The final panel for the day addresses issues having to do with liberal Arts Education and the search for truth. We have a distinguished group of panelists to address the question. I want to begin though with a bit of personal testimony of my own and then really an expression of gratitude. We will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies that exist in american Higher Education these days. Compromising of Academic Freedom violations of Core Principles of freedom of speech, the lack of Viewpoint Diversity, the phenomenon of trying to win debates labeling other people as bigots or haters or what have you. Those pathologies as i say are undeniable. They exist. They are very widespread. Many people in the capital across the political spectrum not only recognize them but recognize that the present an urgent problem and truly a threat. A provost from Stanford University recently the public letter called that threat the threat from within the university saying that no threat to Higher
The final panel for the day addresses issues having to do with liberal Arts Education and the search for truth. We have a distinguished group of panelists to address the question. I want to begin though with a bit of personal testimony of my own and then really an expression of gratitude. We will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies that exist in american Higher Education these days. Compromising of Academic Freedom violations of Core Principles of freedom of speech, the lack of Viewpoint Diversity, the phenomenon of trying to win debates labeling other people as bigots or haters or what have you. Those pathologies as i say are undeniable. They exist. They are very widespread. Many people in the capital across the political spectrum not only recognize them but recognize that the present an urgent problem and truly a threat. A provost from Stanford University recently the public letter called that threat the threat from within the university saying that no threat to Higher
Allegedly groping her. Did her testimony hurt or help . Plus the driver behind the wheel in this sevenstory plunge. The Police Officer caught on camera. And the scholarship surprise you wont want to miss. Today, friday, august 11th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. And that scholarship story is just what the doctor ordered for this friday. Cant wait to tell you about that. It certainly is. Lets tell you about our top story. New developments in the north korea crisis, while President Trump toughened his message to kim jongun, his defense secretary seems to be stepping back from trumps dire warnings. We have coverage starting with peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter one week into his working vacation, President Trump is clearly in a talkative mood. Yesterday, when his press secretary held up a sign that said one more question, the presid
To North Carolina and South Carolina. You can move from South Carolina back to michigan. You can do anything. You have a lot of states at play. A lot of competition. So its not like oh, gee, im taking the competition away. You have a lot of places you can move. I dont care. As long as it is within the United States. The borders of the United States. There will be a major border tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder. And if our politicians had what it takes, they would have done this years ago and you would have millions more workers right now in the United States that are 96 million really wanting a job and they cant get. You know that story. The real number. Thats the real number. So thats the way it is. Okay. Go ahead. I have a question about the Supreme Court and border security. I want to ask you something about that you said on twitter this morning. Are we living in nazi germany. Do you have a problem with the intelligence agency. Have you conducted
[applause] new start. [inaudible] so much of this book is actually based on the interview, interviewing people. And so i am going to be upfront. I am really intimidated by this guy. As the white guys that passed the asian litmus test. The next time i think i ran into him i was working with wayne at monaco and john was there and wayne congratulated him and winning the macarthur fellowship. And then i was actually i started working on the film. Because what we did was we gave donna camera to just film has everyday life for a whole year the style was making the producers quite nervous. I liked the final cut but people werent sure how it was going to fly and i cant remember who it was but johns name came up as something to look at the film and give his feedback or stamp of approval so we sent it to john i think i got a call from you. I was very short. I think the first was it was great. The second one was im never going to ride on a city bus anymore and look at a kid the same way. The rap