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Unprofessional conduct to me. >> and he also said it was pusilanimous. your response. >> well, what he calls pussilanimous i would just call prudent. we handled this material with extreme care. we wanted to be careful not to put anything in the paper or anything on our website that would put lives at risk. now, as a rule, when we do a story thats based on some kind of a repository of data we link to the data. so we owed our readers some explanation of why we hadnt do that in this case, and we di...

On? >> exactly. and were going to cruise up and down the coast and coordinate efforts with coast guard boats. >> reporter: you had a spotter boat up earlier this morning. did they detect any oil? >> a couple miles out. well take a look at that. >> reporter: okay. great. and you say that these aircraft are the most amazing aircraft that exists. why is this such a special machine for you as a tool in the oil spill cleansnup. >> mostly, its affordability. our ships are a good platform for that. >> ...

War in afghanistan, right-wing versus left-wing politics, barack obama, but as you can imagine, they had a somewhat different take and much nicer accents. listen to what they had to say. joining me are martin wolf, the chief commentator at the financial times and a guest i try to grab whenever i am in new york. nice to see him on his home turf. ann mcelvoy is the executive editor of londons evening paper and keen observer of politics. polly toynbee, the "guardian" and daniel finklestein is perha...

But in another country. so, last week, i was in london and had just such a conversation with four of the smartest journalists in great britain. we talked about familiar subjects, budget deficits, the war in afghanistan, right-wing versus left wing politics, barack obama, but as you can imagine, they had a somewhat different take and much nicer accents. listen to what they had to say. take and much nicer accents. listen to what they had to say. different take and much nicer accents. listen to wha...

So someone thats watching, you take in. you can learn every day. >> yeah, you need to be a great observer. to be a good teacher, you need to learn and to do that, you want to really watch, listen, be a great observer with whats going on. so that you can apply your approach and make sure that youre touching base in a really meaningful manner with the people youre trying to affect. >> the other one that i want to bring up to you is it says when youre truly competing for the sake of performance whe...

That david cameron and you have tried to modernize the conservative party, youve made it more environmentally friendly, more kinder, gentler on all kinds of issues, homosexual rights and things like that, but that you -- it didnt work. what would you say to them? you know, youre only -- youre still at 36% of the popular vote. and there are certainly conservatives in the united states who say the lesson from this is dont try to move to the center because it doesnt work. >> well, you know, the con...

What would you say to them? you know, youre only -- youre still at 36% of the popular vote. and there are certainly conservatives in the united states who say the lesson from this is dont try to move to the center because it doesnt work. >> well, you know, the conservatives in the united states can come to their own conclusions, although as an interested observer i would suggest that moving to the center is normally the best place to try and win an election. the conservative party in britain had...

Good to be here. >> lets start out, do you think eric holder obstructed justice by what youve read, what we understand that weve seen in some testimony and some -- the interview with the -- the guy who left, the whistle blower. >> all right, if you listen to megan kellys interview of the whistle blower and if you watch the tape of what actually happened at the philadelphia precinct voting facility, it would be clear to any neutral observer, no matter what the persons politics were, right wing, l...

It will be barely audible. you know, not too many people have heard a sonic boom recently because theres not many other than military aircraft. we dont hear them all that much. but it is a really jarring, loud sound thats caused by the pressure from a supersonic airplane as it flies overhead. it all arrives instantaneously at an observer. were just spreading it out so it arrives over a few milli seconds and the sound practically goes away. >> you guys are so smart, man. do you foresee a day, wil...

When one of her starkest opponent, senator tom coburn was trying to ask her some questions and she wouldnt answer it. instead of going after her, he said youre dancing so much maybe you should on "dancing with the stars." >> well, it is interesting to see that difference in perspective that it is the observer back in 2005, vapid and hollow charade. we want to make you the nominee. oh, better not say much. >> reporter: never mind. >> right. thanks, dana. >> she said herself i hope to sit on that ...