>> but i appreciate your being here. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. oh, you're welcome. go giants. >> oh, go royals. >> i got it in. i got it in. >> thankses for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. fareed zakaria gps in washington starts right now. this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live in new york. >> i dont n't know. a bunch of gunshots. >> we will start the show today in the attack in canada's capital. it brings up key questions, are lone wolf attacks the new normal? does canada have a jihad problem?

plus, ebola, isis, terror. is barack obama responsible for the sense that people have that the world has gone crazily unsafe? what does it mean for the midterm elections and the rest of his presidency? we have great historians and analysts to weigh in. also, edward snowden says he would love to come back to america for trial. i'll tell you why that can and should happen. and on the eve of halloween, can you resist a plate of cookies, a bowl of candy, a bag of marshmallows? what your self-control says about you and your prospects for your whole life, from the psychologists who led the famous marshmallow test. but first, here is my take. when news flashed that a man had shot and killed a canadian

soldier in front of the war memorial in canada, what most people were wondering, but not saying out loud was, is it another radical muslim? and it was. as was the man who ran over two canadian soldiers in quebec, martin rueleaux couture. and so it is why i have said before, we have to be honest, there is a problem in the world of islam to dday. some people have found in it an ideology of opposition and violence against the modern and western world. the three jihadis who burst on to the news this week represent that ugly phenomenon, but dig deeper into the three people to understand whoo moved them to become terrorists. none of them was born and brought up a religious muslim. a profile of michael zehaf bebow showed a life of partying

16-year-old to repeated arrests of drug possession and stealing credit cards, and he was once sentenced to prison for two years for possessing a weapon in a robbery, and in a "time's" article, he was described with his battles of addiction. he was doing heroin to take the edge off of crack. amidst the turmoil, he turned to islam and got radicalized and went to syria to join the jihad and then tried to wage his own version of it in ottawa and died after killing a soldier. the man who ran over the soldiers in canada earlier this week reportedly converted to islam more recently, only a year ago. the nypd says that the man who attacked its officers with a hatch hatchet, also disturbed, was deeply disturbed. these are not people who were

shaped by decades or molded by t the religion, but they were unstable young men and prone toward radicalism and violence and searching for ideology that would fit their disturbed world view and in the radical and jihadi interpretations of islam they found it. these people represent a tiny minority, and think of it this way, terrorist groups like this, have called on people to engage in terrorism in western cities for ten years now, and of 1.6 billion muslims worldwide, the number who have responded to the calls is a small, small, small percentage. if all of the muslims were radicals, we would have more than three the worry about this week. and yet, there is a problem within islam. it is not enough for the muslims to point out that the people do not represent the religion. they don't. but muslims need to take more active measures to protest these heinous acts. they also need to make sure that

the muslim countries and societies do not in any way condone extremism, anti-modern attitudes an intol the rans towards other faiths. muslims are right to complain that there is anti-muslim bigotry out there, but they would have a more persuasive case if they took on some of the bigotry within the world of islam as well. let's get started. so, let's dig deeper on the ottawa attack and the discussion in the wake, the discussion of lone wolves. my guest is michael hayden who has run both the cia and the nsa and christopher freelan who is a former journalist and now member of canada's parliament who was on parliament there when the

shots rang out. crista, you were in lockout for almost ten hour, and did it get really scary? >> yes, fareed. it was particularly frightening in the beginning, and like a lot of people inside of centre block, i heard the shots, and i ran to take cover in a room. for the first few minutes, and maybe the first hour or so, we didn't know if it was one gunman or others were there, and we were worried. i would like to really single out how well the house of common security officers and the rmpc responded and to point out that we, the mps and the staffers and the visitors to canada who were in lockdown were scared, corporal nathan cirillo died and she is going to be buried tuesday and our whole country is sad for him and his family. >> and chrysta, you wrote a

piece "keep calm, canada, an carry on." and the piece says that it is sometimes an overreaction to these events, and in canada, there is a measured and calm attitude in the face of it. >> yeah, i was really, really proud of the reaction of all of the canadian society. i thought that the security forces were very calm. they took their time and kept us in lockdown while they cleared out parliament. i thought that the canadian media behaved admirably not hyping the situation, and i was really proud to be in parliament wednesday morning at 10:00 in the morning when we were back at our desks, and it was a nonpartisan moment, and we were all there to say, we are going to keep on going. on friday night at 8:00 p.m., the speaker sent out a message to the mps saying that we are opening up the grounds of parliament again to the public, because that is how we do things here. that is the right thing to do.

