eraker combs through the almost 250-year-old evidence and tries to determine what really happened on that fateful day. this is about 45 minutes. a tangled relationship with boston. i grew up in a small town in south dakota. i first visited here as a 12-year-old when my brother was in school and the trip made an impression on me. i saw my first major league baseball game at fenway park. we walked the freedom trail. later, i lived in somerville for six years when i was working on my phd. i intended to write my first research seminar paper on boston in the era of the american revolution, but i changed my mind and chose a different topic. that topic led me to my dissertation project. ultimately, i followed a different intellectual path entirely. it has been a winding path that has led me back to boston after all. it was a pleasure to work on a boston topic for a number of reasons. unlike much of my earlier work .unlike much of my earlier work which is focused on relatively litt
good evening. i m gavin. please be with the director of programs exhibitions and community partnerships for the massachusetts historical society, and i m happy to welcome you to our program this evening. we ll hear from tea and keto we ll speak on her new book exploring american health care through 50 historic treasures. this book presents a history of health and medicine in the united states tracing paradigm shifts such as the introduction of anesthesia the adoptional germ theory and advances in public health the book showcases little known objects and illustrate are complex relationship with health and highlights objects related to famous moment and medicine ranging from vitamin d beer to the discovery of penicillin each artifact illuminates some case of the social cultural and technical influences on how people fundamental questions about health. program we ll look at a selection of these artifacts with an emphasis on massachusetts stories. health. we ll look at a section
and the cubs won the series. crazy. i m tamron. dylan. look who s here. our co-host this morning, mr. nick lachey. al is in chicago. a happy camper hanging out with the cubs. we re going to check in with him in a moment. how you feeling? i m good. i m running on fumes because i think, like you, it was a late night. you can t turn off a game in the eighth inning, not a game like that. my problem is i turned it off it s like a potato chip. once you re in you re not supposed to stop until the bag is gone. i was one of the few rooting for cleveland on this crew. when they were losing, it was like i m going to bed. i asked my husband when he came to bed he told me they didn t win. going into the game, it had such a high expectation level, forever. it lived up to all that hype and even more. it was unreal. you hope it goes to a game seven and extra innings. maybe not the rain delay. even the rain delay was pa nice little change of pace. i couldn t believe it
turning to politics, the iowa caucuseses are tomorrow night. and the polls point pointe to a close race between both parties. what that means depends on turnout. so the candidates of both parties are scrambling to get out their vote. reporter: donald trump went to church in muskatine, iowa. he bragged about his polls. by the way, the polls, no. 1 in security. no. 1 on isis. no. 1 on protection. no. 1 in almost every category. the only thing i wasn t no. 1 on .. personality! [ laughter ] reporter: a symbol of a trump problem sat on the front row. brett and shannon mayhan do not plan to vote. i ve never caucused before. no. [ laughter ] not going to go, no. we can t keep electing the reporter: only one in six iowaens will show up. the most likely republicans to go are evangelicals backing ted cruz, not trump. so ted cruz are really seeking the reliable caucusgoers. donald trump is hoping first- time caucusgoers tending to support them go out. they re looking
we will talk about that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. john: right now the final frenzy in iowa as contenders work it close the deal before the caucuses. barbara: in the final polls donald trump has a slight lead over ted cruz and hillary clinton slightly ahead of bernie sanders. we have more from iowa. reporter: presidential candidates made one last push ahead of the first real contest of 2016. bringing out the family. and the fame. let s try one more time to get trump let s call donald duck come meet with cruz. reporter: donald trump and ted cruz taking shots at each other in the sunday talk shows. ted cruz is the total liar. i m so against obama care. donald engages in insults because he can t defend his record. reporter: a poll shows trump five points head of cruz but with many other g.o.p. scooping up other candidates could be vital. the same polls showed hillary clinton with a three-point lead over bernie sanders but if martin o malley supporters