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And there is a question about regulation and what this is all going to end up being. we are back with the panel. ben, do you have a sense of where congress is headed here? >> i think congress is led in a lot of the directions. a lot of them are still trying to figure out what exactly to say. elizabeth warren has obviously been hammering at this idea to break things up. the truth is breaking up facebook and instagram doesn't really solve a lot of problems that actually matter to people. one thing that is interesting is that this conversation has shifted from being esoteric debate kitchen table ...

Audience -- just raise your hand, how many in the audience, this issue of college debt is real. a kitchen table issue. yeah. look at that. real people. thank you. let me go to lydia right now. go ahead, lydia. >> well, thank you for coming to fresno. women's rights and equality are very important issues to me, especially in today's political climate. you've talked a lot about getting along and working together, but in a primary where we have multiple strong progressive candidates to choose from with detailed policies who are polling better than you right now, my question is, what detailed poli...

Have your kids go to school and to put food on the table and even to be able to afford to be generous in some way to your little league, to your church. whether you have gone to college or not. and so in addition to making going to college affordable, we've got to make not going to college more affordable in this country. >> okay. how many -- how many in the audience -- just raise your hand, how many in the audience, this issue of college debt is real. a kitchen table issue. yeah. look at that. real people. thank you. let me go to lydia right now. go ahead, lydia. >> well, thank you for coming...

So we also have to make sure that through, first of all, making sure that we've got a decent minimum wage, starting with 15. but also more broadly that we honor work and that we have adequate benefits and good pay and affordable health care, housing, education and the rest of it. that a working class lifestyle is a good one. it ought to be possible in this country to be able to afford to have your kids go to school and to put food on the table and even to be able to afford to be generous in some way to your little league, to your church. whether you have gone to college or not. and so in addit...

Handedly, and also new states came online that were competitive obviously. senator sinema and also newly competitive states like texas and georgia a map deeply unfavorable to donald trump and one. reasons he's been so panicked since the day after the election. >> and jared bernstein, the exit polls showed health care policy as an issue was twice as important as the economy as an issue. never seen that before, but a good economy is not especially reassuring when you could lose your health insurance and lose your financial solve vaenncy be of it. >> yes. no question. yes, a strong macro economy ...