>> yes. >> and you can't put a edison base screw bulb in? >> no. >> can you change this out or is this pretty much much it? >> it's pretty much it. >> it assures that it's energy efficient for the life of the fixture? >> yes. >> what is this? >> this is actually a four-inch . this also meets california title 24 and the reason we're showing this one today is this is one that is a shallow. so it will fit your standard two by six configuration like in a residence. it looks like a really big box because it has to be bigger for the heat dissipation and it is double-walled and it is rated for up to 50 watts, which most everything else on the market is only rated for 35. >> and this fits right between 16-inch joys? >> yes. >> and it takes a high efficiency bulb? >> yes. >> thank you very much, jill. >> thank you. >> i want to thank you all for joining us today and i also want to especially thank the owners. that is terrific. what a shop you have. thanks, david, appreciate it. excellent. and hope you join us again on thursday with "building san fran

>> yes. >> and you can't put a edison base screw bulb in? >> no. >> can you change this out or is this pretty much much it? >> it's pretty much it. >> it assures that it's energy efficient for the life of the fixture? >> yes. >> what is this? >> this is actually a four-inch . this also meets california title 24 and the reason we're showing this one today is this is one that is a shallow. so it will fit your standard two by six configuration like in a residence. it looks like a really big box because it has to be bigger for the heat dissipation and it is double-walled and it is rated for up to 50 watts, which most

he worked for thomas edison. alexander graham bell.ings everybody should be familiar with is the electric light bulb. he improved on edison's design using carbon. >> you are going to be here this weekend right? >> absolutely. >> find this guy. you can tell hevident. that brings us to chris who is with iaaa usa. >> we have a smart grid national tool in austin, texas. >> what is a smart grid? >> a smart grid is the application of modern communications computer and control systems to the electric grid. it's our wholly electricity delivery system to where it's being used is our electric grid. >> what are we learning from this? >> basically this would be something similar to what a power engineer would be monitoring. they have to make sure that the demand for electricity meets the supply of energy. there can't be an overload or under load. >> casey has this smart phone in her hand for what reason? >> because if alexander graham we will were to come back today, he would not recognize or know what to do with this modern smart phone which is b

on this day in 1847, thomas edison was born. aside from providing the u.s.e ever essential light bulb, edison's very first invention at the tender age of 22 was the universal stop printer. he sold it to the telegraph company for a total of $40,000. a lot of money back then. let's look at top utility companies this year. 127% gain over the year to date, period for oneoke. incredible. >> this next story is an auto person's nightmare. tesla gave a person a car. showing off the electric highway of charging stations to show people, hey, can you take the car on the road, no problem. the problem was, there was a problem. it ran out of juice along the way. listen, phil, you know, they got to give reviewers. cars, right? i get it. this is not an ideal outcome for tesla. >> no. and here is the reviewer, john broader with new york times and this is a picture of the tesla model and it is being towed away, once it runs out of juice. listen, this happens every once in a while. not every review will go perfect and yes, you will have an electric car that will occasionally r

rich edison from the "fox business" network live from d.c how much could this cost lance armstrong? >> he and his cycling team's management, potentially morn $90 million. the government is suing armstrong under the false claims act. that means the justice department can ask for triple the 30 million it's claim not guilty damages. the government joins the suit already filed by his former teammate. he was stripped of the 2006 tour defrance title for doping and is one of the earliest to accuse armstrong of using performance enhancing drugs. if he and the government win their case against armstrong, landis could make millions. as a federal whistle blower, he could reportedly be entitled up to a quarter of the penalty. >> shepard: rich, didn't lance armstrong try to settle this out of court? >> yes. in a statement his attorney writes, lance and his representatives were constructively over these last weeks with federal lawyers to resolve this case fairly. but those talks failed because we disagree about whether the postal service was damaged. the u.s. postal service says its brand is now

of the incandescent lightbulb transformed the united states in "the age of edison: electric light and the invention of modern america." in "the terror courts," jess bravin, supreme court correspondent for "the wall street journal", reports on legal issues surrounding the prosecution of alleged terrorists by military commissions. former boston globe reporters recount the life of whitey bulger, infamous boston gangster and fbi informant in "whitey: the life of america's most notorious mob boss." in "china goes global," david shambaugh from george washington university examines china's growing economic influence in the global marketplace. marguerite hold toway, director of science at columbia university, recalls the life of john randall jr. in "the measure of manhattan: the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of john randall jr. " look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper

