he's to introduce chris apathy, he's a professor her syrian at university of massachusetts amherst. and he probably is best known for three of his books on vietnam. american reckoning, the vietnam war and our national [applause]. now it's a great pleasure of mine to introduce chris happy, he's a professor, historian at the university of massachusetts amherst and he probably is best known for identity. patriots, the vietnam war, remembered from all sides and working class war american combat soldiers in vietnam. but he is also has made a great contribution for having organized events such as this with a three-week display of the waging peace in vietnam, exhibit at the university of massachusetts involving folks from the five colleges and large numbers of students. my hat is off to chris happy. thank you. >> thank you very much, it really is a great honor to speak to you today and i very much want to thank everybody's involved in putting this exhibit together and hosting these events and i think it documents the dramatic and inspiring story of the greatest movement of anti-war twice an

he is a professor, historian at the university of massachusetts amherst. he probably is best known for three of his books on vietnam. but he is also -- has made a great contribution for having organized an event such as this with a three-week display of the waging peace in vietnam exhibit at the university of massachusetts involving folks from the five colleges there and large numbers of students. my hat is off to chris appy. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. it's a great honor to speak to you today. i very much want to thank everyone involved in putting this exhibit together and hosting these events. i think it documents the dramatic and inspiring story of the greatest movement of anti-war gis and veterans in u.s. history. by doing so, it helps us recover a virtually secret history. why it's a secret is an important problem. i think michael kazen gave a pretty good brief explanation for it. i think the short answer is that in the decades after the war, but beginning during the war, primaily by people like richard nixon's vice president, there

we flew to university of massachusetts, and they didn't know about the fighting. it wasn't on the news that the stormtroopers came, it wasn't on the news that everybody got beat up and got arrested. so when we got two university of massachusetts, we were just musicians we were reporters. and thank you for your book lawrence, it's the first time i got to read about what happened, and i'm telling people about what happened and i'm still a musician and i'm still talking about the war. it was only because my friends got hurt and got killed and suffered there that i got involved with protesting it. and i protested for the whole time until that war ended, then i kept playing. i was a college performer and we played with richie havens many time. thanks for having me on. and thanks for writing the book. >> paul before you go, do you remember what was the rationale to have a rock concert during these protests? do you remember what you were told? >> well i wrote two songs, one song was called the unknown soldier, that with my brother we wrote another song about the massacre

i was a voice student at the university of massachusetts at the time i met him. and i am a very literal person. i believe that he was being again genuine in his offer. and he had a stellar reputation. i was unafraid of him as a married man and a father. i learned the hard way the first time i was with him, i should have paid more attention to some of the red flags i saw about him. he invited me to a dinner party at his family home. there were no other people there when i arrived, a young 22-year-old. i did the best i could to be grown-up. he made a drink for me. he asked me to continue to take sips out of the drink. he mixed the drink in the other room. the next thing i knew, i was waking up sicker than i felt in my life. naked. he was standing over me in a bathrobe, telling me that i needed to leave. i asked him what happened, he said, you threw up and passed out in my guest room. and i asked where him where my clothes were and he said something about needing to wash them. i was humiliated. i thought i did something embarrassing to myself. he called me a couple o

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to space. 11 people die of starvation globally, professor emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts. i'm hearst, richard wolf thinks the trips are an unnecessary extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do to things decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements, moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik rod the backseat, show his stick to the skies just outside of moscow? this is how it looks right the right now this real events been held by annually for almost 30 years. it will run to the next 5 days. showcase for the very latest, an aerospace and defense technology developed by both russian and foreign companies . like a miss who to clear events for take off a little early with a speech. and when she said that rushes open to aaron space, cooperation wi

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we should, wolfe, at the university of massachusetts, says the trips are a massive extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do to things decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons? amusements? morrow demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik come israeli develop phone? spyware has been used by government around the world to potentially be sloop on journalists and sub positions, including french, president them. i know my problem was that off the break ah, president joe biden invoke civil war parallels with greater frequency. this is ominous and dangerous. unfortunately, it would seem, this is how the major political parties and the media view, the state of our politics in a war. there are casualties and defeat in the culture. wars can one side bank and the other a i

space 11 people die of starvation around the world. professor emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts, i'm hearst, richard wolf thinks that the trips our unnecessary extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements, moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik the corruption trial, or south africa, his former president, jacob, soon has resumed his jailing last week spot, the worst was seen in the country for decades. the head of the zulu nation, south africans largest ethnic group, told us the recent and rest and looting were no shock. we see a country that had so much going for it had been destroyed completely because my view is that what is happening now actually should no surprise us because this country wa

