finally tonight from us a new friday feature with a different perspective on all the issues affecting us at home and in business. lou hackler is a lou heckler is a management consultant and educator. we call it "lou's been thinking." here's lou heckler. >> i've been thinking about truth. i remember when our now-adult son was very little, and he asked us, "what makes something true?" i struggled to come up with an age-appropriate answer, or any answer, and was just about ready to go to that old reliable, "maybe you should ask your mother," when he blurted out, "does somebody think something up? try it a few times? and if it works, it's true?" hmm, that sounded pretty good to me! would that it were that easy. like most of you, i hear things fairly often that i suspect aren't true, even when the person speaking expresses them with conviction. we've all read about coaches who have beefed up that resume; about bright teenagers taking tests for others; about someone running for office asserting he or she has done things they didn't do. it makes me nervous to see this slopping over into the workplace.

and police see law enforcement uses at home scoping out a street demo like those we see so often in dc. following suspects say in an illegal gun case. seeing who is illegally crossing the border and wear or taking over the duties now filled by more expensive helicopters with their pilots. >> you can give law enforcement the ability to have some sort of aerial asset at a much cheaper cost. >> reporter: fighting wildfires. any type of fire for that matter. >> it let's them know where the hot spots are. where people might be trapped. >> reporter: but privacy advocates see dangers. >> we have this really weird inconsistency when people are not knowing when the government is going to be watching them in opposition to our very beloved constitutional right not to be observed by the government unless there is a warrant. unless there is probable cause. >> reporter: the industry says essentially relax. >> police have been using cameras on helicopters for decades. i think there is an ability to have unmanned aircraft follow some of those guidelines that exist. >> reporter: but privacy advocates w

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yesterday, in order to bring the truth about what is happening in a country like syria to those of us at home, and in countries around the world. >>shepard: anthony died in syria last week after an asthma attack. u.s. officials say privately they cannot confirm whether marie colvin was targeted but they called a syrian government request today that all foreign journalists register with the government the height of hypocrisy. >>shepard: there is limited discussion about the possible of arming the syrian opposition. is there anything more on that today? >>reporter: no movement on that and there will not be probably until friends of syria conference in tunis, secretary of state clinton head flood -- headed there to meet with 70 other governments and organizations. her press secretary today, however, blasted russia for arming syria's government. >> we have been vocal saying they need to do this because given what is happening to the syrian population, innocent civilians how anyone can supply the regime with arms is beyond us. >>reporter: arizona senator john mccain, a republican, said sitting bac

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that means that we have the capacity to project power without fear of what's going to happen to us at home. secondly, every other major power in the world is surrounded but other main powers. so if china raises all the powders around it get nervous turn to the united states. if russia raises we saw what happened. if iran rises, the government states and the middle -- the gulf state and middle perience countries turn to us. we're not as threatening as most emmyers because we're so far away even in this modern digital age we're still the distant power. who by the way i think everyone knows is desirous of concurring the teeter. this is not the whole story. we're not a classic empire in the sense that we're holding on to distant teeter and i territof we lose it that's the end of the empire. we're driven out of vietnam, maybe we'll be driven out of afghanistan. it will be a set back but unlike the britain driven out of india, that's a big blow to their empire. the united states has proved very adaptable over the years. >> charlie: can survive iraq and afghanistan and move forward. >> we will pa

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at the tech awards. regarding technology, my knowledge is limited to a few facts. i know the character i play on tv uses a pc. i use a mac at home. the only difference to me is i think the mac is prettier. i just joined facebook in the past year. i have for the friends. [laughter] -- 40 friends. i joined twitter around the same time. i have no followers. i changed pseudonyms a dozen times. i sent messages to politicians and athletes to congratulate them on living after loss. despite all of this, i am here with you, the most tech-savvy people of all. i am grateful. i will not understand most of what you talk about, but i will listen carefully, and may be able to parrot back a phrase or two. i have very good memory. the pact follows award honors 20 individuals for their outstanding achievement in one of four critical areas of entrepreneurship -- general management, disruptive innovation, product marketing, and engineering. for each category, 5 tech fellow awards will be permitted. to be fair, ask everyone to hold their applause until all the winners have been named. i always find it difficult, so i apologize. tonight, we recognize

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it strengthens ours security and makes us stronger at home and in the world and as we carefully watch our expenditures, we also need to scrutinize the cuts that have been proposed, so we look forward to your comments this afternoon, madame secretary, and to talking throughout the year about the state department's priorities. senator luger? >> mr. chairman, i join you in welcoming secretary clinton to the foreign relations committee once again. we look forward to discussing the administration's foreign policy priorities and budget requests for fiscal year 2013. since your visit last year, the american economy remains under great stress. the unemployment rate stands well above the historical standards at 8.3% nationally and 9% in my home state of indiana. at the close of 2011, nearly 13 million americans were still looking for work. the national debt has risen above $15 trillion posing extreme economic risk for our country. american families continue to bear the brunt of these economic uncertainties. within this context, the administration's request for resources must be prioritized to

