th. >> thank you. lou: and john in florida, my goodness. >> listen my friend happy easter. happy easter. lou: happy easter. >> passover. lou: time for a look at online poll results. we'll do that monday? tuesday? i don't know. neil: should the indian pizzeria owner who refused to cater a gay wedding and looks like pizza shop is closing. you name it kevin and crystal o'conner have been dealing with the threats nasty tweets writing things that are unspeakable now it is crystal who wants to speak and set the record straight. tonight meet the woman who insists she is happy to serve anyone who comes through her door, even gays, she draws the line at gay weddings. she says that is her religious right and something she thought indiana law would protect. and crystal o'conner out of hiding and for the first time talking. you heard everyone else

talking in a moment hear her story. but first our top story. ahead of that jobs report due out tomorrow a guy who says don't waste your time fretting about it tonight. harvard professor daniel quinn is saying it is so wrong and oftentimes so bad that you shouldn't buy the rosy job picture the labor department will likely present. professor, why? what's the problem for you, and the data? >> well the three basic reasons. the data comes in two forms they should be consistent with each other, they are not. they're problems with the underlying data itself. neil: i want you to explain two different surveys in, that right? >> two different surveys which the government does. one is of establishment trying to find out how many jobs have been created how much people have paid. second is a job -- a survey of people, and asks them whether or not they're employed whether they're looking for work, et cetera.

those two surveys measure essentially the same thing. and yet, they're not consistent with each other. they're a big difference in the numbers so we know there are problems, basic problems with the numbers that are being reported. neil: big differences in the numbers how professor? give me how they are not in sync. >> we had just a few months ago a report that 3 million jobs were lost and 2 million people lost employment. now, that's possible that there could be 3 and 2, but it's unlikely. and the reconciliation of those two is a complicated matter. neil: all right we've always had these for quite awhile the two different surveys always used the one we're using now, that we're going to have a couple hundred thousand more jobs added to the economy. >> yes. neil: last month and tomorrow's report, you know the drill. but you could explain, if you're right, a lot of people haven't been spending like we're on a big job here?

>> we have a measure of unemployment that says we have about 5.5, 5.7% of the labor force unemployed. we have a better measure today which is called u12 that tells us that we have about 11% of the labor force, double the number unemployed the ratio of unemployed that we have about 11% of people who would work if they could get good jobs. so we have an awful lot of people who are concerned about the likelihood of losing jobs and are not willing to spend. neil: all right, so professor, if you had a real unemployment rate, you say about 11%. how does that compare to other differences we've seen in the data before? and how that divergence between the established report the one most quoted and the one you alluded, to how bad is it? >> the unemployment rate that's going to be announced tomorrow will be in the range of about 5.5 5.6%.

neil: right. >> the unemployment -- the actual rate, if you want to look at it another way, the looseness in the labor market is much closer to 11%. there's a reason for this neil. the reason is it's a concept and measurements we're using today were developed roughly 80 years ago for a very different kind of economy. it was much smaller. it was a goods production industry, a manufacturing and construction and agricultural economy. neil: nothing machiavellian going on as you stressed in the past. i'm wondering the gap, has it ever been this pronounceed? >> not that i'm aware of, no. neil: what does it tell you if it could explain the anemic nature of the recovery, what else? >> it helps to explain that. it tells thought economy such weaker than it appears to be, and it is being stated to be by many commentators. it tells you that because there is a very large number of

nonemployed. i won't use the term unemployed. nonemployed people in this country who would come to work if there were decent jobs available for them. neil: professor, one last question does, harvard than you're on their faculty? >> they may not. [ laughter ] >> very good having you, sir, i appreciate it. >> my pleasure, and thank you. neil: meanwhile, could this be proof the professor is right? fox poll showing half of americans still are feeling shaky. is this proof the job picture is still very, very shaky? to lizzie macdonald on whether they should be. liz, you've been worried about this and the nature of the data talking about it for years? >> what's really interesting, it feels like unemployment is low, but when you talk to workers in the situation of workers they don't feel like it's full employment. there is such interesting data coming out. university of chicago economists are taking a look at big government. and what they're seeing is u.s. government companies, u.s. companies have doubled their spending on lobbying since

