hacker space, hosted by david house. >> i was a senior at boston university in computer science. and i founded this maker space at bu called builds-- b.u. information lab and design space. bradley showed up to the open house at this event. and, you know, this was a night when the room was absolutely packed. he didn't strike me at all, at that time, as being particularly memorable or remarkable individual. what he was doing was mostly socializing, meeting others, trying to learn about how this scene in boston actually functioned. >> smith: standing back, leaning against the table is bradley manning. the young intelligence analyst, full of secrets, was mingling among hackers. investigators now believe that, sometime in this period, manning either uploaded or handed off two large data files, the war logs from iraq and afghanistan. >> we don't really know whether manning approached wikileaks or people around wikileaks, or if it was the other way around. but my theory is, whichever way it is, there's an intermediary. there's a group of people in the middle, probably these people in ca

i've taught at princeton, emory, boston university. and so you do which have to do for the work, and you hope that it will find a readership and will find an audience. that's the ultimate fulfillment of the work. >> can you both recommend this kind of work to other writers, given all, what you are saying is, what you both said is these are books you had to write, but you do consider it an art and a calling and you have to do it. i survey felt the same way. i would recommend, i would recommend it to any writer, provided you feel that way about it. you have to feel very strongly. what do you think? >> yeah, absolutely. i think that being a writer, it's not a total privilege. you have to live in tinsley, especially when you're writing about the kind of issues that isabel is writing about the issues i am writing about. there's a saying i just read, live to the point of tears. i forget who said that. live to the point of tears. and to be a writer you have to constantly be on the point of tears. and to me that's the only way to live. not jus

i have seen the research firsthand at boston university where researchers have found surprising signsage in athletes who donated their brains before they died. repeated blows can lead to depression and long-term damage. when asked about the new lawsuit, a spokesman for the nfl will contest any claims of this kind. riddel cannot comment on any pending litigation. >>> some good news about a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury. he was a comedian named will carter. thanks to technology and laughs, will is back in the spotlight once again. take a look. >> will carter always loved making people laugh. when he was a child, he dreamed of becoming a comedian. if you asked him at 17, he would have said his biggest hurdle was fear of failure. that changed a horrific car accident. >> they had to remove part of the brain flap. >> he lost his spleen. >> he was in a coma for three weeks. i was driving home one night. i thought, my son has a brain injury. does he have a future? >> will, do you need somebody to pick you up tonight? >> robert can give me a ride. >> after years of physical t

sylvia said last year she would donate john's brain to boston university to study brain injuries in athletes. john mackey dead tonight at the age of 69. >>> a witness to a stabbing death in the inner harbor on july 4 talks exclusively to abc2 news. he died on monday night just as the city's fireworks display was ending. the man we're talking to didn't want to use his name or face to be shown and he told abc2 that although he didn't see the actual stabbing, he was within a few feet of when the incident started. he says calo tried to stop his brother who shouted a racial slur and went after a man who claimed hit him in the head. when calo came back seconds later, his throat had been cut. he was bleeding badly. the scene was chaotic and made worse by people crowding in to look at the victim. >> poor guy was dying. these people walking by and they are watching this and it's like, hey, come on, get out of here. come on, go, move, move, get out of here. come on, you don't have to see this. take your kids, take your family. they were going by and they were watching it and they wanted to see it. >>

[laughter] >> allin boston university them because it's all college kids. and i couldn't figure out why so i went over to the house and in his laundry was $250,000 band it stacks of hundreds come and i thought he's got to be a drug dealer but he wasn't it the next day we flew to vegas and i ended up joining the team and said i want to read this story so was my first true story, so i can give dillinger nonfiction book i wrote like a thriller because that's what i had been writing so it wasn't like i'm going to sit down and write nonfiction. it's just i was writing fiction then ran into a true story and that's been the way accidental billionaire, same thing. sitting at home and i get an e-mail that to in the morning and it's a harvard senior actually from houston, and he said - best friend co-founded facebook and no one has ever heard of him. so i got for the drink -- this all involves drinking -- and and walks eduardo and he's angry and furious that marked zuckerberg screwed him and wanted to tell his story. so i was in another true story. it's been a weird

