the more of it that walter isaacson got to see, the more he learned. what was his house like? >> isaacson: his house in palo alto is a house on a normal street with a normal sidewalk-- no big winding driveway, no big security fences. >> kroft: could you drive in the driveway? >> isaacson: you could walk into the garden in the back gate, and open the back door to the kitchen, which used to not be locked. it was a normal family home. and he said, "i wanted to live in a normal place where the kids could walk, the kids could go over to other people's houses. and i did not want to live that nutso lavish lifestyle that so many people do when they get rich." >> kroft: there was no live-in help and no entourage. he was worth $7 billion, but not materialistic. and he told isaacson in a taped interview that he had learned early on what money could do to people. >> jobs: i saw a lot of other people at apple, and especially after we went public, how it changed them. and a lot of people thought they had to start "being rich," so they... i mean, a few people went out and bought rolls-royces

joining me author of the new steve jobs biography, walter isaacson. former democratic governor of michigan and the host of current tv's "the war room" with jennifer granholm. jennifer granholm herself. nbc news special correspondent and author of the new book, "the time of our lives," tom brokaw. and republican strategist and columnist for "time" magazine, mike murphy. welcome to all of you. a lot to get to here. tom brokaw, let's talk about president obama. here he stands, in the middle of all of this turmoil, and we look at his approval and his disapproval now, and even split, 46% both ways. you heard david plouffe, really, i thought, in a more detailed way lay out what the plan of attack is here. >> i think he's beginning to find his voice. for the last nine months or so we have not known which president obama would show up from week to week. now, they seem to be on track to, what the campaign strategy is going to be. they think that they've found some soft spots and i suspect that in the white house, there was a great deal of relief when they had

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my ofen institute as well as a new book "st jobse back to program walter isaacson. sir -- [cheers and applause] you again. >> thank great to be back here. >> jon: the bo "stevejobs" how difficult is it? you are writing a biography for someone that you know ill -- >> yes. >> jon: and would like this to be on the rec but howou remine really hard. when i last talked or so died. he said i'll read it in a year or so.ant to read comes out because it will annoy me. he has a of thinking. around a year and he will biteind. i got emotionally, more than you normally do as a journalist involved in this. >> jon: you talk about the book and people interviewed about his reality distortion. >> totally. >> jon: that he creates this of you can -- he convinces hitherself and o t that thing nothink were possible. >> he you can do. this you can code called it reality distortion. this is in the doing the first mac. the ode thing about stevended upping being peopl to insanely great things simply by making them believe they the impossible. >> jon: a really interesting thing in the book iss

tonight so much anticipated biography of steve jobs by walter isaacson. we talked to walter isaacson. >> he saw himself in the tradition of hewlett and packered and other founders of companies and the question is can you make a really great product or great profit, it's can you make a company that will last. and he said his most important historic creation is probably creating a company i think a generation two generations from now will still be at the intersection of technology. >> charlie: walter isaacson on steve jobs for the hour. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: walter isaacson is here, he's a ceo and author on biographiesf albert einstein and henry kissinger. steve jobs asked isaacson to write his biography. two years ago he began the product. he conducted over 40 interviews and spoke withundreds of friends, family, colleagues and competitors. the cofounder of apple later told isaacson he wanted the book written because he wanted his children to know him. steve jobs died

. >> and in the spotlight tonight, the release today of walter isaacson's biography on steve jobs has given us insight into the visionary who helped transform the way we live today. the book tells the now familiar story of how the apple computer company was founded by steve jobs and steve wozniak and began production in steve jobs' parents garage. in palo alto, california. it was the introduction of the apple ii in the history of personal computing. more than any other machine, apple ii launched the personal computer industry. wozniak deserves the historic credit of its awe-inspiring circuit board and related operating software which was one of the era's great feats of solo invention. but jobs was the one who integrated wozniak's boards into a friendly package from the power supply to the sleek case. he created the company that sprang up around wozniak's machines. woz designed a great machine, but it would be sitting in hobby shops today were it not for steve jobs. however, most considered apple ii to be steve jobs creation. joining me right now is steve wozniak. thank you for joining

walter isaacson will be our guest. he is an author of new biography of steve jobs which like all things apple you can get a year from now and it will weigh half as much as it weighs now and it will cost 30% less. [ laughter ] the guest introdtion jokes, really? [ laughter ] half the time i should be like (bleep) there's no guest. [ laughter ] let's begin tonight with the republican party and another installment of indecision 2012 the greatight hope. we mentioned rick perry's intrier in "parade" the magazine -- there you go. [ laughter ] "parade" maga scene, the maga scene most people mistake for coupons. [ laughter ] doesn't he look like he is undressing himself with his eyes? doesn't it look like he's looking in the mirror going, "yeah i'd (bleep) me." he get in trouble for implying he was not 100% sure that barack obama's birth certificate was authentic. he explained what he meantth i'm not worried about the president's birth certificate. it's fun to poke at him saying let's see your grades and your birth certificate

