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As usual must come to an end. we hold to a couple simple convictions. endless borrowing is not a strategy. spending cuts have to come first. our nation is approaching a tipping point. we are at a moment where if governments growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, americas best century will be considered our past century. this is a future in which we will transform our social safety net into a hammock which lulls people into lives of complacency and dependency depending on bureaucracy to foste...

We hold to a couple of simple convictions. endless borrowing is not a strategy. spending cuts have to come first. our nation is approaching a tipping point. we are at a moment where if governments growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, americas best century will be considered our past century. this is a future in which we will transform our social at safety net into a hammock which lulls able body people into complacency and dependency, depending on bureaucracy has never worked and it wont w...

You dont want to get yourself into trouble or anything like that. >> its actually quite clever. they actually realized its adults pretending to be children or trying to be down with the kids who use all the over the top abbreviations. >> this came from the parents themselves. they told us they want to be able to trust their children rather than having to resort to some sort of blanket monitoring their online activity. >> reporter: childrens charities warn that pedophiles are using ever more soph...

It is designed to protect children from pedophiles. >> the way this thing works, its pretty extraordinary. the app can analyze the language a person uses online to determine if they are who they say they are. laura bicker of the bbc has the story. >> reporter: allisons mom knew how easily children could be preyed upon over the internet. she was contacted in an online chat room. >> she thought the individual was speaking to her was someone she knew. it became clear it was someone it wasnt. >> its...

Deptul have. who retired as an intelligence officer, just three months ago. >> what it should be is a "wake-up call" for the strategic complacency of those who believe the u.s. will continue to maintain air and aiful dominance in the pacific, the first flight of the j-20 is clearly evidence that the chinese will continue to grow in capability and develop anti-access threats an capabilities, to dominate that region of the world. >> reporter: the general has suggested that capping the f-22 fighter...

Based missile that can sink an aircraft carrier known as a area yes, sir killer. they have added 30 submarines in the past decade while the u.s. has commissioned one new sub. >> it should be a wake-up call for the complacency of those that believe that the u.s. will continue to maintain air and naval dominance in the pacific. >> reporter: now general electric will voluntarily chair with the chinese the technology behind the state of the art jet engines as it seeks contracts in the booming aviati...

In the pacific. jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with an update on that. >> reporter: what has pentagon officials baffled is chinas gal opening defense budget. officially -- we dont know what china really spends. but officially according to its estimate. in the past 20 years chinas defense expenditure has gone up 464% to nearly $100 billion in 2009. they added submarines to their navy compared to the u.s. which commissioned only one sub. and the ballistic missile that can sink an air craft c...

Welcome back from cnn hong kong and cnn london. youre watching "world business today." >> things seem to be looking up in the financial world. how about the luxury business? will high ends goods companies repeat their strong performance of 2010? we take a look at our first installment of the week long series on luxury living. >> reporter: the luxury sector may have been able to stave off the worst effects of the recession. still this is not the time for complacency. brands are feeling the pressu...

Closer than we originally anticipated. and talking to people that are down here, you know, lot of them on vacation, of course, enjoying the last bits of summer. not one of them terribly concerned about this storm. maybe they should be. a little bit of complacency here. it has been a while since this region has seen a direct hit from a big storm. so maybe a little bit of hurricane amnesia. thats never a good thing. here is the satellite of this thing again. and it has weakened just a little bit. ...

That happened here and im certainly open to what the fbi has that you and i dont have access to. bill: crossing the wires now, the story, man, got our attention and something we want to figure out as i know you do as well. maybe they were testing the system, maybe its not nearly as nefarious as we think but its an answer we need today. ill give you the last word as we tray and get more news out of washington. >> absolutely. >> absolutely, bill, complacency is a terrible thing and i think we are ...