the right-hand side was the brain child of paul owed linney from intel. the idea is how do you get 10,000 more engineers graduating in this country. we graduate about 135,000 engineers in the united states every year. china and india together graduate a million every year. so we have a large opportunity. and if you look by 2020, what most economists would forecast is there will be a 2 million job deficit, mainly in engineering in the united states. so we've got eight years to get a tremendous increase. the issue is that there's a 75% dropout rate for people who go to study engineering as freshmen. 75% of them don't make it to graduate. that's mainly because other subjects are easier. let's face it. it is hard to graduate with an engineering degree. so paul's idea is to work with a bunch of universities, big engineering schools, to make them better at what's called retention, having financial rewards for students who study engineering, and to make sure the private sector absorbs internships so that, if you are a senior in high school and you decide to be a

. >> last night, dozens of fans greeted the hearse carrying linney houston's body as it arrived in newark. her body was discovered under water and hotel bathtub. could be weeks before toxicology tests reveal a cause of death. houston's godmother, aretha franklin, shared her grief last night in charlotte. she honored a performance commitment, telling concertgoers she needed music to soothe her soldier. houston's fans are honoring her memory -- to suit her soul. >> she has had three albums spend more than 20 weeks at number one. no other, woman has done that more than once. >> she will have a very private farewell. >> as we await toxicology results on whitney houston's death, speculation put a very dangerous habit in the spotlight, mixing prescription drugs with alcohol. in regular doses, doctors say the drugs are relatively safe, though not without side effects, but when combined with alcohol, they can become dangerous, causing people to stop breathing or go into a coma. >> they do not read enough to get oxygen to their brain. if you have excessive amounts like an overdose, you can have se

[applause] linney to take everything from food stamps to medicaid to the housing program to educationraining programs, cut them friesen, send them to the states as there has to be a time limit and be able to give them the flexibility to do those programs at the state level. [applause] those are important things we need to do to get this debt and debt as it under control. we also have to get this economy growing. the best way to do that his be leaving in what made -- is believing what made this country great. are we a great country? yes, we are a great country. are we a great country because we have a great and powerful federal government? no. are we a great country because we have three people that can go out and pursue their dreams and build a great and just society from the bottom of? that is really the question in this campaign. it is a question of how we will grow this economy and how we will restore our culture and how we will defend our borders and our land. would you believe in? do you believe in an all- powerful, all knowing federal government or do believe that america became

[applause] linney to take everything from food stamps to medicaid to the housing program to educationraining programs, cut them friesen, send them to the states as there has to be a time limit and be able to give them the flexibility to do those programs at the state level. [applause] those are important things we need to do to get this debt and debt as it under control. we also have to get this economy growing. the best way to do that his be leaving in what made -- is believing what made this country great. are we a great country? yes, we are a great country. are we a great country because we have a great and powerful federal government? no. are we a great country because we have three people that can go out and pursue their dreams and build a great and just society from the bottom of? that is really the question in this campaign. it is a question of how we will grow this economy and how we will restore our culture and how we will defend our borders and our land. would you believe in? do you believe in an all- powerful, all knowing federal government or do believe that america became