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apple's steve jobs worked with author walter isaacson on his life story. we were able to buy a copy and tonight we have an early and often poignant look into the world of a brilliant man who changed the world we live in. [ applause ] >> reporter: every time he took the stage in that trademark turtleneck, the world expected another innovation. >> today, apple is going to reinvent the phone. >> reporter: steve jobs was a pioneer on the cutting edge of technology, but the new biography raises questions about why he waited so long to take advantage of cutting edge science to help himself. in 2003 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. two years later he told graduates at stanford university he had beaten it. >> it turned out to be a rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. i had the surgery and thankfully i'm fine now. >> reporter: but author walter isaacson tells "60 minutes" in an interview to be broadcast this sunday that jobs initially resisted the surgery doctors were recommending. >> he tries to treat it with diet, goes to a spiritu

last night, author walter isaacson spoke to "60 minutes" steve kroft >> he started to search for his mother and found joanne schieble. did she know the son she gave up is steve jobs? >> no. but she says to him. there is one thing i have to tell you, you have a sister. and the sister i raised, we did not put up for adoption and i must tell her, because i've never told her this. the sister turns out to be mona simpson, the novelist. and mona simpson and steve jobs totally bond. separated as birth, as they say. then they go on a quest, a journey to find the birth father, especially mona wants to find what she calls "the lost father." >> reporter: eventually, they locate abdulfattah "john" jandali. a syrian american with a ph.d. in political science who is managing a restaurant in sacramento. but jobs tells isaacson on tape he decides to let mona go meet him alone. >> when i was looking for my biological mother, obviously, you know, i was looking for my biological father at the same time. and i learned a little bit about him and i didn't like what i learned. and i asked her to not tell h

. >> we will hear more from walter isaacson "early" this monday morning, october 24th, 2011. bhg . >>> a beautiful sunrise on this monday morning. welcome to "the early show" on this monday. i'm chris wragge. >> and i'm erica hill. we're happy you're back. glad on your the mend here after you battling an illness. >> i missed you. >>> we begin with the economy and new attack on a huge problem. millions of people, up to a million people whose mortgages are worth more than their homes right now. >> so many people can relate to that to being under water. this morning, president obama is unveiling a new plan to help some of those people refinance and cut their mortgage bills. norah o'donnell joins us this morning with the details. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: the president's jobs billed is stalled in congress. today, president obama is going to begin a series of executive branch actions in order to help jump-start the economy. first up, housing. guess what? the president is on the west coast today. he is going to be in las vegas which, of course, is the heart

listen to what he told his biographer walter isaacson who then told cbs' "60 minutes." >> definitely you taking lsd is one of the most important things in my life. not the most important but right up there. >> joining me now, "new york times" bits blogger, nick builten, one of the fortunate few who got an advanced copy of this 630-page biography. nick, i have a bunch of questions. what i found pretty fascinating off the top here is the reason why steve jobs never actually you put an on/off switch on any of his apple products. explain that for us. >> there's a moment at the end of the book, i don't want to give away the ending, but there's a moment where steve jobs is talking with walter isaacson, talking about if he believes in religion and in an afterlife and all of these things. jobs says he has a 50/50 view on it, he partially believes there's an afterlife or something happens after and partially believe it's not. i think he's actually kind of joking around but partly serious. he says, you know, maybe that's why i didn't put an on/off switch on my computer because i don't know wha

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of his new please welcome back to the program walter isaacson. [cheers and applause] nice to see you> thank you. back here. jon: "steve jobs" how difficult is it? you are writing a biography for someone that you is >> yes. >> jon: and would like this to be on the record remine objective? >> it's really hard. i was hoping when i last talked to him aor so before he said i'll read it in a year or so. he said i don't wantad comes out because it will annoy me. he has a magical thinking. oh gre around a year and he will bite i got emotionally, more than you normally do as a journalist involved in this. >> jon: you talk about the book and people interviewed about his reality distortion. >> totally. >> jon: that he creates this aura of you can -- he convinces himself and otherey can a things that they think were>> he basically tells do.ou can code this in days, not fourthey called it reality doing the first mac.ode thing wo right. to do insanel things simply by making them believe they could d thee. >> jon: a rlly interesting is >> he is awesomelyprise t