that was a joy, to be working in oxford at that time. because, even though there is very serious separation between town and gown at oxford, between the university and an otherwise industrial city, one of the big car manufacturers add that time, there was a certain amount of drift between the two. it was great fun. i hung out with a lot of the -- all of the reporters there except for me were oxford graduates. i learned a lot. i learned a lot from them. a very good time. i came in on my day off. the editor was a man named to w. harford thomas. i came there to pick up my mail because it was my fixed address, i was moving from one rooming house to another. sometimes only half a day, but i had one day off a week. this was a saturday. i went to pick up my mail, and i was wearing a t-shirt. it was a summer. when i picked up my mail, when i came into the office the next day there was a note in my pigeon hole from w. harford thomas that said, mr. safer, we at "the mail" generally prefer dark clothing. >> if it had been a dark t- shirt, you would

and--and, also, according to his--john oxford's adult daughter, esther oxford, john oxford's wife was also getting a little bit concerned. when kirsty duncan's marriage broke up, the first person she called was john oxford. john oxford, by that time, had gotten her grants from the--from the british for her and--and paved the way for a lot of her work. he had a falling out with her and he--i think he's still a member of the te--he is still a member of the team, but he no longer is--i--i--whatever their relationship is, and as far as i know--i have no reason to believe it's anything other than just letters, faxes, telephone calls. i--i don't believe it's anything else, but it's not what it used to be. there is sort of a chill in th--in their relationship. c-span: before i ask you about the center for disease control, what is your conclusion up till now about what's gone on with all this? do--do we--do we know, and was all this worth it? >> guest: yes, i think so. i--every time i speak to--to scientists about the 1918 flu, i say, 'are we going to see another flu like this?' and they say,

every day she attends classes in oxford she can be charged with high treason. or really have reasons to worry. so well you know we only adopted these amendments in the first reading. and i can tell you there will be some changes made to those bill. if that will make necessary adjustments at the stage of the second reading. in the party in conclusion i would like to quote something that you've said and i agree with you but i would like you to explain what you meant by this you said that the current doomer go to work at the time of a tick changing politics sounds very impressive but what did you mean specifically what should we expect to do. no don't you feel yourself that the situation in politics and in society in general has changed dramatically. don't you think that the situation we have in two thousand and twelve is very different from what we had in two thousand and ten i'm sorry did you say twenty because if you meant nine thousand nine hundred the may be some difference but if it's twenty percent nothing has changed i'm talking about two thousand and ten

significance of the election results for the future of georgia let's talk to mark almond he is an oxford historian and visiting professor of international relations at kant university he's also a co-author of the book post communist georgia a short history thank you mark for joining our team now the vote results have already been dubbed as historic how exactly do you foresee it changing the country's politics. well it could be a dramatic change or it could be the herald of a period of infighting as your reporter just said if the. hugely that the georgian dream party has in the. results so far is not translated into a clear parliamentary majority then of course you could have protests on the streets for them but the georgian system has both proportional votes and also it has direct mandates first past the post seats now president saakashvili just before he admitted defeat said yesterday that he expected to win a majority of these seats and yet at the same time we would expect in any country like britain or america that we have the same election system for all our seats a party that had fi

kron 4 hits the streets to see how people are showing their support >> he has had at oxford designer market street on market street for 20 years. he was plentplausibly surprised. >> i was thinking probably more business. >> from hats, jackets the home town is going to the clothing store to bolster that theme of orange and black. the st. louis cardinals are in town. >> i know that we're going to do in they are confident. >> the giants do well and does business do well? >> yes. >> there seems to be a common theme therese treats it of the bay with orange and black and where it proud. >> you are going to see people purchasing giants gear. >> he cannot put a percentage on it but when the have a victory so does his register. san francisco, kron 4. >> it is not just the fans the players are getting ready to preparations at at&t park chung appears gives us a look at what needs to be dothe month this postseason baseball is like a major league park. unless of course it says the post season. and they were hastening to get the at&t park came one preparations are underway for the national series.

