. >> reporter: robert stern, a cte expert at the boston university school of medicine is a bit more skeptical. he says small's brain scan doesn't just measure tow, it measures another protein, which is present in alzheimer's disease. >> we don't know if what's lighting up is the tau protein. >> reporter: are they suffering from alzheimer's? >> i agree we need to do alzheimer's study to pin down our hypothesis is correct. >> reporter: remember, researchers found tau in his brain, but he is a cogatively normal 65-year-old. whether it necessarily means an early death or other factors like genetics also play a role. still, clark says he's willing to keep up the brain scans until he dies to help figure it out. >> be able to find out what our conditions are now, address possible interventions earlier, so we don't have to wait until we're dead and autopsy our brains. >> i could tell you that players are much more concerned about head injuries than they were even just a few years ago. in fact, i want to take a moment to introduce you to lamar campbell. he took and gave out a lot of hard hits and he's

laurence kotlikoff economics professor at boston university it's a pleasure to have you with us today it's great to be with you and great to be in russia so you're the one who states that america is broke and is even in a worse state that greece and ireland how so what exactly do you mean by that well we have condiments look at all the bills the government has to pay and and in the us case we have enormous bills that have been kept off the books that are not official debts but they're very real for example paying me my social security benefits my old age pension that's a real obligation. it's not part of official government debt. but it's you know very important because there are seventy eight million baby boomers who are going to get these social security payments. and in addition medical payments from the government if you look at all those payments they're about three trillion dollars a year so we have these huge bills nobody has thought about paying for them and congress and the presidents over the years are just focused on official debt and basically have not told the public abou

guest: well, actually, my relationship to bill bennett goes way back when i was the dean at boston university and bill bennett was there as assistant to the president. we worked together. so our relationship actually transcends politics. and when i asked him to do it, he said he would review it. he did. he felt that the book--some portions of it he didn't agree with but that overall, he thought it was a great book. maxine the same way. i mean, we served together for 11 years in the house of representatives, so we have a good relationship, close relationship. and i felt also that it, in many ways, reflects my overall political ideology, and that is kind of at the center where i deal with people as opposed to just being an ideologue one way or the other. so if you get people who are about 180 degrees apart on the cover of your book, it means that this is not just something that you do on a haphazard basis, but you actually believe in people relationships, regardless of their ideology. c-span: how did you get george will and bob johnson of black entertainment television both to endorse your book

laurence kotlikoff economics professor at boston university it's a pleasure to have you with us today it's great to be with you and great to be in russia so you're the one who states that america is broke and is even in a worse state that greece and ireland how so what exactly do you mean by that well we have condiments look at all the bills the government has to pay and and in the us case we have enormous bills that have been kept off the books that are not official debts but they're very real for example paying me my social social security benefits my old age pension that's a real obligation. it's not part of official government debt. but it's you know very important because there are seventy eight million baby boomers who are going to get these social security payments. and in addition medical payments from the government if you look at all those payments they're about three trillion dollars a year so we have these huge bills nobody has thought about paying for them and congress and the presidents over the years are just focused on official debt and basically have not told the publ

he also plans to eventually donate his brain to boston university. >> justin timberlake and scrai z -- jay z will play as part of the legends tour. timberlake's how sick hits stores, march 20th. >>> sitting around in your chair is part of your job decription. we'll show you some ways to lose calories. >> you may soon be able to blame the government if you have to pay more for your chicken wings. >> what was the best movie you saw this year? we'll look into that magic eight ball. >> sky fall. >> i'm going "argo." we'll show you the oscar favorites coming up. >>> in tonight's health alert a new campaign is underway to cut down on needless medical tests. 17 medical societies teamed up with a warning about medicines, screenings and testings they say are unneassments first, question any doctor that recommends giving a ct scan to a kid with a minor injury. the scans expose them to radiation. get a second opinion if your doctor wants to induce labor or do a c-section before 39 weeks into your pregnancy. >>> endless meetings, and inboxes but what about those appointments with yourself you've

chris nowinski, your our sports legacy institute and work at boston university, you have the brains ofootball players? you are collecting this as evidence? what's right. there never was a center in the world dedicated to this disease. the beginning of a city of any disease is having to know what you're dealing with. we started this in 2008 and have the brains of over 140 athletes, over 100 of which have turned up positive for this disease -- not just football players. there are other sports will also introduce this year. not even just athletes. battered spouses, epileptics with dozens of falls, war veterans. this is a disease we did not understand or pay attention to, and we really have to catch up. >> christa wednesday, thank you for being with us and your work. chris nowinski chris, thank you for being with us and your work. his offer of, "head games: football's concussion crisis." juan gonzalez will be speaking in houston. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democra

