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10-million word press. >> who's in the ballpark with the number of words in the tax code? rick perry is on the right track. their 2010 report has the code at 3.8 million words. that includes cross references and effective dates. let's talk about how much the tax code has grown. in 1955, the code was only 409,000. in 1914, that count was 11,400, but that is nothing compared to this figure, the report american individuals and business spend $ 6.1 billion hours filling out their forms. that's it for me today, until then, you can always follow me on twitter. @thomasaroberts. craig is going to be h...

That the energy waves pass through it without shattering it. if the building is rigid, that's when it tends to fall apart, and that's what has happened to a lot of older buildings. >> i want to ask you about how we fair in the u.s. you always talk about retro fitting. how well are we doing with earthquake preparedness in w our structures? >> the region in the u.s. here in california the code is very strict because we have these. ever since the long beach quake, the codes have been very strict about it. we could be better. we could be, you know, on codes at the japan level. we just don't experi...

>> i understand that. let me ask my question, the way i want to. i will, i will be fair. intend to be. and you know that, after 34 years. go ahead, i -- keep going. did you have something else you wanted to add. >> go ahead. >> okay. we have to have a little back and forth offer once in a while or this place would be boring as hell, i'll tell you... [laughter]. >> and it gets the spotlight off me, you know? i'm all for it! go right ahead. >> by the way, i have been informed that hell is not boring, so... okay. i have the current volume, the current volume of the code of federal regulations. th...

Sayings of the prophet that what we were doing was right. >> reporter: durman and other prisoners say they want to win over young muslim radicals to their new peaceful code. on page 203, the code, quite boldly states, jihad has ethics and morality, because it's for the sake of allah. this means that killing of women, children, old people, christian priests and businessmen is wrong. >> translator: this code will be of interest to everybody in the islamic world. we are an experiment, of course, but we hope what we have done could be duplicated all over the muslim world. >> reporter: the impact o...

Challenge, point by point, the very justifications al qaeda uses to recruit young men to violence. >> translator: i have over 20 years experience in the libyan islamic fighting group. >> reporter: this prisoner, tariq durman, was picked up in jordan, where he was a commander running a cell. he'd previously fought in afghanistan. hidden out in sudan and yemen. >> translator: we came to the conclusion trying to establish the islamic state by using violence and fighting was not the way forward. to start with, we looked at sharia law and there was no evidence in the koran or in the sayings of the ...