i'm randall pinkston in oxford as ole miss marks a dramatic moment that changed the school and the state>> i'm matt jablow. coming up a man with deep ties to professional baseball in washington reflects on the nationals' success, that story straight ahead. >>> welcome back to nats park. i'm derek mcginty. we are live here where the washington nationals will take on the philadelphia phillies in less than two hours. if they can win this 1 game, they will clinch the national -- one game, they will clinch the national game east and roll into the playoffs. we heard the gates are now open, so the washington national fans will begin to stream in. i even see a couple of folks here right now. they've been waiting a long time for this day. a lot of old baseball fans can remember all the frustration and sadness of the senators losing and moving away, but there is one fan in montgomery county who has waited a lot longer than most. our own matt jablow brings you his story. >> we always ended up in last place. >> reporter: of all the long suffering fans of professional baseball teams in the washington

he comes back from oxford and goes to yale and he's kind of troubled. i'm not sure how many of you know but it's not at all infrequent that students don't go to class because they're often in political campaigns from social activists. for the first three months he was at yale law school he was very active in politics. hillary was very active also and in that first year became very close to marian edelman and she was committed to a series of social issues and was a leader all during her time at wellesley and yale. a leader that was a reformer, who was an activist but never stopped listening to people around her and tried to build bridges to people and the president or the dean of law school. well, the story about how the net is that they kept on staring at each other across the room and one day hillary goes up to him in the library and says look if we are right to keep on looking at each other this way, don't you think we should introduce ourselves to each other and find out who each other is? that is the story that is commonly told. the other one that i

. >>> this now comes to us from wmc action news 5 in memphis, tennessee, where in nearby oxford, history has come full circle. this weekend, the university of mississippi crowned its first ever african-american homecoming queen. the selection of courtney pearson comes 50 years after ole miss first allowed black students to be admitted, which at the time, led to race riots. pearson credits a diverse group of supporters in winning the vote. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 on your monday morning. a look at your nation's capital. 66 degrees this morning. feels pretty good, a little breeze blowing. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome this monday, october 15th, 2012. >>> prince william county fire investigators trying to figure out what started a three alarm fire at a storage facility. firefighters called to the 7900 block of sudley road in manassas. at least four s there caught fire. no one was hurt in that blaze. >>> a developing story this morning. the search under

i got bored at oxford and because so many harvard boys talked as if they were british. even the ones from idaho sounded like british royalty. i spent a couple years studying in paris at the feet of some great authors, american writers, came back to the united states early in 1964 planning to go back to the university to lead an academic career, when my life was totally transformed forever in the summer that year when the rising tide in the fight for civil rights swept across the nation. thousands of young people my age or heading to mississippi to try to break the back of segregation in the south. i was living in cambridge at the time. one day i simply got in my car. this was the 1916s. it was a little par. and i drove across town into the black community. i had never been in the black community before although i had grown up just outside of boston and i went to a minister, a wonderful man, some of you may recall his name. a revered figure in the black community and some close associate of dr. king and i asked him simply may i be of use? and he said yes, young man, you

. >>> this now comes to us from wmc action news 5 in memphis, tennessee, where in nearby oxford, history has come full circle. this weekend, the university of mississippi crowned its first ever african-american homecoming queen. the selection of courtney pearson comes 50 years after ole miss first allowed black students to be admitted, which at the time, led to race riots. pearson credits a diverse group of supporters in winning the vote. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> three sea lions in peru were given a new lease on life. fiona, felix, and flynn were released back into the wild. the sea lions were badly injured after being attacked by fishermen, but have all made fantastic recoveries. the trio were taken care of thanks to a project aimed at reintegrating endangered species. >>> a town in mexico is celebrating its british roots with their favorite pastry. the pastes began in england, but mexican restaurateurs have made it their own. the tasty treat can be found in this u.s., but without the spicy sauce.

