it's a very familiar term see your body my nerd credit may not i don't know any of this ok live action role p.s. i was going yes well it was a roleplaying thing i couldn't i couldn't remember what the acronym was for what's written on the poster in fog smolders office in the x. files. my my my wife worked on x. files as it is a believe i want to build i want to believe or i give you credit ok how did it what does lasers stand for with laser stanford's that's and i kind of. these are going to get this i'm going to give up on that one life amplification by stimulated emission of radiation come on i know it's scuba stands for but i did i forgot to leave the school is there a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. without your one of the. best weird al yankovic yeah one is mandatory fun make sure you pick up his newest studio album and enjoy but it's available now and i do an amazon everything is available. as always you can find me on twitter king's things. well. it's technology innovations all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. i know c.n.n. the m s

it will cost you more than $300,000, in those particular areas, according to this web site called nerd wallet.com. meanwhile though, it is not that grade. in wilmington they are above the national average in philadelphia you will spend $290,000 per child and in wilmington, spending about 270,000. so that is not that much better, sit. >> yikes. >> jenny. >> now did you think about this before you decided to have kids. >> no, i will say this, before i say something else, brody fredrick, age nine, saw this $250,000 story, that was part of something we were watching on line, he lost his mind. that is not even including legos, pal. it goodies to kind of check with the kids every once in a while. it is interesting we have talk about philadelphia and wilmington ago above the average. you know what we're talking about the 250,000? we are talking about price necessary kentucky where the the education, a lot of people say the public education is the worst in the country. we're talk about places like west virginia, and mike, even some cities in cap as and they are saying quote, this article nerd

thankfully in a victory for nerds everywhere, senator roberts defeated mr. "i can't be bothered with the details of cinema's greatestality future sci-fi series." from the primaries, we move on to the general election. and one of this year's closest watched senate races in kentucky, named for its hills and mountains, and where 134-year-old political tradition continues. >> 15 anyhow political activists, candidates and vote centers what is the most unforgettable campaign spectacle kentucky has to offer. the annual fancy farm picnic is under way. >> jon: fancy farm picnic, they don't serve fancy feast at this farm, do they? because not they wouldn't love to see mitch mcconnell eating cat food from the mall, hashtag "cat-connelling," not sure that's going to catch on. the fancy farm is an fair where candidates are encouraged to roast each other from the podium. let's hear from allison lundergan grimes, mcconnell's opponent. >> when you see senator mcconnell on the same stage, you realize only one of us believe women deserve equal pay for equal work. if mitch mcc

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he became the nerd at his high school. then he became the wing tipped businessman lawyer. he compensated from growing up in such a tough matcho environment by talking in tough language. that was the way for him to dominate a room. it was the way to show he was tough. that matters a lot to him a lot pau because he was seen as being tough when he was young and grew up. there's a good book that recently came out. a historian named swift on pat and richard nixon and their love story. i recommend you read that. faith, yes. the one thing good if you're feeling sorry for nixon. if somebody feels sorry when they see him leaving and being driven out, he knew politics was a blood sport. his goodbye was from roosevelts speech it's better to be in the arena and be marred by the dust and blood and sweat than be one of those timid critics. creatures that don't engage and sit on the side lines. >> nixon took his rez esignatios that is the price you pay for being a hard ball politician. he came back by writing books on foreign affairs. doing the frox/nixon interviews.

that's not how it goes down in nerd land. nerd land will not criticize queen b.will not happen. part of what you did is interesting. here is what i want to suggest, every generation of feminist has come out of regressive popular culture. if you think about, you know, the 1960s they came out of leave it to beaver on television and i think about hip-hop who emerge from a set of truly regressive practices and i wonder if we don't give enough credit to think about critically what they consume. >> also, who cares who calls themselves a feminist? you can be a feminist and she's a billionaire. she's a mother. she is a performer and entertainer and i am a feminist and she's rocking hot. who would not like to have that body? and she's a feminist as much as my dear friend is a feminist and telling her she was too pudgy or quirky. as women we put ourselves in these boxes. wait a second. instead of figuring out what's the right kind of feminist, how about let's just say as women being a feminist there's a wide range of women who who can be feminist and teach that to our girl

