karen tongson at the university of southern california, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >ff: a news update before we go: the university of north carolina-chapel hill's board of trustees votes to accept tenure for journalist nikole hannah-jones, author of the "new york times" 1619 project. the board's initial rejection sparked intense criticism. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: we offer a variety of no- contract wireless plans for people who use their phone a little, a lot, or anything in between. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [upbeat music] - hello, everyone and welcome

some of the university of southern california, he says it's extremely significant to have the united arab list support. not since the been government of the 990 has at israeli government depended upon the support of our party. and in this case, not talking our talking about in the midst our party. so i think it's a huge moment. can it's ready politics? legitimizing the participation of our political parties in israeli government and for making the wider our community. so a legitimate plan israeli politic isn't something that shouldn't be done long ago. but i think it's one of the most significant accomplishments. this coalition, the political blue that hold it together with miss yahoo. and he's going to be doing other than he can in the next week to 10 days to last. a white ring defections too much pressure upon them so that they don't vote for the government in the vote, but due to take place in the connecticut. and then afterwards he's going to be trying to create as many difficulties to create instability to coalition. and he'll do what he can, and he'll hope that this government w

research project with the ford foundation and the annenberg inclusion center at the university of southern california. and the actor resentment, and really the purpose of the study was because there was no real data on what representation and muslims looked like on film and television. and while we expected the results to not be good, i think we were still really dismayed. and in some facets, really shocked by what we saw the we expected that the representation of muslims on film and television would be a bit more. but we didn't expect it to be as completely erase and the, the nuance than the diversity of muslims to be completely erased from popular culture. so i think that for us, it was a really, it was, it was a really difficult thing to see because once a result started to come out, we really started to understand why and how these attitudes towards muslims around the world we're starting to shape. because as we know, popular culture of film and television don't just confirm biases and sometimes they create viruses. and so this data was really, really instrumental for, to recognize and also the d

l a y s another incentive israel studies at the university of southern california. he joins with the last guy from los angeles job. so this is the 1st time in recent history. an arab israeli party has supported a coalition government. how significant is this and good. this may seem perhaps, as a political experiment in israel when i think it is hugely significant, not since the been government of the 990 has really got the dependent upon the support of pocky. and in this case, not a talked in our talk to you about a new missed our party. so i think it's a huge moment. can israeli politics legitimizing the participation of our political parties in israeli government and for making the wider our community team is busy, legitimate plan and it's rating politics. this is something that should have been done long ago, but i think it's one of the most significant accomplishments of this coalition. yeah, job and that's an interesting point you make because the arab, this policy is supporting the coalition comes against the backdrop of the recent ethnic violence. we saw betw

veteran republican strategist and codirector of the center of political future at the university of southern californiatap podcast. good evening and welcome to you both. juanita, what about the points made in the axios reporting, not in a vacuum, but knowing as you do what will happen to a movement, what already has? starting with the first appearance at signs at demonstrations of defund the police? what happens in trump-friendly media, what happens in campaign ads? somebody called the media says, how's a week from tuesday? >> brian, i kind of don't want to touch that frame because i want to recenter us back on the concept that is important that democrats first and foremost senter the voters, center the needs of the community they're looking to serve in anything they're doing, right? so whatever attacks from republicans are going to be there. when it comes to public safety and violent crime, i would urge democrats not to do this to thwart gop attacks but to -- what we saw from the white house and biden today is they're trying to do that. seems like biden learned lessons from 1994 and they're trying to

and mike murphy, strategist and co-director of the center for political future at the university of southern californiaof the hacks on tap podcast. good evening to both of you. juanita, what about the points made in the axios reporting, not in a vacuum, but knowing as you do what will happen to a movement, would already has, starting with the first appearance of signs that demonstrations defund the police, what happens in the trump friendly media. what happens in trump paint ads, somebody called 9-1-1 at the answer is how is a week from tuesday? >> look, brian, i kind don't even want to touch that frame because i want to re-center us back on the concept that is important that democrats first and foremost center the voters, center the needs of the communities they're looking to serve and anything that they're doing. whatever attacks are coming from republicans are going to be there, and so when it comes to public safety in violent crime i would urge democrats to not do this only to toward potential gop attacks was -- and what we see and what the biden white house rule today that they're trying to do tha

having started at humboldt state university and having received a phd from university of southern california and for other study at tulane university, ms. holt has also conducted research at the jet propulsion laboratory archives the caltech library and the schles in july library on the history of in america at harvard. in addition. she's been a fellow at the reagan institute of massachusetts general hospital mit and harvard university. her first book was titled hewitt the people who defeated hiv she has also written widely for prominent publications including the new york times los angeles times the atlantic slate popular science and time magazine. in 2016. she published the work as the basis of our talk tonight the titled the rise of the rocket girls the women who propelled us. from missiles to the moon to mars that work was the bestseller and was widely praised by critics, including one who described it as immersive evocative and superbly readable holds poignant narrative should be required reading. another called it a marvelous book adding. when neil armstrong made his giant leap for man

