University and Colombia University school of journalism. Also we have jennifer levitz, she graduated from Layola University maryland, their review of unacceptable, the authors readable expose, capable examination of ambition, money and Higher Education. Phasepace account of the massive College Admissions scam, offers indepth look at the families who were willing to break the law and ignore Ethical Principles to provide Higher Education to their children. Well researched and detailed picture of crime emerging in American Culture corrupted by wealth and celebrity. My pleasure to have them here tonight to talk about the book with us, with that i will pass things off to emily. Terrific, we are thrilled to be here with you talking tonight about captivating book. Lets start with the scam. Melissa, why dont you start us off . How did what prosecutors call operation varsity blues work . Yes, it was a really complex scheme and thats one of the things thats amazing about it, how many parts there
We are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn Higher Education reporter for the wall street journal. Previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. We also have Jennifer Levitz National Reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two Pulitzer Prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and Higher Education. A fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam. This indictment of contemporary American Culture offe
Lahaina as new concerns emerge over glitches in the islands emergency warning system. The news at 5 00 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. Tonight we begin with the devastation in maui. The heartbreak and loss continues on the island after a massive wildfir ravaged lahaina, becoming the deadliest fire in modern u. S. History. The death toll creeping towards 100. 93 lives lost in the fires. That number expected to grow as the National Guard continues recovery efforts. At least 1,000 people are feared missing. So far Authorities Say search and rescue teams have cleared 3 of lahaina. The crime search for missing people continues. Theres new scrutiny of the Emergency Alert system that failed to warn thousands about the fire headed their way. Nbc4 bay area Marianne Favro joins us from the newsroom with more. We talked with one woman in lahaina who told us the only warning she got about the fire was from the sound of personal home fire alarms going off on her street.
Enter into the new care court system. The california secretary of health and Human Services doctor mark galli. 2 questions today saying the system as it stands now is fractured and needed this attention. Im hoping that and the lights go up. This is to be able to support and stabilize people in their wellness and recovery prior to having hospitalizations and or pressure asians and the or and medical emergencies. Department of Public Health will file the petition and a judge will investigate whether the person qualifies for support through care court to qualify. A person must be at least 18 years old currently experiencing severe Mental Illness have a diagnosis of Mental Illness. Not be ted clinically stable in ongoing voluntary treatment and is unlikely to survive safely without supervision and his deteriorating. They must also have at least 2. 50, to 50 episodes which are involuntary holds of up to 2 weeks in a treatment center. One in the last 60 days that allowed that to leverage tha
Cs. With congress on its summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan every day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Today we head to wheeling, west virginia. The first major highway built by the federal government. Well take a look at civil war battle flags and recount senator Joe Mccarthys enemy from within speech which he delivered in wheeling in 1950. T next, legal analysts talk about government surveillance and data gathering technologies in the digital age. They examine the role of congress, the courts, and the administration in enacting rules to protect consumer privacy. American university hosted this event. The senior counsel with the National Association of criminal defense lawyers. If you missed it, but if youre watching online and you have questions you can email them to nacdlquestions gmail. Com. Xrikz well do our best to get them asked. For those tweeting weve been tweeting with the hashtag Fourth Amendment. So feel free to use that. I want to introduce the moderator of our next panel, w