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Taken. some people think it is the wrong approach. robert and then betsy, tell me what you think. >> well, chris, having been in and around politics for the past 40 years, i can tell you it is better to try to get as much in as you possibly can with the hope that people actually like what you are doing politically and therefore will put pressure on politicians to extend it. that is the political rule. that's how we have done a lot of things. i suggest that congress do exactly the same. >> so you're on board with that and that's interesting to someone who is a veteran to some of this stuff. bet...

>> right. >> in fact, we don't have to make these decisions. should not make these decisions. we can afford it. we are the richest country in the world. >> yes. >> every other country is doing this. >> pakistan has 12 weeks i think of leave. i just saw it today. robert reish and betsy stevenson, thank you both. that is "all in" for this week. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. have a fantastic weekend. >> you too. thanks at home for being with us on a friday night. happy friday. here is the thing i do not get to say very often....

Livelihoods and what's more important to a person's livelihood, their health, their family and their jobs and that got ripped away from them. >> mr. jones, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much for talking with us. >> i appreciate it very much. >> i want to bring in robert reish, who's back saving capitalism, for the many not the few." what do you make of this latest example of donald trump responding to something he's read or seen on television. >> well donald trump is doing this a lot. he's using twitter and has these tweets going out against people who criticize him. not only ag...

I really appreciate that. he also during the conference with the carrier people last thursday got up and said he never made any commitments, any promises to carrier people to keep jobs there. which was complete falsehood. he said it numerous times on the campaign -- on his campaign speeches. and he denied that. >> and back with the panel, including former labor secretary robert reich. secretary reich, do you think -- i mean, do we know how this plays out over time? we've had presidents before who have kept enemies list. donald trump certainly has a long memory of people who he thinks slighted ...

>> robert reich. >> i think it's fine for democrats to have this debate but democrats are going to have to accept the fact that hillary is the nominee, folks. >> we have seen in rand paul's candidacies repeatedly someone with nothing to lose who wants to get on debate stage and make certain arguments. robert reich, if he chose to be the rand paul of this campaign would be a very formidable debate opponent on the stage for hillary clinton. this is a guy that really knows his stuff. >> think about al sharpton in 2004. he was clear i'm just basically to pull you all to the left. he brought up som...