again, read walter isakson. why -- isaacson. some of the greatest scientists, he talks about einstein, and then he talks about steve jobs. some of the greatest scientists, they were musicians, they were philosophers, they knew literature. einstein talks about the fact that knowledge -- meaning scientific knowledge -- is limited, but imagination encircles the world. steve jobs, when he gives up university, this was no paypal perp to pay him, you know, to drop college, you know? but he then goes and audits in calligraphy, the most useless of all -- [laughter] even more useless than literature today. [laughter] and he said that out of calligraphy he got the logo for apple. don't think that this country will produce steve jobs or bill gates who should have just kept, you know, to health and not entered which he doesn't know anything about, which is humanities, you know? the whole point is you won't produce these people. if you do not have an all-rounded education. and you won't produce good citizens, because what does it mean to be

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you can't go wrong with a book like walter isaacson's biography of steve jobs or the soul of a new machine tech job aspirant. for the wannabe trader reminisce sans of a stock operator is the most widely read and highly recommended investment book ever, reminisce sans of a stock operator. and the e myth why most businesses don't work and what to do about it. happy shopping. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, the rarest form mia. surprise has hel >>> it's been a rough year for a fifth grader who beat swine flu only to be diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. but a big surprise has helped make his christmas one that he will never forget. we'll show you nicholas's story at 5:00 tonight. >>> and to switch gears, donkeys aren't too common around here but they are all over egypt and they line up for the services of that guy, his family in the donkey barber business for generations. a haircut runs about 5 bucks. they will even shave initials into the coat for no extra charge. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. it was nice spending christmas with you. >> yes, have a good on

walter isaacson weighs in. global hot spo what happens to oil, russia and europe next year and what it means to you. >>>s our conversation with thomas friedman of the "new york times" and happy returns. what to do with the izod sweater with the strange size or the thing you will never use. "on the money" starts right now. this is "on the money," your money, your life, your future. now becky quick. >> those stories in judgment but first the stories in the headlines th >> thank you, becky. >>> here's a look at what is making news as we head in to a new week "on the money." investors got a nice gift this year. in the santa claus rally. i stocks made history with the dow closing above 18,000 for the first time ever on tuesday du the holiday shortened week. the s&p hit a record, as well for the 51st time this year. that's a record. stocks powered by a strong economy in the u.s. and easy money from the fed. the markets continued to rise and set new records on friday. america's economy is powering along at a stronger

you can't go wrong with a book like walter isaacson's biography of steve jobs or the soul of a new machine the tech job aspirant. for the wannabe trader reminiscence of a stock operator is the most widely read and highly recommended investment book ever. and for the budding entrepreneur, michael gerber's the emyth, why most businesses don't work and what to do about it. happy shopping. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix 5. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, questions with our pet expe, dr. jill chase. >>> all you pet lovers, it is friday and we're answering your questions with our pet expert dr. dill -- dr. jill -- i like there dill but dr. jill works, too. with decorations around the home there are bound to be dangers for pets. you're here to walk us through some of the dangers. >> yes. the first thing i wanted to talk about was water in the christmas tree. people don't realize that can be toxic because of the chemicals that are sometimes used in the trees as preservative. sometimes people put aspirin in there which is very toxic to cats. so cover it with plastic or foil or whatever works to keep the anima

again, walter isaacson. why is science segregated from humanity? some of the greatest scientists, he talks about einstein and that he talks about steve jobs, some of the greatest scientists or his actions and philosophers come of a new literature, they talk about how this is limited but imagination in circles the world. there was no paypal person in college. but he then goes and audits and calligraphy, even more useless than literature today. and he said that out of that he developed the logo for apple. so don't think that this country will produce steve jobs ordered bill gates and not entered what he doesn't know anything about, which is humanity. the whole point is you can produce these people if you don't have this kind of education and he won't produce good citizens because what does it mean to be a responsible individual? we have to make choices and be responsible or your choices. how can you be responsible if the regions have decided that americans and global history is not necessary and instead the students can take a different course. how c

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walter isaacson weighs in. global hot spo what happens to oil, russia and europe next year and what it means to you. >>>s our conversation with thomas friedman of the "new york times" and happy returns. what to do with the izod sweater with the strange size or the thing you will never use. "on the money" starts right now. this is "on the money," your money, your life, your future. now becky quick. >> those stories in judgment but first the stories in the headlines th

walter isaacson is here. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> what a day. especially with what happened in russia overnight. the dow has flipped positive. session low is down 99 and a third points. currently up 80. oil trying to make a run out of it. >> and a little more stability today. and i think that is the important thing we're seeing. i want to show you sectors that have been horribly over sold in the last month or so. so any of the metal stocks have been dramatically over sold. they are bouncing today. the energy stocks in general likes the xle, that is the etf out there has been dramatically over sold. also a group that's been dramatically over sold, we don't talk about europe much. but here is your efa. and this is what's been going on in europe recently. that's been down dramatically. 6% this month. 10% year to date. that is bouncing a little bit at well. so the weak sectors are showing more stability and even a bounce today. that is what's helping the overall market. as for the russian stock market, which is the center of attention. you can buy t

