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Didn't. >> good. couple years ago in san franciscos, i met a guy named mark hatch. mark told me he was going to change the world. we were in a bar at the time so i took his claim with a grain of salt. turns out, though, mark is the ceo of something called techshop. when i asked him what it was, he suggested i visit a maker fair to get a sense of who his customers actually were. so i did. brought a camera with me as well just in case something interesting happened. glad i did. the maker fair draws artists, craftspeople, tech geeks, and, well, people who just like to make stuff. like a fully f...

>> yep. so just hold that down. roll the wheel forward to go forward and pull back to slow down. ♪ >> that's right. it's happening. oh, yeah. sure. i don't see what's so difficult. call the attorneys. so, will a skateboard change the way we get around? is the next billion dollar idea incubating in a maker fair? am i ever going to get a freaking jet pack? who knows. but one thing's for sure, the democratization of innovation, that is a big idea. and with mark hatch at the helm, you can bet it's spreading. >> we've got eight locations now. we've got 35 in the pipeline. all basically funded by ...

Do you know how to make something from scratch and i'm not meaning that wonderful strawberry rhubarb pie recipe? >> i did not make it. my wife made that. i can make almost nothing. >> a mess even? >> that's it. >> we know the white house is working to get you to make something. right now, president obama hosting the first ever maker fair, celebrating innovators. >> you are looking at live pictures from the white house. the president is calling the day of making. the point is to end courage students and nurps in your opinions to -- nurps -- entrepreneurs to make things. it goes hand in hand wit...

Should go the direction steve was saying. >> this would be wowhy the federal government's involvement in legal things leads to disaster. >> people would elect more carefully locally if they knew it was theirs rather than to be paid for by everybody else. >> have a very merry christmas at mickey d's. this big mac maker fair or a grinch? first right here, new fears of another taxpayer bailout . millions was workers may need you to pony up before pensions goes pust u bust. we'll explain next.