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Worked on this series about bangladesh is how open and sort of individual garment factory owners would be with us. workers would be with us. people speak quite openly about these things. it's sort of the lobby groups and the institutions inside, you know, the political -- well, there's parliament, there's what, i think transparency international says 60% of the members of parliament there has ties to the garment industry. that's high. >> yeah it is high. >> well, lynn, i want to say it's an incredible series and the first of which if anyone wants to look at it, it's the toronto star. the first...

It's now a political reality that the national rifle association, the once poster child for how scary lobby groups can intimidate politicians and keep them from supporting common-sense and popular policies, that nra is no longer very scary at all, or influential, not in the way they would like us to think they are. a ppp poll released earlier this week found that an nra endorsement is now more likely to cost votes than to gain votes for a political candidate. we had hints of the nra's anemic influence during this past election when they spent nearly $11 million trying to get pro-gun candidates...

We'll have to see what it is. i'm giving you guidance from a senior official in goldman. i'm hesitant to say it's done until i see the paperwork because this is crazy. >> neil: the timing a weird and you're rushed between what you're doing here and "fox business" but it's odd in this respect. this is the day they signed off on financial reform in the senate. it goes to the president's desk. coincidence. >> the timing is not odd. it makes total sense. yes, there's no coincidence. part of beating up on goldman has been prodding wall street towards financial reform. goldman has one of savviest lo...

Project as a prize, so let them decide, they can pick. like massachusetts, i don't care if they have healthcare in massachusetts. it's failing, so now we shouldn't do what they just did, but that's what we should do with education. have an "x" prize. >> yeah. >> glenn: be able to innovate our way and then let the states do it. >> absolutely. one of the problems now is because the federal government spends all this money, all the focus on the lobby groups is on the spending and dollars. they lobby for more dollars, dollars, dollars. all about spending, not about the innovation or new ideas in i...

Is overreacted and should tone it down. apec came out that way today. that's the american-israeli public affairs committee, and the most famous of the jewish lobby groups. also, the adl came out that way. on the other hand a more moderate, new jewish lobbying group called j group or j street stead was up to israel to calm things down, and martin indeck a william respected former american ambassador to israel has said basically, israel has got to realize that america has interests, too. now, indyk interesting disagreed and the worst in 35 years but it is heading in that direction. >> david, i w...