. >> reporter: these cylinders invented by thomas edison in the 1800s were recently donated by a privatelector. they're the first known devices to record sound. >> it was literally beeswax and it could melt if heated up too long or break if dropped. >> reporter: this one digitally restored is a 1886 campaign song from william mckinley. ♪ mckinley is our hero today ♪ >> reporter: the library has 90 miles of shelves in its 45-acre conservation campus in culpeper, virginia. here specialists are preserving more than a million motion pictures including this 1894 picture called "anabel butterfly." it's one of the oldest known films ever restored. each frame was originally colored by hand. and it has thousands of tv shows. this is the only appearance of the doors on "the ed sullivan show." ♪ baby light my fire ♪ ♪ >> reporter: they've even restored color to this 1975 blues documentary. >> there's actually a growing amnesia about america's past and our job is to try to bolster that american memory, try to save it for future generations who might find value in what we're preserving. >> reporter:

pg&e southern california edison and san diego gas and electric it's set up to track revenue such as energy conservation. >>> a proposal to reduce camino real is up for public determination. they are holding four public hearings the first two are tomorrow at 8:00 po in the morning. and 5:30 at night at the santa clara city council chamber. the other meetings are at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on february 28th in the mountain view city council chamber. >>> kelloggs has recalled packages of special k because the serial may contain fragments of glass. the recall covers three sizes of special k red berry cereal. kelloggs is offering a coupon for a free box and some cases the company says it play ask consumers to send them the product for examination. you can find details information on our web site at ktvu.com under web links. >>> cool temperatures are still lingering just ahead detailed outlook for the rest of the week and when warmer weather will come back. >>> but first spectacular views that you can't use. how a of million a $6 million projects slid away. >> in just 3 minutes the bay area commu

. >> reporter: these cylinders, invented by thomas edison in the 1800s, were recently donated by a privatee the first known devices to record sound. >> it was literally bees wax and it could melt if it was heated up too high or break. >> reporter: this one, now digitally restored is an 1896 campaign song for william mckinley. ♪ he is true, he's tried, he's a joy and a pride ♪ mckinley is our hero today ♪ >> the film stock in here is referred to as nitrate film stock. >> reporter: the library has 90 miles of shelves in its 45 acre conservation campus in culpepper, virginia. here specialists are preserving more than a million motion pictures. including this 1894 film called "annabelle butterfly." it's one of the oldest known films ever restored. each frame was originally colored by hand. and it has thousands of t.v. shows. ♪ try to set the night on fire -- ♪ >> reporter: this is the only appearance of the doors on the ed sullivan show. ♪ come baby, light my fire ♪ >> reporter: they've even restored color to this 1975 blues documentary. >> there's actually a growing amnesia about american pas

shutdown has cost more than three hundred million dollars the tab will likely be picked up by so cal edison repairs with growing concerns over safety it means a sea of america's investment in nuclear will be worth the risk in sacramento california. ramon the lindo r t for more on this nuclear power plant debate and if it could pose a danger arnie gundersen chief engineer or wind energy education joins us now welcome arnie so do you think should folks in that california community be concerned. if i were there i would be very concerned you know the the new scene generators are supposed to last for years and they only lasted ten months so the start of plant backup is an experiment and i don't think we should experiment with southern california. enter saying you know as a former our nuclear power industry executive what dangers have you seen and your work and using nuclear energy. you know the sentinel free is the worst plan in the last twelve years worst mechanical failure but there was a mechanical failure out in ohio back in zero two that we were about two weeks away from a meltdown there it

that's it's it's remarkable it's it's doctorow rubber maurice's so i think it was in the book the edison gene do this research. traditionally agricultural societies and the. more people who were the opposite of a t.h.d. or hyperactive or what might be interpreted as an extrovert and because they were traditionally people who for years and years and years would just pick bugs off plants all day long you know. and hunting gathering societies had higher levels of of the same. you could almost translate eighty h.d. for introversion or for extroversion rather and the farmer for introversion and. do you think that our society favors one of the oh absolutely and you know that's really at the end of the day that's why i wrote my book because i believe in the bias in our society for and for extroverts and against introverts is deep in its profound i i really believe it's as deep as i am let's say where women were at the time of the one nine hundred fifty s. or the one nine hundred sixty s. where we really have a cultural preference for the kind of person who is bold he's assertive is comfortable

