harvard and many other degrees, awards and honors and is currently a professor at the university of southern california. his new book tells the stories of the first three centuries of the european encounter with north america from 1500 to 1800 and opens with this bold statement, there can be no understanding of american culture and history without the understanding of the role played by catholic peoples and the unfolding drama of the american experience. who are those peoples and what were those roles. please stay with us and after the break we will talk with professor starr and charted scratch the surface of his amazing fund of historical knowledge. >>> welcome back. our guest today is professor kevin starr. author of the book, continental ambitions. let me ask you this, about your title. you say there are many fine histories of catholics in america that have a regional and national perspective and you have taken the perspective of continental. why did you adopt this perspective and where does it take you? >> i adopted this perspective because it was adopted by two very strong catholic civilizations i

cathy, who is a professor of engineering at the university of southern california, and he's an expert on safety at new to you about lots, but to come to the w. mr. mccarthy. i want to start by asking you about that statement. we just heard from our correspondent onrush as allegations about the course, you kept on being targeted and you claim denying is how can you please 50, be prioritized in an ongoing conflict like this one us? unfortunately, this is the 1st time that so in nuclear trying to is the bar. so now i'm being charged at the 1st time happens after a few days a fresh, an invasion of ukraine. it for us is that for who's your nuclear fall funds, which is the largest bank in europe? i need to have 6 reactors. unfortunately, this is the 2nd time i think russia is facing the safety that i'm a, i'm pretty good man dr. ukraine phase. after the invasion, i think this is the most dangerous. i can repeat it again, the most dangerous firefight, which is not feeling good. and when you mentioned the most into this firefight are you would have thing to does that. but reach upon, which is

university science and technology park. afrooz islami, sed and sima news agency. scientists have discovered a protein that helps maintain healthy nerve cells and increase the youthfulness of the brain does researchers at the university of southern california discovered that this particular type of protein plays a key role in maintaining the stability of the cell wall, and with age, the concentration of this protein increases. they are reduced, which negatively affects the performance and ability of the brain. experiments on laboratory mice showed that the artificial increase of this protein in older animals improves their mental skills and memory. scientists found that this rejuvenation of the brain can be the basis for creating new effective policies to treat age-related diseases, including. scientists using a compound nanostructure of contact lenses with reality capability. they started adding. according to the science website, this metamaterial, which is simply applied to a surface , shows all three-dimensional maps or plograms. with the help of these structures smaller than the wavelength of light, scientists can manipulate electromagnetic waves. these materials were useful in fields such as biomedicine and speech recognition, but now

the case that courses now a requirement for the rotc at, my university, which is the university of southern california, when did you when your first writing award? i was in the third grade, about eight years of age. and our teacher, you should we should all write a book and draw it. and i wrote and drew a book called luster the cat, which was about an urban cat stricken with ennui who, runs off to the countryside and falls love and san jose public library decided to give a book award for luster the cat. and i'm forever grateful the san jose public library for encouraging me and setting me on the path to more than 30 years of misery in trying to become a writer. it was a role of maxine hong kingston. your life. i went to berkeley at 19 years of age, a very passionate person who wanted to be a writer. i took maxine kingston's writing seminar. she was one of the most famous writers in the country at the time. i was 19 years old. what did i care? in a class of 14 students, i would come in and every day i would sit this far away from maxine kingston. and every day i would fall asleep. and at the end of the

i'm joined by robert english — associate professor of international relations at the university of southern californiao have you on the programme. president putin describes this move on the part of ukraine onto russian soil as a major provocation, what do you think you will do next? i think what the russians will do is will do in similar, situations early this war. there are disorganised, slow but their methodical consistent and they will bring up reinforcements and gradually/ striking back and eventually, it could take months but eventually, push the ukrainians back from the steep into russian territory. and eliminate the problem but only at enormous cost in men and material. at enormous cost in men and material-— material. also for vladimir putin, this _ material. also for vladimir putin, this really _ material. also for vladimir putin, this really does - material. also for vladimir i putin, this really does change things for him, doesn't it because now, he's looking at tens of thousands of people who have been evacuated, this is now in mother russia as it were, this is all happening on his territor

joining me now, barbara starr, former pentagon correspondent and seniorfellow at the university of southern californiak to you, barbara, on bbc news. first of all, bring us up—to—date on how significant this decision by lloyd austin �*s. i this decision by lloyd austin 's. ,, this decision by lloyd austin 's. ~ , this decision by lloyd austin 's. ~' , . , 's. i think it is a very significant _ 's. i think it is a very significant within - 's. i think it is a veryj significant within the 's. i think it is a very - significant within the national security and really it is significant. it has been a lot of years since the 9/11 attacks but for so many people, the families, the people who were at any number one of those sites on that day, i was one of them, i was at the pentagon, this is still very fresh business. that plea deal came as a surprise. no—one had really known about it in detail or expected to think it is a move by austin to reassert his authority as the top official and i think it is really important that he said something like this is going to be my responsibility, he is, as the secretary, to

