so i don't know if that happened is you have this collusion bill and melinda gates supporting the media coverage education and the schools themselves and working on putting certain policies into place and those policies are very much in line with race at the top no child left behind and they're very focused on breaking down teacher union. teachers' unions are very focused on increasing the role of. turning public education into a private marketplace absolutely i mean they want to see the return on their investment a huge want to what better way to control the media outlets that are pushing it forty years ago adam finland transform its education system to more personalized teacher to student learning since then i mean it shot up highest in the world with reading and math science is this the answer i mean why are they on to something here is this where we should be going we have about a minute left here i mean i talked with minister of education policy solver who's written a wonderful book on this topic called finish lessons but to summarize they've pretty much done everything w

so when it ends up happening is you have this collusion bill and melinda gates supporting the media coverage education and the schools themselves and working on putting certain policies into place and those policies are very much in line with race at the top no to left behind and they're very focused on breaking down teacher union. teachers' unions are very focused on increasing the role of. churning public education into a private marketplace absolutely i mean they want to see the return on their investment a huge want to what better way to control the media outlets that are pushing it forty years ago adam finland transform its education system to more personalized teacher to student learning since that i mean it shot up highest in the world with reading and math science is this the answer i mean are they on to something here is this where we should be going we have about a minute left yeah i mean i talked with a finnish minister of education policy solver who's written a wonderful book on this topic called finnish lessons but to summarize they've pretty much done everything

was a huge i mean a success documentary wise was going to be nominated for awards and bill and melinda gates put two million in it this is only a very small part there and i wouldn't call it a philanthropic agenda i would call it a policy agenda just as we don't call the n.r.a. a philanthropic institution because there are forty certain cm's i would not call the bill and melinda gates in general in terms of education philanthropic institution their forwarding specific policy and in order to get this into the public consciousness they've spent according to the new york times report two years ago eighty seven million dollars on complicity a lot that goes into things like waiting to superman and it goes into buying numerous puppet bloggers that receive money and even most recently there was a report about a scarred charter school for me in silicon valley that charter school was funded by don't want to gates in part every member of staff there on the board of directors at some connection of microsoft i don't want to gates and p.b.s. news hour in which this piece was aired is sponsored by i don't

laugh you're trustee, cochair of bill and melinda gates foundation, cofounder of microsoft you have the annual letter from bill gates. it came out when? >> this morning. >> stephen: came out this morning. what is -- by the way, i'm not going to say you are an old out of touch billionaire but um, -- [ laughter ] you came on my show to say you wrote a letter. you know about e-mail, right? [ laughter ] tweet it if you wanted. if this letter are you telling us things are gotten better or worse? is the hopeful message this year? >> it's positive because the progress on reducing childhood deaths, bringing population growth down it's good news that you wouldn't hear. so i share what i've been able to see in my travels to africa and asia. >> stephen: some of the tbhings you are shooting for are polio, ma laira, we've got these things on the rope? >> polio was down to 250 cases last year. >> stephen: in the world? >> in the entire world. [cheers and applause] so in the next six years it will be zero and become the second disease to ever be eradicated. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: do you thi

gates has just released his annual letter detailing what the bill and melinda gates foundation has accomplished in the past 12 months, but he also gives his surprising take on the state of the world. bill gates, welcome back. >> good to be here. >> everybody worries. you talk to people and they feel things are going badly. politically, economically. you in your annual letter, you talk a lot about the good news. so, cheer us up. tell us what is the stuff that you think is most heartening about the world today? >> well, through innovation life is getting better at a really amazing rate. one of the statistics i think is kind of a report card for the world is how many children under the age of 5 die every year. and back in 1960, it was over 20 million. by 1990, came down to 12 million and now, we're on track by 2015, to be half of that. less than 6 million. that's the greatest rate of decrease we've ever seen. now it's vaccines, it's better nutrition. we are making progress against these very tough problems. and i think it's partly because bad news happens kind of all of a sudden and good news is a

she was president of the global development program for the bill and melinda gates foundation, but recentlynt of the walmart foundation. that's interesting. let's take a look at what walmart has been up to. she has didn't run walmart. she ran the foundation. understand that. walmart hasser had $15.7 billion in profits recently, and they only pay $8.84 on average per hour in wages. a lot of profits for not paying a lot to your employees. all right, that's fine, but where does some of their money go? well lobbying. of course! $27,520,000 in lobbying. that's a tremendous amount of money to spend on lobbying for good reason. this is something that seems positive. they spend a lot of money on charity, and that's part of what burwell run. $175 million goes to charities municipalities churches, and different groups. and they give a decent amount to minorities groups. organization of chinese americans received $164,000. league of united latin merge citizens received $813,000. and urban league, that's a pretty good thing. but there's a good chance they might want something back for that money. let's

melinda gates recently joked during an npr interview that you may have heard, about 91 for staff had.to use sweaty socks as an anti- malaria mosquito repellent. everyone dismissed the idea, but it turned out to be a very good one. and a similar mess it is now being used. -- a similar method is now being used. feeding and unequal world with a growing population is shrinking resources will require new ideas, both big and small. agricultural advances of all kinds applied in new ways with new partners. we will need to pay as much attention to innovation for photosynthesis as we do for innovation info sharing. if we want the u.s. to be the hub of this innovation, though, we will need to do much more to support agricultural development. for starters, we will need serious sustain public-private investment in research in new technologies. despite wasting all that food, for instance, only 5% of agriculture research today goes to studying post harvest loss prevention. we can't just invest in r&d and hope the problems will miraculously solve themselves. as i see it, there are three ways we can d

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. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation.o the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. susie is off tonight. the easy talk, but difficult plans to meet the challenge of creating more middle class jobs. finance ministers and central bankers from the world's biggest economies meet to debate spending cuts versus growth. we look at international investing and pockets of strength around the globe. and, hedge fund manager carl icahn ups his stake in herbalife, calling the vitamin maker a legit business. that and more tonight on "n.b.r." investors spent much of this week focused on

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. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a leaked document today put the spotlight back on lethal strikes by the u.s. government on u.s. citizens abroad. in response, top officials in the obama administration argued their actions are justified and legal. >> primary concern is to keep the american people safe now do so in a way that's consistent with our laws and our values. >> ifill: attorney general eric holder today defended the justice department's rationale for authorizing the killings of americans overseas. >> we are -- we have as a basis for action that we take a congressional statute that allows us to operate against al qaeda and associated entities not only in pakistan or not only in afgha

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. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation.o the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening, everyone. i'm susie gharib. a red hot day for blue chips: the dow tops 14,000, thanks to positive news on the job market. we talk with white house economist alan krueger. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. it's a best in show on the first day of trading for the stock of the world's largest animal health company. >> susie: also in healthcare, the budget fight and profit potential, as reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more toni