services generated as a result. we support 400,000 jobs directly across the country in all 50 states on basis of the grants given out. those are high quality jobs. you asked about global competitiveness. we were the up question leader of the world in the research until recently. that s not longer to be taken for granted. when you see our losing ground, and we see countries like china, india india, singapore, and south korea upping their investments sometimes in double digits, we are losing that. quick question on that. when they make increases in investments, do they have an eye on us as a target to beat us? you bet they do. or doing it in a regime way? it s a little of both. they read our playbook from 20 years ago, and they saw what it did for america s economy and for the spinning off of small businesses that come out of this effort, and they want to do what we did, and so i don t know if you d say they are gunning for us, but they are basically trying to learn fro
we re live at the courthouse. and down to a dozen. basketball s march madness in the home stretch as the nation s top seed gets revenge. with an exclamation point as ucla and gonzaga get set to face off today, friday, march 27, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. 7:00 in the morning out on the west coast. we ve got a lot going on. let s get to our top story, disturbing new information about the co-pilot who prosecutors say intentionally crashed that plane in the french alps. there is evidence that not only he was suffering from an illness but that he ignored a doctor s note to miss work on the very day of the crash. he s got this investigation covered from germany to france and also on the possible changes this could lead to for airlines. katy tur we want to start with you and what prosecutors are saying. good morning. re
march madness in the home stretch as the top teams get revenge with an exclamation point. today, friday march 27th 2015. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. four days since the crash of that plane in the germanwings plane in france. they are looking hard at their computers and if you are getting on a plane, how can you not wonder about the crew. the copilot who prosecutors say intentionally crashed the plane into the french alps. possible changes this could lead to for airlines around the world. carry simmons, let s begin with you. good morning. reporter: we learn that the families of the victims here in france are given dna samples to help with the identification. the fbi launched their own investigation because three americans were killed and reports of the copilot on the way to training in the u.s. the crucial question what
you can start dialing in now, or you can contact us via social media. you can make a comment on our facebook page. you can also send us an e-mail. from the hill newspaper yesterday a new poll by abc news and the washington post. 57% say they support a presidential bid from every clinton in 2016. from hillary clinton in 2016. 68% approved of her work as secretary of state. 66% hold a favorable view of clinton after her department has faced criticism over the handling of benghazi and libya. clinton also has heavy support in new york were 54% of registered voters say they would support a presidential bid by her in 2016. that is an the hill newspaper. we have lots of facebook comments already on this question. we want to share a couple of those with thieu. jackie says she has my vote. williams says i think she has been a great job for secretary of state but will not vote for her for president. andy says hillary 2016. military spouses against the wars says she will fit
.com/cspan. and you can also email us, c-span@c-span.org. who do you blame for the debt ceiling government shutdown? 29% of those surveyed said republicans. 12% said democrats. but 54% said that they blame both parties. and this from cnn s recent poll this week with the headline, g.o.p. boehner takes shutdown hit, and it says this according to the survey, 54% say it s a bad thing that the g.o.p. controls the house, up 11 points from last december. soon after the 2012 elections when the republicans kept control of the chamber, only 38% say it s a good thing the g.o.p. controls the house, a 13-point dive from the end of the last year. so that s cnn s poll. front page of the washington times this morning has this headline, republicans lose more key voters they tried to reach. host: so that s in the washington times this morning, a flaver for you of the recent polls that have come out and the impact of the government shutdown. from that usa today poll that we read a lit