that's it's it's remarkable it's it's doctorow rubber maurice's so i think it was in the book the edison gene do this research. traditionally agricultural societies and the. more people who were the opposite of a t.h.d. or hyperactive or what might be interpreted as an extrovert and because they were traditionally people who for years and years and years would just pick bugs off plants all day long you know. the hunting gathering societies had higher levels of of this if. you could almost translate eighty h.t. for introversion or for extroversion rather and the farmer for introversion the. do you think that our society favors one of the oh absolutely and you know that's really at the end of the day that's why i wrote my book because i believe the bias in our society for and for extroverts and against introverts is deep it's profound and i i really believe it's as deep as let's say where women were at the time of the one nine hundred fifty s. or the one nine hundred sixty s. where we really have a cultural preference for the kind of person who is bold he's the sort of his comfortable in t

triangle capital corporation, tcab, qualcomm incorporated, qcom, and lastly consolidated edison ed. >o work, thank you for the fine comments. for a moment, there, i'm looking okay. someone tweeted @jimcramer and said i looked sick today. you know, i read these things. i should not pay any attention to it. let's go to work here. we have a specialty finance company. there's a lot of those companies like that. i like them, we tend have to good yields, good upside. a drugstore company, pure tech name, remember, behind all the 4g. the best refiner in america and con-ed utility, refiner, tech, drugstore, finance. perfect, they teach them well at georgia state. cheryl in florida. cheryl? >> caller: cramer, it's cheryl, palm beach gardens, how are you doing? >> not bad, how are you? >> caller: i'm great, i'm great. i've followed your lead and every one of my stocks is dividend stocks. >> all right. >> caller: general electric, ge, at&t, petmed express. >> okay. >> caller: and altria, and intel, well, intl. >> well, sunshine, i like this portfolio very much. i do like that yield aspect because

letter to the nuclear regulatory commission, a boxer says new information shows southern california edisonand the company that makes the plant's steam generator is new about design problems before the equipment was installed. boxer says this raises concerns the safety modifications and a more rigorous safety review were ignored. @÷ save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. >> the bay bridge on the left, pulled gate bridge on the right. right now it is dry but it cannot be said for all portions of the north. >> let's start off with storm tracker 4. the majority of the bay area is dry for now, of that will be the case for most of the morning. we're picking up light rain around coverdale, just north of santa rosa. eastern santa rosa could be picking up light rain. you will see a lot of it on highway 1 01 approaching the eat heels bird area. the yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain, it depends on where you are

he was thomas edison's competition.randville woods invented the third rail in a small railway system, which became the trolly car. he invented all the main components for the first roller coaster, in coney ie koe -- island. he had a bitter court battle over the telegraph. in the end mr. woods won out. >> reporter: we have to wrap it up. you have something great going on here at the gallery. art joy 25. >> art joy 25 is my work that i produce and print for $25. they are a generous size and only $25. >> reporter: thank you my friend. >> can i put my telephone number? 443-872-0943 because we miss you. >> reporter: all right. back to you. >> thank you. >>> still to come on eyewitness news. >> coming up, pushing back against an increase in the gas tax as eyewitness news continues. >>> it's 25 past 6:00. under the radar and maybe straight into our pockets with big issues like gun control and the death penalty another bid of legislation could hit your family budget. this morning it's a possibility of higher gas taxes. >> there

letter to the nuclear regulatory commission boxer says new information shows southern california edisonnerators knew about design problems before the equipment was installed. boxer says this raises concerns say these modifications and a more rigorous safety review of art were ignored. >> welcome back, and still tracking hot spots. the ride on 13 northbound lanes have been cleared from a tree that was down earlier this morning. it took some time to back up the ride. 580 westbound out of san leandro is still jammed but recovering. that puts less pressure on the ride on 580 and to oakland. it stalled truck northbound to 29 also backed up the traffic. no good alternates, this is good to cost you about an extra eight to 12 drive time minutes. the other major hot spot has been on highway 92, the san mateo bridge. it finally is showing some lasting signs of improvement. the drive time at 18 minutes out and has fallen from 25 to 22 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza drive time is 14 minutes from the nimitz freeway, 70 minutes from the east shore freeway. we are pass the beat for 1 01 southbound

