for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> the crisis in iraq heats up. white house authorizes airstrikes if islamic extremists make more advances. and the u.s. military begins a humanitarian air drop for thousands trapped by the fighting. hello, i'm antonio mora. welcome to "consider this," that and much more straight ahead. kurdish and iraqi officials are pleading for international assistance to help iraq's religious minorities. >> there are no american military solutions to the problems in iraq. >> talks are taking place in cairo. >> israel is ready to expand

the truce. >> this must be the last time to rebuild. this must stop now. >> the worst outbreak of ebola that we have ever recorded. >> the virus seems to have taken hold in nigeria. >> i don't think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful. >> sometimes when two people get to the their collaboration can surpass what each might do on their own. >> we are consumed by the myth of the lone genius. we are deeply entwined with other people. >> pro russian rebels have shot down another ukranian fighter jet. russia is hitting back. >> two storms headed hawaii's way. >> we begin with president obama's announcement that he has authorized two operations in iraq, one has already begun, american car go planes have started a relief operation dropping supplies to thousands of desperate iraqis who fled state fighters and

are trapped on a mountain. the other targeted airstrikes, only if the jihaddists move toward irbil or threaten american facilities. islamicists overtook mostly christian towns and they appeared to have captured the most important hydroelectric dam. with tens of thousands still surrounded by islamic state forces video surfaces making this impassioned plea for help. >> we are being slaughtered under the banner of there is no good but allah. 500 men have been slaughtered. our women have been taken as slaves and sold into slavery. please, brothers as we speak, there is a genocide against. >> we spoke to twoicsperts before president obama made the announcement of military

operations starting with former national security adviser hathaway. i'm joined from washington, d.c. by steven hadley who served as national security adviser under george w. bush. good to have you on the show. the white house has condemned the state attacks on shiites and minorities. the white house said the situation is nearing a humanitarian catastrophe, the most urgent situation does seem to be the tens of thousands who are trappedded on a mountain by the islamic state fighters. it is pastime for the u.s. to start lifting humanitarian aid to them? >> yes, i think so. it is clear from the news reports this afternoon that the white house is giving that serious consideration. i would hope they would do it and do it soon. these people are in crisis and need the help now. >> former obama ambassador to iraq james jeffrey told us yesterday that he didn't understand why no action had been taken.

the president is said to be considering airstrikes, also, against islamic state fighters who are besieging the refugees and we have heard of the slaughters of shiites, the persecution of christians, possible control by the jihaddists of the country's major dam. some have even compared what happened in iraq with the genocide in rwanda. so is it also long pastime for the u.s. to help with airstrikes? >> they have to make a calculation of whether the airstrike's are an integral part in order to be able to provide the humanitarian assistance. i think they may be. in addition the kurds who are fighting in the kurdish army, if you will that is fighting the islamic state in these areas also needs help. they are on the defensive. they have lost a number of cities, cities that are inhab tad by minorities, christians and others, and airstrikes would be a way of halting the is advance and giving support

to the troops that are in need of that help. we have got to stop the advance of is, even if the administration seeks for a more inclusive government in baghdad. that what we need to do. >> this is what josh earnest had to say on tuesday. there are no american military solutions to the problems in iraq. we can't solve these problems for them. these problems can only be solved with iraqi political solutions. >> talking about those political solutions, reports are that president obama will not use military force against is until iraqi prime minister malaki steps down and we have a new iraqi government place. so far he is refusing to budge. you warned against his sectarian agenda eight years ago but can the u.s. afford at this point to let him dictate whether we step in or not if we have got tens of thousands people suffering, actually more than that if you count

the more than a million people who have been displaced as the islamic state conquers more territory. >> i think you can continue to put pressure on maleki andas they are doing and use military force to rescue these people under great humanitarian distress and give some support to the -- and halt the advance of is. that is a limited mission you can do through airstrikes. and i think it is not inconsistent with the kind of pressure they are doing politically. it is one thing to say there are no military solutions, that is true. but to -- and there needs to be a political solution, that is also true, but we need a comprehensive strategy here. and i have to say that when you are dealing with a group like is, there will be a military component to any successful strategy. i goings the question is what will that military component be? an iraqi christian leader who was talking about the islamics

