. >> in the bill and melinda gates foundation, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the town was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. whether this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also the facts are on the side of the optimist. it is dangerous that people are focusing on the bad news and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they don't look at the best practices. it makes them less generous. we are raising poor countries up. most people live in middle income countries now. there is more to be done on agriculture, but the track record success, if you don't see that you are not going to participate in what we need to do. >> you say that there will be no poor nations by 2035. >> almost none. landlocked countries in africa, north korea if they don't change the government, but it will be less than 10. when i was born, almost all countries

that was the plan set out by the gates foundation. as the principal donor and gets to make the decisions but the inventor patroclus wants his miracle rice to be introduced worldwide preferably sooner than later he is irritated at the dictatorship of money and i think they came into the project at the end just as we were almost finished and we worked for twenty years to develop this rice without any help from the gates foundation and then in the end gates comes in with his riches and takes the entire project over for turning it into a gates project. singh going to forwarded its research material to erie and later in collaboration with the gates foundation also relinquished rights and responsibilities regarding golden rice to the erie. the inventor did not approve of this agreement made in two thousand and ten. but his objections were ignored today to try because feels he was booted out. that iseman data rice they are working with in the philippines today doesn't it belong to you anymore in the good ones morally and legally it still bel

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. >> in the bill and linda gates foundation, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the town was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. whether this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also the facts are on the side of the optimist. that people are focusing on the bad news and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they don't look at the best practices. it makes them less generous. we are raising poor countries up. most people live in middle income countries now. there is more to be done on how -- on agriculture, but the track record success, if you don't see that you are not going to participate in what we need to do. >> you say that there will be no poor nations by 2035. >> almost none. ,andlocked countries in africa north korea if they don't change the government, but it will be less than 10. when i was born, almost all countries were poor. now

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buzzing following a prediction gates made in his annual newsletter for the bill and melinda gates foundation. liz claman has all the details. liz: one of the most shocking but welcome headlines out of the world economic forum is from bill gates. the co-founder of the bill and melinda gates foundation and microsoft joins us now in a u.s. television exclusive. it was a very strong statement you made that you were in essence saying there would be very few poor countries left by 2035. that is pretty stunning. what is going to get us there? >> most people are unaware of the steady progress we have made in lifting countries up. when i was born you were either in a rich country or poor country and nothing in the middle. now whether it is china, brazil, mexico, most people live in middle-income countries, if we dedicate ourselves to help out the ones that are still low income, that means generosity and looking at what has worked well, we should be down to very few, less than 10, some in north africa, north korea. this idea of helping people out, the development agenda come largely be completed in a

announced it was joining with the gates foundationo support the work of n2africa, a dutch-led initiative to improve soil quality and increase agricultural productivity in eight african countries. the $2 million donation from the buffett foundation will support work in sierra leone and liberia. [ticking] coming up: making money faster than you can blink... are humans ever involved in the trading? >> humans are not involved in the trading because humans are way too slow. >> when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. [ bottle ] okay, listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies -- you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! 'cause i'm re-workin' the menu, keeping her healthy and you on your toes. [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. i see you, cupcake! uh-oh! [ bottle ] the number one doctor recommended brand. ensure®. nutrition in charge™. if you have a business idea, we have a perso

. >>> bay area researchers getting a major boost from the bill and melinda gates foundation to fightalaria. >> from the developing worth deaths have been cut in the last decade. with advances the disease kills half a million people per year, many of them, children. this doctor leads the elimination initiative at. >> it's a long battle. it's seen with huge genome. >> he says successes made a difference. one was wide spread distribution of bed nets pro testing villagers and another project funded by n.part by the gates foundation. experts believe there is a danger of it returning to countries that now have it under control. some variations can lay dormant while infected person may not feel symptoms, he says they're walking reservoirs. >> as long as you have that reservoir around, mosquitos can bite you and about 14 or 15 days later will be infectious, that infectious mosquito can bite lots of people. >> that led to a resurgence of the disease. he says the grant will help fund testing programs to identify, and treat those carriers. he says the other challenge will be to develop drug tre

