he will also produce the adaptation of walter isaacson's book. >> cool background. decided to name him after the artist when she felt him kick in utero for the first time and stood in front of a da vinci work in florence. >> has nothing to do with him being a leo. >> you mean the zodiac sign. >> yeah. >> no, but he is an artist. >>> there is a big scoop from the indiana state fair. a new world record was set for eating the most ice cream during a competition. miki sudo won by downing 16 1/2 pie pint of of ice cream in six minutes and earned $2,000 and a lot of brain freeze. >> i'm thinking so as well. >> eating comes four-time champion of the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> do you think you could do it? >> no. but i'm happy to try. >> there you go. >>> passengers usually doze off on cross country flights but not this one. >> flight attendants on board a recent southwest flight decided to help everyone pass the time by inviting them to take part in a toilet paper race. ichiro had to carefully unravel rolls from front to the back of the cabin. >> the winning side

reports say dicaprio will also produce the adaptation of walter isaacson's book. >> here's some cool. dicaprio's mother said she decided to name him after the artist when she felt her son kick in utero for the first time. she just happened to be standing in front of a da vinci work in florence. >> has nothing to do with him being a leo. >> you mean the zodiac sign. >> the zodiac sign. >> no, but he is an artist. >> voila. >> so there you go. >>> there is a big scoop from the indiana state fair. a new world record was set for eating the most ice cream during a competition. miki sudo won by downing 16 1/2 pints of ice cream in just 6 minutes. she also, by the way, earned $2,000 and i'm guessing a lot of brain freeze. >> i'm thinking so as well. so now eating comes easy for sudo. she's a four-time champion of the famed nathan's hot dog eating contest, but 6 minutes and 16 1/2 pints of ice cream. >> do you think you could do it? >> no. but i'm happy to try. >> there you go. >>> passengers usually doze off on cross country flights but not this one. >> nope. flight attendants on board a re

walter isaacson will discuss the future of genetics and the power to control evolution in this conversation at the aspen ideas festival. this is about one hour. >> this will be about one of the most moral questions you and your children will face which is to whether or not allow this technology edit a human genome. our guest is the author of "cracking creation." one portly, she is the author of a 20 -- 2012 scientific paper technologyns how the can be used to edit the human genome. now, before we get into it, you can even start now thinking about the implications and what that means. specifically, talking about editing a human germ line which would allow it to be passed on to our children. first, i would like to start a little bit of how you got there. , we had dr.this day who discussed the double helix and dna. among the great things he did, like jennifer, he wrote a book about how he got there. were 12 years old, your dad for that book by your bedside, so let's start with that. >> first, good morning, everyone. it is an honor to be here with you all. was thet story, for me, beginning of m

i am walter isaacson, and you're about to enjoy the most important session

i am walter isaacson, and you're about to enjoy the most important session you will hear at the aspen ideas festival this [laughter] walter: it is about the most important technology that will affect our lives, crisper technology -- crispr technology that will allow the editing of the human genome. it is about the most important moral question you and your children will face, which is to what extent should we allow this technology to edit human genome. with me is the author of "a crack in creation." more importantly she is author of a 2012, scientific paper that is basically explaining how crispr or crisper cas-9 -- crispr test nine, can be used -- cas-9 can be used in the human genome. we will talk about the implication of what that means, especially as we edit the human germline, and allow it to be passed on to our children. but before we get to the ethical implications i thought we should start a little bit with the narrative of how you got there. i think on this stage, some of you remember, we had dr. james watson, and francis crick of the double helix dna, and one of the main thi

. >> benjamin franklin and walter isaacson's biography is a genius hedonist and not all of the founders were absolute saints. what do you see and what is the virtue in america that has been walked away from? >> i don't think it's easy to pinpoint it. i think roughly speaking it started in the 60s basic weight but it's a trickle-down from the 20s and 30s. the leading schools like gail have already turn this corner in the 30s basically. in europe it turned a corner is the result of world war i that they had seen the twin authorities of church and state basically let them down and they had lost lives and they really turned against those authorities in a way. i think the same thing happened with a loss of confidence in authority to begin with. a kind of a cynicism or nihilism or something but i don't think it really reached us until the 60s and the 70s where it really became codified. it became part of the way we functioned. so it's not something you can put your finger on but you do see the media typically tends to be uncomfortably secular even though they are talking to a nation where mos

