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>> it it can go both way. people will fall into a sort of group mentality if everyones doing nothing, they follow the group, there are other people who see themselves more as individuals and decide they want to take a stand and do something unique. there isnt one set of characteristics that would describe all heroes. everybody sort of almost has that seed of promise to do something great within them. certainly people more empathetic, able to take anothers perspective and you know thinking about ...

jerry sandusky who is charged with child molestation. >> effective immediately, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach. effective immediately. >> that means paterno wont coach the final home game against nebraska. paterno accepts the boards decision but adds, quote, it is going to take some time to get used to. overnig we are going live to penn state. when tom bradley speaks. take a look at those live pictures. greece has a new interm prime minister to avoid an economic col...

Already on the run, theyre playing dodgeball here, does that tell -- whats that tell the top republicans in the house? >> you asked why did they do it? i think there was a sort of group frenzy, group mentality, that we have to do something with the tea party initially, weve got to be with the tea party. and so they did it. this was the one thing they felt they had -- >> are they dead? >> after the election. >> are they dead? >> well, theyre going to run as fast as they can unless they change the...

A really stark contrast between now the political left and the political right handle this situation. >> thats a really interesting point. hadas, sorry to ignore you. we have been engaged in this lively conversation. from where you sit, youre in the capitol, what is notable about everything that has happened. >> how much this has shaken the democratic party especially those close with harvey weinstein. there are all of these pictures of him smiling and schmoozing with all of these political cult...

Ways that we dont yet fully understand. most journalists these days are in congressional committees or at zoning board meetings or using -- theyre sitting on twitter talking to one another and this produces this extreme groupthink where these orthodoxies arrive in deviating from them or questioning them or challenging, believe me, results in all kinds of recrimination and scorn. embracing them produces a sort of in group mentality where you are rewarded, and i think a lot of it is about that kin...

One saying it was a blueprint. the other said its for 55 and younger. so howard, the fact theyre already on the run, theyre playing dodgeball here, does that tell -- whats that tell the top republicans in the house? >> you asked why did they do it? i think there was a sort of group frenzy, group mentality, that we have to do something with the tea party initially, weve got to be with the tea party. and so they did it. this was the one thing they felt they had -- >> are they dead? >> after the el...