>> reporter: brokering all those needs in eastern oklahoma is colonel michael teague.anages the region's lakes and dams for the army corps of engineers. >> it is absolutely about balancing competing needs. >> reporter: this is quite a juggling act. >> it is. "juggling" is a good phrase. >> reporter: one of his biggest priorities is storing enough water in his lakes to release to the river when falling water levels threaten barge traffic carrying grain across the farm belt. but more water behind the dams means less water in the river to power the turbines generating electricity for eight million people. nothing is spinning here right now. >> nothing is spinning right now. >> reporter: turbines along the arkansas are now producing 80% less electricity. >> we don't have the water this summer. didn't have it last summer, either, because of the drought. so we tried to maximize everything we can out of every drop of water we've got. >> reporter: as the river dries up, so will colonel teague's options for figuring out what to do with the water that's left. the further down th

. >> weren't the troops given word some time teague be armed at all times to hopefully prevent something like this? >> reporter: for sure. they have definitely put in these new measures to try to combat these attacks, try to get ahead of them before they happen, preventive measures such as these guardian angels which is coalition forces armed and watching over as the training is conducted. the other thing that the u.s. forces did was to suspend training of recruits. this affected thousands which was of concern for the afghan government but they felt this was necessary to revet them and make sure they're being correctly filtered. obviously randi, it's just not working. >> no, it's not unfortunately. thank you very much, anna coren in kabul. >>> to libya, they're delaying their arrival until they find it safe. they're supposed to investigating the deaths of the four americans including ambassador chris stevens. this is video of the gutted consulate. it's believed the attack was planned by al qaeda operatives. >>> in california a controversial anti-muslim filcmaker has gone into hiding. nak

saying 47% of people don't pay taxes is not the same thing as teague there are takers in the society. what percentage of people are actually dependant on the government, not as high as 47%, not nearly as high, but those are two different groups, those that get checks from the government and don't pay taxes and the third group romney conflated, those will vote for president obama. >> what happens to taxes, my question, don't want to steal too much of our thunder from what will happen after the break, but what happens to taxes from here? the way i look at it we can't afford ourselves at the moment. what happens here? >> that's right. we can't afford it. we can't afford it because we're not paying for it. i want that car but i'm unwilling to pay for. it depends on how much we want to pay. if we paid into our government to do the things together we can't do alone the asets that made available to that government to do all the things we wanted it to do, we'd be just fine but what we want and most americans want is a lot of services from government, the ones this get, and they don't want to

and did a continue in the peace corps before ultimately teague a career in the foreign service.ut the east bay remained home and ties to his family stayed strong. >> he was a great big brother. he watched over his brother and his sisters and he -- sister, and he was a responsible person. >> in the 36 years i was privileged to be his stepfather, i never once saw him lose his temper or utter a harsh word or an imprecation ever. >> reporter: stevens' parents are pouring through well wishes. they've built a webb for folks to build remembrances as they deal with their loss. >> i feel like since i'm the matriarch here, i had to just do what hillary clinton said and that's talk and dry my tears and traiten my spine and be a person, you know. be an american. who gets on with doing what they're supposed to do. >> i think of chris, he is on the bed where he schlep and his ashes are there. but he is really here. and i don't mean that he's hearing what we're saying or he's -- but he's now part of us. that's inseparable. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >> to read more about our interview wit