david, you're on with walter isaacson. >> caller: mr. am a new fan since i saw you on booktv the other day. if you'll indulge me for a moment, i'd like to make a quick comment to our friends in connecticut, scientists create technology social leaders and artists teach us what to do with the technology. >> guest: uh-huh. >> caller: i'd like to go on with my question. i feel much at least the last several millennia of human history have been about de-evolution of power from -- more to individuals. as we become more thoroughly interfaced with our technology, as we move toward becoming sigh borks, i guess how -- cyborgs i guess, how do we protect ourselves from losing our individual uniqueness in that process? >> guest: i think you answered your question in the very beginning of the statement which is it's the humanities and the arts that make us unique. one of the things about that alan turing movie, in the end he's a human. in the end, he has his own creativity. and so the end of the innovators, there's a chapter about this. i also did a le

. >>> coming up walter isaacson weighing in on apple, and if he thinks ceo tim cook will hit a home run with the apple watch due out later this month. and wait until you hear what walter sees in store for apple dividends and stock buybacks. that's still to come. >> that's a hot one on the street. >>> also mutual funds may be regaining their mojo this year but are cheaper exchange traded funds better for your portfolio? the pros will hash that out. "closing bell" is back in two. >>> plus what kelly thought of "furious 7" over the weekend. >> it was great. i'm telling you. 40% of streetlights in detroit at one point did not work. at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. they had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit. kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. 40% of the lights were out but they're not out for long. they're coming back. if you're running a business legalzoom has your b

so he has that, definitely. >> thanks for holding, you're on with walter isaacson. >> hello mr. ore i asked my question i'd like to say that i'm in favor of the da vinci book myself. i think that a lot of people my age don't appreciate biographies that much and i'd like to ask you because it's my favorite book of all time i'd like to ask how does your writings that you apart from others? you're the only one that i can connect to in that genre. >> i think if you like that book it's because steve jobs is a truly interesting person. it was revealing in dealing with with a biographer and so i doubt i deserve the credit that his book is very interesting to you. but there's a larger issue and that's that a historic academic has downplayed the role of biographies. the very beginning of my kissinger book, i don't know if you have it there, but it's something that he wrote and said when they were shuttled back and forth between the middle east. i used to think history was made by great forces. now that i see it up close i see the difference individuals make. so we biographers believe in t

. >> host: walter isaacson, what is the link between ben franklin, steve jobs, henry kissinger and ada. >> guest: they're all creative minds and that interested me throughout my career. a lot of people write about sports heroes or literary figures, but to me it's people who can combine different discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and albert einstein. we talk about innovations so often, it's almost drained of its meaning, and i've always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it be averill hairman after world war ii and you have a create a new world ordinary like nato and the world bank and the marshall plan 0 steve jobs who says we're now in a digital revolution, we have to make it personal. these are people who -- to use steve jobs' words, were able to think different, think out of the box. i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. >> host: one of them themes -- themes in your book seems to be a connect to spirituality. >> guest: everybody believed they were part of something larger than

and our guest host walter isaac isaacson this morning.ng consulted disney? >> it's surprising. you wonder whether they did it in order to provoke a reaction because i'm sure the public is going to be on their side. but it is very surprising. and disney is not the only one we've heard from. we have spoken to the other programmers on friday and heard and got the same reaction of we did not give them permission and they said we had heard nothing about this until they released it. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> i think they'll probably have to cease and -- >> also the provoke in the negotiation. we were talking earlier espn the public is going to want it unbundled but espn is going to say, don't bring along all the other networks. just really matter of price and what tier you put yourself in. >> it's funny. the last time we were on the show you and i were talking about where unbundling is happening. if you think about the whole value change. shows are being unbundled from networks. that's what netflix is doing. the media conglome

well we spent an hour talking with walter isaacson a little bit over an hour. and y all have been patient and we will begin to take calls e-mails. tweets and facebook comments right now. we will flash the addresses and phone numbers up on the screen one more time to get in. but this is an e-mail from jim gibb. east peoria illinois. mr. issacson. big fan. i am reading your biography on kissinger. of your biographies on kissinger, franklin, einstein and jobs. who do you identify with the most and why? >> ben franklin. and i will leave the words of my daughter who when she was young, and the books -- she said well you know biography is autobiography. you know. emerson said. and she said when you were writing about ben franklin. were you writing about yourself. i said what do you mean. that is who you wanted to be a publisher and an editor. a person in the media and cared about diplomacy. and juggled a few things. so ben franklin was an ideal self. i said yeah, that makes sense. what was i doing when i wrote about einstein? she said you are writing about. my father

i have had that discussion with walter isaacson. this is about augmenting.e will augment so much of the decision-making to make better decisions. have us do different things. charlie: we will be able to redirect our time. how will a transform law and journalism? ginni: we are working with a client in the way of law. think of watson as an advisor or discover. you think of the same word in legal, discovery. the ability to find connections between information is something watson does well. which is why we are working with pharmaceutical companies to find and explore new compounds they had not thought about. think about that. you cut the pipeline down for innovation. the time way down. you get it out faster. this idea for legal is a wonderful area to say, how could i do, even at a minimum discovery of information? we are working with clients to do that. ginni: is there a timeline, in terms of your plans to be fully engaged where you want ibm to be fully engaged? ginni: not a timeline. i feel we are engaged in the major areas we need to be putting down our roots

