. >> here on the campus of vanderbilt university, the front lines of vaccine research for the strains in china, there's a team of about a dozen doctors and scientists working to find a real vaccine to treat people around the world. >> three months ago, veteran vanderbilt influenza researcher joins that search. >> the chinese were very good about sharing the virus with the w.h.o. and with the c.d.c. so that we bee virus. >> in the test trials, they infected 200 people various levels of the strain. that led to the development of a successful vaccine. while china is more than 8,000 miles away, a global food pandemic could be on their doorstep at any time. >> it used to be maybe that if something happened in china, we couldn't see it or wouldn't see it for a long time, but basically, any of these pandemics are plain right away. >> there should be absolutely no fear and what americans should know is that the public health infrastructure that we have in the united states is alert to this. we're all tuned in. we're on top of this and watching it very, very daily. >> as test trials continue a

as many of you know this year, vanderbilt welcomed john meacham with, i would say, wide arms and a very warm embrace as a distinguished visiting professor. [applause] and i think john has done well, and i hope we can take the visiting off pretty soon. [laughter] i would say that our political science students are just thrilled to have such a unique opportunity to learn from this accomplished historical scholar and celebrated to have. john's most recent book, "thomas jefferson: the art of power," rose to the coveted number one spot on "the new york times" bestseller list and was selected as one of the best books of the year by the times book review and the be washington post. and "the washington post." his best selling biography of andrew jackson, "american lion," earned him a pulitzer prize. as executive vice president of random house john, as you might expect, is involved in the creation and publication of fascinating books that top the most interesting and influential reading lists. his passion for learning, discovery, his exper or tease and his engagement in the literary world also b

a pipe bomb mailed to the head of the computer department at vanderbilt university in nashville explodes when it's opened by a secretary. she sustains severe burns to her hands and shrapnel wounds to her body. two months later at the university of california berkeley, a package explodes when engineering professor picks it up. he too suffers severe burns and shrapnel wounds. >> usually in bombings you can look at victimology and you try and determine, perhaps, people or businesses or something that all of the victims had in common with the suspect or the person who's doing the bombings in this case. with unabomb, none of these people, none of the victims over the years had any connections. >> did they go to the same universities? did they have difficulty with one person and was there a commonality between all the victims? and that was very difficult, because we had literally hundreds and hundreds of suspects. >> there are no incidents for almost two years. then on may 15th, 1985, engineering student and aspiring astronaut john e. hauser is nearly killed when he picks up a parcel left in a

while the four infants at vanderbilt all survived doctors say the three that suffered may face develop mental challenges. jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville. >> the dow ended up more than 60-point as 5th record in a row, the s&p 500 also hitting an all time high. test la is holding on to it's five star safety rating. the traffic safety administration has reaffirmed it's rating for the 24 teen model year, however, the electric car maker flag ship vehicle that is still being rescrew bedty agency over battery related fires. sells at brick and mortar sales fell 3%, in the time weekend before christmas compared to the same time last year, sales have fallen three straight weeks. joining me to discuss top business stories, he is a business and personal finance analyst, let's pick up on that point. >> yeah. >> does that surprise you. >> not really, a lot of the movement is going online today. even in the last few days traffic has been down 21%. people being much more cautious, a little hard to do with today since it is christmas eve, so today they will probably go into the stores more. >>

with buyers like astors, vanderbilts, e culmination of9tcwhitneys, and wintops setting the fashion, $5,000 a car-- $50,000 in today's dollars-- seemed nothing extraordinary. in aichigan machine shop,there . could you get a ca for under $1,000? in905, most of these cars were around $2,000. henry forda junior partner, proposed less expensive model n. his senior partners argued for the more expensive model k. alexander malcolmson and friends lost when ford bought them out with borrowed money. thereafter, the ford would bese, with henryord inontrol. first,e signed e right car, todel t. ma for farmers, ey'durchhrough mud, ford streams, plow through the snow. there were still only 200,000 cars in a country of 89 million people. if ford could get the price down to $600, he could tap that vast market. but how? how to improve productivi? au industry historian labor turnover approached 370%. he could tap that vast market. the quit rate was 370% of the workorce. maintain a wo forcef 1, the quit rate was 370% of the workorce. ado hire 5400 workers year. nearly doubling the unskilled workers' wages to

