Welcome it is newsday. Hello and welcome to it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Starting with the big developments out of a Hospital In Gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. An explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital, right in the heart of gaza city, is said to have killed hundreds, according to Health Officials there. People sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that israel was responsible and blamed what he called barbaric terrorist. Hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. Heres our International Editor jeremy bowen with the latest loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near t
Good evening, everyone. It is so nice to see you all here in this great greenberg lounge of the new york law school. Im the director of the nyu center for the study of transformative lives, and over the past six years weve sponsored courses and Public Programs on people who have deeply affected our world for the good. Individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, georgia okeefe, Martin Luther king jr. , pope francis and many others always studied in context. Not all american president s are transformative. [laughter] but some have been. As members of Tonights Panel know well. My own interest is focused on lincoln and his times. It is my belief that students who spend an entire semester studying a person like lincoln or douglass or king or elizabeth candidacy stanton cady stanton, will never forget them. The centers chief ally over the years has been the biography seminar at nyu. Founded in the 1970s by eileen ward, the nyu professor and acclaimed author. For decades this group
Controversial voice for many decades now is the relationship between marijuana use and other Illegal Drugs. Is the fact that more people are consuming marijuana which is lacking the face of legalization will lead to higher rates of use of other Illegal Drugs, that could be a concern or is the opposite possible that an increased use of marijuana because its legal might suppress the use of other Illegal Drugs . All these questions that we will know the answers to in a few years which is why some of us think if we are ambivalent about the legal legalization of marijuana you might learn a stunning amount for the future. Back to drunk driving. Often we get the question asked by a parent is it better for for me if my child drives stoned or drives drunk like the answer is better not let your children use any of the above if theyre behind the wheel. Its much more dangerous to drive drunk and stoned. In other words driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol is much more dangerous than
Life. It seemed as though he cannot possibly. And a certain inevitability that takes over when i lay his story out. Here is like it could be no other way. To understand is to forgive. Watching the wire and lately. I mean, i have been watching it is supposedly an accurate portrayal breed i dont know if you have seen it. But an accurate portrayal baby brought in and distributed pitbull and dave simon was a former reporter please do you find these two stories dont really jive with that whole wire police catching people on wiretaps and all these sorts of drug buys and Police Informants in that sort of thing. And just curious your thoughts on that. Well, two points. I mean, they are dealing crack and heroin. So categorically different kind of animal involved in that business. I dont know much about how it works really. It is a different individual that gets involved. Also on the Street Corner level i have no idea what happens there. George was. It george never tell what this had nothing to
Make those false statements does. I think it creates an uncomfortable system. I have some real concerns about how it is played out in some states. Host what kind of tax revenues has california garnered from medical marijuana and what are the early results from colorado . Guest colorado has been fascinating to watch. The last few months we have seen taxation results released and Advocacy Groups from the beginning were talking massive tax benefits in many states looking for additional source of revenue is very appealing. In some of the states the idea of Marijuana Legalization being a cure for problems sounded very appealing. The initial estimates most of us thought were too high. The tax revenues would not be nearly as high as the Advocacy Group had implied. The results came out in colorado and the tax revenues were much higher. Suddenly we were wrong in our understanding of this. If you look closely what happened in colorado in the early after when pot was made legal there wasnt suffic