persecution, the state's persecution of iraqi minorities so in the context of the atrocities the group is committing and so far getting away with, is it time even if the united states doesn't do this to assemble some sort of coalition that could deal with them? >> well, you know, with this kind of enemy i ask there is going to be an international coalition only if the united states is willing to be part ofist and willing to lead it. and you know, this is as grisly is group as we have seen. they are a sect that is making war on everybody else who does not accept their particular brand of islam. and the reports of atrocities are something like we have not seen in a long time. and josh earnest said the president has shown clear wigness to take action to protect what he calls core

american interests. let's listen to that. >> those interests include things like protecting american personnel. around the globe. he has taken actions like that in other countries. >> but shouldn't it also include saving threatened populations that we supported in the past. wouldn't that be a core american interest and beyond that, if this jihaddist group has so much territory, has oil fields. has dams. has, you know, enormous amounts of control over important cities, isn't it a core american interest to protect against this lawless state being able to generate terrorism around the world? >> you could make a case that it is in our interest to do so on humanitarian grounds. but i would go much further. it is in the interests of the united states and the first responsibility of the president to defend the american people and the american homeland against the terrorist threat. and the islamic state with a territory and personnel that it controls in iraq and syria

is a huge terrorist threat in the region to our friends and allies in the region and i believe ultimately to the united states and we need to start dealing with it in order to protect our people and protect our country from this territory threat. >> so many concerns there and so many people suffering. steven hadley, a pleasure to have you back with us. thank you. >> nice to be here. >> for more on the developing humanitarian catastrophe in iraqi kurdistan let's go to boston. to the an adviser of if kurdish regional government in northern iraq. he also served as american's ambassador to croatia and u.s. special representative for afghanistan. he is currently a state senator in vermont. always good to see you. a lot of confusion over what is happening right now kurdistan. a humanitarian airlift is said to be underway. the white house is considering airstrikes. but kurdish and iraqi sources of said there is some bombing underway now, not clear by whom because the pentagon has

denied that the u.s. is conducting any airstrikes. what are your sources tell you? >> i think the situation is also unclear. certainly the kurds are hoping that there will be u.s. airstrikes. they are trying to protect the yuzidi and christian minorities against what is indisputably genocide and they look to the united states for help. but it is not clear that that help has arrived yet. well the kurdish fighters have long been considered some of iraq's probably proke bravest fighting force yet they have been rolled back by the islamic state fighters. they have lost a lot of land. and do they have the equipment to stand up to these jihaddists because the jihaddists seem to be very well armed because they have taken over all sorts of -- in many cases american armaments in the territory they took

away from the iraqi government. >> yes. i think that many of us are surprised that the kurdish military is having as much difficulty as it is because they are well organized trained and they are actually fighting for something. but, i think there are three factors that are present here. first is as you say iciss is armed with the most modern weapons provided by the united states. via the iraqi army which collapsed and basically left hundreds, if not over a thousand armored humvees for isis as well as artillery. and my iraqi friends tell me that the humvees are the big problem because they are small arms aren't able to penetrate the armored humvees and so

they are really a very effective weapon for isi-i. second factor is that the kurds are trying to defend a 650-mile mortar with isis. where as isis is a very mobile force. it is able to concentrate its force at a particular point and attack the kurds have to cover a much larger area and they don't necessarily know where the attacks are come. and finally isis is able to -- is terrifying the population for good reason. people know what they have done in mosul and particularly in the areas where they are attacking now with the christians and yuzidis. they consider them devil worshipers. they are putting them to death. christians are told they have to convert, leave or pay a tax or face the sword. they are also terrified. so, when isis attacks you have massive movements by the population juniors it is tough if you are a military trying

to fight the enemy. and at the same time trying to deal with a panicked population. i should add as one of my kurdish friends said today the final factor is the is fighters seem to welcome death. not just that they are willing to face death but they welcome it. they are brave but they don't want to die. >> right. >> should we be arming the kurds? the white house has insisted that any weapons throw through the iraqi government. think are not giving the iraqi government too many weapons. but so far the iraqi government has been stingy or at least in the past has been stingy to give the kurds weapons they have been keeping them for the iraqi military. >> well, the weapons have been going to the iraqi government. iraqi army. the iraqis have opposed arming the military. so what is the net result of this, the united states arms have gone to isis via iraqi

