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we begin with bill and melinda gates. with their plan to give away $60 billion, they're the most generous philanthropists in the world. they want to make american kids among the best-educated on earth. and while they're doing that, they also intend to save millions of lives worldwide. the gates shun publicity, but in october 2010, melinda gates agreed to show scott pelley the nuts and bolts of giving away a fortune. [train whistles] >> the north of india, where it is a short drive from the big city to the middle ages. [animals bellow] in the countryside of india's most crowded state, uttar pradesh, often, food is scarce, electricity nonexistent, women and infants die in childbirth, and medicine remains in the realm of superstition. it's exactly what melinda gates is looking for: a neglected crisis where her investment can save the most lives. >> our belief is that all lives, no matter where they're lived on the globe, have equal value. all lives. >> what are your global priorities? >> hiv/aids, malaria, mother and child d
we begin with bill and melinda gates. with their plan to give away $60 billion, they're the most generous philanthropists in the world. they want to make american kids among the best-educated on earth. and while they're doing that, they also intend to save millions of lives worldwide. the gates shun publicity, but in october 2010, melinda gates agreed to show scott pelley the nuts and bolts of giving away a fortune. [train whistles] >> the north of india, where it is a short drive from...
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. >> 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
. >> 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...
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melinda gates try to debunk three myths. one, poor countries are doomed wo, foreign aid is a waste, and three, saving lives leads to overpopulation. number twod to ms. that foreign aid -- to myth number two that foreign aid does not help. >> people are sleeping without a roof over their head. fewer people are illiterate. life expectancy is generally longer. by any measure things are better. that does not mean every place or every person and there'll always be a bottom 20%. we will always redefine what the bottom 20% means. up to say that with foreign aid and all the money -- for example, through the hill and gates that bill and melinda gates foundation -- 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 o
melinda gates try to debunk three myths. one, poor countries are doomed wo, foreign aid is a waste, and three, saving lives leads to overpopulation. number twod to ms. that foreign aid -- to myth number two that foreign aid does not help. >> people are sleeping without a roof over their head. fewer people are illiterate. life expectancy is generally longer. by any measure things are better. that does not mean every place or every person and there'll always be a bottom 20%. we will always...
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year's davos is 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 comp
year's davos is 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...
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up to say that with foreign aid and all the money -- for example, 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 perspective. >> we want to spread the word. headlines are what mislead you. bad news is a headline and gradual improvement is not. when do we celebrate a reduction 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. people think of corruption and 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 foreign aid is that so much aid goes to governments in africa. they waste that aid. they give corrupt regimes a pass to not doing the things they need to do. what you say to that? >> 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 tha
up to say that with foreign aid and all the money -- for example, 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 perspective. >> we want to spread the word. headlines are what mislead you. bad news is a headline and gradual improvement is not. when do we celebrate a reduction of malaria deaths? when did we celebrate gdp growth? we all must have to speak out and say despite how...
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. >>> 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 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...
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. >>> 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
. >>> 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...
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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
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...
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. >> 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
. >> 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...
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. >> 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
. >> 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...
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bill and melinda gates are out with their newsletter outlining their philanthropic agenda for the years along with the former mayor of new york, the founder of bloomberg lp sitting down with betty liu expose really this morning. bill gates pointed out that a lot of people don't understand philanthropy and foreign aid right now. .> cynicism is holding us back people think a lot of this is corruption. a lot of this is the budget. if you ask people, they will 10%.5% or certainly above >> he is right. there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof on their head. , thingsational measure are better. that does not mean every place and every person and there'll always be a bottom 20%. all of the foreign aid and the moneys at the bill and melinda gates foundation and lots of other generous people have invested, it is not true at all. >> i thought one of the coolest things was the idea that by 2035 we might not have any. we will not have any actual poor countries, struggling countries. the level of poverty that we see a thing ofg to be the past. >> it depends on what you c
bill and melinda gates are out with their newsletter outlining their philanthropic agenda for the years along with the former mayor of new york, the founder of bloomberg lp sitting down with betty liu expose really this morning. bill gates pointed out that a lot of people don't understand philanthropy and foreign aid right now. .> cynicism is holding us back people think a lot of this is corruption. a lot of this is the budget. if you ask people, they will 10%.5% or certainly above >>...