terms of how much needs to be cut or either raised but here's an interesting one colleague of a boston university professor wrote in greenberg that to get our overall fiscal gap under control the us must cut spending or raise tax revenue by twenty trillion dollars over the next decade that is far more than the president or the house republicans have thought here what do you think about that that that we're not even scratching the surface even if we get this done. i doubt that. one would have to loot arab workers assumption the great grades. but i think all of this is just part of the political sphere and that was columnist and former reagan administration official official paul craig roberts all right so let's talk about what's going on in spain and people there have a reason to be very angry many young people there have no jobs and little hope of finding one and they're taking to the streets protesters there have been out from sunup to sundown some of them marching outside of the prime minister's house others walking across the entire country to bring attention to their frustrations and this is

how much needs to be cut or either raise but here's something interesting one colleague of a boston university professor wrote in bloomberg that to get our overall fiscal gap under control the u.s. must cut spending or raise tax revenue by twenty trillion dollars over the next decade that is far more than the president or the house republicans have sought here what do you think about that that that we're not even scratching the surface even if we get the vote. i doubt that it would be one would have to look at what his assumptions were and what the growth rates and all the rest. but i think all of this is just part of the political fear. i think a lot of people would agree with you just real briefly when we talk about the economy i know it's not just defaulting it's not just the debt one thing that we use as a measuring stick here is the unemployment rate. but i want it so you something though the unemployment rate for young people in this country that's sixteen twenty four year old is nineteen percent and in spain that number is forty four percent what do you think that this should tell us yo

a boston university study shows a link between the pace of global warming and an increase in the amountf sulfur in the atmosphere between 2000 and 2008. it's because of coal burning. global warning slowed during that but the pause was only temporary. the study reports temperatures shot up during 2009 and 2010 as the sulfur dropped out of the air leaving green house gases. >> new information about mammograms. doctors focus on the individual. >> our temperatures four to seven degrees cooler than last night. . >> paraded before cameras, the big time arrest in mexico that's of interest to united states authorities. . >>> new guide lines on when women should receive mammograms. doctors say it's not a particular age but something more personal. john fowler. >> reporter: about one in six women will get breast cancer. guidelines call for tests every other year starting at 50. >> i don't think that's right but it's insurance, politics, money. . >> reporter: some groups recommend regular tests at 40. >> people in my group knead to start having them just for caution. >> reporter: not truaered coul

a boston university study shows a link between the pace of global warming and an increase in the amountf sulfur in the atmosphere between 2000 and 2008. it's because of coal burning. global warning slowed during that but the pause was only temporary. the study reports temperatures shot up during 2009 and 2010 as the sulfur dropped out of the air leaving green house gases. >> new information about mammograms. doctors focus on the individual. >> our temperatures four to seven degrees cooler than last . >>> new guide lines on when women should receive mammograms. doctors say it's not a particular age but something more personal. john fowler. >> reporter: about one in six women will get breast cancer. guidelines call for tests every other year starting at 50. >> i don't think that's right but it's insurance, politics, money. . >> reporter: some groups recommend regular tests at 40. >> people in my group knead to start having them just for caution. >> reporter: not truaered coulding to new bay area research. >> how frequently you get them really should be personalized. it should be based on

the "san francisco chronicle" reports that he has donated his brain to boston university.earchers there are studying the effects of injuries to football players. >>> dozens of nfl players are claiming football owners covered up dangers of head injuries as a result of serious hits on the field. john faller live tonight in pleasant hill to explain the lawsuit. >> reporter: this is a federal case, about risks on the football field and brain damage. after this hit by 49er kennan turner, super bowl mvp otis anderson was never the same. he's one of 78 former players alleging the league covered up risks of repeated head injuries. >> fans, we love the contact, we want to see the hits. >> reporter: experts say the longer players play, the greater the risks. >> you look at our players here, they may sustain multiple concussions, they may not tell anybody, maybe play professional or semi pro, those all add up. each blow can add a little more damage to the brain. >> reporter: helmet maker riddel is also named in the suit. >> as i was walking off the sideline was moving and i remember

