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You dont take your own medicine. >> we negotiate every day in every sector of the american economy. >> all right. >> and we go back and forth, up and down. >> okay. >> we press for a better life. >> but you also press for jobs. you press to protect their jobs. you -- like the good union guy -- >> hear me out. >> you want to protect their jobs. >> thats right. hear me out. what is wrong with this economy and wrong with the european economy, is the destruction of $50 trillion -- >> dont go with th...

But go ahead. >> charlie, thats not new news. thats exactly what i was going to say. i think they have gotten the point. i think that part is obvious. >> well, thats why hes so mad. >> well, first of all, obviously the president is flattering fox news by mentioning fox news. but you know what he really cant win if he doesnt have this sort of playful exchange and take jabs people are going to say, why cant you be a regular guy? at the same sometime the president should be taking the high road. >>...

Dues. and it fills the coffers so they can donate to democratic causes. >> and push people -- >> are you going to mention that my dad was in the union? >> really? what do you make of this? i have no problem with that policy. but i just think you have to own it. >> but they are doing something really good here. i think they should be co commended. the guy learning the craft is -- why are you suggesting they are not? >> because seeing how they are pushing the fast food workers to demand -- i under...

Theyre making a bad situation worse. its unfortunate for these workers. walmart is giving them a decent severance package. theyll get first dibs at other stores. there is more than just plumbing problems. that will be different jobs that are brought in for repairs. >> one of the stores is the one in california in particular was one that was sort of a breeding ground for these protests. >> yeah, but look -- >> you dont find that -- >> i can see why the timing looks suspicious. and i think there c...

Brothers should simply have more speech than the rest of us. our guests are the creators of a new film that looks at what this kind of free speech is doing to our democracy. we did reach out to the koch brothers and their organization americans for prosperity for their comments on the film and did not hear back. thank you for being here. i got a chance to check out "citizen koch" your new film. why did you make the film? >> well, we were interested in the impact of citizens united and what we sa...

Screen. we turn up the volume and listen to it. >> you have a 6-year-old in this school. >> we have a 6-year-old, i have a 6-year-old son, a stepson, and 11-year-old, they all go to the school. >> this is crazy, robert, you have a 9-year-old. >> yes, i do. >> you have to worry because the parents originally agreed to give urine samples, and then they said no, dont do this. now only the one union guy has said do it, now the other seven are saying no, dont do it. you are worrying about the heroin ...

11-year-old, they all go to the school. >> this is crazy, robert, you have a 9-year-old. >> yes, i do. >> you have to worry because the parents originally agreed to give urine samples, and then they said no, dont do this. now only the one union guy has said do it, now the other seven are saying no, dont do it. you are worrying about the heroin user. >> that is the problem. >> and when you went to the school board did you get any satisfaction out of the school board? >> the only satisfaction if g...

The fact that lawmakers were aggressively investigating the matter. and wildstein resigned followed by baroni. there was serious trouble here, serious problems, two top guys resigned. all of them governor christies guys. in the midst of all of this, the police union guy sticks by the governor. im trying to figure out what i couldnt figure out on monday when police officers on the bridge are going car to car telling people blame this on the mayor of fort lee. this seems so political for police as...

Actually escorting david wildstein who ordered the lanes closed, actually escorting him around that first day of the lane closures. >> you solid on that right now? do we know that for a fact? >> we know that from the e-mails that have been released and the text messages, that this lieutenant was texting -- the lieutenant in the port authority police was texting back and forth with david wildstein that morning. >> damn good reporting. its the e-mails that ill be picked up at 7:28, 7:30. its very ...

Study, which is the excuse they used after the fact for these lane closures. or perhaps he was complicit in this whole scheme. >> what do you make of the fact -- what do you make of the fact that the police union guy coming up with the idea of a traffic study after they already had the traffic jams? i mean, that seems like collusion to me and basically mayhem and mischief. why would you want to come up with an excuse for something that is already happening that has nothing do with reality? why w...