i didn t know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern. people have to draw their own conclusions. that was republican congresswoman michele bachmann on nbc s today show this morning following up on her criticism of texas governor rick perry in last night s republican tea party debate for having supported vaccination of texas schoolgirls against the virus that causes cervical cancer. miss bachmann arguing in essence to millions of viewers on the today show that that vaccine causes mental retardation. is that claim true or is that false? false. despite michele bachmann s clear implications, there is no accepted medical evidence suggesting the vaccine she is describing causes mental retardation. in fact, the american academy of pediatrics put out this statement today. the american academy of pediatrics would like to correct false statements made in the republican presidential campaign that hpv savaccine is dangerous and can cause mental retardation. t
she told me her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it can have very dangerous side effects. the mother was crying when she came up to me last night. i didn t know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern. people have to draw their own conclusions. that was republican congresswoman michele bachmann on nbc s today show this morning following up on her criticism of texas governor rick perry in last night s republican tea party debate for having supported vaccination of texas schoolgirls against the virus that causes cervical cancer. miss bachmann arguing in essence to millions of viewers on the today show that that vaccine causes mental retardation. is that claim true or is that false? false. despite michele bachmann s clear implications, there is no accepted medical evidence suggesting the vaccine she is describing causes mental retardation. in fact, the american academy of pediatrics
s is on in-depth. she s the author of 8 books including calling the shots, before and after, and her latest, ending the u.s. war in afghanistan. join our three-hour conversation with your phone calls, emails and tweets for phyllis bennis sunday at noon eastern on c-span2 and watch previous in-depth programs at booktv.org where you can find the entire weekend schedule. the one thing that we ve absolutely learned over the last 30 years is that the economists and other sages of the economy are not very good at predicting what happens. robert samuelson has written about politics, the economy and social issues for over three decades. he ll join us sunday night on c-span s q & a. malcolm gladwell author of the what the dog saw and david grann author and sherlock holmes discuss their essays and their writing careers at the new yorker. barnes & noble hosted the event. [applause] thank you all for coming and i thank the two of you for coming. barnes & noble tries to give m
and what was probably the most fascinating thing about doing this book for the two of you? that our original goal when we had our first conversation about doing the book, we had a goal about what kind of book we wanted it to be and what we thought might succeed, and we executed exactly what we wanted to do which is pretty rewarding in any aspect of life. host: had you two worked together before? guest: we had not written so much as a shopping list. we d had a few meals and tries together but had never written anything together. i have to say, there are always challenges with all good partnerships, but within the possible spectrum of how rewarding and enjoyable it was, it was way off the charts for both of us. we had a great time doing it, and the writing of it was shockingly much easier than either one of us expected it would be. malcolm gladwell, author of what the dog saw, and david grann discuss their respective collections of of essays and their writing career
and to what got to be impossible and the state department couldn t shed a doubt about it and so he made the news public. but he himself, as he said, it s so horrible i can t leave. well, that s kind of an expression of disbelief it seems to me to be a rationale for not doing anything because as you say this is terrible. then what are you doing about it? you know, and you can t say well i don t want to see roosevelt because it would get him mad and then so you just say well it can t be true. anyhow, to answer your question i think that explains a lot of the people who express the jewish leaders and sympathizers as i guess frankfurter would be. they were reluctant to admit and it was horrible, but after a while when you have all this evidence piled up and as you mentioned himself he was a firsthand witness you have to see the other horrible things that happen and this is the lead stand may be the biggest perhaps there s something to be done. thank you for the question. you st