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everybody has issues with a lot of chatter back here. pay attention one minute. >> all right, yikes. martha stewart would never pull that kind of crap. pipe down and let them do what they do best, deliver an hour of wine soaked tv heaven. you know you love it down to the lasterin burnett "outfront" sta next. the obama campaign coming out swinging tonight. we have the man behind the president, david axelrod and the president dips his toe into a new controversy. centers around swimming pools. and under surveillance, yeah, it's you. how your neighbors may be sending photos of you to the police. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone.
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yrlt i'm erin burnett. tonight, who let the attack dogs out? >> mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. it's kind of amazing. gingrich and romney and santorum, they don't let the facts get in their way. >> that was the first time he mentioned them by name and as you can see, he did so with joy. vice president came out swinging in a trip to the all important swing state of ohio speaking to his party's base, the united autoworkers union. the industry's bailout is clearly a point of pride for the administration. it is a talking point you will hear a lot on the campaign trail for the rest of the year. just take a look at this clip from a 17-minute video the re-election campaign is debuting tonight. >> his advisers would ask where to begin, which urgent need would he put first. >> which is one, which is two, which is three, which is four, which is five? where do you start?
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>> if the auto industry goes down, what happens to america's manufacturing base? what happens to jobs in america? what happens to the whole midwest? >> did you hear the narrator there? tom hanks. and the flashy film is directed by david guggenheim, and yes, it is 17 minutes long, which is three minutes longer than the extended version of michael jackson's "thriller." ♪ those 17 minutes probably cost a pretty penny to the obama campaign. i wonder if it will add up to thriller. here's a stunning number. according to the federal election commission, the campaign reported two payments totaling about $345,000 for a guggenheim short film. that's about $20,300 a minute or $338 a second. wow. "thriller. kwaelts we spoke a short time ago to david axelrod, senior strategist for the president's re-election campaign and i started by asking
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him if the long form campaign ad was needed because the obama camp has lost some control of the narrative. >> well, there's no question that i've often said that when we arrived at the white house, we were an economic triage unit and you remember this. you were reporting on it every day. how sick the economy was at that time and every single day, we were having to make really consequenceal -- take really consequenceal actions. he was having to make conssequential actions. and so much of that kind of clouded the fundamental accomplishments that we're going on. and yes, i think that it's hard to get control of the message in that sort of an environment. >> there's lots of controversial things happen over the past few years. one of them, the auto bailout. you talk quite a bit about that in the video. here is a quick peek. >> there was a screen set up for
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slides, but we might as well been showing a horror movie because what was described in that meeting was an economic crisis beyond anything anybody had imagined. >> you had people telling you that the auto industry was literally days from collapsing. the financial sector the heart that pumps blood into the economy was frozen up in cardiac arrest. >> david, a lot of people agree. if we didn't do something for the auto industry, it would have been economic chaos in this country. but i guess the question i have for you tonight is if general motors never goes in the green to taxpayers and we are far from that right now, do you still think that the way that that was structured was a point of pride for this president? >> first of all, i think we will recover that money. over time, we've recovered a great deal of it. they've repaid their loans. we've got half the stake in
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general motors than we did at the beginning and we think we're going to work our way through that. but the larger question that you ask, the answer to that is yes. i mean, we were looking at a situation where if the president hadn't intervened, we'd lose a million jobs. not just in the auto industry but in related industries and the spin-offs from the auto industry. that would been a tremendous catastrophe for this country. we also would have lost an iconic american industry, the one that we invented and that would have a tremendous blow. >> just to make sure that i do completely understand what you're saying, when gm ipo, and a lot of debt it had turned into equity, $33 a share, we're at $26 now, the shares would need to trade as high as $60 apiece for taxpayers to be in the green. if we never get there, was it still worth it? >> i think we will recover the money that the obama administration invested in the auto industry and i think it was well worth it.
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i think it was well worth it. >> one important issue for the election and i know you're a prolific tweeter. i love looking at your tweets. you tweeted about mitt romney a bit. i wanted to reference him in the question, but first just to show you a poll about the president's handling of gas prices. it sort of has been stunning to me how people really have an opinion on the president related to gas prices. 65% of them disapprove of how he's handling gas prices. 26% of them approve. i know the president's point of view has been, well, look, there's not that much a president can do about gas prices, but i wanted to play you something that mitt romney said on tuesday in missouri about that issue. >> what could it be? what could it be? now, i have some suggestions for him. maybe it's related to the fact that you stopped drilling in the gulf. maybe it's related to the fact, mr. president, that you're not drilling in anwar. maybe it's related to the fact you said we couldn't get a pipeline in from canada known as keystone. those things affect gasoline prices long-term. >> what do you say to mitt romney?