military and the most pro arm force in the middle east are relatively unarmed as this catastrophe is overtaking the minority communities. so -- >> do they -- >> yes. >> well, first my view is that yes, we should be arming them. apparently some arms have begun to arrive in the past few days. but these are -- these require time to train people to use the arms. and so, what the military and the kurds really need now and the christians and yazidi's need are airstrikes to halt the isis momentum. the kurds wouldn't say they feel betrayed because they depend heavily on the united states. but certainly they wish the u.s. had acted sooner. >> ambassador it is good to have you with us to give us a perspective on what is going on there, thanks. >> well glad to talk to you. >> now for more stories from

around the world. >> >> we begin in high-where people are preparing for a one-two punch. the first hurricane in 22 years. hurricane ise lle is expected to make land fall in a few hoursprying up to eight inches of rain with maximum winds of 85 mimes an hour and waves up to 28 feet. behind iselle, hurricane julio has strengthened to catty 2 but is expected to weaken before it makes land fall in the hawaiian islands. the last hurricane to hit the island ini kentucky killed six and de troyed 1400 homes. next we go to eastern ukraine where separatists have shot down another ukraine military plane. witnesses saw two pilots par chuting to the ground. search-and-rescue efforts for

them are underway. meanwhile in moscow, russian prime minister announced a ban on food imports from the eu, us and other countrys that have imposed sanctions on russia. immediate -- he mentioned possibly banning airlines from flying on their way to asia. in a racially charged case involving the november shooting of an unarmed young woman woman who knocked on his door. he shoot her through a screen door as she stood on his front porch. prosecutors said he came to the door wanting a confrontation with a shotgun armed and shot her in the face. his attorney argues he was afraid and shot her in self-defense. he will be sentenced august 25th and faces up to life in prison. that is some of what aye happening around the world. coming up, time is running out on the cease-fire between israel and hamas. can the demands from both

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will flare up again. negotiators raced the clock to reach a deal. israel agreed to an extension of the truce but the military wing of hamas balked saying it would only sign if the blockade of gaza by valley israel against egypt is lifted. israel responded that it will respond forcefully. jane, we are so close to the end of this 72 hour cease-fire. we have heard some reports that the talks have stalled. what are you hearing about whether the truce will be extended? >> it is absolute crunch time white now and more a case of what we are not hearing. no one is hearing any positive news just yet. people are hearing speculation about how these indirect talks as they are with the egyptian shuttling between either side are coming to heads basically both sides have put forward their positions. the israelis want the demilitarization and the disarming of hamas in gaza.

hamas want the lifting of the blockade and all the various parts that that takes up. essentially opening up borders. opening of the seaport. opening of even the fishing areas in the ocean just off gaza. so far neither side seems to have come together in any agreement on that. and just hours really until this cease-fire ends. and as you have said. hamas have pointed out that they will not hold the cease-fire after 8:00 a.m. on friday morning local time if their conditions are not met. so no willingness to wait a little longer to decide these bigger issues and you know without the time pressure that we have had with the 72 hour cease-fire. >> at least in the retore take we are hearing right now, that seems to be the take. but hamas have been calling for the lifting of the blockade since it was first put in place in 2007 after they won elections and took control of gaza. so, it is unlikely that the blockade or the issue of the blockade will be completely

resolved in the next few hours. it has been years that they have been trying to call for this. it has been an international debate. it has been a huge issue discussed around the world, this blockade of gaza. what they are likely to go for are individual concessions. hamas have to come out of this with something to show the people of gaza after nearly 2,000 deaths whether it is the borders in the ocean being bush pushed back more than the six nautical miles for fishing or the slight ease of the raffia border across into egypt. they have to show some ease of the blockade. it is very unlikely they will have a blockade lifted entirefully a matter of hours. i'm sure a lot of people are tense where you are. >> jane ferguson, appreciate you joining us. thank you. >> joining us now from washington, d.c. is senior fellow at the american task force on palestine. great to see you as always. do you think the cease-fire will be extended?

