know, is it, you know, how is each campaign using the data, which is to say, is it folk we mentioned earlier, folks going to the rallies, buying habits, spending habits, demographic profiles, give us insight into terms of the data being used. this what is people call generically micro targeting, statistical modelling item to predict behave at the video level and sort of useful analogy to credit scores. these are basically credit scores for politics. so in the same way that financial institution will take hundreds if not thousands of variables about your dem graph ibs, past buying habits, how you interacted with those companies and predict your likelihood of defaulting or paying off your bill or spending $2,000 a month on your credit card, campaigns are predicting whether you re going to cast a ballot in november, who you ll vote for and what issues you ll care about. there s a likely percentagehood attached to your name.
member has opened fire on civilians. sarah is in kabul, afghanistan. what can you tell us at this point? reporter: good morning. at this point there s a lot of conflicting information, depending bho you ask, which has been par for the course in this conflict. away we re hearing from the international service assistance force is that they are saying, look, this was one soldier who went off base. it was not a part of any kind of a mission. the soldier left base, walked off the base, and eventually opened fire injuring several civilians. those civilians are being treated at a coalition medical facility. now, that is now being disputed by the taliban and by a villager that we were able to get ahold of in the area. this is happening in an area that has been heavily targeted because it is filled with the taliban, and so it s an area that has seen quite a bit of action, but we need to mention that the taliban is saying that they believe this was many soldiers who attacked one part
cnn saturday morning. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. in the west. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. here s what s happening now. as rockets pound the city of syria, help is on the way to try to slow down the bloodshed. i m not responsible for this plane crashing. a flight attendant threatens crash on an american airlines flight. we ll talk to a passenger who shot this video. and check out this new video showing a tornado striking kentucky. look at that roof blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. new violence in syria is overshadowing high-stakes diplomatic efforts to stop the bloodshed. assad sat down with general kofi ahman in damascus today but even as they talked peace, activists say tanks and artillery attacks the city. nic robertson is there talking about this. they re calling today s talks positive. do you see any progress here? reporter: certainly not on the gro
you can see an image of what it may look like. there s an infrared telescope called the wise telescope. and the data being analyzed from the telescope may show a planet, if it really is out there. and i ve think they re going to name it if it really exists. we may not know that for another couple years. you can t see the earth, and that s one of the reasons they have to use this space telescope to try to find it, if it s out there at all. neat to think that it might be. it s fascinating. you have a great job reporting out all this space tough. yes, i do. thanks john. it is one of the most closely guarded secrets of all time. what coca-cola s billion dollar secret recipe is. it may not be so secret anymore.