. >> host: there's a lot of great characters in this book and john rockefeller skilled away and t. boone pickens is mentioned. and the one in china i will murder his name -- what is it about oil and natural gas in this arena that attracts these larger-than-life personalities? >> guest: it's also true the chapter has great characteristics -- >> host: throughout the book -- >> guest: or solar. the first company -- one of the meese still around. spiking it with coca-cola. i mean, these guys who know nothing about business say let's go to the solar business and put up satellites. one of the reasons i love doing this book is where does seÓul work come from and where does wind come from. where did the revolutionary national gas come from and i think the energy business does have a lot of people who are very strong-willed who can take a lot of disappointment and or maybe somewhat obsessive sticking with things even when it looks like people are saying you are crazy why are you doing that? so i love finding these characters who carried the story along in a novelistic way but are important

and john rockefeller, obviously, with standard oil, t. boone pickens is mentioned, there's the guy in china, i'm going to murder his name, is it wang? >> guest: iron man wang. >> host: what is it about, you know, oil and natural gas and this whole arena that attracts these larger-than-life personalities? >> guest: yeah. t also true like the wind chapter -- >> host: all of them. throughout the book. >> guest: or solar, the first solar company -- [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> guest: one of them is still around. they're using these things in the oven, i mean, they're supposedly spiking it with coca-cola, i mean, these guys who know nothing about business say let's go into the solar business, we're helping the government putting up satellites. one of the things i love doing in these books is asking where things come from, where did solar come from, wind come from, the evolution of natural gas come from. and i think that the energy business, it does have a lot of people who are very strong-willed, who can take a lot of disappointment

. >> host: there is a lot of great characters in this book, and john rockefeller obviously with standard oil comity boone pickens is mentioned. there's the guy in china and i will murder his name. what is it about you know, oil and natural gas in this whole agreement that attracts these larger-than-life personalities? >> guest: it is also true the win chapter has great ureters. >> host: all of them throughout the book. >> guest: of course solar, the two guys, the first solar company. one of them is still around. they are supposedly spiking it with coca-cola. these guys who know nothing about business and say let's go into the solar business. the government putting up satellites. where did the solar business come from? where did wind come from and where did the revolution of natural gas come from? i think that the energy business, it does have a lot of people who are very strong-willed, who can take a lot of disappointment and maybe are somewhat obsessive and sticking with things, even when it looks like you know people are saying you are crazy. why are you doing that? so i love finding t

it is like trying to replace him before, or john rockefeller or some other, one of the great business people are time. but i will say that apple is in good hands. tim cook, the new ceo is someone that has been at apple and a very--a very long time and is very well liked by people on wall street in he has a host of other talented executives and it is terrible, the news comes just one day after apple just yesterday announced the new version of the iphone and at that event, many of these other apple executives were part of the presentation and you got a real sense that one of his accomplishments in some ways, one that think that is not as well known is that he built a very strong team to continue, to continue the company now that he is gone. so i think that apple will be fine for quite a few time to come. >> apple will be fine and other companies use a have strong leaders believe steps in and with that same passion for innovation that he seemed to have, does anyone else even comes to mind you? >> well, you know they have, the new ceo tim cook is someone who is known more as an operator,

and john rockefeller would drive down the street throwing coins at them.y openly mocked that way. that goes back to the point earlier about them not having fear in their hearts and feeling they can do anything without repercussions. >> d.c. right now is like the roaring '20s. they are doing fine. >> yeah. >> there are whole swaths of neighborhoods in colorado where only one family is living there because the rest of the neighborhood lost their homes. it's shocking. >> unemployment among people with four-year college degrees in this country is hovering around 4%, and you have the tremendous, i think what glenn was saying and i have been writing about on the book i am working on, and we have a profound distance between the people making the policies, or the lack of policies, and what that does is aten yao waits things. we have seen it in the foreclosure crisis. every economists says we need to write down principle. we need to take the value and we need to make the banks or somebody take the losses. it doesn't happen, and doesn't map and doesn't happen becaus

