they have already asked bill gates.ery proud of what he did at microsoft. most people now will say, bill gates will be remembered far more for what he has done around the world in terms of global poverty and malaria. he will be remembered for that more than the fact that he founded microsoft. is there going to come a time when we think of bono more about good deeds then good music? bono: oh, i hope not. i will tell you what i'm hoping. one has now, 7 million members. charlie: the one campaign. right. 3 million of them are in africa. i think in the next few years, membership south of the equator is going to work membership south of the equator. their voices are going to drown out theirs and mine and i look forward to the day. charlie: who are they? bono: they are the young, the next new africans. civil society people. they are university students who know their potential is not being used. they are changing their world. we are just hopefully partnering with them. i will soon be out of a job as an activist who has to sit

and why is it that people like bill gates just loves this kind of program? >> they love it because they can save about $20,000 per year on a foreign worker. the hone-vprogram, requires them to pay a prevailing wage, it is the 17th percentile, not the actual prevailing wage. and plus they become inden toured servants. bill gates can pay these guys very low wages, and then bring green. >> it is a form of exploitation. these jobs that are being created the h one program brought in for things. when they created the h one-b program. like any government program over time entrance mogrified. the f foreign station, and then the hone b, the e b, program for foreign trade investments these laws are not being enforced any programs, it is a major tidal waves. its not like all these american workers have all of these great options to move into the class. we were told that these jobs that were outsourced would be the path to a stable middle class future. wall street that isn't going to happen. an education, doesn't necessarily mina proven middle class income. when we're t

people like find myself, shaking the tree, you will find bill gates and melinda gates are in there can'tnd melinda gates foundation. i remember having my first conversation about the gates and he wasn't sure about advocacy. even the richest man in the world discovered, as deep as his pockets were, he had to work in partnership with governments to really shift the needle, which is what he has done. charlie: he will tell you that, he couldn't do what he did unless you got government involved. government is the own institution with the resources and power to do it. what you have done, what bill has done in his own way and others, they have tried to 90 toources of the -- tried ignite the resources of the private sector because there is so much talent. it is about technology, it is about mobilizing as someone once hed about winston churchill, mobilized the english language to defeat hitler's. -- hitler. mobilizing all of these tools to change the world. bono: is great. using profit. using, i suppose entrepreneurial coppola's him -- capitalism is part of the program. an activist who had no und

. >> rose: at some point, people will start asking you this question, they've already asked bill gatesugh bill is very proud of what he did at microsoft. but most people now will say bill gates will be remembered far more for what he has done around the world in terms of global poverty and malaria, more than the fact that he founded microsoft. is there come a time in which we'll think of bono more about good deeds rather than good music? >> oh, i hope not. i tell you what i'm hoping. one has now 7 million members. 3 million -- the one campaign. >> rose: right. 3 million of them are in africa. i think in the next few years membership south of the equator is going to dwarf the membership north of the equator, and i think their voice is going to drown out ours and mine, and i look forward to the day. and i want to -- >> rose: who are they? our members. >> rose: but who are they? they're the young, the next, the new africans. >> rose: right. they're civil society people. they're university students who know their potential is not being used, and they're changing their world, and we're just

that is more than one billion past bill gates. generosity is to blame.he founder of microsoft has given away 150 billion euros to charity. anchor: thank you for that business update. that is it for me as well. i will be back in five minutes, also with the top stories. don't go away. 8úxú@ñññññÑñóóoóó[[ç 09/09/16 09/09/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica this is democracy now! >> because of thee increased f r lalaw e enforcement resourcrcesi hahave asksked general dormamano make a available some north daka national guard personnel to support law enforcement and augment the public safety efforts. amy: north dakota governor jack dalrymple has activated the national guard ahead of today's ruling on the standing rock sioux tribe lawsuitga

