, i mean it is not exactly, much more than a textbook but think of it as a new textbook. in the past people are completely acceptable using the top friedman course book, now i think professors will use courses from other places and the professor will be up leveled from spouting content from the stage with the back turned to the class from a blackboard, but rather, work with students, teach them ethics and how to learn, but teach students how to process information, so we go from spouting content to processing information, and i think this will be a win-win for teachers and the students. >> i'm sorry. >> a really critical point. people who figure, will figure out a business model, i have no doubt of that. the real question is will you improve the learning experience. >> exactly. >> and if we do that we will have done something very exciting and powerful, and the potential is there and you are beginning to see it, but simply to put courses online doesn't make it a better course and better learning experience, and what we have got to do and we are starting to see now and peo

because your company provides textbooks for rent to students, online homework help.o you think this change is coming about? and i love the idea of textbooks, because they're big. they're heavy. they're expensive. why would i want to own that rather than rent it? >> well, you've never wanted to own it. i would think the biggest thing that has probably changed in my 15 or 20 years around the internet space is the definition of who the customer is. in every one of the companies that you had for dinner, all of them, their real change, their real disruption is their focusing on the actual user of the product. so in education, the institutions were set up to sell the textbooks to the professors, not the students. the wholesaler made money, the bookstore made money, the professor didn't even care what the price of the textbook was. and here were students required to buy something that they weren't going to keep, that they didn't want to have, and they were paying a fortune for it. so if we can give them close to 70 or 80% off, they don't want it, they rent it, they use it a

you had this in the textbook. little pellets of hydrogen. take all these lasers-- [makes sound] --wham. brute force smash these things together. and that should work too. sustained reaction, more energy out than required to operate the lasers? begin with an n. no. why? it's not our time. kind of a loose way of putting it. and there's another way, too. they've done it altogether without brute force. and i'm talking about cold fusion. i'm not talking about the utah experiments that caused all this publicity in 1989. i'm talking about--1988, was it? 1988? 18-- 1989, yeah. i'm not talking about those reactions, which, of course, were sort of the more publicity stunt than anything else. i'm talking about the cold fusion that's muon-induced. see, here's a problem with that. let's get into that just a little bit. let's suppose i got this proton over here, and i want to this proton to fuse into that. well, once i get beyond the electron here, there's gonna be an enormous repulsion. very, very tough to do. okay? because this positive charges repel. b

diplomate killed in afghanistan on her way to deliver textbooks to students when a bomb went off. in moments, new reaction to her death and the loss of five other americans. and a navy ship, honoring 9/11 victims and first responders joins the fleet. we'll take you to virginia, where thousands of people turned out to cheer the u.s.s. arlington. >> harris: i'm harris falkner, america's ally staring across the border, with a penchant for words. here is an hour ago. and reading there, it says they will be set to march, maybe we don't really know. we do know south korea's government says it has confirmed the north may conduct a missile test, perhaps within 72 hours. here at home, the pentagon explaining why it has postponed its own planned missile test from california's vandenburg air force base. that delay, they hope, may help diffuse the situation on the korean peninsula. >>, but north korea does in the appear willing to drop i defenses anytime soon. this video from their state television showing military dogs attacking south korea's defense minister and another kim jong- kim jong-

she's the young diplomat who was killed earlier this month while delivering textbooks. >>> 4:50. chavez's hand picked successor has won. he has defeated his challenger. he was chavez's vice president and has been running the country since the late president's death. venezuelaen's election board said he won with slightly more than 50% of the vote. he says he won't accept the election results without a recount. >>> justin bieber getting some heat after writing a controversial comment in museum guest book. >> the ann frank house posted his comment on facebook page which red in part with the great girl, hopefully she would have been a believer. hundreds of facebook users and the commentators reacted negatively to the pope bieber hanot respd to e comments. >>> well, the happiest place on earth would slightly less happy this weekend. several attractions including space mountain soaring over california were temporarily shutdown. disneyland voluntarily closed the rides following a report from cal osha that cited the theme park for safety v violations. you need to look after your cast mem

