at boston university the chair of the board was a man at least as conservative as sulfur himself if that he was back involved in. >> guest: and 64, 65 im for getting myself at this point, but i think it was 65 that howard was already active. he gave a speech on the boston common against the war, and that only drew 100 people. when he spoke just a few years later, you know, he drew 50,000 because in the entire war troops had mobilized. but back in '65 the mobilization was just beginning to roll they withdrew all of their troops immediately. that was an extremely radical position. even into the early 70's. but howard argued brilliantly. to my mind is one of the two or three best of his books. and certainly it was a clearing and call because nobody else had argued the case so brilliantly as he did in that book. >> host: one of the more controversial episodes in the book is a trip howard made to north vietnam along with a very famous peace activist from the 60's. you talk a little bit about how that came together and what happened with this trip he made. >> yes. it was the result of david de

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and he had the board of trustees at boston university entirely under his thumb. and the chair of the board was a man at least as conservative as sillber himself. and so he and howard just went at each other over practically everything. >> host: uh-huh. maybe now we can turn back to the vietnam war. what were some of the sort of first activities that howard was finding himself involved with back in 1964 and onward from there? >> guest: well, it was either '64 or '65, i'm forgetting myself at this point, but i think it was '65 that howard was already active. he gave a speech on the boston common against the war, and that only drew like a hundred people. when he spoke just a few years later, you know, he drew 50,000. because by then the anti-war troops had mobilized. but back in '65 the mobilization was just beginning to roll. and once it started, it went quite quickly. one other pioneering thing that howard did was as early as 1967 he wrote a book called "vietnam: the logic of withdrawal" in which he called for the united states to remove all of its troops immediat

researchers at boston university pioneered the study of cte.e disease in 18 of 19 brains of former nfl players they examined. our next guest is the co-director of boston university's program, chris nowinski. he played football at harvard university and has his own history of concussions from his pro wrestling days. >> and making his way to the ring, 260 chris nowinski! >> it all starts with my wrestling career. i actually have some of my concussions captured, which is nice. >> what is he doing? >> i had depression problems. i had short-term memory that was terrible for a year and a half. i kept sleepwalking for three and a half years and needed medication. i had headaches for five. that's when i decided maybe there was something wrong with my brain. >> joining me tonight, chris nowinski, co-director of the center for study of cte at boston university and author of "head games: football's concussion crisis." chris, great to have you with us tonight on the program. how many athletes in all contact sports do you think are suffering from cte? >> oh

he shifted his base of operation in this family up north when he was offered a job at boston university come but he continued to fly back to the south. he took part in the freedom summer in 1964 and flew back in the number of times in order to attend strategy sessions. it is true that once the movement began against the war in vietnam that power also felt very strongly about that and his energies begin to divide. he never forgot about the black struggle or ceased to have full sympathy with it. the demands of his time tended to be more and more in regard to the war in vietnam. >> host: before we talk more about what he did in opposition to the war we can't talk about and getting fired. this is an interesting episode, and it is certainly related to the civil rights work that he did. what was going up the tab? >> guest: of black president at the time. and it is only since the book is come out as a result of a conversation with someone that i have changed my perspective of the fact that the black president and howard table so often and finally so bitterly. there were packed up in the summer

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

boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs and we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict met certainly met the our expectations of a fair trial that accorded the defendant due process so i think we have every reason to believe that the court can deliver impartial justice in the future though again i want to emphasize it's still very much an institution that's gaining its sea legs and certainly has certain issues that it's confronting that has to work through in the years to come.

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boston university, professor of religion, eight years.chairman of the department of religion, one year and currently. newspapers and magazines, contributor to "new york times" magazine, journal," slate.com, salon.com. author, three books on religion include ""american jesus," how the son of god became a national icon." hobbies: painful, of the boston red sox, diehard fan, a passion which introduced him to, quote, grand theologal themes that would later preoccupy him including why a good god would allow such an evil team as the new york yankees to win so many world series, unquote. besides baseball, tennis. stephen richard prothero. >> stephen richard prothero, your father is also a physician, is that right? >> that's correct. >> did he see the motion picture by mel gibson? >> he did. >> what did he have to say about that? >> he found a real human being wouldn't survive 20 minutes into the movie because it's so violent, there's such brutality is brought on on jesus' body and not realistic from a medical perspective. >> meaning he would hav

