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Project and think, of course we needed the interstate highways. we needed it for commerce if nothing else, right? but dwight eisenhower had to go out and make that case. and it took him a long time. it was a hard case to make but finally in 1956 he was able to sign into law the federal aid highway act and that led to the creation of the interstates. interstates that changed the face of america forever. it was sort of a grand vision that eisenhower had in mind when he signed that bill. in order t...

This nation out of its shackles of secondary road all over this country and give us places like -- give us the types of highways that we need for this great mass of automobiles. >> we look back on that national project and think, of course we needed the interstate highways. for commerce if nothing else. but dwight eisenhower had to go out and make that case. it was hard but finally in 195 of he signed in aid the federal highway law. that lead to interstate. it was sort after grand vision that ei...

Essentially divided into five continents of internet usage. right now were really only talking about europe and russia. this area where this battle is going on right now. but here is the worry, jake. the nature in which this war is being waged right now. some are saying essentially its attacking the very structure of the internet. thats whats going on right now between these two companies. we arent picking sides. were just trying to explain it to you. theyre saying that this sort of damage is th...

Isolated to europe as far as we can tell. the world is essentially divided into five internet kopt nencont if you want to describe it this way. its pretty much limited to these areas in red. what scares people, wolf, is that the way that this battle is being waged right now, is attacking some of the essential ways in which the internet communicates with itself. its kind of like if you had a war where people blew up all the interstate highways across the country. the war could be short, but the c...

Superior. midair collisions are a thing of past. collisions in the ground, we have ground avoidance collision systems that are spectacular. we have airports that pick out a wind shear and pilots can avoid them. we have the makings of a very good system going forward but it needs help. >>shepard: there are roadways or interstate highways for planes in the air and they is long talked about doing away with this because of computers and technology so it is not really necessary but they cannot get th...

his finances, and theyre hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he wont show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that hes got secrets hes keeping from voters. listen. >> this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. >> mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. >> go...

his finances, and theyre hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he wont show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that hes got secrets hes keeping from voters. listen. >> this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. >> mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. >> go...

transparency tornado. president obamas team is ripping into mitt romney for what they call an appalling lack of transparency. they say hes hiding things about his past, his businesses, his finances, and theyre hitting hard with a new web video on a tax frattacks from t vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he wont show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that hes got secrets hes keeping from...

Attack when the roof blew off her home. >> it seemed like its just a dream or a nightmare. >> reporter: meanwhile, a powerful storm slammed into the northwest, with torrential rains, hurricane-force winds up to 88 miles an hour. toppling trees in colorado and tossing cars and trucks on the highway. take a look at this. a 100-foot mudslide in washington state nearly pushing this home into the raging pilchuk river. now a wintry blast is carving a path across the northern half of the country. alrea...

Democratic issue, its really not. this is a middle class issue. >> and there were two factors that created the post war prosperity, post world war ii prosperity in the country that can be recovered. one was a public education system that worked for a lot more people than it works for now. access to college with the gi bill. and the other was a sense that there was a role for public money to be spent in terms and along with private growth. what gave us the internet? what gave us interstate highwa...