[laughter] melinda has a lot of good ideas.aternal health, we have been doing a number of things under her guidance to trying to advance the causes of getting the kids so they can get born and survive the first couple of days and then the next five years. there are lots of good ideas. you can't do everything, you have to decide what your core competencies are. like the bill and melinda foundation, and a lot of cases, they administer funds. in our case, we probably do more donating funds and having others administrate but we have a big group working on public health issues as well. >> mike, when you were mayor, you had certain metrics by which you could measure the success of your own projects and initiatives. when you give money, how do you measure success? >> number one, not everything is going to work quickly. you have to have some patience. number two, if you do something in the scientific world and it turns out to be a failure, that in some sense is a success because you don't have to go down that path again. unfortunately,

i think it's about proportionality and who gets the most attention. >> melinda?yeah, they definitely have a lot of overlap, right? not only on poverty issues but also on immigration. i was very interested and i'd love to know if when they were talking about immigration today whether the pope said, you know, there are a thousand deportations every day in the united states under your administration that you could stop tomorrow. and i know a lot of hispanic catholics were hoping that the pope would encourage the president to change on that policy. >> i've only to be a swiss guard in the vatican today. >> that's right. >> i don't think any of us are very close to that but fascinating moment for both this papacy and this president. joshua dubois and melinda, thanks for your time. >> thanks. >> after the break, the iceman cometh but after months of irs and benghazi probes that have cost millions of taxpayer dollars and man-hour, some would like to see the issa man goeth. one joins me next. we need it right away! we cannot let the fans down. don't worry! the united stat

>> well, melinda and i picked two things. we picked what we thought was the greatest inequity in the country that had created the conditions that allowed us to have this outside success. and that was education, both k-12 and higher ed. and then we decided what's the greatest inequity globally. and there we started. and the core work is around global health. and that's expanded a bit. now, it's got sanitation, agriculture, financial services, three or four additional things that are there to help uplift the poor. so we you know, we've got two centers of activity. and you do have to specialize. and so far education has been our big domestic we did a few other things. we put compurs on libraries. we do a fair bit of things locally in the seattle area, washington state. but the big thing has been education. >> i want to turn now to my colleague john makin. >> do i ask a question? >> if you could, put your statement in the form of a question. >> yes, i would. well, we have two things in common. we both spent a lot of time in seatt

. >> poring over bills is worrisome for melinda anderson. she earns $600 a week and struggles. >> i think how am i going to pay them, how many hours i need to work. and is going to get paid this month. >> diagnosed with endomeetriosis her treatment is expensive. she doesn't have health insurance, missing the deadline to get a group policy. i need insurance so i can proceed with having the tumours removed. with the march 31st deadline looming she went to an enrolment center. >> you went into the marketplace. >> the best coach was nearly $300 a month. >> for a single parent like myself, with the expenses i have, it's not affordable. >> she earns too much to qualify for a cheaper policy. >> i'm stuck. >> for others, the uninsured poor, the health department is urging them to sign up. >> we had a citizen tell us insurance may be $25 to $50. >> for all the problems that many experienced trying to get health insurance, some say after years of being denied, they cap afford it. wade, who is unemployed, got a policy for $100 a month. it's a saving gr

>> melinda and i picked two things.e picked what we thought was the greatest inequity in the country that had created the conditions that allowed us to have this outside success in the education, both k-12. what is the greatest inequity? it's around global health and that's expanded today. nazca sanitation, agriculture, financial services, career for additional things that are there to help uplift the poor. we've got two centers of the committee. you do have to specialize in so far education has been our big domestic. we did a few other things. we do bury bitter things locally in the seattle area or washington state. the big thing is an education. >> i want to turn out to my colleague, john making. >> if you could put your statement in the form of a question. [laughter] >> yeah, well we have two things in common. i spent a lot of time in seattle. teach in at are revolutionizing the world. and we