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rvivor >> another must read, bill and melinda gates and a letter. t gates talks about the myth blocks progress for the poor. he goes into detail. one i picked out that i thought was interesting is he right -- this idea really goes back to the tech egos of you can always build something better to improve the situation your in rather than wallow in the current situation. i really thought a combined both his worlds nicely. strands ofe two debate. one is been talked about in a long time for, yes, we are getting progress. more people have been lifted out of poverty the last 30 years than the last 3000 years. >> he points out good news happens in slow motion. people don't appreciate that enough. >> the other gets to your point, some people say that bill gates for all his good intentions, is not having as much of an effect as he would like because he relies too much on the idea that problems.olve all the sometimes it is just giving the man a one dollar and a hoe and teaching them to form. >> to get that one charity in africa him a just digging wells of peop
rvivor >> another must read, bill and melinda gates and a letter. t gates talks about the myth blocks progress for the poor. he goes into detail. one i picked out that i thought was interesting is he right -- this idea really goes back to the tech egos of you can always build something better to improve the situation your in rather than wallow in the current situation. i really thought a combined both his worlds nicely. strands ofe two debate. one is been talked about in a long time for,...
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>> it is something that bill and melinda gates put together with warren buffett to get certain people to give away during their lifetime or death at least half of their net worth. it has now about 120 people who have signed up to do so around the world, most of them in the united states. we are working to get people outside the united states to do so. the latter pay is more of a u.s. occupation. -- philanthropy is more of a u.s. occupation. we are making progress. >> how will you get the next generation? when you look at the people under you who are successful, how do you get them to make a real philanthropic contribution? how does one truly make that commitment and how do you spread the word? >> if you're doing something as a leader of a firm, maybe you can set an example for other people. if you can be a role model and other people might want to follow your example. that's one thing and secondly, if you talk about this and next thing you are doing, you might have an impact when people work for you. >> are you having that impact? >> there are people in the firm who are quite village
>> it is something that bill and melinda gates put together with warren buffett to get certain people to give away during their lifetime or death at least half of their net worth. it has now about 120 people who have signed up to do so around the world, most of them in the united states. we are working to get people outside the united states to do so. the latter pay is more of a u.s. occupation. -- philanthropy is more of a u.s. occupation. we are making progress. >> how will you...
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before and eight and money that bill and melinda that all the foreign aid and money that bill and melinda gatesave invested, has not done anything, that is not true at all. me is david miliband. he is the president and chief executive of the international rescue committee. formerly he was a united kingdom foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010. welcome. what is the irc? >> the international rescue committee was founded by our einstein when he fled not degenerate -- not to germany. -- nazi germany. in those days it was conflicts between states, and now we're working in up to 35 entries with people mainly displaced by civil war. sudan, central african republic. we are there delivering education, health care, life- saving help. likeu have something 12,000 people working for the irc, about 400 if the million dollars budget that you have to deal with. -- 450 million dollars budget that you had to deal with. i wake up in the morning there are 250,000 syrian children that made it to lebanon that are no longer in the crossfire of the fighting. they're getting no education. i know we are failing when we ar
before and eight and money that bill and melinda that all the foreign aid and money that bill and melinda gatesave invested, has not done anything, that is not true at all. me is david miliband. he is the president and chief executive of the international rescue committee. formerly he was a united kingdom foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010. welcome. what is the irc? >> the international rescue committee was founded by our einstein when he fled not degenerate -- not to germany. -- nazi...
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comes up with criticisms of the nsa and their support for the president's view and the bill and melinda gates of the companies 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 th
comes up with criticisms of the nsa and their support for the president's view and the bill and melinda gates of the companies 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...
