i sat down with bill and melinda gates.nk you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> ifill: for better or worse this year, education is a campaign issue. you can see that as good or bad news. how do you see it, melinda? >> i think the fact education is part of the kiss course in -- discourse in an election year sin cred bring important. education is the bridge to opportunity. fitz not working, we need to discuss it as a nation. in that sense, it's a good thing. >> ifill: the discussion is about common core and about whether standardized testing and how you choose to define common core is the right idea. do you worry the whole issue you pushed to support, this idea of raising standardized testing in other ways, do you worry politics is obscuring common core? >> it is observe curing, but facts about common core are often obscured. the common core sets high standards for what math, reading and writing, kids should learn in high school, and helps get the progression down so even the kids moving from state to state, if t

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. >> melinda gates said we are at a tipping point with malaria. is that so? at a point where we have great tools. we have this treatment. we also have tremendous rollout of bednuts, and we have a vaccine that is about 30% protective against infections, but using a combination of those with the required political will and financial resources, we really could bring about an end to malaria, what we're calling elimination of malaria worldwide, and folks like bill gates and others are advocating that we make the most of this right now. >> how many people are still affected by river blindness, and el fan titus? >> those are two diseases we're very close to eradicating. there has been big news about drug companies trying to make money off of the poor, and this is a reverse to this. merck has been donating this drug and having consumers here in the u.s. and elsewhere, pay for heart worm medication. so we're really close to eliminating those diseases as diseases of the poor in many developing countries. >> these are wonderful developments and thank you for explaining

why the bill and melinda gates foundation is interested in that.e fact that there will be 9 billion people to feed starting in 2050. >> that's right. world food day is an incredible opportunity to celebrate some of the progress we have seen. some amazing progress over the last 15 years in reducing hunger and malnutrition around the world. but it's also a moment for us to think about what we need to do next. what we as individuals, what governments, what the private sector can do. because it's not acceptable that still in the age of plenty there are 800 million people that still go to bed hungry every single night. we're here to encourage everyone to think about what that means to them and what they can do about it. but also to make sure that we put agricultural and particularly agricultural and how we can help farmers in the poorest parts of the world make sure that their needs are at the top of the global agenda. >> all right. let's turn to dr. kalibata. you're working in mozambique, uganda, tanzania. you're seeing tons of success. tell us the fac

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. >> ifill: not long ago, i traveled to seattle to talk with bill and melinda gates, the microsoft billionaires have become leading philanthropists for a school reform movement that champions testing for students and teachers. but not everyone agrees with that approach, not even in the gates foundation's home town. while in seattle, i talked with one of the teachers leading the opposition. the report is part of our american graduate series, a public media initiative funded by the corporation for public broadcasting. >> think about how this history relates to your life and we'll come back to the classroom and have a discussion. >> ifill: jesse is a teacher on a mission. >> you can go at your own pace. >> ifill: he wants his garfield high school students to know their history, that jimi hendrix and quincy jones walked these halls before the students were even born. >> take a second to read some of the history. >> ifill: and he wants them to know their choices, among them, the right to opt out of the standardized tests washington state schools use toauge student performance. >> studies have shown

>> big gate and melinda gate, foundation, biggest private foundation in the world, gates foundation of course instituting new 52 weight paid maternity leash, unlimited vacation, i had ooh ' to give you enough time, at home, with your new adopted child or family or someone sick at home, so that take care of that and then when you get to work more focused. carry it out better so they say. >> netflix has same policy, and then of course facebook, google pretty generous, as well. >> so we won't see lauren for a year. >> well, does it apply here, too? >> i have a feeling you will see her sooner than that, she's doing great, and we are happy for her. >> good to see you too. 9:00 well, breast cancer the questions about everything, from what happens to your teeth and also your skin. these are the questions that women rarely make time to ask. >> i tell this, breast cancer awareness month, that's why we are doing this, but i heard five things i had never heard before when it comes to women when they develop breast cancer, the things that they go through, even affect their teeth, we'll explain all

the bill and melinda gates foundation announcing a need for -- nicole petallides is here right now.ole: the dates foundation will offer 52 weeks paid parental leave for all employees, the organization misstatement be linkedin saying ultimately are parental lead program is focused on healthier babies, parents who are able to thrive professionally and strong and resilient families. that is not all. the foundation announced plans to grant employees and limited paid time off regardless of how much sick or vacation time they have a crude. less the 1% of companies offer unlimited paid vacation one of them being netflix which announced its groundbreaking parental leave policy earlier this year. the dates foundation currently employs 1300 people. when we talk about if you are having a baby or elderly or dying parent, seems wonderful, but what financial crunch does it put on particular companies that participate? maria: is the right question. >> is a difficult precedent to set. i admire them for trying to lead by example. they're certainly in a position to do so but the reality is as a worki