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Of its international allies put in place, we set up an incentive structure that were awarded the most corrupt and again i beg to differ with you tommy, a lot of us, its not in hindsight, a lot of us had been talking about pakistan and corruption for years. that inter -- >> theres nothing we couldve done about it, or else they wouldve done it. >> sorry? >> i think what was lacking for the solutions. its not that there werent any ideas -- >> im sorry tommy, the number of plans the, number of extre...

That he has like been too liberal and so i just wonder what incentive structure it creates for republican politicians when you see someone like allen west primarying abbott from the right. what it means for how hes going to conduct the governance of texas going forward? >> well, the incentive structure is that if youre running for office, it gives you a way to raise money, it gives you attention, it gives you prominence so there are lots of incentives for running for office. in some ways allen w...

I dont think that from the perspective of the median voter that he has like been too liberal and so i just wonder what incentive structure it creates for republican politicians when you see someone like allen west primarying abbott from the right. what it means for how hes going to conduct the governance of texas going forward? >> well, the incentive structure is that if youre running for office, it gives you a way to raise money, it gives you attention, it gives you prominence so there are lots...

Accounts, and you know, the facts are obviously inverted. the attempted coup was on the other side. but how do you rewire something so detached from reality so that it doesnt represent a threat? >> well, i think theres got to be consequences, nicole, and if anything, what we are seeing now is some sort of consequence in the information space. quite frankly, twitter is a very different universe without the president in it, and you can really feel the air kind of come out of some of the violent rh...

To the united states/mexico border. do not come. do not come. >> you -- criticism of that. i guess just to give sort of defense of it and get your reaction to it, right? the thing that people in the administration would say or others is that, look, it really is a very dangerous journey. it could be awful for the people that undertake it, and you want to kind of not create incentive structure that creates more traffic in these corridors that can be so dangerous. whats your problem with her phasin...

Your personal beliefs, but this country has worked because that transcends all of those pre-existing tribalism that we will get back into. the second thing, there is an incentive structure to be mad about nothing at "the new york times." the business model to find hate where it doesnt exist and ignore it where it does. i want to get back to a place where we can agree that flying the american flag is generally acceptable. if someone is not doing that to protect a racial stereotype. >> what is it ...

Shes -- look at her fund raising numbers. look at her fund raising numbers. >> listen, listen, there is clear evidence, and she is the current poster child for it, that the incentive structures for getting money in politics are all wrong. you want to go out and work hard and become a policy expert, pass a bill, get bipartisan support and do your job, theres no incentive. the incentive is in generating the outrage that she is generating. look at her, she doubled down on all of this and im sure so...

To get roasted. which is probably true. >> the incentive structure has changed. 20 years ago, 30 years ago, there was an incentive to stand by somebody from the other party and say we have bipartisan legislation together. you wanted the appearance of it. you would be rewarded for that. today, it would be a punishment. that has changed the structure. you cannot drift from your party without penalty. >> dont think that is absolutely true in the house. i dont think we know yet how this is going to ...

The fact that we had the el paso massacre that was connected to reiterating what the president -- >> political rhetoric. >> the synagogue. the shootings of the synagogues. the fact that -- >> lets not forget the congressional republican. >> right. and even sadly, though, the -- you know, the 11 pipe bombs that our politicians and members of the press received. all triggered disproportionately by -- >> all happened within the last 15 months by the way. >> exactly. so its just that its escalating ...

All allegations in a new investigation into corruption in south sudan. fronted by one of the most famous faces in the world and his partner in activism. >> what we realized was we need to start -- we may not be able to shame war criminals, but we can shame people that live 15 miles from here in a beautiful home. so part of what we wanted to do was we wanted to make it really uncomfortable for the people who were profiting off of atrocities and get to put on a suit and go to a nice restaurant. th...