her mother, sybil, a swimming star at boston university. >> this is probably the first time sloane's wait to get out there and play." >> reporter: sloane's big breakthrough came last year in the french open and wimbledon, and on the pages of "vogue" magazine, which named her one of its up and coming "style stars." and yesterday, it was her style on the tennis court that drove serena williams to frustration. now having conquered her one time idol, sloane now has somewhat of a new perspective. >> this is so crazy, but -- oh, my goodness. i think i'll put a poster of myself now. >> reporter: ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and so a star is born. by the way, after the big victory, none other than shaquille o'neal congratulated her on twitter, saying, "when you defeat a legend, you become a legend. keep it going." thank you so much for watching. we're always working for you at abcnews.com. "nightline" later at its new time, 12:35 a.m. eastern. and i'll see you again tomorrow. good night. >>> tonight wall street's reaction to the news from apple. one of silicon valleys profitible com

there are several peepers in boston university. how are the papers that you edited -- >> guest: they're all very different. the papers line editing, the papers at boston, the papers in atlanta, the papers and so many different places, hundreds of archives around the world. i found papers in india. we bring them all together and decide how to publish them and make them available to people. that's been my job for the last 25 years. >> host: do ra history and african-american, i can see your interest. what really brought you to want to do this? his wife asked you, but what was your motivation for wanting to do it? >> guest: i had a lot of doubts when she called and asked because i didn't know if i wanted to devote the rest of my career to doing this. >> host: how did she ask you? >> guest: she asked me if i would be interested in and when we first talked on that phone call i said are in their other people that have done more work really on the grassroots dimension of the struggle, not so much on the role. i've never really written very

i'm a history student at boston university.'m very interested in the opportunity for a breakthrough with relations with iran. when i look at the middle east today and they were going on across the middle east, i see a few big,, two of them and the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia. this is a two-part question. at the feature opinion on the proxy throughout the middle east, both in military terms and for influence in on the question of energy. that's a possibility of the two pillars solution, using saudi arabia and iran for the middle east if they sin if that's possible, as the potential expansion of u.s. domestic energy production open a door to an energy solution? thank you. >> the notion of the proxy works. i think i understand what your saying. i think i'd use different vocabulary for that and this gets into the issue of the relationship with saudi arabia. what's going on right now in the middle east and saudi arabia, afghanistan and a number of points in its modern history is basically using the promotion of a particular

there are papers from boston university where he went to school and there are other papers. how are the papers are you it is different? what did you find? >> guest: there is many different. the papers of boston in the papers of atlanta and the papers in so many different places, hundreds of archives around the world. i found king papers in india. so you bring them all together and you decide how to publish them and make them available to people. that has been my job for the last 25 years. >> host: you are a historian and your african-american. i can see your interest. what really brought you to want to do this? coretta his wife, his widow asked you about what was her motivation for wanting to do at? >> guest: i think i didn't want to not do it. i think it was more -- i had a lot of doubts because i didn't know of wanted to devote the rest of my career to doing this. >> host: what did she say to you? how did she ask you? >> guest: she asked whether i would be interested in actually when we first talked on that phonecall i said aren't there other people who have done more were?

there are people is in boston university where you went to school and other papers. how are the papers you edited different? what did you find? >> guest: the peepers i'm editing, the papers at boston, the peepers and atlanta, the papers and so many different places, hundreds of archives are none of the world. i've gone -- i have papers in india. so we bring them all together and we decide how to publish them and make them available to people. that's been my job for the last 25 years. >> host: ury history in coming your african-american. i can see an interest. what brought you to want to do this? coretta asked you but what was your motivation for wanting to do it? >> guest: i think i didn't want to not do it. i didn't know wanted to devote the rest of my career to do this. >> host: how did she ask? >> guest: she asked are you interested and when we first talked people that have done work really on the grassroots dimension of the struggle not so much on the role i never knew much about him apart from the movement. so, but then she came out and i remembered you're going

