. >> there's a course at boston university, professor rodriguez has a syllabus that we got a hold of- >> i'm not familiar with what you're about to talk about. >> this is a course at boston university about american satire and it references heavily the colbert report. and this is what he describes. colbert satirically exposes hypocrisy inviting us to think more seriously about political issues. >> i do not get paid enough. i didn't realize i was that brilliant. i thought i was making the occasional poop joke. >> do you -- you are a performer, but you also do make a point. >> well, yeah. i'm a satirist. all satirists make points. satire is parody with a point. that's all it is. and so if i was doing satire and didn't have a point of view, then that would be truly like schizophrenic. i always have a point of view. i care about the news. we do 160 shows a year. 161 shows a year. and you can't do that unless i guess you care a little bit about what you're talking about. or i couldn't. some people could, but i can't do that. and i'm interested in the news. and people often think that i'm

my daughter is a graduate of boston university. she works for the san francisco international terminal marketing division. born and raised san franciscans. i want to encourage everyone out there listening that this is the best city to raise a family. regarding a few of those articles that you read about families leaving san francisco -- don't. stay in the city. this is what can happen to you if you stay. [laughter] in terms of my dedication, i think, san francisco has embraced me, has welcomed me, has allowed me to prosper, allow me to raise this incredible family. as a naturalized u.s. citizen, i tell you i have learned a great deal about compassion, public service, and it is time for me to give something back to a community that has embraced me and opened their arms to me. [applause] and that is what i intend to do as a new trustee. you may have heard that i have an unusual work schedule. i open my office every morning at 5:20 a.m. i have an open house for anyone that want to come to my office to talk to me, hopefully, about engi

. >> there's a course at boston university, professor rodriguez has a syllabus that we got a hold ofot familiar with what you're about to talk about. >> this is a course at boston university about american satire and it references heavily the colbert report. and this is what he describes. colbert satirically exposes hypocrisy inviting us to think more seriously about political issues. >> i do not get paid enough. i didn't realize i was that brilliant. i thought i was making the occasional poop joke. >> do you -- you are a performer, but you also do make a point. >> well, yeah. i'm a satirist. all satirists make points. satire is parody with a point. that's all it is. and so if i was doing satire and didn't have a point of view, then that would be truly like schizophrenic. i always have a point of view. i care about the news. we do 160 shows a year. 161 shows a year. and you can't do that unless i guess you care a little bit about what you're talking about. or i couldn't. some people could, but i can't do that. and i'm interested in the news. and people often think that i'm an idealog

for that, we're joined by kevin outterson, director of the health law program at boston university. most basic one. what exactly is a compounding pharmacy? >> well, jeff, historically pharmacists could compound in their small offices, do something that worked well for a patient that maybe was allergic to an ingredient in the normal drug or perhaps do something for children. you know, take an adult drug and put it into a, you know, a flavored syrup for children. but these pharmacies we're talking about here are really almost industrial-scale, large commercial compounding. shipping, as we know from this outbreak, all across the country. so it's a very different thing from the classic historic practice of compounding. >> brown: what we're seeing is not unusual in that sense just in terms of the reach around the country. how unusual though is a problem like this emanating from one of these pharmacies? >> it is unusual. but there have been examples in the past decade of smaller problems, not quite so dramatic as this fungal meningitis. but the difficulty is that john at the c.d.c. and th

because the euro and that's what i predicted in one nine hundred ninety eight in a lecture at boston university the euro will create artificial blooms in some areas and artificial busts another stickles we don't have an after them currency area and that's exactly what happened also it created a competitiveness problem for the south because wages went up and so on but they couldn't devalue any more and that's the root cause of the problem and we're trying to mistakenly correct that and rectify that by. by saving by public by by cutting down public deficits which will not work in the situation and at the same time we're saving on the one hand on the other hand we're having a hugely expansionary monetary policy so we are stepping on the gas pedal was one foot and on the brake was the other and that's the frightening and so one would have to ask. who benefits from that kind of policy and they said that it could in deficits wouldn't work perhaps would getting rid of the euro getting rid of the euro would be very painful it would work in the long run because we had a perfect system before the europea

problems because the euro and that's what i predicted in ninety eight ninety eight in a lecture at boston university the euro will create artificial wombs in some areas .

problems because the euro and that's what i predicted in ninety eight ninety eight in a lecture at boston university the euro will create artificial wombs in some areas and artificial busts in others because we don't have an after them currency area and that's exactly what happened of seoul it created competitiveness.

because the euro and that's what i predicted in one nine hundred ninety eight in a lecture at boston university that the euro will create artificial wombs in some areas and artificial busts than others because we don't have an after them currency area and that's exactly what happened of so it created competitiveness problem for the south because wages went up and so on but they couldn't devalue any more and that's the.