. >>> when we come back, we will find out who is the man who unseated bill gates as the richest person on planet earth. it is not craig melvin. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. who he is. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. born poor in a spanish town. he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ago. he is rarely caught on camera. >> he lives a private life. something rare for a businessman of that stature to be able to stay out of the public eye. royalty. the man behind the brand wants to stay behind the scenes. for "today," matt bradley, nbc news, london. >> you walk down the street in madrid, there are two zaras are every corner. >> you go in my closet. >>> still to come, we will look at all these p

melanie michael shows us tampa bay lightning's owner and bill gates want to tear down the property and start over. >> channel side as we know it may never look the same again. >> reporter: the current downtown property would be demolished, torn down to the concrete to make way for change. >> i would like to see all the and more people down here. and more people coming to live down here. >> reporter: like so many others, kim wants to see channel side brought back to life. and that's the promise from jeff vinik and his business parking lot partners including bill gates that new life will spring from the old borrowing ideas from other waterfront cities. >> inspiration drawn from areas in boston and washington dc and seattle and san francisco, and new york city. >> as the world continues to it is clearly a renaissance. we are seeing take place. >> reporter: and as we are learning, renaissance doesn't come cheap, $3 billion is the cost. and the vote for the final proposal is set to take place later on this year. i'm melanie michael, newschannel8. >>> with good weather we could enjoy a whole

. >>> when we come back, we will find out who is the man unseated bill gates as the richest person on planet earth. it is not craig melvin. russ feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. narrator: listen to ron johnson on social security: johnson: social security is a legal ponzi scheme. narrator: as senator, johnson's been working to turn it into one. he wants to privatize social security costing seniors thousands out-of-pocket. don't let ron johnson turn social security into a johnson: ...legal ponzi scheme. narrator: senator johnson. not for seniors. not for wisconsin. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. who he is. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. born poor in a spanish town. he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> repo

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. >>> when we come back, we will find out who is the man who unseated bill gates as the richest person on planet earth. it is not craig melvin. narrator: new hampshire, then goes to washington and votes with the koch brothers 90% of the time. she takes millions from wall street and big drug companies, and then votes to put their agenda before everyday families. higher drug prices and cutbacks to our medicare. so, think about it: new hampshire can choose the special interests' senator with kelly ayotte... or a people's senator, for a change. i'm maggie hassan and i approve this message. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. bo he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ag

the business planners, including bill gates, described their project as reimagining the water front. it is an aggressive project to spruce up downtown tampa. the new channel side will include impressive features, including a large park with an school for usf. >> what city in america would not want a gentleman like jeff leading the charge of redeveloping and creating a downtown environment with bill gates. >> this renaissance does not come cheap. the price tag, about $3 billion. tampa bay is scheduled to vote on a final proposal at the end of this year. >>> cuddling with your cat. it might pastime, but not if you get scratched. cat scratch disease, also known as cat scratch fever, has more serious complications than originally thought. the study shows that more people are suffering from this disease since it is left untreated. the bacterial infection is spread through humans through scratches and bites from cats. cow can read more on wfla.com. >>> a lot of people use the fitness trackers, and they really like them. lose weight, but according to a new study, it may be doing just the op

. >> reporter: microsoft's bill gates dropped by to applaud the new effort. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> zuckerberg says with the, what they're managing to do, he says he plan expectancy to 100 years and says it doesn't mean no one will ever get sick, but they should be able to treat it or manage it. >> it's great to see him put his money to great causes throughout the years. that's the news for this half hour. anage it. >> it's great to see him put his money to great causes throughout the years. that's the news for this half right now....firefighters are still at the scene of that fire at the golden nugget hotel. firefighters tell us the fire started in one room of the hotel when someone fell asleep smoking. three floors were evacuated overnight while the fire was put out. fortunately no one was injured and the fire was confined to just one room. fire crews estimate the fire caused about 10-thousand dollars 13 action news reporter marissa kynaston is headed to the scene right now. she'll have a live report at five. thanks dayna.. good mor

