sophistication and rig or. they didn t lack for an ability to reach people and coordinate people and get the message out, logistics want a problem. to him the problem was we could have even spent more time in kind of he was particularly interested in this motion that they should have spent more time elaborating and deepening their understanding of the principles of nonviolence. to to them was the great lost opportunity. i thought that was fascinating. knowing all that he knows how about modern technologies and what he really really wanted was more kind of thought and patience and sophistication in thinking about what they stood for.
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outside the west wing on friday afternoon indicating that he was still here. but those three are the ones to watch going forward. all right, steve nelson for us. we ll talk to you again. thanks. turning now to texas in a string of bombings in austin, two people were injured yesterday after a package bomb exploded as they were passing on bicycles. it s the fourth explosion to hit austin this month and the police say they are working under the assumption that all are related. police say yesterday s explosion was slightly different than others and that it was possibly triggered by a tripwire whereas in the other three victims, they tried to pick up packages that had been left at their homes. two people had died and several others have been wounded in the sdmroegzs. the austin police chief says the bombings were meant to send a message without elaborating what that message is. still ahead, it was a cliffhanger in russia. vladimir putin wins his sixth
the soccer match, a friendly between the french and germans. a stadium announcer made a statement over the loudspeaker telling fans, avoid the exits due to events outside, without elaborating. at first it prompted panic, but the crowd walked, dazed, hugging each other and looking at their phones for the latest news. five minutes later, 10:40, a white house official said president obama had been briefed on the attacks in paris. the official said he was not authorized to speak privately, but five minutes later, 10:50 in paris, the british prime minister david cameron said he was shocked by violence. by 11:00. the french president hollande said he was closing the country s borders and declaring a state of emergency. after several dozen people had been killed. five minutes later, the president of the united states calling it an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians and vowed to do whatever it takes to help bring the perpetrators to justice. president obama speaking to reporter
and quite honestly, the election to this point was kind of boring. it was boring because both candidates in different ways were making it boring. the president, and there have been reports, was kind of coasting through, thinking he had no real competition from mitt romney. and romney was out there basically, expressioning conservative platitudes without elaborating on them. we get to the debate and what mitt romney does is answer the two things i think most voters were looking for, why do you think that barack obama s presidency failed and what ways have he failed it. and what would you propose alternatives, and better than president obama does? he did both of those, went right at the obama record and something the president declined to talk about himself and went deep on his tax policy and his health policy, so he put some entirely new baseline for the election. paul: kim, there are a lot of republicans were willing to start writing off mitt romney if he didn t do welcome. i mean,