jeff in edison, hooters, democrat -- in edison, new jersey.ler: i have a friend from long island and her son has done three deployments in afghanistan. what was told to me and also what was given to congressman king in new york about this was that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and congressman king from new york has been evading that particular question. and they are using the vietnam era magazine. it is jamming. again, they're putting their soldiers at risk. host: john sopko? guest: i have not heard anything about that allegation. if we do have allegations about the equipment are u.s. troops are doing, i would send that to the dod ig. i do reconstruction during the actual fighting, the dod and ig, that is their responsibility. i'm certain they will look into that if there's a concern about the weapons that are u.s. troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons that are supplied to the afghan military. host: mount vernon, new york, republican, jane. caller: good morni

made by edison bell. has a nice gold finish to the fittings. are these doors. as you open the door... oh, right. one of the most famous people in blackpool, and our hero was reginald dixon who played the wurlitzer organ here in blackpool tower. he used to play it here in the ballroom. in this ballroom. this very ballroom. and that used to be broadcast on radio, too, didn't it? all over the world. and i have here, unusually, a three-and-a-half inch diameter 78 of reginald dixon playing his theme tune "i do like to be beside the seaside." well, how appropriate. and can we hear it? you can indeed. ( music begins ) ♪ ♪ normally, when we look at armada chests on the roadshow we're not standing holding it with one hand. and it's not because i'm so strong. it is clearly a very tiny one. it is, yes. tell me about it. i think it's probably late 17, early 18th century. it's been in my family since then. my family is basically norwegian. certainly, it would have belonged to my great-grandfather or maybe even earlier. i think a few more greats than that be

the president's state of the union that somehow the president needs to come down and do what con edisonem to do here in new york city. it's a serious point. the president is on the wrong side of public opinion. fox news poll 73% of americans believe less spending. >> as opposed to more spending spurring the economy. >> mike: thank you for being part of the family today. great job. president obama is scheduled to take his first trip as president to israel next month and what obama has to do to satisfy the people of israel. stay with us. . >> i'd like to hear from you, go to my mikehuckabee.com. tell me what you think. or sign my facebook page and follow me on twitter. you can mind that and more on huckabee.com. [ female announcer ] caltrate's done even more to move us. because vitamin d3 helps bones absorb calcium, caltrate's double the d. it now has more than any other brand to help maximize calcium absorption. so caltrate women can move the world. i have to know the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. so i can get three times the coverage. [ manager 2 ] it's

you know her as trudy campbell on "mad men," and also as annie edison on the very funny show "communityery nice. welcome back. >> thank you. >> jimmy: alison brie, you look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> jimmy: welcome back. >> oh. >> jimmy: are the coyotes still bothering you? >> they are not. i'm happy to report that, now that i've nailed the gorilla thing, i just run right for them. like, i chase the coyotes down. >> jimmy: last time she was here, she was saying coyotes were attacking her. oh, my gosh. >> i kind of have to like gorilla-out to fend them off. >> artie: gorilla out? really? >> yeah, you know. >> artie: what does that mean? >> you know what that -- >> artie: of course, why would i not? [ laughter ] >> you know what it's like. who are we kidding? but no, so now i just chase them. >> jimmy: you chase them and they're afraid of you. >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you liking your new neighborhood? >> i love my neighborhood. i love my neighborhood. i do have a new neighbor, who is interesting. he's -- he's very sweet, but he's a football player. he doesn't watch a lot of tv, he's told me

to consumers and those consumers in many cases were poor people in the system this is no way this edison sat in seventy one while it's not every back and rewrote them a wage for theory of moral sentiments actual he wasn't totally perfect as well there while there was an ok day every day on ricardo eighteen zero seven on labor i mean he lays it out in this is this this is not more money does not or paychecks not when inflation rises along with the wages because every time you raise the wages minimum wages has never has never lead to inflation if it leads to increases and you cannot or i will do well if it was the side indeed we will often peterson thank you thank you joe. in spirit news next week the state of georgia will execute warren lee hill and intellectually disabled man who is deemed mentally retarded at trial unless the u.s. supreme court steps in and takes up the case but the u.s. supreme court shouldn't have to step in that's because that highest court in the land has already ruled that executing individuals deemed mentally retarded their phrase not mine violates the eight the m

we had mine for us until this summer's edison and only since 2009 has a acknowledged sovereign citizens are very thread. what's happening in the fbi's focus on counterterrorism, specifically on this and communities cambridgeside into anarchists, but we have been a focus on other side. sovereign citizen they are not our dangerous and other groups. >> you'll be really interested in the project were working on at the moment. that is it ways to go yet. there are the obvious -- there are the obvious implications for this kind of publicity to these kinds of cases, furthering the notion that essentially in every muslim community of lyrics she hobbyist terrorism. has that been raised and is that something people on counterterrorism think about is potentially damaging in that it doesn't recruit people to want to help identify the few people who might actually be dangerous? >> rates. there is the idea of a blowback effect. it is focused so specifically that they recruit informants and if we talk to religious leaders and muslim communities, the laugh and say when i pray issa and the guy next to me

