To provide adequate resources to professionals on the ground. We must also continue pressing for comprehensive Immigration Reform so that our system will not be so overwhelmed in times like these. I yield the obama told reporters he urged perry to press texas lawmakers and the u. S. Congress to support the whitehouses funding request. The president rejected criticism saying he didnt visit the border saying quote this isnt a theater. This is a problem. The head of the ncaa is questioned about the treatment of College Athletes and the profits generated from sports. That is next. Then a look at the Russia Ukraine conflict. And later a ceremony for a former swiss diplomat who is awarded the congressional gold medal for his humanitarian efforts during world war ii. Tune in for the harlem book fair this weekend. Live coverage starts this weekend saturday morning. Mark emmert testified about College Athletes and academics and he is joined by Taylor Branch and two formal College Football playe
Question, dr. Emert of the 65. I was encouraged by your response to the chairmans question relative to their interest in addressing these issues. Its one thing to say theyre willing to do it, its another thing to do it. We wish you success but we understand that youre the proposal, youre the initiator, but theyre the decision makers. So i hope mr. Chairman over some period of time here, hopefully relatively soon, we can get a positive result from that effort. I think thats where the these major issues fall. But dr. Emmerit. Could you give us one more shot , but also to the root of the solution, and that is the top 65 which are the revenue generators. And we dont want to jeopardizes those that are not, and put them in a position where they wont be able to fulfill the level 9 supports that gists so many people the yes mr. Chairman and senator coats, i think youre asking two of the most important questions. The first is a recognition that 100 or so years ago when the ncaa was created, it
Not only College Sports inspired incredible fan passion all across the country, but theyve provided a very important way for young men and women to, as is written, both through athletics, as navigation and get an education. Were going talk about that today. Many young people, however, athletics has provided an avenue to college that otherwise would not have existed. And its important to understand that. College athletes and athletics are rooted in the notion of amateurism. And the history of that is very interesting and important, going back to the founding of ncaa, 1996, and going back, actually, to the greeks concept of amateurism. Playing College Sports is supposed to be an add vocation. Students play for the love of the game, not the love of money. Many people believe this notion of College Sports is being undermined by the power and the influence of money. I remember a meeting i had in my office with the three top executives of espn. And it was one of those meetings in which i did
College sports work effectively for young men and young women. Were at a point now where were going to see yet again whether or not that selfgovernance system works. I have confidence, because i know most of these president s as colleagues, and i know their interests and considerations and concerns that that provides me with confidence that they want to move forward on the agendas that i describe plus more in the coming weeks and months. Now, i think, mr. Chairman, this hearing is a useful cattle prod, if you will, to make sure that everyone understands that the world is watching. The u. S. Senate is watching. And everyone is paying attention to what universities are going to do to address these real and significant issues. I think all those things combined give me some very positive belief that were going to wind up in the right place in a matter of months. If not, well have another conversation, im sure, and i have no doubt that you and your successors will make sure we have that con
This is the largest trade show in the world, one of the largest. About 100,000 people attend this show every year. Heres some of the programs that we taped while in vegas. And now joining us on the communicators is Andrew Thompson who is president , ceo and cofounder of Proteus Digital Health. Mr. Thompson, what is Proteus Digital Health . Guest proteus is the worlds First Digital medicine company. So we created a platform that we call a Digital Health feedback system, and the main components of that platform are an ingestible sensor that turns on when you swallow it and communicates through your body. It sends information to a wearable patch that you wear on your torso and collects information about the medicines you swallow and your physiology, things like your heart rate, your body angle, activity, sleep, temperature, quite a lot of things, actually, what we call a panel of physiological wellness messages, and then it communicates with a cell phone you carry and enables us to take t