now to say it, frank, that were there minutes around most of the university of portland. thank you very much. at the club, 20 southern u. m. a 27 rather un climate summit in sharm el shake in egypt. well, leaders have been making pledges on climate action. german foreign minister arnold in our burbock told reporters that germany was committed to trying to keep warming to 1.5 degrees celsius transition away from fossil fuels and boost aid to poor countries. hit hardest by global warming. for far too long since 2015. also as european stay through hack disgust, going with air for the medium town goes in 20 or 30, but it is not, it is time, but we know that c o 2 is accumulating in the air and we can get it out of the air in 20 or 30 years time. so it is so important that we have this wrap program to define concrete goals for the coming years. healy reduction steps need to be included in that program. so it was important that we as the european union during this comp, made it very clear again that we are continuously. i'm not so 9. 1 is i, n b c a, reviewing our national. it'

now to say it, frank, that were there monitor analyst at the university of portland. thank you very much . thank you. got time not to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. australia, the seeking international assistance as it responds to flooding on its eastern coast. the state of new south wales is worst affected with dozens of towns, swamps, and cut off from highways and bridges. the rain fall has brought frequent floods. over the last 2 years, ukraine says the deal that allows it to export grain through the black sea will be extended by 4 months. turkey, which i'll broker the agreement, confirmed the initiative will continue on the existing terms. north korea fired a ballistic massage towards his eastern waters on thursday as it warned off fiercer military responses to the u. s. and its allies. the launch is the latest in a record number of such tests. this year, me a mars military regime is releasing about 6000 prisoners to mark its national holiday next week. following the announcement, relatives have gathered outside the pris

report when they started doing their annual ranking of universities and how that sort of scarred the race to be for prestigious universities. portland state does that and another thing to was about all the fees like you said from the amenities and stuff. that makes it very expensive to go to school and all these fees and things of four students don't even use. c-span rules, i'll take the answer off air, goodbye. >> again, a great question and i do actually do a little risk on u.s. news and world report rankings in the book. and it is very problematic as you may know. a number of standards including one at temple university in my hometown where schools in some cases manipulated numbers, they changed class-size. did all kinds of crazy things to change their ranks and it really gets to this coalition of this competitiveness of schools where students and i think one of the biggest problems which i get explore in the book is cool found that to get students to pay they did a better job competing on trustees which is what you are talking about. about all these services, the rock climbing walls andall these schools down south would have the

i would like your thoughts -- i studied this in school at portland university about the effect of u.s. world and news report when they start doing their annual ranking of universities, and somehow that scar the race for prestige adversities, portland state does that, and another thing, all of the fees they throw on you. all of the amenities, and that makes it very expensive to go to school. you have all of these fees for things that most students do not use. thank you, bye. >> again, a great question, and i do actually do a little risk on the u.s. and global rankings in the book. it is very problematic. as you know there have been a number of scandals including one at temple university in philadelphia where schools in some cases manipulated numbers, they changed class sizes, did all kinds of crazy things to change their rank. it gets to this issue, the competitiveness of schools for students, and i think one of the biggest problems, which i explore in the book is schools and found that to get students that did a better job of competing on prestige, which is what you were talking about

of leadership in this climate? >> well, here's the thing. it's not uncomfortably close for oregonians. oregonians are reaching change because it's not good enough. there is no universe where the murder rate in portlandd be close to the murder rate in mexico city. and oregonians are done, they're done with it, they're done with the excuses and poor leadership and single party control. there is no amount of spin that can cover up what it's like right now in our urban centers and across our state. oregonians deserve better and are demanding better. >> laura: every time i look at sort of the news, you know, cycle for oregon now, it has something to do with some horrific crimes that are taking place. >> yeah. >> laura: like this morning it was a guy wielding some type of weapon, i guess he had a rifle trying to set fire to mercedes. the police had to shoot at him to try to stop this because they were worried about explosions. this is at 8:52 in the morning. >> yeah. >> laura: and yet you've list beth warren out there making a pitch to voters for your opponent. watch this. >> everything is on the line, our reproductive rights, our healthcare, the needs of working families and our democracy itself. and tha

university medical school. she was one of three women and her class. this was around 1890-ish. she married a surgeon in her class and they took off -- they practice for a little while in portlandey said no, this is not exciting enough. they took off to the alaska gold rush, did house calls on dog sleds, started a hospital, prevented some terrible epidemic. she came back to portland, only visited him then for summers, had her baby, got her mother to watch the baby. she carried on her medical practice, started the suffrage campaign, broke all kinds of class and race barriers, ended up running for congress in 1920. she didn't win but she spent the rest of her life working for women's medical associations, no cure here and internationally, and wrote to macbooks. >> just an astounding woman. it's a pleasure, everybody should look her up just a you could see your pretty pictures. >> that's fantastic. thank you thank you so . what a fascinating evening of fascinating women. we wish you all the best with the book, and i thank you so much for joining us tonight. i do want to remind our audience that "new women in the old west: from settlers to suffragists, an untold american story" is