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>> okay. victoria, you teach political science. do you want your students to see this representation of washington? >> i am going to put this into my class structure. it's something to get them excited but using it as a teaching tool this is what happens, this is something realistic what would happen in congress, the party structure, fund-raising, but then, you know what? this is unbelievable, this doesn't happen. it's a great hook for getting people interested. >> or are you setting them up for disappointment? and then the majority whip takes the congressman of pennsylvania and stuffs him int...

>> social mobility is a concern. social mobility in america is lower than in europe. is that the way americans think of themselves they have lower social mobility than in the country you threw over and threw off because we had -- i don't think it feels that -- that's not what americans feel. >> it's counter intuitive. i grew up hearing british people and french people coming to this country, we're coming here because we feel we're so chained down by class structure and all of these obstacles. in america you can come here and be anything you want to be. that's what i heard. >> it's harder. >> i...

You know, all this stuff is fun. my question to you is, you have in the u.k. you and i have discussed this before, one of the most ridge idly class bound societies. and you have this monarchy that thrives. there are monarchies in other countries that don't get the same level of attention. >> it's interesting having lived in the unit for mean years, it feel does me as though americans believe at that they've been inokay lated from the aristocratic royal structure and class structure by the constitution, which rules out barons, baronets, dukes and duchesses. then i read this book, and i discover...

Graduates. we need more vets in the newsroom in the elite institutions. is that what you're talking about? >> that is a huge part of it. we've seen a lot of writing about if you look at elite colleges, for instance, the class structure, right. 80% from households in the top fifth of income, right. there's, you know, there is a affirmative action take n insur racial diversity, but there is this total lack of class diversity, socioeconomic background and you get a situation in which even if you're drawing from a wider and wider part of society which i don't think our elite ib sti tutions are, we...

>> bill: reaction to you, you flif hollywood. you're in the show business world, most people there support barack obama and not only support him, but idolize him what. kind of reaction have you gotten? >> well, almost everybody agreed with me. >> bill: really? >> yeah. yes. because most of my friends are democrats. i'm a democrat. but yes. they agree and say i work hard and i pay a lot of taxes. it's because it's not true. and i think just a devicive way to appeal what the masses to get votes. this is obvious, we should all be helping each other and bringing everybody together. we're all in th...