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up 11 people die of starvation around the world emeritus professor of economics at the university of massachusetts. i'm hearst, richard wolf says that the trips are an unnecessary extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things? decide how to spend their money, for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements, moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy dead pan demik now another new she, while father raging in ne russia with a massive effort underway to try and bring the situation and the control special for fighting paratroopers have been deployed in this battle. and in the fifty's, we're going to show you now you can see them in action. exiting planes, parachuting down to the hard to reach areas. each of those troopers has a 20 liter bag back to find the flames and shovels to dig 5 brake lines. emergency service

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richard wolf, ameritas, professor of economics at the university of massachusetts. i'm hearst, says the trips are an unnecessary extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things? decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons? amusements? morrow demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik the tool to intimidate any will, uncritical. that's how human rights groups have branded these rarely hacking. spyware, pegasus you, revelations showed it's reported to be used by governments around the world to potentially target politicians. journalists, even religious figures, software was originally developed, see out the fight against criminals and terrorists. the thought is constantine roscoe revolts. it's ended up snipping, on so many more 50000 mobile phone owner

and richard wolf at the university of massachusetts am host says the trips are an extravagant. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do to things decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements? moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months. even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik sunday by still come here on the program on our tea sharla? do whiskey joined us live in just a moment to discuss this israeli developed phones, spyware. that's been used by governments around the world to spy on all sorts of people. apparently, the latest victim, the french president, will get a live report with lottery in just a month. i think i will. i will long when i will show the wrong one, i'll just don't rule out. the thing becomes the attitude and engagement equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we

richard wolf at the university of massachusetts and the host says the trips are an unnecessary extravagant. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things? decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements, moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy in 10 demik are still to come here on the program or to get up to spy in your pocket. a major leak sparks outrage. is it a ledgers? israeli develop phones? spyware has been used by government. so all around the world to snoop on john list is politicians and even priests will lift the lid on that in just a minute. i i what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy going from station let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be su

business mogul goes to space 11 people die of starvation globally, a richard wall for the university of massachusetts. i'm a host says the trips are simply an extravagance. is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things decide how to spend their money? for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2, how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons? amusements? morrow demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, there have over the last 18 months, even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik come here on the program on our see, israeli developed a foe and spyware has been used by governments around the world to snoop on journalists, politicians, priests, don't even the french president. lucky do when ski we're giving up a report in just a moment here. next on the program. i i i use the president joe biden invoke civil war parallels with greater frequency. this is ominous and dangerous. unfortunately, it would seem, this is how the major political parties and th

ric has a bachelor's degree from the universe of massachusetts and a masters degree from boston university. he is the author of several books including the subject of today's lecture, arrival of the first africans in virginia, which explore this is fascinating story of colonialism, treason, patientsy, kidnapping, enslavement, and british law. please welcome ric murphy. >> adam, thank you very much much for that kind introduction. and vmhc thank you for your warm invitation today. i am going to take you through the writing of the book the arrival of the first africans in virginia. you will tell you about the behind the scenes stories. i am going to tell you how i got involved in this. and more importantly i am going to explain who were the first african who is arrived in virginia, subsequently english america. when i first took pen to paper there were some thing i wanted to do -- you have to excuse me, all of a sudden my throat got dry -- if you see me drinking water, i don't want to have to keep interrupting myself. when i took pen to paper, i found it very interesting who these men, women

a biology professor at the university of massachusetts dartmouth with us now. look, i'm sure that you're hearing from your friends, people around you, this is the hot topic, right, for vaccinated people. can we get it? should we be worried? what do you say? >> well, good morning, brianna. we know there are breakthrough cases and we knew they were going to happen right from the start when they released the phase 3 data that said that the vaccines were roughly 95% effective. so, basic math, at least five out of every 100 cases were going to be breakthrough cases. so, seeing them now is really not unsurprising in that the greatest scheme of the pandemic. it's just that people have been caught by surprise. i'm fully vaccinated. i've changed my behavior. i'm out going to restaurants and bars and clubs. oh, no, i got infected. and these -- we just knew it was going to happen. it's sort of caught the public by surprise. >> so let's talk about what this means operationally, if we can. the cdc lists a number of actives that it says is safe for vaccinated americans to do