researchers at boston university medical school are looking deep into the brain and spinal cord of formerthletes to find out. what they are seeing is startling. this is a normal brain. this one, a 45-year-old former nfl player. see the brown tangles? that's brain damage. it looks a lot like this 70-year-old brain with dementia. >> to see the kind of changes we're seeing in 45-year-olds is basically unheard of. >> it's called chronic traumatic enaccept lop think. those changes are directly associated with rage, memory problems, and depression. >> i was actually considering not living. actually considering that. >> you wanted to end your life? >> yeah. i was just thinking that it would be so much easier. >> isha, we'll get to the bulletin in just a moment. i have to tell you, it was remarkable to talk to him. he's so physically robust but simply cannot remember anything. his wife said he has had absolutely no life since leaving professional football. that's been the real problem. >> yeah. indeed. you know what struck me in your report is it really only takes one bad blow to the head to caus

as a matter of fact, i teach at boston university in the same classroom where he taught.this is so very special to me. just so you know, the room attracts people. stevens always are coming into that room. something very spiritual about that room. it is as if they know that he has been there. and so the meeting of the decisions of the people had to come from the archival work and all of the additional work that had to go. former journalist. i mean, it started as journalism because i approached it as a journalist and from an anthropological expedition into the lives of people. and then it became history once the people passed away and suddenly journalism becomes history of the stories become archival, and i had to look at that. i ended up using a structure, the grapes of wrath because the grapes of wrath, while about fiction and is a masterpiece and i'm not comparing it in that way, but the structure was great -- quite useful to me because i needed to have a way to incorporate that contextual material, that background which has given meaning to the lives that were being des

gave his brain to a boston university hospital that's doing a lot of the research and they connectedrauma and his concussions to als, first time they had ever done that. >> fran tarkenton. thank you very much. sir. you know, for all of you pack rats a story to justify your piles of stuff. coming up we head to the road collection ever appraised in the show's history. >>> starting today same-sex couples could legally tie the knot in new york. we'll take you to a special marriage ceremony officiated by new york mayor michael bloomberg. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] 125 years ago... we invented the automobile. ♪ and 80,000 patents later, we're still reinventing it. ♪ it's no coincidence that the oldest car company has the youngest and freshest line in the luxury class. mercedes-benz. se

as a matter of fact, ach at boston university in the same classroom where he taught.his is so very special to me indeed. the room attracts people. students always are coming into the room. there's something very spiritually meaningful as if they know he's been mayor. and so, the meaning of the decisions of the people had to come from the archival work and all the additional work that had to go at trying to be a journalist. started as journalism because i started it as an anthropological expedition into the lives of people and then it became history with the people passed away and suddenly journalism becomes history. the stories become archival and i have to look at that. i ended up using a structure -- the grapes of wrath because the grapes of wrath, while that is fiction and is a masterpiece and i'm not comparing it that way, but it was quite useful to me because i needed to have a way to incorporate that contextual material, the background which gave meaning to the lives being described here, that you are immersed in. but without intruding into the narrative itself.

. >>> well, boston university scientists are blaming air pollution from china for changes in the global temperature. the researchers say there's a connection between the increase of sulfur in the atmosphere and global warming during this decade. the scientists connected the sulfur to the higher use of coal used by chinese industries. >>> well, a group of squatters has taken over a vacant building in san francisco ice mission district. a chaotic scene broke out last night when police officers showed up. >> hey. hey. >> police arrested one man last night and charged him with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. he's part of a group called homes not jail. they're trying to draw attention to the need for housing in the city by taking over a former hotel at 20th and mission. >> this particular property has been sitting vacant for over 19 years. there are 42 units of perfectly good housing upstairs. just been sitting vacant. >> homes not jail says it would like to see the board of supervisors push for a tax for property owners who leave house -- that leave housing units unoccupie