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, the bill and melinda gates foundation. they work to reduce poverty and expand health care overseas and to improve education here in the united states among other things. previously, he was the chairman and ceo of microsoft, the world's largest software company, which he co-founded in 1973. most importantly, like me, he's a native of seattle and somewhat of a seahawks fan, which is good. but that's not what we're here to talk about. we're here to talk about his incredibly important work with the foundation, the work that he's doing here and around the world. he shares so many of the priorities of the american enterprise institute to build a better life for people here and everyplace people who suffer from need, people who suffer from disease, people who suffer from tyranny. what can we do about these things? well, he's asking the big questions and he's putting his own resources behind the answers. and we're going to hear what he has to say about his latest work. so, welcome to aei. it's an honor to have you and to be among

melinda henneberger joins us and a lawyer representing hobby lobby. thanks as always. >> thanks. >> let me go to your case here. as i understand it so, people understand the nuance here, your client, hobby lobby basically does not want to pay for health insurance that covers things like iuds, which he argues cause abortions because they basically prevent the continuation of life of a fertilized egg? >> that's exactly right, chris. >> it's not about preventing conception. it's about the death, if you will, of a fertilized egg. >> that's exactly right. they do not cover abortion in their plan. that's a long-standing policy. and they also object to covering drugs that they could produce what they consider to be an early abortion, which would be terminating an embryo before implantation. the government has conceded that's these drug can work in that way. the science question is not before the court. the question is if the greens have a sincere religious objection to provide in coverage and facilitating the access to these drugs, then do they have an exemp

mainly in developing countries have no access to such facilities the mission organized by the bill and melinda gates foundation took place in new delhi india foundation funded the challenge of re inventing the toilets to sanitize waste with minimal use of water or electricity. among sixteen cards featured one model developed by a chinese company uses solar panels to power the treatment of human waste. widescreen with pierced the side that go beyond i was too high. he didn't care that i tried to separate it from the falls and chose the place didn't like it. the system which requires no sewage treatment does not contaminate groundwater i'm trying to get new innovation new entrepreneurship been dissolved in a very old problem. which is how do we get. inadequate. when we can eliminate some of the infections consequences these events and telstra grand prix of the internets in the hope they'll eventually be used in developing countries. and still always a key champion cut the new one this spring tournaments on sunday with fourteen wins and one lots the japan sumo association will hold a meeting of t

in case pointing to place an historic christian village of melinda control switching back and forth between samples says and islamist rebels money to attend to major orthodox and catholic churches and is one of the places where west in aramaic the language of jesus can still sleep in. serious christians who make up ten percent of population of one the oldest such deities in the world with their very existence is now under threat due to a campaign of persecution compartments and students seeking to pressure me an ornament on study after several failed attempts to organize a more nurturing mission to ukraine organization for security and cooperation in europe has finally agreed to deploy in initial t one hundred observers to the country russia had previously blocked the plan osce observers will not decrease access to complex you can use a look of crimea which was recently seized by russia in the legal and rare the united states and russia issued conflicting interpretations on whether the nation should be able to go to crimea. the decision says. clearly says that the monitoring mission is goin

we were in a pretty heavy legal melinda hagewe had autting down dispensaries and handful of us stayedught through that. not only more states beginning to legalize, you had massachusetts that issued 20 privates -- permits. now you have the federal government being eric holder and the obama administration talking about things like banking. it is becoming more of a supportive environment for topanies like terra tech expand our business model and get a little bit more aggressive in the light of the relaxed .nforcement >> you know about supply and demand. you are talking about where one orthat sells for $6,000 $8,000 a pound? rex i just got back from touring a handful of shops in denver and they just passed recreational and there is a shortage of recreational cannabis. there is a disappearance -- a difference on how it is license and shifts to retail. they're getting between $5,000 and $8,000 a pound. wholesale is 50%. around the country, you're looking at maybe 20% less than the numbers i quoted you. isthe reason i bring that up that you make the point that if this becomes a large-scale f

neil: or go to the bill and melinda gates foundation and warren buffett is pretty good for his money his druthers that bill and linda are better than and that government? >> bad example make sense with warren buffett who is 82 and bill gates who is much younger with a philanthropic drive period that is the focus. but bill gates is not a capitalist anymore. but larry pager is four years old and elon musk is 42 he will give his money to elon musk? happily given enough money to him? with the stock at $270 per share? neil: if the rich had their druthers, they would rather do anything van give the money to the government. even with advocates for the rich to pay more if you are a billionaire that is different than the $250,000 club. with push comes to shove they would rather give it to another billionaire or a private foundation but not to the government. i find that to be fascinating. >> who can blame them? neil: but talks the talk and walk the walk? >> why would you want to give it to a government? how many dollars in the whole are they just with the old website? forget the rollout. it g