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i think bill gates has been a leader in this area.nd priscilla are stepping up and making a fantastic investment. of theirter the birth daughter, zuckerberg and chan pledged that 99% of their wealth toward philanthropy. speaking of that initiative, the firsty that claimed his andela andela investment was. the company secured it on in june and specializes in giving them full-time role that international tech companies. technology and its role in spring economic growth to center stage at the second annual africa summit. thank you so much for joining us. explain to us how it. i understand the acceptance rate and it's harder to get into than harvard. jobs for four years at various technology companies from facebook to google. tell us how it works. guest: thank you for having me. it is. we create a for the brightest, driven development to work with the world. providing data summary around the application process. we combine it with outstanding education technology and are creating a cadre of africa oscars elite engineering teams. -- africa

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thisuy just surpassed bill gates as the world's richest man and the nfl season kicks off here. early today starts now. >> happy friday to you. >> bin korea claims it successfully carried out the fifth nuclear weapons test hours after they reported an artificial tremor emanating from the nuclear test site. monitors confirmed a 5.3 seismic event indicating it could be the regime's biggest test yet if confirmed to be true. officials are scrambling to a house is reaffirming to allies in the east that provocations for north korea will be met with serious consequences. tracking this for us, what has been the fallout from this nuclear test? >> good morning. the diplomatic fallout has been huge already this morning. concerns as well as condemn nation from the world community of russia and china. that is significant because the chinese are the only allies. they are issuing a statement calling for north korea to stop behavior that worsens the situation. the timing of this test has yet to be timing is significant because it takes place on the founding of the state, an opportunity to do a

. >>> who overtook bill gates to become the world's richest person? it might be bill we'll find out at the top. >> as far as the rain goes, the worst of it all night long has been in areas of kansas and missouri. lots of flash flood warnings in kansas and missouri, and as much as three to seven inches. today the reach is also with a threat of severe thunderstorm. damaging winds, flash flooding. additionally new thunderstorms. the forecast for today across the country, the worst of it oklahoma to st. louis. we're looking very nice many areas of the west. a lot of enjoyable weather as we weather story. >>> well, still summertime in the desert southwest. no doubt about that. temperatures just slightly above average in many areas. we're still very warm around redding too. what a hot summer it's been for you. 103 today. enjoy. your entire weekend forecast is still to come. "early today" back in two. when it helps give a lifesaving vaccine to a child in need. ?? thanks to customers like you, walgreens "get a shot. give a shot." program has helped provide 15

this guy just surpassed bill gates as the world's richest man and the nfl season kicks off here. early today starts now. >> happy friday to you. >> breaking at this hour, korea claims it successfully carried out the fifth nuclear weapons test hours after they reported an artificial tremor emanating from the nuclear test site. monitors confirmed a 5.3 seismic event indicating it could be the regime's biggest test yet if confirmed to be true. officials are scrambling to a security meeting and the white in the east that provocations for north korea will be met with serious consequences. tracking this for us, what has been the fallout from this nuclear test? >> good morning. the diplomatic fallout has been huge already this morning. concerns as well as condemn nation from the world community of russia and china. that is significant because the chinese are the only major allies. they are issuing a stant calling for north korea to stop behavior that worsens the situation. the timing of this test has yet to be timing is significant because it takes place on the founding of the state, an

company, one web, blue orgin, the start up founded by amazon founder, planet and a company backed by bill gates that sells small satellite antennas. the ride to small spacecraft, cloud compute uing as well as the incr drop in components have all contributed to the growth of the sfas related start ups and the state interest is only increasing in this market. >> blooe it or not, silicon valley has been known to inspire herd like behavior and right now, we're kind of at the nexus at one of those areas where ther a week that goes by where i don't get outreach from some other institutional investor saying there are challenges though. it would be ha flourish until commercial rocket launches are more frequent and reliable. also, vc say there's a shornl of smart soft wear engineers. >> it's all b abou we need al it's the recruiting partially was the peop co companies. electric car, facebook, anything. example, he says we are on the cusp of space tourism to the given advances and the amount of money now supporting these space start ups, the stars and moon might indeed be aligned to make those projection