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tech visionary and philanthropist bill gates released his annual letter for the bill and melinda gatesoundation. will be almost no poor nations left in the world by the year 2035. aidstes and the former -- and the former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, also a major stakeholder of bloomberg lp, spoke this morning on "in the loop with betty liu." >> i think it is dangerous people are focusing on the bad moves and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they do not look at the best practices, it makes them less generous. we are raising poor countries up. done in more to be agriculture. the track record of success, if you do not see that you are not going to participate in what we need to do. >> you say there will be no poor nations by the time we reach 2035. >> almost none. africa,ed countries in north korea, if they don't change the government. it will be less than 10. when i was born all most all countries were poor and now we are down to about a quarter of them. if we focus on it we can make it really really exceptional. you donate his last year about $100 million to the
tech visionary and philanthropist bill gates released his annual letter for the bill and melinda gatesoundation. will be almost no poor nations left in the world by the year 2035. aidstes and the former -- and the former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, also a major stakeholder of bloomberg lp, spoke this morning on "in the loop with betty liu." >> i think it is dangerous people are focusing on the bad moves and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they do not...
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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
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....
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stanford university is announcing that bill and melinda gates are commencement speakers on june 15, co-chairsundation. he cofounded microsoft. he and his wife work through their foundation to ease poverty, disease, and hunger in the world. they are the latest in the long line of commencement speakers who are major figures in fields at politics, entertainment and the law. >>> it is flu season and every sneeze is a potential carrier. we decided to find the pest way to keep germs from spreading. the test subjects blocked sneaks with their hands and elbow and the tissue. the most protection came from the tissue which letting in get through and the others only partly block the sneeze. >>> a have a -- virginia woman is being sued for posting negative views on yelp. she hired an old high school friend to work on her house after she and a contractor reconnected on facebook but she was not happy with the results and posted negative reviews for him on-line and he now is suing claiming she defamed his business. she is countersuing, saying the rebuttal he posted on the site called her a liar. what did yo
stanford university is announcing that bill and melinda gates are commencement speakers on june 15, co-chairsundation. he cofounded microsoft. he and his wife work through their foundation to ease poverty, disease, and hunger in the world. they are the latest in the long line of commencement speakers who are major figures in fields at politics, entertainment and the law. >>> it is flu season and every sneeze is a potential carrier. we decided to find the pest way to keep germs from...
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in this year's gates annual letter, bill and melinda gates break three myths that block progress forul, very excited. >> my daughter can't wait. >> are you going to head to the super bowl? >> sure. >> there you go. let's talk about myths, the top three myths. what's number one? >> well, the first is that poor countries stay poor. there's a sense that they've been poor and maybe they're always going to be that way. whereas, in fact, when i was born overwhelmingly most coun y countries were poor. now most countries are middle income. if we focus on what's worked well in the next 20 years, we'll be down to very, very few. >> so what's worked well in your lifetime? >> aid programs, open markets, china, mexico, brazil all were adrian sipients and now are self sufficient. if you can get countries so their economy gross enough, their own tax revenues can take care of things and then you can focus on the ones that are left and use the same type of programs. >> so myth number two, foreign aid is a big waste. >> that's right. melinda and i have decided to put our money into the same kind of th
in this year's gates annual letter, bill and melinda gates break three myths that block progress forul, very excited. >> my daughter can't wait. >> are you going to head to the super bowl? >> sure. >> there you go. let's talk about myths, the top three myths. what's number one? >> well, the first is that poor countries stay poor. there's a sense that they've been poor and maybe they're always going to be that way. whereas, in fact, when i was born overwhelmingly...
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: our first guest is the co-founder and chairman of microsoft and the co-chair of the bill and melinda gatesalready given away over $28 billion in grants. billion. [ cheers and applause ] today he tells us his 2014 gates annual letter. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome bill gates. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome to our show. i appreciate coming on the show. we have a lot in common. we are both very charitable. [ laughter ] i got ice cube on a blimp. [ laughter ] >> wow. >> jimmy: yeah. and you have over, almost $30 billion to -- very similar things. thank you for coming on and thank you for being cool. i got to say if i was a billionaire, i would do what you're doing. >> super. >> jimmy: good stuff. i mean, you are changing the world in the best way. that's so wild. i mean, did you ever think that you could do stuff like this. india -- am i right about this? it's been three years free of polio. [ cheers and applause ] that's so awesome. you took away that horrible disease. that's crazy. >> well we got a few countries left and we're optimistic. we'll get it done in the next fiv
: our first guest is the co-founder and chairman of microsoft and the co-chair of the bill and melinda gatesalready given away over $28 billion in grants. billion. [ cheers and applause ] today he tells us his 2014 gates annual letter. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome bill gates. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome to our show. i appreciate coming on the show. we have a lot in common. we are both very charitable. [ laughter ] i got ice cube on a blimp. [ laughter ] >>...