1998. and what does that do? it takes money away takes corporate money away from making new products or services to create jobs. middle class jobs. you need entrepreneurs to create middle class jobs. so when you have big government and have you companies doing more rent seeking meaning lobbying. federal government, that means they're getting tax breaks and breaks in regulations that ices out the start-ups, too. the start-ups -- neil: i would imagine they'd be happy to spend more money if they felt the conditions warranted this? >> you can see why the consumer is so confused. on one hand you see jobs growth 2014 you saw more jobs growth in the whole century so far. but yet you've got things like oil going down, affecting businesses dramatically, and at the pump it's helping consumers but in business it's not. neil: no doubt. you covered these numbers too, there seems to be a huge

economy as well as distraction here. which is the real deal? given the -- retail sales will be bubbling and it's not happening. >> it's not happening yet. a big push that you're seeing is m&a. big companies are buying other companies. and what happens, the first thing that happens is job growth declines. they cut a lot of jobs. neil: and going nowhere, right? >> the full compensation has been cut by half since 1948. the other thing too. neil: or 1947. >> watch how the bls count full-time jobs. >> the bureau of labor and statistics. >> if you are working a lot of part-time jobs, and they add up to 35 hours, that counts as one full-time job. never mind the people are struggling. >> and wage growth is only clocking in at about 2% per year, before the crisis, we were looking at 3.5% per year.

neil: inflation is very low, too. >> it has been. neil: which is leading which? >> a good question that's another conundrum that the consumer needs. >> don't use big words. thank you very much. in the meantime if the economy is not nerve-racking enough how about making 2.4 million bucks off a tweet. it happened apparently last friday. one trader nabbing 300,000 shares before "wall street journal" tweeted about a possible deal with intel. he got them at 36 bucks a share but once the news was confirmed, shares shot up 28% closing at 44 bucks. but but, if you're thinking you could net millions trolling twitter, keith fitzgerald says you're a twit and you should be careful. this is all perfectly legal what happened here. you just take advantage of stuff that is publicly out there. nothing was done wrong. a lot of you heard that and said boy, count me in i'm

going to be trolling the internet. what do you think? . >> i tell you neil if that is a legitimate trade that's fantastic, that's the stuff of dreams. on the other hand for every one trade that hits the headline like that, tens of thousands go bad. the internet is filled with misinformation, disinformation, traders trying to manipulate price. an endless game and getting worse. neil: what do you tell your clients. i can see to lizzie's point, we have a lot of big deals going on back and forth, and wondering if that's fueling this and people would say stuff that's out there on twitter i'm going dive in. what do you warn your clients about? >> ignore it. if you're doing the right analysis and looking for growing companies, looking for things that support fundamental growth. if you're talking about growing sales, growing bottom line revenues. that number is going to come up anyway. chances are you're in the right company. if you're looking to take a potshot, go to the horse track or vegas. neil: some of the ladies are with me. you heard what he is saying, is

this unrealistic? >> unrealist to imagine that you are going to make 2.4 million off of a tweet. i came in very angry. twitter is the new news feed for traders for sure. for things that are not happening in the news feed for like the dow that you see. >> that's the key word. neil: my producer reminded me the iran deal was first telegraphed on twitter. >> that's the key, though. >> neil what you gave up for lent? neil: exactly. >> that's the key, she used the word traders, traders are different from investors. if you're a trader you have money in motion nimble quick and looking for stuff like that. they're using technology to scoop up what they perceive is an opportunistic trade. neil: a lot of people are going to do this. the taxicab driver trading stocks in the cab. >> and shoe shine guy, you're right. god help you if the information is wrong and you make a wrong way bet off of a tweet.

i hear what you're saying, yeah, there is upside, there you want all the information feeds but it's always about the fundamentals i think. >> it validates a lot of the algorithms out there trolling twitter. neil: you said conundrum before, now you said algorithm. what do you mean? >> systems set up to troll twitter. neil: did this guy do that? >> no, this validates that methodology. neil: understand, understand. >> we actually use those on a daily basis, i'm looking for trends like every other investment person out there. i want to know that i have an edge or lead on the news. neil: sir, you say you want a lead on me, is essentially what you are saying? >> it's not only possible but i'm going to try. neil: thank you all very much. so much for religious freedom. this pizzeria owner, standing against gay marriage but death threats forcing her to close up. next, she's here to speak out..

