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July 29, 2012
He wrote that in a footnote to a paper. he said, of course, this isnt rigorous, but lets go on. his colleagues knew this and pointed tout him that he was having none of t. but by the end of his life -- >> auto biography. >> he covered every other thing he had done. but he left "e" equals mc squared out. >> you argue that science should admit this stuff. >> absolutely. i think it makes scientists human. >> people will be scared of them again? >> i dont think we will. we are scared of people who a...
July 28, 2012
He wrote that in a footnote to a paper. he said, of course, this isnt rigorous, but lets go on. his colleagues knew this and pointed tout him that he was having none of t. but by the end of his life -- >> auto biography. >> he covered every other thing he had done. but he left "e" equals mc squared out. >> you argue that science should admit this stuff. >> absolutely. i think it makes scientists human. >> people will be scared of them again? >> i dont think we will. we are scared of people who a...
July 28, 2012
He wrote that in a footnote to a paper. he said, of course, this isnt rigorous, but lets go on. his colleagues knew this and pointed tout him that he was having none of t. but by the end of his life -- >> auto biography. >> he covered every other thing he had done. but he lft "e" equals mc squared out. >> you argue that science should admit this stuff. >> absolutely. i think it makes scientists human. >> people will be scared of them again? >> i dont think we will. we are scared of people who ar...
July 28, 2012
At one point in the footnote of one his papers of course this isnt rigorous, his colleagues pointed out to him. by the end of his life, he covered everything he did in science but he left out. i think that tells you what he ultimately felt. >> john: you say they should admit this stuff? >> its human. we want our kids -- i dont we will be scared of them. we are scared about robots or zombies. we like human beings and we will forgive their flaws and their behaviors. it actually makes them more lik...
July 24, 2012
Sally ride, americas first female astronaut, was 61 years old. >> gone too soon. ride was a trail blazer who changed the face of the space program. lisa stark worked with sally ride and has her story. good morning. >> reporter: when sally ride became an astronaut in 1978, it had been an all-male fraternity for nearly two decades. she and five women were part of the astronaut group that year and ride who had a ph.d. in physics drew the lucky straw. launching on the shuttle "challenger" in 1983. >...
July 24, 2012
In some of your own money? >> yeah, were going to make sure -- well, were going to first and foremost go out and try to get people in the district and around the country to support our efforts. and thats very important. we think its extremely important to have a message that we have a full, plansed backing of everybody in our district. >> so you will put in some of your own money? >> yeah, we have to date. well do some more. but at the end of the day, weve got to get the help of the people aroun...
July 13, 2012
Take a leave of absence from bain for that campaign. >> but returned afterwards but had the political ambition. then goes after the olympics in 1999. the olympics ended and he ran for governor in massachusetts. the opportunity to run for governor in massachusetts did not come up to the end of that olympic tenure, because there was a republican governor and james swift didnt implode until the final few months. so is it your impression that romneys plan or the option he wanted was to just finish t...
July 13, 2012
The opportunity to run for governor in massachusetts did not come up to the end of that olympic tenure, because there was a republican governor and james swift didnt implode until the final few months. so is it your impression that romneys plan or the option he wanted was to just finish the olympics and come back to bain and wait till some point in the future and run for office? >> thats not my impress. it was stated by mitt romney in 2002. it was sort of a lost footnote, but when romney ran for...
July 4, 2012
unless you are one of first americans, a native american, we are all desended from folks who came from some place else. whether they arrived on the may flower or a slave ship wlrks they came from ellis island or across the rio grand. immigrants signed their names to our declaration and helped win our independence. immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand. immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, defeat fascism, and to win a cold w...
June 30, 2012
its been a week of major rulings at the supreme court, culminating with the most anticipated decision in more than a decade, health care reform. chief justice john roberts caught many observers off guard by siding with the four liberal justices to uphold president obamas signature accomplishment. cnns kate balduan begins our coverage. kate, this was a ruling that went against conventional wisdom. >> i would absolutely say so, candy. it was a bombshell ruling with the chief justice, as ...