made in america used to be the most important thing. made in america meant something. now, we have made in bangladesh or made in vietnam. you know what? i think people if they realized what's going on, they would buy american. let's go out and talk about that. and let's publicize it and instead of basically having this race to the bottom which is killing everybody. >> a lot of the folks you represent and have represented in times gone by were able to get good life-long jobs without a college education. is that still going to be a possibility in the future? >> william, it's a possibility if you drive a truck or if you work at ups. you can go out and survive. but we are such a small part of the segment. we are in transportation. we are in manufacturing, and we are very, you know, lucky to organize people that make good wages right now. but we are just part of the whole economy. it's a huge economy, and there are so many people out there struggling right now because they can't find the right job. they are working at. they are working at mcdonald's, working two and three j

i want to talk little bit about america in the broadest scheme of things, to look at what america has meant in the world. if you think about human history, there are very few great inventions in history. the invention of the wheel, the invention of fire. i think america is responsible for perhaps the greatest invention of all -- the invention of wealth creation. what does that mean? that means that for centuries, and even millennia, no one knew how to create stuff. no one knew how to create wealth. i remember as a kid, i would go to school and i would have 10 marbles that would look at the other kids and they had more marbles than i did and i said to myself, how do i go from having 10 marbles to 12 marbles? i realize there was no way. none of us had any money. we had marbles. the only way for me to go from 10 to 12 was to take someone else's to marbles. historically, wealth was cquired through theft, through acquisition, and through conquest. how did countries get founded? machiavelli says all great nations are founded in crime. you found a country by invading someone else's country,

the truth is, america goes in, america gets out. we don't want to own anyone else's real estate. our foreign-policy can be summed up in two phrases -- trade with us and don't bomb us. that is it. [applause] there are all kinds of criticisms to be made in america. i will be happy to make them as will the next guy. think taking the global perspective, taking the perspective of history and the comparative cost -- perspective, i end up with the words of jean , sometimes who said we have to face the truth about ourselves, no matter how pleasant it is. thank you very much. [applause] >> so many strongmen set up, it is hard to know where to begin. no one said that america is the most charitable place. there are a couple of assertions you have to take on faith that are astonishing. one is the idea that america's great invention was wealth creation, not taste on fact at all. sacking of the entire continent -- continent? that was a theft. the residents who lived here were murdered, and that was a part of it as well. i will go back to the question of contradiction. i said in the opening tha

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byy were not impelled america's support for israel. it is because america is america. what it represents and what america is. as for the second question, what are the greater threats to israel? the iranian nuclear program. unequivocal. yeah people in egypt -- the up inl in egypt -- upheaval egypt and jordan have forced policymakers to rethink just about all of their assumptions it posed new east. challenges. a piece border used to be an open border. they made high-tech fence along that border. they're building a similar one along the northern border. civil war could spillover. it cannot be ignored. the threat to jordan is perhaps the greatest single challenge facing israel that arises from the arab spring. jordan is vital to the israel's security. that is very important. all of that pales compared to the possibility that a regime that is on the record saying that the destruction of the and its part and parcel will acquire nuclear capabilities and it can be made accessible and available to terrorist groups. a contrary were a nuclear arms race in the middle east in which

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al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> in this week's state of union address president obama laid out a goal to reverse the economy and bring back the middle class weual know. these days the opportunity for upward mobility can be hard to find. with many living pay check to pay check, the definition of middle class has changed. take a look at the revival of the middle class. velshi. >> i would like to one day breathe a little easy. >> we have jobs. people don't have jobs. we are appreciative of that, and we are able to feed our family. we do struggle. >> we are not frivolous people. we don't have charge cards, we don't have car loans. my daughter can't go to college right now. it's not like, you know, we are spending the money and not paying attention to where it's going. we are working, doing what we have to do, and we can't get ahead. that's our lives. >> ali velshi is joining us now from new york. you know, this is really a picture of a new kind of middle class and we have talked on this program about a new