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. >> bill gates en al punto, para ver la carta anual de billy melinda gates en espaÑol, pueden ir a nuestraand, y luego se suicido. hola, les habla lucia burga. las autodefensas de mexico, los grupos de civiles armados que combaten al crimen organizado en michoacan, ocuparon varias poblaciones en el estado de guerrero este fin de semana!! unos mil manifestantes rompieron vidrieras durante las protestas en sao paulo contra el costo de que brasil sea la sede de la copa mundial de...
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great foundation that ought to be enough for one lifetime but he in melinda through the bill and melinda gates foundation do something remarkable. they save lives, their goal is to dramatically reduce the number of children in the world who die before they're five years old. yet he's worried because he fears myths about the poor and foreign aid and overpopulation might impede progress. this is in fact the subject of his 2014 annual letter which has been released today. i'm pleased to have bill gates back on this program. welcome. >> great to be here. >> rose: let's talk about this and you've said some remarkable things in this letter which is almost like a conversation from you to the people that you want to reach. you say by almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. people live longer, healthier and also nations are now more self sufficient. talk about where you think we are and then where we're not. and then get to the myths. >> well several hundred years ago, everybody was poor. about 30% of kids died before their fifth birthday. and then a miracle happened in a small p
great foundation that ought to be enough for one lifetime but he in melinda through the bill and melinda gates foundation do something remarkable. they save lives, their goal is to dramatically reduce the number of children in the world who die before they're five years old. yet he's worried because he fears myths about the poor and foreign aid and overpopulation might impede progress. this is in fact the subject of his 2014 annual letter which has been released today. i'm pleased to have bill...
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it's a big platform for him with the bill and melinda gates foundation.e released his letter yesterday, an important annual high profile letter. he's there doing that. there was also this week, microsoft earnings come out, another big event. in general, there is a lot going on at the company to also add into a ceo announcement. it doesn't mean it couldn't happen. it's a very -- it would be a very noisy environment and microsoft doesn't tend to behave like that. >> no, they don't. this has been such a high profile story and high profile search that if you are going to make news, you want to get news out of it. of course, you don't want to be overshadowed by the events you just listed. what does the short list look like right now? because mullaly is out and has any new name been added to the list or not? >> bloomberg mentioned vesperg from erickson although i get varying response inside microsoft when i hear that. it's not an undoable name but it's still an internal candidate. tony bates seems to be in there. not so sure about anybody else inside. there mig
it's a big platform for him with the bill and melinda gates foundation.e released his letter yesterday, an important annual high profile letter. he's there doing that. there was also this week, microsoft earnings come out, another big event. in general, there is a lot going on at the company to also add into a ceo announcement. it doesn't mean it couldn't happen. it's a very -- it would be a very noisy environment and microsoft doesn't tend to behave like that. >> no, they don't. this has...
