peter before if you're entitled to the boston university actually there's one economics professor at the boston university which reaction hold in quite high regard his name is a laurence kotlikoff and he has written. about the fiscal gap of the united states because that's much more important than the nation or dead today we're talking about because the fiscal gap actually includes all of those unfunded liabilities of social security medicare and so on that the united states have and that figure is fifteen times larger than the national debt it's two hundred two trillion u.s. dollars that's absolutely staggering figure so in some way there's going to be some kind of almost some debt before that has to happen and then he also publish your report saying is the united states bankrupt and that was even in the federal reserve bank always under louis a reviewer so definitely what i would recommend be to look this up this guy isn't too far from you in boston and he actually points the finger at what's the real problem you know you can trust the short term get a piece of this event manipulat

california; eric hellmuth, director of technology and online communications, joined together, boston universityof public health, boston, massachusetts; dr. farrokh alemi, professor of health, systems administration, school of nursing and health studies, georgetown university, washington, d.c. about 23 million people throughout the country have a problem with alcohol or elicit drugs in the united states. only about 4 million of those have said that they pursued treatment. so that leaves an incredible gap, dr. alemi. what can the online services bring to the need to provide more addiction treatment services? online services can do a great deal. they can reach people that are rural. they can reach people inside cities that have difficulty commuting. i know a lot of psychiatrists that see their patients on the phone. when we talk about online, we don't just think about computers. we think about both phone and computers. but what online services do is not just reach the person. they also change the content of counseling. counselors usually see patients periodically. online counselors see the patient

foreign policy are charles dunbar, professor of international relations at boston university and 2010 great decisions briefing book author, and michael fullilove, director of the global issues program at the lowy institute for international policy in sydney, australia and a non-resident senior fellow in foreign policy at the brookings institution in the united states. welcome to both of you. >> nice to be here. >> you know, i'm curious why we talk about special envoys. what is it that makes a special envoy special? why do we need them in foreign policy? why do they keep coming back in foreign policy? charlie? >> i'll make a historical point, first, that i think is important. which is that american diplomacy, for much of our history, was conducted by special envoys because we had no real diplomatic structure. we, of course, had ministers overseas, but very, very small embassies and a tiny state department. and therefore, the tendency to use a special envoy was understandable. our diplomacy, after all, began with special envoys during the american revolution and continued that way, ah,

. >> reporter: stephen prothero is a professor of religion at boston university. >> we have a lot ofople who love jesus but don't know much about him. we have a lot of people who believe and hope that the bible is the word of god but they don't really bother to read it. >> reporter: and it shows. on average, americans correctly answered 16 of 32 religious knowledge survey questions. >> the three groups that come out on top in this survey are atheists and agnostics, jews along with mormons. >> reporter: at the bottom? >> mainline protestants, catholics and those who describe their religion as just nothing in particular. >> reporter: here's some of the results from the survey. when asked the dalai lama's religion... >> hindu? >> i'm going to say hindu. >> some sort of middle eastern religion. >> reporter: fewer than half of americans correctly answered that the dalai lama is... >> buddhist. >> reporter: name of the first book of the bible. >> i don't know. >> reporter: more than a third of americans don't know genesis is the first book of the bible. here's another: what day does the je

>> we're a nation of religious >> reporter: steven prothorow is a professor of religion at boston universitypeople who really love jesus but don't know much about him, a lot of people believe and hope the bible is the word of god but don't really bother to read it. >> reporter: and it shows. on average, americans correctly answered 16 of 32 religious knowledge survey questions. >> the three groups that really come out on top in this survey, atheists and agnostics, jews and mormons. >> reporter: at the bottom? >> mainline protestants catholics and those that describe their religion as nothing in particular. >> reporter: here are some of the results of the survey. the results. when asked the dalai lama's religion. >> hindu. >> i'm going to say hindu. >> some sort of middle eastern religion. >> reporter: fewer than half correctly answered he is. >> buddhist. >> name the first book of the bible. >> i don't know. >> reporter: more than a third of americans don't know that genesis is the first book of the bible. here's another what day does the jewish sabbath begin? >> i'm going to say saturday. >