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i watched the show a couple of months ago with walter isaacson and it was fun.pan: your book, and you mentioned this earlier, and memory of the felber and sons. your uncle? >> victor farber was my great grandfather. my grandfather. the store or an office. and i used in the book not just for nostalgic reasons the opportunity to talk about myself because they represent an example of the way in which technological change affects business. i write about them as people who 1st rode the wave of technological innovation the invention of the industrial sewing machine. allowed traders to sell their stuff to women. but then you had another technological revolution which made her business essentially. then then you had cheap off-the-shelf dresses and clothing particularly for women that weight -- made women's lives change that did not have the time or interest in making their own stuff. suddenly there business ironically enough is coming back now with 3 d printing. as i explained in the book there are some challenges with business models. if everyone has access to the same

a pair of in-depth programs featuring walter isaacson and ronald kessler. on c-span3, a number of stops on c-span's cities tour with locations that include austin, texas, wheeling, west virginia, and more. that starts at 8:00 p.m. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in the student cam competition. it encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create a documentary based on a theme -- the three branches and you -- to demonstrate how a policy, law or action has affected them or their community. tate and cameron are second prize winners. their entry focused on national parks and entrant -- waterways. >> here, seconds from the beaten path lies 45,000 acres of rich and abundant ecosystem. it has remained one of the most desired natural resources in central florida. with all of the attention, the men and women caring for the park on a local level maintain the pristine environment of a state park. it is beautiful. it is fragile. mostly, the river is wi

we are obviously fortunate to have as spend president and ceo walter isaacson here with us today to lead our discussion. walter is a man who wears many hats and wears them all exceptionally well. thank you for your participation and leader. >> thank you for being our partners. secretary pritzker, thank you for being heel. while is skilled don't to important. >> this has been a passion of mine to make sure that we not only develop the work force that businesses need in order to grow and continue to create jobs, but that the work force itself is getting the training training and opportunity it needs to be able to -- our individuals and our country be successful. this is something that's been a passion of mine since we started working together, i think in 2009 on this subject. but it's really important for us to bring the issue of work force development and skills training to the department of commerce because our job is to try and set the conditions for american businesses to thrive, because if american businesses thrive then they will create jobs. and our economy will grow and we will hav

after the walter isaacson book which is big work and it's an important work too.st thought well maybe there's no room for what i know which is a completely é'and that's over a long period of time. >> rose: is it a different man? >>8risç i don't know whether i can call him a different man. >> rose: that you saw then the man walter saw and who cooperated with walter in his book. >> well yes. steve cooperated with him but the story that emerges in walter's book did not always reflect some of the other sides of steves that not everybody gets to see. >> rose: define the relation shoop4÷ you -- relationship you had or lack of access. >> it was a reporter source relationship to begin with. now, we happen to be the same age and products of real similar backgrounds both socio-economically and intellectually. we both have similar hobbies and interests when we were little kids and we actually have very parallel lives and we discovered that fairly early on. that made it use easy to just be kind of simpatico with him. not every time that i interviewed him did i write a story.

we are fortunate to have aspen president and ceo walter isaacson with us to meet our discussion. walter is a man who wears many hats and where's the mall exceptionally well. thank you for your participation and leadership. is my privilege to turn the program over to walter isaacson. >> thank you very much and thank you for treating us as partners. penny pritzker, thank you for being here. why is skills development such a priority for you now? >> as you know for years this has been a passion of mine, to make sure we not only develop the work force businesses need in order to grow and continue to create jobs but the work force itself is getting the training and opportunity it needs to be able, individuals and country to be successful so this is something that has been passion of mine since we started working together in 2009 on this subject. it is important for us to bring the issue of work for steve element and skills training to the department of commerce because our job is to try to set the conditions for american businesses to thrive. if writing they will create jobs and our eco

at 8:00 walter isaacson, author of several books, including einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs kissinger, and the innovators takes viewer questions for three hours. then at 11:00, ronald kessler on his books his life and career, and responds to viewer questions. that all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> here some of

at 8:00 walter isaacson, author of several books, including einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs kissinger, and the innovators takes viewer questions for three hours. then at 11:00, ronald kessler on his books his life and career, and responds to viewer questions. that all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> here some of the featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span2's booktv saturday 10:00 p.m. even would of afterwards, grover nordquist says americans are tired of ther is and is our tax system, and then susan butler on franklin roosevelt and joe stalin and their unexpected partnership behind in the war, and then on c-span3, on lectures in history university of virginia's college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veteranes reunions changed from the reconstruction era to the present and sunday afternoon at 1:00 american history tv is live from the appomattox courthouse come enemiating the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >> up next a report on two decade of academic fraud at the university of north carolina where stu

and a pair of our index interviews, the president and ceo of the aspen institute walter isaacson and ronald kessler, all starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in history tonight on c-span3 making a few stops on the cities tour. starting at 8:00 tonight on american history tv on c-span3. and his story in the hill, and member of the secret service was arrested today by a d.c. policeman and will likely face charges of deception of property. the officer has not been identified, but agency says it was an off duty uniformed division officer assigned to the foreign mission branch, which is responsive offer security at the white house,the vice president's reisidence. the incident comes as the secret service works to fix its repetition after a string of high-profile cases that questions agents' professionalism. you can hear more -- you can read more at hill.com. >> first ladies is now i book, published by public affairs looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history, based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians. learn details of more than 45