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After a long, stressful day working as an air traffic controller at one of the largest naval jet bases in the world, elise makdessi went to dinner with her husband at an stahlan restaurant in virginia beach, virginia. eddie makdessi worked in the computer business. >> he did a lot of contract work and some of it was for the u.s. navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained co...

Computer business pioneer lost his job for donating to a group that opposed gay marriage, the folks that helped run him out of office now have to explain why one of their very own leaders did the same thing. plus, president obama today attended the memorial for those killed at fort hood but its where he went afterward that is sparking serious controversy tonight. >> i dont know how you leave such a solum event and then within hours youre glad handing, fundraising as if you can turn it off and tu...

Computer business pioneer lost his job for donating to a group that opposed gay marriage, the folks that helped run him out of office now have to explain why one of their very own leaders did the same thing. plus, president obama today attended the memorial for those killed at fort hood but its where he went afterward that is sparking serious controversy tonight. >> i dont know how you leave such a solum event and then within hours youre glad handing, fundraising as if you can turn it off and tu...

Controller at one of the largest knave jet bases in the world, elise makdessi went to dinner at a restaurant in virginia beach, virginia, with her husband. eddie makdessi worked in the computer business. >> he did a lot of contract work and some of it was for the u.s. navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained consciousness, his hands were bound behind his back. he saw a ma...

north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that dont get a direct hit though, theres the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. youre looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they havent been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the gover...

people can feel like they can have control over now, if you can get through to the bankers. >> were trying and its not cheap to refinance. >> thats right. >> you have to think about whether you want to do that. >> if rates go low enough, its good to check it out. >> its friday. >> yes. >> yeah. although the week started off well, the realization that a second recession may be drawing closer is hammering stocks this morning. actually futures. here in the united states, the dow dropped 4...

of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...

>> you just saw the ceo of that company on the screen just seconds ago, apple. its been apple for a couple years now. >> no surprise. >> theyre such an innovative company, its staggering. >> it is staggering. >> its amazing. >> i dont want to oversell steve jobs but i wont say hes the edison of our time but my god, hes -- >> hes the edison of our time. you can say it. >> he is shaping our culture in a way that nobody else is. >> hes revolutionized the computer business, the telephone business, m...

That was someone who innovated by coming up with an unexpected use of technology. >> youll give us another example of our brain. on this picture, what are we supposed to see? >> if you look at this picture, most people will say it looks like a a forest floor. theres something that you donny want to see. if you go to the second graveph, you see theres a snake there. the reason why you didnt see a snake? the first one, you didnt want to see a snake. thats the thing your brain does, it filters that...

Heart and soul of the nations computer business. here microsoft is respected and feared as a powerful giant whose every footstep sends shivers through the entire industry. >> theres this emerging war basically between the silicon valley culture built up around the web and the microsoft culture up in redmond. its an economic clash, technological clash, a clash for power. bill gates had to turn microsoft like a super tanker around to have it address the internet. the way they did that was by comin...