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maria opposites down with executive chairman eric schmitt. we'll be right back. >>> qatar is a tiny country with a big bankroll thanks to an abundant supply of gas and oil. its sovereign world fund has been busy of late investing in, of all places, the eurozone and even greece. maria spoke recently with the country's prime minister about where he sees opportunity. >> qatar holdings has spent heavily on a variety of holdings in the sector zone. tell us your thinking on this. why are you investing in this area, uthe ur he zone, during a time when everyone is so worried about default? >> i think we did this during 2008, and it looks like we did well. and we believe that it is companies which have value and they are down because all the market is down, not because they have something wrong with them. and for us there is a possibility to build a stake in big companies in germany, france, britain, and this is what we did especially last two months when the market was really in a problem. we spent around 5 to 8 billion euros in the eurozone in the l

please welcome gbowee and eric schmitt. [applause] >> thank you christina for that warm introduction and thank you for coming out here on a drizzly monday morning. my teenage daughter in fairfax wishes she were here too and she is wishing to be a part of your community for four more years. what i thought i would do is start out, thom and i will do a tag team up here the way we have been doing this to kind of describe a little bit about what we have been doing the last couple of years and how this book came to be written and why we think it is so important in talking about how the campaign against terrorism and this administration in the previous one in the bush of administration how this all came to be. as we looked it was really three years ago when thom and i first started looking at this question as we were researching an article on how counterterrorism trust strategies and operations had changed and many sources said to understand where we are today you really have to understand where the country was on line 11 to under

assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. this is a special moment in policing movie get to celebrate the incredible acts of bravery by the men and women in our department. before i say a few words about these incredible men and women sitting in the front, i want to thank their families. your support, day in and day out, or

you can't see him without hurting your i campaign. >> msnbc political analyst steve schmitt thank you joining me tonight. >> you bet, lawrence. thank you. >>> coming up, mississippi tries to define personhood beginning at fertilization. >>> and the late night comedians rewrite the presidential candidates. we are building a website by ourselves. [ woman announcing ] there's an easier way. create your own small-business site... with intuit websites. choose a style, customize, publish and get found... from just $7.99 a month. get a 30-day free trial... at intuit.com. ♪ we're centurylink... a new kind of broadband company committed to improving lives with honest, personal service, 5-year price lock guarantees and consistently fast speeds. ♪ >>> in tonight's profile in greed on day 41 of the occupy wall street protest, a look at rajat gupta. he was a managing partner of the global consulting firm mckenzie. he was in charge of turg the collapse of enron. he was fade between 5 and $10 million a year at mckenzie and made 3 million a year sitting on the boards of other companies including gold

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joining me david ignatius of the "washington post", eric schmitt of the "new york times" and john miller former assistant deputy director of natiol intelligence. >> early this morning yemen time he was targeted by a drone and killed along with a key other younger memr. these two were important in part, charlie, because this is not your grand dad's al qaeda. these are young, charismatic, english-speaking, internet savvy. sort of inspitional figures for a younger generation. and that's part of why it scared the u.s. counterterrorism officials. >> warren buffett on america today, and th killing of anwar al-awlaki when we continue funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: a gitional funding provided additional funding provided by these funder captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . we celebrate this evening, the 20th anniversary of this program, yes, 20 years ago this program began over the 20 years there have been no guests that have been more interesting and more eagerly anticipated thanarren buffett. his is a fas

if the election were held today, president obama would carry pennsylvania. >> let me go to steve schmitt. i want to review when the governor said, looking at a ten-point shift in the generic number. all of a sudden people want democrats running the congress. seems to back up the fact that the president has upticked a bit to even money now. >> chris, the number that everybody looks at in the campaigns is the real clear politics average of polls, the poll of polls, if you will. >> sure. >> and what that number shows is the president at a 43% approval rating. it's a very vulnerable number, but i think what this shows there's been a lot of early dancing in the end zone for republicans. this is going to be a very tough race. the republican congress is unpopular, and in fact the election is not a referendum on barack obama. the election is a choice between president obama and a republican alternative, and he's going to run a campaign that puts sharp differences between these two sides in front of the american people, and while he's vulnerable, it's certainly not a foregone conclusion that he's

host: 15 minutes left with our guests, eric schmitt and thom shanker. they have written a book, "counterstrike: the untold story of america's secret campaign against al qaeda." how long did ticket but the book together? guest: we had a front-page story in "the new york times" about three years ago, but it was working up there right up until the end where bin laden was killed. we were in the final write up and were able to doing final chapter in 96 hours so we were right on the cusp of things. guest: one of our early readers back in april said, "you guys need a better ending," and the seals gave us one. host: next caller. good morning. caller: another caller talked about the border. i feel like one of the biggest reasons, aside from the political football that the immigration issue is, is that border security is not sexy. there is not enough money available for the big defense contractors to get behind and lobby for those types of things to go on. one example that i would use is the fact that in the iraq war, halliburton was given a contract for oil figh