he's director of central european studies at the university of southern california.od idea for ukraine to occupy russian territory? irate was a good idea for ukraine to occupy russian territory? we won't know if it is — occupy russian territory? we won't know if it is a _ occupy russian territory? we won't know if it is a good _ occupy russian territory? we won't know if it is a good idea _ occupy russian territory? we won't know if it is a good idea for- know if it is a good idea for another couple of weeks, maybe a month. it was a risky idea, it was in audacious and bold plan, but we don't know if it will pay off because, let's be frank about this. even though it was superbly executed and has gained this enormous amount of territory, more territory in a week then rush again in nearly a year, it was a move driven by desperation because the ukrainians were being pushed steadily back and they still are in the central donetsk region they are on the verge of losing a strategically vital town which will dominate communications for that region in exchange for a lot of ter

dwight was borned in kansas attended the university of southern california and joined the nixon for governoream in 1962 at 21 years old. he caught the political bug his hard work uncanny ability to take into nixon side throughout the entirety of historic 1968 campaign and to the white house 19209. dwight has written a terrific presidents man you can see here to fight left.t. much of it deals with his work with president nixon. he is without a doubt one and those important contributions to understanding of the nixon presidency as a person that has yet been written. dwight will speak this evening with frank gannon. what is a white house of fellow assigned to counsel to the presidentt on a domestic counsel staff. along with colonel brandon the handful of other to fly aboard air force one on the final flight home to california in august 1974. frank work with more present for fivech years this richard nixon cheap editorial assistant organizing the researching and writing of his memoirs working and diane sawyer. frank received his bs from georgetown university school ford servicece master's in the

dwight was born in kansas attended the university of southern california and joined the nixon for governor team in 1962 at 21 years old. he had caught the political bug. and his hard work and uncanny ability would take him to nixon's side throughout the entirety of the historic 1968 campaign and into the white house on january 20th 1969. dwight has written a terrific new memoir. the president's man, which you can see here to my left and much of it deals with his work with president nixon. the president's man is without a doubt one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the nixon presidency and president nixon as a person that has yet been written. dwight will speak this evening with frank gannon. frank joined the nixon white house in the summer of 1971 as a white house fellow assigned to counselors to the president donald rumsfeld and bob finch. he then worked for john erlichmann on the domestic council staff. along with colonel brennan and a handful of other staff members. he was asked by president nixon to fly a board air force one on the final flight home to califor

university. returning to california she enrolled at the university of southern california.s what you wanted to do and you went to college customers what you wanted to become? >> i had not decided exactly. i knew i were in education. i did not want to marry early or try to grope with out the education i felt necessary. exit papers on gmail work in the los angeles department store and as an extra in hollywood film. >> i would offered and i decided not towh progress 19371 in 10 women earned a four-year degree pat ryan graduated cum laude. with the equivalent of a masters degree. afterr graduation she taught at whittier high school. she met a long young lawyer named richard nixon. after world war ii the young couple settled down and began a family. tricia was born in 1946 and julie in 1948. when dick ran for congress from california 12th district that was it equal partner and partner in the campaign. who'll be formidable nixon team was forged. on her many travels she excelled as an ambassador humvee behalf of the american people she traveled to 81 countries. in every state in t

the university of southern california, down in los angeles, is among the priciest schools in our stateuition for this academic year comes in at $95,000. stanford is just slightly less expensive at 93,000 a year, according to the san francisco chronicle. tuition at california's private colleges increased 20% since the year 2019. a new study finds california spent about $4 billion on ghost students who no longer go to schools in their districts. the study, conducted by the libertarian think tank the reason foundation, focused on the 20 2223 school year. it found that san francisco unified and west contra costa unified were among the biggest beneficiaries, having received around $40 million each for so-called ghost students. the money was the result of statewide policy changes that protect school district budgets from unexpected drops in enrollment. san francisco unified will not comment on the policy changes to the east bay times, but said it is trying to stabilize district finances. high school students across northern california are concerned after multiple sat test sites announced las

pat herself through the university of southern california. her father died when she was 18. her mother had died when. she was 12. and yet pat was able to earn her bachelor's degree on, her own. and then she took a job teaching at whittier high school in whittier. and she used to say the only reason why she took the job was she was destined to meet marry richard nixon in his own hometown. they met the night that they were auditioning for the play in the community theater, the dark tower. now, richard nixon was born that first night. they met. richard nixon told pat they'd be married. and they were in june of 1940. he was bored? yes, but he was also a romantic. want to tell you two stories about patrick dating. the first is that pat loved ice skating. and when richard nixon was in college, he had a good friend named kenny ball. and kenny ball loved ice skating, too. and kenny ball was surprised a couple of years after the graduated from whittier college, when nixon shows up at the ice skating rink. and kenny recalled after about three afternoons of practice, he wasn't getting

