that takes resources we need from dar but, the defense department, -- from darpa, the defense department, other areas, that we need, and there are other solutions you can do with that. and congress has just not moved on the. i truly worry about the next administration, really no matter who wins. that is just a really difficult issue. it does concern me that the republicans are so focused on anything involving the government must be bad. is just not true. we need to think about ways the public and private sector can collaborate better. >> john kneuer? >> i think there is a tendency discussing any issue to draw the conclusion that nothing will happen anyway. i think there clearly is a role for research, basic research investments. the question is making sure those dollars, when they are being spent, are really being put toward cost-effective use and not pet projects or other things. you mentioned solyndra, and now that the chinese government subsidies have pumped up their solar industry, it is almost perverse we're barring money from china to find clean energy -- borrowing money from china

that takes the kind of investment we need from darp pa -- darpa collaborative efforts to protect our infrastructure and also make it more effective and efficient and, you know, cut power costs and cut, you know, carbon pollution. there are a variety of different things one can do with that. and congress has not moved on that. and i truly worry about gridlock in the next administration really no matter who wins. and that's just a difficult issue and it does concern me that the republicans in the house in particular are focused on anything involving the government must be bad. it's just not true. and we need think about ways that the public and private sector can collaborate better. >> host: john? >> guest: i think there is a tendency to? discussing any cuts in potential and cuts and funding anywhere to draw the conclusion that well, nothing will happen. we won't be able to fund anything. there clearly is a role for research and basic research investment, questions is making sure those dollars when they're being spent is being put towards and effective use and not being put thwart towa

vulnerable b to cyber attacks, and that takes the kind of investment that is we need from, you know, from darpa, from defense department, from a number of different private sector, public sector, collaborative efforts to protect our infrastructure and also make it more effective and efficient and, you know, again, cut power costs and cut, cut, you know, carbon pollution. so there are a variety of different things that one can do with that, and congress has not, this congress has not moved on that. and i truly worry about gridlock in the next administration. really no matter who wins. and that, that's just a really difficult issue. and i -- it does concern me that the republicans in the house in particular are just so focused on anything involving the government must be bad. st -- it's just not true, and we need to think about ways that the public and private sector can collaborate better. >> host: john kneuer? >> guest: uh, i think there is a tendency to in discussing any cuts and potential cuts in funding anywhere to draw the conclusion that, well, nothing will happen, we won't be able to fund

. >> a human like robot is being designed for darpa which is part of the pentagon. to operate in disaster situations that's too dangerous for humans. they will need to sprint and dexterity of humans. what do we make of that? >> remember the terminator t-1000. this is the t-500. a little sad. kind of cute. >> i like having mo here. >>> americans have a very tough time talking about dying. we'll speak with a doctor who wants to give death a makeover. what does that mean? we'll explain next on cbs "this morning". unless you happen to be this guy. [ sniffing ] [ male announcer ] you don't want to be this guy. trust me. get irresistibly fresh with gain. gain originals now available with clean boost. with 20% more cleaning power. i need all the help i can get. that's why i like nutella. mom, what's the capital of west virginia? charleston. nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. mom, have you seen my -- backpack? nutella goes great on whole-wheat toast or whole-grain waffles. and its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients l

it was laumplged by darpa, defense advanced research agency, required the robots drive a car, travelble, climb ladders, among other tasks. the idea they have is to develop robots to help in disaster scenarios. >>> 20 minutes past the hour. let's get an early read making national had had lines. shades of 2000. tampa bay times reports 27,000 absentee ballots in palm beach county, florida, can't be digitally scanned. >> really? >> really. election officials are duplicating the markings from the bad ballots on to new ones in order to record the votes. some are already questioning, of course, the accuracy. >> come on, palm beach. that was the home of the butterfly ballots in 2000. get your act together. >>> from marblehead patch in massachusetts, bullying victim at marblehead high school decided to fight back after hearing a nasty remark on her pigtails. she asked students to show up wearing pig tails the next day at school to send a message. within 24 hours, the facebook page, pigtails 4 peace had more than 500 fans. that's awesome. the craze is spreading and now parents are posting pict

federal spending that could be lost whether it's the national science foundation or nih or nist or darpa that they can take risks that the private sector can't take. could we get into another way? we used to when at&t ran the bell labs as a monopoly. we used to get basic research. the r&d that is being funded in the private sector today is more about the d and less about the r, and the research isn't basic to the extent it was and has to be tied to product development. so i think there's some public interest in that. what i would be most concerned about following up on ben's comment is that we're putting this up to a vote in three weeks, less than three -- a little more than three weeks, and the voters don't know what the issue is. they're not voting on sequestration. they don't understand the role of government. they may say, well, it's too big, i want my taxes lower, but they don't understand what they may be giving up. and so whether it's the specters or the easy things identify, most of us can't identify what benefits we get from the federal government. i would assure you if you take