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So good afternoon, and welcome my name is tim bowman executive dean for administration and finance at the Harvard Engineering school of engineering and Applied Sciences. And in my six years of commissioner on the commission for institutes of Higher Education, and its my pleasure to welcome you to the afternoon session, and it is my honor to introduce to you our presenter and speaker for this session. Chuck im sorry already ive started off bad. Chuck door is associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of education at Bowden College, after receiving his bachelor of arts from George Washing...

Are being proposed for sacramento are very well intended. But there are a lot of it very focused on homeless folks and folks who are below the poverty level. Reporter the rich can afford the houses. Mmhm. Reporter we know the poor are going to be helped by these. What does all this do this for the middle . Make it faster to build housing. Until dynamics at the local government level is changed, and they become more accommodating to housing, we will fall short of what we need for working class people to afford a home. Reporter and as we said, its not just money. Its also suburban areas having t...

Temperatures already heating up at this noon hour. We are looking at clear skies across the coast. And were also getting a little bit of smoke coming through the haze. Thats lingering. So from that camera sutro camera you cant quite see it but this camera you can. This is our transamerica tower and you can see that haze lingering. Unhealthy air quality in the bay area. Concord 89. Temperatures are heating up already. 75 in oakland. Livermore 91. San francisco 70. Temperatures will go up more. Heres the air quality for you. Spare the air alert today east bay and Santa Clara Valley unhealthy con...

A lot of peoples lungs are probably hurting this morning. Heres a look at the current temperatures. Heres a live look at our dublin camera. Concord only already 74 degrees. 67 oakland. Livermore 71, San Francisco 77. Yesterday 106 in San Francisco was a hike yesterday. That is the all time hottest day in recorded history. 36 degrees hotter than average. Our average temperatures should be 70 degrees. Here are some other alltime highs we hit yesterday. Sfo reached 104 degrees. Moffett field hit 106. Salinas airport 105. That he is not over. We will deal with it again today. Excessive heat warnin...

Thank you very much. Were delighted to have you at this event, the office at mit series. Tonight were featuring steven sloman, a cognitive scientist who studies how people think. Hes been a close friend of mine for many years and also the editor of the journal cognition. And hes joined in conversation today with drazem, professor of economics at mits sloan school. He also holds an appointment in the department of brain and cognitive sciences. Before we begin, i ask that you please silence your phone if you havent already. I should also introduce myself. Im the director of the mit press, my nam...