gave his brain to a boston university hospital that's doing a lot of the research and they connectedbetween his head trauma and his concussions to als, first time they had ever done that. >> fran tarkenton. thank you very much. sir. you know, for all of you pack rats a story to justify your piles of stuff. coming up we head to the road show for the most expensive ever appraised in the show's history. >>> starting today same-sex couples could legally tie the knot in new york. we'll take you to a special marriage ceremony officiated by new york mayor michael bloomberg. cess in an instant cess in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. vegas! now?! [ female announcer ] two hours to vegas. two hours to whiten. ♪ crest whitestrips two hour express. in just two hours you can have a noticeably whiter smile that lasts for m

and a boston university hundred dollar bills but i don't know what's like in dallas. you guys, oil, right? boston you never see them because it's all college kids. and i couldn't figure out why so i went over to the guys house and in his longer was $250,000. and i thought he's got to be a drug dealer. but he was a drug to pick the next day we flew to vegas and it was the mit blackjack team. i ended up joining the team and i want to write that story. it was my first true story. i kind of fell into nonfiction bible electives wrote because that's what i've been writing. i was writing fiction and i ran into a true story. that's been the way, "bringing down the house" assembly. i get an e-mail at 2 a.m. in the morning, and he said my best friend cofounder facebook and no one has ever heard of the pics i got for a drink. it's always involving drinking. [laughter] and in walks eduardo and he's angry, furious, mark zuckerberg screwed him. and he wanted to tell his story. suddenly i was in and of the true story. so it's this weird kind of stumbled my way through nonfiction stac

well, boston university scientists say air pollution from china is to blame for changes company 1 inlobal temperature. researchers say -- researchers say there is a link between the buildup of sulfur in the atmospherend the global warning. scientists say the higher sulfer levels are lead to chinese agencies using more coal. in iraq, a car bomb followed immediately by a roadside bomb, killed at least 35 people and injured another 47. it's the latest in a series of insurgent attacks as the iraqi government is deciding whether to ask the u.s. to leave some american troops in their country past the year-end withdrawal deadline. there are concerns 3 what will happen when the remaining 47,000 -- 47,000 troops pull out. >>> the nation's largest teachers union adopted a policy that will hold teachers policy. the n.e.a. says it starts -- supports state use of standardized tests to grade teachers as long as they are of a proven high quality. >>> well, tonight, mountain view city council will vote on agreements 3 two of its union groups. under the deals those workers will go -- will forgo cost

researchers at boston university medical school are looking deep into the brain and spinal cord of formernd out. what they are seeing is startling. this is a normal brain. this one a 45-year-old former nfl player. see the brown tangles? that's brain damage. it looks a lot like this 70-year-old brain. with dementia. >> to see the kind of changes we're seeing in 45-year-olds is -- is basically unheard of. >> reporter: it's called conic traumatic ensef lop thi. here's the kicker. those changes are directly associated with rage, memory problems and depression. >> i was actually considering not living. i was actually considering that. >> reporter: you wanted to end your life? >> yeah. i was just thinking that would be so much easier. >> and sanjay gupta joins me now. wow. i mean, that is just so hard to watch. clearly, he's struggling. i know you've been in touch with his wife today about the lawsuit. what is she saying? >> i think this was a process of deliberation for her. what she's basically said is, look. look at him. he's a physically robust guy. charming certainly when you meet him as y

he moved to massachusetts; worked as a tenement lawyer in boston, teaches at the university of massachusetts amherst-- creative writing, latino poetry, and the work of pablo neruda. he's published 16 books, and his collection of poems, the republic of poetry, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. >> at 16, i worked after high school hours at a printing plant that manufactured legal pads-- yellow paper stacked seven feet high and leaning as i slipped cardboard between the pages, then brushed red glue up and down the stack. no gloves-- fingertips required for the perfection of paper, smoothing the exact rectangle. sluggish by 9:00 p.m., the hands would slide along suddenly sharp paper, and gather slits thinner than the crevices of the skin; hidden. then the glue would sting, hands oozing till both palms burned at the punch clock. ten years later, in law school, i knew that every legal pad was glued with the sting of hidden cuts; that every open law book was a pair of hands upturned and burning. ( applause )

