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Welcome back to "the messy truth." im van jones. i stick up for the underdogs in red states and bhu states. thats just me. a few episodes i went to west virginia and met with coal miner whos voted for donald trump. but whoopi goldberg acknowledged these are some good, good people. and these good people are about to get a very bad deal. i want to give you history here. 70 years ago, an americas government made a promise to our coal miners. they said heres what you do, you go down in those holes. ...

Integaiting with all of us. >> one thing is fresh out of our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, congresswoman, is the fact that there is a sentiment uniting a fractured nation about the establishment in washington, d.c., fully 86% of those surveyed say they believe a small group in d.c. has reamed the rewards of government while the people have born the cost. 88% of republicans, 85% for democrats. for those democrats, whats your missage to those who feel left behind? >> im somebody that for tw...

Voice in the past but my uaw worker, steam ters yesterday, my meeting with them yesterday, theyre scared to death about their pensions. we have to make sure they know were fighting for them, and we have to fight for them. >> i know that obamacare is certainly a huge topic for people around the country. republican elected leaders have been facing some angry town hall feedback, but there have also been i.c.e. raids going on. i want your opinion because last week at least seven people were arrested...

Do need to be done, but youre talking 5 or 10 billion out of 120 billion. thats the only way you reduce spending is reducing the scope of what the government does. david: mark, i grew up in washington d.c. and i used to walk through some of the big departments and see people pushing paper from here to there. so much of the money goes to the bureaucracy. that doesnt help taxpayers, does it? >> it certainly doesnt, david. but i think that trump should, i realize congress passes the budget, not the...

Huge hillary clinton supporter either. i feel that government in general has gotten a very bad name. im not going to defend the government of the past 20, 30 years. but i think government as an idea, as a benign force that can actually work for the good of people to provide some basic degree of comfort -- >> neil: maybe that will surprise you. what im saying -- i hear what youre saying. he did say he wasnt going to put a lot of these -- he rallied against the fat cats of wall street that are in ...

Is fulfilling his campaign promises. at a minimum, its a distraction and betraying his own voters. >> neil: do you think in raising those issues it would be fair to raise some of the issues i raised and that if youre doing to make a big deal about mulvaney coming in, you should point out as well that hes called for cutting the defense department budgets that a lot of liberals support. could you balance it out with that? >> i think its ironic that you reported to wall street numbers climbing. the...

Financial institutions. i voted against those when i joined the congress. but we had as a result an incredible financial meltdown that stole trillions of dollars from the american people, hard working american people, peoples houses were lost, pensions were jeopardized -- >> and he says he wasnt trying to take advantage of people suffering from the crisis. >> what i fear and what americans fear is that with this announced effort to now roll back the very safe guards we put in place after that fi...

Nominee withdrew in what some dubbed nanny gate. a republican source told cnn last month he voiced second thoughts about his nomination because all of the criticism that he would be facing from democrats, labor unions and other liberal groups. he pushed back against those reports, tweeting, i am looking forward to my hearing. and, jake, once again, that hearing now scheduled for february 16th. now that he has all his paperwork in. >> all right, great, jason carol, thank you so much. joining me t...

Comments, carl? >> theyre afraid to say what they really think. they think theres a possibility their disagreements with the trump agenda could get them fired and maybe even lose their pensions, that sort of thing. some of them are going semi underground using apps on their personal cell phones that they can encrypt their comments, whether its instant messages, calls or e-mails and creating new e-mail accounts and not using the workplace communications for their dissent. >> these employees, as a...

For the wider world. thats something that is tragic to see thrown away. >> thank you so much for your time. >> thank you very much. >> were following breaking news on capitol hill, the senate health, labor and pensions committee just voted to approve president trumps nominee for education, 12 yeas, 11 nays, with democrats rejecting the billionaire leader. and up next, the important voices in d.c. who have been silent on the ban. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where its a bit more dramatic...