on "america tonight" - his story. in our continuing look at sex crimes on campus, the legal system didn't find him guilty, but the accusations against him destroyed his college career. >> and josh said, "mum, i'm gone. they don't want me here any more, i can't stay, they've expelled me." >> christof putzel on the accused and the backlash and hawaii's ban on foods improved by scientists. why farmers and scientists say the case against genetically

modified food doesn't add up. >> he said stuff that was crazy, saying if you ate transo genicic foods you'd get all sorts of diseases. >> adam may on the big island, a tropical paradise and a taste of trouble and a salute from one of the payments much america's iconi publications. opening up the pages of history in the saturday evening "post." and good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. tonight we begin our look at the fight against sex crimes on campus with a growing backlash against it. most of the focus in this issue is on survivors, and how

universities deal with sex crimes. tonight we look in depth at the accused. almost always young men facing charges of sexual assault, rape and other sexual violence. as often happens, there is another side of the story. schools that have taken a harsher line as they protect women from sexual assault on campus find many accused fighting back. >> christof putzel on how a false accusation can destroy a young man's future. >> reporter: for alison strange, it began with a phone call from her son josh. >> the phone call. there's always that one call that you never expect to get. it was a voice that wasn't josh. arrested." why? >> no, i had no idea. no idea. i'm sorry, it all just really floods back. >> reporter: the campus of the university is where josh

strange's college dream school turned into a nightmare. a former eagle scout josh dreamed of attending since he was young. he pledged an frat earnty and dated a friend. they changed facebook status to in a relationship. they'd been sleeping together. one night they went to his drinking. >> things went wrong. >> one of those things ha happened. i went to sleep. a little while later my girlfriend woke up. she initiated. we started to have sex. all of a sudden midway through she just losses it. >> reporter: josh's girlfriend called the police, who detained them for questioning. she said josh forced himself on her much he said she initiated the sex. his accuser did not press charges, in fact, she returned to josh's apartment to apologise for the misunderstanding. >> i was just confused.

she looked at me and said "well, you know, it was nothing. i freaked out, i'm sorry. and it was just", she said, "a misunderstanding." i don't know what she meant by that. apologising. >> reporter: why did you stay together after the accusation? >> at this point i didn't know there was an accusation. my understanding of everything was it was done and it was over. >> reporter: the couple dated and slept together for another six weeks until the relationship fell apart. a month after cutting off communication, josh was arrested at his house. >> i was arrested for another charge she made up. she claimed i had shown up in a parking lot of a frozen yoghurt place and slapped her in the face with a set of keys, that's what i was arrested for. >> reporter: he flatly denies the charge is said witnesses were with him 15 miles away from

where the incident took place. the victim did force charges for misdemeanour felony assault and sodomy. it didn't take long for the rumours to spade. >> the roum our mill was turning. i was standing in line, i don't eaves drop, but i heard "did you hear about the josh strange guy - he raped a girl." home. >> reporter: on november 7th an on-campus hearing was screened. there was no judge, just two students, a staff member and a fisheries professor. josh and his accusers lawyers were present, but were not allowed to speak. >> reporter: so you are not really rejected? >> not at all. >> reporter: a university librarian presided. a tape-recording revealed while she found the accuser credible and josh a threat to her safety, she had never heard the

accuser's version of the event. >> reporter: there was no cross-examination, and josh chose to remain silent the entire hearing. after 99 minutes, the discipline committee recommended josh be expelled from the university. >> what was your reaction to auburn's recommendation. >> honestly, i thought i would be sick. josh was as white as a piece of paper. and just looked like he had been punched in the stomach. and i walked out, and i looked, and josh said, "mum, i'm gone. they don't want me here any more. i can't stay. they've expelled me." >> reporter: since "america tonight" aired its "sex crimes on campus" series last year, there has been a growing backlash against

schools. men who have been disciplined and expelled have filed complaints. in a new twist some claim their schools discriminated against them. 20 lawyers wrote an alert -- wrote a letter to the u.n. senate saying title 9 has created an unfair situation. >> seasoned lawyers say this is not how you resolve a problem as substantial, severe as sexual assault. and that stain stays on the boys records the rest of their lives. >> eric rosenberg is a lawyer who defended multiple students assault. >> do you feel that colleges are equipped to handle figuring cases of sexual assault? >> these are felonies, serious crimes. i don't think students or faculty are educated on thou handle something that complex. if a sexual offense occurs, that

person should go prison. >> reporter: a few months later in a criminal court josh was acquitted of all charges, when the assault case went to trial, the accuser didn't show up. the case was dropped. however, josh was still expelled from the university. >> he was given this from the office of the president. he has a criminal no trespass order against him. he cannot set foot on any auburn university property - i guess for the rest of his life. >> reporter: the university provided our request for an interview and provided the statement:

>> reporter: it is true that u.s. colleges are required by federal law, title 9, to investigate claims of federal assault. campus hearings have caused concerns, and yes, means yes law fanned the fears. >> there has been a change in the way that assault claims are addressed on campuses. there's a presumption of guilt against the boy who has been accused of sexual assault. they don't quote the due process rights that many americans expect to have occur. >> the grand jury found evidence, auburn university chose to expel you. >> right. >> why. >> the explanation that we have come up with is just title 9 compliance. they had to have something to say that they are complying with the federal mandate to keep the funding that they get. campaign... >> josh and his mother founded

an advocacy group called face. alison science with mothers of sons who have been accused of sexual assault on college campuses. they are pushing for sexual assault cases to be handled by the criminal justice system, not universities. >> how in the world, without evidence, without any witness, without anything - how in the world can someone's life be basically ruined. how is that possible on mere words. that's what it felt like, they pulled the plug and we were swirling down the drain. >> reporter: as schools wrestle with how to handle accusations of assaults, accusations are pushing for a more aggressive approach. alison and her son hope to remind people there is another side to the story. >> as correspondent christof putzel noted, there's a growing demand for due process.

this year, harvard launched a policy aimed to stop sexual violence. charles is director of the charles hamilton institute or race and justice at harvard law. he joins us. you joined in the alert - why? >> it's -- in this letter, why? >> it's simple. the people who signed the letter, are every ideological point of view. the thing that is important is that there's a fair and judicial process going forward for everywhere involved in this. that. >> i wonder if you believe a university, given its lime stations can expectatively or fairly prosecute a criminal case of sexual assault. this. >> a university is hard, because you have to think of the idea of a legal significance, and they have one thing in mind - is it going to be a fair and equal process for everyone, the

ability to put on witnesses ability, to confront the allegations, the ability to make sure that things are fair. not just a trial, but the idea that people will be treated fairly. i think it will happen her

is it something that makes a little more complicated. in too many cases they are the sterile. black men and white women. >> charles at the hamilton houston institute at harvard law. that's correct um next time on "america tonight", we look at sex crimes on the high school campus. >> immediately after i was raped i went straight to the bathroom and i was scared. i just remember truly feeling like i died. i mean you do. you die at that point. "america tonight"s lori jane gliha, with an alarming fact

about young victims, high school and younger. our look at sex crimes on campus tomorrow, on "america tonight". next, an island paradise. hawaii moves to ban food improved by science. farmers caught in the middle. >> we not so much anti - we go with the science. >> >> reporter: where do the farmers go? >> in this instance, the farmers believe it's safe. >> genetically modified food in hawaii - why it's leaving a bitter taste.

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. >> we don't want to listen to your science or marketing. we want toxin free, g.m.o. free. >> the political leader is margaret willie. she introduced a bill to ban g.m.o. crops - plants that have genes altered, offered to be disease. >> we have all of these 3,6064. >> her bill had more public support than any other legislation. more popular than decriminalizing marijuana. >> the culture in hawaii, the history, why is this important? >> one way that different veets hawaii is that the -- different sheets hawaii is love for the land. we want the indigenous seeds, that keep us healthy.

what you get from g.m.o. is more chronic diseases, more of the diabetes and different things where it's long term. >> these claims are widely dismissed by mainstream scientists, but could have a major impact in hawaii. that is because the world's biggest biotech companies are here. think monsanto, san genta and do you. they take advantage of the year-round growing season to develop the g.m.o. seeds. 9 90% of the corn in the u.s. was modified and all field tested here before going to the mainland. it's not just new crops. 20 years ago a virus nearly killed off hawaii's pap levias. . scientists saved the industry by creating a genetically modified or transgenic version that was

virus resistant. >> michael was involved in plant pathology. he said the genetically modified pap levia is as safe as any other pap levia. >> beside being resistant, there's no difference. >> council member willy is not convinced. would you eat this? >> i would prefer to eat one that is not g.m.o. >> reporter: not this one. >> yes, not this one. >> reporter: when she announced a ban on g.m.o. crops, including pap levias. the farmers responded with anger. we said, "how is that possible, what will you do, they'll be out of business." >> reporter: richard is one of a group of