she earned her bachelor of arts from the university of massachusetts amherst and her jd from harvard. welcome. our next witness is the president of the hispanic national bar association. she is a frequent speaker and cle presenter and served as a facilitator for the louisiana state bar association. she is a shareholder in the insurance section where her primary areas of practice include industrial employment, insurance defense and coverage, environmental law, commercial litigation and board governance and cybersecurity. she also serves as the secretary of the board of directors of on path federal credit union, whose mission is to strengthen the financial health of underserved communities through financial service and education. in addition she has cofounded and volunteered in many other amenity organizations. she received her degrees from the university of southwestern louisiana and her jd from loyola university, new orleans college of law. welcome. before proceeding with testimony, i hereby remind the witnesses that all of your written and oral statements made to the subcommittee in

us, you know, there is some data on this, emerging data, there was one study out of the university of massachusettst really holes true for overall health especially as we grow older? >> absolutely, and if you take a fully holistic view, not like swinging a crystal over your head but really connecting all the dots, when your diet and exercise are in order these are the benefits you can expect, more muscle mass, less body fat, better blood pressure control, better bone density, all of those things important for us, again, not just physically, but mentally as well. now, we heard in the piece this focus on bands. this is the trend now in professional sports, in division 1 sports, they're getting away from lifting those heavy weights. these kind of bands you can order -- you've seen me wearing them around the studio, $10 for a full set. they can literally give your full body a workout and, again, never gets easier. you see me there walking down the hallway backstage doing a little posterior chain work but again, as we age especially for women you know this, i know this, the weights are as important as t

braceras earned her bachelor of arts from the university of massachusetts amherst, and her j. d. om harvard law school. welcome, ms. braceras. elia diaz-yaeger is the president of the hispanic national bar association. she is a frequent speaker and field presenter and serves as a diversity as a diversity facilitator for the louisiana state bar association. ms. diaz-yaeger is also a shareholder in the insurance section, where her primary areas, where her primary areas of practice include industrial employment, insurance defense and coverage, environmental law, commercial litigation, and board governance and cybersecurity. ms. diaz-yaeger also serves as the secretary of the board of directors of on path federal credit union, whose mission is to strengthen the financial health of underserved communities through financial service and education. in addition, she has cofounded and volunteered and many other community organizations such as the a/d crossman esperance of library project. ms. diaz-yaeger received her bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and her masters in size from univer

of those exports, there are not the same opportunities for full scholarships. host: michael mccann joining in us from nasa to stash joining us from massachusetts, part of the universityf new hampshire and rights for sportico.com. joel is on the phone from california. caller: it is riverdale, georgia. host: georgia, sorry. caller: not a problem. i just want to make a point, and i may have missed it earlier because i have not been washing the show all the time, but you are dealing with basketball and football. mostly with lack athletes generating all that money. shouldn't athletes get a percentage of all the moneys that the ncaa schools bring in? as opposed to just being able to use their likenesses to make money? host: thank you. guest: thank you, joel, for the question. there is a federal bill sponsored by senator cory booker and several other senators, the college athlete bill of rights, that would essentially provide what you suggested, which is revenue-sharing, and also medical trust funds, and the idea is that schools would have to share about half -- the revenue is defined in a certain way, but half goes to the players, and there are some who say that is great,

tested positive >>> grieving the loss of a pet, you might be surprised to learn that there is a nationwide hotline to help. >> it's offered by tufts university massachusetts. and it has been around for a long time. >> reporter: for the last 25 years, the school of veterinary medicine has been offering a free service for anyone in the country that many have never heard of. hotline for grieving pet owners. >> people sometimes are really at a loss to even function. some people are not going to work, not eating well, tearful all the time. they are reaching out for help. >> the hotline is run by students to make it clear they are not trained therapist but are turning to practice their communication skills. >> i've talked to people multiple times. >> this is my dog tessie. she went missing for three hours last year and i burst into tears when we found her. i'm already dreading having to say goodbye to her one day. >> we deal a lot with children who have lost an animal. >> reporter: while the majority of calls for dogs and cats, they hear about all kinds of animals. >> because of covid they were even more isolated and that pet provided that sense of security and

