wong senior lecturer out the department politics language is an international studies at the university of boston, the u. k. welcome to you. is it accurate to compare the situation in ukraine with east asia? why does tokyo feel there are similarities in the 1st pays, i don't think he's acreage to compare the situation in your crane with taiwan. number one, russia, it's not china. right? china seas nigh teeth up in the ny, when she had condra coffee at nom china has been refrain from conducting or even thinking of any kind of massive, massive intervention. like why she has done in places such as you can call me georgia and many reasons the in, you know. and so i don't think it is in live would be chinese force you to think about and to conduct this kind of mosse scale and intervention. and so i don't thing russia and china has that a day to say. now, on the other hand, i don't think i want is the same as ukraine. taiwan is not even a member of the united nations general assembly. and taiwan has an entirely different kind of political, economic security configuration with china and also with the un

professor of humanities at boston university and the founding director of the boston university centerantiracist research. and nikki mccann ramirez is an associate research director at media matters joining us from washington, d.c. non-we will stay in washington as we talk about the abortion protest, the hundreds of protests that took place nationwide this weekend. we will speak with renee bracey sherman of we testify. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "amendment" by ani difranco. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show looking at the massive abortion rights protests that took place across the united states saturday, kickstarting what reproductive justice advocates are calling a summer of rage. tens of thousands of people took to the streets in over 400 u.s. cities and towns. from washington, d.c., new york city, chicago, san antonio, phoenix and los angeles, as part of a coordinated day of action, under the banner "bans off our bodies." the upsing comes in response to the recent publication of a leaked supreme court draft opinion sh

of the audience members know about but we can touch on later but also with the city of boston and harvard university. those are some hard relationships to negotiate right for those of you that don't know in 1882 the arnold arboretum and the city of boston reached an agreement on this kind of very unique public private collaboration. harvard university donated the land of the arboretum um, the director ned always makes a joke. so i'll just echo ned and say it's the probably the first and last time harvard ever gave anything away in any case harvard donated the land to the city to have an incorporated into the developing boston park system and to open for the public. for public enjoyment and for education to make education public and in turn the city least the land back to the arboretum for the purposes of research and education and committed itself. to managing for public use the grounds through construction and maintenance of roads walls fences gates and to some extent sufficient security and it's probably less known to many of our guests that the arnold arboretum doesn't receive funding of any kind

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we're joined by neeta c crawford, professor of political science at boston university. thanks very much, indeed, forjoining us. let's start, if we can, with the direct effects. can we say what the carbon emissions and the cost, therefore, of, i don't know, a javelin mess would be orany know, a javelin mess would be or any other ordnance? i5 know, a javelin mess would be or any other ordnance? is it that clear? _ or any other ordnance? is it that clear? yes, _ or any other ordnance? is it that clear? yes, you - or any other ordnance? is it that clear? yes, you can . that clear? yes, you can calculate the emissions from, let's say, a russian tank or the operation of personnel carriers and so on. you'd have to know to get a full accounting would be how many hours of operation and the fuel efficiency of the vehicle, and so on. so it's, you know, tens of tons of carbon for weapons as they are operated, yes. the whole military _ as they are operated, yes. the whole military structure of our world is such that it is a huge consumer of carbon products, fossil fuels, consumer of

>> the chairman of harvard university's chemistry department arrested by fbi agents charged with lying about more than a million dollars in payments from the chinese government. a boston university researcher accused of being a secret operative of the chinese military. another harvard researcher caught at the airport allegedly trying to smuggle biological materials to china. >> laura: what could go wrong? biological materials going to china? during the trump administration the federal law enforcement got very serious about stopping chinese espionage on these college campuses. under biden, china, of course, is getting a free pass. now at the same time, biden and many gop old guard-types want us to get deeper in to the eastern european quagmire by what will undoubtedly end up being hundreds of billions of weapons to ukraine that is step through. >> the cost of this fight is not cheap. caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen. >> my colleague, senator paul, has been an isolation it's. he's proud of it and believes that's where america ought to be. that is a tiny percentage of the senate republican conference. it's always been a strand of i

