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one is the yale, nyu, qatar, abu dhabi singapore branch knowledge are doing something different and work on research around the world. but we're doing i think in the university world what needs to be done in the press world. >> let's get a question in the front row and then in the back after that. >> would news vouchers makes news better or worse? supposed within the government subsidy that you're proposing, president bollinger, some of it went to news consumers and they could pay for the web sites that charge. would that make things better or worse? >> well, i mean, i think these kinds of questions are very important and i don't want to speak as if i have thought through every dimension of this. my own personal view at this stage is that having funding mechanisms that create and nurture institutions like npr, like our international broadcasters, like abs, like universities is going -- that will give you these very important and distinct voices in the world of the press. if you just give a tax rebate or a voucher to individuals, you know, that wouldn't result actually in this kind of med

. >> she is owned by the royal family of abu dhabi, the same family was generous donations helped to build the new johns hopkins hospital. she comes from harford county. >> during these 20 years, he has quietly accumulated some of the best racing mares, horses, stallions. and we have won since 1993, 18 darby awards. >> the race for arabian horses that dixie's valentine will be racing in on preakness day is the first of its kind. >> is wonderful for our industry. something is happening in our industry. you can feel it. we are gradually gaining more recognition by the fact that we are going to be there racing on the same day as the historic preakness race. >> rob roblin, wbal tv 11 news. >> and wbal tv 11 is your home for the 37th running of the preakness stakes. we will carry it live from pimlico saturday, may 19. >> i will keep my eye on dixie's valentine. look for a new head coach for the washington capitals. >> why he is calling it quits when we come back. >> plus, a fire in a smoker at a pontiac dealership in prince george's county. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can alway

all together, the funds of countries like abu dhabi and kuwait spent more than $30 billion bailing outal system, raising some troubling questions as leslie stahl reported in 2008. were these mostly undemocratic regimes saving wall street or invading it? one fund was of special concern. it was new, highly secretive, and the fifth-largest in the world. >> welcome to the beijing headquarters of the china investment corporation, where 180 employees are looking for companies to invest in in the west. how much do you have to invest? >> we have $200 billion. >> $200 billion? >> $200 billion. >> this is the fund's president gao xiqing-- yes, it rhymes with ka-ching. he decided to pour some of those billions into investment houses on wall street. was there any thinking in china that, given the subprime crisis in the united states, that china would come to the rescue? >> some people will try to put it that way. but, you know, at least-- it's not my thinking. >> now, some people consider what you're doing a huge threat. your real intention is to gobble us up, you know? they see you as vultures, r

so "travel & leisure" editors had to travel around the globe from abu dhabi to new york city to find of their destination-changing power. >> this is actually travel editors, and they're going and feeling, tasting and doing everything? >> we went to every single hotel. we're only going to get through a few. the whole list of 50 is on travelandleisure.com. people are looking for authenticity. they want a place that's going to stand out and not feel generic but seems like a place that belongs there. >> let's get the party started. first on your list, new york, conrad. >> this is a chain that has not had a foothold in the u.s. since their first flagship. they decided to open in downtown manhattan. the one world trade center has just surpass the the empire state building as the tallest building in manhattan. again, there's more reason to go down there. this is a great place to stay because you have access to everything. >> it looks like the jetsons. >> it's very groovy, and the rooms are huge. the smallest is 435 square feet. >> a mansion in new york city. >> i know, a lot of people's apa

we're working closely with them to develop a center which is scheduled to open in abu dhabi later this year. its target audiences will include government policy makers, police educators, media, online communicators, and religious and other community labor leaders around the world. countering violent extremism, is really at the core of our policy and is very much about interrupting the flow of new recruits. we're working to address the local drivers of radicalization that lead people to adopt the al qaeda ideology. we are working to undermine the aq narrative. we know that violent extremism forces were there as marginal as asian and alienation and perceived or real deprivation. there's a broad understanding across the government that we need to address the underlying conditions for at risk populations of and need to do more to do this. to counter aq-related propaganda, we stand up the counter-terrorism communication to push back against their online media activities. the center is housed at the state department but it is an interagency endeavor with a mandate from president obama in the

activity, in universities are responding in different ways, and one is the yale, and why you, qatar, abu dhabi campus. we are doing something different. as different cities now are around the world, which are a network where the faculty and students work on research from around the world, but we are doing, i think, in the university world what needs to be done. >> a question in the front row and then to the back. >> would news vouchers make news better or worse? within the government subsidy that you are proposing, president, some of these went to news consumers, and they could pay for websites that charge. would that make things better or worse? >> well, i mean, i think these kinds of questions are very important, and i do not want to speak as if i have thought through every dimension of this. my own personal view at this stage is that having funding mechanisms that create and nurture institutions, like npr, like our international broadcasters, like pbs, like universities, that will give you these very important in distinct voices in the world of the press. if you just give a tax rebate or a