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Their academic freedom, they shouldnt be willing to allow the communist government to have control over discussion. eric: the confucius government issued a statement which reads in part: they are programs dedicated to the teaching of mandarin, cultivating chinese cultural awareness and facilitating global education. the programs do not teach history, to politics or current affairs. the courses are managed and supervised by u.s. universities which also decide the content, instructors and textbook...

If it got defense department money. but it needs to be broader than this, and we need to support president -- cruzs legislation. eric: senator cruz has that bill in the senate now, as we reported, they indicate theyre there as an educational institution but, clearly, a lot of questions, and its a growing controversy with some colleges shutting those branches down. gordon chang, as always, thank you. >> thank you, eric. eric: of course. arthel? arthel: well, senator elizabeth warren officially la...

>> reporter: the councils report recommends incentives to attract volunteers from tax creditsosmethings got to changr a fast and traumatic decline. in the 1970s there were roughly 300,000 volunteer firefighters in pennsylvania. by the year 2000, that number dropped by 80% to just 60,000. fast forward to 2018, and there are just 38,000 volunteers. its considered a public safety crisis because more than 90% of the fire companies in that state are volunteer departments. >> a lot of these communitie...

Really compare it because its a resolution, not something that is actually, you know, a bill that -- arthel: you need to talk to the people right now, because thats what they are promoting -- >> i know, i know that this is a nuanced issue -- arthel: clarify it for us. heres your chance. >> again, i am not necessarily an advocate of the green new deal, because i think it is much like howard dean, for example, it is not something that is actually able to be implemented because were not going to fu...

The purple colors indicating as much as 2 feet of snow from central california, up across oregon, up near seattle. i think widespread, eric, spots getting up to a foot to 18 inches and then, yeah, plenty of areas getting up over 2 feet of snow. this is going to be a big one. eric: all right. folks gotta be careful, but i guess its good news if youre skiing. >> reporter: yes, it is. eric: adam, thank you. arthel: that is going to do it for now for us. well be back again at four eastern. hope you ...