university of florida found that heat-related deaths occur year-round in florida. this national problem requires a national response. that's why i'm working with our colleague in the senate, senator markey of massachusetts, to introduce the preventing heat illness and deaths act. this bill would formalize and expand the national integrated heat health information system as well as establish an interagency committee to oversee federal efforts to address extreme heat. dr. shandas, could you please speak to the importance of developing an integrated federal approach to reducing the impacts of extreme heat? dr. shandas: sure. and i'll be cautious as i took up too much time last time. the need for coordination has never been greater in this particular realm. i have witnessed far too many times a conversation with one federal agency that then gets replicated with a different federal agency. and so i'm really seeing the kind of -- the split and differences across federal agencies and the lack of conversation and coordinated approach that's happening even within agencies that are down the street from each other physically. and so part of what i think it can bring to the table is connect the human health compone

shining into the sea since 1716 and, of course, harvard, the oldest operating university in our country. and the world renowned education doesn't stop there. massachusettsiew boston and massachusetts as really the center of higher education in the united states. >> reporter: viin his first yea as president of holy cross making history as the first black president and only one who hasn't been a catholic priest and says the schools and towns of massachusetts are filmed to have them back for in-person learning and living. how bad did it get? >> it was very, very disruptive. but, you know, in that disruption i think we all learned a lot too about the importance of community, about how we support one another. we are so excited to have everyone back. >> reporter: and since school is still over a month away why not check out cape cod. it's a summer getaway where sailing, seafood and cranberry bogs have been flourishing for more than 200 years. from there you can catch a ferry to martha's vineyard seven miles off the coast or 30 miles offshore check out nantucket, home to cisco brewery, a 26-year-old maker of beer, wine 200,000 visitors a year creating great me

of that equation. >> certainly not, thank you so much. let's bring in professor at vanderbilt university medical center, dr. schaffner. this new data zeros in on this outbreak in provincetown, massachusetts. still got sick. they had traces of the delta variant. was that data, along with what we already know about community spread, enough justification for the cdc to change its mask guidance this week? >> well, jake, i think the short answer is yes. the cdc has a long tradition of investigating outbreaks. of other communicable diseases. and often those outbreak investigations by the disease detectives illuminate how a variety of infectious agents are transmitted. this is a very instructive outbreak investigation. as said, this is a much more transmissible virus, and to everyone's surprise including my own, people who are vaccinated can have as much virus in their throat as unvaccinated people. and therefore the potential for spread is there. the two lessons, if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated. that keeps you out of the hospital. if you're vaccinated or unvaccinated when you get together with other people, put that mask right back on. it's really important. >> a study in china found

of massachusetts. we've seen federal courts both in texas and indiana uphold mandates implemented, one by the hospital in texas and a university in indiana. >> i think a lot of people want to know too, what protections or options do workers have in this situation? >> there are some exceptions, matt. if you have a disability, if you have a medical condition that would allow you to opt out of a vaccine that may be applicable if your employer goes to a mandate. also if you have a religious belief that prevents you from getting a vaccine, you may be able to use that, but generally speaking, employers may impose rules, restrictions, regulations on its employees and courts have upheld them. an employer can tell you everyone has to wear green to work and that would be considered legitimate. employees have few options if they don't have a medical condition or religious exemption. >> sounds like there will be a number of court challenges, but they won't succeed? >> i think you're right, matt. we'll see a lot of litigation around this issues. employees are going to challenge these mandates. federal district courts have upheld these mand

federalist of the origins of party politics in massachusetts 79-ish 1815 published in 1969, and being a historian and introduction to the professional world of history cambridge university press 2012. in 2019 he published a rather timely volume, edited volume, presidential misconduct from george washington today put out by new press, and this afternoon he will be speaking on his just published yale university press book, "the ever-changing past: why all history is revisionist history." with that, jen, the zoom room is all yours. >> eric, thank you so much. christian, to peer rachel i think absent today, emily and peter and particularly sarah who i've known since the late '60s or the early '70s at princeton. i want to show everyone a copy of the wonderful book thinking about history and recommend that everybody become acquainted with it, read it, own it and taken its wisdom. i want to start this evening, this afternoon with a brief story about the origins of this book. i suppose one has to say that its origins could only happen in washington. my late colleague, some of you no doubt knew him, roger brown, and a story historian le early american republic, and i found ourse

