government was about to end didn't know bill gates.all of 1999, the microsoft chairman sat down with charlie rose to talk about his company, his life, and how he felt about the judge's decision in the antitrust suit against his company. >> well, i had this kind of naive, youthful view that if you just ran your company and did great products that, you know, that's what you were supposed to focus on. >> and if you just took care of business, everything else would be all right. >> there's a lot of things you need to do, but i didn't think one of them was to look over your shoulder at an attack by your own government on your innovation. >> but the government says the trial was about protecting consumers. >> i think the proof is the consumers have been harmed and harmed in very substantial ways thus far. >> you're the man. [laughter] >> attorney david boies made the case against microsoft. >> microsoft is always free to innovate. what we're trying to do in this case is to preserve the freedom of other companies to innovate... >> okay, but i

bill gates stirred controversy with his new plan to save the world. america's richest man on what's more important than money. and what steve jobs taught him in his final days. >>> from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," january 24th, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. well, tonight, facing a country that is hungry for jobs and preparing to hold a referendum on his leadership, president obama sought to make the case that america is coming back in his fourth state of the union address. it was a stirring election year speech. he struck themes of patriotism and american unity. calling for a renewed commitment to economic fairness, as well as growth. and it was all pegged to the president's signal foreign policy accomplishment, the killing of osama bin laden. in an election year, this is how the challengers get to address a national tv audience. >> your allowed -- >> speaker, you had -- >> will you please wait. >> what's your excuse for that? >>

see you at 10 p.m. >>> bill gates has given billions of dollars to help fix education. like him have put enormous energy into the school reform movement. but their ideas do have critics. >> the gates foundation does have extraordinary power. when bill gates decides on a policy, people start lining up and saying we'll do it. >> nyu professor diane ravitch issues a harsh critique. >> i think this is profoundly wrong. what he'll discover is that many teachers will be fired. test scores may go up, but students won't be better educated. >> we're going to send more money, more resources. >> ravitch used to be a big fan of testing, supporting the no child left behind measure passed by president bush. which made testing the law of the land. after a decade of tests, ravitch has changed her tune. >> i thought, i'm wrong. and that shocked a lot of people. ♪ >> ravitch notes that their importance has led test obsessed school districts to cut programs like the arts that foster real creative. >> i've seen many articles of how a child wants to somehow break free of the lockstep approa

when bill gates decides on a policy, people start lining up and saying we'll do it. >> nyu professor es a harsh critique. of gates and other reforms, in her book, the death and life of the great american school system. >> he thinks that teachers should be measured on their students' test scores. i think this is profoundly wrong. what he'll discover is that many teachers will be fired. test scores may go up, but students won't be better educated. >> we're going to send more money, more resources. >> ravitch used to be a big fan of testing, supporting the no child left behind measure passed by president bush who made it the law of the land. after a decade of tests, ravitch has changed her tune. >> i thought, i'm wrong. and that shocked a lot of people. ♪ >> ravitch notes that their importance has led test obsessed school districts to cut programs like the arts that actually foster real creativity. >> i've seen many articles of how a child wants to somehow break free of the lockstep approach to standardized instruction and standardized testing. we, on the other hand, seem to be rushing t

romney and view pay more taxes as doing their fair share to help the country and the economy it bill gates in the league of extraordinarily rich americans are ready and willing to pay their fair share in taxes and capitalism vultures like mitt romney should be too well said bill the bad sniper crosshairs in missouri five democratic state senators missouri return to work tuesday only to find large orange crosshairs stickers plastered over their new office nameplates the crosshairs covered the doors of only four democratic women in the state senate and the door of the democratic minority leader some of the senators remove the stickers only to find larger ones covering the doors later in the day in response the missouri capitol police have increased security around the democratic offices and the capitol as a whole but they have no leads on the possible call. republicans routinely use crosshairs for political purposes most notably sarah pail and we all figured the rhetoric would be toned down after the get gabby giffords shooting last year tragically that's not the case of missouri and the ver

