of it when they read it. >> now, did you do anybody -- did you give steve ballmer and microsoft bill gates, did they get, hey, this is coming, just so you know? a heads up? >> oh, yeah. >> and what did they say? >> i have yet to talk to bill about the book. >> yeah, i read that. >> but i expect i'll have a very intense discussion with bill. steve i talked to and he basically says, hey, you know, the book portrays, you know, the ball i know and, you know, the events that you recount there, you know, did happen. >> no one has challenged any facts in the book? >> no, no. no one has gone on record. >> now, when you meet with bill, can we tape it? [laughter] >> can we just tape it and see what happens? >> what channel is that the going to go on www.app -- i'm kidding. i'm kidding. >> this is good. this is good. [laughter] >> and not to get all bill gates about this but let me just ask you this question, can you take us back, you know, at that moment when -- you were in tenth grade. he was in the eighth grade and he was in the lake side school, north seattle. >> right, yes. >> what was it like -

bill gates was warren buffett i believe came from the middle class basically sam walton's did but sam walton's kids are the ones who were hiring frank luntz as i recall to come up with the term death to invent their own term death tax and and get it out there as widely as possible i mean they got basically busted for that you know there's multi-year underground campaign to change the way we thought of inheritance taxes. i just i guess just noting that the subtitle of your book or one of your books is why america should tax accumulated fortunes why should we. well for that reason and in one way you know bill gates and i talk about how the inheritance tax the estate tax is an economic opportunity recycling program people accumulate if you if you cumulated fifty million or fifty billion dollars in the society you didn't do it alone it really is a function of that web of social supports you probably did something important to deserve or helped create that wealth but you didn't do it alone and and so an inheritance tax is where you set it at the end of one's life this is the way you pay ba

something out of it when they read it. >> did you give steve palmer, current ceo of microsoft, bill gates, did they get kind of a hey, this is coming, just so you know heads up? >> yeah. >> what do they say? >> i've yet to talk to bill about the book, but i expect i'll have a very intense discussion with bill. steve i have talked to and he basically says hey, you know, the book for trades >> no one has challenged any facts. >> is that wwf? advocating. i'm kidding. >> can he take us back at that moment when you're in 10th grade, mrs. lakeside school, north of seattle. it was the lake? why did you think you guys would click? all right, the sky is interesting. >> well, there's some pictures of the and me together slaving over a hot ansari 33 teletype, which their are some examples downstairs, but they are not hot. that can probably be fixed. >> yeah, and i just remember bill used to wear saddle shoes and sweaters. he walks in a very gangly young man. after a few weeks after the terminal without our high school, there were a few of us that were just almost hold in our way to get time on the t

i mentioned during that time, and i had some amazing conversations with bill gates. and i would say then, at that point i would've said this is something that bill gates would not wish on his worst enemy. i take that back. [laughter] >> i think it's steve who is the one who really don't give a couple of reported scenes in the. >> we can't repeat what happened. >> on tv, but i do know that when i was about microsoft server years ago and i saw steve palmer, this was we were google have gotten really big and he said, google is a nice little company. unlike what you think what he said we used to be a nice little company and then suddenly we were a monopoly. this is what he said to me so clearly. i remember that because i watched them move forward. how to see google google's recent multimillion dollar has to retain employees effective morale. >> that's a great question. there's been reports to keep some of its key talent. google is getting remarkably huge sums of money. and certainly there is a huge competition now for the most talented people in the valley. google hires

you know first starting his company bill gates steve jobs being that an exception to his society to society and that's the greatest model ever you have the capital society at its best you work your way up will and you give back will agree that cannot get money to the government if you're of individual wealth and corporate wealth but i think there is certain corporate responsibility which is paying taxes the problem is this crony capitalism to which i referred earlier and the problem is that obama which are. they're promoting it and not doing anything against it. and not just president obama says this is and has been through quite some time yesterday senator bernie sanders held a senate committee hearing and released a twelve page report on the dire situation many seniors currently there are five million senior citizens and going to bed hungry every publicans in the house led by paul ryan want to privatized medicare further screw over impoverished senior citizens and also just pass legislation that cuts sixty three million from the emergency food assistance program a cut that will le

about $37 but this year with warren buffett for charity goes for 2.63 million. >>> and finally, did bill gates just slip into an interview with england's daily mail by calling mark zuckerberg's girlfriend his fiancee? well, facebook is denying any zuckerberg engagement, calling gates' comment a misunderstanding. >>> but coming up, more on dallas taking down miami's millionaires. dirk and the mavericks bringing the nba crown back to the lone star state. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather we're starting off the work week just like last week. hot conditions in the south and storms in the north. >>> good morning, if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, as we reported earlier, the mavericks upset the miami heat in the nba finals, bringing dallas and dotcom billionaire owner mark cuban a long-awaited championship. once again here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi there. good morning. the miami heat may have the three best players in the world, but the dallas mavericks have the nba title. to miami whe

