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Block increasing the minimum wage? >> its bad economics, andrew. >> we dont want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency. >> teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. dont simply feed fish. >> i mean, do these kinds of comments inspire confidence, sister simone? >> well, not for me, reverend. but i think what really needs to be pointed out is that our pope francis, paul ryan and i share the same faith. and pope fra...

>> it reminded me of, you know, feeding vicious animals. it was a particularly creepy experience. >> we found a much quieter and calmer atmosphere when we shot on death row inside the river bend maximum security institution in tennessee. but correctional staff warned our producers appearances can be deceiving. >> as you see here, its real quiet. what that leads to is complacency. that is the worst enemy of a staff person working on death row. >> while most of the inmates here play by the rules, ...

Cultural traits, god knows china had these cultural traits for hundreds of years and until 30 years ago, china had no growth, was a totally dysfunctional country. >> thats a great question. i mean thats not how were using culture in this kind of essentialist way. you know, confusionism in a way. obviously culture in this country, you have the heritage and then you come to america and its suddenly this mish mash, interacting with american society. one of the driving forces of the triple package i...

>> thats a great question. i mean thats not how were using culture in this kind of essentialist way. you know, confusionism in a way. obviously culture in this country, you have the heritage and then you come to america and its suddenly this mishmash, interacting with american society. one of the driving forces of the triple package is insecurity. often the insecurity of being an outsider. you know, that feeling of being an outsider and also being insecure financially, you know, youre the one wi...

How unsettling might that be as the games continue? >> well, its good news, bad new. good news, there hasnt been aattack so far. the day to do itd would have been the opening ceremony. really scare people. it didnt happen. the russians are on top of this. theyre hitting people all over the caucasus. there was one yesterday, a strike against the insurgents. the russians have protected the olympics and i think sochi, looks like its going to be safe. >> are you in agreement with some security analy...

We dont want to turn this safety net into a hammock. >> hammocks and lies of complacency. that was the old paul ryan. the new paul ryan is a one-man pr machine focused on rebranding his party as less possible to the poor. the first part of that strategy involves assailing democratic policies, fist among them obamacare. attack those policies by alleging they are preventing hardworking, lower-income americans from living the american dream. >> these changes, they disproportionately affect low-wage...

I want to say it is good to have you on the show, but this has become a cycle that -- we seem unable to extract ourselves from. i wonder what you think of professor coles advice, that we need better emergency preparedness in the classroom. on one hand, i think that seems reasonable. but on the other side, i think that will further desensitize us to violence. >> i think we need better emergency preparedness. if you ask parents if they want to give their kids a 1% better chance of survival, they p...

They are on the pathway to citizenship but they cant vote. and we have got to do something about it. and they are going to be able to vote within six months after this thing because thats what is -- on the republican side, unfortunately, there is this thinking that there is certain work that people simply wont do that needs to be done. the american people, democrat voters have become conditioned to not working. look at poverty. you brought it up. look at poverty in this country. everybody out of...

Compassion it is that we have just told these people theyre on the pathway to citizenship, but they cant vote. and weve got to do something about that, and theyre going to be able to vote within six months after this thing, because thats what is -- on the republican side, unfortunately, there is this, this thinking that theres certain work that people simply wont do that needs to be done. the american people, democrat voters have become conditioned to not working. take, verty, look at poverty in...

And then he said would you bless me. right then, we knew this was going to be a different kind of papacy. that he was going to move to humility and complacency that none of us have seen in our lifetime. that has proven to be true. christmas, he is going to celebrate that mass and the way he has celebrated everything thus far. remember, two weeks after he was elected pope, we saw him go to that prison outside in rome and knelt down and he washed the feet of two women, which nobody expected becaus...