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Software developer and eccentric, really i eccentric millionaire john mcphee is next. plus tonight remember 14 years after the

Citizens there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi, whos held power for 42 years. >> libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but im a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the worlds most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female b...

The race. software developer and eccentric, really i eccentric millionaire john mcphee is next. plus tonight remember 14 years after the september 11th attack. while every business is unique,

>> sara jane moore jumped out of a crowd, fired off a weapon and was tackled by another citizen. her background it turned out was as sort of an eccentric, kind of lower rung political figure. she was kind of an odd duck. >> when gerald ford became president, within the space of one month were two attempts on his life, squeaky fromme and sara jane moore. both tried to shoot him. its like, whats going on? why cant this be stopped? >> so once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the ...

Since before 1598 when santa fe was established as a province of new spain, grizzled frontiersmen and hardy pioneers have come to this unforgiving landscape to eke out a difficult existence. welcome to santa fe today. where we can all live the western dream and even buy a little piece of it to take home. you gotta love it. we pretty much eradicate the native american culture, and now in newer, more politically correct times, we decide we love indians and all things native american. and were kind...

The taos painters arrive. >> starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual groove, every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of whatever. mmm, chilies. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thats level three. >> yes, sir. >> all right. we will be careful. indeed. >> new mexican chilies come in two varieties -- red or green. >> thats, by the way, the state question in new mexico. >> red or green. >> red or green. >> ordinar...

Wishes he wore neckties but it knows he wont. some day the opposition will try to recapture city hall, but more than half the voters like it the way it is and tend to think that bernie sanders, as much as the boom, put burlington on the map. fred briggs, nbc news, burlington, vermont. >> i wonder if he still has that sweater? that was april, 1985. that was when the national media started to discover this eccentric, confident, curly haired socialist mayor from burlington, vermont. for a while ber...

Way it is and tend to think that bernie sanders, as much as the boom, put burlington on the map. fred briggs, nbc news, burlington, vermont. >> i wonder if he still has that sweater? that was april, 1985. that was when the national media started to discover this eccentric, confident, curly haired socialist mayor from burlington, vermont. for a while bernie sanders was just sort of an object of national media fascination. hey, are we doing a piece about all the yuppies from the cities moving to n...

Personality, but most of all, its about anger. whats slightly troubling for europeans is a lot of talk about what americans right now are angry about. were getting that from donald trump. the list is very long -- immigration, health care all those things. were not getting a very long list about what americas going to do about it and what these candidates actually stand for. so i think europeans are looking and thinking weve heard this before. its amusing, its fun, its eccentric, but it speaks to...

The total cost of the last british election campaign the general election parliamentary election was $37 million, 25 million pounds. so that gives you some idea of the scale of the difference -- length cost, length of debate, everything. >> you say, tim, "lunatics with money are never mad, only eccentric in america," talking about donald trump. >> running for president. yeah yeah. >> what do you think? i mean brits are used to eccentrics. what do you think brits think of donald trump? >> i think...