disney ceo bob iger and apple ceo steve wozniak tell the story of our apple computer went from a garage startup to a company worth $350 billion. >>> and public outpouring. moving tributes around the world, all over the internet, to a giant business, technology and entertainment. a special edition of "nightline" starts right now. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," october 5th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. he was our eddy sisoedison, our. yes, steve jobs was the most successful businessman of our generation, but deep down, he was an artist who worked in metal and glass, plastic and pixels. and the ideas that live inside his machines completely change our definition of form and function. after surviving pancreatic cancer and a 2009 liver transplant, the 56-year-old founding father of apple computer died tonight. he is mourned by his wife, four children and millions around the world who could not wait to see what he would come up with next. >> reporter: before he put a virtual

ceo bob iger talks about his memories. >> we talk about steve and all of his accomplishments. but he was just getting started. his ideas were so plentiful and so constant. and he was not only youthful but just at the beginning, as i see it. not nearly close to the end. and he also had an uncanny way of always expecting the impossible to become possible. i have never seen anyone as dedicated to turning dreams and big ideas into actuality, into reality. he was amazing that way. >> amazing, for sure. that was disney ceo, bob iger. >>> steve jobs was an intensity private man and managed to keep a cloak over most of his medical history. we know he underwent surgery in 2004, to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer and announced himself cured. five years later, he had a liver transplant. some say the cancer came back or spread. pancreatic cancer is a deadly form of the disease. >>> and steve jobs later in this half hour, includi company will now move forward. also later on "good morning america," we'll talk live to apple co-founder, steve wozniak. >>> politics now and the republica

john door, bob iger. john door is a venture capitalist. bob iger, the head of disney, obviously.obs has four children. he has a wife who he's been married to for a number of years. creating time to really get to know his kids was very important. in fact, he told his biographer walter isaacson whose book comes out in a couple of weeks, the reason he was cooperating and doing a book for the first time in his life because he wanted his children to know who he was because there had been a number of times when he wasn't there for them because he was working. >> but as you said, he focused on the work still. there are reports that he left blueprints for up to five years of apple and he even got there and advised how to introduce the iphone 4s. >> absolutely. the thing about apple is that apple is a company that takes innovation and creativity and puts a real structure around it. so that there is a plan and there is a predictability to now frequently you'll do something amazing. that's what apple did under steve jobs. when you said blueprints for five years, that's not uncommon. it's no

and disney chief bob iger got a race, promotion and a retirement date today.ng to stay on then take over as chairman of the board next year, then, he will groom a relace -- replacement for when he steps down in 2015. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> stay with us for early returns in george clooney's bid for president. >> stay with us for that and what do you do when a lifetime warranty on something that isn't made anymore is in effect or not? you turn to >>> some companies offer a lifetime warranty, they mean it. >> one stofr went out of its way to help a customer. >> this was amazing. talking about lazy boy and its local dealer. and and this is how they're going to work. >> he had a la-z diboy chair, it finally stopped working. >> this is more about aura. it was a swivel and slide. making it more of. >> and he contacted a local dealer, here sit in south san francisco. the chair so nice, after 11 years he decided to have that repaired. >> i went to lazy boy and willing to pay to get it fixed. they said no. lifetime guarantee. >> it turns out the compa

and disney slipped after ceo bob iger will retire after his new $2.5 million contract expires.rldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> when that phone call comes at 3:00 in the morning, ladies and gentlemen, i will be up and waiting for the call, because i will know what's going on in the world around us. you won't have to get me out of bed. >> well, welcome back to "hardball." that was former republican, pennsylvania senator, rick santorum at the values voters event earlier today in washington. he's made a name for himself in the debates recently, but polls show him still at the bottom of the pack. the latest "washington post"/abc news poll has him running at 2% among republicans, although these numbers do gyrate. santorum would like to become the mitt romney alternative, wouldn't he? what'd you mean that you'd be up by 3:00 in the morning. are you a nocturnal creature or what? >> no, what i was saying is that if something like that was going to occur, i'd probably have a better handle on it that i wouldn't have to be surprised to get out of bed. in other words, i'd be up and on t

." >>> walt disney says bob iger will step down in march 2015.pany's value has increased by more than a third under iger and annual revenue has reached $40 billion. no word on a successor. >>> and a train derailment and fire has forced some 800 people to evacuate in north central illinois. about 115 miles west of chicago. they were going to let the fire burn out, but ethanol exploded. no injuries are reported. >> thank you. >>> pakistani doctor wo tried to help the united states with the hunt for osama bin laden could soon be facing treason charges, possible hanging by the pakistani government. we're digging deeper into a very, very disturbing krcase. ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> major political news breaking right now. over at the values voters summi

and disney's bob iger. >> he believes in his own heart and in his own tuition and followed it religiouslyhe also had an uncanny way of always expecting the impossible to become possible. >> reporter: "star wars" creator, george lucas, said while others simply accepted the status quo, he saw the true potential in everything he touched. the circuits on twitter overnight were overloaded. and youtube overflowing with tributes. >> just thinking about it. i even used one of his quotes for my senior quote last year. innovation distinguishing a follower from a leader. >> i was just in complete shock. i just sat there like, this can't be real because, i mean, he's gone. >> reporter: and sarah palin on the very night she announced she is not running for president, talked about how steve jobs helped her communicate with her son, trig. >> our youngest child, he's not able to speak. he's able to communicate via sign language. but he loves his ipad. >> reporter: the words best summed up in a tweet we found from amber lockhert, the apple in everyone's eye. rest in peace, steve jobs. his impact was so fa