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But where did you get your ph.d? >> i dont call myself an economist, because i dont have a ph.d. its economists from places like cornell, from places like -- >> but how many economists do you have on staff? thats all -- just answer my question. >> the employment policies institute is actually far more independent than something like the economic policy institute -- >> who you have tried to troll. >> -- well-funded by labor unions and have in-house economists who are doing the work. so you have l...

In economics? >> i was an economist for the bureau of labor statistics and i studied economics at the university of michigan -- >> as an undergraduate. but where did you get your ph.d? >> i dont call myself an economist, because i dont have a ph.d. its economists from places like cornell, from places like -- >> but how many economists do you have on staff? thats all -- just answer my question. >> the employment policies institute is actually far more independent than something like the economic ...

They dont want the minimum wage to be raised, because they dont want to pay the workers more money. this is the way washington works. why pretend theres some independent institute thats churning out position papers. why not be clear about what you guys are up to? >> were not pretending anything. the employment policies institute has been around for 20 years. we are a 5013c nonprofit. >> anyone can do that. >> economists from the university of chicago. heres the thing. the only reason this is a s...

As omar and the wire would say. you guys got a lobbying operation in washington, d.c., you got clients. they dont want the minimum wage to be raised, because they dont want to pay the workers more money. this is the way washington works. why pretend theres some independent institute thats churning out position papers. why not be clear about what you guys are up to? >> were not pretending anything. the employment policies institute has been around for 20 years. we are a 5013c nonprofit. >> anyone...

Obama care after he realized it would save him $13,000. kimberly, an uninsured worker was relieved after she signed up. >> i found out today that i do qualify at my level and so im excited about that. >> reporter: reverend donald morton didnt have insurance before this week. >> i, myself, was not approved for health care because of pre-existing conditions. so while im a pastor, while i have a ph.d, im a regular season. >> joining me now is republican congressman, blake farrenthold from texas. co...

Qualify at my level and so im excited about that. >> reverend donald morton didnt have insurance before this week. >> i, myself, was not approved for health care because of pre-existing conditions. so while im a pastor, while i have a ph.d, im a regular citizen. >> joining me now is republican congressman, blake farrenthold from texas. congressman, i feel like ive lost the plot a little bit with the shutdown. so you want to defund obama care, right? >> listen, weve already given up defunding oba...

Motivated. >> shepard: who wants to go to one of these things anyway? i feel bad for employees. what wants to go to one as those student things, dance around on stage. >> if you look at this video, its hilarious, the worst movie since my uncle howies video of his trip to yugoslavia in 1975. these are accountants trying to act. it makes adam sandler look like sir lawrence olivier. these are accountants. >> shepard: if you were working for them now, its ph.d, piled higher and deeper. what too you ...

Immigrants and amnesty to the u.s. taxpayer. cracking it open to look at the reports conclusions, we see that immigrants are always on welfare, they just take, take, take, take, take. immigrants are low achieving and uneducated and wont contribute to the economy in any way because they have a serious case of the poors. based on those conclusions and math so fuzzy it might as well be television static, the heritage foundation assigned a random number to what would be the cost of immigration refor...

Reese witherspoon movie. you were correct paul rudd is a doctor in the upcoming movie. he is not a veterinarian but an english ph.d and accidently raises his hand on an airplane when they ask if there is a doctor on the plane. he ends up saving jennifer lawrences life and they end updating and marrying but the whole time she thinks he is a medical doctor. >> really. >> yeah. >> is that actually a movie? >> no. >> it is a movie but it is from tennessee with love. >> i thought it was called plane ...

And complete a masters degree, possibly a ph.d in mathematics. meredith: wow. interesting. now, you said youre an actor and a writer. would i have seen you in anything? >> well, i--one of my most recent gigs has been in a series of 1-act plays about cannibalism. it was done last year. meredith: cannibalism? >> yes. meredith: are you the cannibal or-- >> no. i played a tooth fairy turned grim reaper. meredith: oh. wow. that careers just going. >> it was called "this tastes funny." the portion i w...