bill gates does not envy the rich, i promise you. he doesn't envy wealthy people. this has nothing to do with envy and it has everything to do with math. we've got to make choices. americans understand if i get a tax break i don't need, and a tax break the country can't afford, then one of two things are going to happen. either it's going to add to our deficit, all right, or somebody else is going to have to make up the difference. seniors suddenly going to have to start paying more for med kir or a student paying more for their student loan or a family trying to get by, they're going to have to do with less. and what's not right. that's not who we are. each of us is only here because somebody somewhere felt a responsibility to each other and to our country and helped to create all this incredible opportunity that we call the united states of america. now it's our turn to be responsible and it's our turn to leave an america that is built to last for the next generation. that's our job and we can do it. we can do it. we can do it! and i know we can do it because i'v

microsoft at's co-founder and philanthropist bill gates will travel to adopt later, but not before he delivers his annual speech. this year he will address a secondary school in london. he also spoke to my colleague and said that he agreed with president obama that the rich really should bear their share of the cost. of the cost. >> the united states has a huge budget deficit. taxes will have to go up. i agree they should go up more on the rich and everyone else. that is just just as. justice. >-- just justice. i hope we can solve the deficit problem with a sense of shared sacrifice, where everybody would feel they are doing their part. and right now, i don't feel like people like myself are paying as much as we should. >> at the end of the day, davos will come and go and there will be important discussions, we h -- hope, but how optimistic are you that the poorest people in a world will not bear the brunt? >> i am hopeful that we will make the right choice. i know the economy will come back, the child that's not getting enough to eat, that is so fundamental, that if we wait to take c

the letter bill gates wrote to steve jobs. what it says and why it means so much to the apple cofounder. >> what we won't see in this year's super bowl halftime show. madonna is talking candidly on jay leno. >> here in the nbc bay area whether center, a chance of showers and cooler temperatures before things start to heat up . it's time for the big watch and win give away. we are moments away from announcing the bin winner winr e cool 56 camera. . >>> barack obama hanging out in a chat room courtesy of mountain view bay school district. it was known as a hang out. he invited five people including a senior from fremont john kennedy high. adam clark took a rousing about wearing a tie, but what start as a joke turned out to be one of the high points of his life. >> we did it as a joke at first, but i guess it wasn't a joke in the end. it was the most viewed video for the education department. we got called up and e-mailed by the google people who said would you like to do it. i jumped all over it and said we would love to. >> he

either way, bill gates. everyone has been trying to crack voice recognition. >> what do you think of the apple that he leaves behind? you have talked about the team and the great groupie is built. there is a rumor. this product roadmap goes on and on. the history of technology companies with the founder like this and someone driving in is not great overall. what do you think about where apple goes from here? >> well, the last meeting and told you about where he goes to the board and does that once, somebody makes fun of h-p. that david that week. totally confused. and steve said, wait a minute. he stops the person who's making fun of the troubles. bill stewart gave me my first job. and he impacted, created a company that was indeed not allowed to make a calculator set but to continue to make new products and come up with new ideas even after they're gone. those bozos screwed it up for hewlett-packard. i don't want that to happen at apple, and he tried deeply to fight off the explosions of that there were onl

. >>> bill gates says he agrees with me. >> the president is on the stump. the romney campaign is on the ropes and the fair share conversation. we'll get the latest with ari melber and professor caroline helband next. >>> i felt a little bit threatened. >> now jan brewer says she felt threatened by ft. on the tarmac in phoenix? james peterson on the racial aspect of that remark. >>> i will continue to be a good steward of the taxpayer's dollar. >> liar! >> and a bad night last night turned into a worse day today for scott walker. there have been two more arrests made. john nichols has the latest. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama has been forced to bat down ridiculous attacks from the right on income inequality. today in las vegas, he talked about so-called envy. >> when americans talk about folks like me paying their fair share of taxes, it's not because they envy the rich. just yesterday, bill gates says he agrees with me that most, that americans who can't afford it should pay their fair share. i promise you, bill gates does not envy the