academy in boston we have william kale or a professor of history and international relations at boston university and the author of a world of nations the international order since one thousand nine hundred five and unlivable we cross to frank madonna and author and reader in international history at liverpool john moore's university. in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine you have the soviet union and nazi germany embracing each other a deadly embrace that we would find out later how did we get to that point where did what went wrong to the international system go wrong who failed eastern europe and could have the war been avoided you don't have to answer him all the same time . well i think you possibly start back in one thousand nine hundred nineteen with the end of the first world war i mean the basic point is that the two countries which really matter in europe in the twentieth century germany and russia it's only really germany and russia which have the resources human and other potentially to dominate the whole continent the first world war was above all else a struggle between germany a

economist now out of boston university is saying that the government is hiding the true amount of thet. and practicing enron-like accounting. he says the real debt is 15 times higher than the government estimates. he's calculating it at $202 trillion if you include the non-budgetary items like unfunded liabilities, medicare, medicaid, social security, defense in the budget. fannie and freddie. $202 trillion. can't get your way out of that box. all right. some of the other things in the news today. been six months. americans still have no idea what is in the health bill. nancy pelosi says once it's passed we'll find out. oh, boy, we are finding out. the bill is now about to destroy private insurance companies making it more difficult for children to get health insurance. now, this is something that i told you over a year ago was coming. how did i know that? i'm not a prophet or eseer. i'm a guy that listens to what they say and i don't dismiss because it sounds crazy. that's what they're counting on. they are counting on you going well, no, nobody would do that. yes, they would and the

you teach at boston university. you live in atlanta. i commute back and forth. >> you graduated from howard here and taught at harvard some and north. why did you leave journalism? >> i don't consider myself as having left journalism? >> why did you leave newspaper writing? >> i wanted to write this book. i wanted to explore the reasons why these people left. i wanted to understand who they were, why they did what they did and capture them before it was too late? it began in 1915 and ended in 1970. they were talking about at least three generations. time was running out. i felt this real press of time. >> you said your mother from georgia, your father from virginia. what's their story. >> my mother found work in the government. she was doing filing work for the government. there were many opportunities for people during world war ii. my father was a tusckgee air man. they met after the war. they both enrolled at howard where they met. they would finally realize that they were the right people and married and came me. i'm the only child

you are at boston university, right now, teaching. >> yes. >> you live in atlanta? >> i live in both cities. you taught at princeton for two years. you also taught at harvard and northwestern. why did she leave journalism? >> i do not consider myself to have left journalism. >> wanted to leave the newspaper? what i wanted to write this book. -- >> i wanted to write this book. i wanted to explore why these people left. i wanted to understand who they were, why they did what they did, and capture them before thit was too late. it began in 1915 and it ended in 1970. you are talking about three generations. they were getting up in years in time was running out. i felt this real press of time to get to them while there was still time to tell their story. >> what kind of a home to grow what then? your mother was from georgia and your father was from virginia, what is their story? >> they came up to washington d.c. at the end of world war ii. was a young girl and she found work in the government. she was doing filing worked for the government. there were many opportunities

. >> reporter: a charge bolstered by last year's arrest of the 24-year-old boston university student,phillip markoff. he's accused of murdering a girl who advertised on the site. he was also accused of robbing two other women. who used craigslist to promote their exotic services. craigslist ceo promised more vigilance. >> we're shocked and horrified anytime we hear about a crime being linked to our site in any way. it causes us to redouble our efforts to get the word out about being safe online. >> reporter: markoff committed suicide in his jail cell awaiting trial in august. recently, 17 state attorneys general filed suit, demanding the section of the website be shut down. it's unclear if the section is closed for good or if the word censored that replaced it is meant as a message to critics. for a site that offers almost anything, answers appear in short supply. for "good morning america," mike marusarz, abc news. >>> at least three russian solders have been killed in a suicide bombing in a remote region of the country. at least 30 others were wounded. a car bomber attacked a milita

