>> this was -- news international had taken the view that tom watson was to be held culpable for anything that had happened in 2006, i think. and this was still the line that they wanted to pursue. you, i don't want to get involved in this because i don't understand everything that happened. there was a legal case taken about defamation by mr. watson, and for all i know there are still proceedings. i don't know. but there was an animosity between news international and mr. watson. and i was merely reporting to him when he asked me about these things that i was well aware that news international had wanted to get rid of his when he was a minister. >> this was because of alleged machinations against mr. blair, not because of his persistent -- [inaudible] >> but you are putting words into news international's mouth. i don't know. all i reported to him was that news international had made it clear that they wanted, they didn't like him, of course, and i think they had an editorial saying tom watson had to go, i can't remember the details. >> can you remember what the text said? >> they're not

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson r.t. to free a square cairo. the u.s. is boosting its military support for the caucuses country of georgia of the pledge came as secretary of state hillary clinton visits the nation which is eyeing nato membership global risk advisor during the wagon believes america has a wider agenda that stretches beyond georgia's borders. secretary of state clinton is looking to achieve in the caucuses what america is trying to achieve more overall around the world and that is to continue to enhance its image and its ability to influence what's going on in the region the caucuses have been largely ignored by america for a great deal of time and now that there's a resurgence russian influence in the region it's only natural that america would want to do something in return there are pockets of conflict in the region that concern the united states and the concerns of course other regional powers but let's not forget where the caucasus is located it's in russia's backyard it's only natural that russi

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson r.t. to free a square. in more world news today u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton to georgia to strengthen the ties with america's principal ally the caucasus she restated america's opposition to what she called the russian occupation of the georgian provinces of south the setting of cards here both declared their independence in two thousand and eight in a recognized by russia and other nations have been scuffles in ukraine over the passing of a new language a law that officially allows russian to be used alongside ukrainian in some regions in places such as courts and hospitals around one thousand people both for and against the proposal rallied outside parliament with the bill one. in britain queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee celebrations are drawing to a close a special thanksgiving service has been held in st paul's cathedral but the queen arrived alone because her husband that you could read in prose admitted to hospital on monday the culmination of four days of events wil

by the way, the issue to do with tom watson's resignation was perfectly simple. i was at the time prime minister. he was a government minister. and he effectively had taken part in the so-called coup in september of 2006. in fact had been a prime organizer of it. you know, from my perspective of it, as a minister he was going to have to go, an i think he resigned moments before i was about to issue the letter of dismissal. >> he also alleges on a similar theme that mrs. brooks texted people close to the prime minister telling them that he had to be sacked. but i think it's clear from your answer that was going to happen anyway. >> it was going to happen anyway. look, he's perfectly entitled to his point of view but you can't really remain a minister in the government if you called for the prime minister to go. >> page 120 of your book, mr. blair, you say i reinned back my folk who wanted to go into, quote, kill mode on it. he said that must be a reference to special advisers and mps working with mrs. brooks. is that correct or not? >> no, it's got nothing to do w

they put him up on under the wire, tom watson at the other because it's a different fellow, and other telephone put them at each end of the line ended his visit to the publicist thursday, american public, if you want an adventure will give you battle a look at the watson at two ends of the line, but there's absolutely nothing to do with the transcontinental telephone. bill could have. they had a very fine group of engineers and they could have looked have looked at the main made into national heroes. they didn't want to do that. they didn't want to emphasize heroic individuals. they wanted to focus on the team. but it fell to between 1879 when he becomes a rich man and have an agreement between western union and battle nat and 15 he becomes an independent inventor and gets involved in airplanes and communications. his great passion was as a teacher of the tasks and that is why he was interested in telephone. he was trying to enable and figure out a device that would enable the death to hear and that really became and remains the passion. so he is a pure inventor who really has a disti

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson our seats are free a square cairo. and the russian language activists of scuffle who security forces in front of ukraine's parliament in kiev they've turned out to protest against a highly disputed bill that widens the rights for the use of the russian language in some ukrainian regions on monday will always push through parliament by pro-government lawmakers in the first of two readings the opposition that gets most of the support from the ukrainian speaking western areas of the country strongly opposes the legislation its leaders have already voted hold indefinitely protests across the country. are the headlines around the world now and pakistan successfully tested a cruise missile designed to deliver both nuclear and conventional warheads according to the country's armed forces the technology is capable of hitting targets seven hundred kilometers away and it's invisible to radar as an initial series of tests begun in april when an advanced ballistic missile was launched now jerry i