you can catch a lot more of the interview with bill gates on this subject at 6:00 p.m.x business network, and five days to florida but could the race be decided. a lot of the early votes are in. who comes out on top? ♪ [ male announcer ] when you're a true fan... [ exhales ] ...there are no sick days. [ crowd cheering, screaming ] vicks dayqui defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. ♪ >>neil: the primary could be days away but today we can see how the election could shake out. the poll are from a research group of those who voted early 51 percent voted for mitt romney, and we will not know the official number until tuesday and even that is not official gauge but a consensus it could be prompt any's primary to lose? hard to say, i have an expert to pick it apart. this is potentially good news for mitt romney. it would indicate and if i have learned anything, and you told me that, david, don't jump on any hour or day

i promise you, bill gate does not envy the rich. he doesn't envy wealthy people. this has nothing to do with envy. it has everything to do with man. >> and the math is simple. things are adding up. for the president, he has a winning message. plus, an economy that's moving in the right direction. this is the year for fairness whether the gop likes it or not. joining me now is florida congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, chairwoman of the democratic national committee. congresswoman, great to have you with us tonight. >> reverend al, it's always great to be with you. thank you so much. >> let me ask you, madam chairlady, will this election be won or lost on the economy? what's the strongest message the democrats have? >> i think this election, reverend al, will be won by barack obama because he has taken our economy and focused on making sure that everyone in america has an opportunity to be successful. that we can set up the economy to be built to last. taking us from bleeding 750,000 jobs a month when he first took office to now three years later, we've had 22

i don't feel like people like myself are paying as much as we should. >> smart guy, bill gates.s for newt gingrich, he went further, donning his professorial mortar board for his friends at fox and suggesting the president is intellectually challenged on his own policies. >> what you don't know with obama is whether he has a clue what it meant when he said it. but he said he wants a 30% minimum tax on people with a million dollars income. if you have capital gains, that would double it your capital gains tax. >> we're pretty sure he understands that, mr. gingrich. of course, we know that according to newt, nobody understands anything as well as him. least of all, anyone in the media. as gingrich proved today, blasting you know i vision's jorge ramos for asking pertinent questions. >> when you were speaker of the house, you criticized president clinton for having -- >> i criticized president clinton for lying under oath in front of a federal oath. >> but people think that's hypocritical to criticize president clinton for doing the same thing that you were doing at the same time.

bill gates is doing fine. i'm doing fine. they're definitely doing fine. we don't need more tax breaks. there are a lot of families out there who are struggling. who have seen their wages stall and the cost from a college education to groceries and food have gone up. you're the ones who need that. you're the ones who need help. and we can't do both. there have been some who have been say iing well, you know, t only reason you're saying that is because you're trying to stir people up, make them envious of the rich. people don't envy the rich. when people talk about me paying my fair share of taxes or bill gates or warren buffett paying their fair share, the reason that they're talking about it is because they understand that you know, when i get a tax break that i don't need, that the coun country can't afford, then one of two things are going to happen. either the deficit will go up and ultimately, you guys are going to have to pay for it or alternatively, somebody else is going to foot the bill. some senior who suddenly has to pay more for their medicare

millonaria donacion de bill gates para combatir varias enfermedades.hay mas de 55 mil niños desamparadosglobal que combate la malaria, el virus del sida y la tuberculosis.y aumento 60 por ciento desde 2008 el numero de familias desamparadas con niños en el condado de los angeles.más desde nuestro nuevo centro de el momento de hablar de los efectos de la madre naturaleza. aquÍ estÁ lista con las imagen que nos mostrÓ un adelanto. >>> tenemos mucha acciÓn en las condiciones del tiempo, video que entrÓ de nuevo en erupcion el volcÁn mas activo de mÉxico en el estado de puebla. residente huyeron cuando comenÓo a lanzar cenizas al aire, las autoridades dijeron que no era necesario desalojar el Área. >>> los residentes de alabama aquÍ tenemos mucha acciÓn, podrÍamos hablar de condiciones del tiempo en mÁs minutos, el tiempo avanza y tenemos avisos de tornados, sistema frontal y bastante humedad desde el golfo de mÉxico. centro de de presiÓn asociado al sistema cÁlido. incluso tenemos condiciones de lluvia heladas, aviso y alertas de condiciones peligrosas, para el dÍa de maÑana espere retrasos