. >>> bay area researchers getting a major boost from the bill and melinda gates foundation to fightave been cut in the last decade. with advances the disease kills half a million people per year, many of them, children. this doctor leads the elimination initiative at. >> it's a long battle. it's seen with huge genome. >> he says successes made a difference. one was wide spread distribution of bed nets pro testing villagers from mosquitos and another project funded by n.part by the gates foundation. experts believe there is a danger of it returning to countries that now have it under control. some variations can lay dormant while infected person may not feel symptoms, he says they're walking reservoirs. >> as long as you have that reservoir around, mosquitos can bite you and about 14 or 15 days later will be infectious, that infectious mosquito can bite lots of people. >> that led to a resurgence of the disease. he says the grant will help fund testing programs to identify, and treat those carriers. he says the other challenge will be to develop drug treatments for new forms of malar

-- through the bill and melinda gates foundation -- >> a big part of point he got myths is busting them. betty asked bill gates how he plans to change that respects perspective. emily want to spread the word, if people should feel great -- >> we want to spread the word. headlines are what mislead you. bad news is a headline and gradual improvement is not. a reductionelebrate of malaria deaths? when did we celebrate gdp growth ? we all must have to speak out and say despite how bad we feel about what is not yet done, we have some approaches where cynicism is holding us back. andle think of corruption think about the big part of the budget. if you ask people, they will say 25% or certainly above 10%. >> one of the myths about much aidid is that so goes to government in africa. they waste that aid. passgive corrupt regimes a to not doing the things they need to do. what you say to that? them a historically during the cold where there was a lot of money that was friendship money to make sure that that guy was our bad guy versus the soviet bad guy. nobody expected that human lives with them

you donate his last year about $100 million to the bill gates foundation despite eradicate portfolio.u share the same optimism? >> i could not be in more agreement. the thing that activists seldom want to acknowledge success because they will always want to have more to do, raise more money, be more important. it was 100% right. >> il, i have always want to know this from you. you have such a huge arsenal. both of you have such a huge arsenal of resources. how do you pick the causes that you get behind? them globally i think the greatest inequity is how -- >> globally i think the great inequity is how porch over and don't get to grow up and achieve their potential. -- how poor children don't grow achieve their potential. we decided that most of the money will go to that cause. --ortunately there fortunately there are things like new cassie -- things like new vaccines that will help them. five percent of kids now die before the age of five. the prediction is we can get that down to one point six percent to match where the united states was in 1980. >> when you were mayor you have certa

the bill and linda gates foundation came out with its annual letter today. he wrote that by 2025 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. we sat down with bill gates and former new york city mayor mike bloomberg. he asked about people's perceptions on smoking, obesity, and marijuana have changed, and rolls and that our. >> cities are where you pick up the garbage, bring down crime, enact health measures and what you can actually see, what you can buy, how you are late -- how it is labeled, and what you can use and those kind of things. if you look at most of the progress made in climate change, for tebow, that has been done at the city level. even in this country, fighting guns, fighting obesity, bringing down crime, those are not at the federal level or state level, but at the city level. >> i have always wanted to know this from you, bill. you have -- both of you have a huge arsenal of resources. how do you pick the causes you get behind? equityally, i think in childrenty is how poor do not get to reach their potential. they die or they do no

. >> the co-chair of the bill and melinda gates foundation, bill gates, joins us when we return. >> later, we have a conversation with emmy award winning actor jeff daniels. always a lot of fun. this time you interviewed him and not in his motor home. >> i was not. easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then drive. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today >>> the endless cycle of partisan bickering has approval rating for congress at all-time lows. we spoke to microsoft co-founder bill gates about how to get washington back on track. >> i can recall years ago being in cambodia where nutrition is always a degree of difficulty beyond our imaginations. getting nutrition advice to people on the ground in places like africa, getting vaccines to people on the ground in places like africa. what is the degree of di