. >> megyn: geography if i textbook is growing controversy in tennessee. lessons on the middle east are so biased think three to justify suicide bombers. school board defends the book that it is meant to start debate in the classroom. jonathan? >> reporter: some parents in williamson county, tennessee are taking issue particularly with how this textbook explains terrorism. take a look. second sentence in this excerpt which asks, if a palestinian bomber kills several israeli teenagers in a jerusalem restaurant is that an act of terrorism or wartime retaliation against israeli government policies and army actions? >> it's not okay to ask children things like that, to put those ideas in their heads and not expect there to be a consequence down the road. >> reporter: in an email to fox news, textbook author writes, it is important to understand why terrorists attack, understanding is not the same thing as justifying the attack. author points out his question is followed in the book by an explanation of how palestinian and israeli advocates might answer the que

the 24-year-old was in a convoy taking textbooks to children.ed by a 25-year-old diplomat. her parents described her as a person dedicated to helping others. this animation shows how a car carrying an ied was detonated, killing five americans in all. specialist santos sent a video home in 2008. >> hello to my families in california, mom, happy birth day. happy thanksgiving. i love you. >> the caskets of the military personnel killed on sunday were returned to the u.s. yesterday. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says waits a grim reminder of the risk in dealing with resistors. specialist santos was protecting a foreign service officer whom cary praised. >> i want to emphasize ann was everything that is right about our foreign service. she was smart, capable, committed to our country. >> american civilians and diplomats have been targeted for attacks besides military personnel. the group walked with the books. there has been no word yet whether there will be a special service here for specialist santos. >> david, thank you. tonight one man is de

. >> if we don't have the money, we cannot buy textbooks and supplies. >> college seniors who graduatedn 2009 carried on average of $24,000 in student loan debt, up 16% from 2008. >> a continues to grow. today, student loan debt has climbed to an average of $27,000 nationwide. ,> if they don't go to college how they're going to afford a and once they get out of college, how they're going to pay back these student loans that are huge. think everything is up in the air and nobody knows what is going to happen. if our nation is unable to support our future, how will we be able to pursue our own happiness and dreams? >> the economy supports the people. >> small businesses, jobs, income -- >> many opportunities -- >> for a brighter future. >> congratulation to all of the winners in this year's student cam competition. to see more wedding videos, go to studentcam.org. >> next come alive, you're calling comments on "washington journal." " with luisakers gutierrez. after that, legislation. this morning, nbc news senior political editor mark murray looks at the potential political impact of the

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content that many times is driven through the textbook publisher. caught, then it can get into the classroom, into the hands of students and become very problematic. >>gretchen: i think parents are frustrated when they hear this story because this is just one quote in a long book and you've got to wonder how many other things. the fact that the parents even knew about it, that it was brought to their attention. how many other things are kids reading the parents may not agree with? it was interesting to hear the statement from the williamson county schools where this happened in tennessee. they basically said nobody submitted a formal request to have this changed. yet the parents i spoke to earlier in the week said they told us if we did that, it wouldn't do any good any way. are parents' hands tied in these situations? >> that's a good question because i think we're going in that direction. a lot of times local districts have more control than they want to admit. it is not a question of whether or not they can choose textbooks from the state approve

textbooks were few, worn, out of date. there were no supplies, no after school programs, school lunches, sports equipment, underpaid teachers were overburdened trying to make do. then one day some parents from delaware, kansas, south carolina, virginia and washington, d.c. stepped onto the path. these african-american parents formed a group represented by lawyers for the naacp to sue school boards that required their children to travel to schools miles away from white ones closer to their homes. their case was named for one of the apartments, oliver brown, one of the parents, oliver brown, who was part of the kansas group. the closed gates were opened by the supreme court after many lawyers and thousands of people pushed against them. on may 17, 1954, the supreme court justices announced a decision in the case of brown v. board of education. the decision which said separate schools were not equal threw many states, city, towns, neighborhoods, principals, teachers, parents and students into confusion. battles were fought to