. >>> this now comes to us from wmc action news 5 in memphis, tennessee, where in nearby oxford, history has come full circle. this weekend, the university of mississippi crowned its first ever african-american homecoming queen. the selection of courtney pearson comes 50 years after ole miss first allowed black students to be admitted, which at the time, led to race riots. pearson credits a diverse group of supporters in winning the vote. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. there will be a little bit of rain today. a couple of showers are possible. it is in the 60's, relatively warm. 61 degrees in randallstown. there are a couple of the sprinkles. we have a 40% chance for rain showers today. otherwise, a mixture of sun and clouds. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> 4:57. >> two men were shot and wone killede after a house party. >> details on a push for fire safety

an oxford scientists at jesus college who initiated the trial at the time concluded that the better call could reduce tuberculosis in cattle by 16%. but that is simply not enough according to some. both farmers and the government should rather wait for an effective cattle vaccine, which would take only a few more years. >> i think the government has heard the results from my experiment. you could look at it and say you get some reduction and it is worth the effort to achieve that. on the other hand, you can say the reduction is quite small. it leaves over 80% of the problem still there, and you should focus on other measures that will be more effective in killing badgers. it is a costly distraction that will distract it -- all took attention from real policies that will be effective in eradicating the disease. >> given the strong public pressure, the government has not changed its position. animal rights activists remain on alert. he is glad that the row over the culling has motivated a new generation of activists. the hunt saboteurs are on the move. they believe that some animals are st

he comes back from oxford and goes to yale. he's troubled. i'm not sure how how much of you know about yale law school. it's not infrequent that students go to class because they're off doing other things. political campaigns, social activism, bill didn't go to class the first three months he was at yale law school. he was active in politics. hillary did go to class. she was active also. she became that first year close to marion wright. and she was very committed to a whole series of social issues. she was a leader all during her time at yale. a leader who was a reformer, who was an activist, but who never stopped listening to people around her and tried to build bridges to people and never alienated the people in power like the president of wellsly or the dean of the yale law school. most common story about how they met is they kept on staring at each other across the room. and one day hillary goes up to him in the library and says, look, if we're going to keep on look at each other don't you think we should introduce ourself to each other.

dov seidman is a graduate of harvard and oxford, and he paid attention to those classes. he started a business, lrn, helping global corporations operate in a more principled, profitable way. his newly revised book, "how: why how we do anything means everything," has been lauded by fortune magazine, tom friedman of the times, elie wiesel and bill clinton, who wrote your forward. congratulations on all of that. > > thank you bill. > > it used to be, "just get it done, i don't care how you do it" was the axiom for how business operated? why is that no longer the case? > > when that was the axiom, we were all watching "the godfather:" "it's not personal, it's just business." we can go to funerals and hear that he was a jerk at work, a ruthless negotiator, but a loving husband and a caring father. if business operates in a separate sphere, then "just get it done, just do it, just to it now, i don't care how," is actually a rational strategy. that's all become too big to fail. the world has fused. it's gone from connected to interconnected to interdependent, where we rise and f

helen is now a student at oxford university. she takes us inside the classroom to allow people the knowledge of what someone with a hearing problem might be experiencing. >> just move the -- on the left. >> we hear the world as she hears it. >> this is the inpant -- implant the cochlear implant provides me. >> i guess i thought they could magically hear again. >> doesn't she find it distracting? >> in certain cases it is more distracting. an example of going out with her friends to a pub. the setting she feels useless. she can't activity participate. >> she seems happy, though. if anything, an inspiration. >> she's also on the dance team. it's a relief, because she can bring life to music that she can't actually hear. >> wow. >> she can't hear a thing. >> one of the really compelling moments comes towards the end, where she talks about retreating into her world of silence. >> this world of silence is my sanctuary. >> one of the advantages of the cochlear implant is that it allows her almost perfect speech. >> here, in this place

anthony store the other day, famous british psychologist who died at age 80 was giving a lecture at oxford at the university there. he was one of the fellows. he was 80 years old and has continued to be active, writing books. >> how do do you spell his name? >> storr. >> that leads me to another man who lived over 100 and at certain periods in his life, in order to move from one activity or avocation to another, we can get into that in a moment, because you are a favor of avocations, are you not? >> yes. >> not to be confused with hunting. >> that's correct. >> you are concerned that when your brain is used that, keeps the brain healthy? >> no question about it. look at grandma moses. she started painting at 77 and lived to be 103. >> this gentleman's name was saure. he not only changes avocations but after a certain number of years he would change his name. you think that's carrying things too far? >> i think if he was starting off with a clean slate -- >> in order to live longer, should people avoid retirement? we'll answer that question in a moment but first here is a profile of our dis