edison many we had in my command, and if you think about it come back to september 11th and the first response is what we do? we start capturing very serious terrorists. well, would bring the specialists said. there weren't any. so how do we do this? people go back to history books, manuals on how to interrogate, but most of the manuals that are written the military were designed to conventional war between two armies were you capture private acts of the soviet army in best of questions that is the way they were designed. we're talk about guys that are in a terrorist network in some pretty hard and people come as a we had to learn our through. the nation had to come to grips with how we feel about this. we are still doing it. it is an ongoing discussion, but if you remember, people jumping of the twin towers holding hands to their death, it was a different time and everyone wants to remember it now as we're sitting in philadelphia. i will remind you that in baghdad we were literally need deep in blood. it was unbelievable was happening in the torture chambers refining. against that ba

thomas edison and harvey firestone and ford were visiting one day and talking about energy and edisonmoney on the sun. so will i in the long-term. >> bill: i want to also ask you all of the above. does that include nuclear? >> yes. but we're not going to see so much nuclear. there will be some amount of nuclear bill, not much. and there's going to be, in our future, different kind of nuclear that doesn't cause the kind of waste that we see now. but you know, it is very costly per kilowatt hour. i don't think we'll see as much of it. all of the above does mean all of the above but with special emphasis on low carbon and clean energy. >> bill: that's been the president's focus, too. you talk about research. in just about every speech, he makes the argument to continue to invest in new research and expanding that direction. former senator byron dorgan of north dakota here in studio with us. he's used to taking slings and arrows. your calls and questions welcome here. 1-866-55-press. you don't have to agree with him on everything. but you want to get in the conversation, give us a call. w

. >> i think -- >> edison was like -- >> edison was flying a kite or was that ben franklin? know when that happened. hey did you see john chambers, warren, said that he's got i don't know how many billion overseas, but i think he's got 46 billion in cash, 39 billion overseas. he says if he can't bring it back, he's doing acquisitions overseas and hiring people overseas. that's just the way it is. if he's got to grow cisco it's going to be growing it over there. >> but the other side of that, of course, is that if you let him bring it back, and just enjoy the low rates over there, he'll invest even more over there because you know that tax rate will -- >> he did something permanently though. isn't there a way that we can do this where it actually works, jack? >> i mean, tax situation, yeah. i mean, we haven't dealt with it. we've got -- we got to deal with it. >> i got two -- two quick questions that are coming in from actually various viewers for you, warren, on this particular deal this morning. one is, do you expect to use heinz or does 3g expect to use heinz as a rollup v

jeff in edison, hooters, democrat -- in edison, new jersey.r: i have a friend from long island and her son has done three deployments in afghanistan. what was told to me and also what was given to congressman king in new york about this was that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and congressman king from new york has been evading that particular question. and they are using the vietnam era magazine. it is jamming. again, they're putting their soldiers at risk. host: john sopko? guest: i have not heard anything about that allegation. if we do have allegations about the equipment are u.s. troops are doing, i would send that to the dod ig. i do reconstruction during the actual fighting, the dod and ig, that is their responsibility. i'm certain they will look into that if there's a concern about the weapons that are u.s. troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons that are supplied to the afghan military. host: mount vernon, new york, republican, jane. caller: good morning

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edison o'clock 26 on this tuesday, february 5. police need your help.y are trying to locate two children. this six-year old was last seen on january 31. she may be in a non custodial parent's care. the, park police need your help 12-year-old. she was last seen last night. of theseow where any are you are asked to call the police. the city is holding a victory celebration for the super bowl champions, the baltimore ravens. we will have more coming up in an in-depth report. is jaime whitman. >> thank you so much to get we you to interstate 95 where there is a crash. here is the 395 camera from the pentagon. would look into silver springs. crews are still trying to clear this crash. let us get to jacqui jeras. >> 34 degrees. our wind chill is only 28. a bit of a cold start. clouds will be around today. our temperatures will be warmer. get into the war -- we may get into t 40's. a chance of some flurries or showers, especially the district, late tonight. the week.e rest of looks like a great forecast. ♪ >>> for her next act, beyonce as marie antoinette. fol

