretaries ofense and still have a full head of hair after that duty. [laughter] he has published numerous books and has been featured in newspaper and radio and television programs. he is giving to other talks today and is on to other tv shows. so if you see him, you know he has earned his pay today. it is my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagel. [applause] >> thank you to you and dedication to -- your dedication to our soldiers, sailors and marines, those who are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has truly been a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old kind of warfare for which we were not prepared. we develop new tools to defeat terrorists. most of all, we have seen truly extraordinary determination and courage from a new great generation, i think the new greatest generation of young americans who, for the first time since the revolutionary war, have fought an extended campaign purely as volunteers. truly an extraordinary accomplish

oxford university as a rhodes scholar and his top national security studies at west point and in georgetown university security program. he's also served as military assistant to two deputy secretary of defense and he still has a full head of hair after that duty. [laughter] he's published numerous books, articles and has been featured in newspaper, radio, television programs. he's giving to other talks today and has two other tv shows, so if you see him later in the day you know sheeran his page today. my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagl. islamic thank you very much for your dedication to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and all those who love them, those who are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has been truly a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old for fair for which we are not prepared. we've developed new tools to defeat terrorists and most of all, we have seen a truly extraordinary determination and courage from the new great generation. i think the new greatest generation of young americans who for the first time since the revolutionary war fought and extended campaign purely as volunteers. truly an ext