it's a clear example of the power the sbeer interviews in boston university may have.lit his community. >> reporter: that's gerry add -- adams. one of the most important political figures. >> reporter: adams rocketed through the i.r.a. ranks, was welcomed in the u.s. by president clinton, silenced the i.r.a. guns that landed decades of bloodshed. ultimately, emerged as the most influential catholic politician in northern ireland. gerry adams refused our request for an interview. in the past, he's said many times he was never in the i.r.a. and certainly never involved in the death of jean mcconville. his press spokesman goes further labeling the critics as anti -- the peace process. the interviews held in the secret archives and the words of brendan hughes tell a different story about adams and his actions. >> reporter: he shared a jail cell with hughes remembers how close hughes and adams were. >> reporter: by the late 1970s, hughes, anthony mcintyre and hunts of their friends were in prison. hughes and several other prisoners upped the ante and went on hunger strike.

. >> if you are like former boston university anthropology professor, former team college provost currentresident of the national association of scholars you may have assumed that all of this sustain ability talk was fancy way of speaking green. >> i thought it was supposed to be an up-to-date word for environmentalism. >> wood kwhos organization was founded to canvas political correctness discovered a sustain ability initiative at the university of delaware. it seemeded to have precious little to do with clean air or clean water. >> the 7,000 dormitory students were expected to participate. >> in this video produced by another foj watch d-- watch dog students wrote the program. >> you are important because you are from this race or you identify with this sexual orientation. >> i support gay marriage but that doesn't mean everyone at the school should have to. >> white students were told they had to confess they were racist. students were told if they weren't for gay marriage they have to stand in the corner. >> sounds like what you are describing is students being brain washed. >> it was

. >> if you are like former boston university anthropology professor, former team college provost currenton of scholars you may have assumed that all of this sustain ability talk was fancy way of speaking green. >> i thought it was supposed to be an up-to-date word for environmentalism. >> wood kwhos organization was founded to canvas political correctness discovered a sustain ability initiative at the university of delaware. it seemeded to have precious little to do with clean air or clean water. >> the 7,000 dormitory students were expected to participate. >> in this video produced by another foj watch d-- watch dog students wrote the program. >> you are important because you are from this race or you identify with this sexual orientation. >> i support gay marriage but that doesn't mean everyone at the school should have to. >> white students were told they had to confess they were racist. students were told if they weren't for gay marriage they have to stand in the corner. >> sounds like what you are describing is students being brain washed. >> it was an attempt to get inside student'

it's a clear example of the power the sbeer interviews in boston university may have.t his community. >> the special squad was brought into the operation then called the unknowns you know, when anyone needed to be taken away. i had no control over this squad. gerry had control over this squad. >> reporter: that's gerry add da -- adams. one of the most important political figures. he was probably most key i.r.a. leader that the armed republican produced. he was the heart of every decision and every strategic direction that the i.r.a. took. >> reporter: adams rocketed through the i.r.a. ranks, was welcomed in the u.s. by president clinton, silenced the i.r.a. guns that landed decades of bloodshed. ultimately, emerged as the most influential catholic politician in northern ireland. gerry adams refused our request for an interview. in the past, he's said many times he was never in the i.r.a. and certainly never involved in the death of jean mcconville. his press spokesman goes further labeling the critics as anti -- the peace process. the interviews held in the secret arch

. >> sally kidd at boston university. >> one of the worst cases of witness intimidation in baltimoretory. >> the family of seven murdered after speaking out about drugs and violence. we look back at the killings, 10 years later. >> high concentrations of lead. how easy would it be for that child to get lead poisoning? now a new concern, it could be in a little girls pirate costume in a little girls pirate costume >> live, local, late-breaking. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. >> 10 years ago today, a family of seven was tragically murdered for speaking out against drug dealers in their community. the dolphin family, a mother, father, and their five children -- the dawson family perished when their home was firebombed. >> 10 years later, it is still going strong. lisa robinson is live at the scene in east baltimore, where a memorial is about to take place. >> the city just finished up for the tent-year memorial. the dawson family may be gone, but they are kept alive in a special place in this community. >> students are heading into the dawson family safe haven program. >>

it was done by researchers at the boston university school of public health.hey found that eating two servings of fish a week was linked to about a 60% lower risk of kids developing certain adhd like symptoms. elevated mercury levels which can also come from eating more fish were tied to a higher risk of developing the symptoms including inability to look at attention. >> a shine a object on mars has caught attention. take a look at this photograph. after just it's first scoop of soil it picked up this unknown object. it's tiny, we put that red circle around it for you and it's there inside. the sampling has stopped to look at that object. here is it's close up. they said it's possible this is a piece of hardware from the rover. >> a berkeley was named one of the receivers of the noble prize. currently he works at the nattiness street of standards and technology and the university of colorado in boulder. judges say the two working separately found ground breaking meth odds to look at the properties of particles while saving their properties. >> an 11-year-old