while the four infants at vanderbilt all survived the three that suffered bleeding in the brain, may face develop mental challenges. jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville. >> coming up, the history of u.n. ambassadors and the newest signing up katie perry. >> the unique spirit of christmas celebrated in typhoon torn philippines. headlines.e today's one hung marines -- they are available to help protect and also evacuate american citizens. six months after more than 1 million to the media, mission accomplished. at an interview with the washington post, snowden said all he wanted was for the public to have a say in how they are governed. it's the second christmas eve space walk in history. katie perry is using her celebrity status. she offs more than just a famous face. it's constantly been looking for ways to highlight their plight. 60 years ago it tried what was then a novel approach. it was in 1954, that danny can then one of the most famous actors and singers became the first ever goodwill ambassador for the children's offense unicef. his path was followed by many others over the

while the four infants at vanderbilt all survived the three who suffered bleeding in the brain may faceevelopmental problems. >>> so wall street is trying to build on yesterday's gains ahead of the christmas holiday. the dow is up right now about 44 points on track for its fifth straight record day. stock markets closed early at 1:00 pm eastern, and they are closed tomorrow because of christmas. >>> tesla is holding on to it's five-star rating. it has reaffirmed the rating for the 2014 year. the flagship vehicle is still being reviewed by the agency over battery-related fires. >>> millions of americans are giving up on the dream of homeownership. affordable housing is vanishing. >> reporter: 62-year-old william is a disabled painter who spents his time at the public library, searching online for affordable places toly. he is homeless, sleeping in a men's shelter. he has been on the waiting list to get into the city's subsidized housing program for three years. >> it's amazing how fast it can happen. >> reporter: the scarcity of affordable housing is happening not only here, but in citie

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william schaffner is an infectious disease specialist with vanderbilt university. >> the fewer antibiotics we use in our animal food the better it is for us because we infectious disease doctors are having a harder and harder time treating patients with important infections. >> reporter: the program is voluntary. the two main companies that produce animal feed that incorporates antibiotics have agreed to comply with the new guidelines. michael taylor is deputy commissioner of the f.d.a. >> it's really focusing on those antibiotics that are important in human medicine and in reducing the likelihood that disease-causing bacteria become resistant to these antibiotics and therefore are no longer effective in treating people. >> reporter: the f.d.a. said it expects the meat producers to comply. in a statement, the national pork producers council says: >> pelley: jon, what are the real-world implications of this problem? >> scott, they're enormous. in the last month alone i've had two patients with potentially life-threatening infections that were resistant to antibiotics. fortunate there are po

cooper, the vanderbilts, the roosevelts and the sbiesh team at cnn.ked to join mr. anderson cooper, taylor swift and miley cyrus for the celebration. >> they're not going to be on. >> all right. >>> i am also happy that santa claus remains now and forever wliet. oh, god, she watches fox a lot. >> i've already begun toasting to your success by drinking a box of fine wine. the only pronls i make is that i certainly will not be sober during your broadcast, love maggie. >> there's your beloved maggie. i find it hard to believe that you come from her. >> well, guess what. >> what? >> she's here right now! no, real lay? are you serious? >> oh, mom -- >> hey, maggie, how is it going? >> hi, anderson, how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. i'm doing all right. >>> are you going to watch us on new yore's eve? >> definitely, anderson. certainly i'm going to watch you. >> there are some things that kathleen marie is not going to do. will do or will not do. >> what's she not going to do? >> like what? >> she's going to be a pillar of elegance, that's for sure