so benjamin franklin and walter isaacson's biography is a genius hedonist, what is the turn in virtue, has walked away from. >> roughly speaking in the 16s, the trickle-down, already turned the corner in the 30s. europe turns -- in world war i, the twin authorities of church and state. and the same kind of thing as a loss of confidence. and a cynicism and nihilism or something, why -- became codified. the way we function. the media typically tends to be uncomfortable secular, some people, you don't get that kind of free market operating in the media. and in the market, always corrects itself, doesn't do it right away. 70 years of soviet communism before that wall fell down so these things can last a long time, 50 or so years we had this hollywood basically created antiheroes in the 16s. all the films before that, mister smith goes to washington, suddenly they were seen as corny or something like that and it is part of the culture, part of the drinking water, the ivy league where i was at school it is part of the way people begin to see things and that is the club you belong to, how pe

. >> and he -- we basically were on this panel and before us was walter isaacson interviewing jeff immeltas guys. >> and after us was like katie couric maybe interviewing sheryl sandberg. >> seth: great. >> and in between it was chris matthews interviewing us. >> seth: uh-huh. [ light laughter ] >> so very out of order. >> already a bad idea. >> yeah. [ light laughter ] for an ideas festival, a truly bad idea. >> seth: well, there are all kinds of ideas. there are good ones and bad ones. and at a festival you have to celebrate them all. >> you have to show both sides. yeah, exactly. >> seth: so what -- what sort of questions was chris matthews asking? >> oh, man. >> well, first of all they give you questions in advance. like, here's what chris is going to ask. and then of course, immediately, right off the rails. but he -- the first thing, we sat down, he goes, "so colin, tell me this -- colin firth or colin powell?" [ light laughter ] >> that was it. [ laughter ] >> seth: he wanted -- as a colin he wanted you to pick your favorite colin? >> i guess. and those were the two options. i don'

i am walter isaacson, and you're about to enjoy the most important session you will hear at the aspendeas festival this [laughter] walter: it is about the most important technology that will affect oures

let's get to walter isaacson who hopefully could hear and see most of this the ceo of the aspen institute vice chair of the louisiana recovery authority after hurricane katrina, and seems like yesterday, walter, doesn't it but it's been awhile but some similar -- >> actually, it was -- this is the anniversary. >> that's amazing. i didn't realize that. is that true >> absolutely. the 29th of august is burned into my mind >> this, unfortunately, the similarities, some differences, too. what's your -- in watching it play out, walter, what are your thoughts and feelings? >> well, the major difference is, but it's got to remind us, that every storm is different. that's why it's called a hurricane. in new orleans our problem was that the levees broke. not that we had a lot of rain. these were the federal levees built years ago by the corps of engineers. they collapsed so you had walls of water that killed more than 1,800 people this is a different storm. this is an enormous amount of rain the swaurt rising, in many places, not a wall of water killing people but you've got one-third of the natio

i am walter isaacson. this is the essence of what the aspen institute has been and should always be about. and what our nation should be about. the notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. it is under the auspices of the strategy group. a new cochair is condoleezza rice, her first year on the job. [applause] hadley,so have stephen one of the first -- one of the first time that for national security adviser's have been together. ur national security adviser's have been together and h.r. mcmaster will be here tomorrow. susan rice is missing, she will be here in about seven minutes. she is on her way from the airport but just like bob gates last year, somebody who wants to make a dramatic entrance. [laughter] let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, digg barnes, the executive director of the aspen strategy group and an old friend of the institute. have been here many times and joined the board and are cochairing this did the year you first came

he will also produce the film based on a book by best-selling author walter isaacson who writes beautifullynews," bruno mars, you heard me tease it racking up 2 million views on his brand-new video for versace on the floor. whatever does that mean? >> i was singing it downstairs and they were laughing at me. >> you weren't just singing it. >> they gave me the please stop look so i stopped. >> it was the moves with the dance. >> "versace on the floor" starring zendaya released at sunday's teen choice awards which i watched with my daughter where he was honored with the visionary award. not the only reason he's making headlines this morning. he is such a terrific guy in the mid. his 24k magic tour and just announced he and his tour promoter are giving $1 million to their detroit show saturday night. their money to help the folks affected by the flint water crisis, 12 people have died from the lead in the drinking water there. the grammy winner saying i'm thankful to the michigan audience for joining me in supporting this cause. it's important we don't forget our brothers and sisters affected