it's a subjective judgment of the fingerprint examiner. >> bergman: dr. itiel dror, a cognitive neuroscientist based in london, is one of the world's leading authorities on fingerprint analysis. he says that examiners can be influenced by bias. >> we're talking about bias that's unconscious? >> absolutely. >> we're not talking about a conscious conspiracy to match up the suspect with the fingerprint. >> absolutely, we're talking about dedicated, hard-working, honest, competent forensic examiners. >> bergman: dr. dror says this is cognitive bias. and in a study to show how strong that bias can be, he took real cases-- where examiners had found a match-- changed the descriptions of the crime and then asked the same examiners to analyze them again. >> i gave the same prints to the same examiner without their knowledge, and a large majority of the examiners said now it's not a match. >> so, in over half the cases, they would disagree with their former opinion? >> yes, it changed their perception and judgment, and over half said it is not a match. >> in the st

. >> jake tapper joins me with jonathan gillham and beeter bergman. jonath jonathan, what do you make of the organizement that it's okay for him to break the silence. he owes it to history. history needs to have this story out there. what do you make of that? >> when you join the s.e.a.l.s team or any team, you have to subscribe to the ethos of that team. you have to believe what they believe, otherwise, if you go outside of that, you are going to cause animosity and that breaks down a team. you know, for him to come out, when there's still teammates and i would say the majority of teammate that is do not want this out there and really the whole navy that says, hey, when it's time to release this, we'll release it legally and properly. you know, that just kind of goes against what he knows is the correct way. >> what about leon panetta and others who are telling the story and writing the books? >> it's important to realize the ethos goes all the way to the top. whether the president or vice president realize it, they are a part of a big team. for pane

bergman nearly died in her honda civic last year. >> you all got a recall? >> yes, sir. >> if it had arrivinged a week earlier? >> it would have been a lot different. i would not have been riding around in my vehicle with a pretty much loaded gun at my face. >> overnight takata insisted they're staying with a regional recall because a natural one could divert airbags where they're needed. they say if takata does not agree, they will be forced. >>> efforts to put the keystone xl pipeline are stalled at least for now. it's a controversial project that stretches from canada all the way to the gulf of mexico. supporters fell one vote short of the 60 needed to send the bill to the white house but it was vowed to take the issue up again next year. >> we're going to be back on this bill in the new congress early on, and it comes down to the merits. it is about energy, it is about jobs. it is about economic growth, and it is about national security. >> president obama signaled he planned to veto the bill. he wants to wait for a state department review to end before

i've written about everybody from woody allen to ingmar bergman. i just did one on al pacino. i think people step up because they know that i'll write well about them, but also because they know that "the new yorker" is fact checked. they will be serious, they will take them seriously. >> have you identified another topic for your next book? >> i've identified it, and the person has agreed in principle to do it, but i'm not going to say what it is. my next book is a collection of, it's a theater primer called joyride, which tries to put a modern playwrights in the context of their lives. so the alternate people i profile like arthur miller with reviews of their work over the 21 years i was a critic for "the new yorker." >> john lahr is a finalist for the national book award. "tennessee williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh." thank you, sir. >> we are watching booktv on c-span2. we are at the national book awards for the 16th year in a row. cipriani in new york city is where this is held. it's down on wall street, and we are talking with some of the nonfiction finalists. [backg

bergman nearly died in her honda civic last year. you all got a recall notice three days after the accident? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: if that had arrived a week earlier? >> it would have been a lot different. a lot different. i would not have been riding around in my vehicle with a pretty much loaded gun at my face. >> overnight, takata responded, insisting they are staying with a regional recall or they want to at lead because a national one could, quote, divert potential air bags from where they're needed. regulators say if takata does not agree, they will be forbesed. >>> efforts to put the keystone xl pipeline are stalled at least for now. the senate failed to approve construction of the controversial project that stretches from canada all the way to the gulf of mexico. supporters fell just one vote short of the 60 needed to send the bill to the white house. but the incoming republican majority vowed to take the issue up again next year. >> we're going to be back on this bill in the new congress early on, and it comes down to th

remember the movie from the '90s and with rob mcclure and david josephsburg and it's written by andrew bergmaneling is it to perform live every day? >> it's eight shows a week, which what's grueling is we're now in tech. you inch through the show with all the elements and i was up 'til 12:00 o'clock last night and back at it again today. but we're really close. we open for previews next tuesday night. our dress is monday. i'm telling you, here is the thing, i'm going to invoke a great new york hero, the great joe namath who said, i guarantee it. that's how good the show. i want people to come. it's family friendly. it's a love story. it's got great music. it's a real broadway musical playing at the neederarounder. >> in times square. on 41st street. >> i got a gene kelly number. >> you sing and dance at night. are you an advil or alief man. >> lately an aleeve guy. >> 'cause i watch the commercials. it works. >> but my father used to say something when i was a kid, he used to say, but it's lovely work. >> yeah. >> today, that's what it's like. it's unbelievable. it's a dream come true. it real