. >>> people like richard branson who buck the system in search of breakthrough solutions to big challenges like space travel artificial intelligence and climate change. necessity is supposed to be the mother of invention and technology gives us things we don't need. innovation changes the world. tonight i ask at what cost. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money". we are living through a technology revolution that has enriched our lives and disrupted them at the same time. once upon a time knowledge was accessible to the elite. then innovation brought us libraries and the printing press, making it accessible to more people. now almost anyone can download the contents of an encyclopedia on to a hand-held. democratizing access to knowledge. the dizzying pace of technology through computers, the internet has created opportunities for governments, businesses, entrepreneurs to boost growth and benefit society. the technology revolution left many behind. digital innovation in the workplace eliminated the need for back-office jobs that were the back-bone of america's middle class. globalisation fuell

another book about richard branson. i just wanted to be an entrepreneur. >> became a celebrity on the -- the atlantic hypoxia and. ludicrous was going to your party. yes, i was a good party floater. they were all coming to mind. >> when did you first get your big break? >> giving me an opportunity to work, that "world to me. the first person to give me a record deal and no one would. >> in the early days, -- >> every act i just signed, everyone thinks it was going up. i signed a couple in mina where i had to learn the hard way to fail. radarhere are myths about snores who are so often boil down to elections. what are the myths and what is the the audi? >> the myth is that i floated into this big machine. it is hard work. every single day. there was a point in my career where i did such a good job that i went to ok, a young entrepreneur, to being justin bieber's manager. think a is that people successful is this beautiful, glamorous, one thing. i get paid for the bull [beep]. normal,ity is i am a normal person who is too

public attention helped along in recent years with high flying adventures of millionaires of like richard branson and steve fawcett. fawcett's balloon was a hybrid, could go faster than two eagles, making that little achievement a little bit sweeter. john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >> now if you haven't already it's high time you took a look at our revamped website. we're very proud of it with al jazeera's unique brand of news analysis and much, much more, you'll find it at aljazeera.com. >> >>> enjoying buts not for much longer one of the most powerful people in the industry tells me that it will start to go higher. >> it hasn't helped many countries out of an economic func. i spoke about what the world really needs to do to turn economies around. it may surprise you >>> preparing the

. >>> people like richard branson who buck the system in search of breakthrough solutions to big challenges like space travel, artificial intelligence and climate change. necessity is supposed to be the mother of invention and technology gives us things we don't need. innovation changes the world. tonight i ask at what cost. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money".

has always captured public attention helped by the high flying adventures of millionaires like richard branson and steve faucet. here on his way to becoming the first person to fly around the world in 2002, the balloon was a hybrid filled with a mixture of gas and hot air could go faster than two eagles, making this new achievement that little bit sweeter. al jazeera mexico city. >> from that extraordinary achievement, let me nudge you in the direction of our website all the news and stories that we've covered right there plenty of analysis and comment on all those stories too the address for the website aljazeera.com, of course, aljazeera.com. >> two years ago, buddhist mobs tore through rohingya muslim communities in western burma, attacking anyone in their path. it sparked a wave of sectarian violence that spread to other parts of the country with little hindrance from the authorities. now tens of thousand of rohingya

richard branson, sir richard branson of virgin put money into your company. >> he has. he say with it? >> i was lucky to meet with him, to pitch to him. very scary and really excited. i was excited about the idea we could make resale as big as retail and extend life cycle of products so more people can own each individual piece and save more money. liz: kleiner perkins, one of the top venture capitalists is there. popular designers from gucci and chanel. lower end stuff too. >> yes. liz: what is the most anybody who listed on there made? you must look all the time? >> we actually have a seller about to hit a million dollars. liz: what? >> she is professional seller, of our individual women who are selling from their closets, women make on average a little over $1,000 a year. liz: i have dollar signs in my eyes, selling my anchor dresses for our wounded vets. >> you could sell that dress right off your back if you wanted to. somebody would love to wear this. liz: this one? >> style. liz: the designer is santini. it is so cozy. perfect. after the show, i will take this of

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has always captured public attention helped by the high flying adventures of millionaires like richard branson and steve faucet. here on his way to becoming the first person to fly around the world in 2002. his balloon was a hybrid filled with a mixture of gas and hot care going faster than two eagles making this achievement a little bit sweeter. al jazeera mexico city. >> to track the release of our one journalist, log on to aljazeera.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera" danish editor and author flemming rose. in 2005 he commissioned cartoons of the prophet muhammed. >> that cartoon is not targeted

