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Or kill it? >>guest: well, there are two ways the government finances the solar industry. one is with the government listens where they try to commercialize already invented products and the other one is investing in programs where they invest in brand new technology. thats where government can be very effective. since world war ii they have invested in technology that has become national treasures including the intent. it is technology and innovation that will ultimately make solar widely accep...

Flourish and basic research. and now over the past -- and it worked, by the way. because you get gdp goes up, median family incomes go up, families do better. and then weve had now 30 years. basically a generation in which we have shrunk those investments. we have cut back. so now china is investing 9% of gdp and infrastructure. you know, europe, 5%. here in the u.s., we are at 2.4% and trying to figure out how to cover it. >> but in our defense, we are investing in afghanistan. that will help u...

You -- by the way, the d.o.e. investigations, there are thousands and thousands of grants out there. they are investigating 300 of them. >> eric: lets talk about what this is. this is a congressional hearing -- >> bob: tell us what this is. >> eric: stay on the subject, shall we? this is congress and how they spend the money. $60 million of travel within the department itself with the contractors. several hundred million dollars is a gross understatement? >> dana: that is the scale, right? that ...

And maybe a little more common in older dads. >> reporter: dads who were over 50 when compared to dads under 30, have twice the risk of having an autistic child. and this study may help explain why. pointing out spontaneous genetic glitches connected directly to autism. medicine already knows that older parents, moms and dads, have a higher risk of having kids with downs syndrome, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. the older the parents, the greater the risk. >> we dont have the answer. we have...

Basic research and science, caring for the most vulnerable, they are wrong. they are wrong in their vision of america. >>alisyn: what is in the paul ryan budget cutting $5.3 trillion in spending compared to the presidents plan and cuts debt as a share of the economy by 15 percent. it reduces the corporate tax rate by 10 percent and the economy as we say that is significant particularly this weekend since tomorrow the united states is the number one country in the entire world with the highest co...

Per. everyone loses. corporate welfare, gone. is there a role for bake -- basic research at national institutes of heart and the energy department? and the defense department, basic research? of course. but in terms of taking those and subsidizing their application not marketplace, no how no way. >>neil: you have supported mitt romney but everyone says despite his relatively critically reviewed debate performance he is in trouble. do you think he will get the nomination? >>guest: i think he will...

Refew the values of fair play and responsibility. the budget that were releasing today is a reflection of shared responsibility. it says that if were serious about investing in our future and investing in commune -- community colleges and investing in new energy technology and investing in basic research, well, weve got to pay for it and that means weve got to make some choices. right now were scheduled to spend nearly $1 trillion more on what was intended to be a temporary tax cut for the wealt...

yes, a moon base. just listen as things got pretty fire ri over immigration. >> is he still the moet anti-immigrant candidate? >> i think of the four of us, yes. >> go ahead, governor. >> that is simply inexcusable. actually, senator marco rubio came to my defense and said that ad was inexcusable, inappropriate. im not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wifes father was born in whales. they came to this country. the idea that im anti-immigrant is repulsive. to say that en...

police fired tear gas canisters. its not clear if thats what caused his wound. olsons injury prompted occupy wall street protesters in new york to rally in his support the movement continues to show life around the world. occupy protesters in pakistan marched on the world banks offices in islamabad chanting down with capitalism. a deal made in europe is putting money in your pocket this morning. stocks jumped at the open after european leaders agreed on a plan to end their debt crisis....

Should be a priority and money spent on it is spent on the ground and results in the technologies that we can use here at home. the benefits of nasas research arent always upfront but you can use a ton of technologies in nasas basic research. we need to invest in it. james in north carolina, forget about the u.s. space program. lets concentrate on the space between our ears and what the government has on spending and the government in the bank. our problems are closer to home than outer space. l...