>> this is the most audacious step forward and this was traded after sergey brin took over google x. this provides transportation services, like a taxing. it is making enormous progress. to what extent was that car a pivot from your car? >> it was a pivot. it was muss wear interested in highway driving. but it turns out there are many car companies on the same topic. if you consult the driving, you consult so much transportation. even withssibly ownership, i think it is a great vision. >> will we see self driving cars on the road? >> i think we'll hit, within 15 years you can see cities full of self driving cars where transportation is really on demand. >> i want to talk about when larry page met you because he actually came. >> he came. he inspires me. >> how did they get you to come to google? >> i was at the point where i really wanted to explore what it means to work in silicon valley. i started a team that basically built a street technology. >> at what point did larry and sergei said, hey, we also want to do self driving cars. >> larry said, it is time to do something courageou

. >> shortly after the launch of google books, at different events i ran into larry page and sergey brinnd had this brief exchange with them about the potential. and, you know, there was a characteristic google-founder response, which was a kind of glint in their eyes and a smile and the sense that this was just the beginning of something much bigger than even you at this point can imagine. >> an american votes 2014 special report kansas >> in our state, government is broken >> a republican governor has made drastic changes >> the highlight of this is... eventually doing away with income taxes... >> the democratic challenger says, these policies aren't working >> we are trailing the states in our region >> can governor brownback win again? >> i think you spend your money better than the government spends it.. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america >> i don't think that google is aware of the fact that it is corporation. i think google does think of itself as an ngo that just happens to make a lot of money. and they think of themselves as social reformers who j

>> this is the most audacious step forward and this was traded after sergey brin took over google x. and the idea here is that we have a car that drives in the city and provides transportation services, like a taxing. -- like a taxi without a driver. it is making enormous progress. >> to what extent was that car a pivot from your car? >> it was a pivot. i was more wear interested in highway driving. 86% of transportation takes place on highways. but it turns out there are many car companies on the same topic. we are taking the audacious year by saying that if you can solve inner-city driving you can solve so much of transportation. you can possibly even with ownership, i think it is a great vision. >> will we see self driving cars on the road? on a grand scale? >> i think it will happen fast. i think we'll hit, within 15 years you can see cities full of self driving cars where transportation is really on demand. were you do not have to own a car. >> i want to talk about when larry page met you because he actually came. to the darpa challenge. >> he came. for me, he is one of the rare

whether you are bill gates or surrogate brain -- or sergei brin, you have to have a passion. you haveo lean to be sheryl sandberg. you have to have this limitless energy. >> not everyone has to be a ceo. >> there are many ways to make contributions. build thet going to entire company. >> everybody is looking to be a superstar. planet.is a wonderful we have all sorts of people. >> this is important. thanks for bringing this up. showingsteven ballmer some emotion. let's listen and watch. >> i am unique in this world. the guys have done great work. bill gates obviously. steve jobs obviously. you can say, they are amazing. i wasn't just a passive or discipline. i look at the body of work and say, i feel really good. most-watcheds the and most listen. i would say that is the opposite spirit of your book. >> bomber was able to form teams. and run the company. >> yes, but if you look at the great innovators, they send the right people to surround them. bomber, paultes, allen. , paul allen. >> his book is out now. bite is whenht -- we focus on one number that tells a lot. what do you

so did larry page and sergei brin. i think you've are seeing apple do stuff like that. hardest thing in the research for your book was figuring out the providence of ideas. didn'tdy saying, no, i read that, but came up with my own. was that a challenge? bob noise at intel said, the about said to the beaver the beaver dam, did not build it myself, but it was based on an idea of mine. >> we will be back on surveillance. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. i'm tom keene with me, scarlet fu and brendan greeley. an important conversation on ebola. africa, a giant continent affected by ebola. uganda is some 3000 miles to the east of liberia. thes ebola free, but tangible effects are there. global african investor. good to have you with us. what is the effect on your nation as you look west to west africa? it is a situation that people follow with the idea that africa is one place. it is a huge place. it is more than a few thousand meters away from the current outbreak. is spread by touch. it is not spread by breeding. ing.reath now it has become an epidemic. more than anyone i know,

so did most of the most great innovators, --'s the great innovators, sergey brin and others. >> waltere sense of really treasuring the youth and putting all the emphasis on getting things done in the 20's and 30's, where are the 50-year-old and 60-year-olds in silicon valley? >> that is a good question. being an innovator, you have to be rebellious, you have to question authority. i think you do that a little bit better when you're in your 20's and 30's. >> do you have to focus exclusively on what you were doing at work? steve jobs was a great father late in life, not the best father early in life when he was really focused on his career. is that what it takes? >> i do think for better or worse you have got to have a lot is billon, whether it gates or larry page or surrogate brent, you have an absolute passion for what you do. yes, it is going to be disruptive, and people like sheryl sandberg are very good about figuring out how do we do balance. >> my problem with sheryl sandberg is in order to lean and, you have to be sheryl sandberg. >> not everybody is. >> you have to have limitles

the tech giant's advanced projects lab headed by sergei brin, he's reportedly working on massive news. the "wall street journal" is saying that these displays will be composed of smaller screens that can plug together or squish or fit together like legos and be made into different sizes and shapes. how cool is that? especially in new york when you have little apartments, you can figure out how to make a screen for your whole wall. google no stranger to moon shot projects, others like self-driving cars and petman from the boston division. google glass is already way old. let's look how google did, jumping nearly a percent today. it looks to end the session, we've got 10 minutes to go. gamestop, ticker symbol gme betting big, too. they're getting that brick and mortar stores will be around for a long time and will grow. unlike a lot of other companies who are shrinking brick and mortar plan, the gaming retailer announcing a partnership with at&t to ramp up instore technology to bring customers into stores. it's all part of gamestop's plan to become your one-stop shop for gaming, wirele

all these regulations caused google ceo sergey brin to recently say "health is so heavily regulated, it is a painful business to be in." government.t just there is no shortage of big companies who want counterparts in government to fix the regulatory environment to advance their particular business interests and protect themselves artificially against competition. crony capitalism, that is what corrupt nations do. that is not what america does. it is no coincidence that the greatest explosion of industrial innovation in industry accompanied our very first experiment of clinical liberty and free enterprise -- political liberty and free enterprise. it is because only freedom -- freedom of speech, freedom of expression, scientific region, -- scientific freedom, and certainly economic freedom allowed us the freedom of experimentation, the debate and the chance for risktakers like the great norman borlaug to start and yes, fail time and time again. it is in the youth, as the great economist f.a. hayek once said, of the particular time that innovation demands. it is the genius of an idea t