we begin with nicholas negroponte, a professor at mit.the founder of a nonprofit organization called one laptop per child. his vision is for every child to have a laptop computer, and with it, the possibility of a better future. he recruited a cadre of engineers and programmers who created the low-cost xo laptop. it costs less than $200 and is designed to be used in some of the most impoverished places on the planet. as lesley stahl reported in may 2007, negroponte's dream was ambitious. to understand it better, let's go back to where that dream was born: cambodia. >> the idea came to him in a remote village called reaksmy, a four-hour drive on a dirt road from the nearest town. it's as far from mit as you can get. they don't even have running water. >> [bell being struck] >> stand by. >> negroponte and his family founded a school here in 1999, putting in a satellite dish and generators. [generator whirring] then they gave the children laptops. instantly, school became a lot more popular. >> ♪ how's the way ♪ that it's sunny >> kids who h

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food negroponte organization of the un's food price index. about two hundred ten one can record for inflation a little bit but it's at that level food riots and revolutions become very likely in the world and indeed i'm sure that you are aware and you have spoken about on your show the impact of the drought that's happening now and even though prices went down the first six months of this year. the as a result of the drought the prices are shot up again and that's pushed us above the level of our threshold or or in the range and which we begin to be worried about social unrest food riots and revolutions and our projections based upon the mathematical model that we've developed for food prices are that the prices are going to continue to increase. so a lot of it is due to commodity speculation rather than through the drought itself but either way the food prices are going to increase and that's going to put us even higher than the previous two peaks and the danger zone surely of widespread revolution and our projections are that this isn't goi

second, we have john negroponte. he was the first ambassador to iraq. he was the first director of intelligence under president bush. third, we have christpher hill. he was ambassador to iraq from 2009-2010. he is now at a university for the school of studies. we also have james jeffrey. he served 2010-2010. now that i have ever established, i want to give the panel a chance to look back and get some things on their records that you may not have heard before in the conversations over last couple of days. it is a chance to look ahead and ask how post-war iraq is playing a role from serving as a possible al qaeda is safe haven to set a more positive examples as a working democracy in a sea of conflicted areas. i will kick off with 50 mets talking about the history and how we got into the war -- 15 minutes talking about the history and how we got into the war. the intelligence was cited as one of the reasons for invading. bringing in so few troops .onsulted -- resulte the dismantling of the iraqi army who knew how to build bombs and had nothing to do but a

. >>> later on "starting point," soledad will talk to john n negroponte. >> it will be interesting toou up to date. big election news to tell you about. cnn is now calling witnesconsin toss-up. 49% say they back president obama with 45% supporting romney. that's within pt margin of error. wisconsin has voted for a republican for president since ronald reagan. >>> five people are in custody after the shooting deaths of louisiana deputies. a shooting at a steel plant led officers to a nearby trailer park where they are ambushed. >>> get this, a horse drawn carriage ride in midtown manhattan went terribly wrong. the horse got spooked and broke the carriage in half and went galloping up broadway yesterday afternoon outside our cnn studios, thankfully, two passengers and the driver suffered only minor injuries. they were treated at the nearby hospital. >> that's good. the first video showed a guy lying on the street. 12-year-old texas boy told he is too big to play pee wee football. he tips the scales at almost 300 pounds. the rule is any seventh grader that weighs more than 135 pounds was

. >> diana negroponte from the brookings institution.the panel gives the impression you have only got one customer, the u.s. government and therefore decisions on budget are going to affect you directly but what about your other customers with the capacity to pay for the r&d and innovation that we are talking about this afternoon pecks can you give us a balance of what proportion you are looking at for uae and the gulf and other countries national governments? >> speaking from awlaki perspective, our aim is to very quickly have 20% or roughly $10.5 billion in international sales by the end of the next two years. that is a substantial increase from what we do now but not herculean in terms of this direction. we are primarily looking first at countries that are in the english-speaking world because we are more comfortable with them. australia and the united kingdom being among the top but we are also very interested and you know this is in part because of our relationship with the u.s. government. a lot of the governments in the middle eas

second, ambassador john negroponte, ambassador to honduras, mexico, the philippines, the un, andy was first ambassador to iraq. if he was the first director of national intelligence under president bush. thank you for second appearance. ambassador christopher hill, he was ambassador to iraq from 2009 through 2010 and earlier served as the ambassador to korea, macedonia, and special envoy to kosovo. he's at the university of denver school of international studies. we have ambassador james jeffrey, he was ambassador to iraq still about three weeks ago. 2010 until then. he has had multiple stores serving as senior adviser in iraq from the 2005 through 2006 and came back again from 2004 through 2005. now that i have that established, i would like to set out the purpose of this panel as a chance to look back at some tough questions, get some things on the record that you might not have heard before in our conversations over the past couple days i have heard some things i had not heard before. it is also a chance to look ahead and ask how postwar iraq is playing a role from serving as a pos

second, we have ambassador john negroponte.e's been ambassador to honduras, mexico, the philippines, the united nations and he was the first ambassador to iraq. is also the first director of national intelligence under president bush as you have seen and talked about on another panel. thank him for his second offense to we have ambassador chris hill, ambassador to iraq from 2009-2010, and earlier served as ambassador to korea and macedonia with special envoy to kosovo. he is now dean at the university of denver, school of international studies. finally, we have ambassador james jeffrey. he was ambassador in iraq until about three weeks ago. 2010 and to the gills when multiple tours serving as a senior advisor for iraq from '05-'06 with -- and then came back again as deputy chief of mission from 2004-2005. so, now that i've got everyone establish i would like to set up the purpose of this panel as a chance to look back, ask tough questions from get some things on the record that you might not have heard before in our conversatio

. >> diana negroponte from the brookings institution.the panel gives the impression you have only got one customer, the u.s. government and therefore decisions on budget are going to affect you directly but what about your other customers with the capacity to pay for the r&d and innovation that we are talking about this afternoon pecks can you give us a balance of what proportion you are looking at for uae and the gulf and other countries national governments? >> speaking from awlaki perspective, our aim is to very quickly have 20% or roughly $10.5 billion in international sales by the end of the next two years. that is a substantial increase from what we do now but not herculean in terms of this direction. we are primarily looking first at countries that are in the english-speaking world because we are more comfortable with them. australia and the united kingdom being among the top but we are also very interested and you know this is in part because of our relationship with the u.s. government. a lot of the governments in the middle eas