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Downtown manhattan to talk about it all with ibm chairman, president and ceo, ginni rometty, who is also a multi-talented brilliance. ibm is one of the world's largest companies with a market cap over $140 billion. welcome ginni rometty. >> thank you. nice to be here with you again. >> explain to us the road to watson. how did we get here what is happening in technology that led to this? >> this is a great question. and it speaks a lot to what i think everyone is experiencing around the world. either personally or in a business. there have been three big ticket trends, i think shaping are live...

And at last part might have been the giveaway. i'm not talking about a person but a machine. meet watson which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning in extraordinary ways. that list of watson's accomplishments actually scares many who worry that computers are powerful enough to do almost any human job. i went to downtown manhattan to talk about with ibm's chairman and president and ceo who is also a multitalented brilliance. ibm is one of the world's largest companies with a market cap over $140 billion. welcome. >> thank you. nice to be here with you again. >> explain to us the ro...

>> we are going to the first floor. >> yes. the number will rise from the current number 36 million globally to 1150 million alzheimer's patients around the globe. >> you are doing more for alzheimer's disease and so inspiring. >> last year we spent $140 billion on alzheimer's patients. and by the time all of the baby boomers are retired it is 15 or $16 million which is raising up the total cost to $6 # 00 billion which is the same as the defense budget this year. >> the more the public is aware and it is a decision that we have to make, the better off and the more healthier america is o going...

>> first, this is going to be a huge battle. you set up it correctly. it is the most extensive change climate change proposal in history, and just to give you an idea of how much interest there is in this the epa, which regularly gets comments on a whole range of environmental issues, has gotten more than ever in history by far. 4 million plus comments and counting. you saw what this is about. it's a definitive change. it's also about the president's legacy, as you said. he sees this as a moral issue. and it is setting up for the big paris summit in december when he hopes to push countries aro...

Up a lot. but the focus for now seems to be secure this deal with iran it's the best thing on the table. i know you were among those talking to john kerry today, secretary of state who was arguing that it's unrealistic, and if you think there's an al anyive to this it's a unicorn fantasy. i think those are his words. but do you think that the administration will get its way on this and that this deal will go through, despite the majority of congress's opposition there's not a veto-proof majority there to override what the president would do. >> well there's definitely not a majority who would ...