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Secretary of state. she will be testing out her themes throughout her book tour. she will see what res theys. im sure her team will do some polling numbers and she will make an announcement as to whether or not she will run or not. i suspect she will run, but its fair game to ask about a candidates help and its fair game to ask about the age. >> i wish you could see zerlinas expressions. right away, fair game? >> sure. i think everyone is in agreement that we can talk about age as an issue, but ...

Ageism, if we were not crippled by these idiocies, can you imagine what our country would be like? how can you answer those questions? can you imagine? >> yes, im brought to weep when i think what my country can be and will be when we develop enough courage to act courageously and with courtesy and respect for each other. just imagine what on earth -- we wouldnt have to say, were the most powerful country in the world. we will be the most powerful country in the world, not because we have might,...

>> well, theres always that talk. theres certainly -- its interesting, it tends to target ruth bader ginsburg, who is 81, not so much stephen breyer. every couple months someone writes a piece saying justice ginsburg, youre old, please step down so obama can fill your seat now before this gets ugly. there is that talk. its generally met, including by myself, with a, hey, she knows what shes doing. dont force her to sit down. it smacks of ageism and sexism. but i think it is certainly the case th...

Those were jones words for his creation, a place where he and his people could practice socialism, live in harmony and answer only to themselves. >> we wanted to have a better world. you know, a better society, one without racism, sexism, ageism, economic equality for people. >> verne gosney joined the church in california about that same time. he and his wife, an interracial couple, were welcome. >> the peoples temple was a rich tapestry of people. they were people who had survived adverse situ...

Those were jones words for his creation, a place where he and his people could practice socialism, live in harmony and answer only to themselves. >> we wanted to have a better world. you know, a better society, one without racism, sexism, ageism, economic equality for people. >> verne gosney joined the church in california about that same time. he and his wife, an interracial couple, were welcome. >> the peoples temple was a rich tapestry of people. they were people who had survived adverse situ...

Demographic, then they will go why arent other people going to see it and so they will include us. thats what i think. >> there is also the question of age, of roles for women over 40. you pointed out this morning that the nominees are -- >> all over 40 with the exception of amy adams, who is 39. for years we have been hearing women say there are no good roles for women over 40. are we entering a new era, in your opinion? >> i think we are. i absolutely think we are. there was a time when you bo...

>> beautiful promised land. >> beautiful promised land. those were jones words for his creation, a place where he and his people could practice socialism, live in harmony and answer only to themselves. >> we wanted to have a better world. you know, a better society, one without racism, sexism, ageism, economic equality for people. >> verne gosney joined the church in california about that same time. he and his wife, an interracial couple, were welcome. >> the peoples temple was a rich tapestry o...

And we hear from so many long-term unemployed workers that, you know, the fact of extended unemployment itself just becomes a distinct obstacle to working again. and it really is all about spurring demand, and at least in the short term what we can do is at least make sure that people who are out of work have a strong safety net to get boy bi. >> we talk about discrimination around questions of race, but theres also kind of ageism and an assumption that you dont want a 50-plus worker. >> enormou...

Until they are 80 aint going to have jobs when they are 77 because theres tremendous ageism in the workplace and thats a big problem. >> a lot of other things. >> if they are working for corporations if they think they are working past early 60s. >> thats a frighteningout look. >> something that gets forgotten in this conversation. we talk a lot about social security funding short falls, people talk a lot about they need to cut it or raise the retirement age. on the other side of that you have a...

And get this, a new poll shows at that were actually fine with it. seven out of ten americans wouldnt mind not getting junk mail on weekends. dagen, help me with this. >> god forbid the post master would be allowed to manage the post office. >> neil: and he had great ideas. >> 16 billion dollars, 2 billion dollars would be saved by ending saturday mail delivery and congress has to step in. and waiting for approval to close some of the rural post offices, deal with the benefits. i think that ther...