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.' >> richard branson has a private island. steve ballmer is buying a sports team.benioff gives a lot away. what do you do? with all the money you have made? >> so, most of it is still in linkedin stock. because i am building the world through linkedin. i serve on a number of different nonprofit boards, like kiva and endeavor and do something. i try to finance projects that i think are interesting. >> are we ever going to see you start something else? another company? >> probably not. you know, with series a and seed founders, i work pretty closely with them, but there is a long way to go with linkedin still. so i would say that it's unlikely. although, you will see me partnering with a bunch of great young entrepreneurs, and trying to help figure out how to build something big. >> reid hoffman, thank you so for joining us. it's has been a pleasure to have you on the show. >> thank you. ♪ emily: founder, ceo, mad scientist. max levchin is one of silicon valley's most iconic and serial entrepreneurs. he has played a role in some of tech's biggest successes, from yaho

in their travel and they want to not just invest in your company -- you landed peter thiel and richard bransonw do you get these people as investors? is it that personal experience they have when they travel overseas? >> i think it's more about believing in the mission and seeing how we create value. people have moved about $4.5 billion and have saved $200 million in bank fees. so we are putting money from bank fees to people's pockets. >> when you look at bitcoin isn't bitcoin the real answer here? that transfers going to be cheaper no matter what you do. >> bitcoin is an interesting technology and has allowed us to go around additional banks. in the long term, we should watch carefully how we use this technology. unfortunately, we see there's a lot to do actually get people to adopt or use bitcoin. >> you think you will be dis-intermediated by bitcoin? >> it's hard to say what eventually -- >> interesting stuff. we appreciate your time. radioshack has been struggling for years next to the rise of e-commerce and a lot of screwup from the guys in fort worth. but could add e-commerce giant be l

cheryl: i know richard branson has one, i think he did a show, actually, on it.ar and how many have you sold in total of these? >> well actually we're probably selling 1-3 a year. there aren't that many billionaires but that's just the start. don't panic there. we're trying to build them for everybody. but we're starting with the very wealthy. cheryl: okay. yes or no, it's safe? i shouldn't be scared if i try this? >> well nothing's safe. the only way to be safe is to already be dead otherwise everything's trying to make you -- but should you be scared? no. and if i took you down, your eyes would be wide you'd be going, oh, my gosh, there's sharks as well. cheryl: oh, gosh. it's different. graham, thank you very much. interesting concept. >> thank you. cheryl: that is all for now. i hope that you're making money today. "countdown" starts now. liz: yes, we are, and we are watching the markets. record territory right now for the s&p 500. and believe it or not, greece is the word. we're talking about the fact that in the last hour and a half the "wall street journal

it has captured public attention, helped along by the high-flying adventures of richard branson, and steve foss e. here -- fossett. here to become the first person to fly around the world. fossett's balloon was a hybrid filled with gas and hot air, going faster than the two eagles making this achievement a little sweeter. >>> with that very impressive feat that, is it for this newshour. i'll be back in a couple of minutes with a full bulletin of news. see you then. bye for now. >> because i was african american i was trying to fit in >> misty copleland's journey wasn't easy >> dancing gave me the opportunity to grow into the person... i don't think i could be without it >> now, this trailblazer is opening the door for others >> i wanna give back to ballet what it's done for me... >> every sunday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> a major boko haram attack in the northeastern borno state. >> also coming up, at least seven people are killed in a blast in a high secu

helped by the high-flying attention of richard branson and steve faucet. being the first person to fly around the world. the balloon was a hybrid filled with gas and hot air. it could go further than the two eagles. making the achievement a little bit cheaper >>> still to come on the newshour - trading accusations, the government in ukraine and separatist rebels blame each other for the collapse in peace talks. >> we are in india for the rural olympics. this event produced dozens of world class athletes. >> in sport - drama and photography at the african cup of nations - why it turned ugly. >>> hello again, you are with the newshour from here in doha. the top stories - nigeria's army is battling boko haram fighters after lumping an attack. fighting lasted several hours. the military has sent in reinforcements. >> it's highly likely that a video showing the killing of japanese kenji goto jogo by i.s.i.l. is authentic. the prime minister condemned the beheading calling it a heinous act of terrorism. >> thousands of protesters have taken place in a march, for

