so they re not paying bank fees and a lot in health, new vaccines. so we re by far the biggest funder on malaria, coming up with new bed nets, new drugs. ..a vaccine, a way of killing mosquitoes. yeah, but if you think about this in terms of ethics, are you driven in your philanthropy mostly by excitement, by the potential outcome, or does it come from some deep psychological motive, you know, guilt, a feeling that you should live a life that s purposeful, a feeling that, you know, you genuinelyjust don t know what to do with this cash? i not only want to put the money in, but i want to put my time in and assemble people so we can learn, you know, what health systems work, which ones don t. i, you know, find the work very fulfilling. i get to learn new things. get to go to interesting places. yeah. there s no sacrifice involved. it s. well, it s quite a lot of financial sacrifice! sure, but i don t have any use for that money. i mean, i m not denying myself, you know, the wor
Chuckles. the question is, are you frugal? um, you know, i don t have a gigantic closet. i don t, you know, wearjewellery. you make me feel very self conscious. but most of this is fake. like when i m unwrapping a present, i don t take the wrapping and, you know, fold it up and use it again. you know, if i use a paper bag, i my grandmother never threw a paper bag in her life or any string on a package, so, by her standards, i m crazy. i just take the bag and i put it in the garbage. in 1994, you were asked by the new yorker if you worried that wealth would corrupt you. and you said something very interesting. you said, absolutely. hey, being in the spot. hey, being in the spot. this is me doing my bill gates impression. you said absolutely. hey, being in the spotlight is a corrupting thing. being successful is a corrupting thing. having lots of money is a corrupting thing. these are very dangerous things to be guarded
To this federal housing agency. freddie mac. as mr. gingrich has had his recent upward thrust in the polls, pretty much every day has started with a new revelation about how exactly newt gingrich makes all of his money. the freddie mac thing that is referenced here, by the redirected explorenewt2012, the freddie mac thing came to light last week when asked at the cnbc debate about having taken $300,000 from the federal housing agency freddie mac. mr. gingrich previously criticized freddie mac as being responsible for the financial meltdown. he described it as essentially a corrupting thing. he piously demanded politicians who got money from freddie mac should be forced to give that money back. so newt, himself, taking 300 grand from them was kind of a scandal. kind of a do as i say, not as i do hypocrisy moment. and also an interesting window into how he makes his money. since then, it s emerged that it wasn t actually $300,000 that newt gingrich got from freddie mac, it was more like
good evening. dramatic testimony on day two of the conrad murray trial. michael jackson s personal assistant testified that michael s speech was noticeably slower after regular visits to the office of dr. arnold kline, an executive with the company promoting his comeback concerts described a slight slur in his words, in jackson s speech after a visit to dr. klein. defense lawyers contend he gave the pop star demerol during those visits. a lawyer hired by aag said dr. conrad murray asked for a cpr machine and to bring in a second doctor to help him care for jackson. i want to talk to ted rowlands, who was in court all day today. ted, another day of twists and turns and claim and counterclaim. the most dramatic testimony, i suspect, is going to hinge around these revelations about dr. arnold kline. tell me about this. what exactly came out today? well, every witness, starting with the opening statements, piers, but every witness so far that s taken the stand except for one la
good evening. dramatic testimony on day two of the conrad murray trial. michael jackson s personal assistant testified that michael s speech was noticeably slower after regular visits to the office of dr. arnold kline, an executive with the company promoting his comeback concerts described a slight slur in his words and jackson s speech after a visit to dr. kline. defense lawyers contend he gave the pop star demerol during those visits. a lawyer hired by aag said dr. conrad murray asked for a cpr machine and to bring in a second doctor. ted, another day of twists and turns and claim and counterclaim. the most dramatic testimony, i suspect, is going to hinge around these revelations about dr. arnold kline. tell me about this. what exactly came out today? well, every witness, starting with the opening statements, piers, but every witness so far that s taken the stand except for one lawyer, the defense has gotten kline out there and today they really struck from their standpoi