open, how many of these leaders, and hogan did not win, and in '55, palmer did not win and in '66 tom watson not win with a lead in '87 and payne stewart did not win in '88 and i don't know what this heck that means, but great players don't hold the lead. you can't get four better leaders than that, but tomorrow, graeme mcdowell has the best attitude and most fun. he didn't make any long bombs, but he hit a lot of long shots and he is looking good, but furyk is so workman-like and have you ever seen a guy like dufner and i hate to use dufner as a adjective or something, but the bottom line is that, you know, he just goes about the business, and he'll just wear you out. >> well, 54-hole leaders at the u.s. open olympic club. there it is. the graveyard of champions they call it, as the stars kind of were outdone by the lesser known players. there is the lead by all of them in the final round and two of them losing in a playoff and two of them in regulation. we have jim furyk with rog. >> thank you, dan. a solid round of 70 today, and i will ask of you what i asked tiger, did you feel that the

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson artsy to africa square cairo. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world pakistan has successfully tested a cruise missile designed to deliver both nuclear and conventional warheads into the country's own forces the technology is capable of hitting targets seven hundred kilometers away this invisible to radar. a short series of tests began in april when violence mystic missile was launched. nigeria's president goodluck jonathan has visited the site of sunday's plane crash which killed at least fifty three people he's promised an inquiry after all aboard died legend secrets fearing around forty lives may have been lost on the ground as well exact cause to his known pilots reported engine trouble claims the plane was too old to be. its nigeria's worst day disaster in almost twenty years. credit ratings giant standard and poor's have predicted a one in three chance of greece leaving the euro zone after the country's general election later this month left wing syri

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson our seats are free a square cairo. elsewhere around the world and briefly pakistan successfully tested a cruise missile designed to deliver both nuclear and conventional warheads according to the country's armed forces the technology is capable of hitting targets seven hundred kilometers away and it's invisible to radar. and initial series of tests began in april when an advanced ballistic missile was launched. a curious president goodluck jonathan visited the site of sunday's plane crash which killed at least one hundred fifty three people is promised an inquiry after all onboard died with emergency crews fearing around forty lives could have been lost on the ground as well the exact cause still isn't known but the pilot reported engine trouble and there are claims the plane is too old to be in service it's nigeria's worst air disaster in almost twenty years. credit ratings giant started and poor's has predicted a one in three chance of greece leaving the eurozone after the country's

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson arts east africa square cairo. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. but president goodluck jonathan has visited the site of sunday's plane crash which killed at least one hundred fifty three people he's promised an inquiry after all i'm bored died of emergency crews peering around forty lives may have been lost on the ground as well because coastal isn't known but the pilot reported engine trouble planes and planes to world service is nigeria's west air disaster almost twenty years. at least eleven farm workers were killed and thirteen injured in a bus crash in north mexican state of chihuahua witnesses say the driver was way over the speed limit before the vehicle plunged into a ravine most of the survivors have been hospitalized with their conditions described as serious. credit ratings giant standard and poor's have predicted a one in three chance of greece leaving the eurozone after the country's general election later this month a left wing series o

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson our to east africa square cairo. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. president good luck jonathan has visited the site of sunday's plane crash which killed at least one hundred fifty three people he's promised an inquiry after all onboard died in the emergency crews fearing many lives have been lost on the ground as well exact cause still isn't known but the pilot wanted engine trouble claims the plane was too old to be in service it's nigeria's worst and has asked you know most twenty years. at least eleven people have been killed and thirteen injured in a bus crash in northern mexico two children were among those who died when the vehicle plunged into a ravine there were reports of problems with the brakes with witnesses saying the driver was speeding he's since been taken into police custody. credit ratings giants doesn't pause have predicted a one in three chance of greece leaving the eurozone countries general election later this month left wing sy

equally desperate to stop it running out of steam lest egypt go off on the wrong track altogether tom watson r.t. to africa square cairo. well look now at some other international headlines this hour u.s. official said drone strike on monday in north pakistan targeted al qaeda second in command at the moment it's unclear whether or not libby was among fifteen people killed in the attack on a militant compound there were eight american drone attacks in the country last fortnight and is increasing tension between pakistan and washington which is ignored demands to stop unmanned aircraft. jarius president goodluck jonathan has listed the site of sunday's plane crash which killed at least one hundred fifty three people he's promised an inquiry after all onboard died virgin secrets fearing around forty lives may have been lost in the ground as well exact cause still isn't known and pilot reported engine trouble claims the plane was too old to be service it's nigeria's worst day disaster in almost twenty years. credit ratings giant standard and poor's have predicted a one in three chance of greece