cooper, the vanderbilts, roosevelts and the entire team at cnn, i am quite thrilled that my fought cathyrus for the celebration. >> they're not going to be on. >> i almost also happy that santa claus remains now and forever white. oh, god. she watches fox a lot. i've already begun toasting to your success by enjoying the finest of boxed wines. that's true. please know i will never forgive myself if my daughter shames the griffin name yet again. the only promise i make is i will certainly not be sober during your broadcast. love maggie. there's your beloved maggie that you think is so charming >> i this i she is charming. i think she's lovely. i find it hard to believe that you come from her. >> well, guess what. >> what? >> she's here right now. >> no, really? >> mom? >> are you serious? >> mom? >> oh. >> look over there. >> maggie, how is it going? >> hi, anderson. how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. i'm doing all right are you going to watch us on new year's eve? >> definitely anderson. certainly i'm going to watch you. >> what are you looking forward to with anderson on new ye

. >> reporter: the doctor who freighted all of the infants who had the bleeding disorder at vanderbiltthey said no to the shot. >> the parents are well educated and you have to understand what the risk are when you decline the shot and something as simple as that. >> reporter: c.d.c. reports the risk for developing the bleeding disorder is 80 times greater among new-borns who did not receive a vitamin k injection and a preliminary c.d.c. report in nashville said 28% of parents were declining the shot and the four infants at vanderbilt all survived but the ones with bleeding on the brain may have developmental changes and i'm al jazeera in nashville. >> vitamin k helps the blood to close and infants have low levels of vitamin k and that is why doctors recommend that shot for newborns. astronauts on the international space station are preparing for the second christmas eve walk ever and they will head out on the space craft in the next hour and using the walk to repair one of the space station's cooling pumps and it was initially scheduled for monday but the crew had to prepare a backup

that osmanli makes us better off john: there are these tycoons from previous years cornelius vanderbilter and people who vilify them. they did some charity work. they were evil robbers. >> they fundamentally transformed the lives of americans and raising living standards. rockefeller brought us well and made profits. by the way, he probably is also responsible for saving the whales because he pushed down the price of oil it was no longer profitable to how best to extinction henry ford makes jeep automobiles. it does not matter that is motive was profits. he made automobiles affordable for the average middle-class american. the same is true of most of these so-called robber barons of the late 19th and early 20th century. john: thank you. up next, if i put on a fake beard and chemistry of people beard and chemistry of people give me mon what about jobs? no? now try your closet. still no jobs? just more... stuff? well, you really have both. see, "stuff" is defined as "household articles considered as a group". sometimes this stuff is no longer needed. wait, no longer needed? that can't be

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. >> there are these tycoons from previous years, vanderbilt, rockefeller, and people vilify them asrons say they did some charity work. but they were evil robbers. >> no they transformed the lives of americans in the 19th century. raised our living standards. rockefeller brought oil and made profits in doing it. by the way he probably also is responsible for saving the whales. he pushed down the price of oil it was no longer profitable to hunt whales. henry ford builds automobiles. didn't matter his motives was profits. the result. he made automobiles, affordable for middle-class americans who that before. the same is true of most of them. >> thank you, ben powell. up next -- >> red to freeloady to freeload. >> if i put on a fake beard and beg on the street. will people give me money? just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked himp. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms a

that osmanli makes us better off john: there are these tycoons from previous years cornelius vanderbilter and people who vilify them. they did some charity work. they were evil robbers. >> they fundamentally transformed the lives of americans and raising living standards. rockefeller brought us well and made profits. by the way, he probably is also responsible for saving the whales because he pushed down the price of oil it was no longer profitae to how best to extinction henry ford makes jeep automobiles. it does not matter that is motive was profits. he mad automobiles affordable for the average middle-class american. the same is true of most of these so-called robber barons of the late 19th and early 20th century. john: thank you. up next, if i put on a fake beard and chemistry of people give me mon this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the etting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, noarning-limit-having, deep-bomb-throwing, give-me-the-ball-and-i'll-take- it-to-the-house, cash

