(engines blaring) >> what in the name of galileo is going on? >> how do i put this to you?ady for the launch. by the time the shuttle completes its pre-programmed orbit, you'll be out of oxygen! (gasping) >> man, it doesn't get worse than that! (clanging) what is that? >> it's some sort of space debris. >> quick, i need someone to work the destruction phaser! >> let me do this one. i scored the highest mark on this test. >> highest next to me. >> no way! you're confused. >> you'rthe one who's confused! (arguing) >> enough! comet, you're on! (chattering) get the one to your left. now to your right, to your right! yeah! (screeching) i think that's it. >> that was close. >> and perfect timing. we just fired our last phaser. (screeching) everybody hold on! (gasping) (screaming) come on, come on! better give it some extra juice, comet! (screeching) (kids cheering) >> not so fast, team. that rocket boost you gave to avoid the asteroid accidentally directed it straight toward earth. if it hits, the results will be disastrous! it's up to you guys to stop it. >> are you ready to sav

i know -- i went to galileo in the marina, my family lives all over the city. i can't do something that positively impacts district 5, but i can make it impact san francisco as a whole. so, whatever decisions i make, it's a no-brainer. i have to make sure that it's going to positively impact the city as a whole. and that's just how i view every decision that i make through that particular lens. >> let's talk a little about your district in particular. what do you hear about transportation from your constituents? is there adequate muni service? >> well, it's funny that you mention muni. [laughter] >> and let me just say this. as someone who caught -- i mean, we caught muni -- when i was growing up in the city, i mean, that's how you got around. and there were some real problems with muni. i've talking about just -- i mean, the buses were always dirty, they were always packed. there was just always some challenges and the city is growing clearly. and we need to look at all modes of transportation and how we allow people to move around the city safely. and part of

. >> picasso, frank lloyd wright, galileo galileo, all of these great business leaders, artists, othersyear. what happens is the very deterioration that we think about defining the old brain actually enhances creativity because walls break down. so it's no longer languages in the left hemisphere and art is in the right, there's a free flow of information back and forth. >> what's interesting is that you suggest it's not just getting better as you get older with experience. you think there's something physically happening in the brain. >> that's right. physically -- first of all, the tissue is regrowing much later than we thought it was. but also the brain is less lateralized so you have a more holistic approach. and what that means is my visual centers in the back of my brain are suddenly talking more to my cognitive centers in the front of the brain, and as a result everyone's coming together to synthesize knowledge in ways it didn't used to. >> what's interesting about this is the science of the brain, understanding so much more about the brain, but you hope that society will change,

. >> speaking of books that are not out yet, it is galileo's daughter that is coming out in the fall. this is a book that is following up on the longitude that was on a bestsellers list right now. >> what you have coming up? >> i'm working on a project right now that i'm sure they would prefer that i didn't discuss. >> for the newspaper? or for a book? >> i know will be in the newspaper series that i think there is a good chance i will development into a book. >> i'm not sure yet. i really won't know until i am a little bit further down the line. >> it does in a different way than black hawk down. some of the contacts and friends i have made working on this book told me about this story. >> anchorage, alaska. your next question for mark bowden. >> caller: hello, i also was in somalia during the summer of 1993. during that time they were there and also beforehand. the only reason i mention that is because when we flew over mogadishu, we obviously did not have any guns. and we were regularly fired upon by the somalis when we were flying into and out of the u.s. hospital that was set up.

tell them i said just because you have a group of scientists that stood up and said here is the fact galileo got out voted for a spell but the finally there is oklahoma republican senator james inhofe who might be the worst climate change denier of them all in march of two thousand and ten inhofe said those ninety seven percent of climate scientists accept human caused global warming that doesn't mean anything i say and literally thousands of scientists on the floor and these were top people senator inhofe as you and said that c o two does not cause catastrophic disasters actually would be beneficial to our environment and their academy. so what would it look like if marco rubio and michele bachmann and rick perry and james inhofe were all the names of the hurricanes well it would look something like this. senator marco rubio is expected to pound the eastern seaboard sometime early tonight. and three stores are virtually empty as marco rubio threatens everything in his. bill michele bachmann is on the way folks and specifically michele bachmann will be hitting florida in a few hours. with th

like galileo. his revolutionary ideas got him into a lot of trouble..w.: stop, stop, stop! it's terrible. you should quit now. take up another instrument-- something easy, like the harmonica. better yet, don't be a musician. maybe you could become a worm picker. oh, and there are no refunds for this lesson. pay at the front desk. and there are other famous people who had tough starts, like... here. i'm giving you half a star for the opening of this show. one star is usually the lowest you can get, but i made an exception. you're wrong. this opening was great. but the show will be even better. i promise. oh, just start it already. neil gaiman: "what you seek will be found. "trust ghosts. "trust those that you have helped "to help you in their turn. "trust dreams. trust your heart and trust your story." he writes novels and comics and movies and poetry. is there anything that neil gaiman doesn't write? i've never written a cookbook. hmm. might be fun to try. oh! (giggles) sorry. not to worry. what's your name? sue ellen. are you a writer, sue ellen? um,

i got a question, did galileo actually drop the cannon balls off the leaning tower in order to provei mean -- >> that was in a biography. what i've read is that it was written in a biography of him by his students. so that's -- you know, whether it was true or he was embellishing, i don't know. but the scientists tell us there are all kinds of histories, interesting architectural mysteries, for example, the columns around the bottom, there are 15 of them. they say why 15? it's much easier to divide a circle into 16. it's almost like they wanted to prove something, how great they were at architecture by making it that way. you can see the results, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. maybe that's the lesson, build a slightly imperfect building, more interesting that way. >>> up next, she may be the most wanted woman in the world, why kenya just asked interpol to launch an international search for this woman. who is known as the white widow. also ahead, an incredible survival story. journalist, amanda linhout was held captive for 460 days by terrorists in somalia. she j