-pakistan alliance; the pentagon papers, 40 years on; and justice john paul stevens. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: continuing government crackdown on protesters in syria forced more people to flee across the border into turkey today. on sunday, the military reined in protesters in a northern border town using elite ground forces, helicopters, and tanks. we have a report from john ray of independent television news, who is on the border between syria and turkey. >> reporter: an uprising crushed, a victory celebrated on the syrian tv tonight. and in the town, the regime claims it's uncovered atrocities committed by rebels. but as the army advanced, a population has scattered and terrorized survivors tell a different story. >> they have attacked us. they chased us, she cried. i don't know where my aunt and uncles are. in clinics on the turkish side of the border they tend the injured. not even the innocent have been spared the violence. the firsthand accounts now emerging with these refugees, let alone the injuries they've

last year we sell the retirement of our good friend and colleague justice john paul stevens after a remarkable 34 years of service on the supreme court and 45 years of government service in total. he served are court with distinction and dedication. i can assure you that he is greatly missed by all at the court. while we had to say goodbye to one colleague, we had the great delight to welcome another. we are very delighted with our newest member, justice elena kagan. because of her prior service as solicitor general, she was very familiar with the court's work and hit the ground running offering seven opinions for the court this year. i think anyone who follows the work of the court will agree that her opinions are clear and careful and her questions from the brent -- from the bench very decisive. there is one area in particular where she has already proven to be a great success. a newly arrived justice at the court is appointed by me to the supreme court's cafeteria committee. [laughter] it is a way of bringing them back down to earth after the excitement of confirmation and appointment. shor

we saw the retirement of our good friend and colleague justice john paul stevens after 34 years of service on the supreme court and 45 years of government servicen total. he served our court with distinion and dedication, and i can assure you he is greatly missed by all in the court. while we had to sayoodbye to one colleague, we had the great delight of welcome. another. we are delighted with our newest member, justice elena kagan. she was very familiar with the court's work and was able to hit the ground running offering seven majority opinions this year. i think anyone who follows the work of the court will agree that her opinions are clear and careful and your questions from the bench very incisive. i can tell you she is a very collegial colleague in our deliberations there is one area in particular were she has shown to be a great success. a newly arrived just as at the court is appointed by me to the supreme court cafeteria committee. next it is a way of bringing them back down to earth after the excitement of confirmation. shortly after she arrived, justice qaeda ansucceeded in gett

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we saw the retirement of our good friend and colleague justice john paul stevens after 34 years of service on the supreme court and 45 years of government service in total. he served our court with distinction and dedication, and i can assure you he is greatly missed by all in the court. while we had to say goodbye to one colleague, we had the great delight of welcome. another. we are delighted with our newest member, justice elena kagan. she was very familiar with the court's work and was able to hit the ground running offering seven majority opinions this year. i think anyone who follows the work of the court will agree that her opinions are clear and careful and your questions from the bench very incisive. i can tell you she is a very collegial colleague in our deliberations there is one area in particular were she has shown to be a great success. a newly arrived just as at the court is appointed by me to the supreme court cafeteria committee. next it is a way of bringing them back down to earth after the excitement of confirmation. shortly after she arrived, justice qaeda and succeeded

regina dugan, author steven johnson, economist paul romer, len baker and innovation maven john kao. >> problems are much more serious than most people realize and the consequences are more grave than most people realize. >> but let's get started by first understanding innovation and watching the effect it has had on societies over the last centuries. >>> so, why does innovation matter? helping explain it all for us today is a man who studied innovation from top to bottom, steven johnson. johnson is the author of a terrific book "where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation" and he'll show us the impact of innovation over time. >> that's. let's start with a long view that shows just how dramatic the change inaugurated by the modern revolution in innovation has been.