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. neil: she says she has nothing against gays. she just draws the line at catering gay weddings. for that, indiana pizza shop owner crystal and kevin o'connor had to go into hiding, and that shop looks like it could be closing. this family has gotten so many death threats and nasty e-mails and tweets crystal is at the point she wonders if it's worth the trouble. a woman who insists she bears no ill will will towards guess

that's this country. galvanized the mainstream media against businesses in her state. and crystal feels against her. you heard all the others thumping their chests now time to hear crystal who want to get something off of hers. crystal, welcome how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. neil: are you surprised all of this happened? >> yes actually shocked. neil: now bring me back a little bit if you can help me crystal. because you were talking to the local reporter at first not about the law in the state this reporter just dug up an interview she had done prior in which you expressed this reservation about catering a gay wedding. tell me what happened. >> well, i was working that night at memories pizza, and she this reporter, had called and asked if she could interview us and i was hesitant at first, and my dad

said he -- he wasn't there, he said go ahead, we'll do it. i said okay, and i was very nervous, and she came and she brought up the bill, and started asking questions. neil: and one of the questions was how you felt about gays and whether what? >> i can't remember all the questions, actually. how this bill would affect our business? what we thought of it? and that's how that question came across about catering for gays. neil: right. and should i explain the timeline to folks who aren't familiar. bill went onto become the law, signed by the governor, that reporter dug up that interview again to replay it again and all the threats started happening. the irony here though crystal and correct me if i'm wrong you and your dad have nothing against gays on religious ground you said you couldn't

cater a gay wedding do i have the gist of that? >> right, they are welcome in the storm. anyone is welcome in the store, but it's against our belief to condone -- to cater to their wedding, we're condoning that if we do that. and that is against our religion. neil: i got you. then how is that different? a lot of gay rights groups said how is that at all different from serving gay customers and then officiating or catering their wedding? >> i'm not sure what you're asking. neil: they say you have to be consistent. you're not being consistent. you say you're happy to serve gays in the restaurant as is your dad, but you draw the line at catering a gay. you can't be either or, you have to be open or closed to both. >> it is not a sin that we bring gays into our establishment and to serve them. it is a sin, though, if we

condone -- if we cater their wedding that we feel we are participating. we are putting a stamp of approval on their wedding, and we cannot do that. neil: i understand that. people look at that and say well, that's just -- that's just being discriminating, that you're showing discrimination, you say what? >> it's not at all hateful. we show no hatred towards them. we just we ask that they respect as we have to allow the way they believe we just ask that they respect the way we believe. neil: they've not responded in kind. in fact, they've not been kind to you or your dad with the shop. and i'm wondering, do you plan to open any time soon? or do you think it's not worth it? too much grief. too many threats. too much nastiness, not worth it? >> no we have decide we will

reopen again. neil: when? >> when? we're not sure. i mean i'm still shaken up over this and i'll be the one that's serving the customers and answering phones, and i'm not ready to face that yet, but it will be soon. neil: were you surprised that you got a lot of outrage, but the outrage got a lot of support. you were getting contributions now totaling over $200000 from sympathetic folks who felt you were being maligned and wanted to help you out. what did you think of that? >> we are very thankful and we are not doing it -- it was never about the money. it was for our belief. and it's a blessing and god has blessed us for standing up for what we believe, and not

denying him. neil: it's a lot to go through because you are at the center of a national debate, but do you feel that, and maybe you know and your dad feels that if you are holding to religious values, in the eyes of many in the media and the establishment, there is something wrong with you? does that bother you? >> no not at all. neil: so you're sticking to your religious conviction as is your dad. >> yes. neil: what does he tell you? >> mainly what you just said. neil: yeah. are you bitter? are you angry? >> you know, yesterday, i could say probably there was a little

anger. and all we can do is pray for them and truly, we're not really angry at them. we're sad for them. very sad. neil: do you have gay friends crystal? >> no i don't think so. i know of -- down the friend line, yes. neil: great so you have no problem with gays, you just drew the line at having to cater a gay wedding or gay affair, right? >> correct. neil: so there are going to be a lot of guess that's this country listening to you and will probably be catching this interview on the internet and elsewhere do. you have a message for any of that? >> for the gays? neil: yes. >> basically what i said

