and th--and that section is--what--basically, what the story is, is that--is that howard buffett, who is the son of warren buffett--i mean, this book really is an all-star cast. c-span: who's warren buffett? >> guest: warren buffett is the--the famed investor, whose--whose biographies are snapped up by everyone trying to figure out how berkshire hathaway made all its billions. he's the man who, probably more than anyone else--i think at this point, he's either the wealthiest man or the second wealthiest man, but probably more than anyone else is--is the sage of--of modern investing. and his son, howard, was assistant to the chairman, dwayne andreas. and in this story, in this event that takes place in the book, there was a--there was a--a point where they were discussing going to a chicago bears game, dick durbin and howard buffett. now whether a request was actually made or not is not quite clear. it is clear that there was a belief that a request was made. and adm and howard buffett was--was--was warned by a secretary, 'well, this--this this kind of thing, you know, might--might vio

g buffett and howard w buffett on set with us this morning.ing. so what about the name of this book---forty chances? > >it's about more than philanthropy actually because it's about how you take your forty chances, forty years that we kind of all have and do the best with it. so it involves everything from philanthropy to business to whatever you can do as an individual to help. > >we only get forty chances? > >he keeps telling me he's gonna get sixty. if you think about it, when you get out of school and you get a little experience you really have about forty prime years to reach your goals, to build a legacy---whatever it is you really want to focus on. so it's trying to create a mindset and it's true, some people get a little more than forty chances but it's a number that we could make sense out of. > >what is the takeaway from this book? just give us a little nip. > >i think the takeaway is that as big as all the challenges are in the world today, if we're willing to take more risk and we're willing to be more innovative and we're willing