this textbook is totally unacceptable.ne to those measures. you contacted all the right authorities and they told you apparently that you had to file some sort of application and you didn't do that until yesterday. why? >> well, because when we first went and met with the faculty to discuss the issue, we were told what the protocol, what the procedure was. we followed it and, of course, before we left the meeting, we were told by dr. gaddis, the superintendent of curriculum that although you can fill out the form, i'm not removing the textbook. you know what? dr. gaddis, the gate keeper of our children's curriculum, when he read that text, he should have immediately thrown that book out. it should never have been accepted. we don't tolerate anti-semitic attacks. this is how the holocaust -- i've done a lot of research, produced a documentary on the holocaust. this is how the holocaust happened in germany. innuendo, derogatory comments about jews like this one. and we wonder why we have a problem with israel apartheid demon

this is textbook. it was brilliant. the rescue, capturing the guy alive, is absolutely going to be crucial because apparently the elder brother had been in some sort of training, some sort of contact with an al qaeda like group. this is early reporting. it could be very well wrong. we're going to get a lot out of this young man's interrogation and we're going to find out if this was sponsored from overseas. i think the interesting thing is the russians apparently came to washington and brought the elder brother's name up. the question is what did they tell them and why was this not followed up. a couple days ago i said i didn't think this was an intelligence failure but if, in fact, the russians did warn us about him, we could be something else here. >> let me ask you about that, juliette kayyem. that could be a big question mark once the celebration of this particular operation which has clearly been successful, once that dies down, there will be an inquest into what has gone on in the background to all this, and it ha

diplomat killed in afghanistan on her way to deliver textbooks to students when a bomb went off. in moment new reaction to her death and the loss of five other americans. and a navy ship honoring 9-11 victims and first responders. we will take you to virginia where thousands of people turned out to cheer the uss arlington. >> i am harris falkner. america's ally south korea staring across the border with a violent threatening northern neighbor with a tension for spewing words. this from hours ago. (speaking foreign language) thd reading there, it says >> the date will be set to march. maybe we don't really know. we know south korea's government says they conduct a missile test perhaps 72-hours. here at home the pentagon saying it postponed its own planned missile test from california's air force base. that delay they hope may help diffuse the situation on the korean peninsula. but north korea does not appear to be willing to drop the defenses any time soon. this video from the state showing pictures of attacking the defense minister. another video supervising a series of drills us

jenna: there is growing controversy over a textbook used in one school district.es bias against israeli policies and legitimizes terror groups. so why is the school board defending this particular group? we'll look at both sides of the debate. plus this. ♪ . jenna: what make this is video disturbing, next. ♪ jenna: well a tennessee debate getting national attention. a group of outraged parents in fash vil want a school district to pull a high school textbook that has bias against israel and legitimizes terror groups. jonathan serrie is live in at -- in atlanta. how did this get started. >> reporter: parents are concerned about a textbook on human geography addresses things like terrorism. according to the book, distinguishing terrorism from other acts of violence could be difficult. if a palestinian suicide bomber kills several dozens israeli teenagers in a jerusalem restaurant is that an act of terrorism or wartime retaliation against israeli government and army actions. parents say that has anti-israel bias and wants it pulled from classrooms. the anti-he defama

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. >>> you might call this the textbook definition of adding insult to injury.ls your husband and then sues you from prison. this happened after paula wrote a letter opposing a request from her husband's killer to be transferred to a prison closer to his family. larry shandola is serving 31 years for shooting her husband in the face. but he took great offense to some of the things that she wrote about him in the letter to the authorities and now she is in court trying to get his suit against her tossed out. and she's also fighting for legislation to protect other victims from having to go through the same kind of thing. joey jackson is joining us. sunny hostin is with us. is this a textbook definition of a frivolous case or does he actually have any merit here? >> no, there's no merit at all. let's talk about what frivolous means. it has no merit. it's meritless. certainly if there are sanctions for lawyers, we lawyers are held accountable for what we do. with he have to exercise due diligence and if there's no merit at all, we're not allowed to file, could be h