university. returning to california, she enrolled at the university of southern california. while you were in school, did you decide what you wanted to do when you went to college? what wanted to become? i hadn't decided exactly, except that i knew i wanted an education. i didn't want to marry early. try to grow up without the education which i felt was necessary to pay for her schooling. she found work in a los angeles department store and as an extra in films and i was offered an part, but i decided not to drop out of school and in 1937, when only in ten women earned a four year degree. pat ryan graduated cum laude in and with the equivalent of a master's degree. after graduation she taught at whittier high school, where she met a young lawyer named richard nixon. after world war two, the young couple settled down, began a family. tricia was born in 1946 and julie in 1948, when -- ran for congress from california's 12th district. pat was equal part and partner in the campaign, and the formidable nixon was forged on their many travels. she excelled as an ambassador on, beha

to back up a little bit with her background during her last semester at school at the university of southern california, she worked pro-bono in the courts and she had an exclusively female client. and she had a particular focus on prostitution. you know it really bothered her that these women would get arrested for prostitution and they would have to be dragged in court. it would be embarrassing and mortifying. and the men the johns had to show up in court. so she utilized a little known provision that required the men to show up in court, and she made sure that they had to be there just as often as the actual women who are being arrested. she also would advise her clients, madams, on how to get out of the business. one of my favorite stories was a madam told her she wanted to go straight and will obtain access to woman's finances, determined she could retire after six more months and loaned her some money to help with her fresh start. so when warren harding called branch, he was only 32 years old, five years out of law school, had never prosecuted a single case in her entire, yet suddenly she was not

researchers at the university of southern california found teen girls and pre-teen boys are reportings struggle with anxiety and depression. pre-teen boys struggle with hyperactivity and conduct problems. students heading towards chronic absenteeism often show these signals of distress. >> you sense that your child is coming home from school and withdrawing at a level that's beyond a normal middle schoolers moods. that's something you might want to consider finding out a little bit more about what's going on. >> in california, chronic absentee rates are two times higher than what it was prior to the pandemic. students are considered chronically absent when they miss 10% or more of school days for any reason. >> our time is now 637. the old vacant sears building and parking lot at the hilltop mall in richmond is giving life to an autonomous vehicle company. glide waze has secured a three year agreement to use the hilltop mall parking lot to test its self-driving shuttles. the company will be using that space for test drives before the cars are introduced to the public. in the year 2027

researchers at the university of southern california found that teenage girls and preteen boys are reportinghe highest signs of distress. teen girls struggle with anxiety and depression, while preteen boys struggle with hyperactivity and problems with their conduct. students heading towards chronic absenteeism often show these signals of distress. >> if you sense that your child is coming home from school and withdrawing at a level that's beyond a normal, middle schoolers moods, that's something you might want to consider finding out a little bit more about what's going on. >> now in california, chronic absentee rates are two times higher than what it was before the pandemic. students are considered chronically absent when they miss 10% or more of school days for any reason. >> well, good morning, passengers on a united flight from sfo just can't seem to catch a break. the plane heading to rome. they were on first to turn around, forced to turn around for the second time. a live report on the latest incidents as travelers hope to have better luck a third time. then housing the homeless in th

of income. i'm still writing the newsletter, but i'm also a professor or i have i hold the doty spogli chair free enterprise at chapman university in southern california. i taught at columbia school, columbia university. barnard college, rollins college, and now at chapman university. you know, i have one sort of but you've also taught somewhere else. well, i've taught it since saying penitentiaries. all right. yeah, 12 years. not as an inmate, but as a as a teacher. and as a volunteer. and that was an incredible my wife and i were very much involved with inmates who were in a maximum security prison, state prison, or something quite infamous and about. it was great to see their lives changed and. so it's not just about, you know, it's about changing their lives. so that when they get out, they're not going back to the same crimes and the recidivism rate with our program of education. is a 3% versus 60, 70%. traditionally. so it's been a very successful program at sentencing. we were glad we were part of it. mark scales and as we mentioned, you're the author of 25 plus books, mostly politics or economics, things like before economics and politics. you

