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Person. the real value that they can bring is they fix something right the first time. frequently they have to go back and repair it because they dont have all the knowledge right there. a factory worker for g.e. making $30 plus per hour, theyre as adept with a welding machine as they are with a computer. thats how you create high value jobs. were getting lost. our productivity hasnt been very good. the way you create high value jobs is you make your workers more productive. the first phase will...

This now, especially after this last year, they think to themselves, this sounds really great, but what happens to that steel worker? what happens to the guy who makes the turbines. are you describing a world in which, you know, software and robotics make these factories much more productive, much more high-tech and many fewer people? >> i think the next phase that we go stlu one with what i would call the smart worker. so in other words, the first phase of the digital industrial is going to mak...

Funding, that is all they took from undergraduate tuition, why do they need the money in the first place. >> the schools get 7 federal dollars, and -- neil: why do they need the federal -- >> and we only gave a lot of money to our students with financial problems and i said that is not the issue. what if im in the middle of the country and putting -- and pockets are so deep, they are to be paying more of their fair share rather than living off the largess of the federal government. neil: what do...

Business. >> and they assume if there are jobs kept in this country, these will be high paying jobs. the mega companies could stand to bring in profit. that does mottth not mean the american factory worker. >> thats what happened with carriers. auto workers are a consideration. they make $50, $6 upwards an hour. >> and its a different world in 2009 when that auto bailout was led by the obama administration saved that industry. >> they have come back quite strongly from that. zets see are the ame...

Trump far more than they came out and voted for hillary clinton. what he did today i think breaks with the norms of what the punditry class expects of him. but i think the factory worker in michigan looks at the speech donald trump gave yesterday and they dont care about the poetic prose that was in there or not in there. i dont think they mind that today he called o out the media at the cia. he did, in fact, praise the cia and say, i have immense respect for the intelligence community. i think ...

In his tone. >> look, the reason donald trump is president is because, and that speech was a reflection of why his president. i disagree with mary on this, and that the people out there feel look at the biggest complaint that most american borders have across the board whether or not you are a blue-collar factory worker or you are an middle-class white collar worker, they feel as though washington has not been working on their behalf. that had been left out of the economy, and this wealthy, elit...

Hes going to change. and thats what he said during the election. were going to change things in washington. the big question is how. >> that call to action what i heard, now is the time of action. criticized all talk no action politicians. he said im going to do the job for you. and that just came through. that may be what his voters will hear. frankly it may be that hard charging attitude that people need to hear and washington. >> thats certainly what the primary voters who put him as a republ...

Privilege but just got laid off from his job. and that factory worker has to understand i want my child to come home after stopped by the police. all together. >> you said democratic party, and i assume all human beings. party didnt do it well this election. criticism of hillary clinton is she was playing to different groups and didnt work. >> but i think missing what the speech was about tonight. wasnt about yesterday but about tomorrow. we can rehash how we lost in scranton, how we lost in mil...

The president talked about this level of empathy which i thought was amazing. what barack obama did tonight was say that as a young african-american male, i had to step out of my skin and understand what it is like for a factory worker, who although he had a white level of privilege, actually just got laid off from his job. and that person has to understand what it feels like to be stopped coming home from work, by the police -- >> you said talking about the democratic party, the democratic part...

Fact if youre a minority, you also have to think about the middle aged white man who from the outside seems to have advantage. >> and democratic party not done a good job and lost those voters. >> but its a false choice. most who want to see the democratic party in this country move forward understand its a false choice. dont have to be a group of people that looks to say we need to address flyover country or white rural america or the issues of the hispanic community or other minority communiti...