look at the one at the bottom, newsweek. does "newsweek" have problems? is that a broken scale or what? >> beyond the polls -- >> why does "newsweek" say no change. >> who knows. >> an outliar poll. >> it's statistics, there's always an outliar. beyond the polls, what barack obama did this week, this isn't why he did it, he took that old republican playing card, the weak on defense card. they played it in the 2008 campaign. they were going to play it all the way to 2012 campaign, gop. they can't do it anymore. are you wake on defense. i don't know, go ask -- >> i was going back in my brain on this thinking franklin roosevelt was a great war president. he picked the great generals, right front, europe first and then asia. he made the tough calls. truman comes in, drops two atom bombs on the japanese, ends the war, saves the lives of servicemen. a brutal call but he calls it. then went to korea, which a lot wouldn't have done it was tough. johnson fought maybe not brilliant but tough war in vietnam. with respect this idea that the democrats in history vice

i said that "newsweek" ran a 25 page special. this is when in 1984, as soon as mondale announced for geraldine ferraro would be sharing with him. "newsweek" ran a 25 page special report documenting all aspects of how mondale popped the questions that frosted blonde. to be fair, the hokey references to the candidate and the gender anxiety didn't begin and end with the press, but were shared by politicians and the american public. on the campaign choke him in taking for, for our separate from the mississippi agriculture commissioner that her blueberry muffin capabilities with a shirt not for balancing feminism and femininity, for over a probably not a female vice presidential candidate before. so i go on to talk about the 84 campaign and ferraro's role in it. and as i'm sort of semi-not the aftermath, i felt urged some of the meaning it had really for the women that have been supporters as well as a couple republican women and that was one of my techniques that i try to find letters from what most of us would consider contemporary

i left ""newsweek"" and shifted to "wired." and it was a terrific experience at the same time was able to sometimes spin off articles with googles permission, because basically everything i did inside of google was for the book unless we had mutual consent otherwise. and that would help. >> host: can i just interrupt. didn't they ask you, why not release little chapters at a time. >> guest: it's a company that takes books very seriously as a corpus of information, but the two founders aren't really book people, in terms of their own preferences there, and from sergei said has to me, i thought, doesn't have the same seriousness. and sometimes working on a "wired" article we would respond more time with me at ""newsweek"" he was more accessible. google would come out with a new product, and sergei would be on the fine to talk to you about it. and in later years, we talk about that. larry and serge gay sergi. >> host: a couple of years they gave you access to all kinds of people. you didn't feel like they were really guarding acce

he told newsweek paul ryan was a brave man of ideas. but on sunday he dismissed his plan as too radical. >> i don't think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. >> stephen: that set off the unquestioned leaders of republican party, angry middle aged white guys. >> i didn't do anything to paul ryan. >> he undercut himself -- him and his allies in the house. you are an embarrassment to the party. get out before you make a fool of yourself. >> stephen: oh, oh, he's a fool, really? oh, really. he's a fool? you are the one at a newt gingrich rally. excuse me, i'm being told in my deaf ear that newt gingrich has appeared on the getra -- greta van susteren show. >> are you saying you chose the wrong words or it's not what you thought? >> you listen to the question david gregory asked me i should have said i'm not going to answer it. >> stephen: yes, no one has any reason to be upset about newt's ideas because we're not supposed to know what they are. besides newt granted himself full immunity fro

