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. >>> up next "on the money" from child prodigy to rock star. cellist yo-yo ma reveals the secrets to his success. and maybe he'll play a little something for us. something for us. d idea.th us. >>> once a child prodigy, yo-yo ma grew up to one of the most classic musical industry's most famous performers. he mentors the next generation of artists. it's wonderful to have you on the program. >> it's great to be here, maria. >> we love having you. we want to find out your background. you were with the same label, sony. what's the state of the classical music industry today? are audiences still engaged in terms of purchasing and recording music? >> what's interesting, what we hear statistically is one version of the truth. because, you know, one of the things that i love about working with young people is that you see sort of what's going to be in our future three, four years from now. because young people are thinking so deeply about all of these issues. and they're coming up with wonderful solutions. one of the things we've started is a cultural
. >>> up next "on the money" from child prodigy to rock star. cellist yo-yo ma reveals the secrets to his success. and maybe he'll play a little something for us. something for us. d idea.th us. >>> once a child prodigy, yo-yo ma grew up to one of the most classic musical industry's most famous performers. he mentors the next generation of artists. it's wonderful to have you on the program. >> it's great to be here, maria. >> we love having you. we want...
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i would not call myself a prodigy. i was just a kid who worked hard.self the oboe and the clarinet because i love the sounds. i got my degree laying trombone. and other instrument ifo close to. when i really wanted to express myself i looked for this odd, unique instrument, the hammond b-3 organ. this thing that weighs 475 pounds and is completely unwieldy. but for me, it was the place i felt most comfortable. using her techniques, the way she taught me to move my fingers, and the way she taught come oute myself through the instrument. i do not know a better way to express it. i was able to do that. at times when i needed to, with the hammond b-3 organ and the leslie speaker. >> --tavis: it is one thing to be trained, as you were. but at some point you put your own funk on it. even hear a record without knowing it is you and know it is you. a thing about your style. how would you define that style you created? your own thing? >> it is a combination of my gospel music roots in the church and my classical training and my love of the blues. i think it is
i would not call myself a prodigy. i was just a kid who worked hard.self the oboe and the clarinet because i love the sounds. i got my degree laying trombone. and other instrument ifo close to. when i really wanted to express myself i looked for this odd, unique instrument, the hammond b-3 organ. this thing that weighs 475 pounds and is completely unwieldy. but for me, it was the place i felt most comfortable. using her techniques, the way she taught me to move my fingers, and the way she...
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down syndrome or schizophrenia, parents of criminal, parents of people who are transgendered and of prodigies quite overwhelmed >> stephen: you're dealing with some heavy stuff in this. you're dealing with heavy stuff. >> but i have to say all of these stories which appear to be so full of darkness ended up being stories that have an awful lot of light in them >> stephen: a lot of hope in here and there are parents responding in really beautiful ways to the challenges posed by children they didn't expect. hiding it from my kids so they don't see what the standard is. >> i'm hiding it from my kids too >> stephen: why do you say exceptional? why exceptional? some of these kids you would have just called special. of. >> we're trying to come up with terms all the time to define them. what is the word that conveys both this is really difficult and not what i wanted and this became the joy of my life. >> stephen: were you an exceptional child? >> i am. stephen: are you a schizophrenic or anything like that? i see no obvious exception. >> schizophrenia hasn't surfaced yet but i'm the gay child of st
down syndrome or schizophrenia, parents of criminal, parents of people who are transgendered and of prodigies quite overwhelmed >> stephen: you're dealing with some heavy stuff in this. you're dealing with heavy stuff. >> but i have to say all of these stories which appear to be so full of darkness ended up being stories that have an awful lot of light in them >> stephen: a lot of hope in here and there are parents responding in really beautiful ways to the challenges posed by...
