having spent 26 years of his career working at microsoft alongside bill gates, steve ballmer and now nadella, him brad smith had a front row seat to some of the company's biggest milestones. he is now focused on spreading the message beyond microsoft's campus with a new book, "tools

we visit a union army surgeon and and ballmer and talk to -- and embalmer. >> during the very beginning of the store, -- the war, there was a lot of quack surgeons in the union army. general took over the medical corps, he devised the whole thing around. he created an ambulance corps so we could get men off the battle quicker. he had the surgeons do tests to be army qualified. that's where it got better. , 600,000 died.t wounds on that battlefield. what i was dealing with at that time was the musket. it went in like a finger and came out like a fist. it shattered the bone so bad, there was no way i could repair it. even today, they would have to amputate because you blew that bonaparte completely. -- that bone apart completely. survival rate was great. 78% survived amputations, but it decreased to 60% due to disease. it there was nothing wrong with one of them, had no disease in his system, survival rate was 70%. if the next soldier had blood poisoning, bone infection, or any disease, i am going to transmit it to the next soldier. , blood isre operating coming in, body parts all over. i

ago for $300 million or $400 million, the bucks for $400 million or $500 million, and when steve ballmerame in and paid $2 billion for the clippers, were all the other owners happy, because it made their team look more valuable or not? adam: yes, they were happy. [laughter] david: ok. adam: and since steve bought the clippers, two teams have sold for more than he paid, the houston rockets and the brooklyn nets. david: so one of the most difficult things you had to do after you became the commissioner was to, in effect, ban the then owner of the l.a. clippers. was that a tough decision for you? adam: um, yes. i think people may not realize it, but he is the only owner who has ever permanently been banned from a sport. it is difficult because i work, in essence, for the owners collectively. i don't work for any one owner. but my job is to do what is in the best interest of the league. and as people here may remember, the team that came out, the recording came out for which he was banned came out in the middle of the night, l.a. time, so i was in new york and did not hear it until saturday

we visit a union army surgeon and and ballmer and talk to -- and embalmer. >> during the very beginning of the store, -- the war, there was a lot of quack surgeons in the union army. general took over the medi

neil: ballmer was a much better dancer. remember steve ballmer?as probably a better dancer. regardless, look, tesla and musk have a lot to celebrate because they did roll out their first model 3s in shanghai and this is the first wholly owned foreign car making factory. gm couldn't do it. it's a big deal. ford couldn't do it. the fact that elon musk was able to deliver, ten months after breaking ground in this factory, this is a big, big win for elon musk and this is why it's also propelled the stock up to record levels. in fact, i was taking a look at the market cap. elon musk and tesla are worth about $79 billion, almost, almost the combined value of ford and gm put together. there's a lot of elation here because this is the biggest car market in the world, talking about china, and he still gets subsidies there so they are able to cut their car prices by 20%. the first model 3s will cost around $43,000. there are head winds. this is still a prove-me kind of market since we had electric vehicle sales dropping some 43% in november, but the governm

was, reminiscent of performances not of 1250steve js who was more restrained, but certainly steve ballmer. but there he is, he is in a good mood in shanghai, the factory there opening and the company moving forward u.s. brands other than tesla in chinasales were down, right? >> the whole market was down gm reported their china sales today, they were down substantially. ford has been struggling fiat chrysler's presence is limited relative to the other two u.s. automakers in china but really the entire market was down and this is a market that has had i think 14 or 15 straight months of declining auto sales so you are seeing a bit of a console didation taking place ad you will see the smaller brands shake out over the next couple years. >> let me squeeze in two real quick questions about the electric vehicle market. i'm going to assume for purposes of argument that tesla is number one. who is thuis number two right n who will be number two in ten years? >> well, globally i'd say number two in ten years is likely going to be volkswagen general motors will say that they will be making a big e

. >> there we go >> we played it against ballmer's dance, every way, up and down, sideways from here i've been in front of a mirror practicing my own routine of this dance. i mean, look, can't talk about anything while he's going. you mentioned car companies. the big thing about tesla, is it a car company. that's the big following of tesla and musk, is it a car company? the following, the excitement that happens around even a truck that isn't coming out for a number of years, this is what's pushing this company ahead of course also lots of success in the last couple weeks, lots of success with him dancing in china, rolling the carrings off the line there, announcing the model j coming out a lot to dance about >> are we out of the danger zone when it comes to elon musk and erratic tweets is it smooth sailing, cruise control from here, as far as that element is concerned? >> i don't think we're ever out of the danger zone when it comes to elon musk and erratic tweets. our editor, liz, writes a somewhat infrequent newsletter called "this week with elon. she says there are periods of hig

satya has been there a long time, been working on windows server, azure, even under steve ballmer they'reoing some things right they just had to put the pieces together in the right way, in the right order. >> that's right. >> catch mobile, catch the next bus. >> they certainly have miss mobile, miss web 2.0. there's one or two buses they missed, might have gotten hit by a couple, but they still managed to get up and get going. >> thanks, henry >> the earnings parade for tech continues after the bell today we'll tell you what to expect from amazon this afternoon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ - [narrator] at southern new hampshire university we're committed to making college more accessible by making it more affordable. that's why we're keeping our tuition the same for all online and campus programs through the year 2021. - [woman] i knew snhu was the place for me when i saw how affordable it was. i ran to my husband with my computer and i said, "look we can do this!" - [narrator] take advantage of some of the lowest online tuition rates in the nation. find your degree at snhu.edu. looking to get your busines

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steve ballmer famously danced at the microsoft presentation and you have david solomon not dancing -- you might say. we weren't allowed to include theresa may. a politician doesn't count as a ceo. >> i guess not, but good moves >> well, good is generous. i guess it is generous for all of these but respect, dancing in public >> i don't want to dance on tv, so respect to them >> i agree only happens after serious amounts of alcohol for me. anyway, there we go. credit to them and a lot of coverage for elon musk today and a 4% share price gain. - [spokesman] if you've tried college but never finished, (group cheering) snhu lets you transfer up to 90 credits toward you bachelor's degree. - [woman] it doesn't matter how old you are, you can do it, you can finish. - [spokesman] finish your degree at snhu.edu aleit's a master stroke ofe's heartachew. and redemption. the lexus nx. modern utility for modern obstacles. lease the 2020 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. you still have service? call the insurance company sfx: [phone ringing] it's them, c

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ballmer's to thus 14 remarks in atlanta. -- 2014 remarks in atlanta. >> welcome. it's a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall blamer who balmer, who is the family professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. i have followed his career for a long time. his undergraduate work was done where my father and my brother attended that school at the same time, and randy has turned into one of our great modern american historians. one of the things that makes him great is that he minds the resources of the presidential libraries.