. >> now, uc san francisco getting a bill and melinda gates foundation grant of nearly $3 million for a project aimed at reducing premature births it's a wireless monitoring system for early screening. >> fda says aleave may have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke. experts say that is because of the main ingredient, naproxen. a panel will ask antiinflammatories with naproxen should be relabelled. >> california drought hurting a major source of income for the state. grape goers are taking steps to avoid the disastrous year. we are live from napa with the story. leanne? >> the crops should be taller than what it is. interesting and weird things. must have had yard should be taller than this. this is all caused by the drought. >> napa valley preparing for what may be one of the worst years in the history. typically from july 1st to january 31st, rainfall levels in napa tend to be close to 15 inches. currently at 2.9 inches. with no rain there is hardly any cover crop. dominic is a vineyard manager. >> they have caused buds to come out early making crop vulnerable to frost. by now th

the gates foundation can out with the annual letter this morning. t nation left in the world. that is his perdition. bill gates is joining us this morning along with the founder and majority stakeholder of bloomberg lp. for joining us. good morning. bill, i read to your letter over the weekend. that you in the tone are very optimistic. you say, we are better off than we were decades ago. where does the optimism come from? >> i am naturally optimistic. i believe the facts are on the side of the optimistic. it is dangerous. they do not look at best practices. it makes them less generous. we are raising. most people in middle income companies now, there is more to be done on health and agriculture. if you do not see that, you will needissipate in what you to do. >> you say there will be none by the time we reach 2035. >> almost none. , it will beountries less than 10. when i was born, almost all countries were born. we are down to about a quarter of them. on it, we could make it really exceptional. >> you mentioned in your letter that not everyone shoul

stanford president says he picked them because of the gate foundation.er speakers include steve jobs, oprah winfrey. >> rosie o'donnell returning to "the view" for the first seven years. her time there was marked by controversy including with co-host i elizabeth hassleback and with donald trump. >> still head here surprise of a a is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> coming up at 6:00 the decision that some say has young salmon facing certain death this winter. also how a little nut triggered a big recall of one of the most-popular pickup trucks on the road z gearing up for the new super bowl ads. why the life span is longer than 30 seconds on the air, coming up in a half hour on abc7 news tonight at 6:00. >> thank you. >> super bowl ads. a hotel made saved surprise after two guests left her a $500 tip. >> yikes. >> thank you. >> she's so happy. the guests were young film makers th

from today the golden eyes project is being financed in the philippines and bangladesh by the gates foundation for the last. couple of years. it's being financed by a little bit a little residue of rockefeller foundation money. and a little bit of usa id money in asia and warren buffett who also has contributed to those funds and bill gates dad who's also part of it. i think they are funding this project as part of a portfolio of potential health interventions. to try genuinely to improve the lot of the impoverished of society and improve their life expectancy and improve the quality of life illustrious names powerful from anthropos as financial sponsors adrian do block implied that the money from the super rich donors was not just a blessing but also brought risk still without it we would be nowhere so we're extremely pleased to have it. whenever you accept funds from an organization the organization wants to involve itself in the management. of the chick's. foundation wanted to distribute the miracle rice to the philippines first we wanted to go there just in time for the harvest of the. unm

guess who's behind it, bill gates foundation is investing a lot of money in this.potential to revolutionize the way we treat diabetes in this country. we've been talking about nano technology more and more every week. these are tiny, small, microscopic ways to really give this kind of vaccine. i think it has a tremendous potential. >> one of the biggest knocks on the flu vaccine is how an ti tw quated it is. you can eat a vaccine, have it put on your skin, you can inhale it. we're going to get a universal vaccine that lasts for ten years. this is going to be the future. that's what we're talking about here today. >> all these poor little mice. >> but it's brilliant. many needles that don't hit the pain receptor, wow, fantastic. thank you, doctors. >>> we all are seeing a lot of people who have the cold, the common cold. it's always been uncommonly difficult for doctors to treat, even our doctors. but there's a new break-through they want you to know about that could change how all doctors are going to approach the illness, and they'll explain next. >> some people b

the bill gates foundation is spend aglot of money on this.s has the potential to revolutionize the way we treat diabetes in the kucountry. we're talking about microtechnology more and more. microscopic ways to give the vaccine. i think it has a tremendous potential. >> one of the biggest knocks on the flu vaccine is how antiquated it is. all these thrusts in the direction of newer and greater vaccines where again, you can eat a vaccine, put it on your skin, inhale it. we'll get one that lasts for ten years, this is going to be the future and that's what we're talking about. >> what's with the mice? all the poor little mice. >> but it's brilliant. many needles that don't hit the pain receptors. >> absolutely. >> fantastic. so interesting. we all are seeing a lot of people who have a cold, a common cold. it's always been uncommonly diflth for doctors to treat, but there's a new break pm through they want you to know about that could change how all doctors are going to approach illness. they'll explain next. >>> some people are basically too pol

