After the american dream. You can also watch all of our past programs any time at booktv. Org. Good evening everyone, i have been working with our coauthors to maximize the visual presence. Theyve written a very engaging book thats attracted many review since it came out a few months ago. The basic premise of the book is that the most important thing that the athletes get is a quality education. The book is structured into four sections, the history of the scholar athlete, profiles of high achieving athletes and how scholar athletes when and how to reform the system. The book makes the case that varsity athletics and Academic Excellence are not mutually exclusive. Both play an Important Role in the development of personal bonds and core values that lead to a happy and productive life. To add to the voice today the current pandemic is causing athletes, universities and the public to question the status quo. We will be using an interview format today there will be plenty of time for audi
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You another look at the scene there. Police responding to this call just after 230 this afternoon. The shooting. Police tell us, happened at the street level near the lake merritt bart station right next to the bus zone. Obviously you can see that thats the area that theyre cordoning off. Yeah, and a huge response here from law enforcement. But we are now being told the Train Service has once again resumed at the lake merritt bart station. We do have a crew there at the scene of this shooting. We will bring you more information as we get it this afternoon. Thank you, everyone, for joining us here for the four, im alex savage and im heather holmes. And now to that dramatic downfall of the pac 12 and the longtime tradition and storied rivalries will soon be history. Yeah, the pac 12 stripped down down to just four schools amid an exodus of top competitors. All leaving for more lucrative deals in other Major Conferences across the country. Okay, so usc and ucla decided to bolt last year,
Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The Memorial Day Travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Maurice Dubois in for norah. Nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. First, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. The tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. And then, there are the widespread storms thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. And those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Brake lights outside. Look at this line. Reporter and these long