now joined by a daniel co valley adjunct professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law professor of alec. it's good to see you. thank you very much for being available. thank you for having me. now we are recording this conversation on monday afternoon, most good time when the full scope of the russian strike simple in the ukrainian infrastructure is still unclear. although i think we can all admit that it's extremely distressing. on a human level, seeing people sheltering in the subway, running, destroyed down the streets. but i think in the olympic liam as a, as a former war correspondent, it's kind of predictable, especially in the light of sundays. the attack on the crimea branch as well as the previous attacks on the, on the russian gas pipelines. do you expect further escalation at this point, or do you think it will stop here? unfortunately, i see this. it's very possible it's going to escalate further up. and i think largely because the west wants to escalate, in particular the u. s. and the u. k. ah, you know, i think the whole purpose from the western p

daniel kovachick adjunct professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law, professor kabbalah, despite the fact that you believe that it's and not only you, but i guess a lot of people around the world. if we say i interview, believe that the united states is a driving force behind this conflict, i think we can the place our bad. we are going to hear lots of western decision makers accusing russia, yet again, of unprovoked aggression and the gross violation of international law. given your experience actually lead to gating international law, do you think they have a case in this? in this particular case, the truth is what the attack civilian infrastructure, whoever does it, that's a war, right? that's a violation of the geneva conventions. and i think both sides are doing it. i do think his try over the last months to avoid doing that. but now i think they feel in retaliation they, they want to do that. i think there's under international law. the truth is there really is not a justification for attacking civilian infrastructure, even a retaliation

i'm now joined by a daniel about adjunct professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law. professor caballo is good to see you. thank you very much for being available. thank you for having me. now, we are recording this conversation on monday afternoon. most good time when the full scope of the russian strikes upon the ukrainian infrastructure is still unclear. although i think we can all admit that it's extremely distressing on a human level. seeing people sheltering in the subway running, destroyed down the streets. but i think in electrically as a, as a former warrant to respond. and it's kind of predictable, especially in the light of sundays attack on the crimea branch as well as the previous attacks on the, on the russian gas pipelines. do you expect further escalation at this point or do you think it will stop here? unfortunately, i see this. yeah, it's very possible it's going to escalate further. ok. and i think largely because the west wants it to escalate, in particular the u. s. and the u. k. ah, you know, i think the whole purpose from the western poi

i'm now joined by a daniel about adjunct professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of moral prophetic of alec. it's good to see you. thank you very much for being available. thank you for having me. now we are recording this conversation on monday afternoon, most good time when the full scope of the russian strikes implement. ukrainian infrastructure is still unclear, although i think we can all admit that it's extremely distressing. on a human level, seeing people sheltering in the subway running, destroyed down the streets. but i think in the elliptic liam as a, as a former war correspondent, it's kind of predictable, especially in the light of sunday's attack on the crimea branch as well as the previous attacks on the, on the russian gas pipelines. do you expect further escalation at this point, or do you think it will stop here? unfortunately, i see this. yeah, it's very possible it's going to escalate further up. and i think largely because the west wants it to escalate, in particular the u. s. and the u. k, ah, you know, i think the whole purpose from the west

i'm now joined by a daniel about adjunct professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law. professor kamali. it's good to see you. thank you very much for being available.

tell this story in my book, he serendipitously, mysteriously got a scholarship to the university of pittsburgh law schooland he also went to brigham young university in utah for undergraduate. his real formative time was as a mormon missionary in the midwest. he got to see people in trouble, he got to see people in desperate poverty, and he concluded -- he concluded two interesting things. one was the federal government, and remember he developed a very conservative philosophy very early on in his life. he realized the federal government should provide a safety net, a layer of compassion for people who cannot help themselves, because he met them and felt their struggles, knocking on doors and trying to persuade people to listen to the mormon message. he was a very effective proselytizer. he also concluded that a fair amount of people he noticed were giving up, they were becoming dependent on government programs , and in line with the mormon philosophy of self-help and self-reliance and community support within a small community, that people in those circumstances should be encouraged to work hard and to

university of pittsburgh? i was always in into business, just how i've been since, as long as i can remember, and my high schoolt let me take business classes, and so as a junior-- as a sophomore, junior, there were only senior level economics classes, and so just to spite them, i started taking classes at night my junior year and then dropped out of high school for my senior year, went to the university of pittsburgh and took classes there. but then you went to indiana university. why did you go to indiana? cuban: because pitt didn't have a full undergrad business program, and i saw a list of the top 10 undergrad programs and picked out the cheapest one, and it was indiana and i went there sight unseen. rubenstein: now when you we there, you started a bar, and it was a very successful bar? cuban: well, kind of successful. so my--i always--like, my parents didn't pay for my school. my dad sent me 20 bucks a month, and i had to figure out how to pay for things one way or the other. sometimes, i was able to get scholarships. other times, you know, just saving money from jobs i had. other times, it was a hustle. y

happened at the university of pittsburgh's cathedral of learning where a foo female student was allegedly sexually assaulted during school hours. that's bad enough, but it gets worse! students understandably horrified demanded increased security on campus. one anonymous student created a petition that garnered 6,000 signatures asking for more security cameras and more stringent i.d. access passes. the university quickly responded with an e-mail from the vice chancellor of public safety and emergency management. remember the old rule, the longer the title, the less they actually do. in the e-mail, the vc promised they'd take additional actions increasing patrols and security shifts meaning more cops. can you guess what happened next? hint, it always happens when common sense runs head first into the whittles woke -- witles woke. stupid, destructive outrage. eventually causing destruction of someone else who was doing the right thing. so a backlash came from students who claimed the increasing police presence would threaten the safety of students of color. as opposed to, you know, wanna-be rapists. i didn't realize pitt wa