. >>> afghan officials have had litt success in getting taliban insurgents to lay down their weapons. now they are reaching out to pakistan for help to start peace talks. the government's chief envoy to the taliban met pakistani foreign minister. he said negotiations are necessary for ensuring stability in afghanistan. he reportedly asked pakistan officials to act as mediators. the insurgents have indicated a willingness to discuss a peace deal with u.s. officials. former pakistani intelligence chief says pakistani authorities are well placed to support peace talks. he cites their close relationship with the taliban. >>> china gave the media a glimpse of its military aircraft. it showed off some unmanned aircraft and a stealth fighter. the air show will open on tuesday. it will be the country's largest. drones develop by a state own company are on display for the first time. the nine meter aircraft was covered by a cloth. the front tip is round and there appears to be missiles beneath its wing. other models are on display. government plans to use drones for surveillance in the east ch

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people are just getting to know you in the sense of you being a little girl, the cute little girl on litteouse on the prairie. you had a mommy dearest kind of situation. >> i was six years old and in my johnson and johnson baby shampoo commercial, and, you know, now you know i'm not alone, so that's tough, i was a little house on it. it was a lot of fun. the one i thought that your mom helped make that possible? >> she was the hollywood mom come at a stage mom, whether it was school or ice skating show business. whatever it was, 24 hours driving us towards the achievement of every type. neil: there is a line between driving your kids and being a lunatic. >> you look at the impact on what it has on the kids. for me, drove me to achievement for my sister. she cldn't live up to the pressure and couldn't perform and never felt worthy. she only felt like she wasn't good enough. she felt like she uldn't compare. my mother really reinforce that. neil: obviously moved across the country. figure it was a big decision. there was a moment where i woke up and something very dramatic had happened, whic

we have seen a litte bit all along.w keeping your kids and your insurance policy for longer, all that kind of stuff that people really like it happened earlier, but now we're getting to the nitty gritty. now it's the taxes. even now, people on't lik the law. if you look at exit polling on obamacare from the election just last week, the majority of people want obamacare eitr repeal orrollack. the question is, of course, the president won the election. had you do that? >> there is not a way to repeal a law, even if romney had oe, republicans lost two seats in the senate. there's only so much you can do if you have control of congress you can do some things, but not much. there is very limited the amount that you can do. would you can is us the law as, perhaps, an outlet for reforming entitlements. that is oe thing that obamacare, that may be the legacy. this he competion for resources. the big health care entitlements. republicans will have some say as to how thatlays out. gerri: what you're saying is, it sounds like what

. >> earlier this week, bill, you spoke to cnbc and you sounded a litt little, let's say, jaded about let's listen to what you said and then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> we spent $5 billion on this election for what? to prove that it's a government of the superpac by the superpac for the superpac to prove that basically who wins at this point we'll be at four years in the future. but let's look to something different as opposed to this red and blue state theology that is basically the same. >> does the matter which candidates wins then or do you think we're headed for a fiscal cliff off this fiscal cliff either way? >> well, i think so. and i do think, although there are differences between romney and obama in terms of their policies, i do think both of them, you know, are subject to, as i mentioned, superpac to the best government that money can buy. going forward we should examine something different from the standpoint of policies and standpoint of government that allows u.s. voters a significant choice. >> i want to talk about this really interesting op-ed you wrote f

. >> well, i mean, he dropped a litt 43% of the -- >> before him. >> yeah, around where gore and kerryre. you know, they were -- the peopleou mentioned david plouffe, jim mussina and jim axelrod -- particularly mussina and plouffe, i wrote about this, they saw this as a contest between economics and demographics. the economics were going to be a headwind for president obama and the only way to win was focus like a laser beam on four groups. the rest of the campaign was just mood music for them. they were looking at african-americans, hispanics, collegeén educated white women d young voters in nine states. that was -- they had a year and a half before they had to engage with romney. a year and a half and a $1 billion to go out into those states and figure out not just in a broad way these were the groups they had to do well with but how do you move those people? >> how do you find out how to do it? >> some of the -- chuck said there was no issue -- they were able to talk to of people in those ind out what issues matter to them. the thing is the president did along the way. whether it wa

