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Chief spokesperson for the aclu representing people who worry more about civil liberties than about security. so the contrast is going to be very vivid. >> the aclu national director, laura murphy versus tom ridge in "crossfire." i believe it starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern after another show we call "the situation room." >> yes. >> hey, guys, thanks very much. >> thank you. no hiding her age for michelle obama. the first lady turns 50 today, and she teams to be having the time of her life. were t...

Jon: back on this story now, president obama calling for major changes in the nsa collects and especially stores data on millions of americans. lets get reaction now from alberto gonzales, former attorney general under president george w. bush who also played a major role in defending the legality of the nsa surveillance program during his tenure. president obama, we are told, is angry over some of the nsa revelations, the reporting of them, especially public perceptions of them, says people hav...

Department says, quote, the united states is moving the location of the embassy to a building that is safer, bigger and architecturally more appealing and slightly closer to vatican city. some have suggested the united states has been considering closing the embassy or down grading its status. nothing could be further from the truth. real quick, your reaction? >> its specious. it cannot be true. i mean, im not sure of their motivation. some people say its anti-catholic and so forth. i dont know ...

Bad press over reports of overheating and cars catching fire. even george clooney said he had been stuck on the road. poppy harlow asked founder elon musk about the bad pr. >> if false negative perceptions are allowed to linger for a long pired of time it makes people reluctant to buy electric cars. >> musk went on to say what affects tesla good or bad affects the progress of electric cars. okay. whatever youre doing, i want you to sit down and take a few minutes and watch this. were going to ta...

He belittles and when anyone dares to look into his administration, he bullies and attacks. you just alluded to it there. there is of course this perception out there that chris christie is in fact a big bully. when stories like this emerge that obviously plays into those perceptions. can we expect the pile on to start here soon from other republican 2016 presidential want to bes? >> its early. no one officially announced for the presidency. political reporters like me are focused on midterm ele...

That is, they may be really good at one part of their job and not another part of their job, but we havent created a system where observers come in and watch what they do, where we ask the students about their perceptions. so we have a sense were taking the very best teachers and spreading those best practices. the difference between the best and the average is very drama c dramatic. if we could move people up to be the top quartile, wed be by far the best in the world. our teachers get the leas...

Another 900,000 people signed up so there are about 2 million on the private exchanges, maybe 4 million more on medicaid. and if this precedent holds to march which is the end of the open enrollment period, they may not get to the 7 million that the congressional budget office has estimated but they could have enough to begin changing perceptions of the program. >> there could be millions of people who did not have insurance who now do have insurance and they certainly hope that changes the poli...

Coming of new year. he wants to turn the page on this last six months or last three months at least. these poll numbers are serious. they show that the trend is not the presidents friend. that perceptions are hardening against obamacare. theres still plenty of time for them to right the wrongs, but you never get the second chance to make the first impression. right now, people are projecting all their frustrations about the health care system on health care reform. whether that lasts to the mid-...

People who are before them. and really to take into account circumstances. but as you said, karen, you know, we have to also monitor that. because often we also know that judges have perceptions of young people and people of color that are skewed and biased. so we have to make sure that theyre dolling out equal justice. >> thank you, judith browne dianis and ryan grim. you guys are awesome. >> merry christmas. later in this hour, a nightmare before christmas. remember those tea party hostage t...

"a," 20%, "b," 50%, "c," 80%. now for the answers. the worlds average life expectancy is not 50, not 60. 70 years. what percent of the adults in the world are literate, not 40%, not 60% but 80% and if you are spotting a trend, yes, 80% of the worlds 1-year-olds are vaccinated against measles. the questions all come from the gap minder foundation started by swedish professor hans rosling. he runs a series of ignorance tests. basically his point is that people understand the world by generalizing ...