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once you got to know him and started working with him, did you think prodigy?it didn't take me long to come to the conclusion that this was a prodigy. probably one of the most brilliant people if not the most brilliant person i've ever met. >> just five months after he met dr. feneff, taylor made nuclear fusion. not the kind that could create an endless energy supply, but an important step to that ultimate goal. >> i started jumping up and down and high-fiving. i mean, i was very excited. >> he was 14 years old. making him the youngest person ever to do it. >> see if we can crank this thing up. >> he showed us how it works. and we almost understood it. there it is. >> there you go. >> wow. >> that's the plasma. >> this is the same basic nuclear reaction that's constantly taking place in the sun and all the stars. you've re-created what happens inside a star. >> exactly. replaced the gravity and the large quantities of fuel with a small amount of fuel and essentially electricity. >> but creating fusion wasn't the end. it was the beginning. >> in that moment, i t
once you got to know him and started working with him, did you think prodigy?it didn't take me long to come to the conclusion that this was a prodigy. probably one of the most brilliant people if not the most brilliant person i've ever met. >> just five months after he met dr. feneff, taylor made nuclear fusion. not the kind that could create an endless energy supply, but an important step to that ultimate goal. >> i started jumping up and down and high-fiving. i mean, i was very...
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so you have a story about a racing prodigy. >> dale earnhardt's granddaughter.nterest because of a press conference that went on on this past weekend. she's 12 years old and she starts 8th grade in the fall and she just got her new racecar. >> is she any good? >> sponsored by nickelodeon. >> how is it that a 12-year-old can drive? >> you can race. >> they're racing what? >> it's a little -- basically an mini outlaw series. yeah, a lot of kids race go carts. they're legitimately fast. so it's a name to look for in the years to come. >> i think i'm too paranoid of a mother. >> not letting your daughter. >> exactly. and betty, a little mysterious? >> this is spooky. there is a statue at a you museum in manchester, england that is actually spinning on its own. check it out. it's in the background right there. see the tall statue? and it's just turning. this obviously is time lapse. this statue has been in the museum for some 80 years. it is 4,000 years old. but just a few weeks ago, it started spinning. scientists are trying to explain this phenomenon. they're calli
so you have a story about a racing prodigy. >> dale earnhardt's granddaughter.nterest because of a press conference that went on on this past weekend. she's 12 years old and she starts 8th grade in the fall and she just got her new racecar. >> is she any good? >> sponsored by nickelodeon. >> how is it that a 12-year-old can drive? >> you can race. >> they're racing what? >> it's a little -- basically an mini outlaw series. yeah, a lot of kids race go...
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for part one but don't go away and part two will have the french open russia's next female tennis prodigy and prove the life's a beach beauty. good leverage tory was able to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately dorna found anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about. this is why you should care only. wealthy british style. find out what's really happening to the global economy. financial headlines to. make up with. the consensus to. choose the opinions that. choose the stories that impact your life choose access to. azziz you cheap china rocketing to a billion views from the wills era defined as two events that continue to change join me kevin zero in for more on how you've helped make the first global news channel to reach. welcome back to part two of the sports show and to the french open where former champion roger federer survived a scare to reach two more milestones in paris the first moscow trailed by two sets to want against a local favorite you'll see more but stepped up a gear to prevail in five and move into his record thirty sixth great grand
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resigned in disgrace his prodigious role of attracted the attention of k.k. our founder henry kravitz the resourceful private activity equity guru called the day after he left the cia on his brand new private line the coveted power play is expected to pay off as speculated by robert wind of economic policy. journal dot com who wrote if you don't have a d.c. n site or you are not protected take a are in the hiring approach has just bought itself major protection and that's how we profiled david petraeus. it's time for the dailies obama yes and it's time for the viewers to speak their mind and get a response right hopefully then up to me you know all right we have some viewer feedback that we took from facebook the first question is from hob right off he said john corazon it bankrupted and have global and takes one point seven billion dollars the c f t c general counsel overseer gary gensler worked under corazon at goldman sachs so he recused himself of protecting and protecting itself of the caves he wants to know if he was a nice bit of scratching each other'
