the line into what some feel is anti-semitism. there has been support for an online petition demanding the university reverse its firing, garnering 11,000 signatures. the american association of university professors said in a statement that the job offer, if voided due to tweets, that would be a clear violation of the academic freedom and an affront to free speech. >> this is a growing trend on college campuses, of attempts to silence debit particularly been israel and palestine. it's essential in this case to recognise that stefan is not alone. >> now there's a difference between protecting the academic freedom of a colleague, and what is acceptable from a job candidate. much of this would be protected, you are still not required to give someone a job if you don't think they'll work well in the community. >> for now, he's a professor without a classroom. >>> the liberia president apologised to health workers for the high numbers of them contracting ebola. they are demanding more pay and better conditions. the liberia president pledged money to tackle ebola that has ravaged the region since december. >> if we haven't come enough, i have come here to apologise to you for that

of violence there. he has seemed at times to step over the line into what some feel is anti-semitism. >> there has been support. they have garnered more than 11,000 signatures. the american association of university prove ser said if the job offer was voided, that would be a violation of the academic freedom and an affront to free speech. >> this is a growing trend to debate israel and palestine. it's essential in this case to recognise that he is not alone. >> reporter: it is said there's a difference between the academic freedom of a tenured colleague, and what is acceptable by a job candidate. >> most is protected by economic freedom, you are not required to give someone a job if you don't think they'll work well in the community. >> for now, he appears to be a professor, without a classroom. >> a massive storm is pounding central japan, putting a million people on notice to evacuate. the typhoon made landfall on sunday, killing one person, leaving 40 others injured. plus one day's ferry disaster in bangladesh claimed dozens of lives has drawn attention to the safety record. there has been 28 ferry accidents in as many years, and four in this year alone. they went on the longest ferry route in

the mail saying i got a scholarship. this wonderful group of women the american association of university women had given me a scholarship>> host: how did you get connected with them? >> guest: ions that can't remember. they probably heard about me through high school and probably had someone say this girl, this kid can make it. i got a letter saying you have been given a scholarship to college so i ended up being able to go onto college. once i got in and did so well it was really easy for me to ask ellen keep going and went on to get a degree. >> host: deborah hicks what was the hardest part of leaving your town, in your naÏve miss as you say and coming into college? >> guest: i think the toughest thing is once you leave, once you take the road out you go elsewhere, you do have to give up part of your childhood identity and part of who you a are. there is a process of change that has to happen and to some extent it puts you at a certain, little bit of a distance from your childhood and your family and stuff. it's that part that's difficult and involves change. for me that was great because i went on to college but then

the university of illinois at urbana-champaign. he was due to start work there in the american indian studies program this month. the american association of university professors expressed concern saying "whether one finds these views attractive or repulsive is irrelevant to the right of a faculty member to express them. not -- more than 10,000 people have signed a petition for his reinstatement. the world health organization has declared the record outbreak of the deadly ebola virus an international public health emergency. and sierra leone have deployed soldiers to blockade hard-hit areas and liberia's foreign minister told the thomson reuters foundation "the health care system is collapsing." have been infections in liberia, sierra leone, and guinea, with several in nigeria. states, thomas frieden, the head of the centers for disease control and prevention, told congress he has activated the agency's highest level of response. >> it is unprecedented in 5 different ways. first, it is the largest ever.ak in fact, at the current trend, within another few weeks there will have been more cases in this outbreak than in all previous recogn

professor stevenson is the recipient of several research funding awards, including support from the melon foundation, the smithsonian institution and the american association of the university of women. so clearly a group of slackers. >> all right. thank you, megan. i think i'm here because i teach a course on slavery in fact film and fiction. we start with birth of a nation. move through the several plantation mellow dramas of the 1930s, films like jezebel, the shirley temple epics, and, of course, gone with the wind. just showing clip frs these and then move onto wault disney's song of the south made just after the war in 1946. and then jump up to the modern era with the 1990s. so another spurt of movies about slavery. a lesser known film and beloved put on by oprah winfrey among others. in using these films as measures of racial progress or the lack there of, hollywood in the 1930s was very much entrenched in the lost cause approaches to slavery. slaves are background figures. they are supporting casts. they are often mere comic relief who, for the most part are very benign and well-meaning but also firm and authoritative. not much had changed by 19 46. it's at least dis