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drones were watching us at home. if they were watching and they helped catch a terrorist or a murderer, would we be okay with the drones then? ten years from 9/11, ten years after the patriot act, we're still debating how much of our freedom are we willing to give up to >>> ron paul is not going to be your next president. [ cheers ] >> why are millions of young people hanging on every word from the 76-year-old texas congressman. >> i think the war on drugs is a failure. i think the patriot act undermines our liberty. i remember voting on a declared declaration of war. >> why is the gop afraid of him? >> allowing the people to make decisions and not get the government involved. >> tonight, ron paul, one on one. >> i will challenge any of these gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride in the heat of texas. >> he's already changing the face of the republican party. >> if you have an irate minority you do well in the caucus state. >> ron paul answers my questions and yours from twitter tonight. piers morgan interview sta

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of american businesses, which, in fact, enables competition from abroad that actually costs us jobs here at home and diminishes our economic prosperity at home. >> absolutely, sir. one of the downsides of this, profound downsides for the united states is when people are robbing us of our technology, which, of course, saves them the investment in r & d. that's almost a double whammy, if you will. i think there is difficulty for some and something you can't see, feel or touch since it is a passive theft and you don't directly see immediately the negative impacts of that. unlike an attack, which obviously is by its nature active, in which you would feel the effect of a seizure of the banking system or the stopping of our electrical grid or some other egregious effect like that. >> would you agree, finally, or general burgess that right now we're not -- our privately owned and operated infrastructure, transportation, even water sfli and dams are not adequately defended against such an attack? >> that's probably true, and it's -- you know, it's uneven. some parts of the infrastructure are reasonably

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. >> if you don't have a panini machine what can you use at home? you don't have to have the machine at all. that one's very heavy. >> put this in? >> put it in there and press it down with the spatula. >> all right. thanks. i can do that. >> spatula! >> all right. >> press it down. >> how long does that take? >> about two minutes on each side. we put it in the oven to melt the cheese because it's a thick piece of bread. >> wow, look at that. >> deliciousness. >> crunch! >> look at that. and now to the spaniard. >> very good. >> i love this one. excellent. we're starting with olive bread which is different. >> olive bread. manchego because we are going to the mediterranean. chorizo which is a spanish sausage and piquillo peppers. >> delicious. roasted red peppers are fine. >> do you butter it? >> we'll use aioli. >> garlic mayonnaise. olive oil, garlic and egg yolk. >> butter this side. >> butter that side. >> okay. you put paprika, too? >> good job. >> missing ingredient. >> the piece de resistance. >> there we go. >> spatula. >> nice! >> all right

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us out themselves. they might do that i mean the very weak force at the moment it's used essentially to frighten the children at home it has very little military strength its leader zwei here e has issued a statement saying that he is part and parcel of the struggle to overthrow. fighting alongside some group or the other but they have very little actual strength and i don't think one should take. all exaggerated ideas of the threat it poses to seriously i mean the fact is the overwhelming majority of people in syria of want the outside the family out and that is the key thing which we have to understand in which he should understand a lot of commentators have been saying about the arab spring in general that the violence and uncertainty in the aftermath will enable the muslim brotherhood as the only organization that is organized enough to take advantage of it to essentially step into the fray are you worried that that will happen in syria well i don't support them politically and i don't think it will be in the interests of syria to have an islamist government you know a moderate or extremist the baton seems to be

they are on my alert becse they are concerned that they may try to attack us at home as well.ew hour starting ou on "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. they are threatening to close the shipping lane in the strait of hormuz. martha: this as iran's nuclear program grows louder by the day. we are joined by kt mcfarland. good morning. >> good morning. martha: we put it to stewart varney before he says there is a financial war going on with iran and you say there is a covert war going on with iran as well. >> we were in a covert war with iran, it's not a hot war, it's santa barbara station, surveillance, assassinations. the iranians sent a hit squad to washington to kill the israeli and saudi ambassador. somebody is killing iranian scientists. iranian is sending people to softer targets where it's easy to get at israeli dip plea matter. this year, 2012 is the year of rec congress with iran. we've talked about it for a longtime. this year is the year that the issue will be joined. martha: it's a frightening idea, kt, you look at what is happen in t

in order to bring the truth about what is happening in a country like syria to those of us at home andjournalists -- our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those journalists. it is a reminder that the victims are many, and overwhelmingly in this case, they are innocent syrians. the regime becomes ever more apparent as each day goes by. i just wanted to mention that. then go to questions. >> thank you. >> you said that yesterday international action is needed before the situation in syria becomes too chaotic. given the continued shelling, how much more chaotic can things get? what is the international community waiting for? >> the international community has acted through the resolution passed by the united nations general assembly. unfortunately, russia and china vetoed a resolution that would of passed through the security council, but there is overwhelming international support for the condemnation of the regime and its actions and overwhelming support for the syrian people. there is an ever-growing coalition of nations, if you will who are part of the friends of syria th