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acknowledged. >> the most important issue is, did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? and the answer is still the same, unee ququivocally no. >> we'll get the real cost of smoking. >> what's a pack of smokes cost? your smooth skin. >> it causes wrinkles and premature aging. putin's world, with two days to go, russia is much more than the center of the sporting universe.
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we'll ask the state department's wendy sherman about putin's influence from iran to syria. >> it is crucial that we give diplomacy a chance to succeed. >> and threepeat, as the east coast digs out, a second winter blast is scheduled to hit and just wait for this weekend when winter's wrath could pull another punch. it has folks around the country saying, enough already. >> this year is just kind of terrible. >> i can't remember it being so cold and so much snow for one season. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, facing tough questioning at the senate foreign relations committee. the chief negotiator on the iran
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nuclear deal defended the initial plan saying it's not perfect but it is the first step to reaching a more comprehensive agreement. under secretary of affairs wendy sherman joins me fresh from the testimony. thank you for joining us. give me your best shot. what you told the committee as to why this deal while not perfect is much better than all of the alternatives? >> well, andrea, thank you for having me on today. i would say the joint plan of action which was agreed to by the all but permanent members of the security council, germany and the european union with iran is a first step towards a comprehensive solution to ensure that iran will not obtain a nuclear weapon. and this first step in fact stops the advance of iran's nuclear program and even rolls it back in significant ways and puts in place a monitoring verification, we never had before so that we have some more insight into what's going on with iran's nuclear program.
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but on february 18th, we will begin the negotiations in vienna with iran to try to see if we can't get that elusive tough but crucial comprehensive agreement. >> i know you believe that the administration believes hillary clinton former secretary has weighed in on this as well, any sanctions legislation being considered by the hill would jeopardize the negotiations and could give iranian hard liners a predicate to force a breakdown in the negotiations. that said, french businessmen and other european business people already lining up to go into tehran and try to negotiate deals and work around the sanctions. we may say we're not changing the sanctions but aren't they becoming more porous in the real world of international finance? >> well, actually they aren't porous yet. a lot of these delegations. and we would hope they wouldn't go to tehran and show restraint while we negotiate the comprehensive agreement. even if we had begun with the comprehensive agreement, these companies probably would have
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gone in the hopes that we would reach an agreement and they would be first in line. so what we are looking at is what they are going to say. we're talking to all of these governments and talking to business and talking to trade associations. all of my colleagues throughout government are traveling the world to say the sanctions relief that has been given so far is limited, temporary, very targeted and very small. we will follow you and watch you. if you evade our sanctions we're going to come after you. on the other hand, the iranian people are hopeful for a better economy, part of the reason business is going there and seeing opportunity is because iran's economy is in such big trouble. they see a place for growth. that growth will only come for iran if they reach a comprehensive agreement with the p5 plus one and european union. and i hope they make the tough decisions and they will be tough that they have to make to reach that agreement. >> i know you and the secretary believe that you can take the
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nuclear negotiation with iran and it can be a separate tract but even in munich this weekend the iranian foreign minister refused to discuss syria with secretary kerry and now there is a lot of talk that secretary kerry to a congressional delegation there, including mccain and graham, critics of the administration's policy on syria, acknowledge it's not working. what can you tell us about that? >> well, actually, i think as you've seen in subsequent stories, i understand that senator graham and senator mccain were putting forward their positions but the secretary was in a listening mode in that meeting in munich. he wanted to hear what the senators had to say and what they saw needed to go forward. the administration has always continued to look at every option that we have because quite frankly, we are moved as the american people as the international community is moved by the suffering of the syrian people, 9.3 million people looking for some humanitarian
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access, some food and medicine, some shelter that they currently don't have. we have nearly 2 million people who are refugees and growing in neighboring countries which can be destabilized into those countries. so this is a very critical, critical issue, and of course we have the necessity to remove chemical weapons from syria, which russia and the united states agreed to, got syria to buy on to and now everyone, including russians, are putting pressure on syria to in fact deliver on the promise they made, get the chemical weapons out of syria and bring to an end the suffering of the syrian people. >> is there any way to look at the peace talks on syria other than failure so far? they didn't even negotiate safe passage for humanitarian aid and food. people are starving in syria. >> i understand the frustration, i went to geneva for the opening of those talks and i know how very, very tough this is. i've been in a tri lateral
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discussion with the russians and certain envoy brahimi, the fact is this is the first time after three years of the conflict, that in fact these parties, syrian regime and opposition, in fact the syrian people, representatives of the syrian people are in a room together. so that in and of itself is an important step forward. those negotiations are going to resume next week in geneva. these are tough going, but every country except the syrian regime signed onto the geneva kmun kay quite frankly assad is not only not serving people of his country and broken the contract with his people of his country but he's become a terror magnet and we're concerned about the growing extremist threat inside syria that also can bleed out
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throughout the region. >> should there be a change of policy? assad is winning. >> i don't believe assad is winning. in fact, we saw an opposition delegation which was statesman like, brought proposals to the table ready to go to work. now it's on the regime. are they ready to go to work and put their power in front of the people? or are they willing to put the people first. that's what we will see what the reality is this next week in geneva. the administration's policy is to help in every conceivable way that we can, consistent with our national security interests to help the syrian people reach the destiny that they are crying out for. >> undersecretary wendy sherman, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you, andrea. >> for more on today's senate hearing on iran sanctions, bob corker, ranking member of the foreign relations committee. thank you very much for joining us.