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. >> truly we're not really angry at them. we're sad. we're sad for them. neil: all right now, you've heard from crystal. to political insider iliana johnson and randy zelin. randy legally does she have ground to stand on? i'm okay to have gays coming into the pizza shop. i draw the line at catering the wedding? . >> the way the law is presently drafted, the answer is yes she's saying i'm exercising my

religious beliefs and according to my interpretation of the bible, a marriage between anyone other than a man and woman is wrong. so i will serve a same-sex person, but i will not get involved in a wedding ceremony involving people of the same sex. and the law says you can't put a substantial burden on her for doing that. neil: but can she be fined or sued if she does it? >> she can have her day in court argue she has religious beliefs and reasons for her actions. that's the point of the law. look at this from a political and business standpoint. she's such a demon. heat seeking radical. she's middle america. she's a small business owner who's worked hard to build the business up. look at contrast. the ceo of walmart and apple speaking out on the issue and they're hailed as heroes. little tiny pizza shop owner who is demonized and may lose business because of radical agenda trying to shut her down. neil: what do you make of the reaction of those in the

business community, particularly on the part of tim cook and others who said it is unfair to gays and cruel and heartless paraphrasing here but ships millions of jobs overseas to make iphones where the working conditions are not hunky-dory. what do you make of that and how they're essentially shooting first and later, maybe asking questions, but don't count on it? >> what i think is so interesting, neil this is a story fabricated out of nothing. there is no gay couple in indiana denied catering of pizza and bread sticks at their wedding. neil: by the way who straight or gay has a pizza shop cater their wedding? i would do that for my daughter -- >> come on. come on! >> i'm just saying, i'm just saying, straight or gay, that's weird. i interrupted your fine point. go ahead. there is no gay couple getting pizza and bread sticks. a reporter asked the question

and created a firestorm. but what we do have is regular people, the o'connors who have had to shut down their restaurant and who have suffered real consequences and i think it's important to realize what the debate about is not about rfra the religious freedom and restoration act but whether anybody is going to be able to hold beliefs against gay marriage and have that not equated with bigotry. it's a much bigger political debate. and the o'connors are gris for the meal. neil: what about the position we won't serve gays at the pizzeria? >> that would have taken the religious aspect and the safe harbor of it. so that would have been a problem, but to your point and to everyone's point, the message is going to get lost because as you said, this woman is a target, a magnet, for this

response, death threats having to close her shop? no it should teach us we're human beings should be able to talks, debate, exchange ideas and if i'm wrong or i can be moved, move me. but to threaten and chase her out of town? neil: media had a field day business have had a field day, and i see a far greater indication to protect the certain class's rights but to ignore those who have religious convictions. >> crystal o'connor proved the point in your interview with her. she demonstrated she doesn't want to discriminate against anybody, and service anybody in her business. neil: she never boycotted any wedding. the question was why draw the line there? as if there was prior behavior it was just a conviction. >> she is a regular person doesn't want to discriminate against anybody. and doesn't want religious beliefs to be impinged upon.

the no one wants to be discriminated against anybody. and this bill is in law in 20 other states right now. neil: now carving out exemptions where they have to include that you will not ostracize or target gays. doesn't that open you up to adding other groups that might be similarly offend or not? >> sure, it does. and, you know, i think it's illustrative in a debate that started out where people say where are the protections for gays? what we have is a christian pizzeria that got shut down which demonstrates i think the need for a law like rfra that's the case you are going to see republicans making. but also there wasn't a huge problem in indiana you are hearing republicans say, with gays being discriminated against just like there was no gay couple that didn't get served here, and other special interest groups say where is the law to protect me? i think you will hear

republicans and conservatives say this wasn't a huge problem to begin with, and why do we need to address it through legislation. neil: guys thank you, the left still rallying around a controversial comment. if only they were so accommodating like everyone else.