. >> there is an excellent story in "newsweek" about what a spectac allar recovery means when you had a brain injury. >> aids and friends and supporters are talking about spectacular recovery. it was the down side of a brain injury. it is not as happy. >> it would be better to cover the honeymoon than the royal wedding. >> and not to get lost, no need to know. >> bee know what you do on your weekend. >> keep it g-rated . >> the royal wedding happened and no criticism and the pope gets beatified and i kept thinking back to 15 years ago when priness diana was killed on almost the same day as mother theresa . the media would do 99 percent diane and and mother teresa one percent. pope and mother theresa are getting blankketed. >> english church strike beinging back at roam. the death with pope john paul led to the delay in the marriage to camillia parker boils. >> who is in the line of the throne. one of those hares will surprise. wait until you hear . >> there is charles and then william and then harry in line for the royal crown and so is this woman. who is she? find out next on news wa

john harris remembers her mpetivess but manyears ago she spotted a "newsweek" writer and said i "you ha got to have him on at." his name was evan thomas. >> she was lovely, not just because she had me on. she was a truth teller. when you screwed up, she would let you know, and a gracious and lovely way, but you know where you stood with our. -- with her. >> she said, about what we have got to have it nina totenberg," to. >> she gave me confidence. at the same time, she was a tough task-master. she's scared the living daylights out of may that i had to be prepared. >> she had an iron fist and a velvet glove. >> i am grateful that she stuck with me and suffered a for all those years. she was just a lovely person, kind, one market, generous -- warmhearted, genevese. she was our producer for 12 years, and never heard a crossword. terrible loss, shocking loss. >> mark, you go way back with her. >> she never changed. in a city of double talk, where mistakes were made, she was not only fun and talented, she said what she meant and and what she said. she will be best. >> -- will be missed. >

issue on "newsweek."ade on the lam. what took so long for the u.s. to nab him? was al qaeda crafty, brilliant? was it luck or a bit of both? >> it was all those things. i think we really do have to ask a lot of questions as everybody is doing about the world pakistan played. i mean, the guy was standing in the most ostentatious villa in a town where the military academy are west point, of pakistan was literally just down the street. so, you know, he was more than hiding in plain sight. i'm not sure the pakistanis are going to be backing anybody else or playing those kinds of games again if they were. i don't think anybody else could hide out that long. >> we have all wondered how close we might have gotten to him over the years. in fact, in your article, you describe an amazing moment in 2004 when u.s. soldiers came so close to bin laden's hiding place that they were spotted by his guards. >> that's right. we have -- we have a great team of people reporting in pakistan and afghanistan. and they go out and

the son of journalism, it is "newsweek"'s eben thomas. here we goes, ladies and gentlemen. >> ♪ my eyes adored you ♪ >> obama is standing above the country. above the world. a sort of god. >> how does he keep his job after saying something like that? i wonder if he has the good sense to be embarrassed. i am ashley back on the script. i went all the script a little bit. -- off the script a little bit. this is a little irritating, to tell you the truth, because when i go on vacation from my radio show as i was last week, this is the guy who fills in for me. the is a frequent fill in for me. i have to act like he has some sort of a hot shot here. [laughter] cnn contributor most nights, post is on show in atlanta which talk radiogest and station in the entire nation. the has been named one of the most intellectual conservatives in america. that really pissed me off. had you ever heard of redstate.org? [applause] that is this guy. he knows how to load things on the internet. [laughter] . [applause] get this to evan thomas if you would. did you

newsweek russian netted the right to host yet another major sporting event this time the two thousand and sixteen a world ice hockey championship the country has already scored with its bid for the next winter olympics and the twenty eight hundred football world cup prime minister vladimir putin pledged a first class tournament and also shared his own experience of getting on skates. but i should deserves the horse through the championship and not just. go away glorious it humans and not just because we have. his former indicates but because of our great. great and from the ideas of. its lead to use them fully. in effect will be we need a new start and we're into this. and i took time to learn to ski. and meet it was not easy and not even for a person who had been practicing sports with the keats and even harder time learning to play ice with hit by a no i have first hand experience of late that is truly great. where the russian premier still has plenty of time to polish his heart and skills if he wants to sparkle ahead of the world tournament but the clock is already ticking for the