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.> we are back the bill and melinda gates foundation releases a letter.will be live on tv later this afternoon. he sits down with michael bloomberg in a interview. dr. dre launches a music service today. they find a success. good morning to our viewers in europe. good morning to those in asia and those waking up in the united states. i am guy johnson and francine is off today. we are live in bloomberg's european had orders in london. are weaker than anticipated and we will flash on the screen for you. we begin with ibm. is the company seeking to exit the hardware business? ibm.o is in talks to buy jonathan ferro has more on the story. bought themarket business from big blue. >> we saw this business before in 2005. they have done well with it and the pc market is shrinking. that is 18% top dog of the market. what we can offer them is synergy out there. you hope they can do it. a consummate the package with the opportunity. you can see how this complements lenovo going forward. it looks like they will go hard if this bill goes through. we are talking about
.> we are back the bill and melinda gates foundation releases a letter.will be live on tv later this afternoon. he sits down with michael bloomberg in a interview. dr. dre launches a music service today. they find a success. good morning to our viewers in europe. good morning to those in asia and those waking up in the united states. i am guy johnson and francine is off today. we are live in bloomberg's european had orders in london. are weaker than anticipated and we will flash on the...
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to say all the foreign aid and the bill and melinda gates foundation or a lot of people have investede at all. tony is a doctor in africa who is trying to get numbers and find out what people are dying from because if you cannot measure it, you cannot manage or fix it. you look at birth certificates and it will say, "act of god." that does not tell you where you put your money to save people's lives. the le monde are working on polio. it is the chance of eradicating the disease like smallpox. or malaria were vitamin a deficiency. awful lot of new science and new ways of distributing product that's progress. >> why do you think people do not want to admit there is that success? >> we always see a few people. you have to put it in context. we are talking about eradicating or changing something when 6 , 25ion people on the planet people you interact with during the course of the day is hardly representative. believes you are wasting your money with this and that and that is not true. bill melinda never shied away from taking on the impossible tasks. complex problems do not have simple an
to say all the foreign aid and the bill and melinda gates foundation or a lot of people have investede at all. tony is a doctor in africa who is trying to get numbers and find out what people are dying from because if you cannot measure it, you cannot manage or fix it. you look at birth certificates and it will say, "act of god." that does not tell you where you put your money to save people's lives. the le monde are working on polio. it is the chance of eradicating the disease like...
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bill and melinda gates and warren buffet issue a letter every year, don't try to cover the waterfront. just what's on my mind. why don't we have a president who picks a few subjects, here's what's on my mind. if you want details of policy, i'll naught in a letter somewhere. don't try to cover every single policy. >> woodruff: don't call it the state of the union. maybe call it a state of here's what i think. >> that would do for me. >> woodruff: we come to these speeches and expect them to name all the solution solutions. >> mayor strickland made a good point, putting money in consumers' hands, and that's what the argument about inequality is. it is hurting the economy that people do not have adequate paychecks. >> ifill: is there anything he should have talked about? >> if you want to go there, that's fine. if you want to do a keynesian stimulus, he could have talked about that. the country is in a sour mood. there's a great feeling of degeneration, and the president should have to respond to that, left or right or both. >> woodruff: we hear both of you. we are so glad to have mark s
bill and melinda gates and warren buffet issue a letter every year, don't try to cover the waterfront. just what's on my mind. why don't we have a president who picks a few subjects, here's what's on my mind. if you want details of policy, i'll naught in a letter somewhere. don't try to cover every single policy. >> woodruff: don't call it the state of the union. maybe call it a state of here's what i think. >> that would do for me. >> woodruff: we come to these speeches and...
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but on the flip side, if you ask bill and melinda gates about global wealth, they paint a different picture. and their annual gates foundation letter, the couple has said that there are half as many poor people in the world as there were back in 1990, and that the idea that the world is getting worse is false. are they missing something in the report that you and i are seeing? >> they're sort of hedging, i guess you could say. in this letter, gates really doesn't deny that there's still a lot of bad news, but he says hey, look, things are getting better. his letter looks to debunk one big myth, that poor countries are doomed to stay poor. he says, you know what? this isn't true. he says the percentage of very poor people has actually dropped by almost half since 1990, although here he goes hedging, he says he acknowledges that not all the poor countries are thriving. he also goes on to say that incomes are getting better even though they're not where they should be. his point is look, if you read the news every day, it's easy to get the impression that the world is getting worse. he doesn't
but on the flip side, if you ask bill and melinda gates about global wealth, they paint a different picture. and their annual gates foundation letter, the couple has said that there are half as many poor people in the world as there were back in 1990, and that the idea that the world is getting worse is false. are they missing something in the report that you and i are seeing? >> they're sort of hedging, i guess you could say. in this letter, gates really doesn't deny that there's still a...