consequences with chronic encephelopathy, 33 of the first 34 players that we've examined at boston universityof medicine were positive for the disease, so we have a lot of concerns, this is pretty widespread at the professional level, and we've also found it in athletes as young as 17 playing football. the biggest concern we have is about children. >> chris, let me ask why is it happening now? everybody has a theory, right, the game is being played faster and harder, the guys are bigger. do you have an analysis, is it the science for detecting this better, why are we focused on this now, why weren't we 20 years ago? >> we've never looked for it before. congressman pascrell has been a real leader on this and doing it before it was cool, but only in the last few years have we been able to see this disease in football players, because we started looking for it. now everywhere we look, we find it. the issue is just now we know it exists and is widespread, we have to move forward. it's impossible to ignore, especially when you kind of can see the physical damage in these injuries, see the disease

student. >> reporter: daniel ss he's looking at premed programs at the university of vermont and boston universityer he graduates from high school next spring. >> woodruff: "american graduate" is a public media initiative funded by the corporation for public broadcasting. >> suarez: new year's day marks the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation, and the national archive in washington, d.c., honors the occasion with a rare public viewing. . >> it's one of the defining documents of american democracy, issued on january 1st, 1863 by president abraham lincoln. the emancipation proclamation declared it that all persons hell as slaves within any state or designated part of the state in rebellion against the united states are and hence forward shall be free. those words marked a turning point in the civil war, staking a moral dimension to the union cause. and the document became a symbol of hope for the nearly 4 million slaves held in confederate states. reg nalted washington is a senior archivist with the national archive. >> it confirmed their belief that the war should always have been a

papers at boston university we would fiscal but there are other papers. how are the papers that you edited different? what did you find? >> guest: the papers i am taking, the papers of boston, the papers at atlanta, the papers of some at different places, hundreds of archives around the world. i've gone, i found papers in india. so you bring them all together and you decide how to publish them, make them available to people. that's been my job for the last 25 years. >> host: you've lived in this town. you're a history. you're african-american. can see your interest. what really brought you to want to do this? carranza, ma his wife, ask you, his widow, asked you what was your motivation for wanting to do it? i think i didn't want to not do it. i think it was more -- i had a lot of doubts when she called and asked because i didn't have the wanted to devote -- >> host: how did she ask? >> guest: she asked wha whetheri would be interested in actually when we first talked on the phone call i said on to other people done more work? my work and then really the gr

researchers at boston university pioneered the study of cte.hey found the disease in 18 out of 19 brains of former nfl players they examined. currently, there is no study linking cte to suicide. but unfortunately, six nfl players have ended their lives in the last two years alone. the facts are clear. cte is a dangerous disease affecting nfl players. every year players get bigger, they get faster, they hit harder and their equipment, their technology and equipment is hard to keep pace with the game. the nfl needs to take meaningful action to prevent cte in its players. junior seau had a terrific career and will go down as one of the greatest linebackers of all time. it's important we learn from his death to prevent further tragedies in the future. tonight in our survey i asked you, would you send your kids to school with armed teachers? 12% of you say yes. 88% of you say no. coming up, the oscar nominations are out, and controversy is abound. film critic david edelstein joins me. stay with us. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, bu

my name is jonathan donald, i'm a history student at boston university. i'm very interested in the opportunity for a breakthrough with relations to iran. but when i look at the middle east today and i look at a proxy war going on across the middle east, i see a few big problems, two of them being the u.s./israeli relationship and also the u.s. relationship to saudi arabia. and this is a two-part question. first, i'd love to get your opinions on the proxy war going on throughout the middle east both on military terms and for influence. and on the question of energy, does a possibility of a two-pillar solution using both saudi arabia and iran for security in the middle east exist, and that's possible -- if that's possible, does a potential expansion of u.s. domestic energy production open a door to a numbering solution? -- to a energy solution? thank you. >> i think the notion of a proxy war, i think i understand what you're saying. i think i'd use a different vocabulary from that. and this gets into the issue of the relationship with saudi arabia. what's g

her mother, a swimming star at boston university. >> this is probably the first time sloan has gone intot to get out there and play. >> reporter: sloan's big breakthrough came last year at the french open, at wimbledon and on the pages of "vogue" magazine, which names her one of its up and coming style stars. and it was her style on the tennis court that reduced serena williams to frustration. now having conquered her one-time idol, sloan has somewhat of a new perspective. >> this is just so crazy. but oh, my goodness. i think i'm going to put up a poster of myself now. >> reporter: ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and just a few hours ago, sloan stevens played in the semifinal match. >> while stevens hung tough, she couldn't put il out in the end. she dropped the first set, but came back strong in the second. after a now very controversial ten-minute break during which she left the court saying she had medical issues, stevens was defeated. about that ten-minute break, she admitted her chest felt tight and she couldn't breathe and that's why she left the court. but this is controver