of pregnancy. >> but, autumn was growing frustrated with boston. professionally, she felt as if she had crested there. that's when pittsburgh loomed into view. in 2011, the university of pittsburgh and it's renounced sister medical center offered an ideal career move. for bob, a new research lab for autumn a chance to head her own department. autumn was not just a rising star, she was a shooting star. she was nationally recognized as a leader in the field at a very young age. but still, something was gnawing at her. a kind of emotional vacuum. she wanted to have another child. by now in her early 40s, she was taking fertility treatments, hormone injections. but, nothing was happening. was it really eating at her that she wasn't getting pregnant and that time was going by. >> yes. just speaking from experience, fertility treatments are the loneliest place a woman will ever go. >> looking back, her mom, lois, recognizes now some worrisome signs. changes in her daughter. i kind of saw that she wasn't herself too much anymore. that she was kind of a little, what do you call it? kind of a little down, maybe. here and there. >> then in early 2013, the couple tried a new

university of by rote. he joins us via skype from boston at rami, thanks for being on the program. what we have is the targeting of a journalists in the course of their job. while there's been widespread condemnation is we've heard from various correspondence, is that enough? there's a lot of woods, but what action do we need to say? that's a critical issue that you just mentioned. and it's really this balance between what people say and what people do. especially of their representatives, big international powers around the world, or you and agencies or andrea or whatever. the reality is that israel and the palestinians have been in the state of war 1st for many decades. and the israel is disproportionately massive power that they use against the palestinians. and therefore the palestinians died a ratio of around maybe 8 or $10.00 to $1.00 compared to the palestinians. diet are much higher ratio. israel is kill many more palestinians. them out in kill. israel is on the, the point really here is to for one. why is jeanine at a constant source of clashes and tension between israel an

climbing higher in our hit parade of news from the world of science and technology, which is on the fourth line scientists from boston universitynted a miniature heart able to beat. its base was made of acrylic printer stuffed and populated with real heart muscle cells that can contract, the authors of the work, however, admit that when trying to increase the size of such an organ. now less than 2 cm across. it ceases to function , the elements become too rough, nevertheless, even in this form, it is quite possible that the practical application of the development will begin to be used as a model for testing heart drugs , the result, as we hope, the authors will be more accurate, than on animals, since human cells are used. when it comes to buying an ax, the question immediately arises of taking it easier and cheaper. take a closer look at fashionable imported brands. maybe it's not for nothing that their products are more expensive than modern axes can. is there something in them worthy of being called a miracle of technology. the ax today is much more complicated than its ancient ancestor, the ax is made from complex alloys a

. >>> joining us now, infectious disease physician and founding director of boston university centerorning. let's start there, there's been obviously clamoring for so long, to get vaccines available for children under five years old, and parents are now of course anxious to know if these particular shots are safe and effective. walk us through the fda review process and how soon, assuming all goes well, can these vaccines be expected to be put into arms? >> yes, jonathan, it is really great news for parents and great news, because we're seeing cases go up, as you noticed, and thankfully it seems to be a different phase than what we've had in the past, so observations, with deaths have not followed the incidents, and partly because so many of us are vaccinated and adding kids and you five will add another barrier of protection, both for them, as well as everybody else in their community. and what you're going to see on june 15th is the data on what pfizer has presented so far, as you said, it is preliminary and a half, preliminary data, and the 10,000 kid trial that they've done, whic

associate professor of communication and the senior associate dean of the college of communication at boston university. dr. viejo's books include moms in chief the rhetoric of republican motherhood and the spouses of presidential nominees 1992 through 2016, melania and michelle first ladies in a new era and connecting with constituents identification building and blocking in the contemporary national convention addresses. tammy is also an inaugural lifetime member of flair. it's my pleasure at this moment to turn the program over to nancy keegan smith. nancy you're muted it's a pleasure to be here today and to welcome all of our people and i think we have a very interesting program lined up recent first ladies and their speeches have often tackled issues as leaders of society ladybird johnson said that while the job had no assign duties a podium is there she chooses to use it from the very rich holdings of the presidential libraries of the national archives and records administration on first ladies. we will hear four keyments of speeches by barbara bush hillary clinton laura bush and michelle obama,

