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Communities is the pandemic. laura: is the pandemic what is driving up crime? >> not at all. when they talk about a poverty thing that is unfair to people who are poor, i don't see people doing smash and grab plastic grocery stores, not getting meals, not getting britain. they are going to louis vuitton stores, high end stores, jewelry stores including. just recently in hayward, california, there were people doing a smash and grab. in the car they had fully loaded assault rifle with two drones fully loaded. these are violent criminals but nobody is allowed to take them to jail. if they go to j...

Pandemic, yes. >> laura: is the pandemic really what is driving up crime? >> no, not at all. in fact when they talk about the nobel for example they say that as a poverty thing, it is not fair to people who are poor. i don't see people doing smash and grab their grocery stores. you're not going into albertine's getting milk and bread. what they are doing is going to louis vuitton stores, they are going to high-end stores, jewelry stores and they are looting. just recently, a day or two ago in hayward, california, up north, there was a group of people doing a flash mob smash and grab and one of...

>> we're going to spend a lot of time with shriver on our poverty thing and i wish you'd give a little thought to it because that offers a lot of opportunity for our young people that have been denied. we got this behind us now, and we've got to move on the next four years and make some advances, and i'll be in touch with you. >> well, good, good. and again, let me congratulate you and say what a great moment we think this is for our country. >> joining me now, someone who was instrumental in the war on poverty, author of "the edge of politics" and joshua dubois. thanks both for joining me. >>...

That talked about this plan and how cruel it was. to your point about the white catholics in the rust belt, a lot of them are unemployed. a lot are men that have lost their jobs. i think the poverty thing will be a bigger issue than we think. >> briefly, there's a notion in washington that he's a budget hawk. he's not a budget hawk. he's a poverty hawk. he's a charity hawk. he wants to cut certain parts of the budget and he says it will go to deficit reduction but he doesn't want to cut other things. dennis kucinich wasn't called a hawk for wanting to cut defense spending, one of the biggest c...

So if they aren't learning it's because of awful teachers and not money. addiction, 10% of the american population is involved with substance abuse. finally, irresponsible behavior. if you are a criminal and go to prison, you are going to have a hard time getting a good job. if you have a giant tattoo of a scorpion on the neck, i.b.m. will not hire you. personal choices can lead to prosperity or dereliction. there is usually a reason people are poor in a country that has more opportunity than any other place on earth. it almost always comes back to personal circumstances. all the government in...