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Not do today you have to really transform this seems to be a general consensus among all a few that actually education is fundamental access to opportunity is essential to deal with the problem of inequality. reducing inequality sounds like a big idea and some of the something its very difficult but in fact if you look at it in a very granular form it can be done through equal access equal but you need to high quality education to health care to take action and even financial inclusion and i thi...

Went to the wealthiest 1% of americans, creating a wider inequality gap than we have ever seen before. joining me now to break it down, brendan greely, the new u.s. editor with the "financial times." income inequality is one of the reasons president trump got elected. it is such a gargantuan problem. and he said stand with me, i will solve it. and every day, we see him talk about the record low unemployment numbers. you know, weve got all these open jobs out there. everybodys employed. but theyr...

Columnist for the daily beast and a big fan. christina, the mathematics. >> first of all, im very good at math. im proud to say that and this doesnt add up. legislation is a moral document. we know two things about this president. one, he doesnt read, and two, hes a liar. so we can look at this bill and know for a fact that millions upon millions of americans will be devastated by this. we know that members of congress are enriching themselves and their donors. we know many will take early retir...

America interfering with jury selection for his trial. martin skreli increasing the price of a drug treating hiv patients by 1000%, several jurors excused, they cant be impartial, they know who he is. heather: it turns out it could be possible to raise the minimum wage too much. >> seattle increased, benefited some low-paid workers but many others are seeing their hours cut in their take-home pay being reduced. heather: here are the details of that study. >> reporter: seattles minimum wage ordin...

Growing inequality gap across our developed world, but now, again, huge cheers going up because theyre showing numbers. 65 65 65.5 and 35.5. thats according to the screen behind me. that is what people are cheering. >> at the louvre there in paris. supporters behind her of emmanuel macron. final numbers are macron would win the presidency there. were going to check back with you. let me bring in cnn presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library and david globe and ...

And these polls give you and indication that there is a weakness in the brand or the operation, and perhaps, they can figure out how to make sure to close the gap, but i have to say this about bernie sanders, he has found a sweet spot in the democratic coalition. there is a hunger for someone with the passion, and the kind of the what i believe is the vision that senator sanders has in terms of dealing with the closing the inequality gap, and making sure that our children can get the education t...

Incomes once again rising, how people can feel they have a stake in our country and where we begin to narrow that inequality gap so we have broad-based prosperity that everybody can benefit from. >> to bobs question about bernie sanders, though, he leads here in new hampshire, hes got huge crowds wherever he goes, 20,000 people in boston over the weekend. hes raised a lot of money, almost as much as you did in the third quarter. are you surprised by the rise of bernie sanders? >> oh, no. look, i...

Almost all the new income and wealth is going from the top 1%. people do not like the idea that, as a result of citizens eye nited, our campaign system has become corrupt. >> if you further it out, he says hillary clinton plays better to wall street and the millionaires and billionaires and he doesnt. is that assessment right? >> in iowa its bearing it out. thats why hes within seven points of catching her. when hillary lost in 2008, she came in third. john edwards was running on the notion of t...

Are there lessons we can learn from other countries like brazil to help close the inequality gap. joining me are heather mcghee and jared bernstein and former economic adviser to vice president joe biden. hes now a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities. jared, i want to start with you. we talk about the potential negative consequences of inequality in the u.s., some of which i think are already manifest manifested. in brazil its much clearer, though. how has really dramatic...

People from poor toward middle class. thats gate. i love it. but it doesnt speak to income inequality among the middle class if they arent paying those people enough money and they arent. also -- >> how do you know theyre not? >> steve, you said its obvious -- >> how do you know that. >> guys, let me finish. you said its obvious all we have to do is lower taxes. raising taxes hasnt addressed this problem. ill give you that but we have had tax cuts over these 50 years. >> but hold on there, steve...