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>> thank you. >> you listened to wendy sherman and heard her testimony. does there need to be a change of policy, first of all on syria? >> absolutely. i was not part of the discussions this weekend with senator secretary kerry but i know he has to be incredibly disappointed with the lack of follow through of this administrati administration. i know he supported our efforts within the senate to move towards some lethal support for those moderate vetted opposition members. so look, this administration, i don't know how you can sugar coat it, has not done what it said. and look, i've been to these refugee camps and i have looked at these people in the eye. and they are let down by this administration. we've let down the region and our partners and there's no question that we could have changed the balance on the battle ground. we could have helped these moderate groups, saudi arabia
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and others of taking things in their own hands because of our lack of follow through, but yes, we need additional support to the moderate rebels. and we should have done a long time ago the window has not closed at this moment but it's been incredibly disappointing. you hear these words hope and concern. i'm sorry, that's not a policy. we had an opportunity especially six months ago, eight months ago, a year ago, to really change the dynamics and did not do so. i didn't hear the conversation but i have to believe in his heart secretary kerry has been let down tremendously by this administration's lack of follow through on syria at every step, including in august when the president took his friday night walk. look, it's disappointing that we are where we are and i'm glad there are negotiations and glad people are in the same room, but many, many people have died needlessly because we were not willing with partners, without
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sending boots on the ground and getting involved ourselves directly, we were not willing to give the kind of help that iran has been giving. let's face it. they changed the battlefield landscape by their support of hezbollah. by the way, they'll have additional money for hezbollah with these sanctions relief that you're talking about earlier. but very disappointed and not one of our best moments as a nation. >> so, what about the plan last june that was signaled from the white house for some private covert, if you will, training and arming of the rebels jordanian and other territory? >> there are things that we talk about things, we don't talk about -- all i can say, i met with general id ris on the ground in the region. and even the trucks that we had promised, were three or four months late in coming. there were trucks without anything in them because of
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other things alluded to that did not materialize, at least not in a way that was indicated they were going to materialize. we have not responded to the syrian crisis and the way that we should have. we know that. i got to believe every administration official has to know that. and again, i don't know if other considerations were in play or if some of the negotiations we were talking about today, some of the things occurring with russia, i don't know, but the fact is that our nation has not done what it said it would do, indicated it would do to the opposition groups on the ground that began, let's face it, as a democracy movement as trying to claim -- claim that as their legacy in syria and we did not help them. >> on the eve of this sochi olympics, the administration announced that mike mcfall, our ambassador to russia, is going to end his tenure and go back
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home to california. he got into almost immediate trouble with putin and putin's government by supporting dissidents and using social media and being very aggressive about human rights in his early in his tenure. and do you think there's some reason that he's leaving at this point? or do you think this is the normal rotation? >> if i were to guess, i would just be guessing to be candid. i've received notice of that actually while i was in the hearing today or just before that, and i don't really know what the circumstances are. i don't want to be per squor tif but we've put so much of our foreign policy success in the hands of russia. we're in their lap. and i don't know if anything relative to him leaving had to do with that, but let's face it, there's no question we jumped into their lap in syria over the
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chemical weapons and moved away from doing the kind of things we were just talking about relative to opposition groups. they obviously have been influencing greatly the negotiations with iran, that i wish the testimony that outlets would be able to focus on -- i know wendy is an administration official, but the people who came after neutral observers talking about the concern that all of us have. i want to see a negotiated settlement, i thought the way out is you negotiate very hard on the front end. there's a lot of concern that we with iran will have just roving -- rolling interim agreements. we are losing our leverage economically. if you look at every indicator, the inflation is falling and economy is growing. people's expectations are that they are not going to be the rogue country they've been and everybody wants to get first in line. you have russia trying to copy what turkey did.