. >> he used to work at "forbes" and "newsweek," finds out it's facebook. he confronts them they admit to it and now are now back-tracking. >> is facebook google's biggest competition? >> if you duly talk to people at google, they feel facebook is their biggest competition. facebook has information that google desperately wants. people share with facebook who they're in contact with, what they're interested in, what they're doing. and this is information that google could really use to deliver better searches and better products in general and they're in the midst of a giant initiative now called emerald sea, where you know, google wants to really transform itself and become more people-oriented there. and in a way it's going to be competitive with facebook. and facebook knows this. people leave google and go to facebook, i don't think they're shutting up about what they see. >> google can't get its spiders in there to see what's going on at facebook. >> facebook does not share -- when you share information with face book. even if you say, hey, i'd like you

a crazy week releasing a lot of videos but just right now john i think a weak minded lapdog that newsweek a new york times along with the rolling stones had just launched a hit piece against me and i will this is all this is what this is this is huge you know take this i mean this is this is really big there is they do this this is great i mean what's amazing about this luke ten years after nine eleven or. almost we're almost ten years ten years after nine eleven the truth movement it's like i know you're going to object to me put it this way luke but i think it's going mainstream like i'm still with you but you can't object to the fact that even if it's not like it hasn't been at all mainstream what it's like it's still getting more mainstream where you know yes but this is a big accomplishment. this rolling stone cover to tell us about that yeah i mean i don't know what they're trying to accomplish but to me the article in the bloke are just a childish take on you we're becoming the mainstream media and successfully taking away their audience and this is them replying and they can't att

former british prime minister gordon brown actually pointed out in this week's op ed writing in newsweek gordon brown said this year for the first time in industrial history the combined forces of america and europe are being out produced out manufactured out exported and out invested by the rest of the world global shift that he and many economists say is much more done dramatic than any since the industrial revolution now manufacturing jobs used to be the backbone of america's economy and as artie's christine for sour reports these days they seem to be a relic of the past. at one time it was a familiar scene for so many americans the job along the assembly line for millions of men. and women this was a portrait of the american dream like individual vertebrae dotting the nation factories like this together once form to the backbone of this country in some cities and towns manufacturing plants were the sole industry on which everything else rested and according to president obama it's an industry that still alive and well and central to the american economy america is still home to the m

a list that appeared on "newsweek" magazine's website called "grand rapids, a dieing city," grand rapidsck. ♪ bye-bye miss american pie ♪ this will be the day that i die ♪ >> so the community got together to create a huge music video promoting grand rapids as you see right there. 5,000 people showed up. the bid to break the world record for a lift-upper forming done mclean's "american pie." building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. >>> this week we awoke to news that a major figure in the balkan civil war, an accused war criminal, was no longer on the run. this man, rack co-mlidic. cnn's international's release is a va silva is back. you can explain to us the big picture why it took so long to find him. what were the circumstances and why this is s

my colleague from "newsweek" went to darna a few years ago and he documented the very anti- american an atmosphere and how they were recruiting in this town. these are things that have to be wise -- how to be watched. if libya turns into basically a failed regime, that is a very dangerous situation. host: since you just got back from africa, what you to comment on this headline -- and guest: this is an incredibly, incendiary situation. you have this pastor in florida who has taken it upon himself to burn the grant. it is a very incendiary thing to do. it has left to -- led to the death of several civilians killed by a raging mob two days ago. it is a very hard situation and it is hard to understand how this pastor in florida can justify burning the karan when we have more than 100,000 troops in can justify burning the karan when we have more than 100,000 troops in >> grace elizabeth hale, in your book, "a nation of outsiders," you devote a whole chapter to j.d. salinger and the catcher in the right. wide? >> well, i think he is interesting because his character, holden caulfield is w

michelle, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." "the good wife 2012." sally quinn. she leaves, marries another guy, comes back. she marries her husband. how or why is that a front page story? >> you know, that's going to play really well one way or the other with the evangelicals. this is a whole issue i think people haven't figured out. >> should it be an issue? >> with these people it is an issue. you know, hillary clinton once said, you know, hi hoped there would be a certain zone of privacy when i got to the white house. forget it. there is no such thing as a zone of privacy. with mitch dan else and his wife, people are going to look at them and say what a great dad he was, he was there for four years. you know, for three, four years. bringing up the kids on his own. this is great. or they will look at her and say what kind after woman would abandon her children for four years? so the family values issues is going to play. it is going to be a big deal in this election if he decides to run. >> i confess when i heard about this from a reporter two day