bill gates joined them to applaud their efforts. >>> politics now. in vote 2016, a national poll has hillary clinton regaining her lead over donald trump, this time by six points, 43-37. libertarian gary johnson, 9% and jill stein 3%. >>> a swing through florida. she spoke to orlando about how to help people with disabilities get jobs. she mentioned north carolina shootings calling it unbearable. she did not mention donald trump by name today. as for trump, he did a political triple header in ohio, in cleveland, dayton today. black voters typically have not voted republican. he is ahead of clinton here in the buckeye state. one of his stops at the manufacturing plant where he took a tour. >>> the federal reserve is suggesting interest rate hikes could be coming by the end of the year. they voted to keep the rate unchanged for now. chairwoman janet yellen says the job market is doing well and inflation is below the 2% target. the american economy as room to grow without overheating. wall street took the news well with the index ul 1%. >>> the river is

tampa bay lightning owner and the business partners which includes bill gates unveiled their vision. under the proposal, channelside would include a large park with a theater, shops and a medical school for usf. the cost of the plan, about $3 billion. it's not a done deal yet. port tampa bay is scheduled to vote at the end of the year. right around the corner and news channel corn -- and news channel 8 is committed to -- around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising $100,000. the walk is november 12th at raymond james stadium. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for dethe tails. it's always such a great time. we it's always such a great time. >> and many of you come out. >> and you don't just donate, come out and have a good time with us. it's a great event. >> people bring their dogs. >> is that allowed? >> you did it anyway. >> no, i didn't do it. steve jerve did it. >> yeah. steve did it. and then we go to brunch. >> exactly and you're invited. >> and hopefully the weather will be nice. last year, it was okay. a little sunny. early november. >>> not quite as nice this morning

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. >> bill gates was among many leaders for that announcement in san francisco. the $3 billion will be spent over the next ten year ands a lot of this money will stay in the bay area. $600million will go to create what's called the bio-hub in san francisco. that's a new research center that will allow scientists to work on projects that will last for year ands even decades. >>> back to developing news out of charlotte, north carolina. some angry protests going on after the shooting of a black man by police earlier this week. we have seen tear gas being fire and had a report that one person has been shot and taken to the how many with life threatening injuries. this protest tonight follows more violent protest last night where several officers were injured, in some cases by rocks that have been thrown. you can see the line of police officers here trying to keep order in charlotte tonight. >> this is the second night of protest in charlotte and demonstrators have been throwing octobers and trying to damage -- objects and trying to damage vehicles. this comes after

and that's the promise fr including bill gates. that new will spring from the old. >> inspiration drawn from areas in boston and washington dc and seattle and san francisco and new york city. >> developers prescribed this project as a reimagining of the waterfront. a large park with an amphitheater and a pedestrian plaza area. >> as the world continues to evolve and change. it is clearly a renaissance. we are seeing take place. >> reporter: a renaissance that people like kim can't wait to see. >> it is just so many things to do. and they are billing up. and, just, more and more people coming in, into the area. i think it is just fabulous. >> reporter: but as we are learning, a reason indianapolis doesn't come cheap. the price tag, roughly $3 billion. and a vote on the final proposal is set to take place later on this year. about the prospects of what could happen. >> i remember paul anderson talking about this years ago. hopefully, it comes to fruition. we have a beautiful waterfront. let's take advantage of it. melanie michael, th

she's more than just the wife of bill gates.e worked at the company for a decade and got her undergraduate degree and mba in commuter science. female computer science grads only make up 18% of the total, down from 37% in the 1980s. back over to you. >> good inspiration. thanks a lot, courtney. >>> what is next now is the question for hundreds of thousands of students in limbo still after the sudden closure of corinthian colleges which includes heald and wyo tech. the department of education is pursuing debt collection against almost 80,000 former students. senator elizabeth warren is blasting that approach, wanting the department to focus on debt relief for students instead. >>> 4:51. is it too early to start planning the holiday menu? maybe not if you want crab on the table. special studies under way if you're serving up a side of toxicity this year. >>> the head of yosemite national park is retiring amid employee complaints that he created a hostile work environment. on nbcbayarea.com, read about what the employeetion are call