. neil: say it ain't so joe. joe piscopo on what many are calling jokes that go a little too far. trevor noah the man set to replace jon stewart on "the daily show," behind every successful rap millionaire is a double as rich jewish man south africans know how to recycle like israel knows how to be peaceful. oh yeah the weekend people are going to get drunk and think i'm sexy says fat chicks everywhere. comedy central and other comedians defending noah saying he's supposed to be controversial. you know my view is i'm happy

that comedy central is standing by him, i wish they'd be pragmatic on other things. >> excuse me i'm going to delete some tweets here. hold on. [ laughter ] >> i'm sorry what was the question? no this guy is a comedian give him a break he's a comedian. neil: and a young one at that. >> he tweeted those were several years old and said i'm evolving as a person as a comedian, and i think give the guy a break. neil: you think comedy central knew about this stuff prior. >> i think they like the controversy. i think they like the controversy, and was it racist? sexist? yes that's what they look for. neil: watch what you're saying here. and i'm fine, being pragmatic about that understanding a that. when a republican says something like that even a conservative comic says something like that. all hell to pay. >> there's such a rise of anti-semitism in the world now, that you almost can't forgive

what he wrote really. the sexist stuff seemed like young dating kinds of stuff. neil: what about the young chick stuff. >> that's insulting to women, too. i got to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. that's not my problem the problem is comedy central is outsourcing to south african comedians. [ laughter ] >> we don't have americans. neil: give them the benefit of the doubt i wish they apply the same standard to everyone. >> they do not. there is a double standard. all i ask -- cbs, they have james corden and hbo with oliver, hn oliver, they are all british which is great. we love the brits. dennis miller on this network. put dennis miller on the comedy central chair over there. neil: who makes the decisions? >> i don't know make parts in china and comedians in south africa. neil, get ahold of it make it

in america man, come on. neil: while i have you here menendez and new jersey is upside down. >> it is. senator menendez is going to fight like a pit bull. he doesn't go down. neil: you think he's facing this wrath because he took on the administration. >> we've been saying on the radio for months. we saw this coming for years. as soon as he went against president obama and iran president obama is in my opinion anti-israel. menendez is a great, great supporter of the stata of israel. he went against cuba, once cuba broke. neil: he's serious about that. >> you shouldn't have opened up diplomatic ties with cuba. menendez backed cuban constituency and obama threw him under the bus. house of cards, man. neil: senator piscopo. >> my producer did a facebook page. i don't know. neil: i think you and steve forbes have the most recognizable names in jersey.

there was somebody to confirm that. you got to do it right? he can't get out of the great pool. >> look at this a democrat throwing a democrat under the bus. this is so clear. and it's no inkling did this happen? it happened. i tracked this on the room. president obama threw menendez under the bus, they had to sign off on it in the department of justice. it's scary. neil: are you going to run? >> maybe maybe, once governor christie steps away. neil: maybe governor? >> maybe as an independent. only if you back me on the show. neil: we could do, that we would do that. >> use this as a platform. neil: i have no standards, if it means selling my soul to get you in office. i will do so. joe piscopo, we need anyone in politics with a sense of humor and smarts. >> no private planes, please. neil: well sometimes. atlanta's teachers cuffedup for cheating. how they're not the only ones

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. neil: all right, this is pretty serious now, california is putting a price on water, threatening fines to residents who do not abide by the latest water restrictions unprecedented in the state. but what is stopping people from paying a fine so they can still water their lawn. "strange inheritance" host jamie colby also a lawyer you are kind of on a slippery slope there right? >> a wet one. neil: yeah. >> they will continue to use it that's a problem. governor brown passed the regulations to give teeth to what was already in place in 2014. they passed the fact that water agencies could put fines farmers will definitely be affected they had an incredible drought and you could be fined up to $10,000 if they don't enforce now,

which they didn't have now. and $500 a day for anybody that use water for things like watering their lawn or nonessential uses. neil: in new jersey, when we've had this, they've done it you couldn't water more than a half hour or x number of days a week or at all. >> or couldn't wash that luscious hair as much as you would like. neil: sure, sure put the toupee away and grab another one. what happened to someone who repeatedly abuses it. a lot of wealthy californians and moguls with green lawns and hollywood estates. >> and the pools. neil: what are they going to do? >> the governor is trying to give the agencies the ability to fine. sure people will just pay. it's not necessarily leading up to criminal action though the law basically suggests that at some point it could be considered criminal. >> i think he's trying to guilt them out, too. i know you are the lawyer.

