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Back in 1964, we looked it up, a pew study, 76% of the american people believed that most of the time almost always the federal government did the right thing. now its down to less than 20%. the trust question. the commitments you made before the rollout with health care. what is it? its a serial decline, mr. president. it keeps going down. whats going to stop it, arrest that decline? of you being honest, anybody whos president, theres skepticism out there. >> the cynicism and skepticism is deep...

During the primary season that that inhibits a lot of cooperation that is there. and i actually think theres a bunch of republican who is want to get stuff done. theyve got to be embarrassed. the truth of the matter is theyve now been in charge of the house of representatives, one branch -- or one chamber in one branch of government for a couple of years now. they just dont have a lot to show for it. >> lets talk about the executive branch which you control. back in 1964, we looked it up, a pew ...

Representatives, one branch of -- or one chamber and one branch of government, for a couple years now. and they just dont have a lot to show for it. >> lets talk about the executive branch, which you control. the -- back in 1964, we looked it up you. pew study. 76% of the american people believed that most of the time, almost always, the federal government did the right thing. now its down to less than 20%. the trust question. the commitments you made before the rollout with health care. what is...

Do you agree with that analysis, victoria? >> you know, thomas, i think all of this talk about hillary might be a moot point come 2016. right now she is the candidate to beat. but we dont know what the mood of the american public is going to be in the next three years. a lot of that is going to depend on how we view the trust in government. its near an all-time low. the pew study showed only 19% of us believe that washington is doing the right thing. so if we come to that spot and americans want...

Thats one of the reasons why we saw the unemployment rate fall. the truth is that the economy is not growing fast enough to add jobs to absorb all the people that are out of work. we need to see the economy expand by 3 or 4%, and at best now were doing between 1 and 2%. a lot of people have just given up. >> i understand another problem with this and prior jobs reports is the quality of jobs created. >> yeah, part-time workers are all-time high. in fact, last month we added more part-time worker...

The pew study found one of those reason, not enough jobs out there. >> steve: just another phony scandal. meanwhile, the weekend is here and that means many of us are going to head to the movies. what should we see and what should we skip? >> ainsley: kevin mccarthy joins with us a weekend movie review. hey, kevin. >> good morning. how are you guys? >> ainsley: great. what do you recommend? >> first off, this is a new movie with denzel washington and mark walberg. its a cool concept, theyre both...

>> youre seeing i think, systemically, larger than the political stories we follow every day, something going terribly wrong in american society and its hurting our children. >> lou, im so used to liberals telling conservatives that theyre anti-science, but i mean, this is liberals who defend this and say its not a bad thing are very anti-science when you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society and other animals. the male typically is the dominant ...

You think? >> youre seeing i think, systemically, larger than the political stories we follow every day, something going terribly wrong in american society and its hurting our children. >> lou, im so used to liberals telling conservatives that theyre anti-science, but i mean, this is liberals who defend this and say its not a bad thing are very anti-science when you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society and other animals. the male typically is th...

Not only because it is a beautiful day here in chicago, but also because people now are coming together, not only to make new commitments but talking about the work that they already have done together across the private sector and public sector. theres nothing thats more invigorating than real fro progress. i know you saw some of that in baltimore. >> baltimore was incredible. and actually really emotional. well be playing the interview where i spoke to your dad, president clinton, about that p...

If you have a single mother, as the head of your household, she is making $23,000 a year. which is not a lot of money. married heads of household, women who are part after married couple, making $80,000. to say that life is difficult for single mothers in this country is a vast understatement. my question to you, is what do we do to make life better for single women? >> i read that same study and i think that finding the right answer to that question not only can ensure that life is better for t...