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>> its a simple principle. an injury to one is an injury to all. if we imagine ourself in any situation thinking of that one rule, what can i do in the situation to be in solidarity with someone who is being injured? whether through oppression or through an individual human action, what is my responsibility as a human being to insure that another human beings dignity is not looked down upon. >> yeah, a good union principle. we love having you here. stay right there. when we come back, there is s...

Tsunamis, many wonder why god would create such disasters. is he really capable of creating evil? hes supposed to be great. >> our next guest says yes, but its all part of his plan. he is the author of the new book "god forsaken" and hes our guest this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this seems to be the number one question that people grapple with. they might be a person of faith but ask that question, why would god if hes so good evoke evil on some people. >> right. and when ...

rapes of young boys allegedly by a former assistant coach and allegedly covered up or at least ignored by other penn state officials. we get the latest from our mary snow. >> reporter: two days after ousting its president and former coach joe paterno, penn states board of trustees announced today that it is forming a committee to investigate the failure surrounding the reporting of sex allegations by jerry sandusky. the board of trustees says no resources will be spared. they will have...

>> this financial crisis could have been avoided, let us be clear. this calamity was the result of human action, inaction and misjudgment. not of mother nature. >> there is some harsh criticism of the federal reserve, including chairman ben bernanke and his predecessor alan greenspan for failing to stop the flow of toxic mortgages and not setting appropriate mortgage lending standards. the republican members of the financial crisis inquiry commission strongly disagreed with the democrat, arguing...

Details on this report including the fact that wall street kept selling those toxic mortgage securities even after the housing market had begun to tank. otherwise, the report pretty much follows the story line youve come to know. that wall street behaved badly, the government missed of ton of warning signs and that the rest of us paid dearly. >> reporter: in more than 500 pages, the commission blames the meltdown on a complex stew of break down and regulatory negligence. >> this crisis could be ...

>> we, i hope youll get a chance to read it and your listeners will get a chance to read it. we spent almost a year and a half, interviewed some 700 witnesses, conducted 19 days of hearings around the country with witnesses and experts. and this is a very thorough rendition of the facts, and people can come to their own conclusions. we reached the whole variety of conclusions, the most significant of which is that was an avoidable crisis. its an act of god or a calamity that befell us. it was a ...

Some benefit to humanity. then from this viewpoint, any human action ultimately is depend on their motivation and goal. goal is something beneficial and motivation is very sincere. then different sort of matter, thats okay from this viewpoint. from a religious viewpoint. >> fascinating. a lot of religious leaders may tell you different. some find a big difference between science and religion and that they simply do not mix. but asking the dalai lama, he broke it down in really very simple terms....

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Carefully at the moment. >> just so were clear, usually in these situations its about detenti detention, refusal to release. if this is judged as homicide, which means this was human action that caused this young mans death, you have a different scenario on your hands and well see if the government talks about it in those terms. we should let everyone know coming up in "new day" in the next hour well be speaking with the democrat canned kate in the georgia election, jon ossoff. we invited kare...

Negotiation to somehow broker a new climate agreement with the other countries of the world. today the president heard from some key u.s. allies like germany and france saying no thanks, they dont want to subject the worlds climate to the art of the deal. so there will be no new negotiations as far as theyre concerned. and the president indicated if he cant make that happen, then so be it. >> the president as a citizen, jim, had tweeted about climate change as a hoax created by the chinese. has ...