with us now, john meacham who was with us at vanderbilt yesterday. >> they were clapping for you downhere. very excited. willie was much missed. >> seriously, everybody, everybody, asked about you. >> they love you, willie. it's a great place. >> it is a great place. wonderful people. wonderful city. >> they all invited us out to dinner. >> would you like to come over and have some dinner with us. they are just very polite. >> very polite. >> gracious people. >> mike barnacle is here. >> mike you have a prediction coming off last night. >> seattle is going the super bowl. >> they took apart new orleans. >> stopped them. >> what happened? when did they become such a great team? >> that's a good question. and i think if russell wilson and the seattle seahawks played on the east coast russell wilson would be the face of the national football league. but he plays in seattle. might as well be playing in beijing. you don't hear a whole lot about him. the kid is incredible. there would be no rg3. it would be russell wilson. >> i hate people who are so east coast centric. >> it's awful. >> is

that osmanli makes us better off john: there are these tycoons from previous years cornelius vanderbiltkefeller and people who vilify them. they did some charity work. they were evil robbers. >> they fundamentally transformed the lives of americans and raising livg standards. rockefeller brought us well and made profits. the way, he probably is also responsible for saving the whales because he pushed down the price of oil it was no longer profitable to how best to extinction henryord makes jeep automobiles. it does not matter that is motive was profits. he made automobiles affordable for the average middle-class american. the same is true of most of these so-called robber barons of the late 19th and early 20th century. john: thank you. up next, if i put on a fake beard nd chemistry of people give me mon [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools iroduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors ev

alongside her, jonathan metzel, professor at psychologist at vanderbilt university. christie, contributing columnist for the daily beast, and former special assistant to president george w. bush. ron, i want to come to you on this. in addition to like protecting your family with your ar -- that was a lot. but i actually want to come to you on this particular strategy, which is it feels funny to me around conservatism, because conservatism typically says, make policy at the most local possible level, because people will understand the needs of that community and it threatens if you are making laws that don't conform with the state, then you can be sued is. >> i think the conservative position on this is looking at the second amendment, and it is very explicit about the ability to possess and carry arms. the one thing that i, looking at the entire debate, the emotions that are contained in this, that make it so excited. and i respect very much what you're doing, shannon, but nothing would have changed what happened in newtown if we had background check legislation that

and so she doesn't have anything herself and she settles on willie vanderbilt, who was a charming handsome playboy. and she bears him and she sets out on a course to become the greatest in the history of consumption. if you've lived through the last 15 years, you realize what are compos mentis per the first thing she does is buy this island and she instructs the architects to build or something and shingles. and she buys this and build a french style chÂteau. and this is a couple of hundred million dollars in today's money. so to give you an idea what this is like him i will read to you an account of one of the many books that have been written about in the process. all of which are exercises so here we go. here is the description of her house. everything was everywhere. stamped leather, wallace, red velvet embroidered enriched with cut crystal and precious stones. and mother of pearl and brass. polished ebony and made with satin wood and grecian elizabethan renaissance french and victorian touches. and bursting with bronze stained glass and mosaics. and she decides she wants the biggest y

rich families like the vanderbilts brought ostentation to a new level, and the hearst castle, san simeonubt about who was in charge. but it's the sheer magnitude of this demand for ever-larger living space that is changing the face of america. in texas, big has always been beautiful. but just outside houston, robin beisswanger finds her new, rather modest 6,800-square-footer just about right for her, her husband and son, the ever-present coco, and her cat. were you after a particular theme or a particular architectural period? >> i just knew i wanted old world style, and it came to be that it was an eclectic mix of a lot of things. it's asian, italian, anything mediterranean. >> how many televisions do you have in the house? >> six. >> six. >> six, yeah. and believe it or not, we're not huge tv fans. >> and how many bathrooms in the house? [silence] >> seven. >> you had to count? >> yeah. i was thinking five bedrooms, the pool bath, and then the powder bathroom here. >> what's going on? cornell economics professor robert frank has some thoughts. >> over the last 30 years, almost all of t

