tv talks with helen benedict and her book "the lonely soldier." this is about 15 minutes. >> host: our conversations with professors at columbia university continues on booktv on c-span2. now we are joined by helen benedict, who is the author of "the lonely soldier." professor benedict, you start your book out a quote by martha gilford. war happens to people one by one. what does that mean? >> guest: i was struck by that vote. i was following the war home to the heart of every individual fighter. i am quoting from dh lawrence. it does affect every single individual involved in it, whether they be soldiers or civilians. it is a monster that reaches deep inside every single person. it turns our lives upside down, and i thought it was a very apt quote. >> host: how many women served in the iraq war? >> guest: about 200,000, actually over two hundred thousand. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: yes, the iraq war, in particular, set a precedent. more women served and have been wounded and killed in the iraq war. by around 2005, two years into the war,

. >>> finally, pope benedict xvi celebrated the feast day of st. benedict with a private concert held at his summer residence, castle gandolfo. a selection of beethoven symphonies was performed by a group called west-eastern divan, made up of both palestinian and israeli musicians. the pope praised the orchestra and encouraged it to continue, "to sow the hope for peace in the world through the universal language of music." that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on smartphones. time on smartphonesmartphones. and you can now find our videos, including full episodes of our program, on the pbs iphone and ipad app. it's free and available in the app store. there's always much more on our website as well. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, celebrations held in india and nepal for the dalai lama's 77th birthday. ♪

doctrine, it's simply wrong, and i think we've heard over and over from pope john paul ii and pope benedict xvi that it's wrong. >> reporter: pope john the xxiii convened the second vatican council in october 1962 in order, as he put it, to "open a window and let in a little fresh air." >> even though in the united states there were a lot of changes going on in the '40s and '50s after the second world war, in worldwide catholicism these changes really hadn't occurred. and so in order to open up a window for the whole church, not just in modernized countries, this council was called. >> reporter: over the next three years, church leaders at the council produced 16 documents on a host of topics, from introducing local languages into the mass, to expanding lay involvement and promoting more interfaith dialogue. one of the documents focused on religious life. it encouraged catholic sisters to reexamine their mission, their rules, even their style of dress. >> it called us to go back and look at our foundresses and the spirit in which they started the communities. and when you look at those wome

benedict's is tiny.oth simp ton and his friend rich says it does the job, taking homeless vets off off the treat. >> do it all again? >> in a heartbeat. we really would. >> there's enough success stories, enough -- we're not going to go tahiti in our retirement but it feels good knowing when a daughter calls you and says you've given her daddy back. drew griffin, cnn, birmingham, al ba ma. >> it's nice to see someone doing good work and there are many others out there. more information coming up on how you can identify which charity is actually using the money that they raised wisely. we'll have more of what drew's investigation uncovered as well. but, first, a 360 news and business bulletin. >> hey, anderson, police have raided the home and office of ex french president nicholas sarkozy. the pilot on jetblue that had a meltdown was found not guilty by reason of insanity. he was restrained by the passengers and the flight was escorted. scorching heat for much of the u.s. still no power from indiana to de

benedict's is tiny. both simpson and his friend rich say it does the job, taki taking homeless vets off the street. >> do it all again? >> in a heartbeat. we really would. there's enough success stories out there, enough -- we're not going to go to tahiti on our retirement but it feels good knowing when a daughter calls you and thanks you for giving her daddy back. drew griffin, cnn, birmingham, alabama. >> in all of this reporting on bad charities, it's nice to see someone doing some good work. and there are many others out there. we'll have information coming up on how you can identify which charity is actually using the money that they raised wisely. we'll have more of what drew's investigation uncovered as well. but, first, a 360 news and business bulletin. >> hey, anderson, police have ex-french president nicolas sarkozy. they are investigating whether he received illegal campaign contributions. >> the jetblue pilot who had a meltdown on a flight was found not guilty by reason of insan y insanity. h

and take a look at what showed up at the saint benedict's veterans center in birmingham, alabama, where j.d. simpson takes homeless vets off the streets. simpson says the modest shipment included some useful items. 2300 disaster blankets, good for a couple of days' use, and some cleaning supplies. but it also included this. >> sent us a 2600 bags of cough drops, and 22 hundred little bottles of sanitizer and 11,520 bags of coconut m&ms. and didn't have a lot of use for 11,520 bags of coconut m&ms. >> reporter: here is what the dvnf posted on its website about the work they were doing in alabama. >> we send, by the truck load, items that these centers and shelters say they need desperately. >> for our veterans who have given so much to our country and now need our help -- >> great sound bite. >> reporter: did they ask you what you wanted? >> no, they say you have a truck load coming. >> the stuff on the top is what came in on the last truck, the lotion, some hand sanitizer. >> reporter: it is unpacked. >> it is unpacked. >> reporter: because they don't -- >> we have no use for it. these