the money comes from government and individuals and among them, bill gates. he said children would no longer be denied access because of a lack of funds. >> children in the world's poorest states aren't much higher risk of dying from preventable diseases. that has long been known but for decades that process of combating the program has -- problem has been slow. this child has received vaccines against two of the biggest killers of children. many millions in africa and elsewhere have not received this simple injection's. donors at a high-profile conference in london hope to help turn a corner on the problem. key among them, the founder of microsoft, bill gates, who received a warmewarm applause fs pledge of $1 billion. >> it is not every day that we give away a billion dollars. but for cause like this, it is exciting to be doing it. >> his donation for the global alliance of backaccess to information was double. $3.2 billion was pledged. >> nelson mandela won said life or death for a child too often depends on whether it is born in a country where vaccines ar

among them, a software billionaire bill gates.e said children would no longer be denied vaccines because of a lack of funds. >> if you buy a car, buy a house, you are exercising -- you are taking your success and expressing your values. and my values are that all the wealth i have to go back to society, and it should help the very poorest. i looked at all of the ways to help out the poorest and vaccinations rose to the top of the list. the kids who live, if they do not get sick, their brains fully develop and they can achieve their potential. this is a pretty clear win. yes, malaria research is being done now and vaccines are being delivered. that is a great thing. >> you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, live in jakarta for the latest in our power asia season. can it just tried as a modern democracy? >> and the pentagon papers will finally be revealed to the american public in full. the venezuelan president hugo chavez says he is recovering well after surgery on his pelvis. he did not

bill gates calls the start of the revolution. it provides more than 2,000 video tutorials from calculus to chemistry for free. steve perry introduces us to the pioneer and enjoys behind the videos in today's perry's pri e principl principles. >> in a small office in silicon valley, they are using illustrations and lingo to explain math, science, history, and even business concepts. >> if this does not blow your mind, then you have no emotion. >> the 10 to 20-minute tutorial are free to anyone, anywhere. >> you opened up the world of learning. >> the best way to get to the core of most issues whether it's poverty, health care and whatever, it's democracy and making sure you have an educated population. >> you have 31. >> he used it as a tool to home school his children. >> what i like about it is you can work at your own pace. they can rewind it and watch them open it. >> you have to matchup all the material before moving on. with only hints to help you. >> if you are struggling and you don't get it, you take the test and you get

think young people need to wake up and look around them and say you know it's not an accident that bill gates was still part. of emergency crews and firefighters have finally been able to put out a massive blaze at an ammunition depo in russia's republican ad mortier however the number of casualties caused by the fire continues to rise and currently stands at seventy eight play set off a spectacular chain reaction artillery shell explosions are just correspondent in the region people all over brings us more we're actually at the moment on the edge of the security perimeter that's been set up around this munitions holding facility we've seen helicopters and airplanes dousing the smoldering area around it there are no flames there we can see just now firefighters said that they had the situation localized it contained now from what we've seen we've been here this morning that is exactly the case they are few areas of the forest around with the storage facility is that are still smoldering but this they are not on fire not being jealous from the sky and we've been hearing some horrific tales fro

think young people need to wake up and look around them and say you know it's not an accident that bill gates was your top. emergency crews are both three firefighting efforts at a burning out munition dapple in the central russian region all the more it's here with additional quitman sands to the scene at least seventy six people have been injured after a major fire at a military unit set off a chain reaction of artillery shell explosions i just corresponded a region pete all over brings us more we're actually at the moment on the edge of the security perimeter that's been set up around this munitions holding facility we've seen helicopters and airplanes dousing the smoldering area around it there are no flames there we can see just now if i just said that they have the situation localized it contained now from what we've seen we've been here this morning is exactly the case they are a few areas of the forest around with the storage facility is that are still smoldering but this they are not on fire they're being doused from the sky there are however. explosions still going off about three o

think young people need to wake up and look around them and see you know it's not an accident that bill gates was soft target. emergency crews are bolstering firefighting efforts at a burning ammunition depot in the central russian region of the north here with additional equipment expected to arrive on saturday at least seventy six people have been injured after a major fire at a military unit sad after a chain reaction of artillery shell explosions our correspondent in the region pierre oliver has more initially something as a thousand people are going to be of. away from the area surrounding this munitions boat here in the republic and now we're hearing that the first of those people have been able to return to their homes but they're the lucky ones they're the ones that live further away from this facility the people living very close to the weapons death book they haven't been allowed to return to their homes they won't be able to until this fire has been completely put out this fire that started the weapons lots of very powerful very explosive weapons weaponry was being held we're heari