for more we're joined by michael siegel, professor of community health sciences at boston universitychool public health and a 1990 graduate of the yale school of medicine. his ring to the medical school's dean to express his opposition to the proposed center because it violates its stated mission. and joining us by videostream in new haven, connecticut are alex lew and nathalie batraville. they co-authored an editorial titled, "dod plans are shortsighted, unethical." we welcome you all to "democracy now!" what are your concerns? what do you understand is proposed for the yale campus? >> we found out about this to the el herald -- yale herald and realize there was an article published in the new yorker about this proposed center. our first concern is there's really no consultation of the student body or the faculty or of representatives of the communities that these techniques are going to be hones on, practiced on, by the military. our first concern is for transparency. our concern also is there has been an increase in recent years in the influence of the military in universities. in

and in the meantime the economics professor at boston university laurence kotlikoff says to overcome the banking crisis you need to revamp the whole system and make it more transparent in the interview with our teaser sophie seven arts a he said that's the lesson to be learned from america's and battled financial system. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with lehman brothers and bear stearns and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and what you have the entire interview with the con mr laurence kotliko

crash. >> nearly two dozen players were heading to boston university for a game when the bus ran offst night and ended up in the woods. the coach and some of the students suffered minor cuts and some bruises. the bus driver, who was seriously injured, may have had a medical episode right before the crash. the game that was supposed to take place tonight has now been postponed. >>> hot air balloon flights over the egyptian city of luxor have been suspended while police investigate yesterday's deadly crash. 19 people were killed when their balloon caught fire and then plunged to the ground. all of the victims, except for the pilot, were foreign tourists. and some in egypt say lax security standards are to blame for that accident. >>> and that's a shark, said to be responsible for killing a man this morning in new zealand. it's said to be between 12 and 14 feet long. police in a rescue boat forced it away from the male victim by firing gunshots. they say he was in his 40s and was swimming about 650 feet out in the water when the attack took place. >>> a california couple who vanished in

and in the meantime the economics professor at boston university laurence kotlikoff says to overcome the banking crisis you need to revamp the whole system and make it more transparent in the interview with our teaser sophie seven arts a he said that's the lesson to be learned from america's and battled financial system. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks more a lot of money promise to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with lehman brothers and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and what you have the entire interview with the corner mr laurence kotlikoff eighteen forty

perfect time for a good old-fashioned snowball fight, 2000 students at boston university had the samedea. looks like a lot of fun except for this guy who is getting chased by a police officer. watch this? >> what? >> guy with the camera follows and we see this student presumably down on the ground being arrested by a police officer. allegedly, he threw a snowball at the cop. >> oh. >> it's dark, everybody's wearing dark jackets. maybe he thought he was part of the snowball fight and didn't do it intentionally. >> you could think that. some commenters are saying the cops were there and said don't throw snowballs at us and the guy heard that and threw a snowball at the cop. >> the poor guy's face in the snow. >> he is face down in the snow for quite a bit of time. >> his face in the snow for like [ bleep ] ten minutes. >> the officer doing the arrests do get out a flashlight. some thought it was a taser. this guy was, in fact, not tasered in this incident. >> what a drag. all kinds of students going out to have a good time and turns into this. >> you don't throw a snowball at the police

times and he he announced earlier this month that he is going to eventually donate his brain to boston university school of medicine for research into concussions. you know this is a serious concern among the national football league as players are reporting difficulty after the careers with brain deteriorations stemming from what doctors believe from fuming rouse helmet to helmet he collisions. that event where he will announce his retirement is going to be a in the city set for 11:30 this morning at an elementary school. >> thanks so much. >>> 5 minutes after 5 right now. this morning, parents are worrying about who is going to take care of their children because a day care in arbutus shut its doors. they want to know why. tomorrow's leaders learning and outreach center closed when parents tried to drop off their kids yesterday. the center director says her business partner came in with moving trucks and packed everything up suddenly. >> for every parent that brung their child to the day care center this was not my intention to operate like this. for every child not getting picked up from schoo

and in the meantime a professor at boston university laurence kotlikoff believes the crisis is rooted in the way the banking system is operated in an interview with. he said the banks need to be more transparent in order to gain the people's trust. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks more a lot of money promise to repay and then there's opacity they they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things. what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with brothers. merrill lynch and all these companies that one under one after the other everybody started worrying. so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and the full interview with the court of mr laurence kotlikoff that is about eighteen forty five g.m.t. . but for now the artistic director of moscow's bolshoi ballet is travelling to germany for specialist treatment after a violent acid

and economics professor at boston university laurence kotlikoff says the whole banking system needs to make china and become more transparent to heal their financial woes and he was sharing his opinion an exclusive interview to a selfish of our nazi. occupy wall street was concerned about inequality and they were concerned about what wall street is actually doing and i think we need to radically change our financial system because we have two big problems and this is true in every country including russia. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money and then and that's what happened in lehman brothers and bear stearns and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the asset