formers. he doesn't have genetically modified crop, but he defend them. all our trucks, cattle trucks, papia trucks. in this instance. the farmers believe it's safe. >> it's silly to discard technology that has promise because some are afraid of the technology. >> reporter: in august the journal of animal science published a study looking at 100 billion animals over 20 years, and found no health differences between the animals at a g.m.o. feed and those that didn't. two nobel winning scientists publicly defended g.m.o. foods,

one, dr richard roberts, called the protest against g.m.o., a crime against humanity. >> the idea of making better plants has been around ever since it was discovered in mesapatania, in much unfortunate world there were severe shortages of food. for some, politicians from europe to go around suggesting to these people who were starving, that they should not touch g.m. foods offered to criminal. >> reporter: you have two nobel prize-winning scientists saying we need g.m.o. and the science around this is false. >> that's right. it's amazing how powerful the media is, and how powerful all that's... >> you think that the powerful companies have been able to buy scientists. >> yes. and each one that comes up, you'll see basically they become

targeted, just as i'm targeted. >> shintaku says he and others have been targeted in this debate. >> not that long ago, i wrote a commentary. margaret willie responded. she said that it's unfortunate that the university of hawaii is so dependent on money from the biotechnology companies now, that the professors have to become mouthpieces for the industry. never would have gotten a sent companies. >> shintake says he and others were marginalized. the hearings debating willie's ban. 350 people signed up to speak on the first day alone. most were opposed to g.m.o.s. one was actress rosen barr, who owns an organic macadamia farm. she suggested demolishing g.m.o.

papayas. >> for people that make their living growing g.m.o.s, everyone is giving, and they would probably bend over backwards to help you burn those papayas and grow something decent. >> shintako and two other scientists spoke - for about two minutes. he was dismaffed that anti- -- dismayed that anti-g.m.o. experts went on for longer. they had a conference call with jeffrey smith and talked with him for 50 minutes, an hour, asking him question after question. he doesn't have a ph.d. , he is not a scientist. crazy. >> eating papaya that is genetically engineered may cause you to get more colds, a lot more susceptibility to h.i.v., cancer cell growth, smaller brains, testicles.

damaged immune system, multiple tumours, early death, organ damage, smaller babies, five times the rate of infant mortality. hair growing in the mouths. >> reporter: the hearing that you had was wild. didn't someone say papayas can house h.i.v. >> i don't recall that one. hand. >> on both sides. with something so emotional, and especially where, like, the harmed. >> reporter: and scientists say that not true, what do you say? >> i say there's science on both sides. i'm going to go with the one that keeps us healthy for the time being. >> in the end willie exempted the papaya farmers and the ban pass said. -- passed. >> reporter: the anti-g.m.o. movement is spreading across the ocean to the island of maui. in a referendum voters approved

a ban on g.m.o.s, there's a lot of stake, and the implications could be huge. that is because many of these biotech companies test and develop their seeds on maui. >> the movement is spreading to the mainland. measures to label g.m.o. foods were on the midterm ballots in oregon and colorado. both failed, but by 1% in oregon. they picked up large numbers of votes in more liberal areas of the states. >> i thought the liberals were the ones who kind of had faith in science. >> as for farmer richard hawe, he hopes to find middle ground. >> do they have valid concerns in your opinion? >> i think they do. and so it's not just ban g.m.o.s altogether. maybe we should look at each individual concern. now it's a blanket ban, and that's not good. there are some things that are obviously pretty good. what happened if you develop a

plant that can develop its open nitrogen. you can get away from petroleum, fossil fuel. >> what about climate change? can we develop crops that handle higher temperatures. wouldn't that be a good thing? >> reporter: good for the [ singing ] >> but it seems no amount of science will convince a growing number it's good for them and correspondent k.j. maye tells us the ban has been changed in a federal appeals course. a judge overseeing the case oversaw a similar ban. he indicated that he may not rule the same way this time. when we return - survivor story. >> i'm a living example of how the protocols work, and how early detection is critical to surviving ebola, and ensuring

others. >> america given the all-clear on ebola cases. is the threat over? >> later this hour, a salute to our vet. what we learn about patriotism and sacrifices from world war ii, from the pages of the saturday "evening post."