think young people need to wake up and look around them and say you know it's not an accident that bill gates was self-taught. has come it's coming away a little bit later here on c.n.n. our emergency crews and the firefighters have finally been able to put out a massive blaze that i mean in russia's republic of. however there are still some minor fires within the military unit which has witnessed artillery shell explosions what almost two days now the number of casualties continues to rise and currently stands at seventy eight he's a correspondent in the region is peter out of the princess. we're actually at the moment on the edge of the security perimeter has been set up around this munitions holding facility we've seen helicopters and airplanes dousing the smoldering area around it there are no flames there we can see just now firefighters said that they had the situation localized to contained now from what we've seen we've been here this morning that is exactly the case they are few areas of the forest around with the storage facility is that are still smoldering but this they are not on

think young people need to wake up and look around them and say you know it's not an accident that bill gates was still taught. emergency crews are bolstering firefighting efforts at a burning ammunition depo in the central russian region with additional equipment sounds to the scene at least seventy six people have been injured after a major fire at a military unit set off a chain reaction of artillery shell explosions well our correspondent you're all over is in the region and can give us the latest now piers been more than a day since the fire broke out so is there any silence finally being brought out of control. well we've been here on we're about on we're actually at the moment on the edge of the security perimeter that's been set up around this me nations this munitions holding facility and at the throughout the day we've seen helicopters and airplanes dousing the smoldering area around that there are no flames there we can see just now they are on friday the firefighters said that they had the situation localized it contained now from what we've seen we've been here this morning that

you have bill gates doing fantastic things. msn and msnbc sprang from microsoft. rupert murdoch, for all the criticism he gets, is invested in the media and innovation. mike bloomberg is doing a ton of stuff through his company. they are hiring hundreds of people. i worked at bloomberg 15 years ago, and i was in europe as a foreign correspondent. there were 40 journalists, and now, there are thousands. i think it depends on the interests of certain people, but they are being tapped, and you can get them to lend to foundations and do this type of stuff. it is just creating the bridge from the journalism world into that world, and it is not as hard as you would think, in my experience. >> i would just say that a few of those individuals you had mentioned are not examples of the types of progress of journalism that i think a lot of people are here to talk about and listened of route -- was it about. these guys are kind of villains in a sense of where we want journalism to go. fox news and the daily, who knows where that is going to go, but they are not necessarily pu

it's backed by bill gates and google.ing this for free, partner. >> if kahn academy was for a profit it would limit the number of kids that will use it. hopefully when i'm 80 i can say, wow, there's a billion kids that use it and maybe will continue to use it. >> reporter: steve perry, california. >>> the economy is still struggling, but some careers are making a comeback. and with fatter paychecks. take a look at the list from careerbliss.com. which job is the comeback king? that answer we will provide in two minutes. >>> plus a look at insights the class of 2011 can teach us about today's employment outlook. this past year alone there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all and knows what to keep in, and what to keep out. outsmart the threats. see how at cisco.com cisco. >>> before the break we listed some of the comeback jobs of 2011 and

now a research company found in part by bill gates also turned to the gpu to help power a laser based system to kill mosquito.oa mosquito and female mosquito and shoot it down. the recognition of trying to find it is done on a gpu. a laser fence that could protect villages from mosquitoes. if it seems like overkill, consider the real enemy is malaria. so richard is the director of global health sciences and involved in the worldwide war on malaria. he doesn't have direct knowledge of the laser device, he knows malaria is taking a staggering toll. >> it kills 1 million people every year and most are children and most live in africa. >> it has helped control malaria but prevalent in at least 99 countries. >> even they admit laser system wouldn't be a complete solution they are making it cheaper and easier to klio in the third world, hoping to partner with a company to mass produce the technology worldwide. taking the make believe violence of the gaming world to a real world enemy. >>> 7 on your side is next. >> one of yosemite's most popular one is >>> yosemite national park is one of c

. >>> bill gates calls kahn academy the start of a revolution, an online site providing tutorials.s us how it works in this week's "perry's principles." >> in a small silicone valley office, this man is using simt illustrations and lingo to explain math, science, history and even business concepts. >> if this does not blow your mind, then you have emotion. >> reporter: the 10 to 20-ming ut tutorials are free to anyone anywhere. >> the best way to get to the core of most issues, whether poverty, health care, whatever, is just making -- even democracy, making sure you have an educated population. >> dean uses it as a tool for home schooling his two children. >> what i like about it and what i think the kids like about it is you can work at your own pace, if they don't understand it, they can pause and rewind: if you're struggling with something in a you're strugglin something in a regular school, you don't get it, you take the test and get a c. you move on. >> richard is a fifth grade teacher in california. he uses courses to track their skunt. >> it allows them to know their student