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learning more than they ever would just sitting there hearing me tell them about a certain section of textbook. >> woodruff: we get the latest on an arizona man freed from prison after 42 years, when new evidence surfaced about his murder conviction. >> ifill: and we close with the story of a theater group that brings shakespeare's classics into schools, as a way to reduce teasing and teen violence. >> there's characters in the plays that are more the bullying type. there's some that are more the victims. it really lends itself to a conversation about all those roles. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

del son santos, junior, he was one -- among five killed in afghanistan while helping deliver textbooks to school children. the suicide car bombing also killed 25-year-old diplomat anne smedinghoff. >> as a soldier first of all he is brave and always motivated. he's always willing to do anything. >> santos followed the lead of his father, a world war ii vet who survived the baton death march. delfino santos, senior died the day his son left for boot camp. >> he joined for my father and for the service of this country and that's what my father told him. >> reporter: in 2008, santos sent holiday greetings to his family. >> i would like to say hello to my family in california. mom, happy birthday and happy thanksgiving. i love you. see you later. >> reporter: madeline followed her brother into the military. they talked on friday, a day before he was killed. he was expecting a box of pistachios and laundry detergent she sent. >> he didn't fear. he just said i am going to be gone, that's it. this is my mission. this is what i have to do. i am accepting the fact that if it happens, it happens

two years ago, he heard that schools had few suitable art textbooks for the blind. so he volunteered to make reliefs of famous paintings. >> translator: i think lots of visually impaired people are interested in art. >> reporter: he began by figuring out how to make famous works come alive off a flat surface. >> translator: how to express the sorrowful expression in her eye eyes with the shape or the way it curves. >> reporter: he makes a plaster model using a special machine. it senses the painting's contours and converts them into a mold. the result is a resin plank with a 3d copy of the mona lisa. he presses a thick piece of paper onto the plank. the relief is complete. his work combines creativity and mechanical precision. it takes about a week to complete the process. he has recreated more than 20 masterpieces. japan braille library used several in its art book. entitled "art to touch master pieces of western art" it includes a braille commentary. the collection has been distributed free to schools for the blind. it's also been displayed across the country. vis

he was delivering textbooks. the two other soldiers along with an american diplomat and a civilian worker were also killed in thatattack. the tall taliban said it carried out. >>> washington debate got personal as the senate considers possible action, family members of the sandy hook victims met with lawmakers and in some cases, they were asking for a vote. danielle nottingham has more from capitol hill. >> family members of sandy hook shooting victims moved through the halls of the capitol asking senators to pass tougher gun laws. 24-year-old, jillian soto lost her big sister, vicki, a first grade teacher. >> need senators to be on board. if they saw their child be murdered this way, they would feel very differently. >> the families will be here through thursday, one of their first stops was a meeting with democratic senators from their home state of connecticut. >> people said that connecticut couldn't pass the strongest gun violence law in the nation. but when the sandy hook families came to the state capital,

it's supposed to be a high school textbook about global culture.aching a very different lesson. here's one passage from the book. quote, if a palestinian suicide bomber killed several dozen israeli teenagers in a jerusalem restaurant, is that an act of terrorism or a war-time retaliation against israeli government policies and army actions? well, we're joined this morning by julie west. her son is a freshman in the williamson county school district. she's been trying to get the book banned for months. julie, nice to see you this morning. >> good to see you. i think it's important to realize if you take the entire context of the paragraph, it's asking, why might it be okay to kill israeli students? because this group says it's okay. and if it's wrong to blow up people on the streets of boston, it's wrong to blow them up on the streets of jerusalem. the same government requiring our grade school students to study the pillars of islam is telling us we can't tell our high school students thou shalt not kill because it is not a religious class. it is no

