well, steve ballmer retired to buy a basketball team. i wish i could do that. a basketball team. steve has a basketball team. >> when are you getting yours? >> [sighs] when i win more money today and i give it to the charity and the lord gives me back more. >> okay, i see. >> um, it's not apple. it's not twitter. it's microsoft. final answer: c, microsoft. >> now we're up to $10,000. >> yes! >> halfway there! >> [laughing] >> all right, robert.

i work with an incredible and inspirational leader, steve ballmer. and maybe i'm being prejudiced, but the best staff i've ever known. i've had many great coaches and teammates i'll never forget. as a player, i was flanked by the great elgin baylor, the most supportive and greatest player of that era, and later, the great wilt chamberlain. as an executive, i've been just as fortunate. i've been involved with truly incredible groups of the greatest players who have ever played this game. kareem, worthy, magic, shaquille, kobe with the lakers, steph, klay, kevin, at the golden state warriors. and now, kawhi leonard and paul george with the clippers. i marvel at them, at the joy they brought basketball fans all over the world. the bouncing ball brought me there and here. when karen first read on the internet that i was going to receive the medal, the presidential medal of freedom, we were both shocked and surprised and amused. i thought it was a joke. then when west virginia senator joe manson confirmed the honor, i'm sure he had a big part in the selec

andrk with an incredible inspirational leader, steve ballmer. maybe i'm prejudiced, but the best staff i have ever known. i have had many great coaches and teammates i will never forget. as a player, i was flanked by the great elgin baylor, the most supportive and greatest player of that era, and later, the great will chamberlin -- wilt chamberlain. as an executive, i have been just as fortunate and been involved with truly incredible groups of the greatest players who have ever played this game. kobe --magic, shakeel, steph, klay,be, kevin, and now kawhi leonard and paul george with the clippers. i marvel at the met the joy they brought basketball fans all over the world. the joyvel at them and they brought basketball fans all over the world. when i heard him's going to receive the presidential, we were shocked and surprised and amused. i thought it was a joke. west virginia center joe manson confirmed the honor, i'm sure he had a big part in the selection -- thank you, joe, for being here today. friend, the governor of west virginia, jim justi

for $300 were bought million, 400 main dollars, and when steve ballmer paid $2 billion for the clippersere the owners happy because it made their team look more viable or not? adam: yes, they were happy. [laughter] david: ok. since he bought the clippers, two teams have sold for more than he paid, the rockets and the brooklyn nets. david: one of the more difficult things you had to do is ban the owner of the l.a. clippers, was that a tough decision for you? adam: yes. butle may not realize it, he is the only owner who has been permanently banned from a sport. i workifficult because for the owners collectively. myon't work for one, but owner is to do what is in the best interest of the league. the recording came out for which he was banned came out in the middle of the night l.a. time, so i was in new york and did not hear it until saturday morning. he was banned on tuesday. nba-style due process, but in most walks of life, to think that from beginning to end -- i think he paid less than $100 million when he bought the team. adam: i know that is the way you look at it, that he made a big

he laughed at the idea that this was going to overtake the pc and so, is steve ballmer -- in steve ballmeru had an aggressive inspieshd leader. but he was wrong at big bets on key moments in time in microsoft's history, satya bet big on the cloud he's evangelized the cloud he is a product leader he comes in out of the sales organization really has the heart and soul of the product organization, respective entrepreneurs. so i do think it's a big day in seattle. en we will take a quick break, wh we come back, we will take your questions next. one market next. are help ing healthcare companies advance diagnostics and prevent blindnessanies in patients with diabetes. everything looks good. you have beautiful eyes.> ♪ by the way, she's the it wasnext mozart.g day. but sophie's enthusiasm cannot bebe dampened.e. not even by a run-away donut. we powered through it in our toyota prius. because a star's got to shine, no matter what. it's unbelievable what you can do in the prius. toyota let's go places. ♪ are we supposed to dance? ♪ boy bands without dancing are just ok. get a better than just ok u

these franchises have done extremely well, the box $400 million or 500 million dollars, and when steve ballmeraid $2 billion for the clippers, where the other owners happy because it made their teams more valuable? alan: yes. they were happy. [laughter] david: all right. and since he bought the clippers, two teams have sold for more than he paid, the houston rockets on the brooklyn nets. alan: one of the most difficult -- one of the most things -- most difficult things you had to do head was to ban the owner of the clippers. was that a difficult decision? i don't know if people realize he is the only owner who has been permanently banned from a sport. its difficult, because i in essence work for the owners. i work for the owners collectively on my job is to do what is in the best interests of the league. people may remember that before he was banned, it came out in the middle of the night l.a. time and i was in new york so i didn't hear about it until saturday morning. and he was banned on tuesday. he received nba-style due process, but in most walks of life, people think from beginning to end

the 76ers were purchased for 300 or $400 million, when steve ballmer came in and paid to land dollars for the clippers come over all the other owners happy because it made their team look more valuable or not? mr. silver: yes, they were happy. [laughter] steve bought the clippers, two teams have sold for more than he paid. the houston rockets and the brooklyn nets. david: one of the most difficult things you had to do after you became commissioner was to ban the event owner of the l.a. clippers, was that tough for you? mr. silver: yes, i think people may not realize he is the only owner who has ever been permanently banned from a sport. it is difficult because i in essence work for the owners, i work for the owners collectively, not anyone owner. my job is to do what is in the best interest of the league. tapee may remember, the that came outcome of the recording that he was banned for , it came out in the middle of the night l.a. times. i was in new york so i did not hear it until saturday morning. he was banned on tuesday. if he were -- he received nba style due process but in most

years ago for $300 million or $400 million, the bucks for $400 million or $500 million and when steve ballmerame in and paid $2 billion for the clippers, were the other owners happy because it made their team look more valuable or not? adam: yes, they were happy. [laughter] and since steve bought the clippers, two teams have sold for more than he paid, the houston rockets and brooklyn nets. david: one of the things you had to do after you became the commissioner was to ban the then owner of the l.a. clippers. was that a tough decision for you? adam: yes. i think people may not realize it, but he is the only owner who has ever been permanently banned from a sport. it is difficult because i work in essence for the owners collectively. i don't work for any one owner. my job is to do what is in the best interest of the league. as people here may remember, the team that came out, the recording came out for which he was banned came out in the middle of the night, l.a. time, so i was in new york and did not hear it until saturday morning. he was banned on tuesday. he received nba-style due process,

there is a lot of thought behind it by people like michael pillsbury of the it's an institute steve ballmer etc is there anything in their world view of china as well and they cannot make war on the industrial economies of the west that rings true to you as well. not as an economic war i mean that you're still make any sense i mean china is competing in the international marketplace like any other country is competing in the national market because the program which is the correct problem to focus on is that china because of its economic structure has had certain advantages in terms of the development of its own market that all the countries more advanced countries including you know what the states including europe have not been able to to obtain but this is not uncommon. in terms of the historical development so countries that are rising often cut off their own markets to foreign competition the worst similar that i can think of in historical sense in this case is you know the states which for a very long time was the most difficult country in the late 19th and early 20th century to get a