he moved to massachusetts; worked as a tenement lawyer in boston, teaches at the university of massachusetts amherst-- creative writing, latino poetry, and the work of pablo neruda. he's published 16 books, and his collection of poems, the republic of poetry, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. >> at 16, i worked after high school hours at a printing plant that manufactured legal pads-- yellow paper stacked seven feet high and leaning as i slipped cardboard between the pages, then brushed red glue up and down the stack. no gloves-- fingertips required for the perfection of paper, smoothing the exact rectangle. sluggish by 9:00 p.m., the hands would slide along suddenly sharp paper, and gather slits thinner than the crevices of the skin; hidden. then the glue would sting, hands oozing till both palms burned at the punch clock. ten years later, in law school, i knew that every legal pad was glued with the sting of hidden cuts; that every open law book was a pair of hands upturned and burning. ( applause )

from boston university, he made repeatedly in these books that we are selling this as a video game andhe army has invested millions in a video game that it gives away free to potential recruits. that is doing a disservice to the reality. we have to be very clear that that is a possibility it doesn't affect them? of course. and not is -- and not in good ways. right now we are seeing a spike in the suicide of veterans, and so on, and they come home. you talk about the gulf war syndrome. a lot of vietnam vets have trouble becoming reactivated into society and so on. we have to be up front. this is not a walking in the part. they might die. they might be used -- and make the point in my article that they might be used in a war that 20 years down the pike historians are universally agreed is pointless. and you have to have a sense of purpose to transcend that judgment of history. that is what i tried to give service men and women and also to civilians. sure, of a service man or woman in an airport. that is a good idea. thank them as well and the kindergarten teachers. be aware there are a l

. >>> doing time in boston's suffolk county jail is away from the ivy league university located milesa week those two worlds intersect when students from harvard university and boston college come to the jail to help inmates earn their geds. >> that's a good thing. looking out for us. you know what i'm saying? there is a world out there. people to help you. >> girard has been teamed with alexander, a harvard. >> we all make mistakes and try to do it in my head. write it out. it will take an ex true five seconds but it's totally worth it. each answer matters for the final score. people have a wall about what this whole mcommunity is like ad that's one of the more interesting parts of being here. >> you're very confident. >> absolutely. i know this stuff. >> i want to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on paper. >> smart. go to harvard. >> people can let their defenses down in the classroom. they can protect those kinds of things. you don't want to make yourself vulnerable. in the classroom you can be vulnerable. >> to maintain a classroom environment, deputies remain outside

but once a week, those two worlds intersect when students from harvard university and boston collegee to the jail to help inmates earn their geds. >> for them to come in and do it for us convicts, that's a good thing. looking out for us. showing us there is a world out there and there's help out there. >> gerard cohen has been teamed with alexander, a harvard sophomore. >> it's one of these you can do in your head probably. but just to be sure, we all make mistakes. just write it out. it'll take an extra five seconds but it's worth it. each answer matters in that final score. >> people have this wall about how they think of prisoners and what this whole community is like. and it's not true. if you work consistently with someone for awhile, you really get to know them. i think that's one of the more interesting parts of being here. >> you're very confident. >> i sure am. >> well, i'm going to make you prove to me you know this on paper. >> i know he's smart. he goes to harvard. so he's extra smart. >> people can let defenses down in the classroom. they can admit i can't read. i can't

and is a graduate of boston university. mr. solomonese, please proceed. please limit your opening remarks to five minutes. your full statements will be placed in the record in their entirety. as senator feinstein just recognized, there is a new vote which may require us to do a little juggling to manage. mississippi solmonese, please proceed. -- mr. solmonese, please proceed. >> thank you, mr. senator. on more than one million members and supporters nationwide, i want to thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony in today's historic hearing. i also want to thank senator feinstein for her leadership on this legislation and on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in california and all across the country. every week i have the opportunity to travel this country and to speak with members of my community with their families, with their friends, with their religious leaders and with their employers about the distinct difficulties that they face in the form of discrimination. now, i have the privilege of bringing their stories and thei

