aronson admits management requests cameras, not workers. but when it comes to improving efficiency, faster is not always better. half the time, a manufacturing line's speed is slowed down to improve quality control. in hospitals such as north shore university hospital on new york's long island, cameras monitor how often healthcare workers wash their hands. "they were really washing their hands less than 10% of the time." aronson says within a matter of weeks, hand hygiene - key to preventing the spread of infection in hospitals - improved 80% and stayed that high during a year-and-a-half of periodic checks. as far as employee representation, he says no union has blocked arrowsight from installing cameras to monitor employees. in less than one year, online coupon company groupon moved from massively hyped to a mostly forgotten $4 stock. paul eggers takes us behind the scenes as former groupon employees vent over the rise and fall of company stock. groupon's stock chart is not a pretty picture. from its opening on the nasdaq in november of la

he says he's impressed with what he's seen so far, but he says if stachel and aronson are to succeed,y must address how the system will be maintained over the long term. >> no single technology, no single piece of machinery has infinite life. when one wants to introduce a technology into society it needs social placement. the technology needs links and threads that connect it to a way if spare parts dealers or maintenance people or diagnostic technicians which will keep it going. >> reporter: how do you know that after a year this thing isn't going to get rusted or break or whatever? >> that is a major concern of ours so what we've done is we've chosen the best quality components. the battery technology is our main area for improvement. so this is a standard sealed lead acid battery. and it should last a couple of years. the rest of the system is designed to last ten, 20 years. we would love a battery that could hold up for five, 10 years. >> reporter: initially assembling the suitcases one-by- one in their backyard with the help of friends and volunteers, they are now working with a

aronson admits management requests cameras, not workers. but when it comes to improving efficiency, faster is not always better. half the time, a manufacturing line's speed is slowed down to improve quality control. in hospitals such as north shore university hospital on new york's long island, cameras monitor how often healthcare workers wash their hands. "they were really washing their hands less than 10% of the time." aronson says within a matter of weeks, hand hygiene - key to preventing the spread of infection in hospitals - improved 80% and stayed that high during a year-and-a-half of periodic checks. as far as employee representation, he says no union has blocked arrowsight from installing cameras to monitor employees. it's deja vu for the more than one hundred thousand workers at hmx - better known as hartmarx and the maker of president obama's favorite suits. the company is facing its second bankruptcy in four years and a possible liquidation. union workers are vowing to not go down without a fight. "if necessary we'll occupy the p

>> guest: www.votifi.com. >> host: lou aronson, founder and ceo of vo,tifi. thank you, sir. >> guest: appreciate it. >> host: another company on display here at the consumer electronics show, mobileye. isaac whitman, if you'd start by telling us what is mobileye? >> guest: mobileye is a company that manufactures collision prevention system based on artificial vision. so we actually manufacture a camera that can see like an electronic eye. it's in your car, and then your car can see. once your car can see, it can help you avoid accidents with cars, with pedestrians, with bicyclists. it can tell you what traffic signing -- [inaudible] so if we can help the driver in order to help him, you know, get to work and to home safely. >> host: where did the idea come from, who developed the technology? >> guest: the technology was developed by us, the idea was that today 93% of the accidents are because of the driver. and of these, 80% are because of inattention. driver inattention, everyone knows driver distraction are very -- [inaudible] so how can we help the driver?

. >> host: founder and ceo of votifi, louis aronson. >> another company on display rehab the seattle. what is your company? [inaudible] we have a camera that can see like the electronic by to help you avoid accidents and with cars and pedestrians and bicyclists m&a thain to help the driver >> host: where did the idea come from? ninety-three% of accidents are because of the driver. 80% is due to intervention. [inaudible] how can we help the driver? replacing the driver is impossible. like a human being we use our eyes this is behind the idea. >> host: you have a video playing. >> this is what happens inside the camera. when you drive, and the mobileye seems very quiet to detect everything around. we have a system to watch over your back. >> host: is this what the user sees? >> no. that would be a distraction. they just give a warning. different kinds of warnings the third to the cellphone or a dedicated display or the audio warning if you hear the nine is they know what they did wrong. >> host: why are you on capitol hill? >> today everybody tavis distract did driving. we wind papal --