steven carter wrote a piece in the upcoming issue of "newsweek," urging americans to face up to the ugly on the raid on bin laden. or as he put it, the assassinati assassination. these are respected scholars with sometimes surprising and controversial reviews. was the mission against bin laden a legitimate act of war, murder or assassination? and regardless of what you call it, was it morally justified? >> you know, without being there, it's hard to say. i spent a lot of time in combat as a war correspondent for 20 years. and you have to make split-second decisions. so without being in the room, i think we have to throw out that calf yat. however, by their own admission, he was unrm aed, he was shot in front of his kwief and daughter, and these are very, very highly trained units. and one suspects the order was probably shoot to kill. >> and and your presumption then, i've read speeches you've given since early in the week is that your belief is that there was really no intent to do anything other than kill him. >> well, without being on the enside, that's certainly the way it appears. a

in this pretend "newsweek" magazine, which has been bought out by larry flint, by the way. yeah. eben thomas says he grabbed the party's power brockers by their elephant stitched -- whatever. he's a c thrvings nn contradictory appearing most nights -- wait a minute. i jumped ahead of the script. that's ok. i want you and they're going to get upset with me because i'm not reading the exact words that bring on the clip. but the people who are running the clips are going to be able to figure this out with these word -- play the ebens what's his face cliff. it's self-explanatory, i promise. >> reagan was all about america. and he talked about it. obama is we are above that now. we're not just parochial, shove nisk or provensrble. in a way obama is standing above the country, above the world. a sort of god. audience: boo! sort of god, but i can't say that up here. ok, here's the envelope, ladies and gentlemen. you know, i can tell from your reaction who you'd like to win this award. am i right? ok. by the way, has anybody accepted? actually said yeah, send me -- does thomas or keith o

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. >> the large question is not only covered by that "newsweek" cover, mission accomplished, but was this a blow to al-qaeda? >> we cannot consider al-qaeda defeated. they continue to be a threat to the united states, but we have taken a really important milestone in terms of taking down this organization. >> are they a leaderless operation at this point? >> at this point, they, as an organization, will have to work themselves through some sort of succession. >> who was coming out, according to intelligence officials, may not now be a particularly popular figure within al-qaeda. >> i think our assessment is he is not anywhere near the leader osama bin laden was. >> and, therefore, can al-qaeda still be as potent without a strong leader like bin laden was? >> i think it's a real blow. let me say two things about that. number one, we assessed at the end of last year, given the efforts we took at the beginning of the administration, following the efforts of the prior administration, that al-qaeda was in the weakest shape it had been in since 2001. it was still a dangerous organization, and w

but a "newsweek" daily beast poll conducted two days before and then two days after bin laden's deaththe president's overall job approval, well, didn't change at all. 48%. those are quite different figures. here to explain what these numbers mean and how osama bin laden's death will impact the 2012 election are from the fox business network sandra smith and fox news contributor nationally syndicated talk show host monica crowley. good to see you guys. >> hi; >> sean: not sure why almost immediately people ran to the 2012 election. but emails came in. i was just glad at the news. because it's important. but people are asking that question. does this impact 2012? >> oh, sure. look, war is the political act anyway. so, i think it could have an effect but, remember, wars always have unintended consequences. there is a million unexpected things that could happen. >> good and bad between now and 2012. one thing that this does do is give obama foreign policy or national security credentials that he may not have had in the past. but, remember, the lesson of history is that back in 1991, when