i talked to you earlier about the fact that you a lot of very mark zuckerberg, jesse ventura, richard bransonrren buffet. peter jennings derek jeter. and as referenced earlier. >> steve jobs. >> no college degrees. >> get a little buzz about this mystery surrounding his college degree. we know he didn't finish but there is a little buzz going on because people are saying hey. shouldn't juyou have a degree. >> it is news worthy and people would be interesting to know. >> before i continue with the text. can we go back to scott brown's list. which went from mark zuckerberg to jesse ventura. which is the first time i think they have been placed next to each other in a list. and there are those that argue the president should have a college degree. which raises the question what is the real value of a college degree? my believes ahead i have the flu with a runny nose. [coughs] better take something. theraflu severe cold won't treat your runny nose. really? alka-seltzer severe cold and flu relieves your worst flu symptoms plus runny nose. [breath of relief] oh, what a relief it is. mommy! hey! ♪ y

google does the same thing, richard branson does the same thing.y start in one spot but they don't stay there. >> every company will be disruptive. the stat i love is 40% of today's fortune 500 companies will be gone in a decade. and so it's really -- i talk to a lot of fortune 500 ceos and they say unless you're disrutting yourself someone else will. a lot of ceos say i will disrupt on the margin. i will be steve jobs going to the music business or the phone business or larry page going into the car business. all of these areas are possible today, and the realization is as an entrepreneur, you have access to extraordinary capital with crowd funding, expertise with crowd sourcing. you can take on the world's biggest challenges. >> it's still a challenge for investors because even looking at the 3-d stocks you would think just bet the farm on those guys but they got hit hard. what lessons, if any, do you draw for investors when they try to think about who or what to back? >> well what we look at first is -- more than anything else we're interested i

so in this hyperconnected world we just saw paul jacobs and richard branson on one side announce these the planet. >> be bold. >> pleasure. >> bold goes on sale today. tomorrow jeff bezos will be here for a rare interview. narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii. >>> you can watch our 24 hour as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so large files go out in a snap and your video conferences with customers are

so in this hyperconnected world we just saw paul jacobs and richard branson on one side announce theseed on the planet. >> be bold. >> pleasure. >> bold goes on sale today. tomorrow jeff bezos will be here for a rare interview. >>> you can watch our 24 hour >> good morning, updating breaking news right now police searching for the gun moon critically wounds add man this morning in southwest philadelphia. the 22 year old victim was shot near 65th and paschall streets around 1:30 this morning, police say the victim then drove himself to a police station, and the officer's there returned him to a hospital. >>> all right, want to get your forecast right now with kate. man, compare the temperatures yesterday morning, it is so colds out there. >> it is absolutely a lot colder a loft have you dropped within the last 24 hours span, as much as 30 degrees. so it is a noticeable difference, and we still have the winds to contend with. not anywhere near as harsh as last night thank goodness, but enough it will make it feel that much colder. thankfully storm scan3 is also quiet. we really just have

so in this hyperconnected world, we just saw paul jacobs and richard branson on one side and elon muskg to go to 7 billion people connected on the planet. to do amazing things. >> be bold. >> pleasure. >> "bold" goes on sale today. and tomorrow jeff bezos will be here. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people >>> you can watch our 24 hour a remarkable thing has happened. over a million californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leadin

just let guys like elon musk and richard branson pay for it.hink -- i think that in some cases, yes, but overall the american government and taxpayers should fund space travel. >> why? >> because it's what we do great as a country. >> what do you mean? >> going to the moon. it unites us all. one small step for man, one giant step for man kind. it unites the country. it's something we all can be proud of together. rich guys can have their pet projects, fine. if we're going to do cool stuff. >> taxpayers should be paying for cool stuff, brian? i mean, think of some of the greatest advancements and cutting edge technology like solar and electric vehicles. it's not the government that funded the best technologies it's the private companies like a tesla. >> or dineberg because the electric car in 1898 was the first symbolic brian, that solyndra -- the headquarters taken over by solar city. >> we can't compare walking on the moon to solyndra. >> the technology. is the government an investor? investing in space technology. >> nice to have things as a

richard branson didn't finish -- didn't go to college. >> steve jobs. what has he accomplished?ody who went to a fantastic college and got great grades as our president did, and he got a great education. he never ran anything though until he ran the country. >> does it matter to you? let us know. >> do you want something who has run something like scott walker. or another example founder of twitter. >> let us know do you require a college education of your president? >> think how much better twitter would be if that guy graduated. >> he might have been able to do 200 characters. >> imagine that. >> i actually admire scott walker about being so hope open about his story. >> how many times, you get a great offer you have done your four years, you switch majors in the middle. >> i can't wait to get in the world corps. didn't like college. >> we had a lot of fun. >>> now we have news to bring you. it is a fax news alert. panic at a u.s. consulate in shanghai, china. a guy purposely smashing his car into an outside barrier sending a police officer flying through the air. apparently t