helen benedict from colombia university. >>host: niara please to be joined by jonathan leader who has won the national book critics circle award. his most recent is long for this world. who was aubrey? >> aubrey de gray became a computer scientist to develop the idea we might live in essentially forever zero were 10,000 years. and the more time i spent with de gray i found some of his ideas about longevity to take seriously and listen to. he argues a change should be viewed something we can study or understand and perhaps fight effectively and weekend do more about aging now than we ever could before. that is what the consensus is about although extremely controversial, most people in the field of gerontology aging is something we can control better than we do now that is the news we're looking for her age years and de gray is as good as that as anybody on the planet. >>host: how have way manipulated our ability? >> the success enjoyed right now we're aging more slowly than appearance or grandparents. that is benefits of ove

dominic johnson, deborah benedict, henry j.w., ursula mcguire, and jay sahn. >> i am gilbert, i am had disabled veteran. i was homeless for 12 years, and since then i have been in five or six different hotels. the problem is that all of these people are unaccountable. we have the city inspector come by. there was one window that was accessible, and there was construction going on and there was an inch of dirt -- and i had to keep this closed. i was suffocating and burning up. the city inspector said that there was nothing to do. this is something he did not want to deal with. by building had the fire doors off of it for three years. you have the city, by -- and no one wanted to take up responsibility. my mail was still in four years. they did not want to deal with this. the u.s. post office did not want to deal with this. my neighbor down all killed himself and put a note on his door. it was there for two weeks until the smell of his body came down the hallway and my neighbor told me, what is that smell? finally we got them to open the door. they did not think this was an emergency. th

the man on the right has been named by pope benedict as the new archbishop. as bishop of oakland. it's not without controversy. he is a staunch supporter of prop 8, antigay marriage measure. >> marriage is union of a man and woman. children can only come about through embrace of a man and woman. >> he will be the highest ranking catholic official in a city known for support of gay rights. the previous bishop retired. >> and same-sex marriage proponents in washington have two and a half million more reasons to smile because amazon.com founder donated $2.5 fwloinlt fight to legalize same-sex marriage there. washington legalized same-sex marriage in february but that law will go before voters in the fall after opponents managed to put a referendum on the ballot. >> a decision made just minutes ago in san jose that will allow the city's new casino to open doors after months of delays. the police chief announced the matrix will be allowed to open and the chief following recommendations of the gaming administrator and said that this should be able to open once the

he is going to get the benediction of netanyahu, his old buddy. but it could cost him, people will push him to say when he would strike iran, would he back up an israeli trying strike and he wants to maintain his flexibility and field dom of action. his father did not in 1967 on foreign policy and got himself into horrible trouble. >> romney and netanyahu were both giving counsel to bane correct? >> no before bane. >> they are business buddies from way back. i think romney went over there, trying to assert that he has special, special relationship with britain and that he, somehow, would do better getting along with our traditional allies. and he did not get off to a very good start. he managed to insult the british by suggesting they can't handle the olympics and they may not come together. in fairness he was probably speaking as a mechanic who oversaw the logistics and the security of a previous olympics, but the british press has been unmerciful toward him, calling him the nowhere man, comparing him to sarah palin, wondering if they are in for

[applause] to do the benediction, to wish us a little bit of love and a little bit of luck, the director of the chinatown community development center, a reverend and some who grew up playing here in chinese rec center, and i have seen him should. reverend norman fong knows what this center means to the committee. reverend fong might also have the most reverent -- or rather devaney reverend a rabbi no. he is here to bless our new facility, but later today, he and his band, just jammin, will be performing here life for all of you. reverend fong. [cheers and applause] >> ok, everybody, everybody -- everybody, pay attention. i am not blessing this place to you, all of us are blessing this place. mayor lee. all of us. ong family. when i say everybody, then you say three words -- bless this center. let's try that. bless this center. here we go. maybe the spirit of peace and harmony -- everybody -- [all] bless this center. made the spirit of the joy and happiness, everybody -- [all] + this center. made the struggle of learning and teamwork, everybody -- blessed this center. maybe courage and i

benedict, to be a true monk, one must work with one's hands. >> we have always kept their tradition, doing physical work. >> the battle is not over. the free marketeers here think they are on solid ground. they think that if god wants them to do this, surely the law will follow. >> paul adams, reporting on the curious story. there is no end to the coverage of the world's financial crisis lightly, but this next story goes against the trend in grand fashion. tonight this painting fetched $35 million at auction. it is the last of six in a celebrated series of large-scale works. at the auction, we resent this report. >> up for sale tonight, a very rare opportunity to buy one of the great landscapes. it is expected to go for millions. >> 20 million pounds. next, selling it, fair warning, 20 million pounds. sold. >> the lot was the show and desperate billing, which goes to prove that if there was any doubt, it makes money for old masters. >> one of the greatest, it is marvelous to have it here. this is only the second time it has since sold in its lifetime. >> it was painted in 1824 as par