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a demonstration in the occupied west bank, the shooting comes on the hills of a stabbing death of two israelis on monday. in response security was stepped up in its boarders and the west bank. the upper mid west is varied after a foot of snow. it brought winds and subzero temperatures to dallas, most of the midwest and the east coast expect to be hit by freezing temperatures later this week after weeks on high alert, a milestone in the fight against ebola. for the first time since september. no patients are treated for the virus in the united states. new york dr peninsula is the latest -- craig spencer is the latest to be announced ebola free. his fiancee is no longer quarantined. the road to zero has been bumpy. sheila macvicar explains how we got here and whether the e threat is over. >> dr spencer is ebola free, and

new york city is ebola free. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: it was a good day. not only for dr craig spencer in new york, but for the country. spencer's release means there are now no known cases of ebola in the u.s. >> we have to remember everything that happened here happened because there was preparations weeks and weeks and weeks in advance. that when the time came everyone knew what they were supposed to do. it is an amazing story of everyone preparing for something they had not experienced before. and then executing the perfectly. >> reporter: new york's treatment of dr spence rer may have been -- spencer may have been executed perfectly, but the road to it have been far from perfect. confusion has been caused among health care workers and confusion in communities. thomas eric duncan was dyeing mosted as the first -- diagnosed as the first case of ebola in the u.s.

texas presbyterian hospital in dallas came under fire after two nurses who cared for him were infected with the virus. the nurses said that they did not have adequate protection in the first days of caring for thomas eric duncan. nina pham and amber vincent were successfully treated. how they were infected reveals missed steps by the hospital and raised questions whether hospitals around the country are prepared to receive ebola patients. texas is ebola free. case. >> is it over yet. after six weeks of living in crisis mode. it's hard to imagine that no one tonight. >> in a community forum at the university of dallas, state health experts gathered to discuss the vital lessons they learnt about treating the virus. >> we were prepared to take care of a patient that walked in with a diagnosis of ebola.

but less than completely prepared to have a patient walk in off the street with nonspecific symptoms and make a tying novembers. -- diagnosis. >> the evidence suggests otherwise. the nurses suggested they didn't have proper equipment. guidelines prepared by the centers for disease control to help health care workers stay safe were found to be woefully lacking. dr robert hayley was at the written. >> this was not a fault of the hospital, the nurses. it was not the fault of the c.d.c. everybody thought it would work, and so when it happened. it was - i like to think of this, this was a blindspot from all the experts and the whole country. when the nurse was infected, i failed. >> reporter: from supporting hospitals to deciding that ebola

patients should be in specialised hospitals, to the early days, the leadership of the c.d.c. appeared to be playing catch-up. and local authorities sometimes went against the science to reassure a public. in texas, disinfecting a school where children had minimal contact with duncan. for officials, striking a balance between extraprecautions and sticking to the science is a challenge. after craig spencer's diagnosis, nurse kasi hickox was put under forced quarantine, a tent in a parking lot. after returning from west africa. her quarantine sparked debate and outrage about the stigma cast on those treating ebola. there was in reminder from dr craig spencer. >> my case has garnered international attention. it's important to remember that my infection represents a fraction of more than 13,000

reported cases to date in west afric that's a view our guest echoed. he has helped "america tonight", an expert on public health preparedness and hoped the nigeria government to fight ebola. is the crisis not over in west africa, gavin? >> this is important, that we look at what is happening on the ground in the three countries in west africa. yesterday i heard from the world health organisation, that there was 111 new cases in liberia, it's a big decrease from what we have seen in the last couple of months. 111 new cases is a bad day in the office. we need to focus on and ensure that the international community mobilizes more community, rapid response teams and hit ebola hard in west africa to ensure that those areas that are disease free remind disease free and free of ebola.

>> let's talk about the progress in the united states, a lot will be made of zero cases treated in the united states. does that represent progress in the understanding of the capacity to treat people that do have ebola. >> i'm encouraged by what we have seen happening in the last two months. we have seen more communication, better, impressed. we saw a lot of collaboration between the federal government and the state departments and government. we are seeing a lot of collaboration within the states, and chose hospitals, such as emery university and nebraska. and now the subject matter experts for other hospitals within the health care system. this is done through a series of assessments, and the need of using checklists to ensure that gaps are identified and filled. we have come a long way. >> we have learnt, in fact, that