jane aronson is a pediatrician and international adoption specialist. she is the founder and ceo of worldwide orphans foundation. and she joins me now. tough interview, certainly for these families to see what they're going through. i see you're even emotional having watched that just now. what do you make of what's going on here? what do you make of this bill, and what do you think is the motivation behind it? >> i think it's very simple. this is a retaliation, a political maneuver. the russian and american relationships, the relationship between america and russia is in a disaster relationship at this point, but what's really important is first to focus on what we can do to advocate for the families because there are hundreds of families involved, and this is something that has been part of russian adoptions for 25 years. as long as russian adoption has been around, it's been a problem that at any one point, there have been more a tore -- moratoria, weeks, months, where there was an untree districtable path for families and lots of families lost their

amy aronson is track it all. >> on friday, winter kicks into full gear. winds could gust as much as 40 miles per hour in this purple zone. some places will get up to two feet of snowfall. >> it's not expected to end in some places until tomorrow. if denver gets two feet of snow, it would be the fourth largest snowfall ever. we'll have a live report coming up from denver on "good morning america." >>> to politics now. mitt romney is way ahead in the polls. he also have an endorsement from donald trump. as we hear from david muir, that endorsement cuts both ways. >> reporter: it was like a scli. out of a reality show. standing side by side with mitt romney and his wife delivering the endorsement. >> governor romney, go out and get them. you can do it. >> reporter: then, governor romney acknowledged what many at home might be thinking. 'there's some things y?'t imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. >> reporter: the two shook hands in a room where the podium had just one name, trump. the billionaire who brings the cameras everywhere he goes. an

aronson is a doctor in baltimore county, saying babies exposed to alcohol early in the pregnancy stage have a greater risk of developing fetal alcohol sin drop which leads to abnormal facial features and slow development. >> we have known for a long time that alcohol injured living tischs. it's just common sense that drinking is not something you want to expose them to. >> reporter: the study is is one of the first to examine how often a woman drinks and how far along in the pregnancy she is in. the doctor said once the damage is done, there is not much a a mother can do. doctors say 50% of the pregnancies in the country are not planned. that means some women are not aware they are expecting until the middle of the end of the first three months and that's when alcohol can do the most damage. >> >> fetal alcohol syndrome affects one percent of newborns in this country. >> >> a dangerous journey for a dutch teen ends with a new world record. finally completing her solo around the world mission. the youngest person to go around the world. she left the island nearing one year ago to the da

also woody's sister and longtime producer letty aronson. i am pleased to have all of them at this table. welcome. letty, what is this all about? tell me where this is in woodia journey? >> you mean going to rome. >> rose: yes. >> rome is very beautiful. the people who financed it are an italian company and we always go some place that woody feels comfortable being for three months because we're there-- we only shoot for seven weeks, but we're there for preproduction, so we're there a good 10 weeks. >> rose: particular time of the year? >> always in the summer because his whole family comes and the kids are off from school, so we always shoot in the summertime. and rome is beautiful. we had a great time there. >> rose: alec, this is your second film with woody. what is it? why do you say when woody allen calls, "yes?" >> i just think it's easier, i mean, aside from the whole history of his film making career and his success commercially and creatively, it's easier when you're with the writer-director-producer, you know the guy-- it's all one

i took war powers in south africa, bob zellick, bernie aronson took central america. if you look about how contentious those issues were in the reagan administration, particularly late reagan, and how they really became almost nonissues or moved in a positive direction as in the case of south africa, that didn't come about just by magic, you had to think that through. so i would look at the transition a little bit more closely for what hints it gave of what was to come later. >> so let's throw the floor open to questions from you. please wait for the microphone to catch up to you. fred? >> i came in a little late, phillip, so i didn't hear your remarks. but one question i think this panel could clarify is doing teaching in the anti-terrorism sort of era, growth of the taliban, the increasing strength of osama bin laden after that period of time when he was shepherding the arab brigades in afghanistan when the mujahideen was trying to drive out the russians. the account seems to be fairly steady from steve call and others that reviewed it that at the end of the soviet

