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in 1990 eight, boston university invited me to join the faculty. i have been at boston university since 1998. that has been a life transforming opportunity for me. it is a wonderful place. as au describe yourself conservative catholic. is that still believe feel? >> yes. in conversation with me work under the assumption that since i went to west point and was a soldier, those must be the formative experiences in my life. they were important. in many respects, what is more important is i was born and raised in the midwest, in the heartland. i was raised in a seriously catholic household and i remained a catholic. it is an important thing to me. and i am a conservative, but not a conservative in the sense of people who are in it hearings with the republican party claim to be conservatives. i think what passes for conservatism in this country is .nything but conservative i would have somewhat a different definition of what it means to be conservative. , the notion that come to people's mind when they hear the word spoken. >> further define what you me

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and other other medical schools, including boston university, dartmouth and washington university have similar programs. and a number of others have expressed interest. so brian, this idea is spreading across the country. and just in time. >> what a great idea, great woman, great story. maria, thank you. >> thank you, brian. >> we want to let you know, maria will have more on all of this tomorrow morning on "today." tonight, for us, we'll take a break. when we come back in a moment, big trouble in london where they didn't mean to harness the power of mother nature. >>> let's catch up on some other news tonight. nelson mandela was released from the hospital over the weekend. he's now at home, though he's receiving hospital quality care there. by the way, he was in the hospital for nearly three months. >>> dennis rodman is back in north korea, a nonofficial visit, he says, to see his friend, the dictator, kim jong-un. he says his five-day visit is part of that so-called basketball diplomacy tour. >>> big news out west, the opening of the new bay bridge between san francisco and oakland,

. >> for professor of history and international relations in boston university, vietnam vet, 23 years 6 military service, retired army continental el and a new book called breach of trust. how americans failed their soldiers and their country. all right, this sounds like you're not in favor of military intervention in other countries to solve the world's problems by the united states. >> i'm in favor of military intervention where it makes sense. >> stephen: syria. >> no. >> stephen: let's bring those people to the boom-boom room. (laughter) >> well, if we actually cared about the syrian people, i'm not sure that dumping missiles on damascus is going to do much to alleviated-- . >> stephen: targeted strike, smart bomb. >> the people suffering are in refugee camps. >> stephen: don't bomb the refugee camps. >> i'm with you. >> stephen: i will go out on a limb and say that. but you've gone so far as to say that you done think, tell me if i get this wrong, that any military intervention by america over the last 30 years has been worthwhile, that they've been a waste. >> by and large, if w

it's a wonderful place. >> you describe yourself in a conversation you had in boston university in 2010 as a conservative catholic. is that still the way you feel? >> yeah. i think that -- you know, the -- a lot of people in conversation with me work on the assumption that since i went to west point and was a soldier, those must be sort of the formative experiences in my life. and they were important experiences. what's more important is i was born and raised in the midwest in the so-called heartland. i was raise in a seriously catholic house hold. i remain a catholic. it's an important anything to me. and i'm a conservative. but i'm not a conservative in the sense that people who are adhering to the republican party claim to be conservatives. i personally think that what passes for conservatism in this country is anything but conservative. it's a different definition of what it means to be conservative than most people -- the notion that comes to people's minds when they hear that word spoken. >> further define what you mean by conservative? >> i think -- i'll begin with the notion tha

university. his books include "the limits of power" and "washington rules." his latest, "breach of trust." andrew bacevich, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> well, i'm pleased to have this chance to chat with you for a lot of reasons. one, i don't know who else has more cred than you. what would a 23-year graduate of west point offer us now regarding the dilemma in which obama finds himself, regarding syria? >> well, i mean, if i could have five minutes of the president's time, i'd say, "mr. president, the issue really is not syria. i mean, you're being told that it's syria. you're being told you have to do something about syria, that you have to make a decision about syria. that somehow your credibility is on the line." but i'd say, "mr. president, that's not true. the issue really here is whether or not an effort over the course of several decades, dating back to the promulgation of the carter doctrine in 1980, an effort that extends over several decades to employ american power, military pow