>> and finally, chysta, would bit fair to think about whether canada has a kind of jihad problem? most people don't realize, but canada has more immigrants and foreign-born citizens than the united states does, and so in that mix, is there a problem there somewhere? >> well, fareed, i really appreciated the opening remarks and one of the things that is under attack is canadian pluralism, and canada as a diverse society, and it is re really important for all of us to stand up and say, that we are not going to let that be damaged. there was a worrying incident on friday where a mosque in cold lake, alberta, was defaced and somebody wrote "go home" on the mosque, and that is terrible, and that is exactly what we can't let happen. what is heartening is the community's response and the people spontaneously came off and washed off the mosque, and people brought signs saying,

canada is your home. that is the message to canada's muslims and muslim ka ncanadian you are part of the community and we are so glad that you are here sh here, and we will respond to this together. >> michael hayden, what do we do about the lone wolves? these guys who seem to be radicalized, because they are radical for whatever reason? how does one handle this? >> well, fareed, it is a very, very difficult proproblem. and it is not one that we can make go away. some of the attacks are going to occur even if the security services in the country do everything that they are capable of doing. i mean, at what point does freedom of speech and freedom of thought crossov over into immint violence and thereby the community intervenes. and as brought up, this is maybe more about resilience than prevention. what happened in canada last week was a tragedy, and the are resilience of the system, and the action of the sergeant at

arms prevented it from being a catastrophe. >> as you point out, in many of the cases, maybe there was some information and in fact, from what we know in one of the cases, the guy who shot the soldier, he was on a list, but is there much that you can do when somebody is on the list, but has not committed a crime or a terror act yet? >> fareed within a minute of 9/11 i was speaking to the allies at a conference and one of the members pointed out that the new dilemma is how do we deal with the not yet guilty? and that is precisely a definition of the problem that we now have. and the answer is we can only deal with that up to a point. beyond that point, in order to p preserve the liberties, we have to live with some degree of threat. >> does all of this, you believe, put a different light

on the whole issue of nsa, data mining and things like that, and i mean, presumably, you would argue that this is why you need the broad powers to look and listen? >> well, there are different regimes in the united states and canada. canada is a bit tougher with regard to what h they allow in terms of the government surveillance, and it has got a more generous policy, and one of the laws that prime minister harper wants to change is how much information canadian services can share with american services, and fareed, all e free peoples have to balance the security and the safety with the liberty and the privacy and the ka n canadians will recalibrate a little bit. we have recalibrated based on what the threat is here in the united states and this is not the forces of light and darkness, but this is what the democracies have to do all of the time. >> and the key issue that both of you seem to feel is the issue of e resilien yel -- resilience

the ability to bounceback from these events, chrysta? >> yes. this is key. it is not something to be made to go away with a magic wand, and it has to be clear that it is important to secure the democracy, but it is also incredibly important not to let the attackers achieve and wreck our goal which is freedom from the inside. we have to remain who we are. and on thursday morning, canada is still the same country as it was wednesday morning, and it is really important not to let it change. >> and michael hayden, a final thought from you, and did anything about this worry you about for the united states or are we in good shape? >> well, we are in no better shape than canada. we have this danger that you pointed out in the opening, fareed, about the self-radicalized individuals. there is no communications between any of the people in canada back to any islamist

groups in the middle east that we are aware of, and so it is a difficult challenge for us over a long period of time, and frankly, fareed, the things that we are now doing in iraq and syria which i strongly support and would support expanding them makes it more likely that folks like this are going to be motivated to do these kinds of thing things. >> michael hayden, and chrystia freeland, thank you so much, and we will be right back. es known for their fine cheeses. yes i am rich. that's why i drink the champagne of beers. "easy like monday morning."s sundays are the warrior's day to unplug and recharge. what if this feeling could last all week? with centurylink as your trusted partner, it can. our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters.