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the destiny of america. children. what can we do? now? to help every child in america? what can we do now to help every family in america? well, i would suggest that we take a look at house resolution 769. the permanent child tax credit act. we have a child tax credit, it bounces up and down, depending upon the whims of congress and the senate and the president. this would permanently increase the child tax credit. so that every working family, from the top down to the bottom, those people that are on the edge of poverty, those eople that are not now earning $10.10 an hour, that are at just above the now minimum wage at the federal level, say $7 an hour, so that those people would be able to at least have a little more income with a permanent child care tax credit. how long have we known, how long have we known that if you could give a child early education, pre-k, pre-kindergarten education, that that child in the formtific years of their brain development -- formative years of their brain development would advance faster and longer in the development of their mind and

america is what america is. that is something that is hardwired. i happen to think it is a beautiful thing, but it is not always readily understandable to people living in the middle east. >> thank you. i am in diplomatic relations at chapel hill. the united states has unlimited resources in terms of money, time, and attention. can you identify if there is a core conflict that the united states would focus on most importantly to bring security to the middle east. the reigning conflict. egypt? what should the united states focus on as a top agenda point? >> how would you tell the president to set his priorities, is that what you are saying? >> the middle east is in three cyclones of instability. ethnic cyclone. modernity versus tradition. and the breakdown of the arab spring. depending on where you look, different cyclones are hitting. in syria, you have all three going on at the same time. that makes were violent situation. american policymakers, and i say this with all humility, is that they have to take a strong look at which of these storms they

progressives believe america is redeemed, and they very much believe in america. liberals break with that over wilson. they see in wilson, embodiment of progressivism and want to break with it, nothing whatsoever to do with the massive american society. they are not progressives. that's all i can say. i hope you read the book. >> [inaudible] >> who are they? they are just the people who i described. they want -- they want a new aristocracy to govern the land. >> not to reveal contempt for the people, clinging to guns and religion, but at times, it's all about forward and improvement and blah, blah, blah. >> the term "progressive" came to use because the term "liberal" was sump a pa seniortive because the world died off and replaced by the george mcgoverns and much worse. i would be describing the president as a liberal, and when he belongs to reverend wright's churnlings, one of the things he preach against is middle classness. preaches against middle classness, avoid middle class virtues. how do we get to be middle class about the virtues? explain this to me. con

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america can do better. america cap can grow our economy. i want to say that president was gracious in meeting with us. he took our questions, and bipartisan does not mean we have to ignore our substantive, philosophical defenses. we think we can grow the economy, do better than a minimum wage economy. >> [indiscernible] >> i think we should invite ngarnor jindal to join the again. we are glad -- >> i apologize. we are out of time. as you have heard, there are issues we do agree, we agree to disagree. >> yes, absolutely. raising just say, if the minimum wage is going to is raising the, wage of economists who comment -- [indiscernible] also in washington, the national association of business economics held a conference conference. portion, the recent administration decision to to increase the federal minimum wage. i would raise the minimum stepsmaybe in a couple of , go to nine dollars or something first, and index it. that is the main thing. the reason the minimum wage is other wages, medium wages, now is that we do not index it, and we shou

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"america tonight" is up next. get the latest headlines on our website. >> on america tonight, our in depth look at crime and punishment takes us inside america's biggest and stuffest yale. is justice being served here? >> his highs were black and blue and shut closed for a month and his ankle was broken in four different places. >> that's not punishment. >> that's brutality. a sub sushan high, why it's among users you would least expect. the brothers, their brew and a buzz. the little micro brewery launched with a lot of faith and prayer. >> the first bruisery in our order outside of europe. good evening. thanks for being with us. i am joie chen. it is said a society can be judged knot by how it treats the best but it's most unfortunate of the. consider the report, the los angeles county jail system. critics say it is one of the worst, a place where discipline has been enforced and excessively enforced, some say, with an iron hand. in the first of a 4-part in depth series on crime and punishment, "america tonight'