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for part one but don't go away in part two will have the french open russia's next female tennis prodigy and prove the life's a beach beauty. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you know. i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. and the mission of free cretaceous free in-store charges free. range month free risk free studio time free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media. dot com. modern day exit as christian communities in the greater middle east have been on the decline for the past century particularly over the last decade what accounts for this arab nationalism the advent of the arab spring or the logical outcome of western meddling and outside intervention it's. more news today violence has once again fled the from these are the images being from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are today. download is your application so choose your life stream quality enjoy your favorite. if
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for part one but don't go away and part two will have the french open russia's next female tennis prodigy and prove the life's a beach beauty. modern day exist christian communities in the greater middle east have been on the decline for the past century particularly over the last decade what accounts for this arab nationalism the advent of the arab spring or the logical outcome of western meddling and outside intervention it's. a billion views from the. two events that continue to change join me kevin owen for more on how you've helped make the first global news trying to reach. the civilized world produces more food than it needs. the country's. millions of victims every year. where a meal is the most of. these flood or droughts to blame. it was a bad year without a train. we couldn't anything. but there was great hunger. is a good help comes too late and with good intentions. diplomacy and business. mission free cretaceous three pounds for charges free. range month free risk free. we brought you for your media project c.d.o. darty dot com. welcome back to part two of the sports show an
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for our weekly check reports on the docket for today a new build up to aaron's law after computer prodigy aaron swartz that would update the computer fraud and abuse act meanwhile microsoft is offering hackers money if they can find a way to break into the new windows eight point one preview and finally in the internet company has now decided to offer users a do not track option by default for its firefox browser here to talk all things tech artie's own like i am here our tech guru for all things in this nature yes sure let's start out by talking about aaron's law before we get to what aaron's law will do let's give a quick backgrounder on aaron swartz and what exactly he was up being prosecuted for aaron swartz put simply as a computer genius he passed away earlier this year at the age of either twenty six or twenty seven and he was being prosecuted under the computer fraud and abuse act or the cia a it's federal build it goes back to one thousand nine hundred six it was written by ronald reagan's administration and it pretty much established the bulk of the computer laws that we have in
for our weekly check reports on the docket for today a new build up to aaron's law after computer prodigy aaron swartz that would update the computer fraud and abuse act meanwhile microsoft is offering hackers money if they can find a way to break into the new windows eight point one preview and finally in the internet company has now decided to offer users a do not track option by default for its firefox browser here to talk all things tech artie's own like i am here our tech guru for all...
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we are his prodigy. >> they wait and hope. >> i strongly feel that whatever covenant he's made has noteen fulfilled. when that is fulfilled, he will bow out in a way that he chooses. >> reporter: flames flicker, hymns are sung, family asks for space and the man fights. now, the media contingent outside this hospital has grown on the new that is his condition had worsened. that, of course, is not going to be happy news for the family who really seemed to be struggling with the spotlight and of course, nelson mandela still in the hospital behind me battling it out. >> thank you. >> the president, president obama heads to africa later this week. that will be interesting. >>> a deadly shooting in pakistan. an american is said to be among the victims. it happened at the base of pakistan's highest peak. gunmen burst through a hotel, opened fire and nine people were killed. the associated press says one was an american. a group claimed responsibility saying after foreign tourists in revenge to a drone strike that killed a taliban leader. >>> the president meets with ceo and business owner tha
we are his prodigy. >> they wait and hope. >> i strongly feel that whatever covenant he's made has noteen fulfilled. when that is fulfilled, he will bow out in a way that he chooses. >> reporter: flames flicker, hymns are sung, family asks for space and the man fights. now, the media contingent outside this hospital has grown on the new that is his condition had worsened. that, of course, is not going to be happy news for the family who really seemed to be struggling with the...