>> you guys like go out to bars afterwards and hook up with other nerds. >> that's the idea. >> stay of trouble. >> captain america, can you help us out of this economic ditch. >> do you have any kwood. >> i don't think so. >> are you an occupy wall street type of person. >> i am down with occupy wall street. >> what would you do if you were down in. >> rabbit hamster. >> hamsters are a big responsibility. >> he wouldn't see it coming. >> what do you want to be when you grow up. >> a nurse. >> you didn't want to go for the m.d. >> there's little monsters staring at me. ♪ >> how could you define the state? >> california is very diverse. there's also a political and governmental things that need to happen. >> taxes are so high here people moving to texas. ♪ deep in the heart of texas >> you need to go buy a prius. >> no. >> what is the hell is this? >> it's a prius. >> do you know what the deficit is? >> $18 billion. >> did you yell america? >> do you know what the jobless rate is right now? >> 9%, i believe. >> 9.89%. >> let me ask you a few questions. >> ear murphs. ♪ >> [ bleep ]. >

. >> vultures are fantastic nerds. they play an important role in nature. they are at the top of the food chain. they can eat meat that can transmit disease, thereby reducing the danger of infection. they are fundamentally important for the health of the ecosystem. >> carrion feeders have found a last refuge in spain. it has the last population of folgers in europe. but conditions for the scavengers could hardly be worse . this eurasian black vulture lives in captivity. it ate some poisoned carrion and had to be nursed back to health at an animal rescue facility in castile. it is difficult to cure a poison bird, and this one nearly died. >> it depends on the poison. some toxins act very quickly. others are slower, but they are basically all fatal. most of the animals we see here die. >> five dead folgers were found this year alone in one province. they had all been poisoned. we went along with the city toxin unit to find the perpetrators. the investigators looked for clues like dead animals or poison, and it looks like they found something. this time, the v

family loved his smile and known as a charmer he was a dancers and according to his friends a hud nerd he offered to make breakfast and not only did father to a grad child but a foster for his other grandchildren he successfully transitioned from caulk and became a full-time artist he was most proud of his one-year-old daughter and found purpose to be a good father he california from a shared background that he choose in life a big brother to many at 8 o'clock i sustained a gunshot wound to the chest he stepped away where another individual was killed early he was taken to the hospital and passed away he was last moment he was speaking in defense of other when shot he was 25 years old and survived by his daughter and girlfriend he was called an angel by many and meant to have a short life to touch many. marks family couldn't are here but want the board to adjourn in his honor and ask to pray for his mother for the loss of her only son he was the light of her life. i know that sf pd is working to bring the short to just your encouraged to text the police department. they've organized a

let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a monthly ec lar neuroscientist. would you give kids marijuana if it could help them? a look at a scientific test that may determine if charlotte's web is real medicine or not. lindsay moran is an ex-cia operative and analyst. i'm are phil torres. that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ hello and welcome to "techknow." my name is phil torres and we're joined today by lindsay moran and dr. crystal dilworth. you went to investigate can marijuana but this marijuana is missing something. >> right, it's missing thc, the compound responsible for that high. i got a chance to go to colorado and look at a family business who's producing marijuana that helps treat children with intractable are why being diseases. >> more than 400,000 children in the u.s. suffers from epileptic seizures. heather jackson's son zaki is one of them. >> zaki had these, he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doose syndrome. by the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. don't u

he ran as a nerd, technocratic nerd to get under the hood and fix it but then maybe this happened inhe other states, the guy might be, who knows. maybe egs a moderate. but he's not willing to stand up to the luna tick fringe of the republican party. regular folks don't care democrat, republican, tea party, but it's got to work for them. they are not part of the deal. education has always been a key part of the opportunity and education has been cut and public schools have been cut and teachers know it. we're not getting the tools and investments and infrastructure. the ultimate investment is in people. you talk about capital investments and things you can invest in and get a return from. the republicans understand that. what they don't understand the most important asset you have is your people. we aren't investing in our people. our people will take us back and bring us back. we've got to invest in education and job training and job skills. they haven't had it and know it and will show up on judgment day november 4th. >> adam, we're hearing more about climate change than the last el

so please, don't wash your face. [ laughter ] if you are a nerd or currently have a nerd living in your basement, you know that comic-con is this weekend down in san diego. [ cheers and applause ] we have a special sneak preview for you tonight. the very talented masterminds at "wired" magazine, legacy effects, stratus and the stan winston school have created a robot monstrosity. they call it the giant creature. and my cousin sal is outside with it right now. that is the giant creature. [ cheers and applause ] now, correct me if i'm wrong, sal, but the creature's 13 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 2,000 pounds. and does it have a name besides giant creature? >> yeah. its name actually is kenneth kestenbaum. it's a jewish name. >> jimmy: wait a minute, isn't that one of your friends from college? >> that might be it. >> jimmy: all right. >> i have no idea. >> jimmy: all right. piloting our creature tonight is guillermo, our parking lot security guard. where is guillermo? oh, he's in there. okay. there you are. hi, guillermo. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi, jimmy. >> jimmy: i'm good. do you hav

