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On Saturday afternoon, CNN weekend host Fredricka Whitfield devoted a segment to promoting University of California-San Diego implementing a new requirement that their students take at least one course on the climate, presumably as a way of promoting the liberal theory that humans are to blame for recent natural disasters. Even though extreme weather from this year like hurricanes and flooding are not unprecedented, Whitfield hinted at them as being a product of climate change as she began: "All right, fast-moving wildfires; historic and devastating flooding; supercharged hurricanes wiping communities totally off the map. Climate change is not a future threat, but a daily reality." She then added: "And one California college is taking a bold move in an effort to combat it. US -- I mean UC, rather -- San Diego has become the first major public college in the U.S. to require undergraduate students across all majors to take a course on climate change." The CNN host then brought aboard UC -an Diego Professor Wayne Yang, who explained that it was the students who decided they wanted the course, and then added that "...we've given them a big problem, and we feel like we should give them every solution possible. And so we would like them to have the full backing of their education to solve climate change." Whitfield soon cued up her guest to push for all colleges and universities to some day have such a course requirement: "Okay, so, I mean, California obviously no stranger to the impacts of climate change. Is it your hope that all colleges and universities in California or even perhaps across the country will adopt similar requirements?" The two continued talking up such a course: PROFESSOR YANG: Yeah, I would say even across the world, so that's part of the COP summit and climate talks -- climate education at the fore, and we're actually hoping we can take a lead roll in that, but I'm getting reached out to. I just got off the phone with San Diego State yesterday from the University of Santa Cruz in Santa Barbara to UC Davis. People all over the country reaching out about this, so it is a lot of excitement. We need everyone on board really. It's all hands on deck to solve this problem, and it's not going to come from one university, one college, or one course. WHITFIELD: So important. What are the students telling you? PROFESSOR YANG: Oh, they're -- I mean, you can see them glowing about it. They're always ready to talk to the news about it, and what they're saying is that, prior to this, they knew climate change is a problem -- the question is: What do you do about it? And so they want to know: What can their education do to prepare them for -- there's going to be these future jobs solving climate change that don't even exist yet. And so we're trying to get there. The CNN host concluded: "Well, what an incredible start, and what a great stab, you know, at being solution-driven." Transcript follows: CNN Newsroom October 19, 2024 3:46 p.m. Eastern FREDRICKA WHITFIELD: All right, fast-moving wildfires; historic and devastating flooding; supercharged hurricanes wiping communities totally off the map. Climate change is not a future threat, but a daily reality. And one California college is taking a bold move in an effort to combat it. US -- I mean UC, rather -- San Diego has become the first major public college in the U.S. to require undergraduate students across all majors to take a course on climate change. That's about 7,000 students. Wayne Yang is a professor and provost of UC San Diego's Muir College, named after the environmentalist writer, founder of the Sierra Club, Don Muir. All right, Professor, good to see you. You spearheaded this initiative. Why was this important to UC San Diego? PROFESSOR WAYNE YANG, UC SAN DIEGO: Yeah, great, thank you so much, Fredricka. I'm one of many people on the shoulders of giants. UC San Diego actually started with -- started climate change science with the Keeling Curve -- so that's Charles David Keeling who's -- that's why we know how much carbon is in the atmosphere is because of his work. So -- but this is really a student-driven initiative. It was the number issue with our students before COVID, and this requirement's unusual because it's the only time we've ever asked students for their opinions, to be honest. We don't ask them if they want to take (audio gap). But this went before our students for a vote -- it was unanimous. And they're trying to spread the word to other universities. WHITFIELD: That is so fascinating. PROFESSOR YANG: I will say -- yeah. But, you know, we've given them a big problem, and we feel like we should give them every solution possible. And so we would like them to have the full backing of their education to solve climate change. WHITFIELD: Mm-hm. I mean, there are 40 different classes that could be used to fulfill this requirement. So what are among the things that we're talking about? PROFESSOR YANG: Yeah, I mean, any major you could study this, so if you're a business major, economics, you can study the economics of climate change which is incredibly important if we need an economic structure that helps us solve it. One of my favorite courses is in computer science and engineering. Professor Leo Porter teaches this class that takes our devices and everywhere from the life cycle device from extraction all the way to use and disposal and how -- what the carbon footprint is at every stage is so that we can learn how to reduce that. We've got biology courses in climate change. We just hosted the second heat and human health summit with all the doctors from Kaiser and the nearby hospitals. Obviously, urban planning -- we can study climate solutions for regional transportation. But even in arts and humanities and writing programs, so our -- currently, we have a couple thousand students reading Climate Optimism. So I think the idea is that there isn't one solution for climate change -- there's a hundred solutions. So we're hoping to get (audio gap) courses. WHITFIELD: Okay, so, I mean, California obviously no stranger to the impacts of climate change. Is it your hope that all colleges and universities in California or even perhaps across the country will adopt similar requirements? PROFESSOR YANG: Yeah, I would say even across the world, so that's part of the COP summit and climate talks -- climate education at the fore, and we're actually hoping we can take a lead roll in that, but I'm getting reached out to. I just got off the phone with San Diego State yesterday from the University of Santa Cruz in Santa Barbara to UC Davis. People all over the country reaching out about this, so it is a lot of excitement. We need everyone on board really. It's all hands on deck to solve this problem, and it's not going to come from one university, one college, or one course. WHITFIELD: So important. What are the students telling you? PROFESSOR YANG: Oh, they're -- I mean, you can see them glowing about it. They're always ready to talk to the news about it, and what they're saying is that, prior to this, they knew climate change is a problem -- the question is: What do you do about it? And so they want to know: What can their education do to prepare them for -- there's going to be these future jobs solving climate change that don't even exist yet. And so we're trying to get there. WHITFIELD: Yeah, all right, well, what an incredible start, and what a great stab, you know, at being solution-driven. Professor Wayne Yang, thank you so much. All the best to you.