three months ago vanderbilt researcher dr katherine edwards joined the search. >> the chinese were good about sharing the virus with the who and with the c d.c. so we could begin of grow the virus. >> in the test trials it affected 200 people. that led to a development of a successful vaccine. researchers in nashville know while china is more than 8,000 miles away a global apply pandemic could be on the way. >> it used to be if it happened in china, we wouldn't see it, but basically they are a plane ride away. >>. >> they are of no fear. america should know the public health infrastructure is alert to this. we are all tuned in, on top of it and watching it. >> as test trials continued, researchers will be ready to share and release the vaccine. should the h 7 and nine influenza begin to spread. >> a 36-year-old woman fell ill after coming in contact with poultry during a trip to china. >> dementia cases could triple. they project an increase from 44 million to 135 million. alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia. there are few effective treatments. leaders will meet in london fo

as to give an indication, vanderbilt, built a castle in cent point in 1917.just to give vanderbilt, built a castle in cent point in 1917. took several years to build and she said frankly my castle once and point is more authentic. gives you an indication. we start the story here in chapters 7. i hope you have all read the book. is actually a pretty tame -- origin of the i asked why was this a band book? at a couple nasty words in it like a dam and son of a bitch. there is actually no sex to speak of in the book at all. there is a reference to a term which is probably as scandalous as it gets. what we are talking here it is more the life style. the book was well read in the 20s. was too close to that time period and the people on an island, nothing new to them. certainly went it was reprinted in the 40s and 50s to a whole new generation of postwar parents, this was not something they wanted their children reading in school because of a lifestyle that i suppose they felt it encouraged. the scene opens in chapter 7, gatsby purchased the home across from buchanan who emigrated to the north sh

of infectious disease at vanderbilt university. >> not only does the flu shot offer some protection tore's a bonus. you see the pregnant woman can pass some of that prevention in to her newborn baby. >> reporter: since 1984 the cdc has encouraged health care workers to receive a yearly flu vaccine. but a study from this august showed less than three quarters of all health care workers received the vaccine in 2012. that has led health care providers in several states to require workers to be vaccinated. brayton's former employer horizon health care services said in a statement, like our requirements for tb testing and mmr vaccination as a condition of employment mandatory flu immunization protects our patients employees, and communities from getting the potentially serious infection. for "cbs this morning," elaine quijano, new york. >> my heart goes out to her, because she had miscarriages and obviously she's concerned, and seems like they should be able to work out a compromise. it is clear that getting a flu vaccine is important 23 you're in the health care industry. >> for all the pe

william schaffner is the head of the department at vanderbilt.t to augment growth in animals, so what that is going to do is have the manufacturers voluntarily relabel those antibiotics so they can't require it over the counter. they're going to require a veterinarian's prescription on specific medications and voluntarily phase this in over the next three years. >> europeans have been concerned about it longer than americans. we are getting forward to this a bit late. thanchs is exactly right. the europeans have done this successfully 15 years ago. >> but in fact, doctor, isn't what the europeans have done is they have banned the use of antibiotics in -- only in the case of preventing disease. some critics say that's why the fda is not going far enough. >> exactly. we're in a compromise iconic situation and this is, i think, the first step. the system can be gained if veterinarians permit the antibiotics be used just to prevent infections. so we'll have to monitor what's going on. >> but this is voluntary, right? >> it is voluntary, but remember,