>> i think it will either be extended or the de fact o cease-fire will be extended. there might be a little flair up. but i don't think a full scale resumption of widespread hostilities is in the interest of either party. israel has done what it wanted to do. both in the west bank before the war with hamas and gaza. so i think they are kind of done unless they are pushed and then they will hit back. i think that hamas is not done at all. but i think that politically they can't sustain the pushback that they would get if they started hostilities again now. their big dilemma is they don't have anything to show for a month of fighting. so, i think they are just going to have to pursue the cairo angle and see what they can get. >> in that context i would hate to get in the a discussion of who lost because it is clear both sides had serious losses, certainly no one more than the people of

gaza. but you said that hamas has lost politically militarily and pretty much in every possible sense and spectacularly so. >> so far i think that's true. now, the in terms of the relationship with israel i think that that's not only true that is going to remain true. and the only thing is the israeli policy is a nonpolicy. they call it mowing the grass. it doesn't change anything strategical, leaves hamas in power and every couple of years or so they have to go through this again and hamas does better militarily every time but but it still doesn't deliver anything to the palestinian people. now, the long term political impact on hamas has to do with the palestinian authority and its rivalry with them. who is the big winner this or is it awash? that remains to be seen and that will be determined by the fallout over the next couple of weeks and maybe even the

next couple of months and who can take credit for what, if anything. and that's going to be very much a political battle. and it is not that directly linked to the last month of fighting except the question of can hamas justify why it went ahead and fought for almost an entire month and 1500 lives later when it accepted this now and could have had it a month ago. they will have to have an answer for that. >> we had top leaders on this show insisting that the unit government with hamas has authority over gaza, that hamas is one of the many factions of the palestinian government. is that wishful thinking? >> well, i think theoretically it's true. but yes, i do think it is to some extent wishful thinking because hamas retains under the agreement its brigades, para military gigs and its independent capability.

so, while theoretically it is given up governance in gaza to this government that doesn't have any hamas members in it and you know, is ultimately run by -- it is still the case that hamas is very much in control of gaza and has this trump card and it will not be giving that up. and when the israelis speak of demilitarization they know hamas will not agree to being demilitarized. they are talking about a new inspection and monitoring for all kinds of materials that go into gaza like concrete and steel, basic stuff. that is what they mean when they talk about demilitarization. no one seriously thinks hamas is going to merge its forces with the p.a. or surrender its forces or anything like that. and until they do, the unity is a little bit of a -- >> i want to talk about the hamas military in a minute. but what about israel. best pete overwhelming support, israeli voices are now being raised of the

america hawkish israeli leaders when it comes to finding a two state solution is a big part of the problem. >> of course. it is actually the heart of the problem. without doubt. and the situation will continue to deteriorate as long as we don't have piece. and the president at the begin of the hostilities said that israel would never give up security control of the west bank which basically negates two states if he really means it. so obviously that's true. and i also think that you know, these wars for israel have a very negative impact on them diplomatically and in terms of public perception. and a corrosive effect on israeli society morally. because so some of civilians are killed. and so much disproportionate and negligent forces used. what is excluding the possibility that soldiers do target civilians deliberately. and we have seen incidents that are hard to interpret otherwise. >> and as you said, hamas is

divided itself. they held their first public rally since the cease-fire began on thursday. and we know the military wing may not agree with a political wing. let's listen to the rally. >> the war is not over yet. our men are still in the field. manning forward positions. our fingers on the trigger and our rockets are trained on tel aviv and beyond. and our tunnels still exist and lead to the depths of the occupied land. >> so with products like that -- excuse me, with comments like that, not terribly productive if we are hoping for peace. >> well, no, but it is terribly instructive if you -- it gives you a window into as you say you are absolutely right antonio, hamas is clearly divided. it is not at all hidden. i mean, there is obviously our people in hamas who want to continue and also people who don't want to go forward right now. the reason they don't want to

go forward is it is an incredible damnable to do that. if they went forward and got some kind of a victory or deliverable or something out of it, that would be a huge success. but if they didn't. then it would be almost impossible to explain. and if it was done very quickly say tomorrow or the day after or something like that, you know, and major hostilities resumed, not a little flare-up it could be tantamount to political suicide for them. and some of the leaders know it and that is why they don't want to go forward at this point. but the longer things go on without any benefit to hamas or any deliverable to the public or any victory for them of any kind, the temptation to go back to arms struggle will be great because they haven't changed their fundamental fundamental analysis. arms struggle is their way forward. they still have rockets and their ability to fight. and they will no doubt will. >> so many years of fighting and so many deaths. let's hope they figure out a way to make things better. hussein, also good to have

