gregg mccrary, former fbi profiler. that is our topic this morning as we wrap up this week's series looking at the fbi. what is profiling? guest: good morning, and thanks for having me in. the narrow definition of profiling is the description of the characteristics and traits of the unknown offender. the type of profiling pioneered by the fbi is the retrospective look at crime. in other words, crime has occurred. we are now examining the crime, the crime scene, all of the todence related to theat draw logical inferences about who might have committed this crime. host: the difference between prospective profiling in retrospective profiling. >> those are often confused. perspective profiling is trying to -- prospective a profiling is trying to identify common characteristics to determine who might commit a particular crime, who might be a terrorist or a drug courier. that is far more problematic, because you are going to get a lot of false positives, people who "fit the profile" who really are not a terrorist or card career -- host: what type of agencies are doing that work? guest: ce

long america. >> gregg: hello, the noose may finally be tightening on moammar khadafy on rebel forces, remitted right on the doorstep of the capital of tripoli right now making dramatic advances. look at these pictures have government troops on their heels to the rebels racing toward the capital even in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns capturing a military base along way and inside the capital we are hearing reports that rebel units may have activated despite the khouy forces. streaming live nearby the border. what do you know? >> reporter: there is a major offensive being launched by the rebels from the west of the capital of tripoli. it begin a couple of hours ago. they managed to completely overcome the major base that the khadafy forces had, brigade run by khadafy's second son. they completely swarmed the base. what they do is scooped up thousands of ammunition from their arsenal, rebels running around with heavy weaponry and they sped straight off for the capital. khadafy responded immediately with an angry audio message on a telephone line, calling on few supporters he ha

. >>> hello, i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: despite evidence to american hikers, they were just sentenced to eight years in an iranian prison after having been in captivity for the past two years. a look at their options. >> gregg: rebels in libya claiming that khadafy's number two has defected and aiding them trying to overthrow the libya strong man. >> and water blewl manhole covers up in the air. >>> a stunning turn of vaccines for two american hikers locked up in iran. the two have both been sentenced to eight years behind bars. the news dealing a major blow for the two that many thought would be freed in the recent weeks. the pair have been held for more than two years but now they have 20 days to appeal before they are locked up even longer julie banderas has more. >> julie: the state department which has repeatedly called for the release of these two men releasing a statement that reads in part, we are working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss protecting power. they have been in pris

the american red cross. >> thank you very much, gregg. t me acknowledge the wonderful partnership that we had with fema and with secretary napolitano and administrator seagate. if you are going to do to do with mother nature, you could not ask for a better set up -- toe-to-toe with mother nature, you could not ask for a better set opartners. i am not going to repeat what you have already heard about the storm. it is a very big one. it is going to cover a large amount of area. while he cannot exactly predict what curveball mother nature is going to throw at you, i do feel that the americared cross is better prepared, more prepared than ever. we have forced a number of partnerships with the state based organizations like the national baptist convention, like the southern baptist convention, a lot of the ngo's like the naacp and a whole host of other faith based organizations and non-profit organizations. we are anticipating that it will be a huge geographical area with lots of people enacted. from a time perspective, this could take weeks, maybe even months to be able to respond. le

what all of the research says and often that gives a different picture. gregg and his colleagues published in 2010 and analysis of the literature from 1960 up through 2002. it summarizes the e fax any program that served 8325 your old. it could also have been a program that was just nine months. this chart summarizes the e fax of the cognitive domain. it was not the only domain that was looked at. but because of studies have focused on that to a lesser extent, you cannot really break those defects out in the same way and look at the influences on them in the same way that you can analyze the data on cognitive and pacs because there are so many more studies that measure this. one of the it things that makes a difference is the quality of the design. in studies that use more rigorous search designs. the e immediate impact or the impact at the end of treatment which was typically at age five was about 0.7. seven tents of the standard deviation. to put that into perspective, head start children start about a standard deviation behind. if you want to think about the achievement gap fo

issues than the united states of america. now, are you asking me that question? senator gregg was just a key member of the commission. it is no doubt by far the big structural issue in the united states is our fiscal deficit. it is a formidable issue. coming back to the bowl since then deficit commission, i think what they show to the rest of the world is what a lot of the markets already understand. we are such a rich country and such a big economy that if we act soon and there is a shared sacrifice, we can solve the problem by exporting the sacrifice brought different segments of our country's social upper passed to sacrifice too much. the longer we wait, obviously, the more difficult it will be. what do we have to do to get our fiscal house in order? i think it comes down to -- we need to grow. when we go about it, we have to reform entitlements. we have to reform a tax system. we have to reform a tax system so it gives us the revenues we need and give us growth. i start off by saying, despite all the criticism and how poorly the government performed and all of that, i think th

james whitey bulger goes before a judge today, she's six \on/zeroiers old, catherine gregg is her name, pleading not guilty to harboring and concealing a fugitive. these two were found in santa monica, florida, living on the beach. molly line, what happened? good morning. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, bill, catherine gregg today pleading not guilty, essentially saying she is innocent of these charges after 16 years essentially on the run with james whitey bulger, this accused bob and mobster. she says that she is innocent. the prosecution, however, has a different story, she believe that she used multiple false identities to help conceal herself while on the run, as well as james whitey bulger, identities from names like carol gasko, helen march thal, chairl shaifen, mrs. thomas baxter and the list goes on. gregg's attorney says they would be taking this to trial, that they would not be cooperating, kevin runnington saying at this point she's holding up well. she faces five years in prison and a few years of supervision after being released if she's convicted on these charges a