and in the meantime a professor at boston university laurence kotlikoff believes the crisis is rooted in the way the banking system is operated in an interview with r.t. so if you have a nazi he said the banks need to be more transparent in order to gain the people's trust. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with lehman brothers. merrill lynch and all these companies that were not one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and a culture of the full interview with economists to laurence kotlikoff that is about eighteen forty five g.m.t. . but for now the artistic director of

in fact in the autopsies of eleven professional football players at boston university medical school c.t.e. was found in every instance but it's not only being found in the brains of deceased former n.f.l. players it's being diagnosed to live in x. n.f.l. players as well brain scans performed on five former players reveal images of the protein that causes football related brain damage this is the first time researchers have identified the signs of the crippling disease that's becoming ever more prevalent but of course this is exactly the kind of detail that the mainstream media doesn't report of course i mean why would we want some buzz kill like this to distract us from the pleasure of watching grown men slam their skulls into each other but it's not just an epidemic within the n.f.l. it's a disease plaguing professional hockey boxing and wrestling pro-wrestling chris benoit who murdered his wife and son before committing suicide while he was reportedly suffering from c.t.e. as well but regardless of these facts the n.f.l. has never been more popular get the criticisms being made ab

in fact in the autopsies of eleven professional football players at boston university medical school c.t.e. was found in every instance but it's not only being found in the brains of deceased former n.f.l. players it's being diagnosed to live in x. n.f.l. players as well brain scans performed on five former players reveal images of the protein that causes football related brain damage this is the first time researchers have identified the signs of the crippling disease that's becoming ever more prevalent but of course this is exactly the kind of detail that the mainstream media doesn't report of course i mean why would we want some buzz kill like this to distract us from the pleasure of watching grown men slam their skulls into each other but it's not just an epidemic within the n.f.l. it's a disease plaguing professional hockey boxing and wrestling pro-wrestling chris benoit who murdered his wife and son before committing suicide while he was reportedly suffering from c.t.e. as well but regardless of these facts the n.f.l. has never been more popular get the criticisms being made ab

something which is separated countries within the union thus far and economics professor at boston university ignoring scotty call says the whole banking system needs to be changed and become more transparent in all countries he will share his opinion and exclusive interview to he says fisherman that's it. occupy wall street was concerned about inequality and they were concerned about what wall street was actually doing and i think we need to gradually change our financial system because we have two big problems and this is true in every country including russia. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money and then and that's what happened in lehman brothers and vera stearns and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody starte

a new study from boston university finds that alcohol is responsible for four percent of all cancer deathsople are not aware of this link and that doctors are not emphasizing the risks. reducing alcohol they say, cuts down that risk. the scientists say about 20- thousand people in the u.s. die each year from cancer related to alcohol consumption. the study found that for women alcohol was most commonly linked to breast cancer. for men, cancers of the mouth throat and esophagus were associated with alcohol. researchers in finland say vitamin c does help ward off a cold but only if you exercise regularly. they studied more than 11- thousand people and found that the vitamin did help people, but only those who worked out on a regular basis. according to researchers: vitamin c had no real impact on so-called "couch potatoes." they also found that children were more responsive to the vitamin than adults. diets rich in vitamin c can include orange juice starwberries and kiwis. lunchbreak is next. on the menu oatmeal. you know our next guest from season five on bravo's "top chef". fabio viviani i

people were ready to enjoy the snow, and clearly the ranks of boston university, boston college are very close and having no problems at all. >> i remember being in college with a huge blizzard and it was a lot of fun. thank you, we will check back in with you. the roving producer on the streets of boston. we are and the nerve center of all things weather here at cnn. to bring in chad myers to talk about everything. beginning with the snowball fight, how much fun develop? >> it didn't look like a snowball fight. it looked like a baby powder fight. this no wouldn't packed together. it kind of exploded and that is what we have now. the snow will blow around so even though we will get 24 inches in boston before it stops, you'll never see that. it will be drafted against your car, on your door trying to get out. and then you have all of this stuff you can see, the big thrift, the winds. boston logan airport 76 and that was just in the past -- that was 10:47, an hour and a half ago. the low pressure is getting as close as it ever will to him and that is why the pressure going down and going o

. >> the teen was headed to boston university where the game was scheduled for tonight. >> was it all just a spraing at s -- sick prank at sea? the coast guard has suggestion spended its search for a family of four who allegedly were forced to abandon their ship off of central california. crews could not find any information about where the boat came from where it was going or who was on board. there is no evidence the boat even existed. >> we are not investigating it directly as a hoax but we are pursuing every avenue. certainly is a possibility. >> the coast guard is still investigating. by the way the coast guard has prosecuted pope's calls in the past. >> california couple missing for months in peru has reportedly been found safe on a boat. they went on a bike trek through south america. they had not been heard from since january 25th. after a massive search was launched the couple was spotted at a small river. they were reported missing the family say they still have concerns. i want to believe erg everybody is saying but until i know somebody has physically seen them, i am not g