property here in menlo park just south of san francisco, the heart of silicon valley. and really what that means for the long term is that facebook is going to be adding more people. and people who are in the industry, people who follow technology, say this is really a true barometer of what you're seeing here in silicon valley. this was the most obvious example is with google announcing last week it is hiring 6,000 more workers just in 2011 alone. where you're seeing the primary growth here in silicon valley, really three factors. you talk about social networking of course led by facebook and twitter. you're talking about mobile, all these mobile devices you see, and all the apps that go on, huge opportunities for growth there. and what they call cloud computing. all that data, all that information you stream. if you ever, you know, stream a movie by netflix, that's coming from the cloud. i had a chance to talk with michael copeland, a senior writer who has covered silicon valley for many years and he
pretty hypocritical of republicans to claim to be anti-government control except when it comes to things their silly little book tells them are wrong. this is from michael. this is the right time. this issue has gone ignored for far too long. eva says, no. why is congress debating this in the first place? it is just a stunt to procrastinate from dealing with real issues. and from maddie, if not now when? we can't be pushing it back just because another issue occurs. please allow the conversation to continue. i'm looking at your responses and of course will be weighing in myself. facebook.com/carol cnn. >> thank you so much. all right. it's been a while since we've played this but we'll bring it back. it is the cnn challenge. joe johns has agreed to be the first player. so get ready to test your trivia knowledge right along with him. joe, you ready? >> if i don't know the answer i'm going to tell you i can't hear the question. >> oh, no, no. you can't cheat. here we go. first question. when did barack obama announce he was seeking the 2008
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michael, what does this mean? >> well, you know, it was a surprise, as you say. what i think it means is that larry and sergei, who have been sort of the creative and engineering soul of the company, they sort of want to take that soul back. and larry as the leader, i spoke to some folks who are ex-googlers, and people who are still at google, and of the two, he is definitely one to be the leader. the question people have is, is he ready? >> that's a good question. is he the best person to take over goog the rye now at this moment? >> remember, eric schmidt was brought over to be, as he admitted.
>> for one, in a name it's apple on the mobile front. another company that's that it's facing is facebook. if i'm turning to social media for my answers, as opposed to google, that's a problem for google. google needs to step up both -- it's done a great job in the mobile world, but needs to keep the pedal to the metal. in the social world, it needs to come up with products that pull people more into the google world and make google your friend as opposed to a source of information. >> michael copeland, thanks. >> thanks, wolf. growing concerns of a new oil disaster involving a major pipeline. cnn investigates what many fear is an accident waiting to happen. and the amazing story of a woman who was kidnapped as a baby and found her mom, 23 years later. .