MRC founder and president Brent Bozell appeared on Monday night on the Fox Business program Evening Edit to discuss CBS refusing to release a transcript of its deceptively edited Kamala Harris interview in a Monday night 60 Minutes election special.  First, the CBS Sunday interview show Face The Nation aired a word-salad answer from Kamala on Israel. Then the Monday night special aired a much briefer, more coherent answer.  Fox host Liz McDonald asked "Who was it edited for? Was it edited for the viewer, or Kamala?  And how about instead of releasing statements, why won’t they release the full transcript and footage?" Bozell agreed: “So what’s going on behind the scenes at CBS? Who made the decision to edit it one way and then re-edit it another way after a backlash? Was it the staff that did it? Did the Kamala Harris campaign call them and say ‘that’s not what we want. We want you to air another part.’  We don’t know. Release the transcript.” McDonald suggested we’ve seen Team Biden and Team Harris pressure the media to help them. Bozell replied, "I don't think there is a lick of difference between the national news media and the Kamala Harris for President campaign.” He noted CBS promising not to “fact check” the candidates during the vice-presidential debate, and then trying to undermine J.D. Vance on immigration. McDonald asked how viewers are supposed to know when the networks are manipulating their interviews. Bozell lamented: "And why can’t CBS simply ask a question and run with the answer. They asked a question, she ran with an answer. At some other point in this interview, either the question was re-asked, or she answered it differently. We don’t know. But a real journalist would simply run with the question, and run with the answer. They changed it!"

Several caravans, thousands-strong, are making their way through Mexico, hoping to cross the United States' border before a potential administration change with the presidential election just weeks away.On October 5, a caravan of 600 to 800 individuals left Tapachula, Mexico, according to the Border Report. Last week, another group of 1,000 reportedly departed from the city. On Sunday, a caravan with 2,000 individuals left Mexico's southern border.'They could both close the CBP One appointment and all the services that are helping migrants.'Luis Garcia Villagran, director of the Tapachula-based Center for Human Dignity, told a local news outlet that he estimates that at least 4,000 people, divided into multiple caravans, are already moving through Mexico and on their way to the U.S."As we speak, 40,000 to 45,000 migrants, 30 percent from the Middle East and Africa, are stuck and trying to leave for the United States before the end of the year," Garcia Villagran said in a statement translated by Border Report.Joel Zambrano, a Venezuelan national traveling with the caravan that set off over the weekend, told the New York Post that a new administration "makes us fearful."Zambrano stated that he is concerned that after January 20, 2025, Customs and Border Protection's CBP One application will be shut down. Currently, the mobile app allows foreign nationals to schedule an appointment at a port of entry to make an asylum claim. Approximately 1.3 million people over the past two years have been allowed into the U.S. through the Biden-Harris administration's app and its other so-called "lawful pathways.""They say this could change because they could both close the CBP One appointment and all the services that are helping migrants," Zambrano told the Post.Trump has vowed that his top priority, should he secure the upcoming presidential election, is to "seal the border and stop the migrant invasion," according to his campaign's website. He also pledged to "carry out the largest deportation operation in American history."With immigration a top-of-mind concern for most voters, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris has also attempted to appear tough on the border crisis that the Biden-Harris administration manufactured.During her first visit to the border, she stated, "I will do more to secure our border, to reduce illegal border crossings.""I will take further action to keep the border closed between ports of entry," she added.While the details of her border strategy are unclear, the Biden-Harris administration has advocated for the implementation of more so-called "lawful pathways" that have expedited entries, thereby deterring foreign nationals from illegally crossing the border between ports of entry. While these additional pathways have reportedly reduced southern border encounters, they have not reduced the number of foreign nationals entering the country with little to no vetting.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

