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Doesn t want to do it. to me this is a story that our system, the constitution and years of the united states government has set up actually is working here to make sure if trump asks a question, the answer isn t always, yes, sir. it s, well, in this case, that would not be appropriate. dana: new york times says that they reached out to the white house and the white house never responded, declined to comment, and then the president said the story is fake news so i guess we ll find out more about that. that s also a pattern we ve seen. the president also talking about the national emergency and the border. and so in your book alienated america why some places traoeufrb while others collapse. you got out of twitter universe. you got out of cable news. you traveled around the country. what do you think people that are stuck in twitter verse are missing about what people think about immigration? so, immigration is a national issue. right? it s going to come up. federal laws are passe ....
Actually really has effects. so i tell story in alienated america about my next door neighbor. he and i are good friends. he doesn t drink alcohol. he doesn t drink caffeine. he doesn t drink herbal tea. there are barriers to building communities. and so alienated america is about how community is falling apart in middle america. you actually saw trump did better in places with more immigrants because these were places where people were having more struggles building strong community. so that s the key thing to understand here. immigrants help america, but on the local level, immigration, if it happens rapidly, can have its effect on making strong communities harder to build. dana: he also talked about bernie sanders. bernie sanders announced that he was going to run today. you write about in the book how there were these congressional districts where say a voter voted for obama and then voted for president trump. you said that s not a surprise. does bernie sanders have a way, ....
New data reveals fewer americans participating in social institutions such as going to church and even volunteering. our next guest visited towns all across the country experiencing this social ruin and here to explain thousand led president trump to the white house. author of brand new book released this morning it s called alienated america. tim carney joins us live right now. tim, good morning to you. good morning. thank you. steve: you talked about alienated america. where is the american dream still alive in america. i did go to lots of places where the american dream is still alive. one the he a lets really do have strong communities. i talk about chevy chase, maryland, other places where people have lots of college education but most importantly there are really strong religious communities in middle america that have such good outcomes. so much of rural america you see opioid overdoses and other problems. those don t exist in places like salt lake city or visited wisconsin ....