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That people are routinely prosecuted for unless you consider this to be stealing government property. it does seem somewhat different and i would say probably not on the law front unless some more facts come the light we dont know about at this point. >> the doj said she is not a target of investigation of law breaking. question number three, do other officials do this? >> other officials do do this. past secretaries of state do this. colin powell had a private e-mail account and write proud of ...

Echos of the cold war reverberating in the computer age. experts telling cnn that russia is the suspect in the hacking of the server of the pentagon. we have barbara starr with more. >> reporter: moscow is a leading theory of the hacking of the unclassified computer system that 4,000 civilians and military members who work for the joint chiefs of staff, including general martin dempsey. hacked into two weeks ago and they are still trying to get that system back online and back up and running. th...

Frenchated the minitel computer network giving everyone in government a free computer. you think that would have given them a huge lead in the computer age, but that is now what happened. for-profit competitors left france in the dust. government experts could not keep up with the spontaneous experiments. but economists put it, order generated without design can far outstrip plans may unconsciously contrived. the french government response was to offer metical and six colors. you might say they ...

Said basically the kind of growth we have known in this country was the result mainly of the light bulb and everything was spun off of the invention of the light bulb and spun off of that. thats the growth for decades and a little bit of growth early and a spurt of growth early in the computer age, but that tapered off and that kind of growth made ponl by that innovation is not possible in the future. we will still have innovation and have radical changes because of it and have that kind of grow...

it is 8:00. thanks for waking up with us. lets get you caught up on some of the news. we start with a glitch in the space plan. >> three, two, one, zero. and lift off. weve had a cut off. >> that is the dragon spacecraft on the launch pad at cape canaveral but it did not get off the ground. john, take us through what happened here. what went wrong? >> well, the future is on hold, isnt it, randi? who said space flight was easy and rocket science was easy? not you, not me of course. i th...

This is the website for a marriage service. see, it says so right there above the lady with the bra straps falling down and the lady in the red, white, and blue bikini. is that some sort of bikini yoga? we think of the mail order bride industry as a relic of the past, but the industry still not only exists, it has been updated for the computer age. you dont pick your bride out from the back of a magazine or a catalog now, now you pick her out online. this service, encounters international, speci...

hour. is a stuck pedal to blame? the wife of former syracuse basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys goes public this morning addressing claims she knew what was going on with her husband. plus this -- ♪ i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ >> lee greenwood making a plea for a better america. hes got a new book asking does god still bless the usa? well ask him when he stops by later this hour. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. im ...

dinner. not shockingly, he issued an apology. it took a little while. he did the nonapology apology first and then came around to the real apology. heres what he said. >> i might have tacos when i go home, im not quite sure yet. >> i am going to guess he did not have the tacos. apparently, he did not have the tacos and then apologized. the question this morning is, is that apology enough? well dig into what has been happening in that city of east haven, connecticut. concussion cont...

the presidential candidates go toe to toe tonight. as they face off in jacksonville. romney and gingrich are in a virtual poll. romney is ahead by just two percentage points. on the campaign trail, gingrich conceded that all the super pac attack ads have now hurt. but hes not backing down. >> i can promise you i am going to fight every day from here until we win the nomination, because i am not going to allow the monied interests that are bose buying those ads to come in here and into ...

we were talking about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we were gripped in horror when an assassin shot her in the head and killed six others around her. we watched in hope as she made remarkable steps to recovery. today in order to stay on that pathway to healing, gabby giffords announced she is resigning from her seat in congress. >> i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. >> i want to bring in now our athena jones...