Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Justice lives here in Montgomery County. We came here looking for an acquittal but like that Rolling Stone song says you dont always get what you want. Sometimes you get what you need. Its too early to celebrate mr. Cosby. Round two may be just around the corner and this time justice may prevail. Good evening everyone, im natasha brown. Thank you so much for joining us. Hopelessly deadlocked thats how the jury for the bill cosby trial described the ending of more than 50 hours of deliberations this morning and in the end the judge was forced to declare a mistrial in the Sexual Assault case against bill cosby. We do have Team Coverage this evening for you. Cleve bryan is outside of the courthouse in Norristown Montgomery county but we begin with alexandria hoff live at the ritzcarlton in philadelphia tonight where she just spoke to one of cosbys attorneys and his spokesperson. Alex. Reporter yeah, well, natasha this mistrial means mr. Cosby is a free man. Sitting down with his team they
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like group thank you. Students who Start College and increase their debts dont end up finishing, tonight well explore with our special panel why this is the case. Pleased to welcome douglas haines, university of california ir vine, john king jr. , former u. S. Education secretary and current president of the Education Trust and michelle, president of the campaign for College Opportunity and glad to have you all on this program. Let me start with the obvious question which is why there are so many students starting and not finishing and particularly, mr. King, students of color in that category. Why is that . Weve good couple things going on, one is economic challenges, so for many students, they are spending a very large share of their familys income on the cost of college, even with the aid of their receiving from the federal government and often from their state government. We nolo income students can be spending as much as three
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like group thank you. Students who Start College and increase their debts dont end up finishing, tonight well explore with our special panel why this is the case. Pleased to welcome douglas haines, university of california ir vine, john king jr. , former u. S. Education secretary and current president of the Education Trust and michelle, president of the campaign for College Opportunity and glad to have you all on this program. Let me start with the obvious question which is why there are so many students starting and not finishing and particularly, mr. King, students of color in that category. Why is that . Weve good couple things going on, one is economic challenges, so for many students, they are spending a very large share of their familys income on the cost of college, even with the aid of their receiving from the federal government and often from their state government. We nolo income students can be spending as much as three
Michael phelps, in the pool for the First Time Since the olympics, going headtohead with longtime rival, ryan lochte. Battling it out, all the way to the finish line. We have ktl on this friday morning. Good morning, america. We have news overnight, on the rising tensions between the u. S. And russia, over the crisis in ukraine. President holding a press conference in south korea, threatening more sanctions, saying putin is, quote, not a stupid man. And then, a hijacking scare on a virgin flight. A drunk passenger trying to break into the cockpit of an australian flight on the way to bali. Well have much more on that. And then, well also have the very latest on the measles outbreak. The worst in almost two decades. Cases in 13 states. And dr. Besser is with us live with the latest. Lets get right to the Severe Weather outbreak expected over the next three days. Ginger tracking it all. This is only the start of whats going to happen in the next three, four, and five days. A powerful sys