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Was more interesting was, to look at drivers of future power like education. 17 out of the top 20 universities are american. and you and i went to two of them, didnt we? >> but a lot of people look at education and they think that below the university level, thats one of our great vulnerabilities. >> guess what? when you look at some of the comparative data, the countries, 30 countries, the united states comes out on top of midfield, ahead of the it apps and french in terms of reading and writin...

One of his vulnerabilities, of course, there are conservative republicans suspicious of him. but one of his strengths as a political candidate, he is a republican in a blue state. so if he were, lets say, by all of this, to be forced out of the race, if he were no longer viable, when youre looking towards 2016, who do republicans have who could -- could help in those blue states and perhaps kind of turn them red? >> right. so if youre looking at that, you kind of have to look at this traditional...

Recited my favorite poetry. they recalled favorite lessons in books from class. to my great surprise, it was our personal time together that seemed to have meant the most to them. those brief intimate interludes between lessons when we shared heartaches and vulnerabilities and victories were the times that my students remembered. >> how much did that mean to you? the moments in between lessons. the moments you may not remember that meant the most. >> it meant the world to me, it really did. beca...

Technology, so the operation there is going to be very, very high-tech and pretty secure. you can be sure that president putin does not want his pet project messed up, either, by, for example, gay rights activists or by terrorists. and so, there will be no stones left unturned and no expenses spared on security. and when i spoke to someone just yesterday, john, who lives in a village quite near sochi, he said its crawling with fsb officers, you know, intelligence officers. im not worried about s...

Vulnerabilities and conclude that this is just a probe by terrorists to potentially target the games? >> i dont know that i would conclude that. i think that what you would do is just be alert to the fact, you know, to the situation. but remember, in the run-up to all the games recently, there have been security issues, security questions, have appropriate preparations been made. after the games, everybody talks about the actual performances which actually is the point. >> the usa today conclude...

History of attacks, look at some vulnerabilities and conclude that this is just a probe by terrorists to potentially target the games? >> i dont know that i would conclude that. i think that what you would do is just be alert to the fact, you know, to the situation. but remember, in the run-up to all the games recently, there have been security issues, security questions, have appropriate preparations been made. after the games, everybody talks about the actual performances which actually is the...

But we need more incentives to get things done. if you see the lights go out, obviously we can look back at things like the blackout of 2003, just the lights going out themselves estimated between $6 billion and $12 billion, depending on who you talk to. thats a lot of money, not even speaking of the health situation and the safety that we get into for americans. so we have to be careful if the lights go out in big cities, bad things happen. >> and also, the idea of if youre in a hospital and yo...

But we need more incentives to get things done. if you see the lights go out, obviously we can look back at things like the blackout of 2003, just the lights going out themselves estimated between $6 billion and $12 billion, depending on who you talk to. thats a lot of money, not even speaking of the health situation and the safety that we get into for americans. so we have to be careful if the lights go out in big cities, bad things happen. >> and also, the idea of if youre in a hospital and yo...

Was not hurt. the driver is charged with felony d.u.i. he was convicted of drunk driving in the past and had his license suspended. the name of the 60-year-old victim has not been released. check your christmas gifts. a shocking new report says the n.s.a. is using james bond style tactics to spy on you and put bugs in computers. a hacker unit explored vulnerabilities to spy on their targets and their mission is this, getting the ungettable, they say. microsoft responding to the report saying i...

Benghazi. >> is the administration not being honest about the threat to athletes in sochi? is that what youre saying as well? >> no. >> well get to benghazi in a moment. what about what happened in russia? >> theres no question there are vulnerabilities there. as these bombings evidence, if someone is willing to give their life like a suicide bomber, it is extremely difficult to protect from that outside a certain perimeter. within a certain perimeter, you can protect, you can have layers, secur...