nick sherman, mark shelley, richard ellis, michael hughes, elizabeth colbert, simon winchester. i have been calling a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. thank you to my studio assistance. in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start wi

and the founder of the link field group and american freedom agenda also in washington we have michael hughes he's a journalist and foreign policy analyst and in harrisburg we cross to jeffrey lord he is a former reagan white house political director and author all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but before we start our discussion here let's take a look at a very well known clip from h.b.o.'s program newsroom let's have a look. just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day there's some things you should know and one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world we're seventeen literacy twenty seventh in math twenty second in science forty ninth in life expectancy one hundred seventy eight and infant mortality third in median household income number four in labor force and number four in exports we lead the world in only three categories number of incarcerated citizens per capita number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending where we s

week seeking investment then it's a trip to iran which is one of the west main forms right now michael hughes from you will start to use coalition told me he predicts a significant rebalance of power. the unspoken link here is israel you know it's egypt can leverage this relationship and vice versa to put pressure on israel to stop you know this loose talk of bombing iran you know there's a connection for morsi starts looking like a geo political genius if you can pull this off if he can get israel though to step back on the whole bombing iran thing better be pretty amazing they find a partner in iran and they don't have to rely. on israel and they can offset counterbalance the gulf monarchies they're trying to rebalance and shift away from the west and they need the immediate cash from the west they need it from the i.m.f. and the united states and the gulf monarchies but long term they want to get in bed with china who can fill the gap so they have to rely on the west any more. access to the mediterranean in some suez canal priority which the u.s. gets currently. you know because other than

hughes found himself in the cafeteria when the gunman opened fire. >> i will definitely never forget it. >> he and others gathered here at st. michael's evangelical church. >> all i can do is pray for them and pray that he gets better. he did not deserve that. he was an innocent child. >> i hope that he gets better. i hope that his life is good from here and he learns from his mistakes. >> i am very nervous, but i know there will be a lot of security there, so i feel safer. >> many kids tillis they are looking forward to returning to school tomorrow to try to establish some sense of normalcy that will make them feel better. they said they are trying to overcome it by focusing on the positive, including the actions of that-counsel, jesse wasmer. he is being hailed as a hero by many because he tackled the attacker. he holds a master's of education. he said the student body impresses him daily with their drive and resilience. any kid who has to walk back into that school and the lunch in the cafeteria, they are preparing for that tonight. >> educators really stepped up in the wake of today's violence. baltimore county superintendent dr.

michael long on let us in civil rights leader bayard rustin. and a panel of librarians from around the country discuss their picks for this years best books from university publishers. faded from historian hughhoward recounts the war of 1812 from the viewpoint of presidential james madison and first lady dolly madison.

michael long on letters from civil rights leader bayard rustin. then a panel of librarians from around the country discuss their picks for this year's best books from university publishers. and later historian hugh howard recounts the war of 1812 from the viewpoint of president james madison and first lady dolly madison. >> john kennedy once met with harold mcmillan, the british prime minister. and you read the papers of the day, you know, they discussed arms control or whatever issues between the two parties, which they sure did, but only long afterwards did we get the notes on what they said exactly to each other in private. turned out that kennedy spent a lot of the time complaining about bad press coverage. the press was being tough on jackie and other things. and mcmillan who was a generation older said, jack, you know, why do you care? brush it off, it doesn't matter. you have other things to worry about. and kennedy quite heatedly said, well, that's easy for you to say. how would you like it if the press said your wife is a drunk, and mcmillan replied, i would have simply said, you should have seen her mother. [laughter] it gives you a fun idea of what these people like that you just can'

michael arms. >> weightlifting. >> no. he's a rower. >> they use arms in weightlifting, too. >> dong dong. this is a live show. >> i would say trampolinist. >> they good. >> how do you not know dong dong. >> destiny hooker. >> the hugho you like about this place? >> i just love it. i love the people. everyone is going all out for the olympics. they are so nice. they are doing a great job. they are so welcoming. just, i don't know, like the people, the colors, the old buildings. beautiful. >> as you say give it up for london, can we give it up for jimmy fallon nominated for not one but two emmy awards in the last couple of weeks. not only for your show but guest host on "saturday night live." >> just the icing on the cake. we had a great year. i can't complain. it's like too much stuff. again, i'm going to try not to get emotional. >> i got a note. is it true you're being considered to host the oscars? >> no. i'm not going to do the oscars. it's not -- i was honored to be asked by the academy, but it's not my year. yeah. >> okay. we'll end on that note. wasn't exactly where i was hoping to end. you've been boning up -- don't get upset. jimmy fallon, good to have you here. >> good man. >> stick around. up next we're g