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in the midterm elections next week and there are many pup dits and personalities who would like to blame the white house for this and more, so it thought that it was time to get perspective. i have a great panel to do this. walter isakson is the president of the aspen institute, and he is the author of the new book "how hackers and geniuses and geeks are the authors of the new digital revolution." and also, gloria borger, who was 2 years old when this began. and also, shawn wilentz who is author of several books, and amity shlaes who is also an

author on presidents. >> well, presidents do get tire and the come b-- and the combo s and the ukraine are a lot for anyone. >> and i am surprised that you are not more critical of him. >> in one way, he reminds you of woodrow wilson, because he pout s s a little bit, and retreats, because the world is not doing the way he thought it would be, and retreats, and pouts, and coolidge did that as well. >> and he did that because he is an intellectual president. >> yes. >> and so, now, looking at this, most consequential president since lyndon johnson and do you believe that? >> well, paul is basically right, but we have been on the same page, skeptical at first, and more ree spect fful of what

the president has managed to the achieve. look, it is not speck ttacular,t people had high expectations. >> including obama. >> yes, and it is hard not to be disillusioned if you were not illusioned to begin with, and judging from the rational scale, i think that the president has done a good job. >> yes, and the problem here for the american people, and i don't know how this plays out in history is that when you look at president obama, you are looking at the numbers a that we are looking at now shgs s, it is a n of leadership, and it is a question of whether he has communicated well to the american public about his successes which you could argue in the future health care reform will be judged, as a success or whether he is communicating with them about the problems like ebola, and like isis and like ukraine and how you talk to the american people has a lot to do with how they view you. >> and he is not in your view communicating well? >> i do not believe he has, because less than the american

public believes she a strong commander in chief, and less than half believes he is a strong leader, and this is of course going to affect the upcoming elections, and of course, this hay or may not have an impact of how we view him historically. >> how will we view him historically? >> i agree with sean that the rolling stone piece written by paul krugman is not entirely right or wrong, but i have been on the same page, and this is disconcerting that he is right and i was wrong. i thought maybe a grand bargain to have social security and cut medicaid and the stewardship has been very good and if anything, the stimulus should have been bigr, but it is not something to blame on obama, and we have come out of the recovery far, far better than -- the recession far, far better than europe or any other place in the world. health care is absolutely transformative and i have got as

you know, a daughter who is turning 26 and all of the friends now can move job to job to job like they love to do without worrying about, you know, how are they going to transport the health care or the pre-existing conditions. this makes not only for healthier people, but it makes for a much better economy, because you have much more fluidity in the workforce. >> i have a e feeli -- i have a feeling that you will get a disagreement here. >> one question, fareed. kind and lovable leader, and the other is are the policies optimal and should we re-elect policies that are optimal and herely disagree with everybody that the policies are not optimal. starting with the recovery, and we had a recovery, but it was not optimal in regard to the past recoveries and the primary reason is the reg ulatory state that we have established, so dodd frank for example institutionalized too big to fail in a way that is creepy. you fall into the rescue class

or you don't. and certainly, it is especially hard on the smaller businesses who can't comply in and afford the compliance. credit is the same situation, and official ly the banks are supposed to lend, but they don't with the nominal interest rate. and what about health care? the bill is yet to come. a and of course, the prices are less high, and it is the beginning of the price control regime, and what is the consequence and the time frame? well, first, you get the low prices, and then you get the scarcity and the lack of the availability, right? it will be nominally free, but unavailable. that sort of thing. >> and in the end, when we look back on president obama, i think that we will say that he really started the discussion about the role of government in this country or continued it i should say, started with ronald reagan and now with barack obama saying, yes, government can be more useful, and it can can succeed, and the question of the competency of government, and how to make it more efficient,

smarter and work for you will continue. >> but he has lost, and he seems to be losing the public argument, and talking about how history will view him, and gloria told us the numbers and they are -- >> well, they are terrible. it is not as paul says, the most important thing of judging the preside president. >> well, control of the senate may be. >> well, the control of the senate is outside of his hands, and the sixth year out election, and the ending party almost always does terrible. and the seats that came in 2008 the democrats got them, because it was a big election. >> so we will take a break and come back and talk about exactly this, we are nine days away from the midterm elections, and will the democrats lose the senate, and if that happens will president obama once again be to blame? i lost my sight in afghanistan, but it doesn't hold me back. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. non-24 is a circadian rhythm disorder