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he was kind of a prodigy himself over there.when he came up in the british open, so it's taken him a whilee to win one.to win one. he has his major championship. >> and tiger woods is still at 14 which is still amazing. amaz >> 14 of them. >> 14, and i'm in a drought. >> at 1-1 this a long, long time, we will see if he can winn it at the british open. en. sarah, back to you. you. >>> a new role for reality starr kim kardashian earlier than expected. the time is 6:40, we're back after this. february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. >>> 43:00 as you take a lookas outside. >> that could be the theme song for ya t california woman, stag alive. allis brown fightin
he was kind of a prodigy himself over there.when he came up in the british open, so it's taken him a whilee to win one.to win one. he has his major championship. >> and tiger woods is still at 14 which is still amazing. amaz >> 14 of them. >> 14, and i'm in a drought. >> at 1-1 this a long, long time, we will see if he can winn it at the british open. en. sarah, back to you. you. >>> a new role for reality starr kim kardashian earlier than expected. the time is...
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these geeks in what they called the cave in chicago, three professional poker players, child prodigymichael: wild stuff. >> to help re-engineer american politic politics. >> michael: and you had access to all of these folks? >> yeah, on both sides. midnight emails from romney's chief strategist to provide a 360 degree look. i wanted this to be more than a campaign book. this is about this election as a pivotal hinge of history, where if it had gone the other way -- just imagine if romney won. and the economy is headed up. people would have said well cause and effect they slash taxes for the wealthy again, slash regulations, slashed programs for the poor. got rid of that jimmy carter barack obama fluke, and look the economy is up. this was a critically important election. i have covered nine of them mostly for news week magazine. this one was the most important election because if the ion ayam rand loving paul ryan would have been elected it was on the line. >> michael: and not the least of which was once again another contest was decided by a bartender. jonathan alter, the book is ca
these geeks in what they called the cave in chicago, three professional poker players, child prodigymichael: wild stuff. >> to help re-engineer american politic politics. >> michael: and you had access to all of these folks? >> yeah, on both sides. midnight emails from romney's chief strategist to provide a 360 degree look. i wanted this to be more than a campaign book. this is about this election as a pivotal hinge of history, where if it had gone the other way -- just...
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we are his prodigy. >> reporter: so they wait and hope. >> i strongly feel that whatever covenant he'sade has not been fulfilled. when that is fulfilled, he will bow out in a way that he chooses. >> reporter: flames flicker, hymns sung, a family asks for space. as you can imagine, the media contingent outside this hospital has grown since the latest update on his health. the family, obviously, not going to be happy with that as they struggle with trying to deal with his deteriorating health. at the same time, also trying to keep the world abreast of how he's doing. >> the world is watching. we are a world in need of a great man and great men and great leaders. he is clearly one of those. somebody just so important to, you know, the collective history not just of south africa, but the world. thank you. >>> if you were up early sunday, you may have seen the super moon. look at that. this happens so often when the moon is at its closest point of the year and becomes full at the same time. it looks 14% wider and 30% brighter. boy, did that moon really light up the sky. >> the supa. the sup
we are his prodigy. >> reporter: so they wait and hope. >> i strongly feel that whatever covenant he'sade has not been fulfilled. when that is fulfilled, he will bow out in a way that he chooses. >> reporter: flames flicker, hymns sung, a family asks for space. as you can imagine, the media contingent outside this hospital has grown since the latest update on his health. the family, obviously, not going to be happy with that as they struggle with trying to deal with his...
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. >>> how data experts, a child prodigy, and some poker players helped president obama win in 2012. and it had something to do with the geek gap. what is the geek gap? it's all in a new book and the author explains next. [ mom ] with my little girl, every food is finger food. so i can't afford to have germy surfaces. but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel. the durable, cloth-like picker-upper. makes it easy for ann to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citi tablet apps. easier banking. standard at citibank. helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature's cool like that. citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> remarkable
. >>> how data experts, a child prodigy, and some poker players helped president obama win in 2012. and it had something to do with the geek gap. what is the geek gap? it's all in a new book and the author explains next. [ mom ] with my little girl, every food is finger food. so i can't afford to have germy surfaces. but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of...
