atmosphere is so polluted way why just not make our plant a better place instead of going colonize lars well there are many useful things waiting to be done on earth i think that having a humans to mars program will encourage so many young people to go into science and engineering se the apollo did in the united states that out of that intellectual capital we would get all kinds of new inventions that don't just bear on space but bear on every aspect of human existence that advance the economy that advance public health that solves some of these environmental problems that you talk about . but i also think that the we're also doing a bunch of things on earth that we better off not doing and frankly i think we'd be a lot better. i'm thinking about how to get to mars and left less time thinking about how to get the upper hand in syria but when they'd be doing the same thing on mars if they call and i was there maurice well devices go everywhere with a human being it's not like they're going to forget about their had and brain once they go to mars well you know mars is certainly not going to be

>> well, i would disagree with that respectfully, lars, in terms of stature.ption. if we talk about international perception of america's standing, i think it vastly differs. we have to look no further than the international response to the horrible thicks going on in -- things going on in the philippines. bill: but she canically, ebony, to rebuild confidence and trust in the united states, do people trust the united states more now than they did five years ago? do they have confidence -- >> bill, i would say -- bill: -- now more than they did five years ago? >> will, i would say that's the area we need to improvepk we cannot ignore the issue of security, gentlemen, and that is a part of it. the security part, i think, is improving. we still do need to work on trustworthiness, i do believe that. ur enemies don't fear us anymore, our allies don't trust us anymore, we're weaker militarily, and we're not respected more today than we were five years ago.#[ bill: this is fire and ice. an early morning fire hitting an participant complex for the -- apartment comple

well, there's that option. that wasn't the first thing that popped into my mind, but it's an interesting take on it. larschristmas, martha. the fact is the reason for the season is to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. and the fact is, we are celebrating. and some of that celebration is gift giving which is, which goes right back to the original birth story. the father knows that better than leslie and me put together. what i've never understood is the antipathy of atheists. and as you said, it's only the vocal ones. but the vocal ones seem to hate the idea that we believe. the fact that they don't believe they're entitled to, but i don't -- i dislike and i resent the fact that they want to try to reject our belief. i don't think the atheists have the right to tell us what to think. martha: one thing we know the season is not about is nastiness. so i don't understand, you know, why -- there's just such a nasty nature to it. >> martha, to be fair and balanced here, should also say that there isúgnsó a christian, a creationist group who put up a sign also in times square that said to our friends, our at

lar. i'm from colorado. i circumnavigate the areas of california as well. >> sometimes we are lucky enough to get to know someeally special people. this is zena lar. >> i suppose you could say i've had a self-diagnosed condition called ccd, it's creative compulsive disorder where i have to make stuff all the time. whatever i have around me. if it's trash or junk or things that people would normally throw away, i try to find ways to refabricate them into something useful. >> wow. >> as the video progresses she shares some of her pieces. this is probably one of my favorite pieces where she creates a huge tarantula. >> look at the eyes. >> right? >> this video was produced back in august to showcase zena's creativity, her personality, her interests. a few weeks later this video became a tribute to zena. >> in november zena suffered an accident while hiking and she passed away almost immediately, so her friend, the filmmaker behind this video, stormy payette decided that she was going to revisit that footage and re-create a video that told the world the story of zena. to tell us more about zena and the video we h

violation and he has never had an accident during the taxi cab and he has a ste lar record with the clients and he is well loved with the clients that he serves which consists of a russian speaking community and he is makes special efforts on their behalf by driving them to the hospital visits and translates them and assist them up and down stairs and serve them in a way that other drivers cannot or do not. it is far too drastic and it is taking off his head and he should not be punished that unkindly and he should be given a chance to rise again and make a living as a taxi cab business person and he should be spanked but not terminated. and the way to give him a spanking and to tell him that he has to change his behavior in the future over these infractions, something of which he is committed to do and as he himself will say, is to impose a fine. or suspend him for a period of 250i78 and rather than take away the entire business and i suggest that the commission, choose one of those remedies. fine him. and fine him $10,000 which will be a big big hit to him. a big enough hit for the kind of infractions o

led him here to anderson house to cross paths with lars and isabelle who readily joined the cast of the imperial season. william seale. [applause] >> well, hannah, thank you, thank you. and it's great to see you all here. i don't know what hannah had to pay each of you to come -- [laughter] but she's very inventive. so it is wonderful to be here and to be in this house. this is so much a part of the story and, certainly, one of the most opulent of all of the superior in history. the imperial season is about washington and a very lahr period. it begins -- particular period. it begins with a reception by president grover cleveland in his second term of the first ambassador ever assigned to the united states by a foreign country. it ends with the conclusion of world war i. it is a period and a story that suggests itself and all the buildings and landscapes that survive from it are its inspiration today. they help define washington as it has come down to us from that time. a small portion of the book takes place here in anderson house, for lars and isabelle anderson were characters in the imperial season. we can feast upon the setting tonig

lars viksmoen, the ceo of resound. we'll be back with more innovation in the nation here on innovation cities. >> innovation in the nation. great stuff. thanks for that, louisa. plenty more on the line as well. >>> now it was one giant leap for china's space program. talking about innovation as the nation carried out the first self-landing of a moon robot for nearly 40 years. they're set to deploy a rover named j. rabbit, very chinese to photograph the moon surface. the landing marks a first step to try to land an astronaut on the moon by 2025. at the same time, google is taking a giant leap of its own. they've acquired boston dynamics, the military engineering firm who engineers the fastest running robot, the cheetah. i don't think that's it, or is it? the massachusetts company is the eighth robot maker snapped up by google this year. so we want to know if you could make your very own robot, what would you want it to do? if you had a robot, what would you want it to do. you can join us on the web or tweet us. this one caused an awful lot of discussion already amongst the production team today. i won't go into the details of that discussion. >>> still to come on the program, japan's busines