university he joins us tonight from that campus. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me on. >> how have we as americans failed our soldiers? surface americans hold their soldiers in very high regard. on publict manifested occasions whether it is the super bowl or the world series. my argument is that that is pretty thin. and substantively we have not provided support. i think the proper expression of support should be that we would want to ensure that our soldiers are never sent and harm's way unless absolutely necessary. when they go to fight the fight in wars that are properly managed. as a practical matter neither of those has retained create we have allowed a government to dispatch our soldiers to unnecessary wars with iraq being the principal example. afghanistan,and our soldiers have been subjected to mismanaged, poorly managed wars and the american people for the most part have stood aside and simply allow that to happen. >> i take your logic, let me present little further. when you

university he joins us tonight from that campus. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me on. >> how have we as americans failed our soldiers? surface americans hold their soldiers in very high regard. on publict manifested occasions whether it is the super bowl or the world series. my argument is that that is pretty thin. and substantively we have not provided support. i think the proper expression of support should be that we would want to ensure that our soldiers are never sent and harm's way unless absolutely necessary. when they go to fight the fight in wars that are properly managed. as a practical matter neither of those has retained create we have allowed a government to dispatch our soldiers to unnecessary wars with iraq being the principal example. afghanistan,and our soldiers have been subjected to mismanaged, poorly managed wars and the american people for the most part have stood aside and simply allow that to happen. >> i take your logic, let me present little further. when you

and according to boston university mark william, when the fed actually started to reign in its bond buying rates could climb as much as half a percentage point higher. >> yeah, long term this is very significant for the average consumer, because the average consumer is someone who will vance their mortgage, or refinance their mortgage. the question now is how drawn out will this tapers be. >> i see quantitative easing, to take years. not months. >> how quickly the fed winds down will depend on how the economy reacts. with increasing numbers of unemployed losing hope the fed will have a tough balancing act ahead. al jazeera, new york. >> vice fed chair is now the front runner for the job. colorado has been slammed by floods nicole mitchell is here now with the latest, what is the forecast look like for rescue crews still going through that area. >> overall things have improved so much, but there is a little rain moving through. at this point, you probably just don't want to see rain ever again. so you can see this, as it moves through. reports of slight rain in places like aspen. so green i

boston marathon bombing and the. the two suspects who are pretty much of the same age as they tied the terrorist attack to what happened in iraq and many thousands of. took place there because of the american involvement can you see any good intentions in what they were trying to do i mean did they have a point because. well i mean. they felt that they need to send a signal to the american government to the american people that what is being done . americans around the world. is no pride no that was the terrorists i mean clearly that was and with good intentions i think we can all agree that their intentions were not good so i'm never going to agree with how you would test the intentions of somebody how would you know the intentions of george w. bush when he launched that war on false pretext it's now recognized internationally that saddam hussein never had weapons of mass destruction so how could you argue good intentions for somebody who is responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands of people but not to s

university prior to winning this title i understand you're taking and you're all. you're planning to go back. so. i assume you would say that getting your degrees more important you know the shape of your figure but unfortunately i mean if you consider reality this is the case i don't think so i mean i think that no matter what i look like no matter what size i am no matter whether i gain fifty pounds or fifty pounds i don't look the same anymore. i'm going to put one hundred percent of my heart and soul and effort into anything that i do and i don't think that the way that you look i think that it's a lot more than. you seem to be very mystic even though again social scientists say that it's not about how much effort you really put but how this effort is received by others i would like to bring up one interesting study and again it was conducted in the united states and over half of young women in your country said that they would be preferred to heed by a truck rather than being fat that's sort of shows you the social pressure that it's put on the women to look a

university prior to winning this title i understand you're taking and you're all. you're planning to go back. so. i assume you would say that getting your degrees more important you know the shape of your figure but unfortunately i mean if you consider reality this is the case i don't think so i mean i think that no matter what i look like no matter what size i am no matter whether i gain fifty pounds or fifty pounds i don't look the same anymore i'm going to put one hundred percent of my heart and soul and effort into anything that i do and i don't think that that depends on the way that you look i think that it's a lot more than. you seem to be very mystic even though again social scientists say that it's not about how much effort you really put it but how received by others i would like to bring up one interesting study it again was conducted in the united states in the over half of young women in your country said that they would be preferred to he'd buy a truck rather than being fat that's sort of shows you the extent of social pressure that it's put on the wo