. >> douglas waller former correspondent for time and "newsweek" magazine recounts the life of william "wild bill" donovan, often thought of as the father of the cia. he examines william donovan's leadership of the office of strategic services during the second world war and his thoughts on the use of counterintelligence. this lasts about an hour. >> i'm glad they have the photo of donovan of your. this is kind of an iconic portrait shot of donovan. you will see that when you go to the oss society meetings. and the one commonly folks identify him with. there's a funny story behind it. you will notice he has -- his hair is cut real short here. he was out in the field most of the time when he was running the oss and he liked to go in on allied landings. very often he would have the ships barber or military barbara give him a crewcut before he went out. when he got back to headquarters he would get teased by the headquarters staff. wallace who is on his personal staff would say that some haircut you've got there, mr.. and donovan laughed. he got a lot of his haircuts because he was out in

lisa miller who is the religion editor at newsweek and author of the book heaven, which is over here and available after words. conducting the rest of this conversation. thank-you, lisa. >> of goring to stand up here for. >> introductions and then i'm going to sit down. i hope that we can have a conversation. i'm hoping that this will be not too formal, lively, casual, and in the interest of that i am going to -- i was sitting over their editing all of the buyers so that we could crunch of the time. i edited so much that i am going to go through them one by one and introduce very quickly do the esteemed panelists are. at the very end of the table is feisal abdul rauf, the chairman of the court of initiatives to his left is the rev. dr. serene jones who is the president of the faculty of the union theological seminary. next to her is james carroll, the author of "jerusalem, jerusalem: how the ancient city ignated our modern world." to my right is rabbi burton visotzky who is the professor of and to religious studies at jewish theological seminary. i'm going to open with a question abo

yourself a liberal -- [inaudible] neil ferguson, professor at harvard, just published an article in "newsweek stating that the obama administration's response to egypt was a disaster. as a liberal realist, how would you grade the administration's response, and looking forward towards how they should respond to iran and the other countries that may have similar revolts, how would you look at that? >> i think, actually, obama's response on egypt is not a disaster. and this is, this is a good example of what i mean by needing a strategy. if you think about should i abandon the government, should i, should i forget the government, well, no. sorry. government is the most important actor. i still have major objectives in the hard power world like balancing iranian strategy, like maintaining the peace between israel and egypt. to just say, oh, the sooner we overthrow mubarak the better, and suppose you wind up with chaos after that, that's not a foreign policy. a human rights policy is part of a foreign policy, it's not a foreign policy. it's a human rights policy. on the other hand, if you think of

i can say that he clearly showed the publishers of time magazine and newsweek and everybody else that he brought over there that he made sure they saw what he wanted them to see. that was something that really outraged edward bernays. who they went there as a totally neutral strip. they saw everything, all sides of things which clearly is not the way he operated. he was smart enough to show them enough to make them think they're reading the full picture but not let them talk to people on the other side. c-span: more on politics. the sum politics. in most elections you can count on 40 percent of the voters deciding. >> he and other people. c-span: 40 on your side, 40 against. what counts is that 20 percent in the middle. winning over 20 percent is what public relations is all about. all pr. >> right. if he was brilliant. coming up with a basic truth is about the profession he was involved with which is one of many midwest and the book. lots of truisms like that. it is unclear how many he originated, but he was quoted often. c-span: the public relations? >> she did. never believed in or

in this pretend "newsweek" magazine which has been bought out by larry flynt, by the way, yeah. evan thomas grabbed the party's power brokers by their elephant sticks -- whatever. he's a cnn contributor, appearing most nights at -- well, wait a minute, i'm jumped ahead here. i jumped ahead of the script. that's ok. i want you -- they're going to get upset with me because with i'm not reading the exact words that bring on the evan thomas clip. but the people who are running the clips are knot going to be able to figure this out with these words. play the evan's what's his face clip. it's self-explanatory, i promise. >> reagan was all about america. and he talked about it. obama is, we are above that now. we're not just croakial, we're not just -- we stand for something, in a way obama is standing above the country, above the world. he's sort of god. [crowd noise] >> sort of god? sort of god but -- i can't say that up here. ok, here's the envelope, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to see. you know, i can tell from your reaction who you'd like to win this award, am i right? ok. by

