capabilities, but at the same time the army's continuing to develop the innovative warfare system, iews. that's moving well along in the milestone of accomplishments. the workshop, this is my fourth workshop. we bring academia, industry and miliry togeer with the common goal of ensuring that electronic warfare becomes that enduring core capability for the army. >> where is the conference happen something. >> in the pentagon from the 11th to the 13th. it's next week of september. >> best of luck on that. >> thank you very much. appreciate the time. >>> for years there's been a brewing debate whether electronic warfare should be subordinate to cyberand information operations or the other way around. the marines corps decided the right answer was to merge both communities, a move formalized last year. it was the right decision and one that should be emulated by the entire u.s. military. it's the sophisticated art of intercepting, analyzing or spoofing enemy radar, radio communications or intelligence transmissions. cyber and information operations. the two fields are inextricably linked an

a hazardous terse iew -- materials unit tested the air and the apples and found nothing out of the ordinary. the remaining apples were taken in for further testing. >>> a student hit by a police car friday night is now listed in fair condition at suburban hospital. police say 15-year-old jana richards was hit when she stepped on to the road between two police cars. they were responding to a fight that broke out after the football game there. an officer has since been placed on administrative leave. >>> national zoo officials say the six day old panda cub which died had abnormalities on its liver and fluid in its abdomen, but the exact cause of death remains unknown. >> officials say they believe the cub was female although at this point they're not a hundred percent on that. they should know within the next two weeks. matt jablow has more on a eemotional week there. >> reporter: one day after the death of a baby panda, that one short week captured the attention and affection of people all across the washington area and beyond. >> there's so much that we can learn from everything about panda

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and by contributions to your pbs statn iewe like you. thank you. >> warner: the fighting in syria flared back into the headlines today. air strikes in the north touched off a fiery blast that killed dozens of people. reports by syrian human rights and opposition groups ranged from at least 30 dead to more than 50. dark plumes of smoke filled the air from a massive explosion in ain issa-- 25 miles from the turkish border. opposition activists said a syrian fighter jet had attacked a gas station, triggering the blast. and turkey beefed up its forces on its side near a key syrian border outpost that rebels seized yesterday. on the diplomatic front, the u.s. and other members of the group friends of the syrian people met in the netherlands to discuss tightening economic sanctions on syria in a bid to push president bashar assad from power. >> what i can say is that i stick to the message that with regard to mr. bashar assad, it's not a question whether he will leave office but when he will leave office. >> warner: but in damascus, syria's mi

iew and still lost than president obama had in this quarter so the economy is worse off. i also know that unemployment is higher than it was under george walker bush. i can't say for sure, but i think the next highest unemployment rate that a president's been re-elected at was 7.2% under reagan. i can't say for sure, but i think it was under 6.5% for george hw bush. i don't know what the inflation rate or interest rate was, but the economy was in better shape in 1992 by any objective measure than it has in 2012 so president obama's in big trouble. >> hi, i just want to take the opportunity to thank you because you use your gifted brain and your considerable verbal skills, writing skills, energy, and fly all over. i'm grateful you're able to do that. >> my great pleasure, thank you. >> my question is what can little people, individual little people do the best right now to support mitt romney? i was a rick santorum supporter, and i'm grateful to have seen it play out. when everybody was played out, now it seems like we're all standing strong and firm behind mitt romney. it

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>> reporter: iew ma, good afternoon.epublican lawmakers have been using the hearing principally to disclose bad decision making by top members of the staff of attorney general eric holder while democrats are trying to draw bright exculpatory lines around the attorney general himself. michael horowitz has been the sole witness by the house oversight and government reform committee. he's been careful both in his testimony and in his 471-page report issued yesterday to strike a bipartisan tone. he's been focusing not just on operation fast and furious which commenced in october 2009, but also on its gun-walking predecessor, operation wide receiver, which was conducted with some similar results under the bush era. among horowitz's key findings, that the atf in phoenix and key officials within the u.s. attorney's office exhibited a disregard for the safety of individuals living on both sides of the border, that senior officials in the justice department while reviewing applications for wiretaps in the case ignored red flags a

, they, they're very worried, apparently, about this film, "won't back down," those in the teachers iewweingarten has really gone after this even though it was apparently produced with somebody on the left who's just had it with our public school system and how it leaves so many kids behind. your thoughts. >> the direct director of the film calls himself a lifelong liberal. there was a screening of the film at the democratic convention where a lot of democrats showed up and applauded the film. cory booker, mayor of newark, was there, so it really is seen by some democrats as a great thing. megyn: this union issue, especially when it comes to the schools and teachers, is starting to bleed across party lines. used to be a republican thing saying not the teachers, but the teachers' unions are doing more harm than good, keeps the bad teachers in, sort of a pass the trash system where a teacher who gets in trouble just gets moved on to another district as opposed to fire because it's virtually impossible to fire teachers with tenure, and now you're seeing more and more democrats saying we've