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Went out there and said free college tuition. aside from the merits of that policy, student debt -- >> or the fact it would bankrupt us. >> student debt from college is a huge and overriding issue for young people. what does trump do? nothing. he's been doing things to make it harder and reversing some things obama did to make it easier. it's a time bomb, but it's also because there's not any sensitivity to the policy needs of that cohort. >> how do republicans in the chamber behind you look at these numbers with anything other than panic when they are down, again, overall about 12 points, but...

>> i've been on book tours in both the united states and the uk, and i think the uk understands how to talk about class a lot better than the u.s. i think in the u.s. elites, very broadly, have been pretty clueless. i will give you an example. the american elite earning $200,000 often refers to them as a upper-middle-class. one of the messages is if you're earning $200,000, you are not middle-class. you are about the top 6%. the true middle-class in the united states has an median income of about $75000. year. >> why do you think the experience and the policy needs of the group you're talking ...

>> i've been on book tours in both the united states and the uk, and i think the uk understands how to talk about class a lot better than the u.s. i think in the u.s. elites, very broadly, have been pretty clueless. i will give you an example. the american elite earning $200,000 often refers to them as a upper-middle-class. one of the messages is if you're earning $200,000, you are not middle-class. you are about the top 6%. the true middle-class in the united states has an median income of about $75000. year. >> why do you think the experience and the policy needs of the group you're talking ...

>> i've been on book tours in both the united states and the uk, and i think the uk understands how to talk about class a lot better than the u.s. i think in the u.s. elites, very broadly, have been pretty clueless. i will give you an example. the american elite earning $200,000 often refers to them as a upper-middle-class. one of the messages is if you're earning $200,000, you are not middle-class. you are about the top 6%. the true middle-class in the united states has an median income of about $75000. year. >> why do you think the experience and the policy needs of the group you're talking ...

Don't need to fix it. again, i will be very interested in hearing the views of our military leaders, particularly our marine corp as well as army, air force as to what they think that this policy needs -- whether it needs to be changed or not. my view now is, that it is working. and we are in two wars. we need to have an assessment of the combat effectiveness and morale of our military, if that effect would be if we change the policy. >> greta: personal view, secretary gates speaking on behalf of the president. in the event that after a full study, i think secretary gates called for a study, l...