i think the gates foundation has in thisarkable things area. >> something we will continue to monitorter this morning, bill gates will be sitting down with michael bloomberg for a conversation on the importance of giving back, their efforts to change the world. we will be monitoring that ahead of the 9:30 conversation and commit good morning, everyone, from new york city, this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." michael andfu with adam johnson with our guest host, john borthwick from betaworks. mike mckee has our top headlines. >> antigovernment activists and police battling in kiev even as subdues take place to demonstrations. protesters bombarding police with molotov cocktails and police returning fire with smoke bombs and rubber bullets. the protests have rocked the review craning capital since last or after the rejection of a cooperation agreement with the european union. the united nations taking back its invitation to iran to attend the stocks on syria. the invitation to iran angered leaders of syria's opposition as well as the u.s. the peace conf

the bill and wendy gates foundation just came out with where he sayster there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. he sat down with betty liu and bloomberg, also the former mayor of new york for an exclusive interview and they discussed everything from how they choose turtle causes to whether gates will return as microsoft's ceo. >> i am on the board and the board is doing some important work right now. biggestdation is the part-f my time, but i put time work in and help as a board member. >> how involved are you with the search for the chief executive? >> there's nothing new to say. it is a good board. >> do you feel a sense of urgency at all on this front? you always feel that way and then you want to pick the best person. they will move at the right pace. >> we have the fortune of of having the mayor come back to this company and we are happy to have him back. ever hit your vision in the future of going back to microsoft full-time? >> i work will be the foundation for the rest of my time. i get to do it in depth, so i'm not going to change that, though i will help out

the cofounder of the bill and melinda gates foundation. she spent 13 years at the foundation tackling poverty, education problems. now she is taking on poverty nbc d.c. >> when i went to learn directly what were the poverty issues -- table introduced her to the community-based nonprofit that provides food, day care, and more to the needy and the nations capitol. -- the nation's capitol. >> we live in a place of disparity where people eat too much and have too much and yet 20% of the people in the district are living in poverty. >> she says she learned a lot from her friends bill and melinda gates. widely at the needs and opportunities in this world and are really focused on execution. she's noto secret doing the job for the money. in fact she is doing it for free. her commitment to surface -- to service goes back to her parents. the food bank and her hometown is named for her father. >> we share responsibility for community. >> martha's table distribution has increased significantly since she took over. some of that is based on increased d

with criticisms of the nsa and their support for the president's view and the bill and melinda gates foundationpanies is extraordinarily ctical of the nsa anderic schmitt, the open society institute, is there anyway that we could see expertise in this discussion besides that of apolitical and politicized white house? as well as a foundation that is supported by money? >> i think you get the results that you pay for. many people in the community are divided themselves as to whether or not that surveillance is authorized. i think e president has committed to reform long before this study. >> it sounds prejudici to me. >> how about frustration. [laughter] >> this is media and left-wing created. give me the name of one american that has been injured tangibly by any of these nsa programs. including various other private companies that horrid our information. i don't want to pick on target. lou: we will still take that into consideration on that issue. >> thank you s so much for beig with us. i hope that you have picked up a copy of my new book because it is about what is happening with this country

the bill and melinda gates foundation. it could be set you nadella oracle it could be -- or it could be john thompson. >> caroline, thanks. >> amazon earnings missed estimates as shipping costs hit holiday profits. hans nichols joins us from berlin. give us the details. >> it is a bit of a mixed result. finally, for amazon, profits outstripped revenues. yet investors punished it. 20%, thatere only up is the smallest gain they have had in some time, since 2009 and believe. wantedrs decided they strong revenue growth and they're not as interested in profits. $239 million, at more than twice what they had done before. strong growth there and yet they don't see the explosive growth on their revenue side. that is why the stock was initially down. then it came down all the way -- it climbed a little bit and ended at 5%. there may be some changes to amazon prime, the two-day shipping service, $79 for an annual fee. they may be increasing that i as much as $40. that is because of shipping costs, also the cost of fuel. what we see