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In. >> sandra: bottom line they have optimism from the rhetoric they hear out of this administration rolling back regulations and cutting taxes and then it actually happens. >> 2017 tax bill affected small businesses. the 28 million small businesses in america benefited directly. there were all kinds of extra benefits in the tax plan that allowed them to expand and invest more. >> bill: great news. new york city voted to cap the number of uber drivers, is that right? >> it kills me. it is crazy. every time the free market comes out with a solution to a problem politicians come in and try to ki...

Pop in wages. you would think that wages would start going up a little bit more if you really have a labor market this tight. only 2.6% year-over-year wage growth so that's the mystery of this recovery. >> is it partly because of the gig economy, that so many of these jobs, uber drivers, that sort of thing? >> partly that's it. 5 million jobs here, 5 million people are working part-time jobs that want to be working full-time jobs. we have seen wage increases at the bottom end. a lot of the retailers, walmart and others have raised minimum wages themselves from $9, $10, sometimes $11 an hour. t...

More hearings. the judiciary committee ought to be having hearings. i've been frustrated by the slow pace of the investigation. i think it has to be accelerated. >> i want to talk to you about what's going on with uber because i know you are very concerned about this. a cnn exclusive this week found that there have been 103 uber drivers who have been accused of sexual assault in the past four years. you are -- the reason the public doesn't know about this is because of these arbitration clauses. so you unknowingly as a passenger for uber click on something saying, yes, i agree to arbitration i...

She struggled for blaming herself for an incident. >> i think i was -- we have an issue, especially as women, younger women, oh, did i -- is it something i wore or -- i think i did have that, oh, am i putting out the wrong energy? am i not professional? and 57 million uber drivers and riders had their accounts hacked last year. we are just now finding out about -- about it because the company tried to cover it up. did uber break the law?

Able to go to university and graduated from universities. they are doing great. >> what's your message to them? >> keep doing what they are doing. >> you will be in touch? >> i will in touch with them for sure. they can travel back and forth. >> from mexico to the united states? >> yeah. >> thank you so very much for speaking to us. >> no problem. >> that's one of the stories we are seeing. we have a few more people we have talked to. similar stories we are hearing from them as well. we will share those later on msnbc. back to you. >> gotti schwartz in los angeles. some say could tip the scale...