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Is cleared from the blood. Phil to commitment 2016, donald trump is Still Standing firm on his plans to boycott tonight s gop debate in iowa. The republican frontrunner will instead be hosting a veterans benefit at the same time. Our phil lipof is live in des moines with 5 things you need to watch for tonight. Phil . Phil as we lose daylight in iowa, people are coming out to support and protest. There are several hundred people on the steps over the debate will happen. They want minimum wage to go up. And as the undercard debate goes on inside, the main debate tonight could be a make or break moment for many. The debate hall is ready and there are still so many undecided voters here in iowa so for the candidates tonight S Performance is huge. With almost 40 of iowans first, admitting they could change their mind before monday , candidates talking directly to , voters. And where does that leave donald trump . The front runner deciding to skip the debate, upset he says at how fox news is
America foundation, its an hour and ten minutes. Thank you very much. Well, welcome, everybody, thanks for coming out. Were here to talk about technology and so many so much of the time we tend to turn to technology to solve our problems. And we have gotten so good at it that a lot of Times Technology solves those problems before we really had a chance to think about whether the problems are really entirely problems or maybe theres something that were losing in the process as well. Maybe that thing that we solved also was beneficial to us in some ways. And so tonight, what were going to talk about, the way that technology has made our lives better, maybe it has taken something away from our lives. My name is jeff wise, as you have heard, im a science journalist and i recently have been writing a lot about mh370, a lot of people have been baffled by the case, because people say to me, if i lose my iphone, i can find that, how come we cant find this 200foot long plane with 239 people on
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3d printing and regulations on connected cars and soft riding vehicles. Next a panel on the development of tracking technology and its use in disaster relief, finding lost air liners and people. This event was posted by the new america foundation, its an hour and ten minutes. Thank you very much. Well, welcome, everybody, thanks for coming out. Were here to talk about technology and so many so much of the time we tend to turn to technology to solve our problems. And we have gotten so good at it that a lot of Times Technology solves those problems before we really had a chance to think about whether the problems are really entirely problems or maybe theres something that were losing in the process as well. Maybe that thing that we solved also was beneficial to us in some ways. And so tonight, what were going to talk about, the way that technology has made our lives better, maybe it has taken something away from our lives. My name is jeff wise, as you have heard, im a science journalist