you. thank you. >> yes, thank you very much. >> a dire warning about a serious outbreak of ebola. thursday the centers for disease control told the congressional committee that its emergency operation center had raised its response to the highest level. dr. frieden said that ebola can be stopped but that it is going to be extremely difficult. >> it requires meticulous attention to detail. if you leave behind even a single ember it is like a forest fire it flares back up. one patient not diagnosed, one healthcare worker not protected, one contact not traces treysed. ebola is spread to the united states is inevitable but any outbreak is not likely to be large. for more we are joined from new orleans by robert garry, a viral october who worked for decades studying viral fevers. he worked to identify cases and train workers in

containment. great to have you with us. we now are seeing a spanish priest being treated in madrid after being transported there from liberia. two americans in a hospital in atlanta, a suspected death saudi arabia, someone who had been in west africa. we have pan nick nigeria where there are a few cases in legos, one of the largest city in the world. how concerned are you that this is part of a bigger outbreak? >> we need to be very vigilant about cases showing up in the united states and other places around the world, even the developing cities and places where airplanes come into because a person could come in on a plane. and not show symptoms, go out into the community and then develop the full-blown disease and pass it on to other people. so this is a scenario that could happen in the united states. we just need to be aware of it. it won't be a major spread of the virus and disease like it is occurring in west africa,

we will rapidly get a ring around it. but we could have several cases which would be a major event. >> now could the outbreak be worse than the 1700 confirmed case? because there are reports of bodies dumped in the streets and people who aren't going for treatment and the cdc said the data that is coming out of the region is kind of fog of war situation. that is a direct quote. that t cases that are recorded are the ones that are actually observed either as a laboratory confirmed case or probable case. so, you actually have to see the person and make the determination that that is one of those two categories. there are a lot of people in the villages that never see a doctor and don't get counted in the statistics. you should consider those the bare minimum numbers. >> you just returned from sierra leon and there is news

that the military has cordoned off part of the country that has been hit hard. a lot of those getting sick are healthcare workers. you were involved in the containment efforts. it looks like in nigeria the outbreak may be because of the american liberian who ended up getting to the legos airport and people he was in contact with been con tam -- contaminated with, specifically a nurse. how do we protect medical workers? >> we need to do a lot more. i think that one of the things that we need to focus on. not in this outbreak but the next one is developing vaccine so we can at least immunize our healthcare workers so they are not at risk. and the current outbreak we need to double down on the protective equipment and make sure everybody seeing patients or potential patients is trained in the use of the protective gear. >> talking about vaccines. we had doctor from the nih on

the show a couple of days ago. he said a vaccine will start getting tested next month. human tests. >> i know there are others in the works. is that something that could be taken quickly to people who aren't sick. that is the concern if it hasn't been tested enough to be given vaccines before adequate testing? >> many of the vaccine candidates have shown they can protect animals from this deadly virus so we have a lot of candidates that are promising in these animal studies. what needs to be done are studies to show that these vaccines are safe in people. that could actually be done fairly quickly. a safety trial could only take a few weeks. might take a few more weeks to analyze the data and the like but the safety trials could be done pretty quickly. and then we have something in the u.s. called animal rule

and many of these vaccines have already passed that. so one could see the vaccines going into people quickly. what about the serum that may have helped two american aid workers improve. how quickly can we ramp that up and even if we can ramp up production quickly because apparently there are few doses available, is that something that should be sent to africa to see if it will help? >> well, one of the big problems with making any drug is the scale up. so, we don't just need a few cases of this. we need many, many thousands of doses of a drug like that. so, that's going to take some time to produce. one of the reasons why this drug was made in tobacco plants is because you can make large quantities with that system. there are other systems that make large amounts of drugs but we need the medications

into those systems and start ramping up so we can get some americans protected but also the africans too. >> professor robert garry appreciate you joining us, thanks. >> time now to see what is trending on the web. >> this story is painful but also touching. a british man went to great lengths to raise money for a cancer charity. 49-year-old stewart kettle decided to climb up the highest mountain in wales, 3500 feet. not just an ordinary climb. he wanted to do it on his hands and knees while pushing a brussel sprout with his nose. he lost some of the vegetables along the way but 22 brussel sprouts and four days later, kettle completed the challenge and raised more than eight times his goal. he aimed for 8400, and raised 70,000. kettle wore a guard protect his nose but did get roughed up elsewhere. the daredevil has no skin on his knees and his wrists and neck are hurting a lot. this isn't the first time the