by isabel wilkerson, a pulitzer- prize winning journalist and now professor at boston university. i talked with her earlier this week. welcome to you. >> thank you for having me. >> jeff: now, you refer to this migration as "perhaps the biggest underreported story of the 20th century." what was missed? what made this an important story that you wanted to tell? >> the voices of the people who had migrated was probably the biggest part that was missing in this great story. it's a classic american story of longing and determination of people who wanted something better for themselves and for their children and this was essentially a defection from the south, from the jim crow south, that occurred within the borders of our own country. not unlike the people who left the... left europe in steernlg across the atlantic wanting something better for their own children. >> jeff: those voices, you went to find those voices. many of them are gone. >> yes. i worked with great urgency. a lot of the people... began in 1915, ended in 190, you're talking about multiple generations of people who pa

you're at boston university right now teaching? >> yes. >> you live in atlanta. >> i live in both cities. >> commuting back and forth. >> yes. >> you taught at emory for three years, at princeton for two years. you've taught -- you graduated from howard here in washington, d.c. you also taught at harvard some, lectured, and at northwestern. why did you leave journalism? >> i don't consider myself to have left journalism. >> well, why did you leave the newspaper industry? >> oh, oh. i wanted to write this book. i wanted to explore the reasons why these people left, what was the legacy of what they did. i really wanted to understand who they were, why they did what they did, and capture them before it was too late. in other words, i was really feeling a great sense of urgency, because it began in 1915, and it ended in 1970. you're talking about at least three generations that were participants in this. and they were getting up in years, and time was running out. so, i felt this real press of time to get to them while there was still

talked to the senior research we are the pew center that worked on this and religion professor of boston universityur attention is the fact that atheists and ignostics know more than the rest of us. >> a kicker. no more than jews, no more than morm mormons, know more than catholics and protestants. the argument for that is that if you're agnostic or atheist, you have to make an argument for why you don't believe in god and so you actually have to read the material. to form late an argument and debate with people. and have some facts at hand. so that is the reason pew researchers believe that atheists and agnostics do better but it's interesting, too, that the next highest scoring group are jewish people, mormons after that and then trips down the line. here's some of the questions. there was a series of 32 questions on this. atheists, agnostics almost 21 right. catholics and protestants, 13 to 14. what's the religion of maimonides. what religion do people in indonesia consider themselves to be? according to rulings by the supreme court, are public schoolteachers permitted to read from the bible as

and a religion professor at boston university.for coming in. >> thanks for having us. >> as we get into the discussion here, i wanted to put up some of the questions. and these are some of the more difficult ones people found to answer. first question is, what is the religion of maimonides? what religion did most people in indonesia consider themselves to be? and a third question here, according to rulings by the supreme court, are public school teachers permitted to read from the bible as literature? we'll give you the answers in a couple of minutes. but greg, start us out here. what struck you as the headline? what was the surprise? >> i think the most striking to me was the strong performance on the survey by atheists and agnostics. of all of the groups we looked at, atheists and agnostics are among the top performers. they outperformed catholics, main line protestants and other groups. >> steve, help us out here. why is that? >> well, atheists and agnostics spend a lot of time fighting with religious people about religion. and

extreme cooking, gym addict ariel levy, born boston, 62 years of age, wife margaret, three children, democrat, harvard college ba, english. ma gill university, montreal, m.d.. massachusetts mental health center, resident in psychiatrist, three years. u.s. army, pentagon major, two years. faculty appointments, harvard medical sister, assistant professor, four years. george washington medical school, associate medical professor, georgetown medical school psychiatry, 20 years and currently medical answers,medicy television program, host 8 years and currently. author, 36 articles, four monographs and 204 professional presentations on adult attention deficit disorder, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, psychopharmacology. hobbies, acting, singing, power walking. brian bowls doyle. >> on the words psychopharmacology, you say, ariel, the psycho pharmacologist is the new drug dealer, like a park avenue drug dealer. is that how people look upon psychopharmacology? >> that's what one of my sources said to me. that's how she views it. i think that's how some people -- they've taken their attitude that they would have had once towards street d