>> there is a place for teach in america. we have to square the rhetoric and the way we talk about teach for america in the practices. there is a place for teach in america, well, i do know why it is getting so much attention than a program like the urban teacher res sen sis, we have bun in boston and it is a great program and similar to teach in america but they are not attracting for just two years, they are trying to do, which is give a route for the teaching folks that wouldn't normally go for the licenses and not paying for the master's degree and help them get licensed and give them a year in the classrooms and shadowing a teacher. and after a year, those people then move into the classrooms, dedicate at least three years and most stay for much longer than that. 80% of the students that completed the boston teacher program are still teaching in classrooms. that is a pretty impressive figure. >> the community is coming in with solutions... let the data speak for itself. >> teach for america should place core members as c

nobody's saving money on $12 an hour in america. they're living hand to mouth. and i know that every single dollar is going to be multiplied through the economy. you give me a tax break, you know, working as i do in the entertainment industry and at the level of a tv producer and i can't figure out how to spend enough of it, you know. i might -- you know, i might have a little conscience. i might throw some of it to charity and try to feel better about myself. but i can't possibly -- how many yachts can i water ski behind in baltimore harbor? and yet that's the kind of argument that supply side economics is. give us the job makers, the money and we'll make jobs. not with all of it you won't. a lot of it's going to wall street and it's going to sit there and it's going to be subjected to much less tax liabilities, the capital gains. you know, the scam of it, the scam of what america's become, you know, give the money to the rich and they'll see that you're not poor. is that really what you're saying? but you know, you actually argue about making the poor people a

i think people in america want to work, and the good jobs have left america. and that's because of nafta, cafta, the china trade agreement. i can give you name after name, 25 names of corporations that have just cold-heartedly closed down, moved their material to mexico and laid people off. and what we have to do is to try to turn that around and bring good jobs back here. and the way to do that is to stop these crazy trade agreements -- >> but don't those corporations get rewarded both by their shareholders and for the money? >> and they don't have a conscious. it's a huge problem. what happened to the middle class? now the question is what do we do about that? number one let's elect politicians that are going to reward main street and not wall street. we have to basically change our tax incentives to say if you build a factory here, you are going to get tax incentive. if you build overseas you will get a disincentive. and make these corporations pay their fair share. you talked about the people you are interviewing here in phil and diane paying their taxes.

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and what her story tells us about the care of america's elderly tuesday on "america tonight." and calling all caregivers, "america tonight's" digital team wants to you share your stories with us. visit us online at aljazerra.com/americatonight or use the #agingamerica on twitter. and ahead in our final thoughts this hour, getting whitewashed. how new york artists are salvaging the roots of graffiti. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> finally from us tonight from the subways to >>> finally from us tonight from the subways to mainstream art museums, graffiti has a long and often quite complicated relationship with new york city and it just got more complicated. al jazerra apt morgan radford paints the picture for us in new york city. >> reporter: aaron good stone, also known as sharp returns to his stomping grounds. new york city's lower east side. this is the birth place of the city's graffiti movement that began in the 1970s on the corner of ridge and stanton stands the tenement building once home to sharp's mentor and very close fri

al jazeera america. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> as the war plays out in force in colombia, the government is trying to enact key land reform. in 2011 colombia's president signed the victim's law, with a goal of returning millions of acres of land to those that have been displaced by the conflict. but the challenges are not small. even though colombia's war began when fighting the farc, the largest displacements took place in the 1990s. >> when you started really seeing those numbers that you saw now, is really when the paramilitary started to form into the self-defense forces of colombia. they started to complo employ a really deliberate strategy of employing >> the colombian government officially demilitarized the paramilitaries between 2003 and 2006. as part of the government's push to develop the region. >> we have been granted access, to one of the la