donilon, was captured i think by the "newsweek" cover this weekend in a special edition, "mission accomplished," but are we any safer? was this a death blow to al qaeda? >> i think at this point, we can't declare al qaeda strategically defeated. they continue to be a threat to the united states, but we have taken a really important milestone in terms of taking down this organization. now -- >> are they a leader of this operation at this point? >> at this point, as an organization, they'll have to work through some sort of succession and ayman al zawahiri -- >> al zawahiri, who it's coming out according to intelligence officials, may not be a popular figure within al qaeda. >> our assessment is he is not anywhere near the leader osama bin laden was. >> and therefore, can al qaeda still be as potent without a strong leader like bin laden was? >> i think it's a real blow. let me say two things about that. number one, we assessed at the end of last year, given the efforts we undertook at the beginning of the administration, following on the events of the prior administration, that al qaeda was in

so much and invite up the other speakers and lisa miller who will -- as the religion editor at "newsweek" and author of the book "heaven," which is over here and available afterwards will conduct the rest of this conversation. so thank you, lisa. >> i'm going to stand up here for some quick introductions, and then i'm going to sit down, and i hope we can have a conversation. i'm hoping this will be not too formal, lively, casual and in the interests of that i'm going to skip -- i was sitting over there editing all of the bios so that we could crunch up the time, and i've edited them so much that i'm just going to go through one by one and introduce very quickly who the esteemed panelists are. at the very end of the table is imam faisal abdul rauf, he's the chairman of the cordoba initiative. to his left is the reverend dr. serene jones who is the president of the faculty at the union theological seminary. next to her is james carol, the author of "jerusalem, jerusalem." and to my right is rabbi burton visotzky who is the professor of interreligious studies at jewish theological cemetery.

by 1976, she sold millions of wrap dresses and made the cover of "newsweek". her marriage ended.ed. the current first lady has even worn won in a white house christmas card. even you were impressed by that. >> i am still impressed with that. i'm telling you. >> reporter: the success of that dress, has it taught anything yourself about design? >> the success of that dress has taught me everything i know. about design, about women, about life, because that dress has paid for every single thing in my life. i remember when that dress happened. i didn't think that much of it. that dress has just taught me everything. >> reporter: she's also learned how to-and-a-half vat the trickier parts of her life. you said, "i don't particularly like to be married." >> i know. the idea is very funny. marriage was never a destination for me. it was like, oh, i want to get married. >> reporter: but after a decade her marriage to media mogul barry giller is still strong. >> bhary is clearly the man of my life. because he's been in my life for 37 years. he's been everything. he's been my lover. he's b

john avlon, a cnn contributor and senior political columnist for "newsweek" and the daley beast. credit and president obama deserves some credit. should this really evolve into politics as usually? no. this is a time for patriotism, not the party shisan ship. we are entering into a presidential campaign. i do think the memory the country is feel willing about that warm unity we had after 9/11, we have been seeing the side show dominating the debate. these are times for serious people. the president rose to that level. >> you talk about the side show. rush limbaugh came out with a line saying, thank god for rush limbaugh. if you take a look at his website, he meant, congratulations, mr. president, for continuing the bush anti-terror policy. you can see these talk show hosts and talking heads on the various cable networks and probably some including ours right here at cnn. you are going to hear that a lot. there is no way to stop it, is there? >> i think there i. the american people's appetite is running out. this is about something much bigger, a moment of presidential leadership.