it can be treated successfully. whether through the treatments that have come up, the zmapp or the use of other blood proulents. do we have great -- products. do we have greater hope, and do we know better how to treat ebola as a result. >> we have seen a use of experimental drugs like zmapp. we are still learning from every patient that has ebola, how the body reacts and how they are reacting to the ebola virus. what we are seeing is for any hospital in the u.s. to be prepared for the long-term care of an ebola patient, it's important that you know ho intense that treatment has to be. it's not about putting on the white suits, it's the supervision and management. it's a lot of work. the patients are sick. they have a lot of vomit and diarrhoea, the hospitals in the

u.s. show what good health care systems we have. >> gavin mcgregor skinner is a health expert on infectious state. thank you very much after the break, a presidential tour and political pitfalls. why this trip is taking the president into diplomatically tricky territory. a controversial stop - burma - and the community living under a repressive system later this hour, a salute post." >> we look at it as sentiment. we are is look from 1939, 1941 looking forward. no one is sure we are going to win the war. >> what we learn from its pages, about the sacrifices of the greates generatation.

now under way in asia, president obama's so-called

pivot tour, a chance for the u.s. it is the president's second visit to burma in as many years. his last trip, a major breakthrough, as the first u.s. leader to visit that controversial and long-closed country. at that time the leaders promised democratic reforms, including improved treatment. rohingya minority group of many have been forced to flee as after tacks by buddhist mobs. a film-maker vetted the plight -- investigated the plight of rohingya for al jazeera's people and power. >> food is in short supply, aid groups have been kicked out. rohingya are dying from treatable illnesses like tuberculosis,

others. >> we are jobless. be go to other places. >> to get to the other side row mingas travel 1500 miles to the bay of beingel to thailand and overland to malaysia. this man is a rohingya activist based in thailand, and says the brokers and the camps are on the payrolls of thai traffickers. >>: >> last september this couple paid a smuggler $600 each to cape by boat.

-- escape by boat. on reaching the thai shores, they were driven to a camp deep in the jungle. where they were held for ransom. >> the family paid a ransom after two months, but could not afford to free her husband.

abdul two, free refugees from the camps of traffickers, some of whom are also rohingya. during the visit he received a tip about a traffickers camp near the border. we went to check it out. to protect the profits, trafficking rings rely on look-out networks. the noises turned out to be a farmer. the traffickers struck their camp and moved on.

>> at some time a helicopter or airplane come in. they go down. nobody can see. and they come out. this, and this. beating the rohingya. you contact your family. telephone say hello. >> that's what happened to this woman and her son, who endured vicious abuse for two months after leaving burma last year.

we asked him to call a trafficker who is holding the brother of a man we met in the camps. he declined. the traffickers raised the price on his head to $67,000 for meddling with their business. >> to be here. i have $300,000. now, this here - last year and this year, 2 million bucks.

killing me. so i have to allow. >> in the village close to the malaysian border, he took us to meet a thai muslim family with a secret. beneath the family home is a hidden room for rohingya refugees on the run from thai authorities and traffickers. local look outs turn them over to traffickers for a small place. if the thai police arrest them, they could face indefinite detention in bad conditions. the owner of the house says the family is the only one in the village helping rohingya refugees. are there many brokers in the

area? >>: >> a veteran trafficker in the region agreed to speak to us, if we kept her anonymous. she handles is syndicate run by businessmen. it was recorded an camera. contacted by boat men, she coordinates the representation on thai shores. when boats are intercepted by thai authorities, she said officers wan be paid off for -- can be paid off for $70 per western, $3,000 a beat. at this point the rohingya refugees are nothing more than cargo to be delivered in

seoul. once in the camps, the traffickers aim to torr nt the captives and the families to extract ransom. if the families can't come up with the money, the traffickers sell rohingya into slavery for 1500 - to work on fish boats, servants. >> a full report "out cast" airs on al jazeera's "people and power", wednesday, 2:30 eastern. the president is headed to this troubled country following up on the president's trip, al jazeera's white house correspondent mike

viqueira. when we look to this, does the president understand the optics, there's a choice made about what stops the president will make. burma, of all places. >> they do understand the optics, and have done a few things to lessen the optics, which are bad, no doubt about it. president obama went there to present himself with the opening, aung san suy kyi was released. and he wanted to be associated with that. it's a legacy issue and wanted to encourage it as president of the united states. two years later, this is box checking. he has to go to an international conference, apex and economic. the south-east asian nation conference in burma. they did not go, because the government shutdown. people are angry. it is his policy. if you can't demand a control over the united states. he can't do the pivot he's been promising for a wrong time, and people are suspicious.

