i spoke with the ceo tim jones about his company's involvement in last year's investigation and how they'reping law enforcement agencies across the country today. predates theement events of last year by two years. wasboston please department starting to actively monitor networks to fight crime. being prescient of the use of technology and crime, he reached out to us. in 2011 we started a pro bono relationship where we offered our application free to the boston police department. we were on the scene when things in boston occurred last year. >> after the bombings, days went by when it seemed like police had no idea who did this. it was a critical moment where they released surveillance video of the suspect. how critical do you think social media was in solving the boston bombings and in finding who did this? >> we as an application provider were not a part of the weestigating team, because are not law enforcement officials. there were clearly efforts to datafor patterns in past and in ongoing new social media that was being shared. populatione general volunteered information from that weren

instance, the candidate to say, i'm joe, and i approve this message paid for by john smith, sarah jones, timichaels, et cetera. what would happen? the most likely result, most folks would want their names mentioned, and suddenly they'd be writing checks, and you could start down the road of a free-market limitation to the system. but that's just one thought out there. joining me, bob bauer, former white house counsel for obama, and ben ginsberg. ben, let me start with you. what the court did yesterday, and i understand in many ways the arguments in favor of it, but did the court arguably make it harder for an individual candidate and campaign to have control of their campaign? >> i think what the court did yesterday will not have a basic impact on our current structure, which is that outside voices are the greatest -- the greatest voices in a campaign. and candidates are still not going to have sufficient funds and resources to be able to control the messages in their campaign. so i think in that sense, the opinion yesterday is not going to have a great impact. >> so you don't see it as a hu

jones,to bring in tim who joins us from our washington, d.c. bureau.ere critical to our coverage of this event last year. i want you to remind our viewers how exactly you were involved in the investigation. predatesvolvement the tragic events by two years. out to me after saying1 london riots that we should actively monitor social networks as a way of fighting crime. different organizations, gangs in london, actually managed to move throughout the city of london using social networks to communicate between each other. being in many ways quite pressing at the use of technology we started a pro bono relationship where he offered our application for free to the boston police department so they can monitor social networks. bythere were days that went when it seemed like we had no .dea who did this how critical do you think social bostonas in solving the bombings and finding who did this? we as an application provider provide our services for free. we were not part of the investigating team because we legally couldn't do so. i cannot speak onto the classifi

tim griffin from arkansas. budget proposal. we will focus on ukraine with senator ben cardin. the foreigner of relations committee. and abigail jonesa senior writer for "newsweek" who will join us to discuss her article on alzheimer's disease and predictions that 60 million americans will have the disease by 2050. is live on journal" c-span every day at 7 a.m. eastern and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> up next, a preview of this weekend's presidential elections in afghanistan. the alliance in support of the afghan people posted a panel that included former officials from the obama and george w. bush administrations. this is one hour. rexam happy to be here to discuss this election in afghanistan. e-day inoing to be afghanistan. enthusiasm ining the population across the board, not just in one area or another. even in the south and eastern part of the country, much more enthusiasm than fear or trepidation. something that a few weeks ago people were mostly concerned about. e taliban have demonstrated anen ability and willingness to target the election process overall. and attacking soft targets mostly. and

rationale here, clearly tim cook will say they want to attract perhaps a new kind of investor, the retail investor, with the cheaper stock price. is this about getting in the dow jonesi think that's a part of it too. absolutely. so the combination of both factors makes this a very sensible move. the only question is and like on the innovation for their products why didn't this happen sooner, that's the only real question about apple right now. can they come up with the kind of innovation to keep this story going next year. >> i guess they've -- seven for one is an odd number, takes them down to what is it, $75 a share, thereabouts. i mean clearly this is quite carefully thought through as to what would impress the committee to get in the dow. such an odd number, alex, that must be what they're driving for. if they get into the dow what is the tracking consequences of that? do many more people have to buy the stock or is that too old fashioned? >> i think many people will have to buy this stock but at the end of the day what's really going to matter is forward looking financial performance. this is a good quarter as you pointed out. returned themselves to growth. i'l

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