englishman went out on a limb for charity. in 2011 he finished 7 marathons in seven days in a giant hamster wheel following year he sat suspend ed by a helium balloon for a week. his latest brussel sprout endeavor is his wackiest yet. the funds will go to mcmillan cancer support, an organization that helps patients with just about every aspect of their lives after diagnosis. all i can say is ouch. ouch. good for him. amazing thing to do. thanks. >> you're welcome. straight ahead. a provocative new book argues that the biggest innovar -- innovators would have been impossible without other people. why you can thank the government for making it possible. and later, stars are shooting to tv, but do they guarantee success?

>> behind every great man is a great partner. a new book powers of two argues that the conventional wisdom that celebrates creativity as the product of genius working by themselves is no more than a myth. it looks at how chemistry and conflicts among creative pairs are what lead to the vision and ingenuityy that ends up changing the world. joshua wolf shenk is the author. thank you for being here. >> great to be here. >> einstein, mick angelo, bait hoven, mozart, who work on their own, you say they are the exception than the rule? >> we are consumed by this idea. we love star wars the movie. we love luke skywalker and the idea that george lucas made it

alone. they were partners all the way through for him and there is in every case. you look at siegmund freud and the creation of psychoanalysis and gandhi, it was more a social enterprise than a lone man on the cane. but the myth was very important for the movement. a lot of times the partners are offstage for a reason. >> and it is just a better story to tell but somehow there is one great leader, one great genius. it is a great story. it is super simple. you can start it clearly and it has a great swell. we as an audience get to be in relationship to the lone genius. we are drawn to it for that reason too. >> you look at pairs and all different relationships from spouses to sib also. and you have friends, even opponents, people who bring different strengths to the table who are often very, very different people. and you take us through whole process. you start with how they meet and how they get to that spark of chemistry that makes them

special. yeah, it starts with arousal and excitement and may be you know, may feel totally natural the kind of electricity like your toy car and you just got a battery put in you. you are quicker, smarter, sharper. laughing or having fun or maybe getting electric shot. the co-founders of google broke into an argument when they first met. a journalist described them as two swords sharpening each other. >> they still make obnoxious comments about each other. >> they called each other obnoxious on charlie rose. and made billions of dollars together. so it is easy to laugh. but the tension is alongside the shared vision. >> one of your favorites and you focus on a lot are lennon and mccartney about how they pretty much had something we can call a co-op petition, a kings of cooperation and competition? >> magic johnson and larry

bird were trying to beat each other. that was ad ever sarasota yell collaboration. matisse and picaso were trying to out. >> david: do each other. >> and they-led each other to greater greatness. >> exactly. and you can look at that partnership. they were trying to outdo one another. john would write strawberry fields forever. paul would come back with penny lane. they both wanted the a side of the single. they knew they would share the rewards and they would co-credit everything, so there was the strong unity. but within underneath that tent they were jabing each other and bringing out each other's best. >> it is not just people who are creative in the traditional sense. not just the arts. all different fields you said sports. now you break it down into several different types of relationships. one of the more interesting ones i thought was the one between the star and the director. a so-called silent partner. as you mentioned, gandy.

gandy had someone. martin luther king, warren buffet talks about munger in a funny way. he said charlie does the talking and i move my lips. so sometimes there is that partnership we wouldn't be that aware of. yeah, and a lot of times the silent partner prefers it that way. he doesn't want to be on stage. he wants to be kind of you know receiving the recognition that comes from that one on one. and as opposed to the adulation of millions of people. robert downey jr. had his career saved by his wife and producing partner susan downey. he is a big star. he soaks it up. he has that personality. she is much more one on one kind of person. and those kinds of partnerships work -- those kinds of people work well together. >> and it is not to diminish the talent of the amazing individuals by themselves but what you are saying is it is