of a merged college program. starting december. the school will be known by a different name mills college at northeastern university bills merged with the boston so moving forward, the school will now welcome students of all genders for its undergraduate studies. school officials say they will be able to hire more faculty, admit more students and offer more programs. a woman i spoke to this morning graduated with her master's tells me she still thinks mills will be able to provide a meaningful education for future students. everything happens for a reason. it is unfortunate for us. however i still feel like the stuff that are here will still be able to provide wonderful education for the students coming into mills calls and be able to support them the best way they can. not everyone is as optimistic a class action lawsuit now filed against the college, accusing the school of deceiving students . that lawsuit claims mills made empty promises to students planning to graduate in 2023. to entice them to keep re enrolling and to keep taking classes without producing a degree within their major. we spoke to an attorney representing two former studen

a fellow at the arizona state university's social transformation lab a member of the council on foreign relations. he holds a master's degree in public health from boston university and he is a graduate at the university of california, berkeley. his latest book is crossing borders the reconciliation of a nation of immigrants. ali's work and dedication not only illuminates where we in the united states are on immigration policy programs and perceptions. he is rolling up his sleeves and doing something about it. so let's get started. ali you write that we are facing a crisis a crisis which is not phony temporal or manufactured wanted the border you mentioned that we have a real crisis of confidence where parents have lost confidence their children will do better than they citizens have lost confidence that their governments can control migration and you suggest that this is all fueling a fear of immigrants. can you describe this fear and how deep it runs? sure. well, first of all, i really want to thank the annapolis book festival. it's great to be here and annapolis has certainly one of our favorite towns in the region. so it's just it's wonderful and l

university of california irvine. previously, professor goodwin was the professor at the university of minnesota with appointments to the law school, medical school into school of public health. she received a ba from the university of wisconsin, bostonlege law school and received degrees from the university of wisconsin. we welcome the witnesses and thank them for participating today. i will begin by swearing in the witnesses and i asked that the witnesses in person please rise and raiseda your right hand. i ask that the remote witness please turn on your audio and make sure i can see your face hand when iur right administer the oath. do you swear or affirm under penalty or perjury the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief so help you god? >> i do. >> let the record to show the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thankur you and please be seate. please note each of your written statements will be entered into atthe record in its entirety. accordingly i ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. o to help you stay within the time there is a timing light on the table. when the light switches from green to yellow you have one minute to conclude your test

. >> she has a forensic toxicologist at the boston university school of medicine. on linda's case, but in her lab, she often deals with the same challenges, when finding out how someone died. linda suffered from dizziness, weakness, vomiting after eating, what does that sound like? >> it definitely sounds like the nausea and vomiting is persistent, that's suggesting that the body is ingested something that the body can't handle. >> that's what linda's friend had thought all along. she said she shared her concerns with lynda. >> let's have someone go into the house and check it, let's see if there's anything foreign in their. >> but she said linda never took that advice, never had her home tested. now they all waited for the toxicology test on linda's body. and sure enough, the lab that examined linda sample did detect and identifies something quite curious. linda curries body contained lethal levels of nicotine. it only deepened the mystery. because according to everyone who knew her, linda curry did not smoke cigarettes or anything else, never had. >> never. never

university. hi, patrick, dr. eile. chang associate professor of history at sarah lawrence college hi, eileen, and suzanne buchanan executive director of the shirley eustis house right here in boston in roxbury. hi, susie. thank you all for joining us. i am so honored and delighted to have you all here. i want to get us started with a

