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It is obviously the responsibility of everybody in the film crew to keep them that way. one slipped through the cracks and was left behind. then someone at the pub turned around and gave this script to "the sun" newspaper which is not really known for its discretion. they ran an article today saying there are actually dramatic changes in this film compared to the novel but they wouldnt go on and explain what those changes are. they just sort of teased the reader by saying things like "well, weve...

You can -- it has all the albums, so -- >> neil: this isnt family stuff. >> no these are stock photographs random people. >> neil: you have the kindle here. thats what its up against. i always argue, something has to be big to be transformedtive, its -- transformative. its got to make peoples lives easier, better or different. >> thats apples campaign. they see whats in the marketplace and they do it better. what youre seeing is the i bookstore. not only is it an e reader but its a movie player,...

Apple store in manhattan. its always a busy place, always interesting, but im curious, brian, what folks are saying as i am one of the many debating if this thing is worth it or not. >> reporter: everyones got a mobile phone so at least people took a look and are interested, the space of whether its e! reader, netbook, or laptop, a little smaller space, not as many people considering it especially since you cant make phone calls and it doesnt have a camera so you cant sit there and skype on your...

And that has not happened. >> i think were looking at different things, then. because i see republicans calling out the president every day on this and theyre doing it not just to the republican base, its independents. its even soft democrats who dont like this bill. you look at the cbs poll, 60% of americans want republicans to keep fighting on this. and that includes 42% of democrats. and thats a fight were going to continue. >> and if only the republicans would actually fight to get rid of th...

>> they are all unusual people. >> did you seek the oddballs or were they mostly oddballs. >> its hard for a writer of narrative nonfiction to avoid the oddballs. theres an appeal in them. generally speaking, the people -- there were only a small handful of people on the right side of the bet in a big way. somewhere between 10, 20 investors. i did a search and met a lot of them. most of them. i didnt pick the oddest of the bunch, just because they were the oddest. i picked them because they were...

>> neil: all right. back with howard berg right now, the speed reader going through this. the order events is the reconciliation bill, amended bill voted on by the c.b.o. and scored today so it does look like the $1 trillion healthcare package is bargain basement deal at $940 billion. howard is going through first the amendment, the 153-page amendment that reconciliation measure that was scored. now that amendment much like sort of an upgraded operating system if you will that overlays the bill ...

Senators is in there. they talked about taking it out. the student loan thing is in there. god knows what else. howard, the worlds fastest reader is getting -- man, oh man, hes worth his weight in gold giving us those nuggets. >> now this. first a delay, now president obama postponing a trip to asia until the summer. the white house says hes staying put to focus on healthcare. if the president signs a bill into law anywhere, what is behind him staying? former white house press secretary dana per...

The book, you never raise revenue you think you are. the problem of not counting the full cost of the program and basically slamming in ten years of revenues in six years of spending, what were doing here, neil, in my opinion is setting a fiscal time bomb that will explode in the future years. add to the cost of medicare and medicaid. the programs that are going broke. >> neil: hope to see you in washington. good to see you. >> by the way -- >> neil: go ahead. >> one quick point. ask howard is g...

Or edr. >> in those kind of accidents edr data will be invaluable. >> reporter: sean dennis is a forensic engineer who reconstructs car crashes for law firms and insurance companies. >> its hidden way up underneath the dash. >> yep. yep. yep. >> reporter: it is tied into the air bag system and records two to five seconds of pre-crash data, things like engine speed, throttle, brakes, accelerator, seat belts. >> we see here 2.3 seconds before -- before the crash this person, this driver has gone f...

Crash this person, this driver has gone from brakes off to brakes on. >> reporter: chrysler and gm and ford give people like dennis access to the information through a crash data reader anyone can buy. its for any car combatible with this system? >> thats correct. >> reporter: and toyota is not catable? >> thats correct. >> reporter: they say it is only for research and development and not reliable for accident reconstruction. >> i think it is. if it provides any kind of data to me about whats g...