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And were talking about quickness of thought, efficiency. ability to place of business learn from a mistake. adapt. adaptation is important. and i would argue that using that traditional definition of intelligence, were not going about really understanding what someone is capable of achieving along those lines hardly at all. >> yeah. scott, a lot of your work and your writing pushes people to think about this stuff in very different ways. thanks for telling us about us today. >> thanks you so muc...

>> the top democrat on the house veterans affairs committee says theres plenty of blame to go around at the va. >> the fact of the matter is that he is secretary, responsible for the department, yes, his management team let him down, gave him false information as they have over the past -- for the committee. >> in many respects replacing shinseki was the easy part. changing the bureaucracy culture and improving efficiency at the va will by the heavy lifting. >> on his way out the door, shinseki ...

Kitchen stove in your house. >> how so? >> you ever get tired of being pushed around? >> yes. >> because i think bureaucrats are pushing us around already and they want to do it more. the shower head in your bathroom, your toilet flush, your top loaded dryer, your washing machine, your light bulbs, theyre already dictated and regulated by the epa. now stoves. theyve given out $9 million to six colleges to go study clean burning stoves. this is for third world countries, developing world people w...

>> an interview with one of the targets, mariel hemingway. this is "media buzz," and i am howard kurtz. st in >> the story began with a local news reporter on problems at the v.a. hospital in phoenix and went national with this investigation about the phoenix amount on cnn. >> a doctor who left the hospital said that managers were actually keeping two waitingists: a sham list so they looks like a model of efficiency and a secret list that shows the reality that was deadly. >> it took two weeks b...

Had about ten bullets in it. is there the suggestion that, in fact, he was able to reload and fire multiple clips given that we know six people died, given that we know he was shooting and we have witnesses saying that the bullets missed some of the people who are running away from the black bmw. if you can draw us -- without speculating, but if you can draw us a picture of what you know based on the gun, the number of shots its likely he got off and what we can talk about in terms of reloading....

Person, god bless her, as kathleen sebelius or even i would say shinseki and this v.a. thing or so disdisengaged a person on his campaign as he routinely allows throughout the executive branch. >> in his cabinet. >> in the political operation. >> speculation, its all speculation, but, efficiency as i said in the t points is what this is all about now. mislaura, thank you. howard dean says republicans are not american. next our mad as hell segment. >> you are fired, too. >> im fired? you son of a...

Investigation to prove that people died. its obvious. so we need to get to the nug of what the issue is. the system is not work. the veterans are not being well served. those who are serving them are corrupt. the cooking of the books proves that. let me be clear. theres an issue where we can combine the defense department health care system, veterans health care system. elevate but equal. its not. it didnt work in the old days regarding north and south and segregation and not working here. you h...

Like those from hurricane sandy. in the southeast, coastal flooding. in the farm belt, longer growing seasons. and in the southwest, it means more heat waves and exceptional drought bringing those wildfires. all of it, according to the national climate assessment report, is from the impact of a warming planet. the climates situation seems dire. what do you think can be done in the next two years? >> the good news is we have already taken big actions, whether its increasing fuel efficiency standa...

Keeping two waiting lists. a sham list that made the hospital look like a model of efficiency and a secret list that showed the deadly reality. heres our senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin. >> reporter: it was a plan by to management at this veterans hospital in phoenix, arizona to hide as many as 1,600 veterans waiting many months just to get a doctors appointment. cnn has learned at least 40 veterans left waiting for care. many who are on that secret list are now dead. and whats ...

But in the world of 15-year-old scientists, you are quite the superstar. you won the science fair, the google science fair. you were on jimmy fallon in his first month. how has all of the attention been for you? >> its been pret itty crazy. i never would have thought in a million years id get so much attention for a simple project. its been quite a great honor. the only downer is someone stole my name for a website, so i cant use it. but otherwise, its been a great ride. >> what are the chances?...