. >>> bill gates says he agrees with me. >> the president is on the stump. the romney campaign is on the ropes and the fair share conversation. we'll get the latest with ari melber and professor caroline helband next. >>> i felt a little bit threatened. >> now jan brewer says she felt threatened by ft. on the tarmac in phoenix? james peterson on the racial aspect of that remark. >>> i will continue to be a good steward of the taxpayer's dollar. >> liar! >> and a bad night last night turned into a worse day today for scott walker. there have been two more arrests made. john nichols has the latest. ♪ let's go ♪ ♪ cruise like a norwegian ♪ the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. and now, the company that redefined sleep is redefining memory foam. save $400 on our all-new memory foam bed. and at our white sale, stock up and save on our exclusive bedding collec

first of all he creates with the new operating system he brings bill gates, his doppelganger, binary star system, love-hate relationship, bill gates makes an investment and starts making microsoft word and excel and others for the new mac os but he truly focuss on design. you remember and probably have it here but not on stage the first imac. he meets johnny when he goes back to "the death of the liberal class" 97 and they form this bonding and create the imac -- looks like a rabbit on your desk. steve says that is not good but they keep playing with the model. they make it translucent beyond the blue. they go to a jellybean factory to say how the make it look right? let's you see the circuit board inside to see how neat that circuit board is. downie i've comes up with the option of putting a recessed candle and the engineers say that will cost so much money. don't need a handle. you are not supposed to pick it up. with steve and johnny understood was computers were still intimidating to people. but the handle gives you permission to touch it. it says i am at your service. by having

. >>> and the latest charity to benefit from the bill gates foundation. how much will they receive.ou are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30 a.m. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> time is 5:24. the parent company of an electric car battery maker has filed for 11 bankruptcy protection. this comes after receiving a 118 million dollar grant from the obama administration. the company says it has been affected by competition from china and other countries. this is the second big embarrassasment for the obama administration for companies that received grants.>>> don't try to pull one over on a woman when it comes to buying a car a survey which the car -- by the. >> carl: site lease trader find women will ask different questions than men and are more likely to ask about a safety car cash and guys focus on look technology driving and engine performance. things you don't need to know about. they are looking no possible problems. cracks were found inside some of the wings but the company said 6, 838s with the highest number of take offs and landings much be checked by

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bill gates just said he said i don't want other people's taxes to go up as much as mine but gates is arguing is for increasing everybody's taxes so we need to understand this is a broader conversation you know people aren't just talking about increasing taxes on millionaires because that's not going to cover the get one if they were do that realize it doesn't cover the gap they're going to have to draw down is not only not about the gap this was a discussion about what's fundamentally fair and appropriate is it reasonable and fair and appropriate that the millionaires pay lower taxes than the bus drivers you don't understand it's not an argument about fairness if you listen to what gates has say he's saying there's a big gap between revenues coming in and out ways and to close that gap we need to raise taxes on everyone that's something that all politicians the country maybe except bernie sanders would run away from you know there's a fundamental positive totally in that frame this. i want to focus on president obama's call for thirty to thirty percent nobody else is going to chance

nobody like bill gates and here are the cons. impose higher taxes on individuals they are going to invest less and that's going to mean a weaker economy and that is not going to mean job creation and a more stable economy. a clear divide, over whether or not paying higher taxes is the solution and it's a very clear divide here. those are the pros and cons, many more details, but that is the basic argument. >> okay. poppy harlow, thank you. it's very pretty there. you're doing great work. >>> how do you get school kids to eat healthier lunches? you get tv chef rachel ray to make the menu. that's right. i caught up with her at an elementary school where she seemed up with the first lady. they are serving up healthy food and new rules for america's school lunches. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000

the progress of science and useful arts not to make people rich they were envisioning you know bill gates the giant welfare queen making fifty billion dollars in fact from a supreme court decision this year holder versus ashcroft twenty twelve this is from the dissent written by briar and alito they they said quote at least that and that this was the copyrights were for the public good that was the predominate view expressed by two or by the founders thomas jefferson for example initially expressed great uncertainty as to whether the constitution should authorize the grant of copyrights and patents at all writing that the benefit even of limited monopolies is too doubtful to warrant anything other than their suppression james madison also thought that monopolies are just like last among the greatest of new and nuisances and government and this is these this is the supreme court are going to about this. another quote from this case but he argued that jefferson that in certain cases such as copyright monopoly should be granted to serve as compensation for a benefit actually gained to the co