just as important to discuss that relationship and the team work that ends up with this massive creativity that really does change the world and one example is steve jobs and steve wozniak which fits into that direct star world. the individual brings himself or herself to the partnership. they form a we. they form a collective. but then the collective charges up the individual. and that movement back and forth is really what happens so people say well, isn't solitude important? don't people do a lot of things alone? you know, coming up with aiate idea while walking on the beach or the writer working alone in his cave for months at a time? and all that is true. these great partnerships they find a way to take enough alone time and quiet time and come back together and be heated up together. and both those things are necessary. everyone is slightly different in what they need. but, these partnerships find the balance over and over

again. >> and people can be exceptional by themselves but it is a question of becoming more ex 7ceptional because of whatever the tension the creative tension that exists with a partner? >> i think we need to be activated on some level from the beginning. thinking itself begins as an exchange between a toddler and you know a parent. and then that exchange kind of goes into the mind. same thing if you think about people say well, i work alone. and well, did you have a teacher who was an influence, do you have colleagues? a lot of times these are operating on us and we are not conscious of it. but becoming conscious of it makes us do better every time. >> thank you for joining us. great to be here. major movie stars and directors have turned to tv. but, do big stars mean big ratings? and first slot machines have exploded in popularity. they are now separating you

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starring in a medical drama, directed by oscar winner steven soderburgh. and halle berry who has been on tv all summer wrapping up the first season of extant, and fantastic four star mcgriff its will play a medical examiner on a new show called forever. we saw matthew mcconaughey, woody harrelson, kevin spacey, martin lawrence, the list goes on and on about movie stars moving to tv. why? >> it is really interesting. there is a lot of shifts going on in the movie and tv industries. i think later on we will be talking about super hero movies as the movie industry becomes so super here hero and comic book directed. a lot of serious stars are looking for decent work and finding it on tv. i think one of the things that happened this last year when we saw harrelson and mcconaughey together in true detective everyone said wow, this can really work.

frankly some of the people, clive owin is a movie star but is a serious movie star and you can see him going to a serious tv series. william h. macy in shameless which is a serious premium tv. >> and joan cusack. you see those things. if we will see things like harrelson and mcconaughey do that. >> now real movie stars would not have been caught dead doing tv in the old days. so what has changed? stigma's gone? >> well, yes. and it is also the economics. there isn't as much money in regular movie anymore. they don't make that much money and there is so much money in television. it is a crazy industry. we think back 20 years ago think how many channels there were putting on serious tv shows. are is four times as many today and seems like more coming every day. there is a lot of work throughout for people. but, let's remember, you know as well as anyone that there is a lot of money involved in the tv industry and that is

what talks. i think we will see the tv series worried about overspending on stars, but at the other end hand, the combination of the acclaim and prestige i think is going to draw more of these actors. that leads to my next question. it has been a gradual process. we saw lawrence fishburne and jeff goldblum do police dramas. alec baldwin on 30 rock. zoey -- knell on grew girl. do you think the money is there? >> let's remember a lot of us are watching television and not watching on small screens. we are watching on big screens. a lot of movie stars see that and they just look big. it is actually a physical thing. when you go back to barbara stan wick a great movie star doing things like a western, the big valley back in the day, there was a bit of diminution of the sense of it. now they look big and the production values off the

chart, why wouldn't you do that? >> another big stoppic is that they seem to be noticing the power that women have at the box office and suddenly there is all this talk about studios planning a whole wave of female led action movies. from a new ghost busters to a bunch of super hero movies. this is a reaction to most of the big blockbusters of the summer did poorly while movies with strong women leads and women themes did well? >> yeah, they sure really did. and lucy i think brought up a lot of people when that beat out hercules at the box office. that speaks volumes. scarlett johannsen taking down the rock in a head to head face-off. now, let's go back 10 or 15 years. angelina jolie, made twice as much money as lucy did, that didn't exactly bring female super heroes to the fore. >> because you then had a couple of disasters.

you had couple of spear hoe row movie cat woman and electra that just bombed. >> it is true. they have been through this before and it is a tough needle to thread. for a let of reason. the national audience are these young boys. they are a little scared of women sometimes. and so you really have to find -- do you yow don't want people to look ridiculous. michele pfeiffer looked silly in one of the early batman movies. people don't want to wreck wreck their careers the way halle berry did. >> hunger games, lucy and big, big movies with women as very strong leads. great to see you as always. >> thank you. >> sir. that's all for now but coming up friday, luring women to become terrorists. we will see what females are flocking to become extremists and in some cases suicide bombers. correcting the record on watergate.

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