. >> reporter: some findings recently discussed at the annual convention of the american psychological association. according to the universitysconsin milwaukee, the under 25 regular users showed cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, even a lower iw. >> people on both sides of this debate actually come down on the same side of this issue. >> reporter: janie spencer is legal counsel for texas normal the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. >> of course, children shouldn't have access to marijuana. >> reporter: brain imaging studies of the regular users between the ages of 16 and 19 revealed abnormalities in the part of the brain associated with intelligence. >> it's potentially possible because the brain has not fully mature at that age whether it occurs at what doses, how poe 10 the dose is, would make difference. >> reporter: the apa's lee search suggests marijuana is likely more dangerous presently because some forms have higher levels of thc. the major psycho chemical end green cent. >> you have leave it in the black-market you have in control over it. if you regulate you can make sure the thc co

>> reporter: some findings were recently discussed at the annual convention of the american psychological association. according to the university of wisconsin, milwaukee under 25 regular use sr. showed cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, even a lower iq. >> people on both sides of this debate actually come down on the same side of this issue. >> reporter: jamie spencer is legal counsel to texas normal. the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. >> of course children shouldn't have access to marijuana. >> brain imaging studies of the regular users between the ages of 16 and 19 revealed abnormalities in the part of the brain associated with intelligence. >> it's potentially possible because the brain has not fully matured at that age. whether it occurs, at what doses, how potent the dose is would make a difference. >> reporter: the apa's research suggests marijuana is likely more dangerous presently because some forms have higher levels of thc. the major psycho active chemical ingredient. >> if you leave it in the black-market you have no control over that. if you regulate it, you can make sure that thc

proud winner of a prestigious award from the american psychological association. she's a law professor at universityf southern california, a graduate of yale and oxford. but nearly 30 years ago, doctors told her she might not ever be able to live a so-called normal life. >> i'll have delusional beliefs, like i've killed hundreds of thousands or there's a nuclear explosion going off in my brain. >> reporter: she's been diagnosed with schizophrenia. she says she remembers one day just walking out of school as a teenager and hearing voices. but it wasn't until her first year at law school where she says she officially broke down. >> i just lost it. i said to my friends, let's go out on the roof of the law school library and i was just thinking and twirling around and saying delusional and scary things. >> reporter: that incident put her in a psychiatric hospital for nearly five months. she says there doctors restrained her for hours at a time. >> then they lifted me high off the ground and slammed me on the bed until i saw stars and bound my arms and legs with leather straps. i was screaming, this is f

the founder and ceo of citizen university. and jelani cobb is an associate professor of history and director of the institute for african american studies at the university of connecticut. he is also a contributor to the new yorker. he's been filing from ferguson and joins us from st. louis. >> woodruff: jelani cobb, something the former mayor of ferguson said a few moments ago is this could happen anywhere. you have been on the streets of ferguson for the last few days. do you agree with that? >> well, i think recent history shows that not only could it happen anywhere, it has happened in several other places. there are some really terrible overlaps here, one of which is a striking irony that tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin, who was slain two years ago under circumstances i think we're all familiar with, he was scheduled to actually be in this area for an event that will take place on august 24th promoting non-violence called peace fest, and he agreed to attend this program a week before michael brown was killed. he's now coming here under very different circumstances. so we've seen all these things happen before. th

