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Economic, health, demographic issue. poverty. refugees, conflict on going in afghanistan. entire populations and faiths struggling with the demand of madernity, and the accelerating pace of technological innovation invading all of that shifting power from nation states to individuals. with the end of the cold war henry kissinger pointed out in his superb book on diplomacy, he said none of the most important countries which must build a new world old have had any experience with the multi-state s...

The arab awakening, inextricably linked health, demographic issues, proliferation, poverty, pandemic disease, refugees, conflict ongoing in afghanistan, entire populations and faiths struggling with the demands of mudernty, and the accelerating pace of technological innovation changing all of that, shifting power from nation states to individuals. with the end of the cold war, henry kissinger pointed out in his suburb book on diplomacy, he said, none of the most important countries which must bu...

What lincoln did. if youve seen "lincoln" i think one of the biggest take is you actually remember it was republicans were the ones trying to eradicate slavery. its interesting how times have changed and issues shifted and perceptions have also changed. >>peter: he was talking about principle and compromise are the hallmarks of american competence. >>steve: jodie foster has been in the movie-making business since she was three years old. last night she received the cecil b. demille award. she ha...

Was driving peoples perceptions of who he was as a leader, and the fear that some of these guys have to go home to their constituencies and they capitulated to the president and driving up all these cultural issues is something that, you know, i didnt anticipate, but, you know, theyre certainly out there. >> its interesting to note that the closest things to absolute power that we have in an american democracy is the position of mayor because almost no city councils have republican and democrat ...

Wow. a new survey finds about 23% of women reported being on a diet in 2012 compared to 35% in 1992. that 12-point drop over 20 years may indicate that american womens attitudes and perceptions about weight are changing. yea! and the national cathedral in washington, d.c. is expected to announce today that it will start hosting same-sex weddings the decision came after same-gender weddings became legal in the district of columbia and neighboring maryland. a new study finds a link between s...

Bin laden. >> you believe this story osama bin laden? >> gretchen: senators said the americans shouldnt believe zero.30 showing water board other interrogations to find osama bin laden it is a dangerous mix of fact and fiction. >> i think they should have knowledge they had a lot of access to the cia and given wrong information . there is an investigation going on about some of the information that they used. >> gretchen: film makers are stanning by the scene. it is a sign that more and more tee...

Script together, theyre using fracking as jumping off point to explore american identity. >> it really asks more questions than it answers but theyre important questions that i think were all need to be asking right now. >> reporter: but conservative blogs like the heritage foundation say this move -- movie looks nothing on surface to be hit piece on tracking indisstri. analysts say this could be a big problem going forward. charles edwards with the brookings institution. >> someone like matt da...

>> no question. there will be opposition. there always has been. but this slaughter of children really of babies was so brutal and so inhumane, horrible, unspeakable, unimaginable until it occurred. and even now difficult for people to grasp that i think it has illicited a different kind of response from the more moderate and thoughtful of republicans or democrats. public safety shouldnt be a partisan issue when the police arrive at somebodys door they dont ask are you a republican or democrat. ...

As for democrats, 44% approve, 35% disapprove. joining me now a closer look at the numbers, nbc political editor mark murray. mark, you know d.c. so well and we know the optic story matters. when you look at these poll numbers, i mean there is a common theme here. >> there is. and common theme is that president obama has the upper hand in these fiscal cliff negotiations and everything else going on right now, precisably because the perceptions of the party right now n fairness to the republican ...

2010 or pry mire situation? >> as you know, every poll starts with an assumption. heres who we think is going to show up and vote, therefore thats who we ask the question of. romney -- not just the republican campaign but republican pollsters all across the country guessed wrong. we didnt see the intensity that was there for the president, particularly among young voters wchl overs . we oversampled male white voter. you add that all together and youre going to see two, three, four-point differen...