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ways, somewhat more difficult ways and ways that are almost impossible, but if you have read walter isaacson's book he says in order to be successful in almost everything you have to have a healthy disregard for the impossible and i think that's really what we have to understand. we have to have a healthy disrecovered for those who just say, there's nothing we can do about this because it's just impossible. it isn't impossible. i hope we can continue to demonstrate our capacity to do so going forward. >> thank you. all three of you and for your remarkable time sensitivity which we don't always find with our guests. i'll ask a couple and then we'll go to -- -- and then i'll ask one on behalf of phil douglas. let me ask you a noncongressional question 0, perhaps a noncongressional question. as we all know a new york grand jury eddeclined to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed african-american, eric garner. does the recent spate of high visibility death of unarmed black americans at the hands of police call for bipartisan action, and if so, what? >> well, maybe i can start by

. >> charlie: walter isaacson on this program who wrote the book on steve jobs biography talking about alan turing. >> he came up with the notion of art initial intelligence. he comes up with a test to say how would we define a machine that could think? you put a machine and person in a different room and feed them questions and if after a while you can't tell the difference between the machine and the human then you have no reason to say the machine's not thinking and that's called the turing test or the imitation game. the movie is great. it's about alan turing an. alan turing was homosexual, quite up front about it but he had to keep it secret when he was breaking the german wartime codes. >> charlie: it was against the law. >> he gets arrested for gross indecency, finally. he's given hormone treatments. it's really bad. you know, he seems to ride with it for a while, but after he's written this notion of the imitation game of the computer, a few years later, he bites into a cyanide-laced apple to commit suicide. is that something a machine would do? it almost helps you realize the

you can't go wrong with a book like walter isaacson's biography of steve jobs or the soul of a new machineech job asper rant. for the wannabe trader reminiscence of a stock operator is the most widely read and highly recommended investment book ever. and for the budding entrepreneur, michael gerber's the e michigan why motor businesses don't work and what to do about it. happy shopping. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix 5. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning, everybody. warriors center andrew bogut will be out indefinitely trying to recover from knee pain not great news for the warriors who want to make a run at teams like the thunder in the play- offs. only team hotter than steve kerr' warriors is scott brook's thunder riding a seven-game win streak. kevin durant with a career-high 30 points first half. the warriors would erase the 17- point deficit in the 2nd quarter. klay thompson pass to curry for two of his -- three of his 34 points. he also had nine assists. and end of the half durant drives steps on muir reese's foot. he came out of the foot with a sprained ainge come. that's one way

walter isaacson was just here and he wass cochairing the authority and brought us into it we saw how dysfunctional the preparation was.. but think about all of theout all elements that made them dysfunctional. a great tl deal of poverty, hout having the areas that werefloo vulnerable to the floodplains even as the leftiesn if hadn't. broken. very dysfunctional city government.erty and very high rates of crime. it will be ten years next year since katrina and i was in new orleans a couple of weeks ago w andi they use their recovery toa revitalize and the most profound and really elegant way. e they took over all of the schools and the schoolsth p performance now it's truextraor. extraordinary.iversifietheir they've completed their tyrsi diversity that such an importane component of reselling it because it gives it you strength. so they've now been rated bythea forbesv magazine and they continue to do that and finally, they directly focus as theyfod rebuild communities on how to communit build the communitytrusng c cohesiveness, more trusting communities, communities that trusted one a

[laughter] >> yes we herald a wonderful -- we heard a wonderful presentation from walter isaacson on his new book, "the innovators," and i was curious if any of you spend much time reading nonfiction books? >> i probably read more nonfiction than fiction. [inaudible conversations] >> well, i mean, i write nonfiction, so i have to read, i have to read a lot of nonfiction books in order to sift through what other people have said is. and it's also, it's kind of nice to alternate, i think. to be in an imagined world is, it's kind of enveloping in a different way, but when you're reading a nonfiction book, the person gets all sorts of points for telling the truth. and i like the truth, so i'm all -- i read probably as much or more nonfiction than fiction. >> yeah. i read a lot of -- i mean, when you've been out of school for a million years, you're by necessity an autodidact, so the if you're going to learn anything, you have to keep up your reading. >> that's true. >> recently i bought this thing that was published in the '30s called the educator library. it's a 11-volume college educat

what's more typical ways and then there are ways that are almost impossible but if you have read walter isaacson'snew book he quotes larry page as saying in order to be successful in almost anything you have to have a healthy disregard for the impossible and i think that's what we have got to understand. we have to have a healthy disregard for those who just say there's nothing we can do about this because it's just impossible. it isn't impossible. we can address it as a country. we have done so in the past and i hope we can continue to demonstrate their capacity to do so going forward. >> all three of you and for your remarkable time sensitivity which we don't always find with our gas so thank you very much for that. i'm going to ask on behalf of bill douglas so that will get us started. let me ask you a noncongressional question are perhaps among congressional question as we all know. a new york grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed african-american eric -- does the -- at the hands of police call for bipartisan action and if so what? >> maybe i can start