. >>> first, bill gates called kon academy the start of a revolution.video tutorials from calculus for free. steve perry introduces us to the pioneer in today's "perry's principles ". >>> in a small silicon valley office simon khan is using simple illustrations and lingo. >> if this does not blow your mind, then you have no emotion. >> the 10 to 20-minute tutorials are free to anyone anywhere. >> you've opened up the world of learning to the world. >> the best way to get at the core of most issues, whether it's poverty, health care, whatever is -- even democracy is making sure you have an educated population. >> you got 31, negative 31? >> dean uses khan academy as a tool for home schooling his two children. >> what i like about it and the kids like about it is you can work at your own pace. they can pause it, rewind it, watch it multiple times. >> with khan you have to master all the material before moving on with only hint to help you. >> if you're struggling with something in a regular school and you don't get it but you take the test and you get --

>> you know, our two biggest donors so far have been google and bill gates through the gates foundationhave a few more that have been helping us out. >> stephen: if people watch these videos at home, why do we need teachers? that is another thing, we can crush those wisconsin teachers with this, right? >> and this is what we-- if i'm a teacher i don't want to give the same lecture t is crazy to have everyone giving the same lecture, dow it one time. so what we are seeing in classrooms is it is kind of liberating teachers. instead of giving a one size fits all lecture to a bunch of students, now they can assign this as homework and the kids can come not class and do homework there and actually interact and take advantage of the fact that there is actually people in the room there that you can get help from. >> stephen: so homework books room work and at home you get to watch youtube. >> yes, yes, exactly right. >> stephen: that would be the greatest school i've ever heard of. mr. salomon kuan, thank you so much. >> (cheers and applause) >> stephen: from the kuan

when nerdy bill gates and warren buffett open their wallets, from certain angles, they even look chic and stylish-- almost. so when that kid jogs up to you breaking a sweat, please break open your piggy bank. you'll feel better and we'll all be better off. i'm todd buchholz >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, june 21. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. i'm tom hudson. good night, everybody. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org 

among the donors includes the computer billionaire bill gates. putting america back to work has been the obama administration's top priority for years. it could be the issue which decides whether the president keeps his job for another term. the party hopefuls take to the stage in new hampshire for debate tonight. president obama held an event of his own to prove that he has not lost sight of that all- important mission. obama hit the road today to talk economics, but his destination was pure politics. north carolina is in need of some serious presidential wooing. the state did not give him a ringing endorsement in 2008. dewpoint five years later, their jobless rate is higher than the national average -- 2.5 years later. it did not stop him from sounding optimistic. >> from all the hits we have taken, we are still american. we have the largest economy in the world, the best workers in the world, the finest universities, and the most successful companies in the world. we have everything we need to help our workers adapt and to help our fellow amer

bill gates agrees. let people like michelle bachman keep their money. how much are you keeping when we have the poverty. tavis: the new book, "surviving and thriving: 365 facts in black economics history", dr. malveaux, economist extraordinary. good to have you on the program. always a pleasure, tavis. thank you so much. tavis: up next, a look at our conversation with the now late peter falk. stay with us. tavis: when we learned that peter falk passed away near l.a. thursday night we immediately thought of his memorable appearance on this program back in 2005. he joined us along with paul reiser where the two played father and son. they turned out to be a very entertaining match. >> i wrote this for him and i had no backup plan. if he said no, it was going to be me and walter cronkite. tavis: why peter falk? >> i don't know. >> tell him the story. >> i'm telling the story. >> then i can tell you my story. >> do you to yell at me on national television? is that necessary? my dad is a little cranky. i grew up. i loved peter falk. i just always zeroed in o

to look at isaiah posner to what this city bill gates of this size is quite difficult logistically they were able to fit in a little bit of russian culture with a visit to the trinity church. traveling with the presidents a delegation of both chile and ecuador's top military brass as well as minister of energy. and while there were photo opportunities and press conferences the main message from these heads of state was one of international cooperation. and. an example of you know our money we can work together so in order to get to proof. and as their presidential flight leaves the continent after a successful visit those who stayed behind to continue their research to ensure that idea of unity is realized in antarctica sean thomas r t well you can always get more videos and read more about shah's adventures in all corners of the world on his blog and visit our website our team. within a mile of. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization but sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica s