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Leaders? >> i think that women will do well for themselves in the workplace if they focus on performance. so leaving aside the bottom 10%, i think when i was coming up, i thought look, maybe the system is rigged against me, maybe its rigged against women. i was coming up at a different time. and i thought the only way around this really is just to be damn good, just to outperform and to make myself indispensable. to this day, i have four children, two boys and two girls, theyre all of the age wh...

New book "lean in" a rallying cry for women. she, herself, caws it a feminist manifesto. the 43-year-old coo of facebook urges women to lean into their ambition, dont hold back. >> they start leaning back, they say, im busy, i want to have a child one day, i couldnt possibly take on anymore or, ill still learn on my current job. ive never had a man say that stuff to me. >> reporter: sandburg had sat same message in 2011. >> if several years ago you stop challenging yourself, youre going to be bo...

I have never had a man say that stuff to me. >> youre suggesting women arent ambitious. >> im not suggesting women arent ambitious. plenty of women are as ambitious as men. what i am saying and i want to say it unequivocally and unapologetically that the data is clear that when it comes to ambition to lead, to be the leader of whatever youre doing, men, boys outnumber girls and women. >> sheryl sandberg, chief operating officer of facebook in an interview on "60 minutes" had two bits of advice f...

>> i think that women will do well for themselves in the workplace if they focus on performance. so leaving aside the bottom 10%, i think when i was coming up, i thought look, maybe the system is rigged against me, maybe its rigged against women. i was coming up at a different time. and i thought the only way around this really is just to be damn good, just to outperform and to make myself indispensable. to this day, i have four children, two boys and two girls, theyre all of the age where theyr...

The workplace, not only for themselves but the way they conduct themselves as business leaders? >> i think that women will do well for themselves in the workplace if they focus on performance. so leaving aside the bottom 10%, i think when i was coming up, i thought look, maybe the system is rigged against me, maybe its rigged against women. i was coming up at a different time. and i thought the only way around this really is just to be damn good, just to outperform and to make myself indispensab...

To go in and save his life, someone who was not doing anything particularly intelligent right beforehand. thats my editorial for the morning. so there are threats against michael vick. well tell you why the quarterback had to cancel his book tour coming up next in the bleacher report. and facebook coo sheryl sandberg says shes trying to start a social movement with her new book called "lean in." critics, some of them, saying its a marketing campaign instead. well explore that coming up. [ boy ] ...

Women when the systems rigged. her solutions allow more people to work from home, flex time so parents can do parenting and work, not just mothers but fathers as well, require paid family leave in all jobs. >> i dont want to let workplaces off the hook. we need to support all choices that women make but this is a larger social problem and economic problem as well. >> reporter: despite her emphasis on personal ambition, sandburg admits, throughout "lean in" shes had an uphill battle to juggle her...

This debate because 90% of the "piers morgan live" staff are women. literally, 90%. and very, very capable people they are, too. in my experience, pretty good negotiators. take someone like my wife, whos a writer. shes a great writer, much better than me, but a terrible negotiator. she just hates negotiating. hates the whole process, worries about saying no to things, would never dream of asking for a pay rise or anything like that. the reason thats significant is you read a little part of "lean...

Cro rosman, a reporter. and alex mccord. little kids, next city and on "real housewives of new york." and rachel coleman with lean in. and the starting point, the 1.2 billion catholics waiting for the 115 cardinals to select their new spiritual leader. conclave day number one. cardinals celebrated a special e mass. and they paid tribute to the former pope. >> translator: such an interior attitude is ours today as we offer ourselves with christ christ to the fatter in heaven to thank him for lovi...