likewise, the professors of the boston university school of public health cited the lack of reason as a sign of the growing intolerance of this agreement in the field of public health. so, i will ask you, on what basis do you and doctor collins identify the authors as fringe scientists out of the mainstream epidemiological science. >> doctor collins did. >> you are asking me the question. i have not called them that. >> in your comment regarding did nihilism. >> the issue with the barrington declaration is that what they were stating is that if you let the virus run free in society and only so-called protect the vulnerable, the question is, who are the vulnerable in a society that you are going to protect? most public health officials totally disagree with the barrington declaration. in fact, if you did that, let it just run free and not try to protect the population in general. we certainly would've had many more infections, many more hospitalization and many more deaths. with all due respe of the scientists, we signed a declaration, i completely disagree with them. >> would you agre

they collected all kinds of money, gave no grace in all of these universities just like boston university endowment money that they have never, ever offered to help any of the students. >> will: billions of dollars. >> rachel: of course they do! >> joey: and i don't know where they have the money at but billions of dollars and understand what that money is allocated for but you know what, if kids are trying to go to georgetown and can't afford it, they can pay tuition. >> rachel: by the way in the same letter, we had record fund-raising. i couldn't believe it. these people are horrible. we need to think differently about how we spend higher education money because there are republican universities by the way who stalled tuition and so we will keep it the same periods >> secretary alejandro mayorkas to fix this. >> rachel: i agree. >> will: the university is not the top of the list. >> rachel: still had a fox news op-ed encourages all americans to treat every day like it is memorial day. senator and combat veteran joni ernst joins us next for the family of fallen heroes. ♪ ♪ ...slider sund

of navigate those conversations, with us right now we have from -- we have from boston, clinical psychologist and director of the child adolescent fear and anxiety treatment program at boston universitythank you for being with us. these days kids at very young ages are going through drills at school. i don't know that this is wholly foreign to them. it is the actual act of it, but on some level maybe we think that they're prepared when we know that they're really not, are they? >> yeah, it is almost impossible to truly be prepared to face a tragic and traumatic event. just like we do fire drills, we can do shooter drills at school, and that can give our kids some sense of what to do, but that doesn't and shouldn't prepare them for actually being in a situation like these poor children. >> exactly. so what behavioral signals would we recognize that would tell us we need to start having conversations with those kids? >> that's a great question. i think right now taking a step back before we think about behavioral signals is that for most kids it is probably important for a parent or a caregiver to have a conversation with them and to check in about their experiences related to what's g

douglas, co-editors-in-chief of "the emancipator," a partnership with "boston globe" and boston university'stion of racial justice and equity. thanks so much for joining us. amber payne, let me begin with you and this now reporting so importantly contributed by "the buffalo news," local reporting on a national story like this. turns out to be invaluable, and this shows us the image of these gunman working alone isn't really true. this was someone who was in communication with others about what he wanted to do. >> it's really chilling, lawrence. thank you for having us, but it's really chilling to know that this person was in communication with others and that even a potentially -- each a potentially retired law enforcement officer was aware of this. you know, time and time again they say that they recognize racial injustice and that there should be something that's done about it, but once again we're standing in this gap between real moral awakening and a resistance to institutional change and we find that just white supremacy has permeated and has become toxic and it's really a true questio

. >>> to the index of other news and authorities in boston tonight investigating hazing allegations at northeastern universityng fraternity members placing blindfolded pledges in the back of a u-haul, driving around the city in december. the fraternity is now on probation. >>> and "toddlers and tiaras" star kailia posey has died. appearing on the reality tv show at the age of 5, her mother posting a photo of her wearing her prom dress just days before she died. not revealing a cause as of yet. she was just 16. >>> when we come back here tonight, the 82-year-old navy veteran, the song he wrote 64 years ago, now a hit tonight. it was like touching the past. my great aunt signed up to serve in the union army as a field nurse. my great grandmother started a legacy of education in my family. didn't know she ran for state office. ended up opening her own restaurant in san francisco. paralee wharton elder, lupe gonzalez, mary sawyers, margaret ross. there's a lot of life that she lived. who are the strong women in your family? who's on it with jardiance? we're 25 million prescriptions strong. we're managing type 2 d