john d. rockefeller but the media then were clueless too. they were neither robbers nor barons.ecause they weren't royalty and they weren't born rich. they were born poor. they weren't robbers because they didn't steal. they earned money by pleasing people. vanderbiladvantage built invens to make travel easier. the extra customers he attracted allowed him to lower costs. he cut the new york hartford fare from 8 today's $1. that helped people. rockefeller was called a monopolist but he wasn't. he had 100 competitors. no one was ever forced to buy his oil. he got rich by finding cheaper ways to get oil to the pump. the competitors called him a robber because he stole their busy hoeing prices. it made life better for poor people. they used to go to bed when they got dark but thanks to rockefeller they could afford fuel for lanterns and stay up and reid at night. it may have even saved the whales because when lowered the place of care seen and gasoline he eliminated the need for whale oil. the mass slaughter of whales suddenly stopped. i bet your kids won't read rockefeller saved th

john d. rockefeller but the media then were clueless too. they were neither robbers nor barons.t barons because they weren't royalty and they weren't born rich. they were born poor. they weren't robbers because they didn't steal. they earned money by pleasing people. vanderbiladvantage built invens to make travel easier. the extra customers he attracted allowed him to lower costs. he cut the new york hartford fare from 8 today's $1. that helped people. rockefeller was called a monopolist but he wasn't. he had 100 competitors. no one was ever forced to buy his oil. he got rich by finding cheaper ways to get oil to the pump. the competitors called him a robber because he stole their busy hoeing prices. it made life better for poor people. they used to go to bed when they got dark but thanks to rockefeller they could afford fuel for lanterns and stay up and reid at night. it may have even saved the whales because when lowered the place of care seen and gasoline he eliminated the need for whale oil. the mass slaughter of whales suddenly stopped. i bet your kids won't read rockefelle

john d. rockefeller could have written a personal check. are tired our national debt., bill gates could make a personal check and not pay two months interest on the national debt. >> that will continue online at abcnews.com. >>> up next -- a milestone in america's longest war. after ten years in afghanistan, is the u.s. any closer to victory? abc's martha raddatz has a report from the field. y? abc's martha raddatz has a report from the field. it's about building cars in america. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still works here. [ jennifer ] not a single layoff of a u.s. manufacturing worker. [ glen ] not one. not one. doing things the right way. quality. [ jimmeka ] building cars that americans want. [ jamaul ] righght here in america. hyundai is an all-american success story. ♪ >>> this week marks a milestone in america's longest war, it's now b

john d. rockefeller could have written a personal check. are tired our national debt., bill gates could make a personal check and not pay two months interest on the national debt. >> that will continue online at abcnews.com. >>> up next -- a milestone in america's longest war. after ten years in afghanistan, is the u.s. any closer to victory? abc's martha raddatz has a report from the field. y? abc's martha raddatz has a report from the field. ii >>> this week marks a milestone in america's longest war, it's now been ten years since the start of the war in afghanistan, after a decade of con frikt, the cost has been staggering. but is the united states any closer to victory? martha raddatz is in afghanistan and she joins me now from kabul. martha, of course, the administration had a big victory this week, killing anwar al awlaki by drone, that was in emmen. it's very different in afghanistan. >> it's very different. here in afghanistan, it's a combination of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency and counterinsurgency securing the population, helping them out with job

john d. rockefeller but the media then were clueless too. they were neither robbers nor barons.t barons because they weren't royalty and they weren't born rich. they were born poor. they weren't robbers because they didn't steal. they earned money by pleasing people. vanderbiladvantage built invens to make travel easier. the extra customers he attracted allowed him to lower costs. he cut the new york hartford fare from 8 today's $1. that helped people. rockefeller was called a monopolist but he wasn't. he had 100 competitors. no one was ever forced to buy his oil. he got rich by finding cheaper ways to get oil to the pump. the competitors called him a robber because he stole their busy hoeing prices. it made life better for poor people. they used to go to bed when they got dark but thanks to rockefeller they could afford fuel for lanterns and stay up and reid at night. it may have even saved the whales because when lowered the place of care seen and gasoline he eliminated the need for whale oil. the mass slaughter of whales suddenly stopped. i bet your kids won't read rockefelle

