and he told a reporter that once interviewed me that he thought that ted turner was the greatest guy he world because he started cnn. and dad never -- well, i kind of -- there was something about -- ted and i -- the cover of "esquire" once had this part of the picture was ted and this part was me or maybe it was the other way around and when you put the two halves of our face together it was my father. ted reminds me in many ways of my father. they both loved to fish. sometimes i'd be out there on a stream fishing with ted and it was like my dad was there. and i just thought, dad, i hope you know that i actually married this man, who you loved and admired so much. >> i had lunch with ted turner a few months ago, and i thought he was an utterly compelling man in every way. >> totally. >> just an irresistible life force. i imagined that he would be actually not easy to live with because he has this sort of burning energy all the time and need to keep doing stuff, which i can imagine given the way that you are, you know, it was a cocktail -- a heady cocktail, to put it mildly. >> we had

an avid reader of the news and he told a reporter that once interviewed me that he thought that ted turner was the greatest guy in the world because he started cnn. there was something about -- ted and i -- the cover of "esquire" once had the cover of this half was ted and this half was me and when you put them together it was my father. ted reminds me of my father, and i'd be out on a stream fishing with ted and it was like my dad was there. and i thought, dad, i hope you know i actually married this man you loved and admired so much. >> i had lunch with ted and thought he was an utterly compelling man in every way. i imagined he would be actually not easy to live with because he has this sort of burning energy all the time and need to keep doing stuff, which i can imagine given the way that you are that it was a heady cocktail to put it mildly. >> we had a great time for ten years. i just am so happy that i got to spend ten years with him. it ended when it was supposed to end and we're very, very close. i just talked to him today. i told him i was going to be on the show and i'm so proud

what do you, ted turner, say to skeptics about global warming?> well, all you do is show them the evidence and read what the scientific reports say. the overwhelming majority of the scientists and climaatologists say we're in trouble with that. and the naysayers say some people say the world was flat. >> and, of course, he said this for years. he is a visionary. one things i loved is the fashion. somebody actually wore a recycled world war ii parra chute. >> what? >> yes. >> do we have video? >> we do. kristina stevens in her parachute which was delightful. i have to show you that. >> that is a parachute? >> even the lining comes from the inside of the tent. and i wore earrings made from a salad dressing bottle. take a look at those. >> are you kidding? >> and this necklace that i'm wearing is what they call eco vintage. it is recycled coin and chain. so we are -- >> could you buy it? >> there was an auction. all the money goes to educating a wonderful cause. just a wonderful event. >> thank you so much. you wore it well. so did she. not a lot of

i mean, ted turner is the ultimate news entrepreneur.ean, he invented it, and i think a lot of people are following in his footsteps today. >> chris? >> i think the great thing about cnn, and it really hasn't been replicated, it's worldwide. i mean, we go to war, and the other side's watching cnn as we go to war. we don't have an msnbc. i wish we did. i wish one of the major broadcast nets would go international. we have the greatest thing in the world in our country--the english language. it's the greatest means of transmission known to man's history, the english language. it's everywhere. and we're not using it to transmit, at least, the way we look at things. >> we have some audience questions now, so let's go to our first one. go ahead. >> whatever happened to labeling news, analysis, and opinion? i come from the cronkite/huntley/brinkely era when i expected a commentary once in a while from these network cables, but when it came out, it was labeled. is the demand for viewership and money the reason the labeling went away? >> jan, i'

what do you, ted turner, say to skeptics about global warming?do is show them the evidence and read what the scientific reports say. the overwhelm mag jort of the scientists and climb ma toll low gists say we're in a lot of trouble with that. the nay sayers -- some people say the world was flat. >> what i love about ted is he would go for a walk and pick up trash. 's been doing that for the last 50, 60 years. his children will tell you that he was the most exemplary parent when it came to being captain planet because captain planet is after ted turner himself. he has five children. in the cartoon they are the five planeteers. the movie is in the making. cartoon network stu snyder is in charge of the project and very soon you'll be able to see captain planet, the movie. >> that's going to be great. thank you so much. so good to have you with us, nadia. she's going to be joining us again in the next hour. >>> honoring three strong women, mind you this year's know bell peace prize winners. we'll check in on that ceremony. we've been asking you to we