but once a week those two worlds intersect when students from harvard university and boston college comethe jail to help inmates earn their geds. >> for them to come in and do it for us as little convicts, i should say, that's a good thing. looking out for us. showing us, you know, there is a world out there. there is help out there. people want to help you. >> girard cohen has been teamed with alexander, a harvard sophomore. >> it's one of these things, you can do the answers in your head probably, just to be sure, because we all make mistakes and try do it in our head, just write it out. it will take five extra seconds, but it's totally worth it. each answer matters for the final score. people have a wall about what this whole community is like and that's just not true. if you work for somebody a while, you get to know them. that's one of the interesting parts of being here. >> you're very confident. >> i sure am. i know this stuff. >> i want to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on paper. >> smart. goes to harvard. he's extra smart. >> so what is that? >> people can let the

you know that in boston, massachusetts, our pick city of the day, it just so happens that the boston universitydge is the only spot in america where a plane can fly over a car driving over a train going over a boat. wow. amazing. slesh let's show you what's happening t'r today. e've got showers and thunderstorms going on down through the southeast. also some activity moving through the upper midwest, through minnesota. more wet weather moving away from new england. we have a gorgeous day on tap for new england and the northeast. the heat continuing, though, from southern texas into the southwest. slight risk of strong storms through the northern plains. showers in the extreme pacific northwest. sunny skies along the west coast. perfect in los angeles as well. 72 degrees and sunshine, as know here in los angeles gets ready for the closing of the i-405 freeway this weekend. they're calling it, get this, >>> one more reason not to go to l.a. this weekend? because the weather here is going to be much better. we're already enjoying temperatures in the 70s. almost 20 degrees cooler than what we avera

. >> after retreating from northeastern university law school in boston, where focused on domestic violence advocacy issues and civil rights in education issues, i went to work for small law firm in oakland. after internships at the american civil liberties union and other civil rights organizations. supervisor elsbernd: you throw out the civil rights division in the department of justice. they're typically the entity that sometimes challenges district lines. did you have any exposure to work like that? >> this was specifically in the department of education. so we dealt more with issues involving k-12 and higher education. after coming to san francisco in 1999, i started working in a small civil rights firm in oakland, and that transferred to a seckel civil rights from the representing plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases, wages, and accommodation that is. a family of five for housing is not granted the housing, either because of the size of their family or because they are a person of color, same-sex couple, things along those lines, as an example. ultimately, i decided to leave

boston market. the study was conducted by researchers at tufts university. >>> national football league owners are setrrow in atlanta and there is a chance they could vote on a deal aimed at ending the player lockout. >> sources told the "associated press" that the players executive committee has reviewed parts of the proposal but has not yet voted on it. player representatives from all 32 nfl teams will gather today in washington, d.c. >>> one of pro basketball's most popular players is locking himself out for good. >> ming the 7'6" center from china made it official. >> ming is retiring from the game. he had been with the houston rockets since 2002. he is only 30 but has been hit hard by injuries the past several years. >> nice to retire by 30. >> that would be nice. >>> 4:56. several u-hauls were torched in mountain view. now arson investigators are on scene. we'll have a live report on the scene. >> plus a media mogul hit with a pie in the face. the drama continues today. how britain's prime minister is depending his role in the phone hacking scandal. >> violence and vandalism carried out for a ma

boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university.hat is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >> you grew up in the boston area. what made you want to make the transition and moved to san francisco? what motivated you to get involved in politics question marks before i ran for office, and worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney. i got to understand how much of a be in san francisco is to the rest of the world for social justice. i spent a number of years helping to grow a small business. i got to understand the innovative spirit in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood leader and as feature of an affordable housing organization. i learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and the special jewels that are the urban villages we live in. i ran for office because i w