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we are back with walter issacson and amity shlade and gloria barger and paul krueger and so, politically, is there something going on here, walter,

because it e fefeels like the republicans have a lot of momentum the, and the democrats have not. >> well, it is something that the country has gotten distracted from what they are caring about, we have a rekcovey and how can everyone participate and how is it a sustain and real recovery and how can we make sure that it is inclusive and we are going to make sure that it is inclusive and call it isil or isis, and should we arm the syrian rebelts and stop the flights from west africa even though there are not direct flights from west africa and the things that are making the people slightly unnerved and the thing that most importantly the gasoline prices are going down, and that is the best indicator of who is going to the movies and voting for the incumbent party, and that is not having the effect it should. >> and gloria, that is fascinating, because walter says that if you look at the

objective data you would say -- >> people are not feeling it. they are just not feeling any kind of recovery, and they are anxious about the world. they see what is going on. they believe it is chaotic, and they don't believe the president is lead iing. they are not sure what they want him to do by the way, but they are conflicted, but they want to see a strong leader. so all of this -- >> and hold on that, because it is a very important point, do they really want him to invade syria -- >> no, they don't. this is where they are conflicted. they want him to be a strong leader, but they don't want boots on the ground anywhere. so, the american, the president in a way reflects the public ambivalence i would argue, but they believe that the world is chaotic, and there are no sort of serious sets of issues in the campaign and we thought that obama care would be a huge issue, and well the republicans a argued against it, but do they want to un-do it? well, not so much, so it is the

"seinfeld" election, because it is not about anything, but it does matter, and what the democrats have to do is to get their base out there to believe it matters to them or the republicans could win control of the senate. >> and the issue of the turnout brings up something that i wanted to ask you, sean, which is that you look at the immigration, and you look at what people are assuming, which is a lot of people, well meaning commentators and well meaning people will compromise, because they realize they need the hispanic votes, but this election has shown that the republican party is making a different bit that you can get out the angry white voter in much larger voters than the mythical or the highly unlikely hispanic voter and they are doubling down on the bet and they are working. >> but it is making sense in this election, because it is being fought out in the border states and the deep south, and this is a confederate election, because it is a doubling down on it, to get them back into the senate. >> and the republicans have a

real decision for the senate. do they want to remain a congressional party, because they can win in congress without the hispanic voters or do they want to become a presidential party to be where they do need the his ppanic voters and what they are doing in this election does not help them in 2016. >> and the core dissatisfaction, amity is that unemployment is down, but so is the median wage and most people have job, but what they have seen is for five, ten, 15 years now, the median wage is stuck. >> right. and one undercovered thing that is putting the pressure on the median wage is the regulation. it is very hard to run a company now and it is very hard to rewa reward workers directly with pay when you have a lot of the mandates upon you where you must spend elsewhere, that is key. and it is not just the current median wage, and if i have the median wage or not, but it is the prospect of the median wage staying low that bugs voters.

they don't see a big future ahead, and they do see two bills to pashgs and one is the health care and one is of course the debt even if the deficit might narrow or appear to narrow, the debt is still there, and they are well aware that if the interest rates go up, the picture is going to become deeply difficult and chaotic. >> and walter, you spent a lot of time in silicon valley with a lot of the tech guys, and they are seen as the most dynamic force in america today, and what do you think they think of the election? >> well, i believe they believe there is a big disconnect between the en tre e preneural economy and the risk averse to make any deals and get anything done culture that you will have on capitol hill in general. and most people in silicon valley will say focus on the major thing, and if you want there to be a recovery that is very inclusive, then let's just a simple thing that everybody can agree on or most people can ing agree on which is that every kid in america gets a decent shot, and increase the ability to have a good education in k-12

education, and let's make sure that people can go to college, and all of the things that created the digital revolution in the '50s and '60s i think that you could rally a kconsenss around every person in america deserves to be part of the technological revolution and the recovery, and so give every kid a decent shot and do some programs for that. >> historically, how will people look at this moment? is this the return of conservatism? >> it depends what happens in two years. >> congressional elections don't -- >> well, in two years. two years from now is much more important than anything that happens today. i think. >> yes, a reset of each party. and if you look at the e democratic party, it has to figure out a way to rally the base of the democratic party which has been so obama-dependent, and without president obama at the top and the republican party has to figure out how to become more inclusive in order to win a presidential election. i don't think that either party

has figured out how to do what they need to do at this point. >> and what if the republicans win in 2016? everything that has come before in the obama administration is going to go away or they are going to be working very hard to make it go away, and if the democrats come in, a different situation, and lo situation, and a lot of the obama legacy is going to depend on what happens in the next election. >> and they have the marching orders from gloria borger. >> yes, figure it out. absolutely. >> and when we come back, a controversial new documentary about edward snowden to reinforce my opinion. he did the united states a service, but he needs to come back here for trial and perhaps punishment. why? i will explain how the reconcile the two views.