>> because a lot of state health departments are telling the universities what symptoms to look for. the american college health associationasking colleges to update their emergency plans to maybe set aside separate areas to check students who may show symptoms of ebola. universities will actually monitor the temperatures of west african students for 21 days because that is about the incubatation. >> it may have spread to another country. >> a college student from guinea has been diagnosed and is anywhere quarantine in senegal. experts say this is a very good indicator the outbreak is getting worse and could affects tens tens of thousands of people. the experimental drug zmapp produced in san diego has shown great results in monkeys, and the cure rate in monkeys is 100% but experts warn there's a difference between monkeys and humans. listen. >> with developing vaccines, you have to be careful when you first put into it humans to make sure, above all, it's safe. you also want to determine if it induces the kind of immune response in the body that you would predict would be protective in the eventuality someone was supposed

of the he is the coeditor of american volumeand another edited , "why did the united states invade iraq?" he was associate professor at the university of michigan dearborn, where he directed master of public policy and master of public administration programs. he received his phd from m.i.t. normally, we have a lot of university of chicago, m.i.t., conspiracy. today, it seems like we have a michigan, m.i.t. overlap, with john being up the chicago deal to some extent. with the introduction of the speakers, i will turn things over to john mueller. much.nk you very it is nice to be here. i will change the order of things i'm talking about. i did not realize i was going to be going first. like to put i would on the table, essentially, that fit into this. sortirst one, basically, of sets the overall image. states has fought four worse come along, ground wars, since world war ii. it is possible to well compare the degree to which the wars have been supported. the same poll question, you think it was involved in get this conflict, was asked in each of the four worse. the pass for the four wars are there at the very top, afghanistan, and it

professor larry sabato, director of the center for politics at the university of virginia joining us from charlotte the, virginia. up next, we will have american university associatefessor cathy schneider. she is the author of "police power and race riots." she will be talking about the protests and violence this week ferguson, missouri. ♪ >> here is a look at our prime time lineup next week for the -- monday, a debate for genetically modified food, and then an issue on general motors safety recalls. then highlights on new york ideas for them. thursday, we will look at the issue of climate change, and friday night, we will visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. monday on c-span two, it is booktv in primetime beginning at 8:30 p.m. eastern with a discussion about fracking. tuesday night at 8:00, "after words" on the history of money. the authors of the second machine age talk about how new technology will fundamentally change everyday life at 8:00. there's an icon a discussion about the future of politics with former maryland governor robert ehrlich. on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, "in depth." on american history tv on c-span entire week

he has testified today on behalf of the american association of independent music, a21m. he attended the university of virginia. our fifth witness is mr. ed christian, chairman of the radio music license committee, rmlc. he teaches broadcast programming and radio operations at central university of michigan. central michigan university. you received his b.a. in excommunications and in management in central michigan university. our sixth witness, paul williams, president and chairman of the board of the american society of composers, authors and publishers, represent hundreds of thousands of music creators world wide. mr. williams is a golden club winning hall of fame composer and songwriter. mr. williams, you will be glad to know your friend mr. gilmore from texas admonish 3 to be easy on you today. looking at that from his state, will be careful to adhere to that request. mr chris harrison, vice president of business and assistant general counsel is also an adjunct professor teaching music lot at the university of texas school of law. and the university of north carolina, i am pleased to say in po

the far left is dr. chad williams, associate professor and chair of african and afro-american studies at brandeis university. next, the senior lecturer of history at the university of south florida, the executive director director of the phi alpha theta national history honor society, and a board member of the world war i association. and last but not least, the author of "borrowed soldiers." he is an archivist who also teaches history at the u.s. naval academy. thanks for joining us. experts will be answering questions from me. answer questions from you. we will be taking questions from our audience. you can tweet questions to us @ww1cc, or message us on our facebook page at world war i centennial commission. we would like to take you to gaza, and an al jazeera reporter who has been watching the crisis unfold for the last few weeks. he filed this report for us last week, before the most recent round of cease-fires. theomehow, i ended up at wrong war. sunday morning, i had a ticket to northern rock. mymonday evening, i was on way to gaza. since i have been here, i have seen a failed cease-fire. i have seen