university prior to winning this title i understand you're taking and you're all. are you planning to go back. so. i assume you would say that getting your degrees more important you know the shape of your figure but unfortunately i mean if you consider reality of this is. i don't think so i mean i think that no matter what i look like no matter what size i am no matter whether i gain fifty pounds or lose fifty pounds and i don't look the same anymore i'm going to put one hundred percent of my heart and soul and effort into anything that i do and i don't think that that depends on the way that you look i think that it's a lot more than. you seem to be very mystic even though again social scientists say that it's not about how much effort you really put but how received by others i would like to bring up one interesting study is that again it was conducted in the united states and over half of young women in your country said that they would be preferred to heed by a truck rather than being fat that's sort of shows you the social pressure that is put on the women to

black man at boston university, of personalism. that idea that all persons in this crusted earth are important, are endued with worth and dignity. and in a government of civil society, we should accord all peoples, those services and amenities that will enable them to develop as fully matured persons. unfortunately, friends, because of the dark past of this nation, not too often african americans have experienced receiving those services that should have been ours which are [speaker not understood] and afforded for all american citizens. i wish to say that it's good for us to go back in history sometime and get a perspective. i have here a copy of some copious notes from a meeting that was held in savannah, georgia, january 12th, 1865. a meeting called by general sherman and secretary of war stanton. after they had marched to atlanta, burned down atlanta because the confederacy would not give up, they decided that upon burning down atlanta, that they would march to the sea. and as they marched to the sea, these ex slaves followed t

but according to boston university professor dr. michael segal who studies trends like this one, smoking is not the on thing adding to heart disease. unemployment is also bad for health. dr. michael. while some county employees could really use a cigarette right now like these. >> she is a county employee. just call the help desk secretary cat okay. questions from my guests. patti ann browne, commissioners have banned beiworkers. >> i tried to find it in references elsewhere and -- >> obviously someone who wanted to run for office struck that in there, right? >> it's really strange. it doesn't make any sense to me. obviously the slippery slope comes to mind. if you're going to say that the argument is that it's going to cost more money to insure the smokers and again people who eat meat can have a higher risk of heart disease and the question comes to mind about, are you going to force people to exercise and i thought that was taking it really to an absurd extreme and then as i'm reading up on it, the superintendent of the school sy

he has taught at boston university, the university of texas and harvard, served as secretary of education under president reagan and was america's first drug czar under president george h. w. bush. bill is the author of more than 24 books including two "new york times" number one bestsellers, is the host of "bill bennett's morning in america" and has received more than 30 honorary degrees. and as a final note, a very long time ago bill and i were philosophy students together at williams college. bill will speak in a minute. he will be followed by david wilezol, the co-author of "is college worth it?." david isby sosa produce of the national syndicated "bill bennett's morning in america," a contributed to monday the campus to manhattan institute's higher education policy blog, claremont institute fellow and a study of greek and latin of the catholic university in washington, now in his honor, i tried to come up with an appropriate latin quote for addressing student debt. and i suggest -- happy is he who has no debt. [laughter] >> good. >> thank you. bill and david, we look forward to your

but according to boston university professor dr. michael segal who studies trends like this one, smoking is not the on thing adding to heart disease. unemployment is also bad for health. dr. michael. while some county employees could really use a cigarette right now like these. >> she is a county employee. just call the help desk secretary cat okay. questions from my guests. patti ann browne, commissioners have banned beiworkers. >> i tried to find it in references elsewhere and -- >> obviously someone who wanted to run for office struck that in there, right? >> it's really strange. it doesn't make any sense to me. obviously the slippery slope comes to mind. if you're going to say that the argument is that it's going to cost more money to insure the smokers and again people who eat meat can have a higher risk of heart disease and the question comes to mind about, are you going to force people to exercise and i thought that was taking it really to an absurd extreme and then as i'm reading up on it, the superintendent of the school sy

university he joins us tonight from that campus. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me on. >> how have we as americans failed our soldiers? surface americans hold their soldiers in very high regard. on publict manifested occasions whether it is the super bowl or the world series. my argument is that that is pretty thin. and substantively we have not provided support. i think the proper expression of support should be that we would want to ensure that our soldiers are never sent and harm's way unless absolutely necessary. when they go to fight the fight in wars that are properly managed. as a practical matter neither of those has retained create we have allowed a government to dispatch our soldiers to unnecessary wars with iraq being the principal example. afghanistan,and our soldiers have been subjected to mismanaged, poorly managed wars and the american people for the most part have stood aside and simply allow that to happen. >> i take your logic, let me present little further. when you