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. >> reporter: but of course stockman's verdict has its share of critics, including the prodigiouslyl-read nobel prize-winning economist paul krugman. a "times" opinion piece by stockman drew several written retorts from "times" columnist krugman. in one he called stockman a cranky old man. we asked krugman to respond to stockman at some length, first to the idea that we should have let foundering financial firms simply fail in 2008. but that risked doomsday, krugman said. >> destroying the world is not something you want to do by mistake. unfortunately what we've learned from 150 plus years of history is that financial crisis left unmanaged, unfought, can produce mass suffering. i mean it's been pretty bad, but it could have been much, much worse than it was. >> reporter: is there, in david stockman's phrase, no economic basis for contagion, that is the dominoes where one institution goes and all the rest go? >> um, you see contagion everywhere. i mean the great banking crisis of 1930, 31 began with the failure of a quite small bank in new york. that these domino effects are very, v
. >> reporter: but of course stockman's verdict has its share of critics, including the prodigiouslyl-read nobel prize-winning economist paul krugman. a "times" opinion piece by stockman drew several written retorts from "times" columnist krugman. in one he called stockman a cranky old man. we asked krugman to respond to stockman at some length, first to the idea that we should have let foundering financial firms simply fail in 2008. but that risked doomsday, krugman...
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- well, ball don't lie takes place over one day in the life of sticky, a 17-year-old basketball prodigyonal scars from an early life tragedy, a callous foster care system, an obsessive compulsive personality disorder, always managed to transcend his limitations whenever he has a ball in his hand. both: ball don't lie. - ooh, that sounds good. - mm-hmm. - who does nick cannon play? - meeko. - i'm gonna go see if i can find that. - suzanne, hurry up! chewy inside... crunch n' chew. - i'm gonna go see if i can find that. with a crunchy candy shell. untamed fruit flavor. jolly rancher crunch n' chew. [ female announcer ] introducing the windex touch-up cleaner. dab it... clean it... done. it's a one-handed clean from windex... ♪ ...that stays out to kill 99.9% of bacteria... ♪ ...and quickly clean so you keep moving. what do we call this new dance move? the windex tush-up. [ female announcer ] the all-new windex touch-up cleaner. sc johnson. a family company. windex touch-up cleaner. pure chocolate goodness that brings people together. when the chocolate is hershey's life is delicious. - re
- well, ball don't lie takes place over one day in the life of sticky, a 17-year-old basketball prodigyonal scars from an early life tragedy, a callous foster care system, an obsessive compulsive personality disorder, always managed to transcend his limitations whenever he has a ball in his hand. both: ball don't lie. - ooh, that sounds good. - mm-hmm. - who does nick cannon play? - meeko. - i'm gonna go see if i can find that. - suzanne, hurry up! chewy inside... crunch n' chew. - i'm gonna go...
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>> they were professional poker players, child prodigies and organized these models that transformed american politics, so people kind of know generally obama had the first digital campaign of the 21st century. i wanted to explain how, i wanted to take people into the cave to show how they could build these tools so that when the canvassers were out on a block instead of going to all 25 houses on the block they would just go to the four where they knew, you know, somebody hadn't returned an absentee ballot or a baby-sitter, needed a baby-sitter on election day and it was much more sophisticated, friend to friend, facebook friend to facebook friend which was critical, critical on battleground states and these tools that are going to change politics forever he, so i got very interested in this kind of technology meets shoe leather in this campaign. >> rose: what intreases me is not that, although it is interesting, what interests me most is the theory of the case, a sense of where america is and where america is going, and it seemed to separate the two campaigns. they understood, it se
>> they were professional poker players, child prodigies and organized these models that transformed american politics, so people kind of know generally obama had the first digital campaign of the 21st century. i wanted to explain how, i wanted to take people into the cave to show how they could build these tools so that when the canvassers were out on a block instead of going to all 25 houses on the block they would just go to the four where they knew, you know, somebody hadn't returned...
