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To make them more violent or to allow for higher style weaponry to be used in these violent games. so, is that something, i mean, so there's nothing that you think that the gaming industry needs to look at to be a part of this conversation? you are would just like to say you are as obstinate as the nra and you cannot contribute? >> not at all, part of what we put in the letter to vice president biden who by the way did not blame the industry for violence i note in his remarks. as part of the letter to biden, we said that even if we are not part of the problem, we are willing to be part of the ...

Just come in and say whatever it is you want to say without at least me and others examining your record. so if you want to run around this town, fine. but you're going to face people who actually know something about the topic. i actually know something about education. i have a daughter in public school. i stay focused on public education. everyone knows that smaller class size is better than larger class size. people know that strategic investments in our children is better for them than cutting funding. we know that supporting teachers and high-quality teaching tools in schools is better t...

online. it includes digital, audio, video files, printed materials, handwritten documents and recording devices. peter bergen has a new book out called "manhunt" and he is one of the few people outside of the government that's seen these documents. what sticks out to you? >> u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s recovered a great deal of material. not all of it will be published today, in fact. a fraction of it. some of it is household stuff. but the things that leaked out of the documents that i was able to review, first of all, bin laden was quite conscious of al qaeda as a brand had suffered. he to...

You want to look at it. you don't want to look at a piece of paper. >> isn't that the story of kids these day snsz going from paper to electronics. the ipad and other tablet computers on the horizon for kids in the classrooms, some teachers and principals are using cell phones as teaching tools. >> pan dora's box is open here. the technologies are here. what we need to do is take control of them instead of letting them control us. >> you can't put the jeannie back in the bottle. the cell phones are here. >> you can't put the genie back in the bottle. here to talk teens and texting, vanessa van...

$36,000 in restitution. the money will go to police and other agencies who wasted their thyme. all right. we all heard about the pew study yesterday about teens sending up to 100 text messages a day. today we want to tell you about one school that's using cell phones and texting as teaching tools.