In california. [applause] thank you for your very generous introduction. There is no place i more delighted to be than here community of cutting edge scholars, shelley and all that you have put together. What i would like to do is add to an ongoing conversation here about what i would like to call the two flags of feminism. And in its 60s and 70s, two different aims. One was to hold up the flag of gender equality. Is involved first of all the right to go to work. It is easy to remember it is easy to forget what we didnt have in 1960. Women did not stay at work and women were largely absent in the professions. Many women, in many states couldnt hold take out a loan from a bank in their own name. In my university, ucberkeley at that point, three , full professors, 8 associate professors, going to the male faculty club and all the photographs, very august looking men, if you blow the horn you couldnt be in the cow band for example in 1960. Put your arm away. So since that time and also wo
Identity theft reported as a result of the web site and ongoing. And of course hire copays, higher deductibles, more money out of patients pockets. Well, there was a new report out last week that brings this additionally to the fore in terms of concerns that people are having, and its even from people that supported the Health Care Law originally. There was a report out last week by a major labor union talking about how bad this Health Care Law is hurting its members. To put this into perspective, mr. President , this is a labor union that actually supported thensenator obama and endorsed him when he was running for president a number of years ago. And they supported the Health Care Law. And now its come out with this union has come out with a report that says the laws unintended consequence will hit the average hardworking american where it hurts. In the wallet. You actually go through this report called the irony of obamacare making inequality worse, just to read, it says the a. C. A
Easy to read thirty per cent on year and a bit in washington dc and youre watching our tea. And we begin this hour with the glass and have dropped although dr just ahead of the twenty fourteen Olympic Games set to take place in russia. Police have detained dozens of people lining the Anti Terrorism operation and although crime the Southern City where two suspected suicide bombings killed more than thirty people and injured over a hundred more. The death toll of the attacks has been increasing after some of those who were wounded and died from their injuries the two deadly attacks involve a bride have intensified fears over the threat of terrorism in russia which coincides with the threat earlier this year from a chechen extremists grail quest plans to wreak havoc in the country. Our ts Margaret Howell is and all the grime and has the latest on this tragedy. His hands its also very summer traffic seems to me moving more slowly and i was able to catch up with and some of the Family Membe
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist in for matt along side Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Our lead story this morning, despite everything you saw there, Savannah Guthrie turns 29 years old. Happy birthday savannah, again. Thank you so much. Turned 29, oh, 13 years ago i think. 29 and holding. Natalie just mentioned im the oldest person sitting at this table. By six months. Youre right on my trail. Meanwhile, willie has the gift that keeps on giving. Willie has the stomach flu this morning. I do. A lot of leaning in all directions this morning. We have the bucket and the purel right here. I would watch the full show this morning. Theres no telling whats going to happen. Lets get to todays top story. The effort to rescue dozens of people stranded on a ship to antarctica. They have been there since tuesday and the first ice breaking
In his San Francisco laboratory. Reporter science has been working on egg replacements for years and for good reason. Eggs have too much cholesterol. Theyre hard to transport. They spoil. And the quarter billion chickens they come from are damaging to the environment. The problem is, eggs are used in so many ways. Its proved impossible for scientists to find one solution. Those San Francisco Hampton Creek foods may be close. The startup located in the heart of hightech south of market is working on plantbased replacements. Funded in part by microsofts bill gates. Josh is ceo, a former football star, scholar, teacher in kenya and blogger whos now reinventing one of natures most basic foods. Joined by anthony hobb and Quentin Hardy of the new york times. In my list of things youre good at, i dont see biochemistry, molecular anything. What qualifies you to be trying to replicate the egg . I think im pretty good at finding people that are a whole lot smarter than i am. So am i which is why