. >> reporter: the cylinders made of bees wax were invented by thomas edison.ampaign song for william mckinley. ♪ >> reporter: when you think of the library of congress you think of documents and typewriter-smudged papers. not here. >> no, it's remarkable that the library early on got into the acquisition of sound recordings and radio programs. they were considered a cultural record just as valuable as books, magazines, newspapers photographs, and other things we hold to be valuable for historical research. >> reporter: the library has 90 miles of shelves at its 45-acre conservation campus in culpeper virginia. specialists here are preserving more than a million films and videos. what would happen if this place didn't exist? >> well, much of it would be lost already. and much of it is lost. >> reporter: more than 80% of american films made before 1930 no left winger exist. >> this is all of the library's nitrate film collection. >> reporter: films are kept at 38 degrees in 200,000 square feet of storage vaults. it's cold. you're trying to stabilize the film. wh

mentioned earlier, effectively this one was one of my graduate kind of thesis, for what into research, edison graduate student you're either going to get shot by her fellow police officers or citizens will come after you. so you hold your breath and you believe in your face and you take a chance. this is a question that our communities have had for years. the number one question in denver, this happened after course of events, another black male was killed by a white police officer, do you train your officers to kill young black, brown and? that's the question. is that what you do in the academy for six months, flash pictures and say, you see this face, shoot. and so, really had to answer the question so we could move on and then begin to start to move things around as far as recruiting and training and retention for a position. the study is in your pocket. it happens in denver, denver police department. one thing have to do with cops if you want them to participate is be honest, you have to treat them and you have to pay them. so we did that. one of the things that happened is we compared th

in edison way. it appears the building was empty. >> a car crash sent seven to the hospital in east san jose. investigators say the driver of the suv lost control just after 10:00 last night. the vehicle as you can see flipped over. it rolled several times, firefighters had to use the jaws of life to rescue the driver. >> i heard a screech and like a boom and we came running over to make sure everything was all right. there was a guy pulling people out of the car. >> investigators believe the driver was going to fast for the conditions. the kids taken to three hospitals and some had significant injuries. >> last night's streak of light, that flashed in the sky over the bay area was not connected to a couple of earlier events. >> see that? >> what was that? >> that's the surprise reaction from a person on southbound 280 just before eight last night. they posted this dash cam video on youtube. the light is right there. others describe it as a flare. something very breathtaking and scary at the same ti

in our short history we have produced world famous scientists and inventors franklin, edison and sock by callous more who were not have nonetheless been changing the world. have you heard from william burroughs? according to the national inventors hall of fame he created the electronic calculator. another worked with the nobel prize winning tonight team to develop the transistor to help develop silicon valley in california and another for developing developing, and free shirts that many people wear today including mine progress as innovative as it used to be, some wonder if the greatest achievements are behind us and of other nations will soon surpass us or already have. some nations create an environment so difficult that many have relocated and the global imbalance is as lee export less and import now or and other changing policies are becoming more competitive. fortunately blazing trails into new frontiers is what america has always done best. to set the stage for this

in "the age of edison: electric light and the invention of modern america." in "the terror courts," jess bravin reports on legal issues surrounding the prosecution of alleged terrorists by military or commissions. former boston global reporters dick lar and gerard to kneel recount the life of whitey bulger, fbi informant in "whitey: the life of america's most notorious mob boss." david shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university examines china's growing economic influence in the global marketplace. marguerite hold toway, director of science and environmental journalism at columbia recalls the career of john randall jr., accredited -- [inaudible] for manhattan in "the measure of manhattan: the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of john randall jr. " look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> up next, dakota meyer talks about the 2009 battle of gong gal in afghanistan and his efforts to rescue u.s. and afghan soldie

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jeff in edison, new jersey, democrat.ler: i have a friend from long island and her son has done three deployments in afghanistan. what was told to me and also what was given to congressman king in new york about this was that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and congressman king from new york has been evading that particular question. and they are using the vietnam era magazine. it is jamming. again, they're putting their soldiers at risk. host: john sopko? guest: i have not heard anything about that allegation. if we do have allegations about the equipment are u.s. troops are doing, i would send that to the dod ig. i do reconstruction during the actual fighting, the dod and ig, that is their responsibility. i'm certain they will look into that if there's a concern about the weapons that are u.s. troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons that are supplied to the afghan military. host: mount vernon, new york, republican, jane. caller: good morni