. >> microsoft's bill gates applauds the goal and while you may think it sounds pore like science fiction than science, progress can be made. >> it could be a stretch to say we will get there bit end of the century but it is not unrealistic. zuckerberg and khan say they spent two years talking with scientists before launching their initiative. >>> first day of fall. >> already? we have a few more hours of summer to celebrate. >> she is counseling down the minutes. she does not want summer to go anywhere. far will arrive at 7:21. it will feel like it out there and you can notice it. live doppler hd is showing you we have patchy cloud cover sticking with us a couple hours and the day planner today will see the sunrise around 6:58. it is windy throughout the afternoon. the windrd coming from the north and that will keep the temperatures cool today, below normal by 5 to 20 degrees. oakland, the high is 68 degrees. private and breezy. much of the east bay you can see will stay in the 60 for our afternoon. the exception is castro valley with a high of 70s. across the region, we will have the wi

bill gates sr. and the famous trial lawyer in texas, joe jamail, could easily fund reopening our courts so ordinary people can use them, so ordinary people who are wrongfullyly injured can have their day in court and not be blocked by what is maliciously called tort reform by taking people's age-old rights of having a trial by jury away from them. they could open up the courts to poor people. because bill gates sr. has made that one of his missions in life. he's a corporate lawyer, but he made opening up access to justice one of his missions in life. warren buffett, he's worth now $52 billion. for $1.25 billion, i can show warren buffett in 3 years mmaximum hhow to complpletely transform the taxax system so it is an efficient, fair source of revenue without inequities that exist today and the perverse incentives that distort investment into unproductive channels. what is $1.25 billion for warren buffett? he gives $3 billion a year to the gates foundation, on whose board he serves. i've had rich peop

it is like bill gates not liking computers. the president somehow -- charlie: i do not think he like doesn't like it. i do not think he like some of the aspects. maureen: he does not like being a salesman. that is why he let bill clinton, who likes being a salesman, explain his health care. charlie: i have asked about this and he said that is not true, i do like politics. he does not like what people think is essential to be in politics. he does not like the stroking, he doesn't like the inane conversation. maureen: that is what helps you pass your gun-control bill. charlie: she has said she would do it. maureen: also i just think he does not like the cheap emotion. and there is a lot of, in a funny way, it comes too easily to him. he had a really hard time. he has admitted and david axelrod said with those moments where you have to comfort a jittery public after the christmas bombing. charlie: you said if i get it wrong, tell me. he is transformational simply because of who he is. and you said that is no small thing. maureen:

melinda gates is more than just the wife of bill gates, she's worked at the company for a decade andher undergrad degree and mba in computer science. female computer science grads only make up 18% of the total down from 37% in the 1980s. >>> wall street could trade cautiously on the final trading day of the month and the third quarter. stocks falling sharply thursday with the banking sector under pressure, specifically shares of germany's deutsche bank. investors are concerned about the lender's ability to withstand a possible $14 billion fine from the justice department for misselling mortgage securities. the dow dropped 195 points to 18,143. the nasdaq losing 49 to 5,269. back to you. >> courtney reagan with cnbc. thanks. >> thanks. >>> you are welcome. and, hey, if you like rainfall, today is your day. we have another beauty with rain and wind. unfortunately most people aren't looking forward to thisç pen t potential for flooding. that's the real problemtoday. that's light rain now in wilmington. a live view, 58 degrees. the wind is steady out of the northeast at 20 miles an hour

many people are thinking about this problem like bill gates and peter thiel. place but how they are getting there is very interesting. this is a silicon valley darling that was well on its way to becoming a unicorn, very revered and respected. absolutely, the ceo told his staff he was moments away from $1 billion valuation but that has been put on hold with the criminal investigations. figure out ifto there is any movement but our senses there has not been. strokes, giveoad us a sense of the criminal investigation. there is a criminal investigation as well as an sec inquiry. our understanding is they are looking into whether or not the company purchased its own product and did not disclose that to investors which is something bloomberg first reported in august. you are talking about buybacks but they were actually buying back products in their was a group of people that josh k, the founder called them creekers? who are they and what did they do? the program is over 100 people. these are people who were hired to do in-store demos to help with the company's outr