how big is the university of wisconsin madison? >> madison has about 43,000 to 44,000 students. it's probably in the middle of the big ten, sixth or seventh, in that category of big ten. it's the third largest recipient of u.s. dollars, it's a major institution, it's been ranked in the top five ever since i can remember. it puts a tremendous emphasis on research, and all the work that's being done in stem cell research. and changing those into different heart cells and even retina cells. research in the biosciences, it's a phenomenal institution when it comes to research and energy and areas like that, it's been very active in the weather station. i think we have 18 nobel prize winners, engineering and chemistry and medicine and physics, it's a major research institution. >> and the university of wisconsin madison, its tuition fees for undergraduate degrees, for in state, you're looking at a little over $10,000. out of state the price tag is $26,660. the room and board costs come in at about $8,600. who decides how much tuition costs? >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear all of that, gre

university of wisconsin-madison. how big is the university of wisconsin-madison? >> madison has about 43,000 to 44,000 students. it's probably in the middle of the big ten, sixth or seventh in that category of big ten. it's the third largest recipient of u.s. research dollars in the united states. it's a major research institution. it's been ranked in the top five for, i think, as long as i can remember. it puts a tremendous emphasis on research and we've seen the outcome of that in terms of vitamin d addition to milk and all the work it's doing right now in stem cell research, translating skin cells to stem cells. and then changing those into different heart cells. and even retina cells. research in the biosciences, it's a phenomenal institution when it comes to research and energy and areas like that. it's been very active in weather station activity. i think we have 18 nobel prize winners in engineering and in chemistry and medicine and physicians. it's a major research institution. >> and the university of wisconsin-madison, its tuition fees for undergraduate

how big is the university of wisconsin madison? >> madison has about 43,000 to 44,000 students. it's probably in the middle of the big ten, sixth or seventh, in that category of big ten. it's the third largest recipient of u.s. dollars, it's a major institution, it's been ranked in the top five ever since i can remember. it puts a tremendous emphasis on research, and all the work that's being done in stem cell research. and changing those into different heart cells and even retina cells. research in the biosciences, it's a phenomenal institution when it comes to research and energy and areas like that, it's been very active in the weather station. i think we have 18 nobel prize winners, engineering and chemistry and medicine and physics, it's a major research institution. >> and the university of wisconsin madison, its tuition fees for undergraduate degrees, for in state, you're looking at a little over $10,000. out of state the price tag is $26,660. the room and board costs come in at about $8,600. who decides how much tuition costs? >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear all of that, gre

here are my left is alice goffman an assistant professor at the university of wisconsin-madison.her new book on the run fugitive like an american city investigates the war on drugs has had on one philadelphia community she calls sixth street. after 40 years the war on drugs has done little to prevent drug from being sold or used but it has created a little-known surveillance state and america's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. alice spent six years living in the sixth street neighborhood and focuses on an unforgettable task of young african-american men caught up in the threat of surveillance and warrants. next we have chris tomlinson who is the author of tomlinson hill. as the great great grandson of texas slaveholders award-winning journalist chris tomlinson wanted to find out what crimes his ancestors had committed to maintain their power and privilege. in his new book tomlinson hill he writes about the slaveowning part of his family history. he also writes about the slaves who kept the thomason -- tomlinson name after they were freed and traces their family tree. chris tomli

and, alta charo, a professor of law and bio-ethics at the university of wisconsin madison.a charo, i wonder if we're moving now from choices based on health concerns to choices based on having greater options. >> in a sense, yes, we are. egg freezing was important for women who had to undergo a medical preening such as chemotherapy and who wanted to at least preserve the possibility of having children genetically of their own some time in the future. but the prospect of women beginning to do this in order to simply preserve their fertility while they advance their careers is a new phenomenon and somewhat more troubling because it is simply not as successful as having children through ordinary conception or even true ordinary in vitro fertilization and freezing your embryos. >> ifill: sara's kosher pizza, -- sarah elizabeth richard, you've written a book about this, "motherhood rescheduled: the new frontier of egg freezing and the women who tried it". what are the options for women here? >> it's great that companies are covering it and makes the option available for women wh

here are my left is alice goffman an assistant professor at the university of wisconsin-madison.her new book on the run fugitive like an american city investigates the war on drugs has had on one philadelphia community she calls sixth street. after 40 years the war on drugs has done little to prevent drug from being sold or used but it has created a little-known surveillance state and america's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. alice spent six years living in the sixth street neighborhood and focuses on an unforgettable task of young african-american men caught up in the threat of surveillance and warrants. next we have chris tomlinson who is the author of tomlinson hill. as the great great grandson of texas slaveholders award-winning journalist chris tomlinson wanted to find out what crimes his ancestors had committed to maintain their power and privilege. in his new book tomlinson hill he writes about the slaveowning part of his family history. he also writes about the slaves who kept the thomason -- tomlinson name after they were freed and traces their family tree. chris tomli

as a state representative in 1999, you wrote a bill to outlaw the university of wisconsin madison medicall students how to perform abortions. you wrote another bill in 2001 that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions that conflict with their beliefs. so even if a woman and her doctor had decided emergency contraception was the right call, a pharmacist could deny her that care. you are so pro-life that you used to o oppose the death penalty. and then there's the law you signed just last year. the one you're defending that would require doctors performing termination services to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. governor, it is difficult bordering on impossible to ob table those privileges. abortion is so safe already that doctors performing them don't bring in enough patients to a hospital to warrant admit p admitting privileges. this law is being challenged in the courts. if allowed to go into effect, it would close down at least one of your state's four clinics that provide abortion. it would greatly reduce the number of abortions performed at anot

this is an atheist group out of wisconsin. madison, wisconsin.m where you live in texas and they are saying they have a problem with what's happening in your school district. tiffany, are the majority of people that are living there, majority of the parents for those plaques and like what's written on those plaques? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> let me read what's on the plaque and justin, i'll get to you. this is what they say. dedicated to the year of our lord, 1997 to the education of god's children and to their faithful teachers in the name of the holy christian church. so justin, as a chaplain in the city and you have kids at that school, it seems like such a benign message to me. >> yeah. we're all about want to go see the cause of christ go further. we want to see the cause of christ in more public arenas in the american culture. not take things away. we want to see christ in our schools. that's really what i as a parent and as community minister am all about. >> this is the same group that attacked other schools in other states. the same

are the president of the system as opposed to a president of just let's say the university of wisconsin, madison, of one site? >> part of the theory behind a system is that they're meant to coordinate and to develop state wide issues, issues that impact the whole state. and serve the institutions in a way that -- in terms of shared resources in helping them more effectively and cost effectively deal with some of the issues that are common to all of them. we represent each of these institutions in the capital, it's a collaborative effort on issues related to state legislation or federal legislation. >> and you reference the $6 billion annual budget for the university of wisconsin systems, state funding makes up gifts grants and contracts at about 5 billion dollars. the impacts, $15 billion plus annually. what does that mean, this economic impact? >> most economic analysis, that impact in terms of what it duds to the economy throughout the state, it has an impact of what we purchase and how other higher and how that money play into the economy. to that's more or less a direct and indirect impact o