john hubbard. john hubbard came into the classroom. he was an instructor, graduate student. he said i'm not ing to hold you accountable for any dates. don't spend any time memorizing dates or quotaons. you could look those up. that's what books are for. but boy is it that you understand what happened, why and to whom. it was as if he had thrown open the window and said you can mp up on this window sill and you can fly. changed my life. i mel him again in california and i realized he pointed that he was that gradue student he's been at usc for a long time. he was the president for u. he was our ambassador to india. i ew none of the that. but i had the chance charlie to thank him from the bottom of my heart. he changed my lynch. and i have a son who i a teacher. teachesnglish in high school. and i'm so proud that that's what he's doing, so proud that he is having that kind of affect on the students he's teaching. and having, making his mark as a citizen, as a human being that way. >> charlie any regrets? >> me? >> charlie: yes. >> no. >> charlie: no. >> oh, some, of course. >>

elite such as tom cruise and john travolta and perhaps infamously to critics and detractors of the cult the church was founded in the fifty's by site by author or ron hubbard some countries have made moves to ban it altogether and russia some scientology literature has now been ruled illegal a russian court found eight books from l. ron hubbard extremist and anti-social the judge d.m. them either legal for inciting hatred and promoting the supremacy of its members and the fight against the rest of society now in the us where scientology is considered a religion it has an escape being a source of contention either earlier i spoke with mark bunker he is an emmy award winning journalist he's working on a film about scientology and in it many alleged abuses from physical abuse to having to choose between your family members to harassment of anybody that criticizes the church and i asked him given his research and the debate and the accusations made in his film whether scientology is a cult or religion who does that. well culture is a strong word and you know i i tend to think of scientology as a religious themed business and it seems to me that since its forma

elite such as tom cruise and john travolta or perhaps infamously known to critics and detractors as a cult it's a church founded in the fifty's by side if i author ron hubbard some countries have moved to ban it and in russia in fact a court has ruled that some scientology literature is now illegal a russian court found eight books from that of scientology l. ron hubbard to be extremist and anti-social for inciting hatred and promoting the supremacy of its members and the fight against the rest of society are to thera for it has the details of that ruling from russia. well scientology here rushford indeed in many countries around the world has proved controversial lots of debate about whether it should actually be considered a religion there are lots of countries do you think scientology is actually more of a cult or sex they were actually at the main headquarters and you can see the break up that they got on the lower floors they sell some of these books that those materials that were considered by the court to consider contain calls for extreme activities now this ruling actually mirrors a similar thing that we saw in a court in april of last year that wa