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al jazeera america. >> back with reza aslan the author of "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth" . "zealot", how did you set on this title, what does it mean, we know in today's parlance it can be a loaded term. >> it's provocative, i know that. "zealot" has very negative connotations, but it didn't in jesus time . most jews in jesus time would have said i'm a zealot. but some took that identity to its necessary consequence. which is if you are zealous for the lord and for his law, his law says none but the chosen people can live in the holy land. now this is a land that is currently in jesus' time being occupied by a blood thirsty brutal imperial pagan power called rome. you get zealots rising up against roam being crushed, and my argument is if you look at jesus' teachings, and put them within his time, you cannot miss the zealotry that is in his doings. >> what is it in his action he that posed quite more threat to the roman entire or did it, than those who claimed to be the messiah or the

that is the story of america. this government is fond of picking winners and losers or to be more fair, is fond of picking losers. it seems this administration would like to see a whole lot more solyndras and a lot fewer george mitchells. what an incredible opportunity we have right now. but we can't fall victim to what hyatt called the fatal conceit. we cannot believe that government invents, creates or produces. it doesn't. what it often does it stifles creativity, invention, production. the only thing that can stop this great energy renaissance is the government getting in the way. and i will note, particularly with this administration, it's been doing that more and more. right now, federal lands contain 43% of the nation's oil reserves and 28% of the nation's natural gas reserves. but significant portions of that land are not available for development. the number of new leases has fallen by 42%. from 9,661 to 5,568 between the bush and obama administrations. now, you may be confused because if you saw the pres

al jazeera america, take a new look at news. al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> revolutions are defined by courage and strength against the most insurmountable odds. but the costs are unbelievably high. the short subject, karama has no walls. it follows the attack of government forces, on a peaceful peaceful town in yemen that took 55 lives. the results are chilling. [ shots fired ] >> sara ashak directed the film. karama has no walls is playing in select cities across the country with a program showing the other oscar nominated short subjects, on itunes wednesday. sara, as you had cameras in yemen as part of that country's arab spring. how these peaceful p

america. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >>> now a snapshot of other stories making head lines here on al jazerra. the marriage equality movement got a huge boost from attorney general eric holder. america's top cop is telling state attorneys general they do not have to enforce their state's bans on same-sex marriage and in a speech on tuesday he remarked that such laws violate the constitution's equal protection clause. well, the department of transportation has penalized asian a airlines half a million dollars in the wake of that deadly plane crash at san francisco international airport. federal investigators say the airline failed to assist the family members of passengers in a timely manner. three people died and dozens were injured when th when the pass

they want america to have a raise. america deserves a raise. the work eth exis alive and well in our country, we're hearing from economists how the creativity thrives across america and that is what creates jobs for an economy that works for all americans. so we're very excited that a year of action, working with the president, hopefully working in a bipartisan way and in that spirit, i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished democratic whip of the house, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam leader. chris van hollen and i are verying very pleased to have all of you here. all of our colleagues here. to maryland. and we were very proud of our governor this evening as we spoke to our caucus. and he focused on the issues that the president focused on and he focused on it first in an optimistic way. our president just a few weeks ago said he was optimist exthat we had done better, but we were not where we needed to be. we still needed to invest in growing our economy and getting opportunity to our people. he said that

call it inspiration from perspiration,e a tipping pointn america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. it is super bowl weekend so let's talk sports and business.. the two have a lot in common. for one thing it's pretty easy to keep score both on the field and the board room, so who better to run a company than a former college football player. i'm talking about kevin plank, the ceo of under armour. the company's stock skyrocketed after an earnings report that knocked the socks off of investors. total revenues for the company for $2.3 billion. smierlings an inspiration, and perspiration. >> it begins at the beginning such a personal story for me. i was a football player at the university of maryland who didn't like the way my cotton tee shirt felt beneath my uniform. with no more than a good idea i walked out to a fabric store and bought some material, that fit the idea i had. took it to a local tailor, said, serve me as many tee shirts as upon out of this fabric. i was graduating that year, spring of '96 and the guys tried them and said these things are terrific an

america is what america is. that is something that is hardwired. i happen to think it is a beautiful thing, but it is not always readily understandable to people living in the middle east. >> thank you. atm in diplomatic relations chapel hill. the united states has unlimited resources in terms of money, time, and attention. can you identify if there is a core conflict that the united states would focus on most importantly to bring security to the middle east. the reigning conflict. egypt? what should the united states focus on as a top agenda point? >> how would you tell the president to set his priorities, is that what you are saying? >> the middle east is in three cyclones of instability. ethnic cyclone. modernity versus tradition. and the breakdown of the arab spring. look,ing on where you different cyclones are hitting. ria, you have all three going on at the same time. that makes were violent situation. american policymakers, and i say this with all humility, is that they have to take a strong look at which of these storms they can actually gr