learning more than they ever would just sitting there hearing me tell them about a certain section of textbook. >> woodruff: we get the latest on an arizona man freed from prison after 42 years, when new evidence surfaced about his murder conviction. >> ifill: and we close with the story of a theater grp th brings shespeare's classics into schools, as a way to reduce teasing and teen violence. >> there's characters in the plays that are more the bullying type. there's some that are more the victims. it really lends itself to a conversation about all those roles. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the mounting hostility on the korean peninsula took an economic turn today at a uster of factories jointly owned by the two countries. trucks filled with supplies and south korean workers

so if there's anybody who is an academic here who does not order their textbooks through the regulator, you should. you can see tom for that. so it means a lot to be here tonight and to start this here. so, you know, as tom said, the plan will be, you know, to talk for 35 or 40 minutes at the most, i'll do some reading from the book over here, and then i look forward to a robust dialogue, questions and answers at the end for, you know, the next 20 or 25 minutes after that until around 8:00, and then i'll sign some books over there, whoever wants to -- if they can read my be chicken scratch, right? so that's the plan. so this year we're going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a number of civil rights flash points. 1963 was a pretty important year in the civil rights movement. and, or what i will call the black freedom struggle for the rest of the talk. and none will be more celebrated than the march on washington that happened on august 28, 1963. i think we can imagine that the focus will be, you know, this is probably what we're going to see a lot of, right? dr. king, the celebrity

the young american died delivering textbooks to afghan schoolchildren. the 25-year-old is the first u.s. diplomat killed on the job since september's consulate attack in benghazi. >> we were so proud of anne. she did so many great things. she was a hard worker. she was energetic. she was very devoted to the work she was doing. >> three u.s. service members, another american citizen, and an afghan doctor were also killed. police firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters in cairo, egypt. the demonstrators calling for president mohamed morsi to resign. the protests coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the formation of the april 6 youth movement, which played a key role in toppling hosni mubarak in 2011. the movement initially backed morsi in the presidential runoff last summer but now accuses him of trying to monopolize power. for "teen kids news," i'm julie banderas, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> we've reported on concussions before. with the popularity of high-impact sports, head injuries sideline teens all too often. but as scott reports, t

. >> in some schools, you won't see students carrying textbooks or notebooks or even pens and pencils. instead, you'll see ipads. students are using them for all sorts of subjects. teachers say that test scores have gone up, and the students like the lighter backpack. >> to mark our 10th year on tv, each week, we take a look back at one of the stories we've covered. >> he's frozen himself in a block of ice and buried himself alive. now magician david blaine has risen to his greatest stunt yet. and he might be feeling a little boxed in. on september 5th, david blaine entered this box that is now hanging by the tower bridge in london. he says he'll stay there for 44 days. sound easy? well, he's living there with no food -- just water, a blanket, and his journal. >> he's not doing anything, right? i mean, he's just sitting there. >> other than hunger, blaine is dealing with extreme heat, rain, and some people who think this stunt is foolish. >> i think this is the worst country to do it in, just 'cause of how the british people think of him. >> come down, you [bleep] the africans are sta

a car bomb reportedly exploded while they were delivering textbooks to school children. santos was following in the footsteps of his father, who also served in the army. santos' dad fought against the japanese during world war ii and was held as a prisoner of war. santos jr. is the youngest of 17 children. he and his sister, madeline, joined the army and served together in iraq back in 2008. >> trying to help people, trying to protect the doctor, the diplomat. which is good. i'm so -- i'm just proud of him. i'm proud of him, but why this had to be him. >> such a tough day. specialist santos will be laid to rest, as we said, right next to his dad. this will take place in the philippines. >> dozens of students from the bay area are in wauvds thshingt. this morning, joining thousands of others for the biggest immigration rally since 2006. the students left from oakland international last night, part of a group called by any means necessary. they're demanding full citizenship rights for all undocumented workers and the passage of the federal dream act. >> fortunately, i was

