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Playing. >> psymon: yeah. >> anthony: pc bang sounds like a male porn star. i know. but this one has a smoking lounge and a well-stocked snack bar. energy drinks seem a popular order. but here in seoul, given that theres an entire strata of professional gamers, more substantial food is, from time to time, required. no problem. anything you want, right to your console. >> anthony: i mean, im sure this is an obvious question, but, like, real life, does it have any, uh, attraction? >> psymon: real ...

Five. the bottom half of the top ten includes ronald reagan, bill clinton, george washington, fdr and thomas jefferson. im so happy to be here at the dubliner. i cant believe its been eight years since our first show here, alex. and a lot of the crowd, a lot of familiar faces, are all here. were drinking guinness and getting ready for "morning joe." >> i thought the two folks next to you were drinking beginsguin but they are like, no, thats not us. for other stories making news, well be back w...

Were talking about the world donald trump is facing as he enters office. the fed today raised interest rates, a sign they believe of continuing growth. back with jeffrey lord and robert reich. mr. secretary, the economy seems to be doing well, well enough that the federal reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point today. how does president trump finesse making changes while not making mistakes? >> anderson, he is going to obviously make some mistakes. presidents do make mis...

Real issue is wages and jobs. most people over the last 35 years have not really seen their wages increase, adjusted for inflation. in fact, the bottom half of the american workforce has actually seen their wages drop, adjusted for inflation. and that really, to me, signals that there is an experiment that failed and that experiment is called trickle-down economics. give tax breaks to the rich and you hope that it trickles down to everybody else. well, donald trump has talked a lot about trickle...

Actually getting her voters that shes already targeted out to the polls. those type of comments that donald trump makes, these hyperbole, these lies that hes been saying that politifact says he lies over three quarters of the time, those are going to turn off the people that he needs to bring in. >> republicans lie three to one ratio over democrats, so it is a partisan fact checker -- >> well, donald trump is an exemption. >> there is one candidate in this race that is under federal bureau of in...

Hillary clinton is at the point in the campaign where shes actually getting her voters that shes already targeted out to the polls. those type of comments that donald trump makes, these hyperbole, these lies that hes been saying that politifact says he lies over three quarters of the time, those are going to turn off the people that he needs to bring in. >> first of all academic institutions have studied politifact. republicans lie three to one ratio over democrats, so it is a partisan fact chec...

>> we had been kind of planning for it, sandbagged, all that kind of stuff. we knew, we heard it was coming. w started hearing some rushing water, went down stairs. 3:00 is whenever it got real bad and started shooting up through the drains. so it was kind of a lost cause at that point. pumped in and tried to get as much water out as we could. >> how much water would you say you took in? >> all together, 3 or 4 feet. >> how much did you lose? >> the entire bottom half of my home. there was livin...

Europe has never been as strong or united as ever. that would raise eyebrows in greece. the greeks have watched every comment coming out of greece because of the austerity situation. this may embolden the no vote. and this is the reason why. lets look at the unemployment rate in greece and southern europe. this is where austerity has not worked. the bottom half of europe. unemployment in greece 25%. the german unemployment rate is below 5%. spain at 22%. en and italy at 12%. what does this mean ...

Now? >> at least they are paying -- apparently most of it. >> we think they do. they probably paying majority of the taxes in america. >> i think that a lot of people get blown away by how much money they can have and they will die and they will have all this money and i think theres a lot more important thing in life than money. >> i want there to be incentives for people to aspire to wealth because that helps all of us to prosper. >> aimsly is here with much more. interesting. did you change t...

Income and if you compare to it the bottom half, the bottom 50%, that are earners and making a paycheck, they are earning 12% of the income and only pay 2% of the federal income tax. >> i would like to move tax day to election day. a lot of people are finishing their taxes, sent it in, getting it post marked right now. >> you think people would vote differently? >> i think it would impact electio elections. >> everyone in the country has seen our taxes go up this year. the average person is seei...