when we got divorced, i learned how 0 fly fish and then along came captain america, ted turner. he owns all the rivers and he trains the fish. he trains the fish so, you know, you can catch them. i got good because, you know, the thing about fly fishing, it's really hard. you know. you do it. you have to do it a lot to get good. i'm good. >> jimmy: you have good? you do it a lot? >> yeah. >> jimmy: fly fishing, of course. i don't want to get personal. >> should we go -- >> jimmy: when i say do you do it a lot, i mean fly fishing is what i'm saying. >> i know. both. >> jimmy: both. okay. is it done on the video? [ applause ] >> ted came with me to my ranch, right down riverer from my, val kilmer had a ranch. ted said, there's not a lot of nutrients in your river, you have to put feeders up. i have 17 feeders. they stay at my place. they don't go down to val's. and they're big, man. you should -- come fishing. >> jimmy: touch my leg, i'll do anything you want. [ laughter ] >> fly fish. but it's catch and release. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. that's all i would do. oh, no. [ laughter ] now

ted turner was 24 years of age when his father crawled into a bathtub and shot himself dead.bused. steve jobs was abandoned by his own appearance and one after another, you see this incredible tragedy. then you see them overcome this by the singular focus on an idea and a business. >> do you get the idea they achieved this in spite of the adversity or because of the adversity? >> i think a little bit of both. i think, you know, the adversity to bury it, to hide it, to escape from it, you put all of your focus and all of your energy into an idea and just pursue it completely. and i think that is what happens to a lot of these people. >> but there is no one mold for what makes this world changing because we know how different steve jobs and bill gates are. >> indeed. there's some characteristics or dna. ernst & young which identifies the entrepreneur of the year identify three common traits. opportunistic mindset and ability to accept failure and assume risk, and, third, you actually want a sense of independence and control. many of these people could never work for anyone else

i did the local tv in miami and then in washington and then ted turner came along. >> nobody know youtelevision a year later. i treated television like radio with pictures a lot of radio people would go into television and be affected. oh, a camera. is the camera on me now? am i pronouncing it -- how i do look? i never thought about that. >> you never played tv. >> this show right now could be on radio. >> right. >> right. >> so you -- >> treat this it that way. you treat it had like a conversation, never played tv, enough got in the way of your guest either. >> i never had an agenda. i always felt that i was the conduit and i knew that i would be there tomorrow night. you know, the show had my name on t so if you're guest, you're a guest. i want you to be great. why wouldn't i want you -- so if murky but terrible, but effective that's fine. i true i do ask the best questions and elicit the best answers. a good interviewer has to know how to listen. if you're listening, you can't have prepared questions what if an answer throws you i never had a prepared question and i like it -- i li

weapons, materials and know-how. 10 years ago, senator nunn, having left the senate, and entrepreneur ted turner founded the nuclear threat initiative with a mission very complementary to the nunn-lugar program. nti is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization working to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear biological and chemical weapons. guided by a prestigious international board of directors, including former senator pete dominici who is with us here today as well as our former president charles curtis, who's also with us today, nti focuses on closing the gap between global wmd threats and the global response to those threats. recognizing that governments have most of the resources and authority in the large scale work of threat reductions, nti emphasizes leverage. it's not just what nti can do throughout the world, it's what we can persuade others to do. we use our voice to raise awareness and advocate solutions, undertake direct action projects that demonstrate new ways to reduce threats and foster new thinking about these problems. nti has

their weapons, materials, and know how. 10 years ago, senator nunn, having left the senate tne ted turner founded the nuclear initiative. ntri is a non-partisan association working to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. guided by a prestigious international board of directors, including former senator pete amenity, who is with us here today, as well as our former president charles curtis, who is with us today. nti focuses on closing the gap between global wmd threats and the global response to those threats, recognizing that governments have most of their resources and authority on the large-scale work of truck production, nti emphasizes leverage. it is not just what nti can do, it is what we can persuade others to do. we use our voice to advocate solutions, undertake direct action projects that demonstrate new ways to reduce threats, and foster new thinking about these problems. nti has also worked to develop public education initiatives that reached a range of audiences, from officials around the