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0 fortunate in our system. the fact that ken langone and the right-wing media feel the need to respond to the pope, i believe, means that they are very defensive and not on solid ground on the subject. they know exactly what the pope is talking about. and they shouldn't be upset because the rich, well, had a really good year in 2013. for instance, this guy, republican donor sheldon adelson, jumping to $15 billion a year. it's a 16% increase in one year. it's fair to say that a obama economy is working out for the top 1%, wouldn't you think? it's time to focus on improving the middle class in t...

>> i just want to remind people that your organization is citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, or crew. how do you parse out the equation of money in speech just for starters? >> first i want to say what brad said is often not true. it is not new voices. it's all voices and very few voices. very few voices on rich people. when you have a group like the american national -- or crossers they're funded by remarkably few people. i think that's the key. we are talking people give $500,000. this isn't your man on th...

you. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. wherever the facts lead us, we'll make clear to the american public. whatever mistakes i made will not be made again. when you look in president, martha, it seems to me should look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country in the best ways to look at how he handled the issues of the day. >> congressman ryan. >> weimar in the last of these four americans who were murdered. when you take a look at what has happened in the l...

lot of people expressed concerns about spectrum, for example, but they didn't really think the fcc was interested in doing much about it or could do much about it. conversely, here in washington i often hear that people in silicon valley don't understand the legacy frameworks of the communications act that we have to operate under, and so it's -- you sort of have two different conversations going past each other. even though we all share the same goal of maintaining a dynamic industry. so part of the reason that i went to california is to understand what drives innovation and investm...

up next on booktv amy gutmann and dennis thompson discuss what compromise is so difficult in today's political world. the authors of "the spirit of compromise" argue constant campaigning has produced the current discord. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be back at the constitution center with so many friends and philadelphia in this, extended family and especially to be here for the launch of this book. i cover politics which means i cover a lot of conferences but not much compromise. coming from washington to phil...