the challenge they won was funded by wendy schmitt, the wife of google ceo, eric schmidt.pent the summer of 2010 frustrated watching the slow cleanup of that oil after the bp spill in the gulf of mexico. for almost three months, 4.9 million barrels spilled into the gulf. she thought there had to be a better way. she teamed up with the xfrmths prize foundation. together, they challenged the world innovators to find it. 350 teams entered, ten made it to the finals and two made the criteria, the winner, elastic american marine developed technology that skims 4600 gallons of oil a minute from the ocean's service. the previous best tested rate was 1100 gallons a minute. thanks to the "x" prize, it is now possible to clean up an oil spill nearly four times faster than technology used during the bp disaster. what's not to like about using old-fashioned competition to spur innovation and make the world a better place. the prize money itself is just seed. seven years ago, the "x" prize foundation helped give birth to the commercial space race by awarding $10 million to the launch o

please welcome thom shanker and eric schmitt. [applause] [applause] >> well, thank you, christina, for the warm introduction. thank you for coming up here on a jury monday morning. my teammates under interfax wishes she were here to. she is open to be a part of your community for the next four years. i thought i would start out. we will do a tag team. the way we have been doing this. kendis describe all little bit about what we have been doing. how this book came to be written and why the campaign against terrorism in this administration , how this all came to be. it was about three years ago that tom and i first of looking at this question as we were researching articles on house counterterrorism strategy and operations unchanged. many of our sources said to understand where we are today you really have to understand where the country was on september 11th to understand how far does, and how far it still has to go in terms of changes. there were two things and refocused on early in our reporting. one was on 9/11 just how little

yesterday, the wendy schmitt oil cleanup ex challenge announced the winning team.also wendy is very smart. she gets how simple-minded we are. she brought a visual aid with you. >> this is some of the oil that spilled into the gulf. i think it's really interesting. most people have never seen what this looks like. when we clean up oil in the ocean, this is the sticky, weird, heavy substance. >> it separates. >> it separates and emulsifies. you got to get it out of the water, whether it's separated or isn't. >> what was it? was it the paper towels and the phone booms that made you think there's got to be a better way. >> it was in the wake of the deepwater horizon spill. you saw how disorganized and haphazard our response was. the same technologies have been used for 20 years to clean up oil. >> brawny paper towels. >> absolutely. what was so exciting about this competition is we managed to do in less than a year what the industry had not done in 20 years. >> what was the competition? what was the question? >> we were trying to exceed industry standards in oil pickup

after that, new york times reporters eric schmitt and thom shanker on their new book about the u.s. campaign against al qaeda. later, albert teich of the american association for the advancement of science on funding for research and development. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> every weekend, let the c-span networks be your source for public affairs and history appeared on c-span, it is politics and public affairs of this. c-span2 has book tv with the latest nonfiction books and authors. and with american history tv on c-span3, shaping events of our country. they are all available all the time that the c-span video library. >> recently the des moines register published a poll with john huntsman garnering just 1% of the poll. herman cain was with that which it was in the lead with 23%, narrowly beating mitt romney with 22%. next, remarks from john husband from a town hall meeting on sunday. this is from new hampshire, the first campaign stop of his four- day trip through the state. this is about an hour. >> how is everybody here? i am john. good to see you. good

. >> miss schmitt of ohio is recognized. >> thank you very much. ambassador vershbow, i read your report and i'm a little confused on one point on page 4 you referred to this as nothing more than what we already do with the africom thing that we have in place in africa. and i've been over there and i've studied it and that's basically -- unless i'm wrong in educational thing that we use to help african nations develop a more professional of military. we also do some building of schools and hospitals on the ground. but that you add in your report that the reason why we had to go -- the president had to go to congress is because there might be a potential need to defend themselves, the troops that are on the ground and so, therefore, the war powers resolution was put in place. what confuses me is, is this what with do under africom or is this different because in africom there's always the danger that they might have to defend themselves where there wouldn't have to be any need to come to congress and say in the war powers act may be invoked. or are

