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This is not j.f.k.'s party that is in charge. j.f.k. would never be part of that party. thank goodness we're having these signs come out early. gives me respectfully -- last week i was scared. i'm hopeful now that the people are getting back to some type of rationale thinking, understanding and that we're not all racist, we don't all hate each other and deep and thoughtful people and a very strong social fabric and we want america to be the best and greatest country in the world. we do that together, not by dividing us. >> i also believe it's important that the republican party identify and be...

And the u.s. in particular, china and the u.s., is that an objective of kim jong-un, does he like seeing that? >> well, certainly it serving north korea's purpose, it serves their natural interest to divide and concur. so north korea is an outlier state, they are a division state, they're dissatisfied with the status quo. they'd like to overturn the status quo in numbers that i just mentioned. when the community's divided they can further their goals more easily. having a united front and strong coalition deters and prevents them from doing that or challenging the status quo. >> so you've esta...

Who's someone who supports donald trump and what's your understanding of why they support donald trump? >> so, you know, there are a couple of people i know who support donald trump. and their view is that washington is broken and you need somebody to shake this whole thing up. it's like the people who say, i need to change that house, so i'm just going to burn it all down. it's a level of frustration that suggests that no rationale thinking would pierce it. it's a level of anger that is really connected to a frustration about what has happened in washington. and i think that that's -- it gets...

>> the odds of you standing there with the big check are just north of zero. so, why do we buy a ticket? >> are you ready. >> scott hotel is part of duke university's neuroeconomics team, exploring among other things why smart people make foolish decisions with their money. >> people don't buy a lottery ticket just because they have a chance of winning. they will buy a ticket because over the next couple days it allows them to fantasize what they would do if they won the lottery. in a sense they're paying for that experience rather than a chance for the lottery itself. >> it's not ju...