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. >> really the work of a prodigy right there. >> they'll talk about the impact of digital on the classicaliness and how the industry is forming roots among today's youth as well. you can watch maria's interview by tuning in to "on the money" this weekend and you can check your local listings to find out. stick to your day job, though. >>> time flies. it's official. we're already halfway through this year. >> did you know that? we're halfway through the year. >> i do now. >> wall street's top market pros chime in next with their best estimates of where the dow finishes out the year. don't touch that remote. you'll want to hear what they say. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ the most free research reports, customizable charts, powerful screening
. >> really the work of a prodigy right there. >> they'll talk about the impact of digital on the classicaliness and how the industry is forming roots among today's youth as well. you can watch maria's interview by tuning in to "on the money" this weekend and you can check your local listings to find out. stick to your day job, though. >>> time flies. it's official. we're already halfway through this year. >> did you know that? we're halfway through the...
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the book received rave reviews in the "the sunday times" hailed it elegant prose, dry wit, prodigious research and careful judgment and the telegraph described its combination biography and intellectual history as -- margaret thatcher's life amongst many. congratulations. i thoroughly endorse those comments. it's hard to believe but margaret thatcher died only last month. the book i think is 859 pages, a substantial as it should be. clearly it wasn't enough. tell us about the genesis and how it came about and when? >> guest: margaret thatcher was advised to do something about her papers, all the papers they take when they leave office. she's an oxford graduate. oxford university refused her an honorary degree so she decided to go to cambridge college. when she did that she was advised that someone is going to write your life lady thatcher is how people put it to her. why don't you pick someone who you get on with and let them get going, give them the access and the chance to look at the papers. she very kindly chose me. this was back in 1997 and obviously it's an intimidating prospect
the book received rave reviews in the "the sunday times" hailed it elegant prose, dry wit, prodigious research and careful judgment and the telegraph described its combination biography and intellectual history as -- margaret thatcher's life amongst many. congratulations. i thoroughly endorse those comments. it's hard to believe but margaret thatcher died only last month. the book i think is 859 pages, a substantial as it should be. clearly it wasn't enough. tell us about the genesis...
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the commission, we had a lengthy discussion about how some of the outdated features in the 1986 prodigiesxisted and how many companies right now are looking to congress for clarification on all of this is to where the legal boundaries are on this issue about hacking and being able to aggressively go after the intellectual property. that act is 27 years old. i believe the many features of it are outdated and have been overrun by technology and i think it needs to be revisited. that was certainly one of the most interesting debates that we had in the commission hearing that i testified at. >> as we look at the commission, senator, your comments are that it won't get us all the way. i may be paraphrasing her. how far down the road doesn't get us? are we doing a half marathon? need to realize how far down the road we are going. >> we are talking about all your recommendations are correct. >> i don't think i can quantify that except to say that i think it will be significant. you will be significant to the extent that we have begun to create within china itself, an interest group that is in fa
the commission, we had a lengthy discussion about how some of the outdated features in the 1986 prodigiesxisted and how many companies right now are looking to congress for clarification on all of this is to where the legal boundaries are on this issue about hacking and being able to aggressively go after the intellectual property. that act is 27 years old. i believe the many features of it are outdated and have been overrun by technology and i think it needs to be revisited. that was certainly...