she has received awards from the mellon foundation, ford foundation, smithsonian institution and american association of university women. so, clearly, a group of slackers. so, we will start with john inscoe and move down the table with the comments from the panelists. >> all right. thank you, megan. i think i'm here because i teach a course on slavery in fact, film and fiction. we start with "birth of a nation" and go through the 1930s, films like "jezebel" and these shirley temple epics, "the little colonel" and "littlest rebel" and "gone with the wind." shown clips of these and then moved on to walt disney's "song of the south" after the war in 1946. then jump up to the modern era with the 1990s with movies about slavery, stephen spielberg's "amastad." and "beloved" put on film by oprah winfrey and others. and then up to "django unchained" and "12 years a slave." in using these films with students as measures of racial progress or the lack thereof in american popular culture, hollywood in the 1930s was very much entrenched in the lost cause approaches to slavery. slaves are background figures, they are supporti

the line into what some people feel is anti-semitism. >> there has been support for salita, an olive petition demanding the university reverse its scandalous firing has garnerred 11,000 signatures. the american association of professors illinois comet said if his job offer was voided due to tweets, that would be a clear violation of professor salita salita's academic freedom and e aaffront to free speech. >> this is a growing tend to silence debate particularly about israel and palestine. i think it's absolutely essential in this particular case to recognize that steven salita is not alone nelson says there is a difference between protecting the academic freedom and what's acceptable from a job candidate. >> en though much of this would be protected by academic freedom, you are not required to give someone a job if you don't think they are really going to work well in the community. >> for now, salita appears to be a professor without a classroom. usher kareshi, champaign, illinois. >> presidential hopefuls in turkey are making final pitches to voters. citizens of they will decide who will be the country's next president. jamal is live for us in konia. united states "the busy scene there behind you. of cou

ferguson, missouri, between law enforcement and those for sing the fatal shooting of michael brown. also an american university associate professor joins us. we will also take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the federal partners in bullying prevention hosted a summit yesterday on strategies to ensureb and bullying and safety. this is an hour. >> hello and welcome to the fourth federal bullying summit. sarah, and i work at the u.s. department of education, and i am a member of the planning committee, a subcommittee of the larger federal partners. we are extremely pleased to have you here with us today. i now have the pleasure of introducing the assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the department of education. [applause] so much.you thank you again for being here, first for getting through our security system. so it is great when you're able to make it. more importantly, we ordered this weather for you. if you've ever been to d.c. in august, we know that this is not typical. if you are in town, we want to make it even mo

american studies in bran dice university. braden him, dr. tungstill. of phi utive director alpha theta national border a board member of the world war i association. ast but not least, author of borrowed soldiers and americans under british command in 1918. he's the archivist with the national archives that teaches at the u.s. naval academy. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> panel of experts will be questions from me. if you're watching live, they can answer questions from you as well. questions fromng our audience. you can tweet questions to us at @www1cc. message us on our facebook page at world war i spelled out. world war i centennial commission. >> before we talk about this, we go to the report filed last week before the recent cease-fire. >> i ended up at the wrong war. unday, i had a ticket to the war in iraq. by monday evening, i was on my way to gaza. ince i've been here, i've seen a failed cease-fire. i've seen an escalation. hamas with the rocket attacks out of gaza. they have killed one person. israel said nay were striking targets and among the 213 people they've killed, ccording to outside organizations, something like half o

the american bar association held its ninth and fuel homeland security law institute in washington, d.c. next, the director of george washington university homeland security policy institute, ask about the status of current and emergency homeland security threats around the globe. ladies and gentlemen, i am going to get us back underway. these continue with that, and we will also hope that people in , andallway can rejoin us be as quiet in entering as you can. at me reconvene our program 1:10, and we are fortunate to have our next speaker as their post-lunch speaker to discuss current threats and a way forward to meet the challenge. short, butemory is hopefully people that work with frank, who is the director of the homeland security policy institute, have long memories at the george washington diversity where his institute is located. frank is our speaker in a few moments. he is the associated vice president at the george washington university. i am sure he is a leader. frank is routinely called upon, but all the time called upon to advise senior officials in the executive branch, u.s. armed services, on a variety of national and homela

