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>> juan: let me get this straight. is this to be considered and unkind contribution question might guess what, sondra, the anti-wall street crowd thinks this is going to boost elizabeth warren. its going to boost bernie sanders. we can discuss that later. just the politics of it. politically, most americans think the rich should be taxed more in this country, especially the uber rich then elizabeth warren is talking about. >> who wants to double the wealth tax? >> juan: this is not an income tax...

The numbers show that wage growth has been running 3.4 to 3.6% for them. a little bit under 3% for the so-called uber rich. im not saying that that shows theres not a chasm there, but chasms have existed going back decades. i find when they play fast and loose with that, you think wait a minute. this is distorted. theyre not getting any wage increases. thats a lie. >> that is a lie. weve seen slow and steady wage growths at least a decade now. one thing that is growing, income and equality. the ...

Its the force of the human spirit. >> hes an extraordinary man, and we invite you to all watch "headliners: john lewis" with joy reid tonight at 9:00 on msnbc. following that at 10:00 eastern, "hope & fury: mlk, the movement and the media." it explores how social movements and the media have influenced each other from the civil rights movement through today. a new poll shows alexandria ocasio-cortezs proposed 70% tax on the uber rich is just as popular as president trumps tax cuts were, but wh...

Come up to me with tears in their eyes and fear in their hearts they dont know whether they may be able to finish their degree, they dont know whether they will have to leave their siblings and go to another country, their families. they dont know. a country they dont know. if we are willing to spend $1.5 trillion on a tax cut for big corporations and for the uber rich, i think $18 billion for a useless wall is worth it to keep these d.r.e.a.m.ers here and to let them follow their dreams. >> you...

File this one under "did not see this one coming." governor mitt romney telling that former secretary of state hillary clinton encouraged him to take the secretary of state job under president trump. romney admitting he was just as shocked as all of us that he was being considered. back with me, kevin, francesca and josh. josh, did you see this one coming? >> this so captures the total 180 the democrats have done on mitt romney since he ran against obama and they caricatured him as this callous,...

On the head by saying, when youre dealing with the average american, working and struggling, and paying more taxes than those making 10 and 20 times more than they make, is it fair to them? >> i think youre absolute lit right, what is happening right now is between the buffet plan and ryan plan is how they see two worlds. president obama says im making a lot more money than the average american, tax me more. mitt rom any is saying im uber rich, tax me less and lets tack the poor so i can get off...

the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. meanwhi meanwhile, the specter of default comes ever closer. frankly, its the tone of these debates that has a lot of people scared and this is a guy whos scaring a lot of folks tonight. congressman joe walsh, republican from illinois, a freshman backed by the tea party. hes been known to say blunt things when criticizing president obama. these comments might just take the cake. i want to show you a video congressman walsh shot and posted to his ...

Robert. amped. there were 350 workers. it went bankrupt, went out of business. sometimes you and i know its inevitable. sometimes private equity fails. the workers lost their jobs. but the investors took $100 million out. the workers also lost most of their pension and retiree health care benefits. did anybody think to ask the investors, hey, guys, lets take $80 million out in profit. thats a thighs profit. and lets leave $20 million so these workers can have their pensions, or at least a substa...

>> not unless i tell it to. and by the way, it can kill you. >> it is a collection of alien forces on his head. >> is mitt in a way out of touch with billionaires because the wager was too small for them? >> exactly. he is apeasing neither the poor nor the uber rich, like julie. i will take away from this, like a man takes things away, i want to strike from the record the phrase "career politician." nobody cares about that anymore. stop using it. perry laughs like a herky jerky animal, very w. h...