the difference in an ar-15 round against gelatin targets, in her ballistics lab at the university of southern california. >> cynthia bir: years of research have gone in to kind of what the makeup should be of this ordnance gelatin, to really represent what damage you would see in your soft tissues. >> pelley: so this is a pretty accurate representation of what would happen to a human being? >> bir: yeah, this is currently considered the-- kind of the state of the art. ( gunshot ) >> pelley: this is a 9 millimeter bullet from a handgun, which we captured in slow motion. the handgun bullet traveled about 800 miles an hour. it sliced nearly straight all the way through the gel. >> bir: this one is going to be a little bit louder. >> pelley: now, look at the ar-15 round. ( gunshot ) >> bir: see the difference? >> pelley: yes. it's three times faster, and struck with more than twice the force. the shockwave of the ar-15 bullet blasted a large cavity in the gel, unlike the bullet from the handgun. wow. there's an enormous difference. you can see it right away. >> bir: yeah, exactly. there's fragments in here.

this is essential.ci the center for economic risk analysis at the university of southern california hasn the economic impact. processing and trade andni trav, each officer contributes over $350,000 in the u.s. economy and supports the growth of 3.5 american jobs. hiring additionalri officers pas for itself. the other is infrastructure working repressed multiple administrations to prioritize key ports of entry. those investments are needed now but also innovative partnerships, public-private, state and local government partnerships like prosper express in socal to develop ports of entries in the northern for our great examples how public-private partnership in speed, growth and provide theor infrastructure that critical for that movement. just knowing by definition, for management national and this is critical, with great programs like the carnal promises and programs but we needcr more, you need to be a priority of our relationships with the government in mexico. thank you for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to engaging in questions. >> our second witness tony, national pr

i was therefore undergrad at university of southern california.but what pushed me to come out was dragged. i got in drag for the first time for a friend's film. when i did that, i was sort of surprised by how quickly i took to it. maybe i wasn't surprised. i think, you know, dressing permanently, you know,you know, on women's clothing and shoes, i mean, that was something i always wanted to do and knew that i couldn't do when i was a kid. i would play dress-up at daycare. i don't know that i thought about my gender identity. maybe it wasn't talked about that much. the only way to get representation growing up, trans people i saw were often the butt of the joke in the film. it never presented to me as an option. i did no drag queens growing up in san francisco, being the gay mecca of the world, we have a lot of drag queens here. learning about my gender was definitely a process. i came out as queer at first. over time, when i started to become a drag queen, the performing regularly, it was a part of myself that was an essential part of over the yea

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the center for risk and economic with events at the university of southern california has found the economic impact to be dramatic due to increased efficiency of processing trade and travel each additional cbp officer contribute through to $50000 to the u.s. economy and supports the growth of the report by the morgan jobs. additional officers pay forri itself. the other key point is infrastructure we worked across multiple a ministrations with gsa -- sorry cbp to die prioritize ports of entry those investments are needed now but also innovative partnerships, public private state and local government like the cross-bordes expressing southern california for those ports of entry and on the northern border are great examples of how public-private partnership and speed provide the infrastructure is critical for that word or movement. i'll close now but by knowing by definition border management in a partnership with mexico faces critical and we have to createti programs like the unified processing program but we need more that needs to be a priority of our relationship on what the government of m

the analysis of terrorism events at the university of southern california has found the economic impact to be dramatic due to increased efficiency, each additional cbp officer contributes over $350,000 to the u.s. economy and supports the growth of 3.5 american jobs. hiring additional officers pays for itself. the other key point is the infrastructure. we worked across multiple administrations with gsa -- sorry, cbp has, to prioritize key ports of entry. those investments are needed now. but also innovative partnerships, public/private, state and local government partnerships like the cross border express in southern california, the developing otay mesa port of entry and the bring on the northern border are great examples of how public/private partnerships and speed, growth, and provide that infrastructure that's critical for that cross border movement. i'll close now by just noting that by definition, border management is binational. and the partnership with mexico in this space is critical. we've got great programs like the unified cardinal processing program but we need more. it need