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former deputy director of the global health program of the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> now our mark morgan joins us with a look at sports. >> they are two of the greatest quarterbacks, and the attention surrounding their meeting almost overshadowed the game. denver's peyton manning and the patriot's tom brady insists it is not about them. the careers and legacies are intertwined. >> tom brady and peyton manning shared some of the great moments. including the greatest touch down records. tom brady topped 50. peyton manning threw 10 of 55 touchdowns to take the record back. in head to head, the edge goes to brady 2:1. brady owns three super bowl rings to peyton manning's single. if the regular match up is an indicator, it should be a shoot out. after all these years manning and tom brady are doing all they can. >> he's been a better player each year an the year before. that, to me speaks to his work et ceteraic in the off even, his refusal to be complacent tore satisfied. he is one level higher. in some seasons, you say, "how can you get better than that?" he has done that. >
former deputy director of the global health program of the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> now our mark morgan joins us with a look at sports. >> they are two of the greatest quarterbacks, and the attention surrounding their meeting almost overshadowed the game. denver's peyton manning and the patriot's tom brady insists it is not about them. the careers and legacies are intertwined. >> tom brady and peyton manning shared some of the great moments. including the greatest...
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expect them to be the bill and melinda gates of hip-hop one day. >>> let's talk about jonah hill, upt for almost nothing in hollywood terms, $60,000, while others would get millions. >> and to put that in perspective, $60,000 for a few months, for mere mortals, that is great. >> but in hollywood terms. >> that's peanuts. leonardo dicaprio made $10 million for his work in "the wolf of wall street." so, $60,000 is peanuts. but the adage, short-term sacrifice, long-term gain proved to be true here. he not only got a nomination, but he got to work with his idol, scorsesie, and he's set to be working again with him in the future, so a win-win for jonah. >> and he's at "snl" hosting tonight. >> he will kill it. awesome last week and jonah hysterical, great comedic timing. >> they're having a great season. they really are. >> you know it will be great when lester holt hosts. >> yeah, well -- >> yes, we're working on that one. >> he's going to slow jam the news. >> slow jam, there you go. lola, always nice to see you. thank you. >> good to see you, too. >>> up next, roll up your sleeves. why
expect them to be the bill and melinda gates of hip-hop one day. >>> let's talk about jonah hill, upt for almost nothing in hollywood terms, $60,000, while others would get millions. >> and to put that in perspective, $60,000 for a few months, for mere mortals, that is great. >> but in hollywood terms. >> that's peanuts. leonardo dicaprio made $10 million for his work in "the wolf of wall street." so, $60,000 is peanuts. but the adage, short-term sacrifice,...
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. >>> la fundaciÓn de bill y melinda gates dieron a conocer su carta anual de contribuciones dicen quemark mark zuckerberg, el creador de facebook para una reforma migratoria, pero nada pasÓ. >>> nada pasÓ. usted es sumamente listo, no pasÓ nada con la cuestion migratoria. >>> pero el tema de la inmigraciÓn la incertidumbre, las dificultades, creo que eso, es algo terrible. >>> yo me sentÍa optimista de que se pudiera lograr algÚn tipo de reforma significativa. no ha pasado aÚn. creo que d exito la presiÓn, somos una democracia, muchos creen que la inmigraciÓn, la asocÍan con no tener trabajo, cuando en realidad para el paÍs en general un motor del desarrollo a lo largo de la historia fue la inmigraciÓn. >>> es el genio de las computadoras, cree que hay un balance de privacidad de individuos y el deseo de seguridad del gobierno de obama para evitar otro ataque terrorista. >>> no es cuestiÓn de decir que la vigilancia del gobierno es n inherentemente mala, la cosa si se hace que la gente confÍe que sus privaciones de seguridad son respetadas, es un debate valido. >>> este hombre de 58 a
. >>> la fundaciÓn de bill y melinda gates dieron a conocer su carta anual de contribuciones dicen quemark mark zuckerberg, el creador de facebook para una reforma migratoria, pero nada pasÓ. >>> nada pasÓ. usted es sumamente listo, no pasÓ nada con la cuestion migratoria. >>> pero el tema de la inmigraciÓn la incertidumbre, las dificultades, creo que eso, es algo terrible. >>> yo me sentÍa optimista de que se pudiera lograr algÚn tipo de reforma...