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professor of international relations at boston university andrew bass ovich, thank you for joining us. the president talked about american exceptionalism. he seemed to root thatli exceptionalism in the fact america is ready to spend blood and treasure overseas. what did you think of his remarks? >> i didn't consider them to be especially helpful or especially accurate. it seems to me that we would do well to examine realistically and pragmatically our military engagement in the greater middle east which has really gone on now for over 30 years every since jimmy carter promulgated the carter doctrine back in 1980. since then we've been engaged in more or less continuous military operations. some are large scale like iraq and afghanistan. others on a lesser scale, always with the hope or expectation that if we just try a little bit harder, we'll bring stability to the region, we'll promote democratic values in the region and get people who live there to like us better. if we look back at that 30 plus year effort and ask ourselves what we've achieved, i'm afraid the answer is not much an

he's now a professor at boston university. his latest book is just out and entitled "breach of trust how americans failed their soldiers and their country." he's joining us right now. thanks very much for coming inning >> thanks very much for having me on the program. >> let's talk about the president of the united states. he made a powerful moral argument for potentially launching air strikes against targets in syria to stop their using chemical weapons against their own people. you think that will threat alone, military threat should not be on table. is that right? >> well, we should talk about the moral issues. i think we need to begin with a discussion of what's in u.s. interests. and there i'd want to put syria in a broader context. when you think about it, going back 30 years, we have used u.s. forces in any number of countries in the middle east. we've occupied, we've invaded. we've bombed. we've come in on humanitarian purposes, all with an expectation that u.s. military actions ultimately will lead to a more stable, p

researchers from boston university have found a robust relationship between states with high rates of gun ownership and states with high rates of gun homicide. how about that? it's a nice study. you may want to read it, mr. la pierre. there was a victory for strippers. rick's cabaret tried to hirecon. after a class-action lawsuit, a judge ruled almost 2,000 can seek back wages. you see, they're covered by labor laws. speaking of the big apple, times square is home of broadway, the famous new year's eve ball drop and apparently obama care haters. we caught sight of this sign saying obama care may be hazardous to your health and you can thank jim demint and the heritage foundation for that. but we're not sure it's going to convince anyone. next, what one canceled fighter jet tells us about the growing disparity of wealth in america. >> while the richest 1% take home almost a quarter of the national income today, in 1976, they took home only 9%. meaning their share of income has nearly tripled in the last 30 years. . is really made of cheese? [ crisp crunches ] whoo-hoo-hoo! guess it was

i was trained as a journalist at boston university. but what with the dead, and how little attention was paid bear, especially if it was finally recorded through frontline with the current administration, it is just a remarkable piece of writing and reporting. i really respect what you did, and i know that there is so many other people in this area down here those who appreciate what you did. they told a story that otherwise never would've been told everywhere. >> thank you, florida. >> thank you very much. obviously it is gratifying to me that the book has been received largely by the soldiers that fought there. by the veterans, it is really embraced by these men and i'm so grateful. >> he talked about how this began as well. how did this began? >> it began necessary in the newspaper that i work for for 20 years. the newspaper got behind the story fairly early. nevertheless, they agreed to support me on the project and ultimately they ran it as a 30 part series in the inquirer. also at the same time on the internet. it was a big hit w

steve kornacki is a graduate of boston university. this next call is from massachusetts, republican line. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the word "exceptional," or " exceptionalism." i'm an old guy. my parents, right after they taught me right from wrong and then table manners and things like that, these are my earliest memories -- i got into little league and i had a good game when i was five or six or seven years old, and i started posting -- boasting. i was immediately put down by my father and had it explained to me that bragging or boasting is just not called for. it is up to other people to brag or boast about how well i was doing or how well i did. i can remember jim brown -- when jimmy brown would get a touchdown, he would run into the end zone and he would just drop the football and run back to the sidelines. now if somebody in a football game, three touchdowns behind, makes reasonable plate, they start running around and making all kinds of dances. host: ed -- can you bring this to a conclusion? caller: huh? host: c