. >> reporter: his number 77 car was owned by sam schmitt a former indy car driver partially paralyzeduently, it changed him dramatically the last five or six years grown up quite a bit and turned into a real class act. >> reporter: among his final acts leaving a lasting mark on the woman he loved. and a public memorial to remember dan wheldon will be held sunday at conseco fieldhouse in indianapolis. matt? >> all right, savannah, thanks very much. >>> up next the stunning work of art and literature, the first illuminated handwritten bible in some 500 years. after these messages from your local news. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check of the morning commute with sarah caldwell. how is the rain affecting things? >> heavy delays on the harrisburg expressway have gotten worse. delayed again from shawan road it down to the beltway. bumper to bumper. towsontown in washington boulevard, what for an accident. north side delays, champac from the inner loop north side there. this delay continues t

. >> host: phone numbers on the bottom of the screen for our guests, eric schmitt, "counter strike, the america's untold story of america's set campaign against al-qaeda." what else have we not read on the project pages or in the news that you want to bring guard? >> guest: we talk about how they evolve and they are not just a stays tick organization, but it's a new darwinism about it, and not just the united states and allies respond and counter, the terrorists try to stay ahead and are nimble. take how they operate in cyberspace, one of their last safe havens, and perhaps their best safe haven. it's where they recruit, raise money, and even do operational planning using the same online video games and war games that teenagers use, but they have code words that mean something in the operational planning. >> host: thom, you talk about how organizing that money and stopping that flow of money is vital. you talk about it early in the book. tell us more. >> guest: it doesn't take a lot of money to be a terrorist, but it takes 5 lot of money to operate a terrorist network. it's impossible t

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eric schmitt and thom shanker, the secret war against al qaeda. and the advancement of science. thank you for joining us on this sunday, a enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. ♪ >> next, newsmakers with ed demarco. and key figures that have run for president at a loss. after that, a house foreign affairs committee meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton. >> this is the first time i have seen the horror the real heat -- with these guys can't come up with something, and they won't want to go home. >> at the deficit reduction committee will hear from alan simpson and former clinton administration official. you can watch a video of those meetings along with the deficit committees for public meetings on live at the c-span video library. what would you want, when you want. >> our guest this week, ed demarco. welcom. e. reporters will be joining to ask questions. and joining me is margaret chadborn and nick timerouse from the wall street journal. >> thanks for having me. >> you can have the first question. >> your agency announced changes to a federal pro

. >> reporter: his number 77 car was owned by sam schmitt a former indy car driver partially paralyzedit changed him dramatically the last five or six years grown up quite a bit and turned into a real class act. >> reporter: among his final acts leaving a lasting mark on the woman he loved. and a public memorial to remember dan wheldon will be held sunday at conseco fieldhouse in indianapolis. matt? >> all right, savannah, thanks very much. >>> up next the stunning work of art and literature, the first illuminated handwritten bible in some 500 years. after these messages from your local news. >>> good morning to you. it is 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're going to check the morning commute with mike inouye right now. it's been a very busy morning. >> that's right, laura. we'll take you up to the maps and follow the continuing saga of the closure for southbound 101. two trailers have overturned, just been righted or the second one is about to be righted. hopefully, we'll have a are report from bob redell who is on the scene and giving me updates. slowdowns getting into the

. >> reporter: his number 77 car was owned by sam schmitt a former indy car driver partially paralyzedly, it changed him dramatically the last five or six years grown up quite a bit and turned into a real class act. >> reporter: among his final acts leaving a lasting mark on the woman he loved. and a public memorial to remember dan wheldon will be held sunday at conseco fieldhouse in indianapolis. matt? >> all right, savannah, thanks very much. >>> up next the stunning work of art and literature, the first illuminated handwritten bible in some 500 years. after these messages from your local news. local news. >>> 8:26 is your time now on this wednesday, october 19th, 2011. good morning, i am eun yang. let's go to our meteorologist, tom kierein, for a look at the forecast. >> we will have a temporary reprieve from the rain in the next couple of hours and then it will be moving back in by later this afternoon, and there could be thunder and lightning associated with that and maybe damaging hail. an isolated tornado possible as well late this afternoon, and then in the evening, the rain an

host: our guests have been thom shanker, of "the new york times," and eric schmitt. the authors of this book, "counterstrike," we appreciate you sharing your views. >> herman cain is at the national press club this afternoon to discuss his candidacy. he is also expected to address the sexual harassment story broke last night, brought by two women, originating when he was at the national restaurant institute. >> and there is a big cloud right now affecting your ability to get this out, this story. can you clear this up for us, right now? >> the question is not cleared with ground rules. he is going to be there at the podium. >> you can see that event in its entirety if you go to the c-span video library. since his appearance this morning, mr. kane told fox news that he does never sexually harassed anyone and that he was falsely accused and that investigations into complaints were baseless. he said that he had never sexually harassed anyone. we are expecting more about that this afternoon, 1:05 eastern, from the national press club. we plan to have that live for you, o