joining us now from nashville, tennessee, with more is chairman of preventative medicine at vanderbilt the take away from these studies clearly not being a medical professional doctor that there are no proven benefits and this is kind of case closed if you will on taking a multivitamin? >> pretty much so, that is what the studies show. there are no domestic benefits taking vitamins. this kind of counterintuitive. you pay your money, you will get expensive urine, but no demonstrated health benefits. dagen: is this just multivitamins? >> talk to vitamins generally, but studies have already been done but we are always ready and research to see the results of further studies. dagen: is the take away here that am i not deprived of nutrients that i don't need to replenish where like vitamin d, i don't need to worry about it and it wouldn't be any health benefits from greater vitamin d or even folic acid for women? >> let's take them one at a time. we are talking with general population taking vitamins to enhance their health. for that there is no benefit. if there are demonstrated deficienci

and a doctor from vanderbilt university. thankthank you for joining us. we're fascinated by this. nicole, what is nanotechnology? >> nanotechnology is essentially working with materials that are about a billion times smaller than a meter. so we typically work with small particles and they can kind of traverse through the bloodstream and get to diseases pretty rapidly. jenna: so how do you put a nano particle into someone's body? >> so you could either inject it or could do it as a topical type of cream and that's primarily what the ibm researchers have kind of devised is going after a topical ointment that can go after the fungus. jenna: nicole one more question before i ask the doctor to step in as well. for something like athlete's foot you can go into the drugstore to see a bunch of creams to treat something like that, why would be more effective or another option for consumers? >> so this actually type treats the infection a little bit differently than some of the common treatments. it gives a physical disruption to the microbes. that is very different than a chemical mechanis

to give an example of best in nashville vanderbilt where he previously taught there's a group that is testing criminal defendants. genotyping to figure out if they have the operation that i was telling you about and another gene that serotonin gene, the transporter region of it. they are going into criminal cases and testifying on behalf of criminal defendants in this is one such expert. the trial expert was convicted, the defendant was convicted of second-degree murder. the trial expert testified the defendant had low serotonin levels in his capacity to control his impulses was virtually nonexistent. the genetic evidence was used to challenge the mental state that the person didn't have the necessary mental state. to provide a novel theory of provocation that the persons own self provoked him rather than some external person totally a novel theory, right? and to try to mitigate the sentence. it didn't work in this case and it hasn't worked in a lot of cases because the objective circumstances are different than the mineralogical evidence. evidence of planning as we ordinarily underst

it was done at vanderbilt university, and they looked at some southeastern u.s. citizens.that about half the people surveyed knew they had high blood pressure, but 25 percent didn't even know it. what was more concerning in that study was that of the people who knew it, over half of those were inadequately treated and not being treated true to guidelines. the physicians didn't have them on the proper medications. and that's very troubling to we. harris: you know, i saw you talking about this on twitter. this is a condition which people really should worry about. what are the symptoms? how do we know in. >> well, the scary thing is hypertension or high blood pressure is the silent killer. often there's no symptoms. over time it can hurt your kidneys, it can help produce heart attacks, strokes through hardening the arteries and really causing these very bad health problems. the thing is if you do have symptoms, you may have a headache, blurry vision, double vision, but that's rare. it's over time that it hurts you. harris: you know, it's more debilitating than ever, because

it's there with the vanderbilt estate and fdr's home.t to go -- i encourage people who care about presidential history, don't just go to the fdr home and see franklin delano's grave, visit that huge insight to the personality there. inner city kids come there. poor people to come and talk. world leaders and presidents would visit her there, it's quite a spot. >> it was built in 1925 along the fall kill creek. and it was built because the voeltzs loved to picnic and they loved to picnic away from the main house. that's where they can get away and hang with their friends and a lot of the political cronies that mama did not like would come up for picnics. so eleanor remarks to fdr in the winter that this was -- how sad it was that it was their last time that they could picnic this year. and they picnicked with at that point nancy cook and marion dickerman, two women with whom eleanor had developed a close political working relationship with. both of whom were very involved in the democratic party. one of whom had run for office. so fdr offe