pouring over bills is worrisome for melinda anderson who earns $600 a week and struggles. >> i think, how am i going to pay them? how many hours i need to work? was going to get paid this month. >> diagnosed with endometriosis, a common and painful health problem for women, her treatment is expensive. she doesn't have health insurance, having missed the deadline to get a group policy through her job. >> i need to get insurance so i can proceed with having the fibroid tumors removed. >> so with the march 31st dead leip looming to soon up for the affordable care act, she went to an enrollment center to action plore her options. the best quote she got was nearly $300 a month? >> for a single parent like myself with the expensive, it's not affordable. she says she earns too much money to this morningfy. >> for the moment, yes, i am stuck. >> but for others here, new orleans truly uninsured poor, the city health department is urging them to sign up. >> we have had citizens tell us that their insurance may be as low in some cases, 25 to $50 per month. >> for all of the problems that many pe

governments and by about four major foundations and those are all from the united states, bill and melinda gates is number one. i am pleased to say the united states is the biggest contributor to funding by far, more than all the rest put together of contraception out there and it is done very intelligently. when i was in pakistan there were all these usaid promoted family-planning access to tools program and they take off that little phrase, a gift of the american people, because that is not going to fly in some of the really conservative parts of pakistan. please listen to this because this is the thing that you can do. the funding for this, worldwide, to make contraception available to everybody who wants it and by the way in "countdown: our last, best hope for a future on earth" i talk about the new male contraceptives with an coming online which purport to be very simple and successful, to make contraception available so everyone can choose what to use worldwide would cost $8.1 billion a year. that is not very much money. that is less than the united states was spending per month in a

bill and melinda gates is number one. i'm pleased to say the united states is the biggest contributor to funding by far more than all the rest of them put together of contraception out there and it's done very intelligently. when i was in pakistan, there are all these usaid promoted family planning access to tools program, and they take off that little phrase that says, gift of the american people, usaid, because that's not going to fly in some of the really conservative parts of pakistan. please i listen to this. this is the thing you can do. the funding for this worldwide to macon extra sings available to everybody who wants it -- by the we way i talk about the new mail contraceptives which purport to be very, very simple and successful. to macon extra sings available -- contraception available, would cost $8.1 billion a year. not very much money. that's less than the united states was spending, your tax dollars and mine, per month in afghanistan and iraq during most of the last decade. this is affordable. it's also rea

>> well, melinda and i picked two things. we picked what we thought was the greatest inequity in the country that had created the conditions that allowed us to have this outside success. and that was education, both k-12 and higher ed. and then we decided what's the greatest inequity globally. and there we started. and the core work is around global health. and that's expanded a bit. now, it's got sanitation, agriculture, financial services, three or four additional things that are there to help uplift the poor. so we you know, we've got two centers of activity. and you do have to specialize. and so far education has been our big domestic we did a few other things. we put computers on libraries. we do a fair bit of things locally in the seattle area, washington state. but the big thing has been education. >> i want to turn now to my colleague john makin. >> do i ask a question? >> if you could, put your statement in the form of a question. >> yes, i would. well, we have two things in common. we both spent a lot of time in sea

the bill and melinda gates -- questionede scientists to rethink the toilet.lows your and powered -- urine powered fuel. nothing if not creative. >> thank you. china's may fracturing weaken further. will the government stepped in to boost? that is next. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. f two minutes craning for the -- manus cranny for the fx check. >> the australian dollar dipped on the back of the information. we are heading back to a $200 day. are betting the r.b.i. will raise rates this year so we'll be decoupling story going on in the aussie dollar. let's look at ian. it is still there. bank of japan meeting. will they move on the inflation target? in terms a sure position, that they cut for the most in seven weeks. back to you. >> i am mark barton. these are the top headlines. growing concern over russian troops in the ukraine. leaders are gathering in the hague to discuss the crisis. president barack obama is speaking to vocalize. found five more bodies on sunday following a massive landslide in washington state.