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"america tonight" is up next. you can always get the latest news on aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": a bridge bombshell. will an old friend tie new jersey governor chris christie to the gw bridge scandal and how will what the governor knew raise the stakes on his political future? >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue. in its planning or its execution. >> on "america tonight," convicted but unconvincing. an italian court says amanda knox should go back to court for -- to prison for the horrific measured of her roommate. why this case could be a showdown between italy and the united states. >> definitely not going back willingly. they'll have to catch me and pull me back kicking and screaming. >> and nachos, check. keg tap, check, thousand dollar stadium seats, no thanks. why fans doing game day economics may be opting to stay home. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm joie chen. we begin tonight with what could prove to be a political bombshell, one that might threaten governor chris

while america starts to split along halfs and have notes. philadelphia is not benefiting from that trend because it has not seen an increase in the up ever class. if the middle class shrank and the upper classes didn't grow, that can only mean one thing. the share of lower class philadelphia grews to 47% of the population making it the single biggest part of the city's population and the least able to support the costs of running a big city. most of the hollowing out of the middle class occurred before 2000 and well before the great recession. joining me now to dig deeper in this report is larry eikle the director of the pew's philadelphia program. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having yes. >> philadelphia is a beautiful place. i call it home. and it really was traditionally a proudly middle class place. people were really okay being middle class, and middle class in the 50's and 60's, and into the 70's in many classes could actually mean blue color. >> it absolutely could. one of the fascinating things we found was in 1970 44

version of what america is. and then squeeze lincoln and ourselves and it is too radical. burke offers a way to under the liberal society as an achievement, not a break from the past, but an achievement of western civilization and i think america is the greatest achievement of western civilization by making the best of what was before. and therefore as a society that improves and grows by gradual refinement of itself and becoming more like its best self. we could learn from burke that this involves engaging with policy. burke was a reformer and interested in the details. the reflection of france is full of tables of statistics and i think conservatives should be doing more of that today. that is what i do in my day job and i think it is important for conservatives to be a part of governing and to approach the side from a disposition of gratitude and care rather than to dpin begin from the place of anger at what is being lost. i am angry at what is being lost. i think the left today is destruction to the american

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al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >>> now, the stories making headlines on now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight, two men accused in the 2011 beating of a san francisco fan outside of dodgers stadium plead guilty to charges in the case and plead to a count of assault and the other a count of mayhem and he suffered permanent brain damage as a result of the attack. the execution of convicted killer michael taylor will go on as planned with a supplier of pentobarbatol and asked for a background check of the new pharmacy involved after a settlement with inhumane drugs with an oklahoma pharmacy this week. a detainee at guantanamo bay plead guilty and the al-qaeda operative helped plan the deadly attack of an oil tanker of

america. >> oh my! >>> now to our special series, aging america. and some gadgets in the home that can change aging americans into pretty cool folks. the benefits can be twofold, peace of mind for family no matter how far away they are. as odd and conventional for seniors, they might have friends to keep them company. tracking this shriek new aid, here is america's tonight adam may. >> at 86, edith lives alone in a retirement community outside frederick maryland. her husband died five years ago. my husband came from a family of 10. and very poor. >> um-hmm. >> he was full of ideas. signs by dove. that was our sign shop. >> her children worried she would be lonely. so they got her a roommate. a robot it can't clean the house or cook any meals, but it does allow her daughter wendy who lives more than 2,000 miles away to take her to lunch. >> i have been trying to get my daughter who is in scotland to run the robot, but she has had some internet connections because she moved -- >> her son don, a