of 2019 or either. likewise, professors at boston university of school of public health recent debate of the great barrington declaration of the sign of growing intolerance of disagreement in the field of public health. so, i'll ask you, on what basis did you and dr. collins identify these doctors, the authors of the great barrington declaration of fringe out of the mainstream. >> i never characterized them as fringe scientists. >> dr. collins did. >> you're asking me the question. i never called them fringe scientists. >> and your comment regarding aids denialism? >> well, the issue with the barrington declaration is that what they were stating is that if you let the virus run free in society and only so-called protect the vulnerable and the question is, who are the vulnerable in society that you're going to protect? and most public health officials totally disagree with the barrington declaration. if you did that and let it run free and not try to protect the population in general. we almost certainly would have had many more infections, many more hospitalizations and many more deaths. so, with all due res

university. hi, patrick, dr. eile. chang associate professor of history at sarah lawrence college hi, eileen, and suzanne buchanan executive director of the shirley eustis house right here in boston in roxbury. hi, susie. thank you all for joining us. i am so honored and delighted to have you all here. i want to get usta

of the virus among the population, which has not been vaccinated. earlier i spoke to sung—yoon lee, professor in korean studies at tufts university in boston, who explainedthe supreme leader of north korea himself who has declined multiple offers of aid, vaccines included, from the united states, from south korea, from the united nations, and now the supreme leader seems to be panicking that the disease is spreading in the capital city, and that perhaps he has come to reconcile himself orfear he is imminent mortality. the north korean leader has never faced an existential threat like this. during a famine, the high and mighty never go hungry, but the pandemic can kill kings and paupers alike, so it shows you the concern, the anxiety, the stress that kim jong—un himself is feeling. in terms of what north korea has been saying up until now about the global pandemic, has it simply refused to acknowledge any cases before this last announcement? it did, and it was the first acknowledgement of covid, the presence of covid in north korea when kim jong—un made this announcement a few days ago, and he has held two high level meetings to address the issue over the

boston university raising -- 4.2%, highest increase in 14 years putting cost of tuition for the nextmic year over $61,000. dr. carol swain is former professor at princeton, vand bilt and senior fellow for constitutional studies and joins me now. statement from bu's president. this increase does not keep pace with the current rate of inflation and cannot offset university operations or fund salaries. assuming that word salad is true, dr. carol swain, where is the money going? >> i think it is such a waste, university education these days because they are not teaching young people how to be critical thinkers, how to be prepared to live in our society, they are not teaching them to respect the constitution, i think parents need to think long and hard about whether or not it is worth it, even at elite institutions they turn out future supreme court justices, members of congress, newspaper editors, we see what is happening to our society and part of that is because we're not educating young people to be citizens of america. >> todd: let's get to more on that. new survey by harvard student

likewise from boston university school of public health cited the lack as the declaration as a sign of growing intolerance in the field of publicf health. on what basis did you identify the doctors of epidemiological science quick. >> i never characterized them as a fringe scientist.>> that is incorrect. >> doctor collins did. >> but you are asking me the question i never called them fringe. >> that your comment? >> the issue with the barrington declaration is that what they are stating is if you let the virus run free in society and only protect the vulnerable and who are the vulnerable in society? and those disagree and if you did that thenn let it run free and not try to protect the population we would have had more infections and many more death so with all the respect to the scientist i completely disagree with them. >> would you agree that during the times of the lockdown to show there has been increases of depression amongng and people? i>> no doubt. when you put restraints on society for emotional and mental stress. but you have to have a balance of saving people's livess from

it will begin serving students of all genders when it merges with boston's northeastern university in july. two students are suing, claiming they were misled about the merger and ended up paying tuition towards degrees they could no longer receive through northeastern. they're seeking class action status for their case and monetary damages. mill told the "east bay times" the two colleges are working together to iron out any issues. >>> well, time now is 6:12. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, musk is pumping the brakes on his purchase of twitter. what experts say about his latest announcement. >>> parents scrambling to find baby formula. how local moms are helping each other through a scary shortage. >>> here's a live look outside before we go to l be rht bac ♪ >>> welcome back. time now is 6:15. twitter stock fell more than 9% yesterday. that was after elon musk said that he's putting the brakes on plans to buy the company. he tweeted he wants to pinpoint the number of spam bots and fake accounts on the platform. in a separate tweet, he said he is committed to

