sense to a lot of people, including my parents. some otherses have been arguing that when properly applied breakthroughs in technology are making us smarter and more connected, not only for socialize gs and consuming but driving political change. our next guest, clive thompson argues that you re better off with a brain on technology and his new book smarter than you think how technology is changing our minds for the better . i m glad to be here, thank you. you talk about the fact we have technology on our phones that can turn us into sort of miniature accountability czars, we can look at the police or government and actually take more control. i want to play a video about that. take a look at. protesters. what you re seeing here is some of the pepper spraying that occurred during the occupy protests and of course, that was first covered by people s
and first responders that lost their lives and the otherses that risk their life every day. my heart and my thanks goes out to all of these people. shannon: absolutely. they are the true heroes, not only in this situation, but every day, risking their lives. shrvetion thank you so much. we wish you all the best. thank you. shannon: boston suspect number 2 was captured after negotiations with an fbi hostage rescue team. coming up, the man who created the teams gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how these situations unfold. while boston was on lockdown, the midwest was inundated with torrential floods. the weather update, next. when you have diabetes.
so any indication that islamic militants in niger or elsewhere in northern africa have the capabilities to attack the u.s.? well, there certainly is concern about the spread of extremist fighters throughout starting with libya and then moving west towards nigeria. so i think part of the u.s. policy is to try to help stabilize and improve the capabilities of governments in that region. obviously, libya is a work in progress, mali you had unfortunately a coup by some troops that have received u.s. training in previous months. and obviously the effort in nigeria to pose a group is of great, you know, long-term concern for the united states and otherses. i want to pick up further on
his small, close-knit hawaiian hometown are standing by him. he is a local hero in that town. went to the same high school as president obama. most of the neighbors say they don t believe he would have knowingly spread a story like this. he is a good kid and he never do anything like that. well, really shocked because we were watching him as he was being candidate for the heisman trophy. we just want otherses to know we know mantai, we know he would never do that. but whatever comes out we still love him. a lot of support for neighbors. nobody has answered the door so far at the family home. so no reaction from them at this point. we ll have more on this story that surrounds this bizarre situation. manti te o s fake girlfriend
harmed were the hundreds of people in northern indiana who had their signatures apparently forged on petitions that they didn t intend to sign. i i think mr. blithe s attorney is obviously going to make a strong defense as he can of him, i am inclined to believe that the whistle-blow or which prosecutors are in large part relying to make this case, is a hero, i agree. i think this is one of the things that we can feel best about, about all of this. eric: what do do you think te message is? that someone who said he was in on it has come forward and told the world about it? the i think the message is vigilance. no one was watching the watchmen. but as long as people like the whistle-blower who came out last week and who came out with started cooperating with the prosecutors last fall, exists, i think as long as media like you and otherses are interested in covering these kind of things, i