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they did a gold for oil deal which is a huge loophole. now russia has learned from that and it looks like they are trying to do the same thing. we're just concerned. i mean, i think all of us share the same goal but feel like that this interim deal that didn't even focus, andrea, on the military aspects of this -- iran knows us well. they have people who study here, come to school here. we know them less. they understand that once they reached a level of proficiency in an area, they can let that simmer for a while while over the next year they develop their ability to deliver these weapons. director clapper just last week said it is just a matter of political will as to whether they can make a nuclear weapon. in this interim agreement, over the next year, we are allowing them to continue to develop their ability to mill tarrize and deliver these weapons. that's not even part of the agreement. and we're losing our leverage. so, look, i want to see a
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negotiated setment. i think what congress has done in raising these questions is important. but i'm very concerned when i hear someone like wendy, who i know works hard, continually talk about hope and concern. i think what we like to see is realty in this disagreement and the ability to verify that iran is not marching on towards this agreement as we continue to lose the leverage that we had at one time relative to bringing them to the table. >> thanks very much. >> thanks, senator corker. >> have a good rest of the program. >> i appreciate that. we'll talk about governor christie coming up and then we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's
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finding kids where they live? >> we developed this campaign with a lot of time and attention to what messages we really would be compelling to kids and meaningful finding them where they are. and then, we want to place the ads in those places that will engage kids too. we're going to be doing tv spots, radio, print placement, all also a lot of social media and mall kiosks and bus shelters too but focusing on what are the types of media kids are paying attention to. >> let's talk about the health, really the health facts of smoking. what we know now we didn't know, even though we've known for decades it has bad effects on heart disease and cancer. what do we know now we didn't know before about why tobacco is so -- >> we know that of course, it's hugely linked to cancer, heart disease, lung disease, as you say. we're also learning this was reported just a few weeks ago in
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the surgeon general's report that came out, that it's linked to other chronic diseases as well. of course, we also know that it's not just the smoker whose health is at risk but others exposed to the smoke. we know that it's a really hard habit to beat. that's why we're focusing now on kids who are at risk for becoming smokers, either the sort of on the cusp smokers who are either experimenting with cigarettes or are open to trying smoking. >> what is your view on e cigarettes? >> well, the fda doesn't regulate e cigarettes at the moment, but it's obviously an emerging new product in the marketplace. and it links to a broader set of issues around tobacco and tobacco use. we are actually hoping that we'll be able to extend some of our regulatory activities in that domain and i think it's very important public health
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issue going forward. >> do you think it can contribute to addictive behaviors? >> certainly it has nicotine, which is addictive. and there are a lot of complex issues related to e cigarettes and their role but, for this campaign we're really focused on cigarettes which we do regulate and we know the incredible link between the teens that are trying cigarettes today that may become lifelong smokers and you know, that is a deadly habit. >> any concerns about the trend towards legalizing marijuana and what we're seeing in colorado and washington state and there's a vote pending in the district of columbia in fact? does that interact at all with tobacco smoking? >> these are complex public health issues and they do int
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intersect. addiction is at the heart of a lot of this and vulnerable youth are of course a worry, whatever the addiction pathway might be. one of the exciting things i think that this campaign captures is the importance of prevention, importance of reaching kids with information that will mean something to them so that they can make more informed choices going forward. >> i want to ask about this tragedy of philip seymour hoffman bringing to light this growing epidemic of heroin use, partly because of cost and higher prescription drug costs and that use has led more kids and seems to be spreading into other economic areas. what about the public health aspects of this? what are we learning about addiction? >> let me speak from my perspective as fda commissioner
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in terms of the critical need to find better treatments for addiction. one of the really poignant aspects of this recent loss was that he had sought treatment and hadn't been successful. we need as we learn more about the science of addiction pathways in the brain, we need to develop new better treatments for addiction. we also need to make sure that we have controls on the use of some of these dangerous products so that we will see fewer people becoming addicted. >> thank you so much. margaret hamberg. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> governor chris christie answering questions for the first time since former port authority aid david wildstein's latest allegations that christie knew about the lane closings on the george washington bridge earlier than the governor claimed. he you'd his radio show to deny