i read in his remarks, look, we have a serious problem here. this is affecting our drinking water supply. is it that crucial you need your fountain? >> i wonder what he's doing? hopefully people keep track of what he's doing as well. neil: i think he'll do that. >> you think so? neil: i'm not a hater like you. >> we can all pitch in we can all try to save water and resources, but california has really suffered. at the same time, this might be a revenue stream for them that they need. neil: so california jaded. >> i don't need to tell you, they're broke. neil: incredible. jamie, thank you very much. hit show "strange inheritance." she has made this huge, and you know she's still the same regular person very smart lawyer. >> down to earth neil. down to earth. neil: well that's one thing i love about myself, my humility. >> that's where i got it from. neil: absolutely. call together largest cheating scandal in our nation's history. it wasn't the students

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scores is absolutely wrong. we give our best teachers the children that have the most problems and go to give them grade or money when they do their best and the students need extra help? we need to look at the evaluation and stop doing this on test scores. throughout country parents are furious with tests and wouldn't be if they thought it was fair what they thought the test scores helped their children. it doesn't. neil: we need some sort of a performance, right? >> yes, i agree. neil: how would you judge whether a teacher is doing his or her job? >> we need a new process. i tell you something. i would use students in the evaluation parents and teachers. even kindergarten or first grade students know when the teacher is great. and the parents always know. they tell each other at the beginning of the year which teachers you should want. neil: i have a very low bar for my youngest son's teachers, look, it's been a good year he's out of jail he's in jail.

that's good. >> neil -- >> how important or how they're doing or getting along. grades are important. >> it's not one thing. neil: when you go too far, all of a sudden the teachers manufacture the grades to get the merit-based pay but what do you do? >> first of all, i don't think that's how you get merit based. what if it's the year before the teacher that made the big difference, not this year's teacher. why are you rewarding this year's teacher? reading groups if that teacher makes a difference in the child's life and the classroom teacher, the one making the extra money it makes no sense. i don't think test scores are the only thing. neil: a quick barometer, what would be the quickest means? >> i would do test scores that don't impinge upon the teacher and their evaluation. i would do it to see where the child is. neil: standardized tests outside of the teacher's control?

>> tests -- yes, outside the teacher's control completely. and also shouldn't be graded by inside the school, should be graded by outside agency that do that. and i think it puts pressure everyone on. students should not feel that the tests are tests to see how smart or not smart but to see what they need. most parents wouldn't object if after they've had a test the child got helped in the areas they weren't good in. we use the tests in a way that make parents and students feel like they're just being put upon, that's very wrong. school should not be about tests and money shouldn't be dependent how a student does. if you know your child has problems that and that teacher is fabulous and made a big difference but the student doesn't do well on the score, why should the parent be upset about that. neil: you make a very good point. april fool's joke that more than a few of you did not find funny at all? what is the deal with that?

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"what's the deal neil?" neil: what is the deal with my playing an april fools joke they gave some of you a heart attack remap my advice to republicans at the end of my show is to put the grand in grand old party and quit knocking the presidents spending and call his love to spend more. and spending spend a lot of fast, the right way or you can kiss the majority away. let it be known that you will be the party that does not pick and choose, everybody gets the goodies. for the grand in the grand old party is what we should do.

just like all of these people, that is what has happened, they have made all of you tools and did you really think that's my position? neil: that is a nerd's version of an april wolves joke. and they said don't you ever do that again. and then there is helen in massachusetts. the influences on its way because i just told them that i had fallen and i cannot get up. well, there is a program for that. and your april fools joke was very convincing i was waiting to hear your reasoning, good one

sir. mostly it always fair and incisive is what this gentleman says. well i cannot tell you the tens of dozens of people who told me the same thing. and another individual says you scared me to death. well we still love you. and april fools to you, you really got me going. i thought that they had legalized marijuana in new york. and especially those who missed the joke you can't please everyone. are you crazy? do you think that me and my family should help to pay off with our tax dollars on student loans and those that owe them? and our sons went into the military to be able to afford their education. and now you think that they should be happy about the

government taking our tax dollars and paying all the loans of those who contributed nothing. well did you stick around for the end when i said april fools? and then another reporter says i knew that you were a phony. you are hopping on for more spending. reporter i think you better listen to the whole thing. and what have you? now you want the republicans to outspend the democrats. you have gone mad and losses bureau. hope you croak on that cannoli. >> really? and another says i agree with you joe because i think that we should consider helping all who are in trouble and for once you make sense of this manhattan liberal. well, then i'm failing at what i should be doing. and actually i knew right from the start we were setting up a joke which is sad because a lot of people in this country could really use the help.

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