of income. i'm still writing the newsletter, but i'm also a professor or i have i hold the doty spogli chair free enterprise at chapman university in southern california. i taught at columbia school, columbia university. barnard college, rollins college, and now at chapman university. you know, i have one sort of but you've also taught somewhere else. well, i've taught it since saying penitentiaries. all right. yeah, 12 years. not as an inmate, but as a as a teacher. and as a volunteer. and that was an incredible my wife and i were very much involved with inmates who were in a maximum security prison, state prison, or something quite infamous and about. it was great to see their lives changed and. so it's not just about, you know, it's about changing their lives. so that when they get out, they're not going back to the same crimes and the recidivism rate with our program of education. is a 3% versus 60, 70%. traditionally. so it's been a very successful program at sentencing. we were glad we were part of it. mark scales and as we mentioned, you're the author of 25 plus books, mostly politics or economics, things like before economics and politics. you

the case that courses now a requirement for the rotc at, my university, which is the university of southern california when did you when your first writing award? i was in the third grade, about eight years of age. and our teacher, you should we should all write a book and draw it. and i wrote and drew a book called luster the cat, which was about an urban cat stricken with ennui who, runs off to the countryside and falls love with a country cat. and san jose public library decided to give a book award for luster the cat. and i'm forever grateful the san jose public library for encouraging me and setting me on the path to more than 30 years of misery in trying to become a writer. it was a role of maxine hong kingston. your life. i went to berkeley at 19 years of age, a very passionate person who wanted to be a writer. i took maxine kingston's writing seminar. she was one of the most famous writers in the country at the time. i was 19 years old. what did i care? in a class of 14 students, i would come in and every day i would sit this far away from maxine kingston. and every day i would fall asleep. an

and so, luckily, many of these universities have full runs of their student newspapers, digitized online. so i went and looked at southern california colleges reaction to students are going to social dances at the christian nightclub, the lighthouse and actually find i found at a student newspaper a campus security blotter. they kind of stopped me in my tracks. and i want you guys to read it with me. resident directors chris ramse and diana capri smitted names of people rounded up at the lighthouse. one among those hauled away from the christian nightclub and sent their rooms where jerry singer. ron luna, todd robinson, doug steve sparks and dave odrth, along with the entire sixth floor of the women's tower. now, i w le, whoa. i have like some i couldn't bear to write about this. i was going to like i was going to be so excited. but then i stopped for a second. i was like, hmm. we are good scholars in this room, right? what's the thing i should do before i start writing an awesome piece about how christian universities are rounding up people? i should probably like read other parts of the security blotter, right? so i looked up and

of his more than 11 year career working with richard nixon. dwight was born in kansas, attended the university ofa southern california and joined the nixon for governor team in 1962 at 21 years old. he caught the political bug, and his hard work and uncanny ability which take him to nixon's side throughout the entirety of the extort 1968 campaign and into the white house on january 20, 1969. dwight has dwight has written a terrific new memoir, "the president's man" which can see it to my left, but you would use with his work with president nixon. "the president's man" is without a doubt one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the nixon presidency andn. president nixon as a person that is yet been written. dwight will speak this evening with frank gannon. frank joined the nixon white house and the sum of 1971 as a white house fellow assigned to counselors to the president, donald rumsfeld and bob finch. he did d work for john ehrlichmn on the domestic council staff, along with colonel brennan and handful of other stuff ever since asked by president nixon to fly aboard air force one on the final flight home to california on augu

many universities have full runs of their student newspapers online so i looked up southern californiaaction to students going to social dances at the lighthouse and found campus security blotter that stopped me in my tracks. i want you to read it with me. resident directors chris ramsey and diana pre-submitted names of people rounded up at the lighthouse. among those hauled away from the christian nightclub and sent to their names were jerry stinger, ramana, tom -- todd robertson along with the entire sixth floor of the women's tower. i was like, wow. i can't wait to write about this. i was so excited but then i stopped for a second. we are good scholars. what's the thing i should do before i start writing an awesome piece about how christian universities are rounding up people. i should probably read other parts of the security blotter. this is part from march 27th. two male students were reprimanded for a scuffle at the salad bar in the dining commons during lunch over rights to the last dip of house dressing. it was casserole day. also reported by the cafeteria staff were five stud

universe adventure officially debuts nationwide tomorrow, but there are a few of those early screenings starting today. that's crazy. i remember when he was a little kid. i guess he still is. well, rare sighting in the southern california coastline, looking at a 12 foot oarfish, which can grow more than 30ft long, sometimes called sea serpents, this one was about 12ft long when it died. it normally swims in extremely deep waters. snorkelers on saturday found it floating floating in la jolla cove near san diego. a necropsy will be done tomorrow. one ucsd researcher says. fewer than 20 oarfish have been seen along california's coast since the 1900s. wow. and what did you say that earlier? they said that it's so rare that you see it, that it's kind of an omen that something good's not going to happen, like an earthquake or something. and we've seen those in south southern california recently? maybe they know something deep, deep on the ocean floor. and that's why he came up. i don't know, hey, flex. considering there's a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh