a graduate school, and in the 1960's i was at the university of wisconsin. i was involved in the civil rights movement : neither in any major way. i've told bandages. and i think to look like many people at that point you wanted to know more about the experience. i think we had a notion that if you could figure it out, you could figure out a race. once you explain it in a lot of the nonsense would be over. they turn them leave notion coverage would seem, but think that is certainly in the idea of many of my friends and colleagues. i think you wanted to make your work, melissa life. and then, i think, it was kind of like, you know, pulling on, you know, the threat of a sweater. the more you learn the more you wanted to learn how of the more you lose a couple of the morion listed, but did not know. so much of education as a process of finding yell how little you know. you know, will begin by knowing a lot and then realize there are so many things that we don't know and many things that will never know. so i think it is that. it is an extraordinary, an extra in

i was a the university of wisconsin. i was involved in the civil rights movement. not any major way. you can say i world bandages. at that point you want them to know more about the experience. i think that we have had a notion that if you could figure it out, could figure out a race once you explain that then a lot of the nonsense would be over and the 90's notion would seem that that certainly was an idea as many of my friends and colleagues had. i think you wanted to make your work with your life and that i think. definitely on the threat of a sweater. the more you learned the more you wanted to learn, the more you knew, the more you understood why you didn't know. we begin by knowing a lot and then we realized there are so many things we don't know and there are many things we will never know, so i think it's that. it is an extraordinary subject in some ways a kind of impossible subject of trying to understand how you can be a thing, a piece of property, and at the same time being a human being who has holes in that contradiction becomes a contradiction which d

i teach at the university of wisconsin. it is on different cultures. i start out on the difference of cultures between private sector, government, and non- profit. i know that a number of people in the audience are helping to work towards that. some of the jobs are to begin to connect private sector, government, and non-profit to create stronger communities. that is what we are here to talk about. creating that collaboration and intertwining. >> so, we have talked about this extraordinary distribution system that we have had in this country. many of us simply think about the trucking companies, like ups and federal express. to deploy as all of that? who mobilizes those resources in a time of crisis? do we have an issue with that? >> you want a system of centralized control them a look at how china responded to earthquakes. a system of non-profit? china, looking at community control, but they do not want nonprofits, they might elect their own leaders. a subject that i get carried away on. is an ongoing stress between centralized, top-down control, and co

science and nature, to remove part of fouchier's paper, and sinl similar research from the university of wisconsin, taking out critical details, so they can't fall into the hands of terrorists. >> i wish the work hadn't been done to begin with, but now that we're here, it makes the most sense. >> reporter: the u.s. funded the research to learn what changes needed for a pandemic. they did not consider how the research would be published. they say this is a lesson learned. >> we'll be taking a closer look at what would happen if scenario a or scenario b came about. >> the journal's plan to publish the redacted versions in the next few months. this is one of those extremely rare instances where scientific research, usually open to all, meets concerns about terrorism. robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead here tonight. do you know anybody who goes really big at the holidays? in ft. lauderdale, they call it their neighbors. >>> a lot of discovering of new planets going on lately. they just discovered one a few days back, and now they found two more. and again, it's a good news/bad news sit

after more than a year of e mails and phone conversations, amy,ling and i met at the university of wisconsin in madison. it was sometime during the mid 1980. calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's head and place her ears on the door because her ears were smaller than my ears. i wanted her to listen carefully to the wonderful sound. i may have know in the way children know but my uncle's music would disappear from my life far too soon. he died when he was 40 years old.

my sister went to the university of wisconsin. should point out we've had many fine evenings around the bar at the edgewater hotel. >> a lot of talk about what happened on friday on this program. >> yeah, what did happen on friday. >> chris write

the two scientists, one in europe and the other at the university of wisconsin, genetically altered wildird flu so it could be easily transmitted from person to person. they proved it by using ferrets which transmit flu like humans. they submitted to results to two top journals, "science" and "nature." scientists did this to see what would have to happen in nature to make a pandemic. others say it could be a cookbook for terrorists. a government panel will make the recommendations. but it's not certain the journals will follow them. >> scary stuff. bob bazell, thanks, as always. >>> up next as we continue, a better than average family portrait just released today. >>> there is a new family portrait of the first family. by the way, to all the parents out there who have kids who grew up too fast it sure looks like both parents are hanging onto those beautiful girls for dear life. malia and sasha are now 13 and 10. the portrait of the obama family was taken after they returned from church on a recent sunday by white house photographer pete sousa. in an interview with "people" magazine the o

milwaukee we have jeffrey summers he's an associate professor of political economy at the university of wisconsin milwaukee and in irvine we cross to mark divine he is professor of history at the university of california irvine all right gentlemen this is cross like you can jump in anytime you want but first let's have a look at some of the events that made this year's headlines. january fourteenth a spark of the unraveling of the arab spring the tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protest president ben ali flees to saudi arabia after twenty three years in power. january twenty fourth a terrorist attack at moscow domodedovo airport kills thirty seven people and hundred eighty others russia's investigative committee a leader identifies the suicide bomber as a twenty year old male from the north caucasus region. march eleventh. fifteen thousand eight hundred. and another three thousand nine hundred twenty six . emergency declared nuclear power plants. march seventeenth the united nations security council. in the city of sirte with national transitional council. and. apri

not only yourself but what does this mean to the university of wisconsin?the fact that we won the first ever big ten championship game ever. an opportunity to go to the rose bowl. going to play a great team in oregon. going to be a great a game. it is huge for this program. >> dhani: thank you very much, now back to you, tim. >> on wisconsin! >> gus: i have chris borland here with me. chris, the wisconsin badgers are going back to pasadena. the first inaugural big 12 champions. talk about the effort in the second half, chris. >> it was big. our offense played well all day but the defense didn't give us a chance in the first half. we played aahleful. we were composed in the locker room and knew we could come back. we did last time but this time we won it. it was a good win. >> talk about the significance of the transfer of russell wilson and what he meant to this football team coming in here being a leader on offense and leading you guys to a big ten championship? >> russell has been good for us. that is an understatement. everybody knows how good of a playe

the two scientists, one in europe and the other at the university of wisconsin, genetically alterededd bird flu so it could be easily transmitted from person to person. they used ferrets. they submitted to results to two top journals, "science" and "nature." scientists did this to see what would have to happen in nature to make a pandemic. others say it could be a cookbook for terrorists. a government panel will make the recommendations. it's not certain the journal wills follow them scary stuff. >>> up next as we continue, a better than average family portrait just released today. we all have internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesica

person it is until now maybe two teams of researchers one of the netherlands and one of the university of wisconsin have found mutations that can turn age five and one from a bird flu to a mammal flu it's a scientific breakthrough but a federal advisory board is asking for some of those results to be kept secret and not published out in the open they're afraid that if the research got into the wrong hands it could be used to create a biological weapon so what's more important here transparency or secrecy for the sake of safety joining me to discuss it is carl zimmer science writer and author of the book a planet of viruses karl thank you so much for joining us tonight and there any details here that need to be filled in that i left out you mention in some of your writing too that this is so far been carried out on ferrets do we know one hundred percent that it could also be something that spreads amongst human beings no we don't know and you present the reason the scientists study the flu and ferrets is because a fair biology when it comes to the flu is a lot like human biology so they get sick wit

chris chelios lemont five men inducted united states hockey hall of fame including former university of wisconsinth the red wigs. >> hoping everybody can forgive me just wanted to play hockey that was a bad situation i have played these are the bank's international type tournaments' come into some cities plan games with teams i went and wart usa jersey there were cheering for me like one of my own from chicago i hope they are proud to what i accomplished in chicago. >> tough news for penguins at the nhl sidney crosby out again with concussion like symptoms surface after this game last week only has played eight games this year after missing 10 months even though tests show does not have a concussion sidney crosby not so short out indefinitely >> back to football to nfl head coaches fired today including todd haley by the kansas city chiefs and tony sparano by the dolphins green bay packers receiver greg jennings missing 2-3 games in the injury and couldn't against chicago bears on christmas. finally back to hockey hall of famer chris chelios clearly has not forgotten his hometown roots. >> only t

i was a student at the university of wisconsin. he came to madison to give a speech at the civil war roundtable. afterwards, he was scheduled to appear with the governor. we had a large crowd of democrats gathered. they were over an hour late, and the crowd was very restive. finally, the two walked in. they went to the thought of the room. gaylord said, "folks, i am sari i am so late. i have to get the governor over to the mansion and get him to bed. he has a long day tomorrow. i would give one of my short speech is." adlai stevenson said, "i will give one of my typically longer ones." nelson said, "you do, and i will leave without you." stevenson said, "go ahead, we will see who leaves with you." he was quick on his feet and clever in making the audience feels -- feel good. he was my hero. >> always an interesting surprise when a congressman calls. >> a woman's life was profoundly affected. she was one of millions of people who heard his voice come out of the dark, probably over the radio, in the first time the summer of 1952. tha