reading and textbooks is important to learn about science. having an experience is important.ou need both. laboratories and schools don't do enough to help people really experience the phenomena on their own. a place like this could help make that happen. >> take this tinkering clock for example. can it teach kids science? >> i have seen kids stare at the mechanism. why did it do it that way? >> to spend time to actively figure things out. in school, you are in a curriculum that is led by the teacher. you go through different stages. here, you have to follow your own path. that turns out to be really important. people do the learning. this place helps you do that. >> but while big science centers like the exploratorium can be exciting, some educators take a smaller approach to appeal to poor and underserved kids. dan runs the mission science workshop in san francisco. in a former high school auto shop. much of the material available here he gathered himself on a tight budget. the kids he serves, it is free. >> we are going into poor neighborhoods and cities in california start

that killed hundreds in the 1940s believes yesterday's disaster will become another one for the textbooks. he has questions about how firefighters responded to the fire. >> did they make it better or worse? >> reporter: that plant reportedly stored tens of thousands of pounds of a type of ammonia, extremely flammable and explosive when exposed to water. >> with that type of ammonia, if you add water, it's going to expand to a large, white vapor cloud. did that create a different problem for them that they weren't aware of? when you have a volunteer fire department, whether they had that level of training, i don't know. >> reporter: the chief doesn't question the bravery of his texas colleagues who probably knew that they were putting their lives on the line. >> when you go to those calls, you think about dying. you could die. it doesn't always happen, but sometimes it goes wrong. but they were doing their job and that's the job of the firefighter. not to necessarily die in the course of their duties, but, again, to put themselves between the emergency and the community. >> reporter: there

he will now trade his golf clubs for textbooks. where do you stand on your homework? have you been able to keep up on it? >> yeah, probably tonight. >> reporter: the final day saw the leader board change several times which kept score keeper kevin wilson busy. >> the whole score has been posted. >> reporter: scott finished with the best score earning him the coveted green jacket. susan mcginnis, cbs news, augusta, georgia. >> amazing. >>> it is 4:53. time for the question of the morning. according to askmen.com, which one of these do 62% of men believe exist? >> come on, guys. is it a, aliens, b, ghosts, or c, angels? what do you think? put your answer on our fan page. we'd love to hear >>> light sprinkles out there. spotty drizzle. we'll have it on and off. better chance it stays west of us. a cool day. you'll need a jacket or light wind breaker with highs 65 to 70. let's check in with monika with timesaver traffic. >>> i'm happy to say this is what it looks like on the beltway in oxon hill. all of your southern maryland corridors look good as well. at 210 to the wil

he tells me the swift work of identifying the type of bombs and identifying the suspects has been textbook, obviously we are not out of the woods yet but here what is we know now and in terms of investigations it has been fast [ explosions [ >> from the time two bombs went off at the finish line of the boston marathon on monday to the gunfire and tracking dangerous suspects today, boston has been rocked but not shake in. >> we are one city, we are a city or a community, we are a city that is not going to let the terrorists win over, we are here to work hard, we will get through this and be a stronger city as we move forward. >> 48 hours after the blast the fbi released photos and video of the two suspects. hours later police got reports of gunfire on the campus of mit, believed to have come from both of the men. an mit police officer was found shot to death in his cruiser. an hour after that they carjacked a driver and held him hostage for half an hour before letting him go unharmed. the manhunt intensified in the search for the car, when they came close the suspects through explosives fro