. >> through a program at the university of massachusetts boston, she found ways to encourage her family to make healthier food choices. >> had more milk and not as much soda. >> the study found teens are exercising more and though they fall short of the recommended five servings of recommended fruit and servings a day, teens are eating better. and the result should be healthier adults for the risk of obesity and heart disease. >> the damage is beginning while they are kids, while they are young. >> while parents might agree, some things about teenagers will never change. >> i like to walk alone, because it's kind of embarrassing. >> at least their health appears to be changing for the better. erica edwards, nbc news. >>> many moms and dads are bending the rules when it comes to kids buckling up. a new study finds 1 in 4 parents have driven without kids buckled up, and parents who had higher education were more likely to do so. they were traveling during the night or rewarding a child. accidents happen in a split second and kids should be buckled up appropriately whenever the car is movi

and i graduated from northeastern university. i worked on the college radio station which is where i started newscasting and then i realized that i don't think being a newscaster is exactly in the wheel house for how i want to be as a woman you know i even back then i had a bit of flamboyancy with me which is really will be acceptable at the news desk although nowadays newscasters are like showgirls you know back in the day. that's not who they were and i don't think i was calling out for radio but i got an internship with a fellow by the name of matt siegel at kiss want to eat in boston he still there it casts and and i've since been back since having my talk show to thank him it was oprah arguments for a show yeah oh it was an inspiration but you know oprah's first couple of years on t.v. over started in one nine hundred eighty six you see i graduated from college in eighty six and then i was so busy moving around from the virgin islands to d.c. i worked afternoon shift i was so busy hustling i really wasn't watching a lot of t

and i graduated from northeastern university. i worked on the college radio station which is where i started newscasting and then i realized that i don't think being a newscaster is exactly in the wheel house for how i want to be as a woman you know even back then i had a bit of flamboyancy with me which is really will be acceptable at the news desk although nowadays newscasters are like showgirls you know back in the day. that's not who they were and i think that was calling out for radio but i got an internship with a fellow by the name of matt siegel at kiss want to eat in boston he still there it casts and and i've since been back since having my talk so to thank him it was oprah arguments proof and oh yeah oh it was an inspiration but you know oprah's first couple of years on t.v. over started one thousand nine hundred sixty i graduated from college in eighty six and then i was so busy moving around from the virgin islands to d.c. i worked afternoon shifts i was so busy hustling they really wasn't watching a lot of t.v. duri

joining us live from outside boston, massachusetts, is an economist and professor at harvard university. welcome to the broadcast, and thanks for joining us. everyone focusing on cereal. folks say that will dominate the meetings. what when you sweep thataway, what are the key issues on the economic front? >> growth, growth, and growth. we are on the fifth anniversary this month of the lehman collapse, and by no means clear of the recession induced as a consequence. what the debate is about is essentially about how to recover growth, how to stabilize growth, how to generate growth across multiple continents. the major players have disagreements about how to do that. the united states and the federal reserve have been following a stimulative path with quantitative easing. europeans have been preoccupied with austerity and achieving fiscal balance. probably more important in terms of the global economy are the outcomes of the german elections, which are forthcoming. looks likely mrs. merkel will be reelected and we will see more easing as a consequence of austerity of germany -- in germany

. >>> arraignment for three friends in the boston marathon bombing suspect. they have been charged with conspiracy and prosecutors say and some of his possessions at the university of massachusetts dartmouth following the attack. they have pled not guilty to the allegations. >>> and while were you sleeping, flood sirens went off in boulder, colorado. the scene is incredible. thousands of people have been told to get to higher ground. the creeks are swelling there. it killed three people and the president declared a state of emergency in boulder. right now there is help for the first responders. >> i have seen other floods but nothing like this. >> it is going to get worse. >> several schools are closed because of the dangers on the roads. >>> it is beautiful here n town 67 degrees. it will be delightful. right now and the north and the west. it is close to 70 now. but the stories are the dupes. we're talking 70-degree dew points and a 62-degree dew point. there is not a 30s and that will move in and that will allow for highs to be around 80 in the city. north