john d. rockefeller were for it because they thought that alcohol weekend the output of their working man. the wobblies were for it, too. they saw a prohibition, based on alcohol as a capitalist plot to destroy the working man and joined this odd band wagon toward prohibition. we had the naacp was for it. booker t. washington argued always and passionately for a black advancement and advance and of a black middle class and he saw the optical alcoholism -- the obstacle of alcoholism as a huge and a problem that they needed to join the bandwagon. then the coup klutz klan was for it, too. there were anti-catholic, anti jew, anti-black and the last thing they feared was a black man with a bottle in one hand and a ballot in the other. everything coalesced around it and as we move into the second decade of the 20th century, two things made a reality. the first was the 16th amendment. the anti-saloon league shrewdly allied themselves, many say cynically, with progress of groups interested in the redistribution of wealth in the united states because there was in that time as we are to end debate t

rockefeller: mr. president, i rise in strong support of john bryson of california who president obama has nominated to be his secretary of commerce. mr. bryson's nomination comes at a very critical time for our country and for our economy. no one disputes the secretary of commerce is an important part of the president's economic team. that person is now missing in the commerce department. commerce has to do with jobs. nobody there. that dictates that we have a leader with strong, real-world experience in the post. this position has been vacant since combat door locke left for china in late july. it's stunning to think with what the country's going through, we don't have a cabinet secretary who can attend to manufacturing and other kinds of jobs and job-related efforts that he will do. but because of the assistance of the minority -- and i have no objection to this -- we were unable to move this nomination until the trade agreement was finished. in other words, the trade agreements had to come forward, they had to be passed. that was done, and then it was okay to proceed to the bryson nomination. the c

don't thank you guys so much for [ cheers and applause ] john cho, kal penn, and of see you later, jimmy fallon is >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my goodness! hey, everybody. that's what i'm talking about, hey! sounds good. great new york city crowd. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. [ cheers ] it's going to be fun night, hope you have fun tonight. it's going to be good. some -- some big -- [ scattered cheers ] -- some big election news. big election news. in an interview last night, rick perry criticized mitt romney for flip-flopping on the issues. yeah, romney said that perry has no idea what he's talking about, then he added, "but he does know what he's talking about." [ light laughter ] you guys see this yesterday? marijuana activists in san francisco protested president obama's crackdown on weed. [ laughter ] i

john. let's go caps! well, mother nature apparently isn't ready for one of the classic symbols of the holiday season to debut. the rockefellertinging rink was scheduled to open yesterday, but milder than normal temperatures in new york delayed any skating for about another week. in the meantime, crews are busy putting the final touches on the rink. it will open no alert than next weekend and stay open through january 6th. it first opened christmas day 1936 and can hold 150 skaters at a time. >> that is a gorgeous area during the holiday season. favorite part of the season. >> it's a good spot, no doubt about it. it will get colder eventually. we all know that. new york will be mild. they were warmer than us last weekend. so making ice was a little tricky when it was 80 degrees outside. >> i live next to an ice skating rink and it doesn't look like they're under preparations for anything. >> a little early. thanksgiving is the official start of the outdoor skating season. or, as i like to call it, crashing on ice. it's very slippy, as it turns out. plenty of clear skies. bright sunshine is on the way for later on this afterno

john, republican and florida. caller: i think people have bought into the lies that taxes are there to make rich people pay their fair share. people like rockefellernd morgan, these guys did not come up with the idea for the tax at of the goodness of their heart. they will benefit one way or the other. these are the progressives of the day. i ultimately with an income tax you end up with bigger government, and it benefits the large corporations by unfairly burdening smaller companies, which treaties -- decreases competition for the large companies. we look at the bankers. if we did not have an income tax, people would have the extra cash and go out and buy a new car every three years or so. now you are forced to go to a bank and get an interest rate. these guys profit from the income tax, whether directly or indirectly. guest: yes, in some ways they do. certainly large companies can deal with what of the situation is better than small companies, and they have often used that not just with taxes, but large drug companies can pay the enormous cost of getting through all the hoops that the fda requires before a drug is legal for sale much better than