in highbrow north london circles is worlds away from the lives of most british workers he went to oxford and has never had a proper job outside politics apart from a teaching post at harvard's this speech was full of bluster about the call me the police the wonder of the lympics an ephemeral vision for britain some might say that's because policies are few and far between he said still so it's how the banks make sure companies pay a fair wage and support the national health service but the main announcement of the speech was a promise that if elected label instigate a massive increase in food cake tional education focusing on the fifty percent of young people who don't go to university a great idea youth unemployment is around twenty percent at the moment but there was no mention of the all important cost and how it would be met miliband has admitted that if labor was in power they'd be making austerity cuts too but he's refused to give any detail until after elected more than anything miliband has tried again to cost himself as a man of the people but many are saying that if he wants th

with violent home run mark almond oxford historian international relations professor at turkey's bill cohen university great to hear your thoughts on this your perspective thank you for joining us live here in r.t. thank you. well in syria itself a similar car explosion has hit damascus killing at least thirteen people and wounding dozens of others a taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the busy district no one has admitted the blast which is the latest in a series of deadly bombings in syria's biggest cities in the past few months previously rebels an al qaeda linked group said they were behind such attacks the latest blast came as the international peace envoy met the syrian president to try to broker a temporary ceasefire in the civil conflict the editor in chief of the syria tribune media channel and blog police today's blast is aimed at derailing any peace efforts in syria. they are trying to destroy what they were bringing me is trying to do obviously there are countries that are not happy about. any success that they brought in you may have it all dep

in libya i'm now joined live by dunn glazebrook he's a middle east political analysts join me from oxford in the u.k. well the bunny sieges into the seventeenth day now with the libyan army gearing up for the final battle against gadhafi supporters is the fact that this battle is taking so long an indication of the strength of support for the old regime. well you know i think to a certain extent that's true and it's also very embarrassing short of the for the new government and the militias that are running around libya at the moment that any one leader has a sense of been a kind of. a kind of oasis of calm and relative stability over the past years what's the situation in the rest of the country going to. take and we saw just last week hundred twenty prisoners escaped from jail in tripoli who saw this recent report by human rights was talking about the executions captured prisoners at least sixty seven captive prisoners executed in the battle for sirte. rebels rest of you are involved there's no order no ability to live you don't want to you just don't just interrupt there we got a sligh

turkey tinderbox i'm joined by mark in london he is a modern history lecturer at the university of oxford also in london we have he is an expert on turkey and an associate fellow at chapman house and in tampa we cross to my geographic day he is an iranian syrian expert and visiting scholar at the university of california santa barbara ok mark if i go to you first in london we're told from turkey the worst case scenario is being played out of course that means war between the two countries how close are we to that or is that just rhetoric right now. well i think when you can say it's the worst as we know from shakespeare the worst is not yet and afraid i think things could get a great deal worse the illusion is perhaps that if a powerful military state like turkey intervened it would produce a collapse of this regime quickly and this would then produce peace i'm not so sure that would happen i think there are complications yes the turkish army forces much more powerful than a syrian army that is sorely stretched fighting a rebellion but on the other hand whether you would pacify the countr

it is from four years ago, in oxford, mississippi, then senator obama preparing for his first presidentialate against john mccain. both candidates right now, mitt romney and barack obama, no doubt, very nervous. i'm nervous, just looking at that picture. diane? >> okay, jake. i will see you tonight for the big event. and i want to bring in co-anchor of "good morning america" and anchor of "this week," my co-anchor tonight, george stephanopoulos. such a night after this long road. what are these two men thinking right now? >> reporter: probably exactly the same thing. tonight, don't take the other guy's bait. play your game. but there is more pressure on mitt romney tonight. you look at the polls right now, he is behind nationally, probably behind even more in the battlegrounds. he needs a circuit breaker and he probably has to do something that gives people that say right now they're voting for the president, to give him a second look. >> so, give all of us a kind of viewer's guide to what they're prepped to do. what do we watch for tonight? >> reporter: watch for almost every time mitt ro

turkey tinderbox i'm joined by mark and in london he is a modern history lecturer at the university of oxford also in london we have id he is an expert on turkey and an associate fellow at chapman house and in tampa we cross to my geographic day he is an iranian syrian expert and visiting scholar at the university of california santa barbara ok mark if i go to you first in london.