As the 2024 election draws closer, the hosts of "The View" seem to be breaking down. “I think it will make a difference because of this division that they’re trying to cause within the black community,” Sunny Hostin told the rest of the show's panel. “I just think it’s a fallacy that black men are the problem. Black men are not the problem.” “When you look at the stats, the New York Times just came out with a poll: 80% of African-Americans will be voting for Kamala Harris, and that includes black men,” Hostin added. “But it was more for Biden, I think that’s the issue, right?” Joy Behar interrupted. Whoopi Goldberg then began ranting about black men supposedly refusing to listen to black women. “For me it has never been about black man,” she started. “It’s been about man. You know, there’s this myth out there that black men can’t handle being spoken to and told what to do by black women. Black men come from our bodies. So black men have black mothers. So they’re used to having these conversations with women.” “The matriarchy is strong with the black community,” she added. Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” can sense their panic. “This is the perfect ending of identity politics, isn’t it? That they now have to figure out a way to rationalize that for some reason, black men who make decisions on their own, just like white men and Asian men, might have been more into Joe Biden than they are Kamala Harris,” Rubin tells Sage Steele. “Well, again, what a concept. Black men, black women, are not monolithic. Like, we actually have separate brains and can see things for ourselves and think differently,” Steele agrees. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Air Force Academy staffers forced a fan to cover his shirt that read "Keep Women's Sports Female" at a women's volleyball game over the weekend that featured a transgender player. John Kopecky, an Air Force Academy graduate, attended Saturday's game at the Academy. The match was against Mountain West Conference opponent San Jose State University.The pair firmly told Kopecky that if he wanted to stay he would have to zip his hoodie 'all the way up' so his shirt isn't visible.SJSU has had a controversial season due to having a male athlete, Blaire Fleming, on the roster. Several NCAA players, including Fleming's own teammate, have spoken out against a male playing against females. Blaire Fleming, San Jose State University Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty ImagesDespite five women's volleyball teams announcing forfeits against SJSU, presumably over the unfairness of having to play against a male, the Air Force Academy decided to play SJSU as scheduled.According to reporter Dan Zaksheske, Kopecky was wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a shirt underneath that read, "Keep Women's Sports Female."A video then caught a pointed conversation between Kopecky and two Air Force Academy representatives — a male and a female — who told him his shirt is "political" and that they are "trying to keep it comfortable and safe" at the arena."How is it political?" Kopecky asks."How is it not?" the male replied.Kopecky told the pair that he had worn the shirt in question just days prior to an Air Force Academy event, and no one took issue with it. He then asked if it would be OK to wear the shirt to other Academy events."Can I wear this to the football game today?""Yeah," the female replied. "Sir, we know why you're wearing that ... targeted ...""I'm not targeting anything," Kopecky reiterated. "I'm coming here to a women's sports event."The pair firmly told Kopecky that if he wanted to stay he would have to zip his hoodie "all the way up" so his shirt isn't visible.They then warned him that he may be forced to leave the arena if he unzips the hoodie, at which point Kopecky said if he was removed from the facility, he would halt all his donations and season ticket purchases.In an interview with OutKick, Kopecky said the Air Force Academy made specific rule changes for this game in particular, including a banner telling fans that no signs are allowed into the venue."They brought out a big board with all these rules about fan conduct that may have been there in the past, but I've never seen it [displayed] right at the door," Kopecky told the outlet. According to OutKick, the school said in a statement that it "takes necessary measures to provide a safe environment at all home athletic events for players, coaches, staff and fans."In the end, San Jose State defeated the Air Force Academy 3-1, and OutKick said Fleming led SJSU with 10 kills in the match.Kopecky also echoed a sentiment that many female volleyball players have revealed after playing against Fleming: "Watching Blaire Fleming play ... the jumping ability was just drastically different. It was just like, 'Wow, there's something you don't see every day at a women's volleyball match.' ... [Fleming was] strikingly more athletic than normal."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Owners of old AMD AM4 motherboards appear to have been given yet another upgrade option, despite AMD now being two generations into its newer AM5 socket, with the arrival of the Ryzen 5 5600XT, Ryzen 5 5600, and Ryzen 3 5300G. Although not officially unveiled yet, the new AMD Ryzen chips have appeared in motherboard CPU support listings and other leaks, showing that AMD is set to continue supplying new AM4 gaming CPUs for a while yet. What's particularly surprising about the apparently imminent arrival of new AMD AM4 CPUs is that the supply of some AM4 chips, such as the previous best gaming CPU entrant, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, appears to be drying up. So while plenty of CPU options remain for owners of AM4 motherboards, it's still surprising to see even more brand-new models announced. Continue reading New AMD Ryzen gaming CPUs are coming for your old motherboard, says leak MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review