>> reporter: the chinese claim to have shot rocket into the sky to divert rain and the russians tried to make the snow stay outside of central moscow. so can the government change the weather? >> i would say five years at a minimum, we can come up with good technology. >> now golden is an advocate for weather modification, in fact he did some research for the federal government for the department of homeland security, but others say beware that once you start modifying the weather, you could send bad weather in a different direction, to another city, it's the law of unintended consequences. you get started and you may not be able to control the outcome. wolf? >> barbara starr, thank you, fascinating stuff. let's go back to jack for "the cafferty file." >> the question this hour is as memorial day weekend approaches, how do you feel about your country? carl writes from flint, michigan, i remember growing up