a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he
two fences along the southern border. why? the dreaded anchor babies, of course. when someone comes illegally across the board, specifically for the purpose of utilizing american resources to have a baby here, then all of the welfare benefits then attach to that baby. so were these serious policy suggestions or were they designed to play to an angry and dean iso phobic crowd? a guest on this broadcast us the and he was crystal clear about what he thinks is going on in las vegas. it is a pathetic pandering that he is doing on the issue. they re on this pilgrimage in arizona to go render unto caesar and visit with the sheriff. get his blessings. lay lavish praise on him, a man who is being investigated for the justice department. we re joined now by the sheriff of maricopa county,
the former head of saudi intelligence, prince al faisal, talks about the osama bin laden he knew and much more. finally, how this man became this man. the most wanted man in the world. an unbelievable story. first, here s my take. i was in germany this week, and the mood there is pretty grim. europe is facing its most severe challenge since 1945. if the greek crisis morphs into an italian crisis, italy being too large to bail out, the entire structure of post-world war ii europe could unravel. finally european leaders seem to recognize that their strategy of kicking the can down the road has not worked, and they will come up with a plan. not a dramatic solution, that s not how it works, but a series of steps that together will be more comprehensive than anything done before. but they will not address europe s core problem which is a lack of growth. the europeans, by which i mean the germans, are trying to find some solution to the crisis that will not let countries like g
complex countries. the former head of saudi intelligence, prince turkey al faisal, talks about the osama bin laden he knew and much more. finally, how this man became this man. the most wanted man in the world. an unbelievable story. first, here s my take. i was in germany this week, and the mood there is pretty grim. europe is facing its most severe challenge since 1945. if the greek crisis morphs into an italian crisis, italy being too large to bail out, the entire structure of post-world war ii europe could unravel. finally european leaders seem to recognize that their strategy of kicking the can down the road has not worked, and they will come up with some package. the result will not be a dramatic solution, that is not how europe works, but a series of steps that together will be more comprehensive than anything done before. but they will not address europe s core problem which is a lack of growth. the europeans, by which i mean the germans, are trying to find some
when you look at number of patents awarded to inventors worldwide, the vast majority went to americans. american base inventors got more patents than any other inventors in the world, or combined. how do you harness that brilliance that is obviously in america moving forward? it s a very good question. it s one of the challenges we have. we still invent a lot of stuff. whether it s and again, the things certain things are going to get manufactured other places. that s inevitable, all right? we re not going to manufacture everything here and assemble things. what you do want is to restore this country to being a start-up nation. that was a book that was written about israel, where everyone s starting something. and that s, i think, a little bit what we ve gotten away from here in the current environment. sam? i just, to carry dylan s point a little further, isn t the problem i mean, your policy suggestions are, i would agree, but isn t the problem that we can t get those pas