. >> as test trials continue at vanderbilt should the disease spread. >> most of the flu cases were reportedin march and april of this year, with virtually no new cases over the summer. as the traditional flu season is back, there's fear the bird flu may come back. >> a major breakthroe in the fight against cancer. an speerntal treatment -- experimental treatment could be a cure for leukaemia. success rates have been stunning. >> to thailand where the main opposition party says it's resigning from parliament, throwing the country into crisis as protesters take to the streets on monday. in the past this unrest might have held thailand's military to seize power. veronica pedrosa has more on the choice facing the thai military. thailand's milita on photo opportunity duty. this parade part of the celebrations for the king's birthday. the military and the monarchy, two institutions that ruled the country centre stage and behind the scenes over the years. now people in bangkok are once again seeing scenes of violence like this. the question being asked is thailand's military prepared to stage i do

director of security at new york city schools, and jonathan mets el, professor of psychiatry at vanderbilt university. i want to start with you, because we have we had absolutely planned to talk about newtown and talk about school safety, and then this happens. and this shooting is very different than what we saw a year ago in newtown. are there any common lessons we ought to take about school safety and ways to make schools safer? >> i bell the bearer of good news. despite the fact we are here again on a date of remembrance for the sandy hook shooting and after yesterday's shooting, schools still remain the best place to be for children during daytime hours. in in spite of that, we'll find this shooter was troubled in other way taos. it wasn't impulsive. he had a plan of action. the question would be did he tell anybody about the plan of action. i'm going to probably guess he did tell other students or they had some indicators along the way there would be concerns from this student at some point. >> let me ask you about this question of police because we do know that there has been an inc

"the wall street journal" adding -- one more call from vanderbilt texas.eorge.this is we actually do need an apprenticeship program. mercedes-benz offered one in 2010 and it is working good over there in germany. that is what we need to bring down here, more apprenticeships, something like that. there are lots of opportunity down here, considering that even though we had immigrant in fluctuation, those things are not excuses. we need to be entrepreneurs out here. we need to give small businesses the opportunity. credit and give them small business credit. that is what i need to see. that is the last call we will take on that topic. we will change gears for the next topic and talk about iran and other countries. robert zarate joins us. later on we look at those who sit on state supreme court. weekend long, we are featuring the history and literary theme of the ohio his -- of the ohio city of quarter lane. all of our program featuring authors from the city, including an interview with the the "for dummies" series of books. here is a clip of him react him and

here i said to a friend who is a graduate of the same institution 9 need to know two things about vanderbilt. here are the two things. the dogs, 27. [applause] >> thank you all. thank you, chancellor. [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> i didn't get the idea for the for dummies series. i had an idea to do a beginning book about computers, das specifically, and kind of inspired myself to do that just dealing with people in a magazine editing job i had, being on the radio at that time and being out in the public and talking about computers it was obvious people wanted to learn more but the material we had available at the time wasn't and doing the job. we had beginner books on how to use computers but they suck and. they just didn't have -- they were condescending, patronizing, the author was there again, he was like you will never get this stuff anyway or look at this, this is cool. people didn't want to know that. they wanted to use the computer. originally trying to publish one book and even then there was some relu

the bbva compass bowl will see vanderbilt play houston, and players will get a new samsung galaxy 3 computerls, that kind of thing. those are some of the cool gifts. what if you feel like heading out to see the favorite team play in person? tickets will be expensive, though prices have been trending down, that's according to tick iq. the sugar bowl has an average cost of $311. the michigan state-stanford rose bowl has an average ticket price of $835. of course, the all-important florida state/auburn, bcs national championship, it will cost people an average of around $1,250 a ticket. now, i don't know about you guys, but i'm definitely going to be watching from my couch this weekend. back over to you. >> no doubt about that. >> why do you think the prices -- >> $1,245? >> yeah, first, they said the super bowl for $300. and i thought, wow. >> if i gave you -- if i gave you a voucher, a best buy voucher for $450, what would you buy? >> god, that's a great question. i mean, i don't know. >> tablet? >> some sort of ganl edget. >> i'd buy a tv. >> i have some, but i want more. >> buy a tv and giv