tonight, we have tremendous honor of hearing one of the most veteran world reporters feels a little silly he has an incredible, incredible record and i d like to share of stephen kinzer s background with you. he joined the new york times in january of 83 after serving several years as latin american correspondent for the boston globe. from 1983 to 89, stephen was first-time bureau chief in nicaragua. he covered war and social upheaval in central america. he next spent six years in germany as chief of the new york times bureau in bonn and in berlin. he covered german unification and events in other parts of europe including wars in the former yugoslavia. in 1996, the new york times opened a new bureau in istanbul in order to provide readers with insight into turkey, a country which as you well know has become increasingly important in world affairs. times named stephen kinzer as the first istanbul bureau chief. prior to moving, stephen spent four years in istan
what took us 50 years to build since the war on drugs from nixon will take us decades to undo. we are thrilled to be working with koch industries. we are thrilled to be working with the american legislative executive council. we are thrilled to work with interest groups who come to this not just for the economic imperative but with a moral imperative. at the end of the day this is not just about balancing budgets. this is about to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. this is about turning the other cheek. this is about whether or not america is a country that believes in the value of redemption and whether each one of us should be judged for the rest of our lives for the worst act we have done on our worst day of our life. and if we don t believe that rule should apply to us than it ought not to apply to her criminal justice context and that is where i think the opportunities are enormous and i look forward to working with anyone else with whom i was i disagree
president of government affairs corporate vice president of research. i am hopeful congress will take on immigration. it is very important. frankly, i do not know the number, but when we have some of the innovators here, the researchers here, we have people all over the world that make contributions. it is for other companies, as well. there is still a need. the application of project premonition is to collect mosquitoes that have been people and to determine what kind of viruses might be around, what kind of diseases might be around, through taking the blood samples of the mosquitoes and the genetics code of some of the constituents of their blood. it was about what we would be able to do with data available in the environment today. one thing we have noticed is there are a lot of aircraft flying around that could be considered sensors. they are providing information. it is relatively freely available. there is companies like flight aware, that use that information to
get it done before january 1st. even congressional leaders are skeptical. the american people have a right to be very upset with this congress. president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. today s white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. that s because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. i don t know time wise how it can happen now. under senate rules, the only way a bill could make its way through the procedural hurdles in time is if every senator agrees not to. they ll have 24 hours. outside the beltway, carlino will be watching. everyone is kind of in a wait-and-see and fingers-crossed per expect tichb right now. since 1930 this is only the fifth time congress has worked after christmas. and today s summit is the
ahead on sunday morning osgood: as the year 2012 comes to a close this morning, we continue our holiday tradition here at sunday morning. we take time out to remember some of the remarkable people who have left us in the year just pending. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,. take a load off. osgood: they made our hearts sing. they made our spirits soar. that s one small step for man. osgood: some saved lives, some gave their lives. and all touched our lives in ways great and small. we remember those who left us in 2012. on these cold winter days, what could be nicer than a trip down mexico way. in mo rocca s case make that way down. reporter: the beaches of cancun, mexico, are known for girls and guys going wild. it s art in the wild. i have a whole little team of helpers underwater that do the finishing work. reporter: ahead on sunday morning, art that lives underwater. osgood: the fast draw asks why we dress boys in blue and girls in pink. we ll travel to s