so she gets into these college in oxford university when you will there in the city how would you assess the situation the moment all many responding to the opposition's call for more on these. through what i can gather and you know watching blanket coverage of this on various lebanese channels from different political leanings i you know the rallies have not been huge you have some interesting phenomena i think is one for incident but it is that you have you have christian extremists lined up with islamist extremists in some of these rallies and you know the march for movement now contains a sort of radical to the whole spectrum from radicals to to to extremist christian perspective so you have such a mishmash of people coming together. they don't seem to be pretty big today but as you pointed out the more the more disturbing thing is is the weapons that are on prominent display in a number of cities throughout lebanon and even in the capital and as one one spanish reporter pointed out that you're actually seeing these people wearing uniforms as well despite what you're saying there see

majored in shakespearean era poetry and metaphysical poetry and of wonderful poet and then i went to oxford and got bored they're actually. sell many of the harvard boy use talked as if they were british even those from idaho. [laughter] sounded like british lilt -- royalty. i moved to paris steadying at the theater some great authors it. i came back to the united states early 1964 to do to the at -- university for the academic career. my life was transformed forever that year when the rising tide with the fight for civil rights swept across the nation. thousands of people might age were heading down to mississippi to break the back of segregation in. i was living in cambridge at the time. this was the 1960's. a volkswagen bug. i drove across town into the black community. i was never there before. although i had grown up just outside of boston. a revered figure of the black community both the associative doctor came and i asked him may i be of use? he said yes, young man. you can. i am glad you came here to talk with me in your own home town. you don't need to go to mississippi to find inj

from london protests on twitter she says the march may turn violent as police follow the market down oxford street are mass anarchists are marching and cherry. israeli military has seized a boat on route to gaza carrying international activists center manager tara aid it was the latest attempt to breach the blockade of the palestinian coastal territory and passed by israel five years ago and israeli raid of a turkish left flotilla in two thousand and ten left nine activists dead and sparked international condemnation victoria strand from the firm behind the latest aid shipment says they'll continue their missions despite forceful israeli action. i also did two thousand and ten wasn't a swedish ship and this was a horrible attack on civilians don't worry our and. all people on board are aware of the risk or taking and they are doing it anyhow they are doing that because they want to show their solidarity to other people to people or to the palestinian cigars of because of the palestinians also have you know if they are human beings they must have the same human rights as other people and so

. >> oxford street designer men's wear has been on this street for 20 years. they have seen a pleasant surprise. >> they cannot put a percentage on it but he says that when the giants went so does the register. >> we need the economy to get better. >> the giants are helping? >> yes. it does not hurt that they are also contending for the super bowl. and san francisco, kron 4 >> giants fans lined up bright and early to try to get baseball tickets. but not everybody is going to be lucky enough. from at&t park. we have a team coverage for the demand of giants tickets. >> just one more data before the san francisco giants play the st. louis cardinals. the giants have been sold out for some time season-ticket holders. all of these tickets have been sold as well. >> you could go to find tickets online at $120 at stubhub .com and even $88,000! >> that is not going to happen. and even there were 400 tickets available. for tomorrow's game. on monday, there are open 7000 tickets at the same price range. >> there are pretty strong secondary prices. what you would expect a

. >> the big story we are following today just hours from now all eyes on oxford university on long islandy face off for round two of the presidential debate. >> we are live in washington with more. good morning, doug. >> good morning, guys. this one will be different. remember the firs debate two weeks ago. the ex pecpectation going into . this time around there has been a shift. kierding to this poll president obama 41 percent think he will win, 37 percent think mitt romney will win. a prit see even split there. they are putting it on the debate in new york along with the seating for the town hall participants. president obama and mitt romney has been largely off the campaign trail preparing running through one mock debate after another. and the town hall format tonight could make a difference as well with questions coming from uncommitted voters. >> for challenger romney what's at stake is the strong performance he made last time and keep the momentum he has going now. the momentum is swinging in romney's way for obama it's a chance to regain the momentum. >> a lot of that will depend o