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tom watson sr. said i'm no genius but i'm smart in spots and i stay around those spots. there's a lot to that. and knowing your circle of confidence is enormously important. there was all kinds of things i can't do. and there's plenty of companies i can't analyze. >> of all the companies you bought maybe the one that brout the most trouble was salomon. when you bought it it was almost in effect put into bankruptcy and you had to go and run the company. was that the most difficult experience you had at berkshire hathaway? >> i would say that was. i was their ceo for nine months and four days. it was 21 years ago. i remember every day of it. >> today when you have all these managers running your 75 different companies do they call you every day and say i have this problem or that problem? how often do you talk to them? >> no. if they need to call me they're in trouble. we buy businesses where the managers come with them. there are some managers i don't talk to once a year. and there's one i talk to almost every day. but after the one i talk to almost every day i would say

i mean, i think it was tom watson sr. said, i'm not genius but i'm smart in spots and i stay around those spots, and there's a lot to that. knowing your circle of competence is where that perimeter is, is enormously important, and the fact that there is always kinds of things i can't do and plenty of companies i can't analyze, but i don't have to worry about that. >> with all the companies you bought, maybe the one that brought you the most trouble was salamon. when you bought it, at one point in bankruptcy and you had to go run the company. was that the most difficult experience in berkshire hathaway? >> i would say it was. there ceo five months, four days. it was 20 years ago and i think i remember every day of it. >> today when you have all these managers running 75 different companies, do they call you every day say i got this problem or that problem? how often do you talk to them? >> if they need to call me, they're in trouble. we buy businesses where the managers come with them, and there are some managers that i do

>> this was -- news international had taken the view that tom watson was to be held culpable for anything that had happened in 2006, i think. and this was still the line that they wanted to pursue. you, i don't want to get involved in this because i don't understand everything that happened. there was a legal case taken about defamation by mr. watson, and for all i know there are still proceedings. i don't know. but there was an animosity between news international and mr. watson. and i was merely reporting to him when he asked me about these things that i was well aware that news international had wanted to get rid of his when he was a minister. >> this was because of alleged machinations against mr. blair, not because of his persistent -- [inaudible] >> but you are putting words into news international's mouth. i don't know. all i reported to him was that news international had made it clear that they wanted, they didn't like him, of course, and i think they had an editorial saying tom watson had to go, i can't remember the details. >> can you remember what the text said? >> they're not

. >> rose: it begins with tom watson and hewlett-packard? >> exactly. >> rose: explain that to me.innovation a culture? a mind seth? what? >> it's a bunch of things. a lot is talent. getting the best and brightest to work with you and a lot is psychologically being able to eat your own young. to be able to compete with yourself. this is the idea when a technology company gets outinnovated it's not because it built the thing that uninnovated it, it's because it didn't want to kill what it already had in the market. >> rose: it didn't want to be cannibalistic? >> it didn't want to be cannibalistic and sometimes they become big businesses and they've got shareholders and they end up with high caliber profession alcee east coast who... >> rose: is that what happened to microsoft? >> that i don't know. >> rose: why do you play it so careful when it comes to microsoft? >> they're a fantastic company. >> rose: you don't want to offend anybody. what happened to you when you get to middle age? >> i have too many conflicts. way too many conflicts. like i said too early to tell. >> rose: too

it put tom at watson at the other end of the line and him at the other end -- it is a different fellow who was an early part of this. they put them at each end of the line, and it is like if the bell publicists are saying if you want to have a heroic inventor, we will give you bell and watson. but it had absolutely nothing to do with the transcontinental telephone. bell could have had a very fine group of engineers who they could've looked it up and made national heroes and everything. they didn't want to do that. they didn't want to emphasize rote individuals. between 1879 when he becomes a rich man and when there is an agreement between western union until, in 1915 come he becomes an independent inventor and gets involved in the airplanes and various electrical traditions. his great passion was as a teacher of the deaf. that is why he was interested in a telephone. he was trying to enable and figure out all the spirit he is a pure inventor that really has a distinguished inventive legacy. he was a talented man, but his career was a painter. there wasn't much money in that, and that e

then you throw tom watson in there who was phenomenal. he just had this ability. they all had this ability, charlie to reach down inside, and produce when it absolutely has to happen. my father used to have a great line and i've always tried to tell my players this, look, all the work we do i don't care if it works on the range, or, it has to work on the back nine on sundayment when are you coming down the stretch and everything is on the line that is when you have to deliver. my dad used to have a saying, he said i will tell you when you know a guy who can really play. when it is sunday afternoon, it's the 15th hole, and that red light on that tv camera is burning a hole right in his forehead and he knows it's burning that hole in his forehead and he just rips it down the fairway. that's pie guy. that's the guy that can play. >> and those that have t you can-- how about bubba watson. >> well, bubba watson is an interesting case because he's kind of a throwback to many, many years ago. has no teacher. he taught himself to play in his backyard with a wiveel ball th