. >> stephan bradley is director of african-american studies and associate professor at st. louis university. eric holder is theey general, facing really a significant crisis in the predominantly black communities. i want you to give me your impressions on the impact he had in his visit here. >> well, it was very much a call from the community that the community doesn't have faith in the local authorities, obviously so, based on what happened after the initial demonstrations with michael brown, with michael brown's death. so a federal officer, agency coming down, the attorney general, opening up an investigation is exactly what the community wants. and so i think that's a good move. i think some of the calculus is working better now. >> and earlier we reported about the man in st. louis shot by police after wielding a knife, saying "shoot me, go ahead and shoot me." there are many saying he didn't have to be shot, stunned, tased. it was caught on cell phone video. it raises a lot of questions, clearly, about the use of force, and a lot of people say, you know, this is another example of trigger-happy police. do

the united states." and then georgetown university associate professor matthew kroenig whose latest book was released in may, "the time to attack." followed by the three americans imprisoned in 2009 after hiking on the wrong side ofthe border and accused of being spies. they tell their story in "a sliver of light." >>> more world war ii tonight at 8:00. life on the battlefield. recounting the liberation of france. at 9:10, wives and children of soldiers share memories of life at home. at 9:50, author rick atkinson on the significance of the attack on sicily and the liberation of europe. >>> here's some of the highlights for this weekend. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday, at 6:30 p.m. eastern, the communicators visits a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday, on q & a, pat buchanan. on c-span2 friday night, at 8:00 eastern, books on hillary clinton, barack obama and edward snowden. and then daniel halper and touring casper, wyoming. c-span3 friday night, the negro league's kansas city monarchs. saturday the civil war, the depiction of slavery in moves and sunday an interview with president herbert hoover. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watchi

american studies at brandeis. nexium, the senior lecturer at the university of south florida. the executive director of phi alpha theta national history honor society and a board member of the world war i association. last but not least, the author soldiers, americans under british command." he is an archivist. he teaches history at the u.s. naval academy. thank you for joining us. now, our panel of experts will be answering questions from me. if you are watching live, they can also answer questions from you as well. we will answer questions from the audience. @ww1cc tweet questions or message us on our facebook page at world war one, spelled out, centennial commission. before we hear from our panel, we would like to take you to gaza to our al jazeera correspondent who has been there watching the crisis unfold for the past few weeks. lastled this report for us week before the most recent round of cease-fires. [video clip] >> somehow i ended up in the wrong war. on sunday morning, i had a ticket to northern yosemitiraq. by monday, i was on my way to gaza. since i have been here, i've seen a failed cease-fire, i've seen an escalation. i have seen hamas, the organization that runs gaza, accused of ta

julien is a professor at university and has provided leadership to national organizations to improve patients' safety including past terms of the american association of critical care nurses as well as a chair for aarp. over the past we'll fears of faculty leader for the nurses initiative to educate more than 1500 nursing faculty in safety science. she received her b.s. in nursing from university of wisconsin and msn from university of alabama and ph.d. from university of michigan. thank you for being with us to. >> hq. -- thank you. good morning. for hosting this very important hearing from a bike to begin my comments by providing context first of there to be commended for tackling this issue i - - to understate the problem not only dealing with 1,000 preventable deaths per day but also tend thousand serious complications per day which results in a quality of life that might be comparable to death for some such as the woman from minnesota who went of bilateral mastectomy for cancer only to find out shortly after surgery there was a mixup in the biopsy reports and she did not have cancer. seconds the most bipartisan issue that exist today since we