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the melinda and bill gates came out and wrote by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in theorld. gates sat down with our inner loop anchor betty lue and mike bloomberg, also the former mayor of new york, for an exclusive interest view -- interview and discussed how they view their charitable causes and whether gates will return at microsoft's e.o. >> i'm on the board and the board is doing some important work right now. foundation is the biggest part of my time but then, you know, i put part-time work in to help as a board member. >> are you involved at all or how involved are you with the search for the new chief executive? >> the board is working on that. there's nothing new to say. but, you know, it's a good board. >> do you feel a sense of urgency at all? does the board feel a sense of urgency on this front? >> yeah, i think you always feel that way. then, again, you want to pick the best person. so, you know, they'll move at the right pace. >> you know, we had the fortune of having the mayor come back to this company and we're very happy to have him back at bloomberg. b
the melinda and bill gates came out and wrote by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in theorld. gates sat down with our inner loop anchor betty lue and mike bloomberg, also the former mayor of new york, for an exclusive interest view -- interview and discussed how they view their charitable causes and whether gates will return at microsoft's e.o. >> i'm on the board and the board is doing some important work right now. foundation is the biggest part of my time but then, you...
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melinda and i are enjoying it. i will not change that. i will help out part-time. liu with theetty founder of microsoft, bill gatesas well as the founder of bloomberg lp, michael bloomberg. bit away, note totally straightforward about his role. you think that categorically made it clear he's not going back? >> he's got other purposes in his life right now which he highlighted. i don't leave he's coming back at this point. >> what does that mean? >> wall street wants an outsider, someone that can come in and shake it up. everyone is hoping that you can find a leader that has gone to one of those companies to potentially come back. >> he basically ran the google plus. was one of the platform evangelists so his name has been brought up. we think the best chance on the the cloudnardela, in business. he's gotten the server business back on track. he can probably do the best job but right now, the institutional investors want something from the outside. really a inside guy right choice given that microsoft has been struggling so much? maybe they need someone from the outside to change it up? clients wanty our that. the
melinda and i are enjoying it. i will not change that. i will help out part-time. liu with theetty founder of microsoft, bill gatesas well as the founder of bloomberg lp, michael bloomberg. bit away, note totally straightforward about his role. you think that categorically made it clear he's not going back? >> he's got other purposes in his life right now which he highlighted. i don't leave he's coming back at this point. >> what does that mean? >> wall street wants an...
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gates is here. he founded a great technology company. he married a great woman. he built a great foundation. that ought to be enough for one lifetime. he and melinda do something remarkable. they save lives. their goal is to reduce the number of children in the world who die before they are five years old. he is worried because he fears myths about the poor and foreign -- mpght and paid progress. that is the subject of his 2014 annual lab and -- that is the subject of his 2014 annual letter. >> great to be here. >> to give said marketable things. it is like a conversation to the people that you want to reach. measure, the world is better than it has ever been. people live longer, healthier, and also nations are now or self-sufficient. talk about where you think we are, and where we are not. then get to the myths. >> several hundred years ago, everybody was poor. about 30% of kids died he for birthday.h then a miracle happened. europe, eventually united states, after the war in japan, we had this rich world. most of the world was poor. we thought of the west, the soviet bloc, and this third block with these poor countries. i knew i was supposed to
gates is here. he founded a great technology company. he married a great woman. he built a great foundation. that ought to be enough for one lifetime. he and melinda do something remarkable. they save lives. their goal is to reduce the number of children in the world who die before they are five years old. he is worried because he fears myths about the poor and foreign -- mpght and paid progress. that is the subject of his 2014 annual lab and -- that is the subject of his 2014 annual letter....