the barbary wars were america's first foreign wars, the first wars america fought outside the shores against the pirates of what today are libya, tunisia, morocco. america didn't have a need and they could make a navy unless they had a central government to collect taxes to make the navy. and so the question how to fight the barbary pirates became integral to the debate of whether not how they had a constitution. go into the constitution, every state the barbary wars where there page after page, extraordinary. we don't -- we lose our foreign trade. the middle east fired the imaginations of american authors like herman melville, mark twain, freedom fighters like frederick douglass, john f. kennedy. huge influence, cultural and economic influence well before the advent of middle eastern o oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east, mostly in the form of kerosene. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, and mostly not through economics, not the oil but education. america's built the university

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if china were to: america's debt across america, what would we do? t.est: you got a poin your foldable to your creditors if you owe a lot. so, the bottom line here, we were doing well in the clinton years. we balance the budget a couple of years in a row. alan greenspan was testifying before congress about his apprehension that we may pay off the full debt. people scratch their heads when they hear that now. we should all be working together to get a sustainable debt to grossthe to mastech production level down. that is what we need. this is the irony. in some places we should be spending less. do we need to be spending as much as we do on defense or homeland security? and other places i think we have to spend more, like with infrastructure. we need to have a 21st-century infrastructure in order to compete. host: peter welch joining us. thank you for your time. we'll hear from dana rohrabacher . he has just returned from a trip to russia last month. we will talk about security at the olympics. raising the minimum wage for federal contractors. two day

>> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> those are all in the services field -- >> yeah, yeah, i don't disagree with you, but i think it's really interesting that you have a lot of big guns out there, not just harry reid, but waxman, and warren, and conyers -- >> and nancy pelosi -- >> and pelosi and you have them lined up with very serious questions about this trade agreement. >> i think the answer to that is that people are fearful, because it is something that is knew and more intensive, but i agree strongly with what josh said. agreement was done three or four years ago, and the tpp is essentially on the same framework and outline. >> actually i think that that's -- the korea free trade agreement is part of the reason why many democrats are lining up against the president on the tpp, because the data is actually exports have declined to korea during that time period, and that our trade deficit has increased, and it has actually been a net loss of approximately 40,000 jobs, so you see that model bei

. >>> that'll do it for this issue of al jazeera america. we leave you in iran, a rally taking shape. you are in the stream. joe arpaio has been dubbed hi, i'm lisa fletcher, you are in the extreme. this is the toughest sheriff. when is is being tough on crime crossing the line. he joins us to break down some controversial policies. >>> our digital producer wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback. waj not a little middle ground arpaio. >> yeah, he has been in office since '93, so a lot of people in that country love him, but banning tv, salt, pepper, for inmates. check out some of the comments . . . and twitter is just -- [ technical difficulties ] >> backlash from human rights groups for housing inmates in tents. the facility was built in response to overcrowded jails, but many criticize the living conditions there. here is an inside look at tent city. >> because it's wintertime, they can have up to five blankets. these numbers against the number of blankets are starting to dwindle down as they start to get warmer. if i th

progressives to believe america would be redeemed get a very much believe in america. liberals break with that over wilson. they see the embodiment of progressivism and they want nothing whatsoever to do with it and nothing whatsoever to do with the mass american society. they are not progressives. i hope he will read the book. >> who are they? >> the people i describe it and they want a new aristocracy to govern the land. >> the fit with the heritage foundation. thank you for the presentation. i look forward to the book. is obama liberal or progressive? at times he seems not to reveal his content for the people when he says they cling on to their guns and antipathy that at times it's all about forward improvement and blah blah blah. >> the term progressive came back in because the liberal because such a pejorative. i would describe the president as a liberal. he belonged to the church. one of the things the reverend preaches against is middle class. he preaches against middle class. you have to avoid those middle class virtues. exactly how to we get to be middle class