he has to go to the g20 after leaving burma. whenever the president leaves and goes out of the country, there's a list of countries that go by and see him. >> asia is a big place. >> he doesn't go there as well. there's a protocol. they try to keep it to a minimum. they made the choice. from aung san suy kyi, when he was in beijing, the security team, meeting with non-governmental organization, n.g.o.s. to talk about the problem, to talk about the backsliding. >> will he bring it up? >> he's likely to bring it up. he wanted to let air out of the balloon. they are aware of the rohingya problem within burma. >> and in our final segment. a salute as we open the pages of one of america's oldest publications and find out what we may learn about the life and

times of the greatest generation.

timely this hour, a salute to america's veterans, as we

approach the 75th anniversary of world war ii, the men and women of a greatest generation, reaching their golden years. as we try to understand their sacrifi sacrifice, we look to images. in the pages of the saturday evening post. >> this is america in 1939 through 1945. and we have collected the issues so that people see what their parents and grandparents see in the magazine at the time. >> jeff nelson oversaw production of a new post e-book election. a retro spentive of world war ii. the post, then america's most popular weekly - its covers and articles evolving as the nation went no war. beginning with the fateful day 1941. >> in 1941 the country and post were caught by surprise by the attacks. it took the post a while to

catch up with the bar. >> two icons rose from the pages of the post - american illustrator norm job rockwell, gillis. >> he wanted to show this is every man, a typical kid going off to war. >> when you look at the saturday evening post, i guess there's a sense of novtal ga, sentence, but maybe a little tre smaltsi. >> we look at it as sentimental. we have to look at 1939, 1941 going forward. no one is sure we'll win the war. imagine seeing this for the first time, when you are an american wonder if you'll be attacked, which member will go off to combat and you see reassuring images. >> and he created other images.

this one that we are used to is not a rockwell creation. rosey the riveter is not the one that most of us think of. >> there are two posters. one was for general electric, and it's the "we can do it." rosey the riveter is rockwell's contribution to the women working in the war factories, and a replica of michelangelo's image of eye saya, standing eating her lunch, and resting her feet on a copy of hitler's, "mien kumf", he was taken with the strong force the most memorable illustrations were represents, ideas offered to the propaganda effort that was turned down. >> he went to the office of war information and said "i'm here, what can i do." they said "we are using fine

artists, not illustrators", he went to the saturday evening post where he did a lot of work, and he mentioned in passing an idea of doing an illustration of the four freedoms. >> the pillars of franklin roosevelt's 1941 state of the union address, the four freedoms of speech, of worship, from want and from fear res jobated with the public, and became a drying force of the war effort. >> they realised we need to do something more than just stop the fighting. we need to fight for something. >> and these really were a rallying cry. >> exact ly. this was putting a face on an abstract idea. >> the irony is that rockwell was turned down for not being a fine artist, as you say. with the benefit of hindsight, pictures.

>> people complained about rockwell. about how he has the sack rein sweet sentimental view of america. the reason people have an adviceal response, they hit home. they are powerful. >> the words were powerful too. >> inside the post's pages, some of the most compelling voices of the day. among them william faulkner, and jd salinger, who wrote about the war. >> it's demythologyizing the american g.i. saying he's not your hero, he's a kid, he doesn't want to kill people, he wants to get home. >> reporter: willie gillis made it home. in the last of 11 appearances, he is a college man, one of 8 million world war ii vets, who studied under the g.i. bill. it was a fitting end to his journey in a time when americans

longed for a happy ending. >> i'm hoping that as people look at this decision, they will see an america that is not really sure of itself, is scared, worried, not really certain where the future is going to take it. and is slowly picking up the resolve, the determination, and the unity to destroy its enemies and emerge as a leader in the free world. volume 1 of the post series "over this, over here", is available through all major digital platforms. that's it for us on "america tonight". wednesday on the program - a closer look at sex crimes and teenagers. many sexual assaults go unreported by the victims and school. lori jane gliha examines sexual campus. >> if you want to comment on the campus, you can lock on on the website. join the conversation at any time on twitter or at facebook. goodnight. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow.

president obama's tension-filled trip oversees. bill richardson on the growing rift with russia, and their bond with china. and rising islama phobia in america, and glen campbell's painful public battle with alzhiemer's. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this" - those stories and more ahead. >> tensions are continuing to grow twin israelis and palestinians.