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A lot of folks are talking about that. >> we heard applause and he was interrupted during that live streaming. you were in the room. what kind of reaction did he get? >> you had around 3,000 people packed into the room. points people would get up and clap. as people were walking away, i said do you view him as a villain or a hero. 99% of the folks said a hero. these are folks in the tech community and that are particularly worried about privacy and data collection and focused on these solutions....

Russia. lorie segal is live in austin and will be ringside. >> reporter: people are very, excited about this. they are already heading up to the convention center. what he is expected to say, he is supposed to talk about the impact of the surveillance that it has had on the tech community. he is expected to do a bit of a call to arms to the tech people. you need to build out better tools to protect user privacy. this is an audience full of technologists, full of entrepreneurs. congressmen are in...

Support in the past and wouldnt pass a blessed one of them. and infrastructure is the key, the best job driver we have. can we get that done. are we going to start investing money in our own growth? that remains to be seen. i think if were going to do that, it has to be within the grand bargain. and the grand bargain is going to be tough to do. its going to require tax reform. its going to require entitlement reform. and its going to require investment and growth. all three packages together. >>...

Over most of the conversation that lasted approaching three hours was the topic of surveillance. the president and his national security team right now are deciding what recommendations to adopt that theyre being provided from an outside review panel about the surveillance programs in this country, without compromising national security. were told from sources inside the meeting that the president was largely in a listening mode, that he wanted to get a better understanding of what those compani...

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Smorgasbord as christmas. i hope theres a little ham and cheese and some -- >> mac km n cheese. >> the fancy crackers. thank you for talking numbers with us. and coming up, were going to talk income inequality. it might be the defining issue of our time. and one that democrats are increasingly eager to own. were going to discuss president obamas own path toward progressive populism, with one of his former leading policy advisers, neara tannen, joins us when we come back. >> you see, we believe t...

For a long time sherrod brown, a senator from ohio, one of the so-called purple states, who really proved that this is not -- a., not some newfangled idea of economic populism and second, not some idea or message thats destined to fail. someone like sherrod brown could be a great spokesperson for how you can talk about economic liberalism in a way that really appeals to voters throughout the country. >> yeah. and that goes to a lot of those working class voters youre talking about who care deepl...

Will be remembered by the outcome of this health care law. >> do you think more than anything else? >> more than anything else. and our generation will feel the impact of this law for the next two decades. so if we dont get this right, were in big, big trouble. so for us i think now is the time to really dig in and see whether this law is good for us, and if not, how can we make it better, because this is going to impact us one way or the other for a long time to come. >> jake, really quickly, t...

Happy thanksgiving. im carol costello. thanks for spending part of your holiday with me. i appreciate it. i want to take you to new york where one of the most famous thanksgiving traditions is ongoing, the 87th annual macys day parade just kicked off, 16 giant balloons, including favorites like snoopy and spongebob making the 2 1/2 mile trek today. jason carroll is there, well take you there live in a second. in other news if you live in washington, d.c., and recently had your insurance cancel...

35-year-olds need to get into the system so those are the same people watching and trusting jon stewart and latching on to his suspicion of govlt. technology is their native tongue so theyre scratching their heads wondering im unemployed, can i give a couple of pro bono hours to get the glitches cleared. this is a president, kiki snows, her party dominates among silicon valley and the tech community. ask some of those billionaires out in palo alto to help you with the glitches. >> and you wonder...