litt as you look back at mitt romney, has refused to say whether he supports the president's proposal children of illegal immigrants to remain in the country and not pursue them for deportation. was that self-deportation comment the most damaging thing for him in relation to latino voters? >> i think the most damaging thing, not just for mitt romney, but for the party as a whole was the way the, you know, candidates early on were trying to be so conservative and appeal to the far right and not lose their base that some of the things that were said earlier on before he was the republican candidate are now backfiring to him and we remember. self-deportation makes absolutely no sense. get back into the line makes no sense. but at the same time you're hearing a rhetoric of we want to find solutions. marco rubio has this great plan. i still wish i would have seen it or maybe they would have disclosed it. and now when -- >> that was a mistake. romney could have taken that up. >> he could have taken that and he said it in many places. he said it here, you know, at nbc that he has a solution

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but he worke the work is a litt. he runs a huge hedge fund, he has been sued a lot. one of his depositions by fairfax financial which claimed he was mutilating the stock downward illegally shorting it. the suit has been dismissed. it is pretty interesting stuff about how he runs his fund, very decentralized. him in the middle, who manages 5% of the 14 billion a bunch of portfolio managers around him. he has his team, and in doing that he takes advice from people, tips from people. this is what he does all day. the question is giving those tips, does he know this is insider information? in the deposition he talks about how all these guys received training, extensive training in how not to use inside information. there's a company compliance manual that forbids executives from using insider information. what is interesting if you read on, he go insider trading itself, sometimes a judgment call. it is interesting. your understanding of the rule insider trading rule is there are times you are permitted to trade on the basis of material nonpublic information. here's what

particularly watching le sterfield county a litt west of d.c.istorically have to overperform and get lots of votes in that one county. right now mr. romney is here john ess than w mccain was in 2008. not a good sign in old dominion. in ohio the romney campaign is looking for a big turn-out in southern ohio from coal country in the east on the pennsylvania, west virginia side to hamilton county cincinnati on the western side. with a big turn-out they may be able to overcome what is a substantial democratic turn-out in the northern part of the state around toledo where the detroit bail-out politics played very heavy. they keep watching and waiting recognizing that florida, ohio and virginia as they go, perhaps so goes the country, shep. >> carl cameron, thanks very much. let's get to chicago now and ed a nry following the obam campaign. of the battleground states, three of them are called. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. all for president obama. >> big hoops and hollers here in chicago. they've got the volunteers streaming in behind me starting

field that's nontraditional in certain ways, nontraditional around gender and race, pro he vids a litt about what you could accomplish. >> when you walk through the school building, all the tro hefys are not hidden away. we celebrate the success of our smart kids in the school. we think that being smart is cool. we have banners and the chess hall of fame. we try to celebrate the intellectual achievements. a lot of schools celebrate football and basketball. in the end, we think that chess offers something that kids can latch hold of. it really deserves these amazing accomplishments from these kids from brooklyn needs to be celebrated. >> both of you young ladies are waiting over the course of this next week or so for early acceptance letters from ivy league universities. would you have thought of applying to an ivy league university in fifth grade or fourth grade when you first started thinking about it. was this part of chess for you. >> when i was in elementary school, i wanted to be a lawyer. ever since then, my mom has been putting me in legal programs. ivy leagues, they were there

. >> reporter: rice's supporters argue republicans are the ones who litt politicizing the benghazi attack say she is still qualified to be secretary of state if the president nominates. her. unfortunately, joe lieberman won't get to vote because he's retiring at the end of the year. dana bash, capitol hill. >>> the justice department and the house overnight committee are in talks to settle a lawsuit over fast and furious. that was the government's controversial operation where guns were tracked across the border into the hands of mexican drug cartels. guns linked to the program were found at the site where u.s. border patrol agents were killed. the two sides have been fighting over certain documents that the obama administration has refused to give congress citing executive privilege. >>> four american servicewomen are suing the pentagon hoping to force the military to drop its policy that excludes them from thousands of ground combat positions. all four women are veterans of the war in iraq and afghanistan. they main the combat exclusion role is discriminatory. >> the policy limits my fu