nerd is a little bit more ambiguous. but geek is really just the highest thing you can be called. and they've got that character, that they're just -- they're just tenacious about a problem. they don't ever let it go. when they have something like an answer to it, what's amazing these days is the technology gives you such leverage if you answer it a tiny bit better. you can propagate that answer and capture a great big huge market. so technology, not just geeks like to play with technology. it's that technology amplifies geekery in a way that i've never seen before. >> and does it defeat social skills? does it minimize -- what other skills are become amplified? >> i know you're a fan of st. augustine. he has the best insight about what's going on with our screens. which are unbelievably addictive, right? our friends are there. there are these bright jewel-colored things they fit into our pockets. they're accessible in two seconds. and when the person we're talking to is boring we've got this whole world right here. it's a dire temptation. and i give in to it way too often. i'm goi

let's check out our team of hardcore nerds. dr. shim soma are.tonight, ojbriganse motivates with his voice. get ready for something great. stay humble and hungry. imagine if he still had his real voice.

family loved his smile and known as a charmer he was a dancers and according to his friends a hud nerd he offered to make breakfast and not only did father to a grad child but a foster for his other grandchildren he successfully transitioned from caulk and became a full-time artist he was most proud of his one-year-old daughter and found purpose to be a good father he california from a shared background that he choose in life a big brother to many at 8 o'clock i sustained a gunshot wound to the chest he stepped away where another individual was killed early he was taken to the hospital and passed away he was last moment

let's check out our nerds. dr shini somara is an engineer. tonight cars learning to communicate with each other. can cars equipped with electronic smarts reduce accidents and increase safety. we hit the streets and road test this new technology. >> oh, i did not do that.

let's check out our nerds. dr shini somara is an engineer. tonight cars learning to communicate with each other. can cars equipped with electronic smarts reduce accidents and increase safety. we hit the streets and road test this new technology. >> oh, i did not do that. dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuro >>> scientist. today not your average science project. meet the high school student who's extracuricular activity has scientists and others singing her praises. and i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. that's our team, now let's do some science. [ ♪ music ] >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres, joined by shini somara, and dr crystal dilworth. every year 30,000 americans are dying on the roads. this is still happening despite things like safety belts and airbags and active safety systems. shini, you looked at technology that may give us a crashless future down the road. >> yes, 30,000 faltalties is a -- fatalities is a shocking statistic, some caused by impaired driving. of the remainder, 80% could be avoided using thi

today a trial board reprimanded one, suspend nerd and found a third firefighter not guilt -- suspended another and found a third firefighter not guilty in the headline busting case. three firefighters failed to step up to help 77-year-old cecil mills. he lay on the street suffering a heart attack. >> we have a high standard and in the face of what occurred to just recommend suspensions for employees, not saying all of them, but some of them, should have been facing termination and in the end they're not. >> now the lieutenant in charge of the firehouse managed to retire before the board could hand down any discipline. the probationary firefighter should be learning his fate soon. >>> the broken marriage, gifts, the loans, virginia's former governor answered tough and very personal questions today. as peggy fox reports, bob mcdonnell did advance the defense's claim that the couple was so torn apart they couldn't possibly have conspired together. >> have no idea. have a nice day. >> reporter: to support the defense claim that the mcdonnells' marriage was troubled, a letter the governor s

let's check out our team of hardcore nerds. dr. shim soma are. a, tonight, ojbriganse motivates with his voice. get ready for something great. stay humble and hungry. imagine if he still had his real voice. next, the technology that's allowing patients to save a valuable part of themselves. >> that's significant. >> before it's too late. lindsey moran is a former cia operative and analyst. tonight, from searching the galaxies for et to searching the rubble for human life, this is the space-aged machine that can detect a heart beat through tons of concrete. rachelle olmixon is a neuro scientist. tonight, the mystery in the waters of america's northwest. scientists try to figure out what's killing the oysters before it's too late. i am phil torres, an entomologist. that's our team. let's do some science. >>> welcome to tech know. i am phil torres. for most of us, communicating with the human voice is something we kind of take for granted but not so with some of meet. >> yeah. i was able to meet three patients that all have als. it's a devastating c