he is chairman of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and trustee of the university of southern california as well as many organizations that have all benefited from his strategic vision and his depth of experience in the public and private and nonprofit sectors. he also recently became a first-time author the much acclaimed book wine and the white house a history combines fred's passion for history and wine and was published by the white house historical association in 2020. please join me in warmly welcoming fred ryan. thank you everyone for joining us today. and thank you anita for that very kind introduction. i appreciate the great leadership anita that you provide to the white house historical association and this very important symposium. we would normally hold this symposium at decatur house, but today for the most part. we're in our own houses. and all this is a disappointment to many of us. in fact, it is enabled us through our digital reach to include a much broader national and global audience. we appreciate all of you making time to join us today. 2021 marks the 60th anniversar

gianna majored in the music industries program at the university of southern california, and is currently recent semester and have that turn into a job. obviously internships were canceled and it became more difficult. i was fortunate to have done a lot of internships before the pandemic. >> reporter: she's been able to keep in touch with the networks from her previous internships to help find opportunities and utilize a work study project to boost her where she had been interning. >> i was still able to be hands on in a music industry project without necessarily having an official internship. >> reporter: standing out on your resume is something linkedin career expert katherine fisher says is especially important. utilize your network. >> some people say i don't have a network. you do. the coaches, the professors, the teachers, the friends, that's starting to build your network. >> reporter: assess your skills. >> a lot of skills are trans transferab transferable. if you were a bartender or waitress during college, you have customer service, time management, people skills. those skills c

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of the backs for the wind. drawing was held this morning at universal studios, hollywood. 10. look at california one a million and a half dollars each today. most of the winners we're from southern california. but there is one lucky winner from rent, the california department of public health is now notifying winners by phone, text, email or mail, whatever the health care worker, by the way, who received the first covid vaccine in the state back in december was on hand for today's big drawing. the governor said, well, the pandemic is not completely over. it is a new day for californians. >> today's the day to celebrate. >> the incredible journey we've been on over the course the last 15 months. it is also humbling moment is the assembly member set because it's been a tough journey for 10's of thousands of people have lost their lives and were mindful this disease not taking today off. it's not going to take the summer months off this disease remains is deadly as it's ever that you see what's happening around the rest of the world folks in india and brazil. that's the folks in parts of europe, including the uk yesterday because of the variance are delaying their reopening by an e

the journal of southern history among others additionally a terrible thing to waste is the 2020-2021 washburn university. i read selection dr. garland has also published articles in california history critical issues and justice and politics the claremont journal of religion and the american historical associations news magazine perspectives on history. i am delighted that you are joining us this afternoon david to discuss affirmative action and the philadelphia plan, so whenever you're ready, please begin well, thank you so much christian for that warm introduction. and thanks. also i joined kristen and thanking jesse and mandy for the technical assistance. i'll just jump right in. i think the the plan of attack as we say is should be about 20 minutes or so of me giving some background on the work and then hopefully opening it up to a robust q&a discussion. so arthur fletcher the most important civil rights leader. you've probably never heard of was born into poverty in 1924 and went on to advise five presidents develop the first major affirmative action program and coin the phrase a mind is a terrible thing to waste along the way he served in europe under general george p

universe and a lot of reaction. we put out a description of the vehicle, this full wagon station wagon with a sunroof, very unusual vehicle, not many of them in the southern californiat it is a manhunt and a woman hunt. jillian: what is your message for the shooter or shooters? >> we have a shooter and the getaway driver, we believe the woman was the driver and the mail was a shooter, the right front seat passenger. i've been a prosecutor involved in the criminal justice system in one way or another the last 32 years, i made a career of putting people behind bars and holding them accountable. i want these people to turn themselves in and i'm demanding they turn themselves in but i'm running out of patience. the case is over a week old and these people killed a little boy 6 years old with his whole life ahead of him in cold blood. he should have been going to kindergarten, first grade. >> such a beautiful boy. look at these pictures, breaks your heart for his entire family. this one definitely hits the heart of all of america when they look at these photos. >> his sister you lead with her, 15-year-old alexis. a press conference last week, we announced the reward mone

>> i went in southern california, but i lived close enough to the university where i got to stay home. man, i want to live in the dorms. but i saved a ton ofoney. this is when i had extremely long hair and is on the news set of our program on campus. also as cierra said a fantastic journalism program and a lot of my classmates i graduated with moved on to fantastic careers both on air and behind the scenes, amazing producers throughout. i liked college. i thought it was a good time. mike, how was your experience? >> i enjoyed college, too. not as much as some who might not remember it. i remember everything in college. i remember this baseball cap. i wore it pretty much my entire freshman year from when i had gone over to japan and toured the yamaha plant. i had almost a mullet-type style going on. never got full mullet. laura -- >> you went to ucla. you're a bruin. >> i should have said that because vianey showed off her back ground. it was not far from there. many years separate us, vianey. laura, you're very young as well and had wonderful college pictures, i'm sure. >> i went to st. mary's college here in the bay area. and this was an