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The speaker of the house. you have the long-term evolution of the party. and we are not an etch-a-sketch party. that was an unfortunate comment by romneys communication director. we are a broadly conservative party. we dont have to be severely conservative as romney said at cpac. something else severely hard to do in american politics we need a new generation of break throughs. this country is in trouble. the industrial world is in trouble. spain has 21% or 22% unemployment. the greeks may suffe...

international wonders if they have faced widespread pressure. opposition fighters have also been accused of crimes. meanwhile, sources tell cnn that syrian president bashar al-assad has rejected the latest peace proposal. 28 people are dead following a bus crash in switzerland according to the swiss news agency, 22 children and six adults died when the bus carrying belgian tourists collided with the wall of a tunnel. it happened on the border of italy as the tourists were returning fro...

Well republicans are saying the fight over contraception is far from over, it was called an accounting gimmick, has offered an employer, any employer to escape the contraception mandate. and senate democrats responded to the proposal. >> this amendment would give employers an unprecedented license to dictate what women and men can have covered. it is extreme, it is dangerous. >> in a country known for its medical break throughs and advancements, republicans would have us go back to the medical d...

The fracking of natural gas which as you pointed out made cheapest almost in its history in real terms came about by a couple of entrepreneurs doing what engineers said could not be done. and that is how you get cheap energy. and by the way, the president may not know it but natural gas is a very clean source of energy and yet his government is doing everything it can in terms of regulation to block its development. bill: natural gas as you know in new york is being used more and more in our mun...

in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. >> anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. >> well get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan din...

sanitation. police say they arrested 14 protesters today who blocked traffic and turned over trash cans. texas governor rick perry is unveiling his national energy plan in suburban pittsburgh right now. live pictures. he says president perry will expand drilling on federal lands and get rid of clean air rules and other, quote, activist regulations. perry says getting bureaucracy out of the way will mean 1 million or more new jobs. perry has stumbled in the polls. his wife came to his...

documentary of diana nyad. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people tolder that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. she had to do this again without any rest whatsoever. what we now know is diana lasted a...

Certain quantity of fuel. and we leave the boundaries pretty wide open here because this is all about innovation and coming up with new ideas to be more efficient. so they can use gasoline, they can use diesel. we have cars that can use solar, hydrogen, plug-in hybrids, all different types of models. what were looking for, though, are those innovative break throughs that can ultimately be applied to the larger transportation system. >> we have he been talking about budgets and how were going to ...

It visionary. it is a way for us to brainstorm and do a suspension of disbelieve during the entire weekend and think about the solution, think about tomorrow and how can we make tomorrow better through the use of innovation. at the end of the day well have the list of the top ten prizes and break-throughs that the x-prize foundation will look into and create the next x-prizes. >> why use competition to solve problems or create innovation? >> when we look at philanthropy and we look at investment...

Transplants and have to wait for one. the total artificial heart, people can leave the hospital for weeks, months and even years at a time. and what that allows and we see the future being that there could be a point where just as today you can get a knee replaced or hip replaced, you could get a heart replaced. there are 3,000 people on waiting lists for hearts right now. this has potential for tremendous break throughs. >> theres a company called amoris that has a biotech operation and this ha...