. >> and we're joined now by "newsweek" and daily beast reporter mike giglio who broke the news of the lawsuit just a few days ago. good morning. great to have you with us. so this lawsuit right now is two women. but do you think it grows and expands into a much larger class action? >> i mean, if they do get class action status it's open to anybody who bought the book in any state, and also anyone who donated to charity. >> if it becomes class action, what kind of monetary stakes are we talking about? >> i mean, it could be just refunds on the book. in the case of james frey, the readers got vouchers. but in this case, it also involved donations to charity. so we know from the cbs report that there were $14 million raised by charity in 2009 alone. so stakes could be pretty high. >> and of course, what seth doane's piece mentioned, that they've recovered some damages, as well, and potentially put them towards the charity that he says that he works with. >> right. they're not asking for any money back to themselves. they're asking that it go to a trust and administer the funds to the sch

newsweek called him an environmental champion for his commitment to supporting sustainable agriculture. he has been profiled by "time," business week, "forbes," fortune, "wall street journal" and abc news. chipolte stock posted the highest return of any u.s. initial public offering since 2005 up more than ten-fold in that time. sustainablebusiness.com named chipolte one of the top 20 sustainable stocks. .. [applause] >> well, thank you chancellor for that introduction. that is really kind and tank us to the senior class council for asking me to be here today. president stenson, friends and family and most of all, the class of 2011, congratulations. [applause] i was kind of panicking about what to say when i was thinking about the speech and it is unusual for me because i have to be in public and do these kinds of speeches a lot. i have had to get used to not being afraid of being in the spotlight. the chancellor talked about this reality show and actually to think about the ratings maybe it isn't the spotlight but anyway i was struggling with what to say but after giving it a lot of th

in afghanistan, i saw people skyping, and they can pass any paper they want to to the internet or newsweek. they can pay their bills electronically tr. we've got to have opposed a service. we've got to have one that does not continue that at our budget deficit. the idea whether or not it is 86% sign of the people have opposed to closing post offices, at least that many people also oppose running huge budget deficits. what we have to do is come up with a way to have a strong service, but not add to our budget deficit of the next 10 years. i think we can do that, and the challenge is to figure out how to do that. >> i will make general comments, and because men of both i want to thank all of you, and there is a recognition to in the last panel and this panel, and i will ords -- to right-si ze the post office. mr. strong, i was in alaska meeting with as messieurs, annika they had no conference -- meeting with his master's, and we had a great discussion with issues over lunch time. what was good was they talked about us with the importance of the disaster and how that as a critical piece of th

they can access this in francisco chronicle through the internet or "newsweek" and pay their bills electronically. the world has changed and continues to and for us hot we have to have a postal service. it doesn't continue to add to the budget deficit and the idea that with or of this people opposing closed office at the to post offices at least that many people also oppose running huge budget deficits and they want us to do something about that and what we have to do is come up with a way to continue but at the end of the day to not add to our budget deficit the next ten years i think we can do that in the challenge to figure out working together how to do that and think outside the box. let me go to senator begich and then i have a question but i ask no more than five minutes. >> i'm going to make some general comments and because we have a vote in our title the schedules i think there is a recognition between the last panel and this panel, and to use your words they are the right size for the times we are in today and that is a challenge and i think the bill that senator carper has brought for

we have a senior writer at newsweek magazine.f all time? >> i'm going to say avata. >> this surprised me, too. she's going to love my cd. >> correct answer there is "the dark knight." >> that was a little bit of a trick question. it came out in the winter. they are actually making a sequel now called the dark night rising. >> very nice gentleman from chicago. that was the last one. we were talking about the big mayoral -- this summer, the final harry potter film will be released bringing the number of movies in the series to a grand total of -- >> i'm going to go with c, eight. >> good going. >> wow. there have been eight? >> it's finally over this summer. started ten years ago. there were seven books. last book in two movies. four directors. it has made $6.4 billion. >> billion? >> the biggest franchise of all time. if you were to watch the first seven in a row it would take you 1,049 minutes. >> do they keep making more money? >> they make about the same. about $300 million each. >> lovely lady from st. louis. >> who plays john

