we have, adam lashinsky. i don't see adam there. we'll wait for him.are you expecting after the bell from google? adam, are you with us? all right, james, i don't want you to feel like you're my third choice, [laughter] we can hear what you have to say now. so what are you expecting from google after the bell? >> expectations have been appropriately set low for me. so, i don't know what, i'm not making a prediction. but i would think you have to say generally if yahoo! is growing slowly, google is probably growing pretty quickly. obviously you've got nice news on the yahoo! front that their core business is growing. of course alibaba, the chinese company is growing like gangbusters. so i would expect a lot of people in techland thinking this might be a pretty decent report from google. do we have. melissa: do we have kessler with us? can you hear us. >> i'm ready to go. melissa: what do you expect from google after the bell. they make up 5% of the index. the nasdaq has been on persistent and worrisome slide. what do you expect? >> i don't disagree that

here is his discussion with adam lashinsky about what he calls the demonization of the one percent. this is just over one hour, from san francisco. [applause] >> this truly is my favorite part of the evening. [laughter] >> it's never as loud as i'd like it to be. good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club's inforum, "connect to your intellect." you can find inforum online at inforumsf.org. i'm adam lashinsky, that's @adamlashinsky on twitter, senior editor-at-large for "fortune" and your moderator for the evening. tonight, we're here for inforum's event, tom perkin's "the war on the 1%." tom perkins, seated next to me, is co-founder of a venture capital firm kleiner, perkins, caufield & byers. an alumnus of harvard and mit, he's a renowned businessman and, as everyone in this room knows, an outspoken capitalist. in january of this year, shortly after his 82nd birthday, is that correct, tom? >> yeah. >> he wrote a controversial letter to the editor, which was published in "the wall street journal." the letter has since gained notoriety for the parallels it

i'm adam lashinsky, that's @adamlashinsky on twitter, senior editor-at-large for "fortune" and your moderator for the evening. tonight, we're here for inforum's event, tom perkin's "the war on the 1%." tom perkins, seated next to me, is co-founder of a venture capital firm kleiner, perkins, caufield & byers. an alumnus of harvard and mit, he's a renowned businessman and, as everyone in this room knows, an outspoken capitalist. in january of this year, shortly after his 82nd birthday, is that correct, tom? >> yeah. >> he wrote a controversial letter to the editor, which was published in "the wall street journal." the letter has since gained notoriety for the parallels it makes between jews in nazi germany and the current 1%. here in the bay area, tom's comments on income inequality feel particularly relevant, given the current tensions brewing among san franciscans and what it is known as the "techie" community. without any further introduction, please join me in welcoming tom perkins. [applause] >> tom, i want to start at the very top, which is to ask you what the catalyst was for your writin

i'm adam lashinsky, that's @adamlashinsky on twitter, senior editor-at-large for "fortune" and your moderator for the evening. tonight, we're here for inforum's event, tom perkin's "the war on the 1%." tom perkins, seated next to me, is co-founder of a venture capital firm kleiner, perkins, caufield & byers. an alumnus of harvard and mit, he's a renowned businessman and, as everyone in this room knows, an outspoken capitalist. in january of this year, shortly after his 82nd birthday, is that correct, tom? >> yeah. >> he wrote a controversial letter to the editor, which was published in "the wall street journal." the letter has since gained notoriety for the parallels it makes between jews in nazi germany and the current 1%. here in the bay area, tom's comments on income inequality feel particularly relevant, given the current tensions brewing among san franciscans and what it is known as the "techie" community. without any further introduction, please join me in welcoming tom perkins. [applause] >> tom, i want to start at the very top, which is to ask you what the catalyst was for your writin