university. i know it is very dear to your heart. in addition to being the prosecuting attorney from dayton, ohio i am the chair of the american bar association and includes 20,000 members and a whole array of the criminal justice system and process in the american system. that is judges, defense lawyers, professors and other law personal. i am hear to talk about the aba's view of collateral sanctions and how it relates to conviction. the american legal system recognizes collateral sanctions result from a criminal conviction in addition to a sentence. there maybe a sentence related to a crime and attached might be these convictions that could be probation or to the prison or both. it might be deporation, loss of professional licenses, felon registration, ineligibility for concern public welfare benefits, and loss of a driver's license and more. collateral consequences have been increasing over the years in variety and severity throughout the country. they have been accumulated with little coordination in state and federal law making it almost ill possible to determine all of the penalties and disabilities that apply to a particular offense. s

mcallist islister whose associate professor of international affairs, media and public affairs and also chair of her department, american studies at george washington university. melany is the author of epic encounters, culture, media and the u.s. interest in the middle east since 1945. she's also the coeditor with marie griffith of religion and politics in the contemporary united states. i know you're watching this with at least several other people but i hope we're fulfilling our obligation to the dream panel for your idea of the manuscript review. without further ado, i will hand things over to jeff to take it away. >> thank you, brian. it's traditional at this particular moment to say how pleased the speaker is to be here. i have to admit last night was the nfl draft and i was fully expecting myself to be swinging my way to a new city at this point. there is round two and three to be coming up so i have hopes still. let me begin by thanking everyone here for this trendendous opportunity. it really is for me to get mome moment but also it's wonderful to be here because this is one of the institutions that is a model for how the academy and policy making can come together

who is an associate professor of international studies, and head of media and public affairs and also chair of her department, american studies at george washington university. melanie is thehor of "epic encounters, culture, media and the u.s. interests in the middle east since 1945," and she's also the co-editor with marie griffith of "religion and politics in the contemporary united states." ira, i know you're watching like a hawk this webcast, along with at least seven other people, so we, i think, are fulfilling not only our obligation to create mentors but to a dream panel for your idea of a manuscript review. so without further ado, i'm going to hand things over to jeff and he can take it away. >> thank you, brian. it's traditional at this particular moment to say how pleased the speaker is to be here, but i have to admit that last night was the nfl draft, and i was fully expecting to be winging my way to a new city at this point, but there is also round 2 and round 3 coming up, so i have hope still. let me begin by thanking brian and evan mccormick and everyone here at the miller center for this tremendous opportunity. it really is a wonderful opportunity for me to

the university of minnesota school of nursing. she is provide leadership to several national organizations working to improve patient safety. this included pastor of the present of both the american association of clinical care nurses, the american academy of nursing as well as board share for aarp. the past 12 you should been a faculty leader of the quality of safety education for nurses and initiative which has educated more than 1500 nursing faculty and safety scientists. dr. disch received her degree in nursing from university of wisconsin-madison, and her ph.d from university of michigan. dr. disch, thanks for being with us. >> good morning, thank you -- [inaudible] >> and again good morning. thank you, chairman sanders and others of the subcommittee. for hosting is very important hearing. i'd like to begin my comments by providing some context. first while the subcommittee is to be commended for tackling this challenging issue, i believe the title understates the problem. were not only dealing with 1000 preventable deaths a day but 1000 preventable deaths and 10,000 preventable serious complications a day. which can result in a quality of life it might be comparable to death for some s

mcallist islister whose associate professor of international affairs, media and public affairs and also chair of her department, american studies at george washington university. melany is the author of epic encounters, culture, media and the u.s. interest in the middle east since 1945. she's also the coeditor with marie griffith of religion and politics in the contemporary united states. i know you're watching this with at least several other people but i hope we're fulfilling our obligation to the dream panel for your idea of the manuscript review. without further ado, i will hand things over to jeff to take it away. >> thank you, brian. it's traditional at this particular moment to say how pleased the speaker is to be here. i have to admit last night was the nfl draft and i was fully expecting myself to be swinging my way to a new city at this point. there is round two and three to be coming up so i have hopes still. let me begin by thanking everyone here for this trendendous opportunity. it really is for me to get mome moment but also it's wonderful to be here because this is one of the institutions that is a model for how the academy and policy making can come together