book tv and primetime continues wednesday night on c-span2 starting at a pm eastern with walter isaacson on his book, the innovators how a group of hackers created the digital revolution. at 915 eastern igods. after that, dragnet nation, a request for privacy, security, and freedom in the world of relentless surveillance. finally, adam tanner, the world of personal data, lifeblood of big business, and the end of privacy as we know it. book tv and prime time, each night this week on c-span two. >> our in memoriam program continues with james traficant. he represented the 17th district of ohio and was one on for outspoken speeches on the house floor. he died in september at the age of 73. in 2002, congress voted to expel him after he was convicted on 10 bribery accounts. -- 10 felony counts, including bribery. >> you heard on the news, the first national news story that i was involved in a scheme by contract. it made national headlines news. the one was a friend of mine. she was so distraught, she called me by phone. i did know what she was talking about. she called and recanted after they

starting with walter isaacson with his book "the innovators." at 9:15 eastern, craig detwiler who wrote "igods." finally, adam tanner on "what stays in vegas." booktv in primetime, each night this week on c-span2. >> the c-span cities tour takes booktv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to austin, texas. >> we are in the private suite of linden and lady bird johnson. this was the private quarters for the president and first lady. when i say private, i do mean that. this is not part of a tour offered to the public here it this has never been open to the public. you are seeing it because of c-span's special access. vip's come into this space as they did in lyndon johnson's day but it is not open to visitors on a daily basis. it is really a living, breathing artifact. it has not changed at all since president johnson died in january of 1973. there is a document. in the corner of this room signed, among others,

eastern with walter isaacson on his book the innovators.how a group of hackers gene justs and geeks created the digital revolution. at 9:15 eastern how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives. after that, author of dragnet nation, a quest for privacy security and freedom in a recalled would of relentless surveillance. and finally adam tanner what stays in vegas much the world of personal data, end of privacy as we know it. booktv in prime time each night this week on c-span2. >> new year's day on the c-span networks, here are some of our futured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern the washington ideas forum, energy conservation with david crain business magnate t. boone pickens. cake love owner warren brown and inventor dean kamen. at 4:00 p.m. eastern the brooklyn historical society hold as conversation on race. 8:00 p.m. eastern, from the explorers club, apollo vii astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned spaceflight. author hector tovar on 33 men buried in a chilean mine. richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. 8:0

i think we started to see it with walter isaacson's remarkable biography of steve jobs.y from beyond the grave in the lawsuits. this is the third big class action lawsuit against apple. this one about the ipod starts in oakland today. >> this is his response to an iphone 4 owner who was the victim of antenna gate. "just avoid holding it that way." simple solution. >> i'm holding my new iphone 6 and had a few problems with it, but unfortunately i can't e-mail steve jobs anymore. the tim cook still does reply occasionally to customers. maybe one day we'll see those e-mails, too. >>> michael brown's stepfather's words to burn this blank down, was that an emotional outburst or did it incite violence in it is the latest controversy out of ferguson. we'll give you the update ahead. don't settle for 4g lte coverage that's smaller or less reliable when only one network is america's largest and most reliable 4g lte network: verizon. with xlte, our 4g lte bandwidth has doubled in over 400 cities. and now, save without settling. get 2 lines with 10gb of data for just $110... ...or

tonight on book tv, technology with walter isaacson.ow a group of geeks and hackers greeted the gin -- digital revolution. julia england on dragon it nation read them in a world of relentless surveillance, followed by adam tanner and what stays in vegas, the world of personal data. >> new year's day on the c-span networks, here are some of our future programs. 10:00 eastern, the washington ideas for him. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t boone pickens. k club owner worn brown. at 4:00 eastern, the brooklyn historical society hold a conversation on race. then at 8:00 eastern, from the explorers club, apollo seven astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned spaceflight. new year's day on c-span two, just before noon eastern the 33 men buried in a chilean mind. and at 3:00 eastern, richard norton smith on the life of norman rockefeller. and then armor investigative correspondent for cbs news cheryl atkinson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span thr

. >> yesterday we heard a wonderful presentation from walter isaacson on his new book, "then innovators" and i was curious if you spend much time reading nobody fiction books? >> i probably read more nonfiction than fiction. >> i write nonfiction, so i have to read it. i have to read a lot of nonfiction books in order to sift through what other people have said, and it's also -- it's kind of nice to alternate, i think to be in an imagined world is kind of enveloping in a different way. when you are reading a nonfiction book, the person gets all sorts of points for telling the truth, and i like the truth. so, i'm -- i read probably as much or more nonfiction than fiction. >> i read a lot -- when you have been out of school for a million years, you're by in necessity -f you're going learn anything you have to keep ifdown reading. -- keep up your reading. >> i bought this thing published in the '30s called the educator library, 11-volume college education for soldiers who went to war and couldn't -- you could only go to school when you were 18 and so if you're like 25, you're an old guy. b