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he had prior knowledge before the lane closures took effect and confirmed the governor's office has been subpoenaed by the u.s. attorney in new jersey investigating this scandal. >> we have already communicated to them we would cooperate voluntarily. they decided to send a subpoena. that's fine. >> a key player in the scandal is pleading the fifth. christie deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly, who wrote time for traffic problems in fort lee is refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed by state investigators. we'll have more on pt latest in the investigation and what christie says about his political future. >> while it dominates lots of other folks, it can't dominate me. because i have the responsibility for 8.9 million people. i'll be damned if i'm going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. i took an oath a couple of weeks ago. if i can impart one lesson to a
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with this. no knowledge, no authorization, no planning, nothing to do with this before this decision was made to close these lanes by the port authority. secondly, while i'm disappointed by what happened here, i'm determined to fix it. >> chris christie fighting back, trying to salvage his governorship from the bridge scandal that threatens to dominate his second term. joining me now justice correspondent pete williams and chris sill liz za and robert g ingel. you are covering a cyber security hearing today and executives from target and neiman marcus testifying. what are the lawmakers hear and what about the gaps that the executives -- retailers said they waited a couple of days to
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check the malware before notifying customers? >> we heard from john mully began, the cfo of target. he said it didn't find it out on its own. it was notified by the justice department but tchs a week before they said anything publicly. they heard it about it justice on december 12th and confirmed it on the 15th and notified the public on the 19th. at first you think, why did they wait four days. what he said is it took them time to number one, see what exactly was taken, determine how many customers might be affected and then staff up the telephone answering centers and notify the people in the stores so that once they made this public announcement, people at target would know what to say when people started calling in and asking what happened to their information. secondly, a lot of support today from the industry from members of congress for moving to what's called pin and chip technology. in the u.s. credit cards have
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this little magnetic stripe on the back and you swipe through your point of purchase gizmo to make the purchase. in europe and most of the rest of the world there's a computer chip in the card and you have to enter a pin. what the industry said today, this is better for a couple of reasons. one, it makes credit cards harder to counterfeit, you don't have to just encode the information on a magnetic stripe but build chips which can't be reproduced. if you have the chip and have to enter in a pin number, that makes it harder to do a counterfeit purchase in the first place. for all of those reasons, there's a lot of push in congress for a new federal law, one, requiring companies to disclose these breaches. they don't have to do it now under federal law and try to move the industry faster to go to better technology for basically 30-year-old technology and credit cards. >> that's all interesting stuff. let's also talk about chris christie with chris cillizza and
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bob ingle. the whole dispute between david wildstein and what he had to say and bridget kelly taking the fifth. where does this now stand? is this all people either not only taking the fifth but also their lawyers trying to get some kind of immunity or perhaps that's the case with wildstein? >> we've all seen "law and order", they get one person and say, if you cooperate we can go easy on you. i think it's a race to see who gets to the courthouse first and gets a deal. >> and chris cillizza, this is first time we heard from chris christie since the sort of friday night memo from wildstein's lawyer. he was pretty effective, i think, in taking to the microphone and trying to regain some kind of upper hand here. >> he's a good communicator, we
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saw that in the january 9th press conference. he is someone who is effective at seemingly answering questions forthrightly. he sticks to his message by and large. and he did that in this radio interview. he said i unequivocally had no knowledge there was any payback going on here. the problem for chris christie is, it may well be factual, but it's definitely perception at this point, which is bridget kelly pleading the fifth and david wildstein saying evidence exists that he knew of the lane closures as they were happening. other folks sort of lawyering up and looking out for themselves as these subpoenas go out from the new jersey legislature. all of that looks like there's something big going on here and everyone is worried about its implications, that from a perception standpoint for chris christie as we look forwards to what's next for him politically
