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Saying on this block well target every other house, theres a woman in her 40s. they tried the nation campaign. what the bush people were doing was invisible. they werent on the ground knocking on doors but had hand incredible direct mail operation where they knew who to send mail to et cetera. theres been an erosion on the republican side trying to use that method and an incredible increase of the sophistication on the democratic side of trying to use data in that way. >> when you talk about cul...

Kind. deb ferric has todays edge of discovery. >> reporter: ever want to bend it like beckham? how about like r 2d 2? teams from around the world compete in soccer matches use row boss. a team from carnegie melon played in singapore. >> people look at these games and often ask why robots talk. the challenge goes to the fundamentals of robotics. so its a friendly competition that really drives research forward. so . >> reporter: so how do the robots build soccer? the students build them from scra...

Occurring with signs that say do you need to talk. >> if you have a concern or feeling pain -- >> reporter: theyre also using the internet and taking out full-page ads. students echo the presidents message on a bridge. if you learn anything at cornell, learn to ask for help. but cornell isnt the whole school touched by a string of suicides. three university students reportedly committed suicide since last summer. at new york university, six students killed themselves during the 2003-2004 academi...

It sees. it calls. and it fits. we gave it more ideas per square inch... because more is what we do. introducing the terrain, the all-new smaller suv from gmc. welcome back to msnbc. im contessa brewer. in our world view today, authorities in belgium are trying to figure out what caused a deadly train crash outside brussels this morning, two commuter trains hit head on, killing at least 18 people. secretary of state hillary clinton made a stop in her latest mideast tour. during a speech to s...

President, the parliament, is being supplanted and that eiran is moving toward a military dictatorship. >> and during that address to students at carnegie melons campus, secretary clinton stressed the obama administration is working for tougher u.n. sanctions against iran. and now to that verbal duel between joe biden and former vp dick cheney on sunday, some astonishing and unprecedented moments, biden and cheney took to the sunday morning shows attacking one another with a laundry list of majo...

Trying to take over the world. theyre taking researchers from karn ge carnegie mellon. >> weve talked before about california. you have to be careful in pittsburgh because uber is starting off an advanced technology center. theyve taken 40 scientists and key engineers from a robotics center very high grade engineers in terms of robotics and it seems the pay grade that uber were giving these guys in some cases huge bonuses and doubling salaries. its been tough for carnegie mellon. theyre concerne...