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Message that they were trying to send. how did this happen? >> well, i think that people have been looking at 40 years of flat wages. you know, the reality is, you got folks in diners and hair shops and barber shops all over this country who look at their own lives and think, you know, my parents did better than im doing and my kids might not do as well as im doing. thats because wages have been flat for so long. they feel like theres two systems of justice. over there at wells fargo, you had al...

>> sorry to laugh. >> george, we had jesse ventura in minnesota win the governorship. nobody thought he was going to win. im telling you. stranger things have happened. >> the laughter of the elites at keith ellison when he made the most prescient peeves sound in 2015. lets play that same gentleman keith ellison, congressman from minnesota who is up for dnc chair potentially. lets play him on "meet the press" this morning. >> how did this happen? >> well, i think that people have been looking at...

>> well, chuck, let me tell you, ive been talking to a lot of people, people basic organizers of the democratic base level, also members of congress, labor leaders, all types of folks. and im telling you, im going do my good part. i will let my decision be known tomorrow or soon enough. the real question is not what one person is going to do. what are we all going to do? how are we going to pitch in to fix this party to make working america know that the democratic party is absolutely on their s...

Fire. our national security is terrible. i think our economy needs to do a lot better and i dont think the president has brought us in the right direction. i think hes put us on a dangerous path and we need to get on the other path. so, yeah, i think the state of the economy and the state of our foreign affairs is terrible right now and people are really worried about national security. so, no, i dont think were nearly as healthy as we can and should be. >> there has been -- i mean, you know the...

Too difficult and demand to turn our backs and walk away. war on multiple fronts. a government grown unaccountable, out of touch, unconstitutional. persistent poverty, a sluggish economy, flat wages, a skyrocketing debt. but we cannot take on these challenges alone. now more than ever we must work together. all of us are representatives of the people. all people. we have been entrusted by them to lead. and yet, the people we serve they do not feel that we are delivering on the job that they hire...

Here is how i see it. it is our duty to serve the people the way they deserve to be served. it is our duty to make the tough decisions this country needs to get our nation back on track. the challenges we face today are too difficult and demand to turn our backs and walk away. war on multiple fronts. a government grown unaccountable, out of touch, unconstitutional. persistent poverty, a sluggish economy, flat wages, a skyrocketing debt. but we cannot take on these challenges alone. now more than...

Too difficult and too demanding to turn our backs and walk away. global terror, war on multiple fronts, a government grown unaccountable, unconstitutional, out of touch. persistent poverty, a sluggish economy, flat wages, a skyrocketing debt, but we cannot take on these challenges alone. now more than ever we must work together. all of us are representatives of the people. all people. we have been entrusted by them to lead. and yet the people we serve, they do not feel we are delivering on the j...

Unaccountable, unconstitutional, out of touch. persistent poverty, a sluggish economy, flat wages, a skyrocketing debt, but we cannot take on these challenges alone. now more than ever we must work together. all of us are representatives of the people. all people. we have been entrusted by them to lead. and yet the people we serve, they do not feel we are delivering on the job that they hired us to do. we have become the problem. if my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, i want us to become...

The challenges we face today are too difficult and demand to turn our backs and walk away. war on multiple fronts. a government grown unaccountable, out of touch, unconstitutional. persistent poverty, a sluggish economy, flat wages, a skyrocketing debt. but we cannot take on these challenges alone. now more than ever we must work together. all of us are representatives of the people. all people. we have been entrusted by them to lead. and yet, the people we serve they do not feel that we are del...

So ive been watching you and your dad for a long time. putting aside -- i know you want to make the focus international relations. but economic concerns,b obviously, will be a big driver of both the primary and the general election. so can you tell us some of the ideas you might have and what you would do post the obama administration in terms of dealing with flat wages, and generally what you see about the state of the economy and how to address it. particularly will there be any difference bet...