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speaking, it's not a great image. >> sounds like a defense lawyer making a summation. >> which of course he had the microphone so he at least can get out -- try to get out in front of this. now you have this flurry of subpoenas. pete williams, what does the justice department do when you've got the legislative, assembly investigations, you've got the local officials. who gets the first crack at these potential witnesses? >> well, the justice department always wants to go first because they don't want to run into the problem where they have to give anybody immunity for their testimony before a legislative hearings and lawyers don't want their people to testify before two separate places so nobody can use their statements against them. when you do have two separate investigations we run into this all the time when there's a federal investigation and some congress, some congressional committee is investigating and witnesses want immunity before they'll testify. and i don't know whether there's
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an agreement between the justice department and legislature to let one or the other go first. i know that having heard these discussions before, the justice department always wants to go first. >> bob ingle, bridget kelly, where does she stand now? she's refusing to turn off a lot of her private memos and documents. so how do they then proceed against her? what's the next step? >> well, i think the next step is she wants to get some sort of plea bargain or whatever it is that's going to come down the path there, like david wildstein. i think they are both trying to work out some sort of deal. >> bob ingle, chris cillizza, pete williams, thanks very much. let's talk about the weather, before the east coast can even dig out from the first winter storm it's already time for round two. ron mott is in queens where residents in new york are bracing for the next winter blast. >> reporter: andrea, this could
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be the start of a rough and wild week of weather. that has a lot of folks here and rn around the country saying enough of winter. if you have travel plans, please be prepared for disruptions, it started with hundreds of flights canceled or delays and that could climb into the thousands as we wind through the day. now back to you, andrea. >> ron mott, again in the snow. we'll have more on this second major snowstorm of the week hitting 32 states today and tomorrow coming up soon. you're looking at pictures from kansas city, missouri where the snow has been coming down all day. we'll have the latest forecast from the weather channel's jim can tore next. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave? hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice.
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what's the outlook, jim? >> reporter: this is a big impact event for kansas city, about 1 in 25 snowstorms in kansas city typically produces over 6 inches of snow. it doesn't happen that often. it's definitely happening right now. this is the country club plaza area here just south of downtown. you can see the hills here as we've had a look southbound and mass transit is running. the buses continue to run and spin the back tires a little bit. they are making very good progress, both up the hill and down the hill as we've seen several of these buses go by. the good news is a lot of preparation that was done here in terms of canceling schools in terms of asking employers to ask employees not to come to work today and the mayor says that is the key. as far as the eye can see, we are snow packed here. the roads not doing too bad. i've got to be honest here. the flat surfaces what we'll typically see is people spinning tires at a stoplight then they kind of move on. the road surfaces obviously are
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doable here, even if they are on a hill. they are starting to pile up the snow here and they are continuing to scrape it and keep up with it even though we're snowing at an inch an hour now. we're talking about big time population here impacted about 115 to 118 million people with this. we've got winter storm warnings all over the place, even ice storm warnings now for little rock, arkansas and cincinnati. so down to the south where the cold air isn't deep enough to support snow, it's only shallow and at the surface of the earth we get ice. that's exactly what we'll have in cincinnati. that's exactly what we've got going on in little rock as you see from the radar. the green is rain and pink is ice and blue is snow. some of those cases we have deep blue, moderate snow like right here. as long as people stay off the roads through this evening, they'll be able to keep up with this. the precipitation is supposed to end at 2:00 a.m., give s the
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missouri department of transportation a good deal of the rest of the night to clear the streets. but plan on potentially staying home again tomorrow because of the wind and cold. our windchills tomorrow morning will be anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees below zero. the fact this is such a light, fluffy snow, in other words, there's very low water content in the snow, those kind of winds at 25 miles per hour and gusts will blow it around creating occasionally whiteout conditions. winter gripping the heart land, all of this heading east right to where you are. >> thanks so much for that. let me tell you, jim. that was a perfect lesson, i hope the atlanta mayor and governor of georgia were watching. kansas city has got it together. thank you very much. >> absolutely, it's really simple. >> stay home and plow. microsoft has named nadella as the next ceo. he's been with the company for more than two decades.