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. >> lee aronson feeling some justifiable heat this morning.half men" co-creator was speaking at the toronto screenwriter conference and first offended how the women on his show are depicted by saying this "we are centering the show on two very damaged men, what makes men damaged? sorry, it's women. i never got my heart broken by a man. he then followed that up by criticizing the current crop of sitcoms featuring women saying "enough ladies, i get, you have periods, adding the shows have reached a saturation point and used a few choice references of the female anatomy i will not repeat here. understandably women in hollywood didn't take it well. the topics started trending on twitter. now aronson apologized on his twitter feed saying he was trying to be funny, it was a bad joke. i should point out his resumÉ as a writer and producer includes comedies like "grace under fire," cybil," "murphy brown." he's not against female sitcoms. he used a poor choice of word and i have a feeling he's deeply regretting that today. >> can't we all just get alon

business is keeping it all clean shaven the web site by may base dodge, among the high-profile palance aronson and a charging more than $400 a day for ad space they spent 200 ad to 9000 ad dollars on face space. it's making the money. the gauge crusader is not immune to the law this has to be the most unusual place to ever take a look. it's got batman on any just like batman. eteocles that is lawrence on the way to work this morning he got pulled over at least and the batman costume driving a course of the automobile his problem was not having its license plate proudly displayed course it is the bottle bill. impersonator and goes to hospitals and d.c. area to help sick children and to he's got quite the costume. >>> his colitis you also. >>> like how the police officer kind of backed up as he is walking toward him. degrees coming up steeply/we will know the fate of president obama's health care law four months all clear from officials what cause an overnight has met situation at and east the refinery. this morning more more volunteers will go out to search for a scare lamar monday after some d

and eric aronson. eric, you came out last year supporting senator lugar's challenger when he was down by 20 points or more. what happened? how did the senator lose? >> a couple of things. it wasn't just tea party activists asking richard to run. it was two-thirds of the indiana republican party asking him to run. richard lugar got disqualified from voting in indiana because he doesn't live there anymore. he just grew out of touch with indiana. that's a problem that politicians have. completely lost touch with indiana. the tea party saw the opportunity to pick up a seat and move it to the right, and they did with richard mourdock. >> any lessons in the lugar detaet? >> i think eric nailed it. i'm a hoosier. i live in the state with my wife. you forget who you are back home. is he really a hoosier anymore, or has he forgotten about us? he didn't return home often enough. that sends a signal. when two-thirds of the establishment republicans in indiana turn against you, from the very beginning of the campa

. >> reporter: chris aronson is his boss at twentieth century fox, where smith has worked for almostof our key players on domestic distribution. >> reporter: smith worked at the fox offices in calabasas, just outside los angeles. he managed theaters in dallas and oklahoma city. he was last seen tuesday night at a friend's house in the nearby suburb of oak park. also missing, his black mercedes, similar to this one. >> he's never done anything like this before. >> reporter: 57 years old, a married father of three with a successful job. smith's family says they have no idea why he disappeared. his son, a basketball player at the university of southern california, tweeted, "please help me find my dad, gavin smith. more people looking, the better." >> we all miss him, we want him home and we want him home safe. >> reporter: so far, investigators aren't saying much, only that they need the public's help. do you suspect foul play? >> right now, it's a missing person situation. >> reporter: the case of a movie executive caught up in a real-life hollywood mystery. for "today," gabe gutierrez

rich aronson, where are we? rich: we are getting there. meeting with leaders of tomorrow on the white house. they refused to say which business leaders are stopping by. all leading up to the meeting on friday. john boehner, harry reid, mitch mcconnell, the same group last year. since that meeting, republicans have been discussing revenue increases. democrats want tax rate increases. republicans say there are other ways to get there like curbing tax deductions. >> this whole notion of capital gains and dividend taxes is really an explicit to pension funds and the ability of moms and pops that are out there to have income producing small capital investments. rich: the president's budget increases the top tax rate from 15 to 20%. meeting friday at the white house. back to you. lori: we know you will be there, rich. thank you. melissa: the president calling on congressional leaders to work together. congress has a voter mandate not to raise taxes. joining us now is steve moore from the "wall street journal." thank you for hopping on the phone