bill and melinda gates speak about their ideas at the conference in vancouver.es says he is not going to make them all billionaires. instead they need to have a sense their own work is meaningful and important. i think that is good advice to me, charles, but what gets me is if they'r they are so in love wh government, why don't believe it's the government through a states texans set of avoiding them? i never do. charles: the kids will not be broke. this smart, you are doing them a favor. your point is equally important, arguing for the regular businessman with a plumber with three to pay for more in taxes. stuart: if you think government spending is so wonderful a some of these billionaires do, give it to the government. what is wrong with this picture. getting all fired up. microsoft is at $40. shares of 3d printer took a loss and disappointed with the forecast and down nearly 10%. not necessarily a household name but hewlett-packard is. ceo meg whitman says they need to get into the 3d printing market. the stock is up at 32, i think that is a high. stay with h

ahead to tonight on c-span, microsoft cofounder bill thes will be talking about work of the bill and melinda gates foundation in improving health care and education around the world. here's a look. >> you offer an incredibly bold production. you say there will be almost no poor countries remaining by the year 2035. what do you mean by that? measure which has all sorts of challenges is gdp per person. we still don't have a substitute measure. if you take the world bank codifies countries with 1200 persons per year as moving up into the middle income bracket, moving from low income to middle income, we have today 45 countries still in that low income category. 2035, there should be less than 10. they will mostly be in places like north korea, where you have a political system that basically creates poverty or landlocked african countries diseasee geography, the burden, the disparate ethnicities mean they have not been able to bring together a government in terms of education or infrastructure, even the most minimum things for them. on this rising tide that is not how prosperity is read around

here is melinda from woodstock, new york. the morning. good morning. i want to ask why reporters such as yourself don't write about another reason why the why the mac people won't follow the government into another war when our credit was -- the third tower in 9/11 was brought down by controlled demolition. guest: i am unaware of the evidence you talked about. i am very skeptical that anything of the sort happened. i should also say for the record that i am not a reporter, i am a political scientist and a scholar. if there is a story there than a reporter should follow it. at this point i doubt there is a story. host: paul from tennessee, democrat line. some of you got to take a look at these left-wing idiots that don't have a clue of what is going on in this world. i don't think how -- i don't know how people can call in and say the 9/11 towers were brought down by some demolition. host: go ahead with your comment or question. , weer: here's my question go all around this world policing everybody, policing everything. we have kids here at home who are

i'm going to follow you back right now >>: melinda gates is also following you and david cameron andand you use a disconnect. >>: we're talking about disconnect and reconnect. >>: we're talking about taking some time off to connect with yourself. we're talking about one of the specific points i recommend. plug your smart from outside your bedroom when you sleep. don't have it by your bed because often you're going to be tempted. >>: it's ok to have it now but now when you are sleeping. >>: ways to be in your own baubles and you can sleep right? the >>: exactly. we take better care of our smart phones than ourselves. >>: absolutely. >>: lee run to the charger win our faunas on 20 percent but we don't do that same urgency for ourselves. >>: we don't realize what we're doing >>: another thing to say is be thankful. >>: and what you do when you see something like that? the >>: >>: it's the truth. you're a big feminist and this seems like you're a big media mogul to can't act the same as men the back or you'll be seen as the the word. >>: i think we can act exactly how we want to act to r

i was talking to melinda henneberger on before and talking about if the president could do anything effectiveng, it was to give the pope john boehner's cell phone number. say, look, the votes are there, why is this not happening? because there's such an obvious way that the catholic emphasis on families corresponds to president obama and democrats' emphasis on reform. it doesn't have to be about amnesty, it's about keeping families together. >> what you just said there, the pope calling the speaker of the house to influence american public policy making is the thing that almost kept john f. kennedy from being elected president of the united states. we are still a nation that as a matter of institution believes there should be a separation between church and state. >> indeed. some of the symbolism between obama and the president reflects that separation of the church and state. the echo over the whole meeting was actually thomas jefferson. he's the first american president who collected seeds, gave seeds out and he's the one who set forth the principles in our constitution for the separation o

next, former microsoft ceo bill povertylks about global and the bill and melinda gates foundation, which funds health care and education efforts in developing countries. forbes magazine estimates bill gates net worth

sylvia burwell who spent time in the clinton treasury, the clinton white house, went to the bill and melindame right back here. this is her first budget. we began by talking about the major policy thrust inside this budget. >> what we believe is in order to get the economy growing at the maximum that we can, we need to put in place certain policies. whether that's doing things like focusing on the long-term unemployed, which are efforts that can help with our growth rates in the year, or doing things like immigration which we all know will contribute to economic growth, or doing things like corporate tax reform which we believe by broadening the base and lowering the rates you can help focus on economic growth. >> it didn't seem like it took very long until republicans started tweeting out that this is dead on arrival. i know you worked on this for a long time. does it feel like this thing is dead on arrival. you do all this work and it's like handing in a paper and your professor says you failed already. what is that like and what do you think of the idea of getting these proposals actually