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or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history. and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. do you think it's a good thing the disclosures were made? >> i think the government made a lot of mistakes in terms of not being clear about what they were using information for. i think if you ask americans, they want the government to protect us. right? it's not that they don't want any of this. but they want the government to be honest and clear about what's going on. >> facebook founder mark zuckerberg on the nsa surveillance issue on "today" this morning. there's a growing number of concern about the information, especially parents with teenagers spending so much time online. ceo of common sense media and author of talking back to facebook, participated in the white house event today on connecting students to broadband
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and wireless technology over the next five years. great to see you. >> good to see you, andrea. your main criticisms of facebook and the way it interacts with kids. >> there are two basic criticisms the first is whether we like it or not, kids and teenagers self-reveal before they self-reflect. facebook's flossfy has been to encourage them to share information. quite frankly, those can have big consequences, everything from cyber bullying to naked pictures of yourself to a lot of stuff that can come back to haunt teenagers trying to get into college or get a job, whatever, that's one thing. and the second thing is they track your information. i mean, there was mark zuckerberg talking about the government tracking information, but facebook tracks your information all the time and markets to you with it. so that's a really big problem too. >> to the first point, can we blame facebook? this is their tenth anniversary,
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is it parents or teachers guiding kids to be less self-reveal,ing, do we blame the vehicle or parents? >> it's both. we do training in schools all across the country and educate millions of parents about this. you're right to mention the role of parents and teachers, but facebook constantly is encouraging kids to reveal everything and mark's phrase is frictionless sharing. they have about a huge issue and they bear a significant degree of responsibility in addition to parents and young people themselves. >> what do you think they and we as a society need to do about cyber bullying? >> first of all, i think we have to have a very clear ongoing national conversation about the downside. we teach digital literacy in schools, common sense does. you have to teach ethical behavior. parents have been to be involved and schools have to be involved
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and the industry should tech up. the tech industry that made comments today have not done very much to educate users about the downside of bullying. >> now connect ed's whole thesis is to bring broadband to more kids and the digital divide which has made, you know, many wealthier suburban communities have tremendous access that many urban kids don't have. what can be done without congress? what can the fcc do? >> the good news is no matter what's going on with congress the fcc can basically change your phone bill a little. it will confine money to wire the classrooms in this country and chairman wheeler said today he's come up with almost $2 billion to help make a down payment on wiring all the classrooms. the fcc can basically make this happen without congress and what it means is you will have broadband in virtually every classroom in america over the next few years. you're also going to have phones and tablets so you're going to
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have to teach digital citizenship and prevention of cyber bullying too. i think that will happen too. i think president obama's announcement is a very big deal an the tech industry needs to step up and do their part on this stuff if we're going to give kids the opportunities they deserve. >> what a pleasure, thank you very much. >> really nice to see you, andrea. and sad news, joan mondale, wife of the former vice president, presidential candidate and ambassador to japan walter mondale, has died after a long illness. a tireless advocate for the arts she became known as joan of art for her life-long devotion to the arts and arts education. during her time as second lady she campaigned for equal rights amendment and equal pay for women. walter mondale said he and his two sons were grateful for the expressions of love and support they received. we will miss her dearly and so will we. [ male announcer ] this is george.
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which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris alyssa is back. a fight brewing over the cbo's nonpartisan accounting of the affordable care act saying it will actually cost jobs in the next decade chris cizilla or slow down the increase what would have been an increase in jobs. the white house pushing back, a briefing in this hour, who's right? >> look, let me talk from political terms andrea, and from the political context, this is a very tough thing if you're a democrat on the ballot in 2014 and here's why. you're right, the 2 million job number is complicated. it's a decline in the labor. it's not about 2 million jobs disappearing. it's about its impact on it. republicans have and will continue to seize on that as an impact, a negative impact, of obama care, it will be in lots of ads this fall. >> well, thanks, chris cizilla. >> thank you. >> this is only going to explode over the next days and months.
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thanks very much. and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my colleague tam mer ron hall has a look on what's next on "news nation". >> governor chris christie will meet with homeowners impacted by hurricane sandy. we are watching to see if he answers any more questions about the bridge scandal as his former aide at the center pleads the fifth, refusing to hand over documents. plus, key players in the obama campaign now advising hillary clinton supporters to avoid the same mistakes she made in 2008, assuming that she's unbeatable. and the second day of jury selection in the stand your ground trial against the florida man who police say fired his weapon eight or nine times killing an unarmed teenager in a dispute over loud music. now news organizations are challenging the judge's decision not to allow cameras in that courtroom. and, privacy concerns over new technology that allows cars to communicate with each other in
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