. >>> "the boston globe," former harvard university president larry summers, the chief architect of theal stimulus plan is leaving the post and returning to university to teach by the end of the year. mike, surprised? >> no. actually not. one of the big things is he has to get back i think by the second semester of next year, in january, to keep his tenured position. that's a big deal. >> that is. >> you don't report to work, you lose your job. that would make him like a lot of other people in this country which he doesn't want to be. >> getting his own private stimulus plan. >>> denver post, the story making front page knows, don't ask don't tell hits a wall. it prohibits gays from serving openly in the military. no such luck yesterday. >>> the "san francisco chronicle" shows republican candidate for governor meg whitman kicking off a week of high-profile fundraisers yesterday with condoleezza rice outside san francisco. >>> a new public policy poll released yesterday shows whitman trailing her democratic challenger jerry brown 47% to 42%. >> "los angeles times," the los angeles distri

university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the busines

university of maryland's robert h. smith school of business says southwest will increase its reach to new york and boston by acquiringing air-tran hubs. >> southwest doesn't have a big presence in atlan. air-tran has a presence in atlanta, in milwaukee. i think in those situations you will have more service essentially by a l cost carrier to more destinations. that will be very helpful for consumers. >> reporter: passengers tell us southwest airlines is known for being iendly, having good customer service and -- somethinging about the bags. something about checking bags. um, oh, yes. first and secd bag, free. >> we enjoy not paying for bags. it seems most of the other airlines do charge. southwest has always banked on that bags fly free. so we hope that continues. >> reporter: bill and melissa reardon and their three daughters are returning to boston on air-tran, looking forward to the day they can fly southwest. >> we just checked in one bag for the five of us. yes, i know how to pack for five people. >> reporter: how much did it cost? >> $15. >> reporter: if this was southwest? >> it would be zero dollars and an impro

she is a professor at harvard university and is joining us from women's hospital in boston. medical malpractice is a huge topic for our viewers and listeners as we have talked about the health care debate over the past month, really, the past year or two. the numbers are on the screen. dr. mello, this study that you would -- that you let, in the conclusion, you and your team write a that the $55 billion is less than imagined estimates put forward in the health reform debate. could you talk to us about this idea of the psychology of this and political value of dealing with this? guest: one element of the cost of malpractice litigation that we could not and did not measure is the psychological, reputational impact that it could have on the medical industry and what impact it could have for them to remain in practice. when doctors have faced escalating malpractice insurance premiums and pressure, we were not able to measure that in this study. but it does suggest that even though it does -- medical malpractice reform may help -- may not help with the money contributed, it may h

this was done by the university of new hampshire because there survey center is nationally known as a non-partisan academic public opinion research center. it conducts polls for the boston globe and they have in recent years conducted political polls for cnn, fox news, usa today, philadelphia inquirer, pretty much everybody under the sun. we have also done polls and focus groups with groups like silinda lake. you will find that within a couple of percentage points, the margin of error, we are finding the same results. there is nothing unique about this particular set of material. it was done by an entity we selected because we did not want to be accused of having some kind of bias. the reasoning for that is that we know it historically americans love so security. there's no doubt in anyone's mind about that. the national committee itself as a senior organization and we have 3 million members and supporters who come from all walks of life. we are pretty evenly split between democrats, republicans, and independence ourselves. they all band together and the reason is they are passionate about protecting social security and medicare and not just for themselves but also for

boston's hometown hero. plus the new season ,,,,,,,,,,,, as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universitiesclean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >> osgood: what's bugging us? the unfortunate answer to that question is almost impossible to see and equally impossible to ignore. our "not for the squeamish" cover story now from martha teichner. >> reporter: fyi, this is a female bed bug. this one with the pointy abdomen is is a male. if you accidentally bring one home with you.... >> the adult females are the ones you really have to watch out for. they're visible. >> reporter: females are likely to be loaded with eggs just waiting to hatch. >> in the worst cases of bed bugs that have gone unchecked, there are probably hundreds of thousands in a home. >> reporter: jody gangloft hoff

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