we spent time with him recently to find out how bill gates became bill gates. do you think about your childhood a lot? >> i know that i was extremely lucky to have the parents i had and to be born at the time i was born, and i have very positive memories. i had conflict with my mom, but we were super close. i mean, maybe too close at at times. and the fact that i did develop independence and partly just wanting to be, you know, prove myself in this way that was independent from my mom, you know, sort of created this energy that pushed me. >> you were born with this incredible brain, but had it not been nurtured by your mom in ways that were difficult for you and the obviously the socioeconomic level you were born into and the opportunities you had at the schools you had, it might have gone in very different directions. >> absolutely. >> gates was born in 1955 and raised in an upper middle class neighborhood in seattle. >> this is my family. >> his dad, bill gates senior, was a lawyer, president of the state bar association, and a civic leader. in his retirement

we did bill gates, there was bill gates, and wendi mclendon-covey.me and my brother, we do a podcast. check it out, it's very fun. you guys, we here at "late night" don't always have enough time to cover all of the recent news. so here with a recap is one of our writers, amber ruffin, in a segment we call, "amber says what." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> you guys, things have been crazy. first of all, last month was black history month. and i was like, what? we're still having those? oh, that was the last one? well, not a bad one to go out on. because beyonce won a grammy for best country album. and i was like, what? [ cheers and applause ] then she won a grammy for best album. and i was like what, what? but beyonce was like, what? [ laughter ] then, i heard trump renamed the gulf of mexico and i was like what did he change it to? gulf of america? boring. now is the time to steal the name zanzibar. it's the best name on the planet and we should have it. then i saw he banned the "associated press" from the oval office because they kept saying gulf of m

he was one of 40 billionaires led by warren buffett and bill gates, who agreed to give at least half of their wealth to charity. and in peterson's case, that meant endowing the peterson foundation with $1 billion to educate the public about the national debt and deficit. perhaps you've seen some of the foundation's media. we're showing it now. he passed in 2018, but the foundation lives on today. his son is the chair and ceo. michael peterson joins me now. michael, thanks for being here. why was your dad so fixated on american debt? >> well, thank you, michael. >> thanks for having me. i think. >> as you mentioned. my father's. life represented the american dream in many ways. and i think the values that he learned growing up were about saving for the future, investing in the future, leaving the next generation better off. and when he looked at the outlook for the united states, it was the opposite of that. the 36 trillion in debt that we've amassed, the trillions more coming, the demographic challenges he he foresaw very clearly a point at which the american dream was under threat b

again, the first thing he wants to do to get it out of the gate is finish that tax bill, because he says once he does that and he believes the cut on middle class americans will boost the economy, then he can be patient in dealing with civil rights, which he knows will take a long time and getting the tax cut combined with the budget, that's pretty conservative, pretty stringent. he works with dirksen and he works with southern democrats like harry byrd, who's the head of the finance committee. and and he'll continue to work with them on the civil rights bill of 1964 with the republicans, as opposed to the southern democrats. november 29th, 1963, only one week after the assassination of jfk, president johnson signed executive. order 11130 establish a commission to investigate jfk assassination. commonly known as the warren commission. yes. tell us about that. i mean, this is incredibly important. again, we can talk about johnson's speeches and we talk about the legislation, but front and center on the minds of most americans was the kennedy assassination. and what happened? and there wer

service members killed at abbey gate in that bombing in kabul. >> bill: also ways in which the government is now saving money. add it up. >> president trump: we have already identified $22 billion from hhs to provide free housing and cars free illegal aliens. $45 million for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in burma. $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. nobody knows what that is. baby: liberty! mom: liberty mutual is all she talks about since we saved hundreds by bundling our home and auto insurance. biberty: it's pronounced "biberty." baby: liberty! biberty: biberty! baby: liberty! biberty: nice try, kid. only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: liberty. ♪ ♪ >> president trump cracking jokes with rfk jr on the startling doge social security findings. >> president trump: a lot of money is paid out to people because it just keeps getting paid and paid, and nobody does. get really hurts social security, it hurts our country. 1.3 million people from ages 150 to 159 and over. 130,000 people, according to the social

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let's go to rosemary oroczo with that beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge behind you. >> yes. our writer bill came in this morning, said rosemary. what can we expect? i said everything. >> welcome to the bay. >> on display right now. >> yes. good morning to both of you. we've got the sunshine, the clouds, the scattered showers, the risk of thunderstorms and that type of weather also brings the possibility of rainbows for today, giving you a live look there over the golden gate bridge. isn't that a beautiful one? my goodness. could you sit on that for a moment? a nice sight for sore eyes. all right, let's turn it over to storm tracker two and take a look at what is going on out there. so, yes, passing showers, even brief downpours experienced over the bay area last night into this morning. as we stretch into the north bay. we have just a few sprinkles there near monte rio and along highway 101 between santa rosa and petaluma, shifting in towards the central bay right there at the golden gate bridge, it looks like into tiburon, sausalito. we've got some pretty good rain. san francisco, ocean be

[cheering and applause] >> bill: as you answer that, look at what cash patel sent out late last night. this was the arrival back on u.s. soil. justice for abbey gateu.s. custody. go-ahead, senator. >> i mean, what an incredible moment. that disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan sent shock waves. not just in that region, but literally across the entire world. one of my first things as united states senator was to travel and meet with world leaders. there was not one world leader that didn't mention this. they said the weakness that was shown was just insurmountable. we know what that lead to. we understand what peace through strength means. i know we touched on that earlier. reagan did preach it, donald trump practices it. this is a moment, this is one americans voted for. putting us back in the driver's seat, putting america first and showing that strength around the globe. >> bill: thanks for coming on. >> thank for having me. appreciate it. >> bill: nice to see you. you bet. music maccas. >> the busses started showing up to look mike is. some in my city were frightened, like i'm sure some of your constituents were frightened. they were afraid a

gate monster. plus... >> congressman al green, og got knots. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jesse: we did not test trump for steroids because he set the state of the record -- union record. beating bill by a mile. the vast majority of the country thought it was presidential, entertaining and inspiring. voters say trump's speech gave them hope. take that, obama. but one side of the room missed out. >> i look at the democrats in front of me and i realize there is absolutely nothing i can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud. nothing i can do. for just this one night, why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for america? for the good of our nation, let's work together and let's truly make america great again. >> jesse: trump said democrats will never change. and they proved him right. right when he got started, democrat al green with his big old ponytail started screaming and shaking his gain. >> 525, on a map that reads almost completely red. >> chair directs the sergeant at arms to restore order. remove this gentleman from the chamber. [ crowd noise ] >> jesse: imagine you tried that at work. the boss is giving a big presentation in the board

finally, i introduced a third bill called the accountability act which will prevent underage users downloading apps with pornography, to sue the gate keepers of the content in question. technology has advanced significantly over the last two decades, modern age verification technology is now the least restricted and most effective means through which congress has already access to protect our children from exposure to online pornography. ms. goldberg, if it is okay if i would like to start with you, should app stores like the google play store or apple store held accountable for minor access to legal contents? >> ms. goldberg: as we have said in our cases against amazon, their standards of seller negligence. if you know you are selling an unreasonably dangerous product then there is liability. >> you are saying there would be if it is sold a tangible object to minors with someone of knowledge reckless of disregard for their age. professor leary, do you believe requiring age qualifications for websites, while imposing serious consequences for uploading sexual graphics. do thank you think these are things that would help children? >>