the clash of the air masses, it's textbook case. the timing te ining of it is so won't ab widespread concern. if you're in the area of yellow, you have a chance of severe storms. the area of red there, that's where we are watching the moderate risk. we will have more widespread severe weather expected, including very large hail that could do damage and the chance of tornadoes. the best tornado threat will come about dinner time tonight, it will continue probably until midnight. we're watching areas from tulsa to oklahoma city, all the way down to wichita falls, over towards ardmore and ft. smith. that will be late tonight. the oklahoma city stuff will be earlier. the poor people from denver and northward to south dakota, up to a foot of snow today. >> poor, but it is nice. >> it will melt fast in april. >> you're doing triple duty today? >> of course. >>> sequester cuts could effect the fight against terror. a man is arrested carrying a bb gun near president obama, and a dramatic rescue of a driver in a big rig dangling from a bridg

a foreign service officer, she was attack ed as she helped deliver textbooks to a school outside a militaryase. she will be buried in her hometown of chicago. >>> and this morning, people are remembering one of the most iconic voices of american sports. >> good afternoon. it really is. i'm pat somerall, along with john madden. >> pat somerall died yesterday in a hospital near dallas. he announced 16 super bowls, more than any other broadcaster. he was 82 years old. >> one of the classic voices in sports, just an iconic figure. also did golf. presence for last 20, 30 years. >> big loss. >>> 4:50 right now. how about this one? another montana in a niners jersey? the son of a legend getting set to take the field. >>> a record-breaking day for one player. >>> live look at the peninsula. through palo alto, shop iping center. a look at your south bay commute and a crash. i'll give you an update. >>> welcome back, everybody. how are you feeling on a wednesday morning? this is a live look over the south bay and san jose, before the sun comes up. christina loren has good news for us. that wind, appa

del son santos, junior, he was one -- among five killed in afghanistan while helping deliver textbooks to school children. the suicide car bombing also killed 25-year-old diplomat anne smedinghoff. >> as a soldier first of all he is brave and always motivated. he's always willing to do anything. >> santos followed the lead of his father, a world war ii vet who survived the baton death march. delfino santos, senior died the day his son left for boot camp. >> he joined for my father and for the service of this country and that's what father told my father told him. >> reporter: in 2008, santos sent holiday greetings to his family. >> i would like to say hello to my family in california. mom, happy birthday and happy thanksgiving. i love you. see you later. >> reporter: madeline followed her brother into the military. they talked on friday, a day before he was killed. he was expecting a box of pistachios and laundry detergent she sent. >> he didn't fear. he just said i am going to be gone, that's it. this is my mission. this is what i have to do. i am accepting the fact that if it happens

came up, we saw the first image, i remember being shocked that i could have looked at a graduate textbookying to understand this, and build something that who knows what it's going to lead to, but just that first initial experiment was so powerful for me. >> riley, despite his youth, is an outlier in a very positive way. his level of focus and conviction and demonstrable perseverance, leads to having all of the social skills to rally supporters. you wouldn't want to bet against him. in fact, i would love to bet on him. >> i can't say for certain from a sequence standpoint this is going to be the biggest next drug, it's going to cure cancer, but for me it's what i'm learning through the process and who i get to meet and enjoying each step along the way helping me build my perspective of health care and biotechand i'm confident that one day i'll find that small area where i can make that impact and bring together all of these technologies and companies i'm working with or working for to have that social impact. >> param, jean, r

that killed five americans including 25-year-old diplomat anne smedinghoff killed while delivering textbooks to children at a local school. >>> secretary of state john kerry spoke about the bombing and the young diplomat he had met. >> a brave american was determined to brighten the light of learning through books written in the native tongue of the students that she had never met but whom she felt compelled to help and she was met by cowardly terrorist determined to bring darkness and death to total strangers. >> smedinghoff is the first diplomat to die while on the job since the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >>> also this weekend a nato air strike killed more than a dozen people in eastern afghanistan reportedly. at least ten children and five women were killed in the attack. it targeted a high-profile taliban commando. what is the reaction to this tragedy, ron? >> reporter: hey there, bill. good morning to you. sadly the violence dins in afghanistan. as you mentioned, america lost six people on saturday but the deadliest day here for americans since last summer and anne smedi