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mark zuckerberg. he spoke with dan simon about the prizes and importance of science in our culture. >> the big goal hererld with facebook. now he wants to change out the world looks at scientists. >> you think that's an atanable goal to change the way people look at scientists? >> absolutely. it used to be case back in albert einstein's day that he was viewed as part of pop culture and a rock star in his time. it's a shame that we've lost that. >> reporter: with stars like kevin spacey. >> it's kind of cool to see the geeks and nerds get the upper hand. >> zuckerberg organized a star show complete with paparazzi and a red carpet. do you want this to be the most prestigious prize in science? >> we certainly want this to be both a meaningful reward for the scientists and something that's public so that way it can be an inspirational goal for children growing up. >> reporter: the idea came from this man, milliner. >> i used to be a physicist a long time ago. i think that i'm sort of -- had this idea to give back to the people that i belong one day to. >> reporter: he convinced his friends including zuckerb

simon, former treasury secretary, was the chairman. >> why did you do that? >> because the president had been very good to me. >> how question mark >> the best boss i ever had. he would spend an endless amount of time answering questions. i was not a very good writer when i started. i was a very good writer when i finish. the president, who wrote everything out longhand, great editor. he taught me how to read, what to read. he invested a lot of time and young people were still around. taylor, who is now an episcopal priest in california. of course, monica crowley on fox. he would hire young people and invest a lot of time in them. a terrific boss. it is after the fall. we are in isolation in san clemente and he was just beginning to emerge. i came on staff after frank gannon and dan sawyer in the -- diane sawyer and the frost-nixon staff left. he is an amazing guy. what a life. >> what role did diane sawyer by in those days? >> she was the principal research editorial assistant. frank gannon was the principal in the of chapters memoirs. is an incredible, prolific writer. he and nixon were the lead authors. a great book. en wereaw

facebook founder mark zuckerberg who spoke with cnn about the awards and his personal challenge to the nsa. they're kind of divided but kind of together. here is the story from dan simonr mark zuckerberg talk about that in a moment. first we asked him about the big news in silicon valley that had executives from all the major technology companies writing a letter to the president and congress asking for big reforms in the way the nsa conducts surveillance. >> have one of the things i've said publicly is that i think that the government has really blown it on this. people want the government to help protect us but also want the government to be traps parent and tell us what they're doing and what data they're collecting and i think they've just completely failed op. that front and from what i've seen, if they were just a little bit more open about what they were doing, i think they could have created a lot more trust and a better environment for everyone, but i think they failed at that and i think they're continuing to, which is why we're continuing to push on it as an industry. >> reporter: government surveillance is not why he wanted to talk. he wanted to talk scien

. >> well, mark, thanks, as always for your succinct notions on the marketplace. happy new year. and, carl and simon>>> 2013 was a great year for a lot of companies and you don't have to look farther than netflix to prove that point. this chart will tell you what you need to know. shares up over 250% for the year. best of the s&p. will the surge continue next year? we'll get some answers after a short break. there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announcer ] what kind of energy is so abundant, it can help provide the power for all this? natural gas. ♪ more than ever before, america's electricity is generated by it. exxonmobil uses advanced visualization and drilling technologies to produce natural gas... powering our lives... while reducing emissions by up to 60%. energy li

simon chair here at csis, sidney weintraub. a lot of you remember sidney, 30 years ago published his famous book at the brookings institution, free trade with mexico, question mark, raising the idea that trade with mexico could be a development engine, that it could help not only to change the nature of mexico, but the nature of the mexico/u.s. relationship. that's vision. and he saw that after years of working in the economics component of the state department back when the state department ran trade in those days and really articulated it persuasively so that a generation of american leaders ten years later were really thinking about what nafta could do. and that made a big difference. but there was one other component, and that's another person that many of you will remember, dalal baer, and she was the senior mexicanist. she ran the mexico project then. and when nafta was on the horizon, she did something that csic then and now -- csis then and now does so well, she created the nafta and beyond commission. and as we had a tough debate, you'll remember about the ratification of nafta, she convened every former living u.s. president, every former living u.s. s