they can access this in francisco chronicle through the internet or "newsweek" and pay their bills electronically. the world has changed and continues to and for us hot we have to have a postal service. it doesn't continue to add to the budget deficit and the idea that with or of this people opposing closed office at the to post offices at least that many people also oppose running huge budget deficits and they want us to do something about that and what we have to do is come up with a way to continue but at the end of the day to not add to our budget deficit the next ten years i think we can do that in the challenge to figure out working together how to do that and think outside the box. let me go to senator begich and then i have a question but i ask no more than five minutes. >> i'm going to make some general comments and because we have a vote in our title the schedules i think there is a recognition between the last panel and this panel, and to use your words they are the right size for the times we are in today and that is a challenge and i think the bill that senator carper has brought for

christopher dickie is newsweek's middle east regional editor. good to see you. good morning. >> reporter: always a pleasure, matt. >> this story, as you might imagine, is getting an awful lot of attention here in the states. what's the response there in france? >> reporter: it's huge. every front page has the story. the tabloids have enormous pictures of a chagrined-looking strauss-kahn. people hanging on every detail to figure out what happened. >> jeff ross laid out the background for us, some of the situations he was involved with in the past. would it be safe to say the people in france feel this fits some kind of a profile with this guy? >> reporter: not exactly. people knew he was a womanizer. they believe that, anyway. he certainly had the reputation. he's been married three times. his name's been linked to various women, but not generally speaking in a violent sense except for this one young woman who went on tv in 2007, five years after the events, and said he tried to rape her. and she was a friend of the family, somebody he knew quite well. this viole

they can access this in francisco chronicle through the internet or "newsweek" and pay their bills electronically. the world has changed and continues to and for us hot we have to have a postal service. it doesn't continue to add to the budget deficit and the idea that with or of this people opposing closed office at the to post offices at least that many people also oppose running huge budget deficits and they want us to do something about that and what we have to do is come up with a way to continue but at the end of the day to not add to our budget deficit the next ten years i think we can do that in the challenge to figure out working together how to do that and think outside the box. let me go to senator begich and then i have a question but i ask no more than five minutes. >> i'm going to make some general comments and because we have a vote in our title the schedules i think there is a recognition between the last panel and this panel, and to use your words they are the right size for the times we are in today and that is a challenge and i think the bill that senator carper has brought for

"newsweek" called him an environmental champion. he has been profiled by "time," "forbes,""the wall street journal." chipotle has posted the highest public return of any public offering since 2000 poll. sustainable business has named it one of the world's top 20 sustainable stocks. jim cramer of "madeleine" says it has the best management team in the region of "mad money" says it has the best management team. most recently, steve starred in the nbc reality show "america's next great restaurant," research as a judge and investor to help someone else's concept come to live. it is my pleasure to introduce to you steve ells. [applause] >> thank you, chancellor. thank you to the senior class counsel for asking me to be here today. president benson, friends, family, and most of all, the class of 2011, congratulations. [cheers and applause] i was kind of panicking about what to say when i was thinking about the speech. that is unusual for me. i have to be in public and do these kinds of speeches a lot. i have had to get used to not being a

. >> i spend more than 30 years working for "newsweek" and "time" and i have seen 200 of these informal hampshire and north carolina gatherings. and they are designed at this point not to seek votes, but to test the waters in terms of the generalized reaction that the presumed candidates might have and to see how much money he can raise. >> what is the effect as voters test the waters. >> it depends on who you are talking to. is evangelical christians, who will have a tough time voting for mormons -- for a mormon. and i do not think the ambassadors views on a great many social issues would meet the criteria demanded of too many republican candidates. >> we are going to leave it there. and we are taking your calls following ambassador huntsman posing meet and greet today. he was in franklin, new hampshire. one more call here. also, potential gop candidates tim pawlenty will be making announcements tomorrow. we will have coverage on the c- span networks. now want to bog in wilmington, n.c., on the republican line. >> just a plug for one of the candidates, i have been around a long time an