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Michael moores latest movie is "michael moore in trump land" and hes back to talk about that. hes a clip, "michael moore in trump land." >> you live here in ohio, you know what im talking about. whether trump means or not, is kind of relevant because hes saying things to people who are hurting and thats why every beaten-down nameless, forgotten working stiff who used to be part of the middle class loves trump. hes the human molotov cocktail theyve been waiting for. the human hand grenade they ca...

You live in ohio, you know what im talking about. whether trump means it or not is kind of irrelevant because he is saying things to people that are hurting, and it is why every beaten down, nameless, forgotten working stiff who used to be part of what was called the middle class loves trump. he is the human molotov coke tain that theyve been waiting for. the human hand grenade they can legally throw into the system that stole their lives from them. on november 8th, election day, although theyve...

Whether trump means it or not is kind of irrelevant because hes saying things to people who are hurting. and its why every beaten down, nameless, forgotten working stiff who used to be part of what was called the middle class loves trump. he is the human molotov cocktail that theyve been waiting for. >> michael moore in trumpland. theres been this debate about the left or liberals could find a way to draw people away from the allure of trump and racist backlash. what do you think about that? >> ...

Hes touching something very real in people. and that is, i think people have lost faith and i think this is not limited to republicans and conservatives in the system and politicians. thats just a clear statement. hes touching that. the problem with this is -- and i think it will run its course, this is entertainment. >> well, promising -- let me go to jonathan. jonathan, hes promising to do something that i think will maybe not a miracle worker for him. he goes after the hedge fund workers in n...

Practices forensic medicine in san francisco and the author of the book "working stiff." good to see you. we also heard that the family members wanted to have their own independent autopsy. while we are awaiting a read or results from that, as we talk about the initial autopsy that has occurred why would it take 30 to 60 days to deliver a report? >> the amount of time it takes for an autopsy report to be released depends on many different factors. the first of which is the xleex complexity of th...

But i promise you when we get a republicans president in 2016. well control the house and senate and things will be done through committee process because thats the way it should be done. bill: you are part of the doctors caucus. in the minute i have left. give me a sense of how this law is being enacted and how its rolling out. what the president would argue is millions of people are seeing the benefits of it. if they are where do you find them. >> 3 million -- at this point in time it would be...

Again since it was close this time. >> one thing just very quick. senator corker was one of the moderate players in this. there were tennessee state legislators who came forward and said, boy, if they vote for the union, we may have a hard time continuing get benefits to this plant and youre thinking, wow, thats -- thats getting to the level of saying you will use the power of the state to -- people who want to -- >> thats oppressive. >> caton, is there any discomfort -- you talk about raise the...

Constructive movement. i thought it was very interesting yesterday when congressman paul ryan wrote an op-ed in "the wall street journal" in which he basically said to the president, mr. president, were in essence willing to raid the debt ceiling now if there is a -- if there are long-term spending reductions in entitlement spending, which is whats eating our lunch when it comes to the deficit. its going to get simply worse. and, mr. president, there are some areas where we can find agreement. w...

Active payroll cards worth $34 billion. its easy to see how the fees on billions of dollars can easily reach the hundreds of millions up to a billion dollars or more per year. everybody is making money off of it, except the low wage hourly employee who is losing money from the deal. sometimes so much so they are effectively reduced to sub minimum wage according to advocates and state and federal regulators. this heinous practice persists. there are three parties, the employee, the employer and t...

Not the working stiff. not all hope is lost. there is the case of natalie gunshannon who made $7.44 an hour. she had no choice but to use the payroll card, she quit and sued. just this week, the owner of the mcdonalds franchise changed their policy to offer direct deposit and paper checks. there is eric schneider man, a gift of the show, who sent letters to 20 employers, requesting information about the practice. were concerned about excessive or insufficiently disclosed fees which may unduly re...