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i what churchill called the american prodigy of organization had shipped 18 million tops of war stuff to europe, equivalent of the cargo in 3600 liberty ships or 181,000 rail cars. the kit ranged from hundred thousand military vehicles to foot wear in sizes 2-a to 22ee. u.s. munitions plant turned out 40 billion rounds of small arms ammunition, and 56 million grenades. from d-day to ve day, g.i.'s fired 500 million michigan gun bullets and 23 million artillery rounds. quote. i'm letting the american taxpayer take this hill, one prodigal gunner declared, and no one disagreed in 1945 the u.s. hat built two-thirds of all ships afloat and was making half of all manufactured goods in the world, including nearly half of all armaments. the enemy was crushed by an economic juggernaut that produced much, muff more of nearly everything that germany could. >>> tom in las vegas, good jana. >> caller: good afternoon, thank you for taking my call. it's a privilege to speak to mr. atkinson. i read the first two volumes and am on the third volume. i was -- i'm retired chaplain for 30 years, '63 to '9
i what churchill called the american prodigy of organization had shipped 18 million tops of war stuff to europe, equivalent of the cargo in 3600 liberty ships or 181,000 rail cars. the kit ranged from hundred thousand military vehicles to foot wear in sizes 2-a to 22ee. u.s. munitions plant turned out 40 billion rounds of small arms ammunition, and 56 million grenades. from d-day to ve day, g.i.'s fired 500 million michigan gun bullets and 23 million artillery rounds. quote. i'm letting the...
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different ways, we have taken most conservative approaches because you don't know what is going to be the prodigy of jones. whether it's meta data, i shouldn't do it off the top of my head, but i have to be certain i look at that one. >> is there a data base of geolocation information warehoused by the federal government? >> not that i'm aware of. >> if you -- post jones, there's been guidance given by the department of justice to the fbi. i would love to see that information and i've seen two unclassified documents through freedom of information agent. is that something you can share with this committee? >> i have to look at that, but if it's unclassified, internal, i have to look at that. >> all right. i guess what i have a problem is this phone right here, the federal government has no problem following this phone, who i call, if i call my 12-year-old daughter, telephone, whatever i called her on, how long i had, but the geolocation is something that we -- i have a bill that i sponsored that would basically categorize geolocation as content opposed to meta data. if you're going to follow what
different ways, we have taken most conservative approaches because you don't know what is going to be the prodigy of jones. whether it's meta data, i shouldn't do it off the top of my head, but i have to be certain i look at that one. >> is there a data base of geolocation information warehoused by the federal government? >> not that i'm aware of. >> if you -- post jones, there's been guidance given by the department of justice to the fbi. i would love to see that information...
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he would have to have been a child prodigy. this guy was a high school dropout.ou can't compare a community college to an i.t.t. or university of illinois. they don't stack up on that same level. the other thing, if he cared so much about the american people, why would he pick up and flee? why would he go to hong kong? why wouldn't he sit right there in hawaii, tell the american people everything that he has given greenwald and wait for them to come pick him up? he ran because he doesn't want to go to jail. he broke the law. >> hong kong has a history of cooperating with american authorities and extraditing criminals. >> caller: that would be great. >> yeah. >> caller: but he also puts the country at a greater risk, too. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: picked up by other agents. he could be picked up by the chinese. the chinese are already stealing supposedly, our secrets both from corporations as well as from the government. and you know, i don't see him as a hero. >> stephanie: right, did he do more harm or good? that's a fair question, don't you think?
he would have to have been a child prodigy. this guy was a high school dropout.ou can't compare a community college to an i.t.t. or university of illinois. they don't stack up on that same level. the other thing, if he cared so much about the american people, why would he pick up and flee? why would he go to hong kong? why wouldn't he sit right there in hawaii, tell the american people everything that he has given greenwald and wait for them to come pick him up? he ran because he doesn't want...