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>> i would say he's got his facts wrong. we're drilling 20% more than. we're producing more oil domestically, 20% more than when the president arrived. the most since 2005. we vastly expanded the areas in which drilling can happen. we've accelerated permits since the gulf disaster, but doing it in a way that ensures safety. of those operations. we are all for domestic production of oil and gas the question is, is that enough, and certainly is it enough to make a difference right now? there's a fundamental dishonesty to what governor romney and some of the other republicans are suggesting and i don't think the american people buy the notion that they have some sort of secret formula that would lower gas pleases tomorrow, the next day, or anytime soon. but this just comes into the category of let me say whatever i can to try to get elected.
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i think the american people are more discerning than that. >> let me ask you one more question and this is important in light of the rush limbaugh controversy, sandra fluke, when he call her a slut. bill maher has used a c word to refer to sarah palin. he has used some other very unflattering words like bim bow to also refer to sarah palin and michele bachmann. he also gave a million dollars to the super pac, set up to re-elect barack obama. to be consistent, should that super pac give the money back? >> first of all, let me say i don't think -- there's been a corsoning of our political culture. i don't think that language is appropriate no matter who uses it and no matter who you are in politics, you ought to be able to say so. i was disappointed governor romney didn't stand up more forcefully when rush limbaugh said what he said, but understand these words that
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maher has used in his stand-up act are a little bit different than not excusable in any way, but different than a guy with 23 million radio users using his broadcast platform to malign a young woman for speaking her mind in the most inappropriate, grotesque, ways, and nor does bill maher play the role in the democratic party that rush limbaugh plays in the republican party where he's the de facto boss of the party. >> i see your point that sandra fluke is not a public figure and sarah palin is, if someone called me a c word -- >> erin, i do not excuse those kind of characterizations of women. i don't think those kind of gratuitous, nasty words about anyone is appropriate in the public. i'm not excusing anyone. i think what limbaugh did was
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particularly egregious. and it wasn't just once. he built on it and built on it to the point where he built into some sort of a perverse soliloquy at the end about whether she should post her relationships online. i mean, that was, there's no excuse for that. >> the bottom line, the priorities action u.s.a. should and would keep the bill maher million dollars? >> i don't speak for priorities u.s.a. if i did, i'd be violating the law. i haven't talked to anybody at that organization for probably a year or a more. i worked with bill briton in the past, but i haven't talked to any of those guys. they're going to have to make their own decision and i'm not going to comment on that. as a general rule, i don't think those words belong in the public space. i do think what limbaugh did was particularly egriejs.
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>> thank you very much. good to talk to you, sir. >> according the to the most recent federal filings, bill maher has donated a million dollars to the super pac supporting president obama. that's real money, because 50% of the money raised by that super pac in february 2012 and 15% of all of the money raised by the super pac since its inception in january of 2011. bill maher is the second biggest contributor behind hollywood mogul jeffrey katzenberg. john avlon is here with me now and it looked like david axelrod sort of took me out there by saying it's not my decision, it's someone else's decision as to whether or not to accept the money. >> that's the way the law works and of course, it's also a dodge. people are quick to excuse comments made by someone on their own side, but quick to
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condemn comments made by someone on the opposing team. he joined the conversation back to rush limbaugh. just folks on the right don't want to deal with his comment, they want to say look what bill maher said on the left in the past. everyone is pointing fingers. we can't get on the same page and apply equal standards. >> it does seem to be a problem and a lot of these dodges of well, this person's a spokesman and this person's isn't, to me, none of that matters if a public figure says something awful on any kind of woman on either political side, it's wrong. >> yeah, it should be wrong whether a democrat or republican said it. we need to start applying equal standards. that's been a huge part of the politics. it's part of the world the talk radio's created. thank you very much and john is going to be back with us. please let us know what you think about that issue. david axelrod with rush limbaugh and bill maher. is the gop about to lose a war for women? are the democrats getting this right on their side? and then a new app that will let your neighbors send photos of you to the police. you doing anything bad, john?
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everything from gas prices to gm to rush limbaugh and bill maher, but before i let him go, i had to ask him his thoughts about the republican primary. >> i actually thought it would be over by now. i thought they would have this resolved, and each time you think they're going to have it resolved, there's another turn of the wheel. it's obvious they can't agree and this is going to go on for quite a while. this kind of continued lurch to the right we have seen is going to continue for governor romney trying to compete with the others. >> all right, john avlon is with us. of course, former speech writer for condoleezza rice also joins us. and dana lasch. great to see all of you with us. it is something everyone thought would be over by now. i mean and it was interesting, he was actually talking about newt gingrich, so i wouldn't want to presume to tell newt gingrich what to do, but i thought it would be over by now. it sort of seemed like it was
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saying maybe newt should get out even though he didn't directly say it. >> there are a lot of individuals wondering whether or not newt gingrich should get out of the race. i was having a conversation with a friend earlier, and we were discussing how the primary was a good racket because the longer you stay in, the longer you can push to get higher speaking fees and book deals, but at this time, the delegate mat, i dome know if he can make it when it comes to delegate math. the fat lady's warming up and everybody's been talking about this fat lady for a long time now. but it is different because the super tuesday this primary cycle, we had like ten contests, but in 2008, there were like 20, 21 contests, so it is scheduled a little differently and feels a lot longer. >> i think we have learned a lot of lessons. whatever your political party may be about how to not schedule a primary season. what about the video that the obama campaign's putting out. 17 minutes. tom hanks narrated.
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academy award winning producer. real image of a documentary. >> i think it's pretty striking that the message seems like it's going to be disaster averted. nothing really bad's happening in contrast in '08, where it was change you could believe in. this video, he paid $300,000 for it. i think back in '08, someone in hollywood would have done it for free. very different phase in terms of how his supporters are getting behind him. >> kony's video has 100 million plus views. president obama's get that many views? >> the bar has been set. i'm going to say no. this is a highly produced campaign video. she makes a good point. this is actually saying that wow, storm clouds were coming, we averted disaster. it's not a narrative of triumph. iit's a narrative of why it could have been much worse. >> all right. let's talk about this issue about women, and this is becoming a bigger and bigger issue. you've got the violence against
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women act, democrats want to put forth legislation from 1994. they say it's time. at the time, it was broadly bipartisan. now, there are republican parts of it including would be immigrants. if you're being abused, you can get a visa. republicans don't like that. >> antiwomen or anti-immigrant. their opposition is towards 5,000 visas given to the worst victims of domestic violence and that's how many visas were given last year, they're up to 10,000 that can be given a year. it's a very small percentage of the nearly 5,000 visas we give a year. they can say yes, it's about immigration, but really i think it's this backlash against women that we're hearing a rhetoric that isn't very helpful. >> how can justify voting against this bill? >> well -- >> i'm not saying you would. i'm asking your hypothetically. i'm sorry if it came out that way. >> i think it's very brilliant maneuver on the part of senators leahy and schumer because they realize this is where they need to take the conversation to
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appeal to their base. but the problem is that in the past, it had been unanimously approved. the reauthorization of this. back in like 2006. was the last reauthorization. but because of all of the provisions tacked on to it, and there are no safeguards thus time listed with this. definitely people don't like to see violence committed against women and they have a good law, but there were no safeguards and it's easy to commit fraud with this system. it's loose, broadly defined, so the amendment grassley put forward was to remedy this. >> john avlon, does it make sense to keep immigration in regardless of the issues? do you think it's outrageous someone would be offended by it or not? we should be able to pass the
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violence against women act without having it turn into a conversation about contraception, immigration, or whatever it is that may be your sticking point. >> this is a political maneuver by democrats, but a smart one. there is a bill that had broad bipartisan support in the past to some proposals that are now controversial. and the fact that is now includes same-sex couples is one of the things some find troubling and offensive. the question is whether republicans are going to let that agenda drive them into this trap in effect and let this narrative deepen. it's a part of a pattern. that's the point democrats are trying to serve up. from planned parenthood fights on down, this exists because it reflects a fault line within the republican party. >> it seems to show that the republican party, we talk about why the obama administration put out a 17-minute video, because they seemed to have lost control of their narrative, the republican party certainly seems to have lost control over the women's narrative. >> definitely. i think what rush did, his comments were so harmful to the entire health care debate to
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obamacare and by using that kind of vitriolic language, it made the whole argument against -- for having obamacare more attractive. >> thanks very much to all three. we appreciate it. >> you have heard the slogan, if you see something, say something. now, a few police departments across the country like in texas, are taking the campaign to a whole new level. take a look at this. >> hello. i'm eddie solomon, chief of police for grapevine, texas and i'd like to tell you about iwatch grapevine. >> kind of a scary little smile there, too. i watch you. i watch the new mobile app that allows ordinary citizens to
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report criminal or suspicious activity from their smart phone so any photos that are shared with local police and demanding on the situation, the department of homeland security. so, is this big brother at work or a useful tool that allows for village lanty justice is a tainted term. miguel has been tracking the story and is "outfront" tonight. how widespread is this technology? is this something that is going to become widely used? >> it is quite possible you're going to see it rolling out into your city very, very soon. there are currently six cities that have it. one form of it. it's going to roll out one company, ithink ware out of dallas. 68 cities in the next six months will have it. west virginia and kentucky have it now. we did do a little field trip today and went downstairs, across the street to central park to show you exactly how this technology works. so, here i am in central park and if you happen to see something you think is a crime, i want to show you how these applications work.
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you whip out your iphone or android and say i saw something under that bridge. you just take a photo and it uploads it into the application and then you can use that photo to add details about the suspected crime you're seeing. the location, what happened. you can report anything from a drug deal to a terrorist if you suspect it. then you can use this and report it anonymously. >> oh, anonymously makes me concerned. although i can see how that makes sense in certain cases. how effective is this? >> it's not clear. most of these have rolled out in the last year or so. kentucky for instance, it's been there since april of last year and they've had 227 tips come in. grapevine police in texas, they've had it for about ten months. one bust, a narcotics bust, related directly to this technology. >> obviously, things like that happen, i could see how that could be very effective. is the focus for crimes like that, narcotics, the crime for
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terrorism, we mentioned dhs. >> certainly the terrorist thing is out there. there is some money for that, but increasingly, talking to -- interestingly enough, this company, ithink ware out of dallas, they're focusing on schools and trying to prevent kids who are far more text savvy than a lot of us who see it on facebook, who see things on twitter, to be aware that this technology exists, and that they can, you know, either snitch or at least let authorities know that something is happening with an individual in their school. >> i see the positives with that. that overburden law enforcement agencies get some help. let us know what you think. unfair big brother or helping law enforcement and keeping america safe. speaking of apple thing, we're just hours away from the release of the new ipad in the united states. but we're going live to japan because guess what, there's a date line. you know what that means? they got it first. and a new controversy for
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we start the second half with stories we care about, do the reporting and find the "outfront 5." up first, the obama re-election campaign in full force. the vice president slammed the republican candidates calling them out by name for criticizing the auto bailout. this comes on the same day the campaign is releasing a 17-minute video touting the president's accomplishments.
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president obama senior campaign strategist david axelrod came "outfront" tonight to talk about the video and addressed mitt m romn romney's attacks on the president for high gas prices and his energy policy. >> i would say he's got his facts wrong. we're drilling 20% more than -- we're producing more oil dmesically, 20% more than since 2005. >> number two, the burning of the korans and mass killing in afghanistan have led to new concerns of a home grown terrorist attack. an fbi and dhs bulletin obtained by cnn says there is no specific threat, however it does say that the recent events, quotes, will likely be incorporated into extremist violence, and could contribute to an individual's ral rationalization of violence.
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also, the taliban suspended talks the karzai. the u.s. soldier is accused of leaving his outpost and killing 16 afghan civilians last weekend. number three, a georgia man has been convicted of a murder outside a day care and sentenced to life if prison. he was found guilty, but mentally ill, meaning he'll undergo a mental evaluation in prison. newman shot and killed rusty schneiderman. he worked with his wife, and the two were allegedly having an affair, an accusation she denies. number four, initial jobless claims fell last week. that's a good number. the drop in benefit claims match the four-year low struck in february. it's good economic news. and stocks though as you can see closed higher than -- higher today, s & p off the 1,400 mark for the first time in four years. still though, this milestone, 224 days since the united states lost its top create rating. what are we doing to get it back? like i said, when we get it back, which we can do, canada did it, it will be a big milestone. a mandate from the obama
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administration that all public pools must have lifts for the disabled has been put on hold. every public swimming pool in the country was supposed to have a lift like the one you're seeing on the screen installed by today. they have now been given a reprieve, a 60-day extension. they have to do it, but they have more time. part of the reason for that is because it does cost money. the move comes after an outcry from pool owners and after they accused the obama administration of creating the law to help one of its bigger donor group, trial lawyers. here the weigh in are justin and nick gillespie. great to see both of you. no secret trial lawyers or big donors to the obama administration. that is a fact. center for responsive politics. this number, $45 million to his 2008 election campaign. is it possible this whole public pool compliance thing does have a political element? >> absolutely not. the idea that somehow the trial lawyers are so powerful that
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they can get president obama to enact legislation that would then result in lawsuits is ridiculous. this legislation is for one simple reason. to provide equal protection and liberty to people who are disabled. the fact you're going to use the trial lawyer's argument to take the argument away from the fact these people deserve the same freedom and equality as everyone else, i can't understand how people can possibly make the argument that legislation that is going to help disabled people is somehow a kickback to trial lawyers. it makes no sense. >> nick? >> i can think of about 45 million reasons why people would make a connection between the two. there's no question that people want to help and they want to include the handicapped or disabled in all sorts of situations, but the question of timing and also, the question of advocacy. not just of this particular ruling or regulation, but also the americans with disabilities act all together is questionable.
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most people have found it doesn't help increase participation of the disabled in the workplace, but the way this help trial lawyers or lawyers lodge lawsuits is these rulings are very unclear. what would constitute a good lift, a workable lift that would comply is very vague and that's one of the reasons why there is a 60-day extension. because the rules just aren't clear. and whenever you have vague rulings, you invite lawsuits. >> justin, there seems to be some point there, but also the fact that the lifts could cost severa several,ant dollars per lift. talking about public pools and municipalities, the timing of extra costs seems to be a fair question, too. >> as far as the cost is concerned, if you look at the truth behind this legislation is that small businesses get a tax credit for putting this into effect. they get a $5,000 tax credit and if you have to move things or do architectural work, you get a $10,000 credit.
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that's every year. so it's not going to be a big cost burden on the people that have to do it. secondly, the argument that there's 45 million reasons why trial lawyers would want this enacted, again, every time there's some legislation that will benefit consumers and may possibly harm big business, the republicans come out with some argument that it's done by the trial lawyers to benefit the trial lawyers and they forget about the fact it's there to help the consumers and it's there for the consumers' protection. we have to focus on the fact that is to protect people with disabilities and to make their lives easier. unless you have a disability, then you realize the importance of the legislation. >> i am not a republican by any stretch. i'm a libertarian with no party affiliation and i wrote a book called the declaration of independence. what we are talking about is not big business. we're talking at a lot of small businesses. for instance, "usa today" talked about this in relation to hotels, most of which are franchised. they're individually owned and operated, and this is a huge comply nls cost because not only
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do you not know what it is, and also a tax credit doesn't help you if you have to shell out from 3 to 10 grand or more to put in a lift which may or may not comply with the rules, which means you're inviting a lawsuit in a lot of hotels. and a lot of hotels and this is where you know, whatever else you want to say about this, these laws have unintended consequences and what the hotel people were saying, if we're not sure we can comply or we can't afford to comply, we'll just shut the pool down and then everyone loses. that doesn't seem to be what the letter of the law or spirit of this law's about, but that's the type of thing that happens all the time. >> nick, let me ask you. we look at how many people in america are disabled. 36 million americans have some sort of disability. about 10% of the population. obviously, the americans with disabilities act is intended to level the playing field and make sure those people have a fair shake. as a libertarian, do you believe there's a role for that sort of led ledgeilation? >> i think most important thing is to look at how the law has played out and one of its primary roles was to get
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disabled people back into the workforce. virtually every economic study that looked at this has found that the labor force participation rates by people who are disabled actually declined after implementation of the ada for a wide variety of reasons. including redefining more people as disabled who are not going to be participating in the workplace. we always look at laws bayed on intentions. we need to look at their consequences. often, those two things are very much at odds. >> justin, nicks, thanks to both of you. we appreciate it. viewers, please let us know what you think. a soldier lost part of his leg in combat, then went back into combat in iraq. he comes on to share his story and the doctor who made it possible has another huge breakthrough for people who have lost their legs. that's next. and in the u.s., we're still hours away from the release of the new ipad, but in japan, they
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wounds to go back to active duty. tonight's guests know this entirely too well. he lost his legs in a climbing accident when he was 17 year s old. major rozelle lost legs when he was in iraq and a bomb exploded under his humvy. both men were inspired to determine what would be limitations in the way thad wilive their lives. dr. harem directs the m.i.t. media lab. major rosel was awarded the bronze medal and has served three terms in iraq including after he lost his foot. they came "outfront" to share their story. >> i was in a mountain climbing accident. due to frost bite, both of my legs had to be amputated. after they amputated, i wanted to return to the mountain again, so i started designing my own limbs. through the process, i could climb better than i could before the accident. >> so how is it different now
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than it was ten years ago, 15 years ago, the last time the united states fought a war where a lot of young men were losing limbs, the survival rate was not nearly as high. >> when i received legs in the '80s, they were dumb, not energetic. no compotational intelligence. today, what we're wearing here today has three computers and 12 sensors, it's smart and it ad t adapts. >> if you can show me a little bit about how it works. >> here's the battery. it's powered. it actually thrusts me forward. a as i walk with each step, it reduces impact which is better for my back and joints. >> major, tell me about your story and how you lost your leg. >> back in june of 2003, i ran over a land mine just after the invasion of iraq. came back, recovered, went back again. the first amputee to return to the same battlefield in modern
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history, which was pretty amazing, and then i came back from that and had more of my leg cut off so i could take advantage of engineering like this, honestly. >> we'll show your leg. how does it work and how did it feel differently? it's pretty incredible you could have an injury like that and go back to war. >> for me, i just had to find balance between the two legs and adjust my body so that i could go back and just be able again. i didn't want to be a combat multiplier by having to come out of the battlefield. i had to prove i could go back. things like this allow me to get back to normal activity and specifically to walk with a normal gait, where it's tuned to how i'm walking on my left side, and you wouldn't know it just by watching me walk down the street. >> and i know, doctor, that you are now about to do something that would be even
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more revolutionary, which is people who are having their legs amputated above the knee. the final frontier until now. >> yeah, we're just now offering this. so from the ground up, we're rebuilding people. >> major rozelle, what would you say to other soldiers who have this daunting prospect, feeling like a totally different human being? with these injuries than they did before? >> i talk to guys all the time. i spent the last week skiing with a bunch of newly injured guys. they see this technology and the commitment and the united states army and the government to take care of these young people and get them back fully to what they deserve. >> that was stunning to see. >> not for tonight's outer circle, we go to japan where moments ago, the new ipad went on sale. you have to wait until tomorrow if you're in new york, but we go to tokyo. hundreds waited in line, some waiting all night. the new ipad goes on sale
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tomorrow morning in the u.s. apple shares, in recognition of this, hit $600 today. a new record. we're outside a store in japan. good to soee you. i see the line, i like the hat. what do people think so far? >> remember, these are the devotes if you couldn't tell. what they're saying, he things it's absolutely beautiful, and so far, it's worth it. so people here in line waiting for the new ipad, and what they will tell you is that it's worth freezing out here, but again, these are the real devotees, 400 people waiting in line trying to get ahold of this. they're among the first in the world to get ahoed of the ipad. what is driving them to stay in line is the high resolution.
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even though critics say this isn't much of a leap forward, everyone in line is saying this is worth it. >> i love it, like a fun event. thanks so much. and you will get that ipad in the u.s. tomorrow. everybody else, next week sometime. remember the chinese government suggested the death penalty as a deterrent to corruption. if you take this much in bribes, you will be killed. and we'll tell you what the number is. >> and then super sharks, they're not coming. this is not a horror movie. they're breathing at this moment. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you.
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all right, climate change, global warming appears to be in full effect. the last week, people in new york and across the country have been enjoying spring and summer activities which of course has had benefits for people itching to get outside, and it has had a stranjs effect on nature. the cherry blossom festival dates have been moved up in washington, d.c. by a month because warm weather has caused them to blossom earlier. and global warming is affecting the animal world, too. our producer is talking about
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how global warming is talking about horse and cattle shrinkage. horses wur the size of cats and people were four feet tall. but the impact on sharks is here and now. the warm weather, and that's saying something in dubai, believe me, has led to sharks aggressively procreating at an alarming rate. the director of marine life said shark spring break is expected to produce ten new baby sharks this year and more next year. by the way, there's only 60 there right now. it's a bigger and more widespread problem than around the world. in queensland, 57 hybrid sharks have been found off the east coast of australia. they speculate the interbreeding is a result of the sharks trying to survive climate change and warn the
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