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The horrific acts that they have undertaken around the world, the disrespect for historic sites and certainly this seems consistent with that. >> some of the relics being destroyed are from the mightyiest syrian empire that began in 2500 b.c. and keep in mind isis now controls nearly 2,000 of iraq's 12,000 registered archaeological sites. today the director of the new york metropolitan museum said "this mindless attack on great art, on history and on human understanding constitutes a tragic assault not only on the mosul museum but on our universal commitment to use art to unite people and prom...

How do you change the way washington has now become? >> piers, i wrote a column today for linked in, talking about what leaders have to do. you can't just -- he can't hang out with democrats and john boehner can't hang out with republicans. you got to deal with adversaries. when i ran ge we met with a union all the time. ge had strikes in the '60s and '70s. we never had a strike in 21 years. we were talking face-to-face not the day of the negotiation but years in between it. they knew us. we knew their families. this is a human thing. these are the guys that are acting like robots who don't ta...

John boehner said the other night he has never known it so poisonous. how do you change the way washington has now become? >> piers, i wrote a column today for linked in, talking about what leaders have to do. you can't just -- he can't hang out with democrats and john boehner can't hang out with republicans. you got to deal with adversaries. when i ran ge we met with a union all the time. ge had strikes in the '60s and '70s. we never had a strike in 21 years. we were talking face-to-face not the day of the negotiation but the three years in between it. they knew us, we knew their families, we...

That next thing will be. we don't know what life will be like 20 years from now or 50 years or 100 years down the road. what we do know is if we keep investing in the most promising solutions to our toughest problems, then things will get better. i don't want our children or grandchildren to look back on this day and wish we had done more to keep america at the cutting edge. i want them to look back and be proud that we took some risks, that we seized some opportunities. that's why this brain initiative is so important. if we keep taking bold steps like the one to learn about the brain, then i...

Purchases, there's going to be some severe adjusting in all the markets of this country. that will happen at some point. when, i do not know. no one can predict when the next crash or bubble will be. these things defy human understanding. but patience and staying in the game as long as you can and just patiently buying broad indexes generally has enormous payoffs. jenna: i have a quick final question because you've got a lot of big ideas. >> well, some, yes. jenna: do you think we have any bold new ideas in this country when it comes to job growth? is there anything that makes you excited at a...