bill gates. or the steve jobs. the people that have a dream, dropped out of college. nobody thought it would happen. now they have created some of the greatest companies in america. that is america. that will not change even after and during four years of this administration. that stays strong and we will recover and be better and stronger. [applause] >> sometimes the greatest opportunities are found in the greatest obstacles. there is no question that since 2008 we have seen one of the greatest opportunities of rise in the tea party. when you realize that you're taxed enough already, you realize that a less intrusive government is in your best interest and you realize that no matter where you start, your future will be dictated by yourself. that the greatest minority in the nation today is the individual. and unleashing the individual sets america right. i will tell you from personal experience, the starting a business. understanding that having an equity position in this great nation made my life different. i could think my way out of poverty. if we realize that the

yesterday bill gates said he doesn't think that people like him are paying enough in taxes. buffett is doing fine, and bill gates is doing fine and i'm doing fine. >> [ inaudible ]. >> they are doing fine. and we don't need more tax breaks. there are a lot of families out there who are struggling and seen their wages stall and the cost of everything from a college education and groceries and food have gone up. you are the ones who need that. you're the ones who need help. and we can't do both. some have been saying, well, the only reason that you are saying that is that you are trying to stir people up and make them envious of the rich. people don't envy the rich. when people talk about me paying my fair share of taxes or bill gates or warren buffett paying their fair share, the reason that they are talking about it is because they understand that, you know, when i get a tax break that i don't need, that the country can't afford, then one of two things are going to happen. either the deficit will go up, and ultimately, you guys will have to pay for it or alternatively, someb

bank and oil company profits again and doing it the same week that he praises microsoft founder bill gatesnd honors the widow of apple widow steve yobs and pays a visit to an intelegiant. they are making progress with those who are better. so what is fair about declaring some good and others bad? i am david asbin and go in foc us with the man himself steve forbes . rick unger and bill baldwin and vict toria barrett and rich, first to you. there doesn't seem to be fairness here. one case profits are good and another case they are bad? >> this will show you how far obama sunk when he promised to be the great uniter. he can't make a speech without the boggy man. and private aircraft and i assume he does that, too. >> he subsidized foalos like solyndra. it makes no sense and dividing the country and economically ruinous . causes ceo's of inteleto show obama around his plant. it is really, really taking one or two points off of america's gdp and tragic. >> rick, why is it that some profit good and some are bad? >> you know, rich and i must have listen to different speeches. i never heard the pr

i promise you, warren buffet is doing fine, bill gates is doing fine. i'm doing fine.ng fine. >> that was president obama earlier today talking about shared responsibility at a crowd in michigan. lo and behold the koch brothers came up from the crowd. the billionaires were the focus of a heated exchange at a recent house energy committee meeting. the subject was the keystone pipeline proposal, a plan president obama has yet to give a permit to. congressman henry waxman a top democrat on the committee called for a hearing requesting testimony from somebody from the koch industry. waxman said they could financially benefit from the pipeline. republicans, they didn't want to hear anything like that. >> it's important we hear from the koch and other stake holders. i think this pipeline is a bad idea, ignores the concerns --. >> the time has expired. i would also tell the gentleman we will certainly accept the letter and we will follow the rules but we are not going to be subpoenaing the koch brothers and not asking the koch brothers to appear because the brothers have noth

bill gates is a huge positive externality if she lived. a number of jobs, number of facilities.he wealth created because he chose to locate microsoft here and build this business. he did not do it alone. he paid people to work with him. you know, one day there was such a thing as private infrastructure. so there are no free lunches. this is the -- the whole society is involved, but that is what the system does. the degree of their involvement. employees who came early and contributed more did more. the negative externalities'. my solution is private property. you can't dump your garbage in my backyard. we established that. let's get innovative. a first of all, let's create private property everywhere, including on water, including in creative ways over the air. and let's figure out how to protect our private property, each one of us, just like we protect our backyards from our neighbor polluting. the our creative ways that we can protect ourselves from harm delivered to us. we don't need massive government regulatory agencies to achieve that. indeed, i think it's slowing down th