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the documentary about edward snoweden. >> i saw it recently, and it is engrossing, because we get to see up close the man behind the controversy. >> my name is edward snowden and i go by ed. >> and he comes off well. artful, and articulate and nervous, but intelligent and well intentioned and i say this as someone who i believe edward snowden broke the law and should beheld accountable, but i also believe he revealed a public service by revealing vast system of domestic surveillance that lacks oversight and judicial checks. my next guests say that the best way to reconcile them is a trial. via satellite at the new yorker festival, snoweden said that he would love to stand trial in the united states. >> i would love to do so. >> he should. it would transform what he has done from theft into civil disobedience which by definition means willing to accept the consequences of your action.

at the new yorker event, snowden explained to jane meyer that given the stipulations that the government is putting on the return, he does not believe he could get a fair trial, but the legal scholars that i consulted, and none of them die-hard conservatives or conservative hawks believe that he could get a fair trial. norman abrams said that how such a trial would likely go down. he said that the government would try to prove that snowden broke the law by leaking classified documents, and snowden would mount a defense that justified the motives and the benefit s ths that he belie have resulted from the action. the issue abrams said is that generally motive and reasons for doing the deed are not an element of the crime, and trials are limited to proof of the crime and responses to that proof. sn snowden has argued that previous whistle-blowers did not get a fair trial, and the university of texas scholar robert chezny

says it is an article from anecdote, and he says each trial is difficult, and he, too, believes that snowden could get a fair trial, but there would be tension between snowden's desire to put the nsa on trial, and the government's effort to keep the scope of the trial limited. the substantive foreign intelligence revelations is how substantive they have been, because it is the government doing secretly what they are doing publicly like fighting the taliban in afghanistan and pakistan and looking for al qaeda cells around the world. he also revealed looking for routine intelligence breaches like hacking into systems which is something that other regimes do to the united states. and others are unwise such as tap toing phones of the leaders of brazil and germany, but none of them are morally scandalous.

and as the foreign minister of sweden said, we eavesdrop, too, and everyone is listening to everyone else, but we don't have the same means as the united states which makes us jealous. so in any event the price has been paid. the obama administration should make clear that edwin snowden would get an open civilian tr l trial. he should come home and make his case. he will surely argue that the law laws he broke were unconstitutional and that he has changed the american government for the bert and the actions are protected under the first amendment and other claims. it would be the trial of the century, and shining a spotlight on something that has been hidden in the shadows too much and for too tlong. and that is what edward snowden has said he wanted from the start. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column for this week. and when confronted with a sweet treat, can can you con --

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comcast business. built for business. 50 years ago, a groundbreaking psychological experiment was conducted on preschoolers. it went something like this. the youngsters were put in a room where a marshmallow sat on a tray. they were told they could eat that one marshmallow immediately or if they waited, they would get a bigger reward. two marshmallows. so what did the kids do? what would you do? and what does the ability to wait mean for future success? a lot, apparently.

my next guest is walter mischel, who was the brains behind this marshmallow experiment and has a new book out called "the marshmallow test." he's widely known as the world's leading expert on self-control. so you tracked these children down 50 years later. and what did you find? >> we found a great deal. we found, to our surprise, when they were about 13, 14, 15 years old, that the ones who had waited longer on the marshmallow test, were doing better in school, were doing better socially. and were doing better on s.a.t. scores, by quite a bit. and we became very interested in why we are seeing these differences. what is that really all about? and we began to pursue them, really, over the years, and

approximately after 10 to 12 years, did a follow-up. >> now, when you kept tracking them, did that difference you saw ten years later, the kids who managed to have delayed gratification, were doing better. was it true 20 years later, was it true 30 years later, 40 years later? >> what happens is that the ones who remained consistently high in self-control over the years as opposed to the ones who remained consistently low in self-control over the years, formed two quite different life trajectories that are distinctly different. >> and basically, you feel that your results over this long period confirm the basic hypothesis that the ability to have self-control is a predictor of success in life? >> i think the answer to that is yes. and there is an additional answer that i would like to give, which is that what is equally interesting to me, but