of those exports, there are not the same opportunities for full scholarships. host: michael mccann joining in us from nasa to stash joining us from massachusetts, part of the universityhampshire and rights for sportico.com. joel is on the phone from california. caller: it is riverdale, georgia. host: georgia, sorry. caller: not a problem. i just want to make a point, and i may have missed it earlier because i have not been washing the show all the time, but you are dealing with basketball and football. mostly with lack athletes generating all that money. shouldn't athletes get a percentage of all the moneys that the ncaa schools bring in? as opposed to just being able to use their likenesses to make money? host: thank you. guest: thank you, joel, for the question. there is a federal bill sponsored by senator cory booker and several other senators, the college athlete bill of rights, that would essentially provide what you suggested, which is revenue-sharing, and also medical trust funds, and the idea is that schools would have to share about half -- the revenue is defined in a certain way, but half goes to the players, and there are some who say that is great, and yo

university. he joins me tonight from cambridge, massachusetts, benjamin smith. it's good to have you back on the show. benjamin. so what do you make of what came out of this today? i think they actually said things in more concrete terms than most people were expecting. what's your take? yeah, bring i just start by saying i have a lot of friends that live in the region in, in western germany where the flooding is taking place and my heart goes out to all of them. and of course the tragic loss of life. so i just wanted to make sure to say that, but it look, it's great to join you. it's been a, it's a really, truly historic david valedictory visit of german chancellor, dr. glenn merkel to washington after, in years leaving germany and look, it's been a relationship that has been extremely positive over that time. the present. and bible said today, the enduring friendship between the u. s. and germany that the chancellor has been so responsible for herself nailing down. he made that very clear and well, merkle tenure has been characterized by this pragmatic, an incremental foreign policy approach is favored multilateral stability, over

university. he joins me tonight from cambridge, massachusetts, benjamin smith. it's good to have you back on the show. benjamin. so what do you make of what came out of this today? i think they actually said things in more concrete terms than most people were expecting. what's your take? yeah, bring i just start by saying i have a lot of friends that live in the region in, in, in western germany where the flooding is taking place and my heart goes out to all of them. and of course, the tragic loss of life. so i just wanted to make sure to say that, but it look, it's great to join you. it's been a, it's a really, truly historic day to valedictory visit of german chancellor doctor on la merkel to washington after, in years leaving germany and look, it's been a relationship that has been extremely positive over that time be, is present. and vitamin said today, the enduring friendship between the u. s. and germany that the chancellor has been so responsible for herself nailing down. he made that very clear and well, merkle tenure has been characterized by this pragmatic, an incremental foreign policy approach. it's favored multilateral s

hopkins university's covid-tracker, are in states like alabama, where just over 34% of the population is fully vaccinated. the state has a test positivity rate of just over 20%. by contrast, in massachusetts, where nearly 64% of people are fully vaccinated, the state has a test positivity rate of just unde3%. meanwhile, several news organizations are reporting that senior white house officials now say they expect a booster shot may be needed for those over 65 or with compromised immune systems, who received two-dose vaccines. globally, some countries are continuing covid-19 restrictions. in sydney, australia, today, thousands took to the streets in protest of a return to lockdown restrictions, amid another surge in cases. in defiance of stay-at-home orders, more than 3,000 mostly- maskless protesters clashed with police officers. 57 peoe were reportedly arrested. at least 125 people are dead following torrential rains and landslides in india. the annual monsoon season is bringing the heaviest rainfall in four decades. after a downpour lasting several days, parts of india's west coast received as much as 23 inches of rain, pushing dams and rivers to near capacity. heavy monsoon rains are a

massachusetts put into put into place. yeah, the most remarkable thing about smallpox is it's pretty much universally considered as contagious. there's a debate about many other kinds of diseases that are swirling about so-called, you know other kinds of infectious diseases. um and um because of that the kinds of relationships that have developed both in terms of labor and the work of trying to help people heal all of those become dangerous the society of gathers around the sick they watch with them through the night and visit and so forth. they help out where they can and suddenly once contagion. is there all those kinds of things might be lethal and so i explore that dynamic word that every day kinds of institutions are starting to unravel and we're things that you would count on, you know, we have a consumer revolution that underway in 1773. it's intensifying. we're goods themselves you're seeing to be quite dangerous and so they have to sort of flip on this, you know, they are capable in this world moving into and out of this idea of things being on the one hand necessary and desirable and social relations around that and then very quickly when contagion strikes i