frank shore, director of the sports institute at boston university. gives lectures on university.nobody asked who is she? where did she live? not one reporter doug deep. the lack of legwork is a total surprise to me. let's bring in our all female "news watch" panel. judith miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and a huge football fan. kirsten powers columnist for "the daily beast". both are fox news contributors. i kid obviously. judy doesn't know anything about football. >> true. jon: you know a lot of about journalism. what about this? should editors have to ask these questions. >> i have to agree with the public opinion editor of "the times." look, you don't ask reporters to corroborate what you assume to be basicfact. here was a guy weeping on television at loss of his girlfriend. it kind of strains credulity for people to think, oh, my gosh, maybe this girl friend never existed? why would you think assume that unless you think the football player is a sociopath. jon: that is the thing, everybody says, i mean the sports director got up there at notre dame. he

. >> reporter: robert stern, a cte expert at the boston university school of medicine, is a bit morel's brain scan doesn't just measure tau, it measures another protein called am ma amel oichlt chlt dichlt which is present in all timer's disease. >> we don't know if its he tau or both. >> reporter: could the players be suffering from cte, always timer's or did other disease? so as you can see, the study is far from conclusive. but if it does pan out, if could give us a better idea of what cte looks like, how it progresses over the years and maybe even how to treat it. dr. small who you just met in the piece there has done a lot of work in the world of alzheimer's, and he wonders if some of the same interventions could also work for cte. reducing stress, improved diet, anti-inflammatorie anti-inflammatories. it will be a while before can he test the hypothesis, but that's what dr. small and lots of others are angling toward. >> boston researchers recently studied the brains of 35 desaysed football players. 34 of the 35 brains showed evidence of cte. >> a lot of people talking about th

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of women's studies at the university of massachusetts in boston.hen a new york times exposÉ on the factory in bangladesh that killed at least 111 people, the factory that was contract with walmart. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. our guests are kavita krishnan, secretary all in the women association, one of the the organizers in a protest in the aftermath of the rape and that of a young woman student on a moving bus in delhi. also joined by elora chowdhury, and this as a professor of women's studies at the university of massachusetts in boston. >> i want to bring elora chowdhury into the conversation. your reaction, not only to the massive protests in india, but to the way the media in the west has been covering events there the level of hypocrisy in terms of the fascination with the specifics of the terrible attack that occurred? >> yes, i have been following the media reports both in south asia and in the u.s. and u.k. and the

[ cheers and applause ] >> steve: if that wasn't enough, she's also a college student from boston university newly crowned miss universe, olivia culpo. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: there is a headline in the daily news of new york, out of this world, miss universe, olivia culpo, is looking for a dinner date. >> it's not true! >> steve: okay, never mind. >> alisyn: let's clarify. you do not have a boyfriend. >> no. >> alisyn: but you're not actively looking for one? >> no. this job is enough. >> brian: exactly. >> right? i don't think i have enough time. >> alisyn: i'm sorry, floor crew. you can all take two steps back. >> but don't make me look ugly. >> brian: absolutely not. so you're miss usa and thinking, i have reached the zenith of my life. what could top this? the answer is miss universe. when did you think that was possible? >> never. 15 months ago was my first pageant ever. rhode island, the smallest state in the union, just off a whim, i had never done packagents, never followed them. so to be here now really just goes to show you can do anything you want to do. >

the fact is in boston university we started to bring over 34 former nfl players and all but one had thiserience with this you got concussions whether you wen you football player. one ended your career. what was your experience with this. >> yeah, summer of 2003 wrestling for wwe i got kicked in the head. i didn't think it was a big deal even though i blacked out and forgot what we were doing. for five weeks i wrestled through severe headaches got so bad i had to retire. for five years i had severe postconcussion syndrome. today i am not the guy i was and i don't know if i will be dealing with cte in the future. i know it's not unlikely. >> it's terrifying. >> ers hasn't the staptement frm the nfl. the finding under scores the recognized need for additional research to somebodying sell rate the full understanding of cte. they committed a $30 million research grant to the nih. we have work to do and we are doing it. do you think the nfl is doing the work necessary? >> they are dramatically lower than it was a few years ago. we were in a fight whether it actually existed and was a real dise