perhaps far more important in its public policy implications and implications for how we teach our children, educate our children, run our schools and so on, is that the fundamental key is that the fundamental key skills that enable self-control, allow the child to do well on the marshmallow test involves what is now called executive control or executive function, which essentially means that the individual can keep a delayed goal in mind i'm waiting for the two marshmallows, resist interfering responses, i'm not going to think how yummy and chewy they are. it's awfully frustrating to wait 15 or 20 minutes for a 4-year-old for a couple cookies or marshmallows, but the kids who did well is to transform the situation by distracting themselves, by playing with that i toed as if they were piano

keys, by exploring their analysisal cavities and ears, by singing little songs, by doing wonderfully inventive things that essentially allowed them to transform the situation into one that was manageable. >> so this was not hard-wired or genetic, this is something that can be taught? >> it's absolutely something that can be taught and enhanced. there are clear differences in how easy it is for thumb, and clear genetic differences, but the genes are not your destiny when it confess to these kind of self-control skills. >> can i still develop better self-control? >> yes, even at your age, one can do that. >> you talk in your boo about something that contextualized self-control. we see this all when we look at people who seem very, very determined and goal oriented in one area, disciplined in one

area, but not so much in another. >> yes, i think we all have our hot spots. finding what those hot spots are is really the first step in one wants to enhance self-control, because you have to know where are the places where i'm vulnerable. whether it's tobacco, whether it's drugs, whatever, the identification of where the vulnerability is is hugely important. >> the one thing i discovered, you don't like marshmallows. it's true, for me marshmallows are not one of the many hot spots that i have. >> so for you, it's easy? >> i would have not trouble waiting for marshmallows. >> pleasure to have you on. >> thank you very much. up next, what does your accent say about you? >> my name is -- >> my name is christina. >> more than you think.

i will explain with my perfect accent. amam rich. my social circle includes captains of industry, former secretaries of state, oil tycoons, and ambassadors of countries known for their fine cheeses. yes i am rich. that's why i drink the champagne of beers.

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ebola coverage, you may have missed some relatively good news about global health. last month the united nations released its annual report on child mortality. since 1990, mortality rates of children under 5 have been cut in half. it brings me to my question -- about half of all deaths of children under 5 occurring in five countries. which country is not on that list? is it a, china, b inia, c the democratic republic of congo, or d iran? stay tuned and we'll tell you the answer. the book of the week is "zero to one" how to build the future. as i told you a couple weiss acmost books on entrepreneurship are mostly useless, but this is different it's a variety of topics at the core of starting

and growing a business. he believes that everyone should try to become a monopoly, because that's where the money is. he is fiercely intelligent, widely read, and extremely practical in his advise on building a good business. it's a quick, smart read. now for the last look. there are an estimated 7,000 languages in the world and countless more accents and dielectrics. an accelt can reveal a lot about a person, a spectrum of sounds with difference vowels, consonants, lilts and drawls that can trade a level of education, social class, but accents are malleable. they grow with us i'm sure mine has changed since i first came to the xoo el. a new book call my eye this would "it's titled "you say potato" focusing on the british isles. the book sxlons the way an accent can reflect identity.

on the book's website people from around the world can upload how they say potato. >> this is how i say potato, and i come from auckland, new jersey. >> i come from dover. >> the title brings up the question, does anyone actually say to-tah-to, or was it just a good rhyme for the song "shall we dance?" so far we didn't find any po-tah-tos, but the ought thor said the r vowel can be traced to the end of the 18th century in britain. interesting stuff. we have linked to the book and the potato map on our website. upload your own potato today. the correct answer is d, iran. according to the report, the top five countries that account for about half of the under5 deaths are india, nigeria, pakistan, the democratic republic of congo

and china. nearly half of under-5 deaths result from poor nutrition. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. straight ahead, she is trapped inside a tent with a port apotty and no shower. for the first time directly from the nurse quarantined in new jersey, even though she isn't showing signs of ebola. >> to make me stay for 21 days, to not be with my family, to put me through this emotional and physical stress is completely unacceptable. >> it's an interview you'll only hear on cnn, the exclusive just seconds away. hello, everybody. backh