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george -- marc is a professor at the -- the prodigious offer of the "abu aardvark" blog and a frequentcontributor to foreign policy among many other platforms and if you want to find a coherent alternative about what the united states ought to do vis-À-vis syria then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign-policy posts by marc. so we have today to very smart, too very well respected and consulting experts. i won't go into the details of the consultations each of them has with senior government officials but suffice it to say that the arguments we will be hearing today very much reflect the arguments that are on the table in front of senior government officials. now of course we have a change in american policy in the last couple of weeks with the president's announcement of the beginning of a direct u.s. military support to lethal weaponry to the armed opposition but i think it still suffices to say that the overall strategy remains unclear. what the objectives are, what they have to be and whether we are bringing to bear the resources to meet those objectives. and so in that context i
george -- marc is a professor at the -- the prodigious offer of the "abu aardvark" blog and a frequentcontributor to foreign policy among many other platforms and if you want to find a coherent alternative about what the united states ought to do vis-À-vis syria then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign-policy posts by marc. so we have today to very smart, too very well respected and consulting experts. i won't go into the details of the consultations each of them has with senior...
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mark is the prodigious author of the aadvark blog and a frequent contributor to foreign policy, among many other platforms. and if you want to find a coherent or alternative view about what the united states ought to do vis-a-vis syria, then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign policy posts by mark. and so we have today two very smart, two very well-respected and consulting experts. i won't go into the details of the consultations each of them has with senior government officials, but suffice to say that the arguments we'll be hearing today very much reflect the arguments on the table in front of senior government officials. now, of course, we have had a change in american policy in the last couple of weeks with the president oses a -- president's announcement of the beginning of direct u.s. military support to lethal weaponry to the armed opposition, but i think it's still suffices to say that the overall strategy remains unclear. what the objections are, what they ought to be, and whether we are bringing to bear the resources to meet those objectives, and and so in that concept t
mark is the prodigious author of the aadvark blog and a frequent contributor to foreign policy, among many other platforms. and if you want to find a coherent or alternative view about what the united states ought to do vis-a-vis syria, then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign policy posts by mark. and so we have today two very smart, two very well-respected and consulting experts. i won't go into the details of the consultations each of them has with senior government officials, but...
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ofis the prodigious author frequentnd a contributor to foreign-policy among many others. if you are wondering if we can find a coherent alternative view about what the united states should do, then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign- policy. we have today to very smart, very well respected and consulted experts. i will not go into the details of the consultations. the articles we will be hearing today very much reflect the arguments that are on the table. we have had a change with the president announcement of of the gaining of direct u.s. military support to beat the whopper in any to the armed opposition. i think it is still sufficed us to say the overall strategy remains unclear. what the object is are, what they ought to be and whether we are bringing to bear the resources to meet those object does. i think today's debate remains very timely and very much appropriate. with that i will turn the podium first over to enter and then over to marc and then over to you for your questions and comments. >> just one more word. if i could please ask everyone to silence your
ofis the prodigious author frequentnd a contributor to foreign-policy among many others. if you are wondering if we can find a coherent alternative view about what the united states should do, then i suggest reviewing a series of foreign- policy. we have today to very smart, very well respected and consulted experts. i will not go into the details of the consultations. the articles we will be hearing today very much reflect the arguments that are on the table. we have had a change with the...
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the commission, we had a lengthy discussion about how some of the outdated features in the 1986 prodigies act existed and how many companies right now are looking to congress for clarification on all of this is to where the legal boundaries are on this issue about hacking and being able to aggressively go after the intellectual property. that act is 27 years old. i believe the many features of it are outdated and have been overrun by technology and i think it needs to be revisited. that was certainly one of the most interesting debates that we had in the commission hearing that i testified at. >> as we look at the commission, senator, your comments are that it won't get us all the way. i may be paraphrasing her. how far down the road doesn't get us? are we doing a half marathon? need to realize how far down the road we are going. >> we are talking about all your recommendations are correct. >> i don't think i can quantify that except to say that i think it will be significant. you will be significant to the extent that we have begun to create within china itself, an interest group that is
the commission, we had a lengthy discussion about how some of the outdated features in the 1986 prodigies act existed and how many companies right now are looking to congress for clarification on all of this is to where the legal boundaries are on this issue about hacking and being able to aggressively go after the intellectual property. that act is 27 years old. i believe the many features of it are outdated and have been overrun by technology and i think it needs to be revisited. that was...