of american history at mit where she has taught for more than 30 years. she received her ph.d from harvard university in 1968, and it's also taught at the university of massachusetts and the university of wisconsin. in addition to being a greatly acclaimed scholar, she is also a devoted teacher of generation of undergraduates, regularly offering a survey course in american history. her books have focused on the power of ideas and the shaping of early america. they've also recovered the human complexity of a founding experience bring important nuance to conventional understandings. in her first book, "from resistance to revolution," colonial radicals and development of american opposition to britain in 1972, she sought to identify the causes of the transformation of generalized discontents into revolutionary commitment in the years leading up to the war or independence. in the old revolutionaries, political lies in the age of samuel adams in 1880 she surveyed several the men in the revolutionary generation, the generation of 1776, and distinguished their concerns and their faith from a later generation which shaped the constitution and the new american republic. the generation of 1787. in the ame

. >> reporter: the study by the university of wisconsin shows people who quit smoking become happier.hey say many people put off trying to quit because they believe it will put too much stress on their lives. however, a survey of those who recently quit smoking shows a majority of them have less stress and an improved mood. the authors of the study say it wasn't necessarily cause and effect. but they hope the increase will help motivate for people to quit smoking. >> according to the centers for disease control and prevention, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonspokers. >>> the deep water horizon blowout. cameron corporation will pay bp $250 million to settle all claims related to the gulf oil spill. bp says the payment will go into a trust fund. the fund is set aside to cover the cost of cleanup, along with paying individual businesses affected by the oil spill. >>> sometimes nature catches a break. despite a pounding this past summer from tropical storm lee, alex demetrick reports, a tropical resource that was feared damaged. >> it trickles from the susquehanna to the chesap

not only yourself but what does this mean to the university of wisconsin?the fact that we won the first ever big ten championship game ever. an opportunity to go to the rose bowl. going to play a great team in oregon. going to be a great a game. it is huge for this program. >> dhani: thank you very much, now back to you, tim. >> on wisconsin! >> gus: i have chris borland here with me. chris, the wisconsin badgers are going back to pasadena. the first inaugural big 12 champions. talk about the effort in the second half, chris. >> it was big. our offense played well all day but the defense didn't give us a chance in the first half. we played aahleful. we were composed in the locker room and knew we could come back. we did last time but this time we won it. it was a good win. >> talk about the significance of the transfer of russell wilson and what he meant to this football team coming in here being a leader on offense and leading you guys to a big ten championship? >> russell has been good for us. that is an understatement. everybody knows how good of a playe

researchers at the university of wisconsin and erasmus medical center in the netherlands were able to create a highly transmissible form of the virus in ferrets. but this week, in an unprecedented step, a government panel that reports to the national institutes of health and other agencies-- called the national science advisory board for biosecurity-- asked prominent journals, "science" and "nature" not to publish some of the details of the biological experiments recommending that: the question of publishing all the details of the studies has stoked a debate over balancing the need for open scientific dialogue and concerns about national security. we look at those questions now with two principal players in this story. doctor anthony fauci is the head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. his institute co-funded some of the research. and he speaks on behalf of the n.i.h. tonight. and bruce alberts is the editor- in-chief of the journal, "science," who's deciding what to publish and not publish about this research. dr. fauci, let me start with you. as an arm of

researchers at the university of wisconsin and erasmus medical center in the netherlands were able to create a highly transmissible form of the virus in ferrets. but this week, in an unprecedented step, a government panel that reports to the national institutes of health and other agencies-- called the national science advisory board for biosecurity-- asked prominent journals, "science" and "nature" not to publish some of the details of the biological experiments recommending that: the question of publishing all the details of the studies has stoked a debate over balancing the need for open scientific dialogue and concerns about national security. we look at those questions now with two principal players in this story. doctor anthony fauci is the head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. his institute co-funded some of the research. and he speaks on behalf of the n.i.h. tonight. and bruce alberts is the editor- in-chief of the journal, "science," who's deciding what to publish and not publish about this research. dr. fauci, let me start with you. as an arm of

. >> jeremi suri was a former professor of history at the university of wisconsin, and he is just recently moved down here to the university of texas. what are you teaching down your? >> i'm teaching a course on international history of the last century, what have we learned from the wars and reconstruction and nationbuilding activity. i'm also teaching a course on strategy and global policy, how do you strategize to run an organization or make policy in a global world today. next year i will teach the american server which i love. i love having freshmen and i love being able to expose them to this material. spent on an american history survey course where do you start? >> i start in 1865. i would love to do a year-long course. i think there's so many issues there and all the issues that are old and new again working with the debt crisis, dealing with questions of american foreign activity. they are there any 18th century. they are there today. >> is also the author of henry kissinger and the american century and american foreign relations since 1898. y. in that but did you start in 1898?