next caller is melinda from georgia on our line for republicans. you're on "washington journal."aller: glad to speak with you. i want to bring up what is going on with my insurance. five -- fivethe percent of individuals. i just received a cancellation for blue cross of georgia. premium will rise to make sure we coincide with what the president has said needs to be covered under the act. of four tom a family -- $4000 of out-of-pocket expenses and deductibles that need to be met. my insurance is going to run me $34,000 per year. that is unreal. they like to compare this to the in which theem government hands out the insurance. it's not something we in turn have to pay for. something i have not heard address often is the loophole to $19,000 where you do not qualify for government subsidies nor are you eligible for medicaid. there are quite a few of those the fiveing the bag of percent, which is buying insurance at an outrageous fee. and not able to qualify for any subsidies or assistance from the government. i suggest that everyone just keep their money in their pocket and pay-as-y

. >> reporter: pouring over bills is worry some for melinda anderson and earns $600 a week as a nursingnt and struggles to make end meet. >> how am going to pay them, how many hours i need to work, what is going to get paid this morning. >> reporter: diagnosed went -- with endometriosis and missed the deadline to get a group policy through her job. >> i need to get insurance so i can proceed with having the fiber tumors removed. >> reporter: with the march 31st deadline looming to sign up for the affordable care act she went in to explore her options and her best coat she got is about $300 a month. >> and single mother like i am is not affordable. >> reporter: and earns too much money to qualify for a cheaper policy. >> yes, i'm stuck. >> reporter: for others the truly uninsured poor the city health department is still urging them to sign up. >> we had citizens tell us their insurance may be as low in some cases $25-$50 per month. >> reporter: for problems that many people experienced trying to get health insurance some say after years of being denied they can actually finally afford it

here is melinda from woodstock, new york. the morning. good morning.nt to ask why reporters such as yourself don't write about another reason why the why the mac people won't follow the government into another war when our credit was -- the third tower in 9/11 was brought down by controlled demolition. guest: i am unaware of the evidence you talked about. i am very skeptical that anything of the sort happened. i should also say for the record that i am not a reporter, i am a political scientist and a scholar. if there is a story there than a reporter should follow it. at this point i doubt there is a story. host: paul from tennessee, democrat line. some of you got to take a look at these left-wing idiots that don't have a clue of what is going on in this world. i don't think how -- i don't know how people can call in and say the 9/11 towers were brought down by some demolition. host: go ahead with your comment or question. , weer: here's my question go all around this world policing everybody, policing everything. we have kids here at home who are goin

when's the next shipment to melinda. relatively unknown until ten years ago today panga is one of the ten most consumed fish and friends. it can be found in fish shops and also in. most supermarkets as frozen fallacious. but thanks to its low price tag has become especially prevalent in the mass catering business to the point of becoming one of the most consumed fishes in school lunches. how of these farmed fish products been able to be offered at such low prices and what exactly can be found in the flesh of these fish which is being served to our children. in southern vietnam in the mekong delta the first step of my investigation. here pank is part of the culling area traditions sold in the markets consumed every day in restaurants. but behind this traditional image there's another reality. for fifteen years panga has also become one of the principal money makers of the region. ninety five percent of global production comes from southern vietnam. in the small village of cunto in the delta a statue has been erected to it

actually trying to educate kids they all will tell you that common core is a disaster but bill and melinda think it's a great idea so they spend millions and now boehme states across the us are adopting the plan or how about pete peterson he was the c.e.o. of lehman brothers and now he's spending millions trying to convince everyone that the reason america is financially screwed is because of social security not because of the financial industry that made him great to everyone else poor but social security and he spend millions promoting the end of social security so now we all hear talking heads in the media are girded taping the idea all the time that's how it works or how about john arnold he's a billionaire who got his start at enron. and now he's spending millions trying to convince everyone that public employee pensions are at the root of local government budget woes and now people are considering the idea that maybe we need to get rid of pensions. if we wonder if these billionaires were actually promoting ideas that were in their area of expertise technology or banking or decorating