of the toughest problems that we have out there . the merger with boston based northeastern university takes full effect in july. points out , targeted by seems in the bay area tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage left behind at some stores have some of those businesses were able to prevent the thieves from getting inside. a significant warmup felt over the bay area this afternoon, with temperatures continuing to climb into part of the weekend. better details on what you can expect for your bay area weekend. my auntie called me. she said uncle's had a heart attack. i needed him to be here. protect it with bayer aspirin. before you begin an aspirin regimen. say they have seen an increase in thieves targeting their business. ktvu amberleigh spoke with the owner of one business who says she is alarmed by this recent trend. they dropped one crowbar forgot to pick it back up. and started working on my second interior door. jennifer shows me surveillance video of the attempted burglary at her family's store, martinez coin and jewelry exchange that took place tuesday around 3 40 in the morning. two thieves use c

of the toughest problems that we have out there. a merger. with boston based northeastern university is set to take effect. in july. sacramento. the new canine officers have gone through months of intensive training. they will perform a variety of tasks, including tracking suspects and missing persons as well as sniffing out contraband and explosives, brings interaction with the community and brings obviously detection capabilities that the humans don't have. or that sensors that we have that we just don't have and it brings a lot of officer safety as well. the canines are handled by experienced chp officers representing each of the chp's regions, and the agency says they will spend a minimum of eight hours a week in ongoing training. the first war crimes prosecution of a member of the russian military is getting underway today while nato makes progress on the diplomatic front with the war in ukraine. coming up. we're heading to keep for the latest doctors prioritizing patients with hospitals, rationing supplies, crucial drug and a shortage of key medical equipment, leading to some to believe it could get worse. th

university, and the mellon sawyer seminar on the politics of kinship at tufts university. and as i said earlier, she will be joining us virtually. heather cox richardson is professor of history at boston college and an expert on american political and economic history. she is the author of six books on american politics, including most recently how the south won the civil, oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of america, which i have the pleasure to review in the nation. she is a leading two to historian, explaining the historical background of ma turn his stories through twitter thread, z coordinator of [inaudible] we are history, a web magazine of popular history, and the author of that is from an american, a chronicle of american politics. and she is too modest to add that she is the woman of the year named by u.s. today. michael queen is an associate professor of history in the university of nevada las vegas, department of history. he earned his b.a. and emmy at you and helvey and his ph.d. at columbia university. he is the author of several books of the civil war era, most recently, lincoln and native americans, for the southern illinois university press se

university of minnesota. with appointments in law school, metal school school, and the school of public health. the receiver behave in the university of wisconsin, her j.d. from boston college law school, and receive llm and ask you the degrees in the university of wisconsin. we welcome our distinguished witnesses, we thank them for participating today. i will begin by swearing in our witnesses. i asked that are witnesses in person please rise and raise your right hand. i asked that are remote witness please turn on your audio and make sure i can see your face, and raise your right hand while i administer the oath. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information, and believe, so help you god? >> i do. >> let the record show, the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you, please be seated. please note, that each of your written statements will be entered into the record in its entirety. accordingly, i asked that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. to help you stay within that time, there is a timing on your table. when the light switch touches

university and the melon sawyer seminar on the politics of kinship at tufts university. and she as i said earlier will be joining us virtually. heather cox richardson is professor of history at boston college and an expert on american political and economic history? she is the author of six books on american politics including most recently how the south won the civil war oligarchy democracy and the continuing fight for the soul of america, which i had the pleasure to review in the nation. she is a leading to a historian explaining the historical background of martin political issues through twitter threads the co-editor of we are history a web magazine of popular history and the author of letters robin american a chronicle of american politics. and she's too modest to add that. she's the woman of the year named by usa today. michael green is an associate professor of history in the university of nevada lost last vegas department of history. he earned his ba and ma at unlv and his phd at columbia university. he's the author of several books of the civil war era most recently lincoln and native americans for the southern illinois university. press series the concise lincoln library.