i mean, that's why every person has human dignity, but the fact is that the vatican, pope benedict xvinizes that things like health care are a right of all individuals in a modern society. and those rights evolve over time. we work it out from what human dignity is, and then you apply it in the current circumstance. so a right to health care is very much at the core of catholic social teaching. >> e.j., this seems to be a critical point here, where some catholics take firm scripture, from the life of jesus christ, that they should participate in a generous way through government in social programs. and others say, no, no, because this was the work of jesus christ, it had nothing to do with government and there's nothing in the life and work of jesus christ to indicate how government should run. >> but jesus actually was someone who has a rebel against authority, in so many ways in his own time. i think it's a mistake to try to divorce jesus from politics or jesus from the political situation that he was in. there is a real debate. i think you put it properly, among christians, over whe

let's get off the freaking sound bites, and get in the streets. >> reporter: saint benedict's is tinypson and his friend rich say it does the job, taking homeless vets off the street. >> do it all again too. >> in a heart beat, we really would. there is enough success stories out there, enough. we're not going to tahiti in our retirement. but it feels good knowing what we're doing. >> reporter: drew griffin, cnn, birmingham, alabama. >>> up next, drew griffin on the money trail, looking at charities claiming to do good things with your donations, helping those in need, but that is not the case. why not try someplace different every morning? get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. in every way, shape, and form. it's my dream vehicle. on a day to day basis, i am not using gas. my round trip is approximately 40 miles to work. head on home, stop at the grocery store, whatever else that i need to do -- still don't have to use gas. i'm never at the gas station unless i want some coffee. it's the best thing ever. as a matter of fact, i'm taking my sav

(laughter) nation this is the worst betrayal since benedict arnold teamed up with judas to stab caesar right in the crew ton. folks i am not the only one who has had their man crush crushed. republican congressman and georgia peach phil gingrey said of roberts, i don't want to drink a beer with him today. i'm not calling for his impeachment, i'm just very, very disappointed. are you happy, justice roberts? now phil gingrey is going to have to spend another night drinking alone. (laughter) (applause) and georgia, friend of the show, georgia's jack kingston was even pore crest fallen tweeting with obamacare ruling i feel like i just lost two great friends. america and justice roberts. well, if it's any help, congressman, phil gingrey is looking for someone to drink with. (laughter) and you know what [bleep] it, i might join them. look, why not, why not. my liver's covered now. (cheers and applause) i mean if i don't get cirrhosis i'm losing money. (laughter) we were fools. roberts has always been in o billiona's pocket. think about t he's the one without single-handedly made o billiona p

this week, pope benedict xvi recognized the late archbishop fulton sheen as having quote "heroic virtues," furthering his cause for sainthood. the charismatic sheen was known for his popular broadcasts "the catholic hour" on the radio and "life is worth living," which ran on tv during the 1950s. the newly elected president of egypt says he will work to protect the rights of all egyptians, including women and christians. mohammed morsi, the muslim brotherhood candidate, also promised to appoint a woman and a christian to prominent positions in his administration. many coptic christians had voiced concerns over their status if a member of the brotherhood was elected. but the coptic church issued a statement praising morsi for working with all members of society. we have story from fred de sam lazaro today about the country of niger, in west africa. it is suffering yet another famine, but at the same time, it is working with others to help learn how to grow enough food for itself so it will not have to ask for help in the future. >> at 8:00 a.m. each day, the weigh-in begins at a regional h

he has been appointed by pope benedict. cor cor cordoleone will lead the diocese. he's been an avid supporter of california's prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage. >>> christina loren joins us right now. we've been talking about it. friday, the weekend upon us, how hot is it going to get? >> well, not too hot. that's what i can assure you. but it will be a little warmer especially when you consider where we have been, so much cooler than average. tomorrow we're talking about the 90s and return of the low 90s, but no extremes, no triple-digit heat just yet. nexteek could be a whole other scenario. i'll tell you what i'm talking about when we get that seven-day outlook in just a moment. starring with a cool look over san francisco. you saw that sun over stephanie in san jose. we're getting full sunshine in the south bay, mostly cloudy in oakland and down around the paens la. for the afternoon you'll get your sun in san francisco, a couple hours awy from that, though. 76, full sunshine in sunnyvale and 66 degrees in san jose. weather headlines tell the story, sunny and bre

. >>> pope benedict xvi is reacting to the colorado movie theater shooting. the pontiff addressed pilgrims at his summer residence. he says he was deeply shocked and saddened by the senseless violence in you're or aand he shares the distress of the family and friends of the victims. >>> a huge conference in d.c. this weekend kicked off by a big rally. >> up next, thousands pack the national mall to bring awareness to a major social issue. we'll have the detail coming up next. first, tucker barnes. >> good morning. hazy, hot and huge its conditioned expected for this morning. we'll have the details on the weather and lauren demarco is in with a look at traffic too right after the break. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your