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it's one of the u.s. military's most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now there's new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. they're infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? >> right now, officials don't know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped the pilots from actually flying the drones over their missions in places like afghanistan. but r...

We've had a flury of glitterings this year. if you're a candidate who's being glittered or being in the case of -- oh, yeah -- in the case of tim pawlenty, a candidate who was being confettied. how do you -- oh, how do you handle that as a candidate? i mean, really, there's not much for the candidate to do in this circumstance. there's no real way to come out of that looking great. essentially, you should wait until it's over is probably the best advice for how to deal with that. more recently we've seen another new protest tactic gain traction across the country. that is the human mike. the h...

>> we are the 99%. >> do you feel better? >> do you feel better? last week george w. bush's former senior adviser, now fox news personality, karl rove, came face to face, himself, with the human mike. here's how karl rove responded. >> today it's equal to 70% of gdp. >> mike check! >> mike check! >> mike check! >> karl rove! >> karl rove! >> is the architect -- >> is the architect. >> is the architect of occupy iraq. >> the architect of occupy iraq. >> the architect of occupy afghanistan. >> the architect of occupy afghanistan. >> here's the deal. if you believe in free speech, then you have a...

For michele bachmann, freezing with your eyes wide open and then running away. none of those options i think it's fair to say went all that great for the politico at the center of those human mike interruption protests. today in new hampshire the president of the united states was mike checked. when president obama chose to handle it rather differently than how the republicans have been dealing with it. >> before i came to school today, i -- >> mike check -- >> i had coffee. >> mike check! mr. president -- >> mr. president. >> over 4,000 peaceful protesters -- >> over 4,000 peaceful protesters...

>> so we can hear one another. >> it all starts with somebody yelling, mike check. then the crowd repeats that. and then the message gets delivered by human communication. the human mike and the mike check phenomenon turns out can also be used to interrupt other people's çevents. and that is something that political figures this year have to be prepared for. we have seen a wide range of responses to the mike check being used as a political interruption. some of these responses are effective, some not so much. >> we'll take one more question. >> you know, it looks like time's running out. >> ...