gary b was absolutely right.d income equality going into the depression, everybody was poor or actually 30%, but in the 30 years after the war, we had our greatest period of economic growth and the benefit of that was spread out to all social classes basically because could you work at a factory at that point in time, obviously and earn a good income. the last 30 years, that's not the case. middle class stagnant. no income growth in the last 30 years and the top 1%, i say that statistically has tripled in the last 30 years, that's a problem. >> brenda: bob, i bet your statistics tell a different story? >> well, look, it's the basic foundation of this country, you know, it's what puts the fire in the belly. creates the motivation. why would anyone ever work hard, why would anyone ever want to get ahead if they're not getting paid for compensated for that. the inequality. that's what it's about. the ability to say, i can improve my life. i can improve my quality of living, if i work hard, take these opportunities,

gary b smith, tobin smith. jonas max ferris, along with todd and mike, welcome everybody. and the soaring prices lead to soaring layoffs? >> they will, brenda. look, it's a simple lesson in economics 101. when you're spending more money for life's necessities such as food, you said we're up 5% in a year, less more other items. corporate profits will take a hit and that leaves corporations with two options, one, you can pass the rising cost on to consumers which we're seeing or layoff people so we have to be prepared. >> well, gary b. and we've seen that with safeway, a lot of times, in a recession, companies will just, you know, their margins will shrink and they won't pass them along, what do you think? >> exactly. i think that will be the case this time. look, i respect todd's macro views and just kind of confirm or deny that i kind of went back through the history, history tracking unemployment rate versus the cpi index, basically, measuring inflation, and i could find no correlation, in fact. in a couple of instances, in the early 50's and the mid 70's, we had very hig

we do have stocks running away, gary b. is that because the government's doing something or because it's not? >> well, i think, the because it's not doing something and you know, look, susan is right and makes some valid points, but she's ultimately essentially wrong. the whole reason for for the stimulus. >> brenda: and you don't talk that way to toby. >> toby's bigger than me (laughter) >> was to bring down unemployment and if that's the way that we're grading the stimulus, we have to give it an f. on the flip side, studies have shown that government, and sources, helps to a certain extent. until to gets to about 20% of gdp. and anything over that, government acts as a drag on that, and that's what we are a starting to see government share of gdp well over 20%, 24, 25% and it's going to increase, just per interest payments alone. so, this uber stimulus that you're seeing, the effects are going to felt negatively for years. >> jonas, that's kind of an econ, 101, what you call crowding out. but, is this really an impactive

and gary b you say that's the right move for workers, why? >> absolutely, brenda, i'm surprised all 50 states haven't done this, because the facts bear out. let's look at just some of the united states when you compare right to work states to nonright to work states. they have higher gdp growth, higher wage growth. higher pay, higher productivity and higher growth. and more of the population covered by insurance. you have to scratch your head brenda, and say why isn't this the rule in every state in the country. >> brenda: david, you don't agree with that why? >> well, if you look at other facts, that being states that are right to work, like alabama, arkansas, florida, they all have unemployment rates that are way above the national average. in addition to that, a lot of those states that are right to work are also ones that are on the federal dole in returning less tax dollars back to the feds than they received. and so, you know, to say that it's the be-- i don't think matches up with the fact. >> brenda: i've got to bring in toby here. >>

health care, now, debacle this week, and ten teen is up, my favorite stock going, they're making-- >> gary b, bull or bear. >> bear, buy it after it's down 10%. >> brenda: and reveal the other hidden bottoms in that health care law? . >> he cracked, that does not mean the health care thing is not cracked. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto. and what to make of the president's mea culpa. and the country is in controversy, but providing a way out for those offended and in so doing, you can now add angry catholics and other religious groups to the health care waiver list. and they join fast food restaurants that really didn't like the restrictions for part-time workers and a lot of the manufacturers, that had issues with how they covered retired workers, but if so many are opting out, quite a few. are you a sucker for staying in? to ben stein, charles payne, dagen mcdowell along with charlie gasperino and neil weinberg. charles payne, what do you make of that. yeah, i think the-- you know, listen, this goes to a lot of things, and you think the most important part of this is, there's no vettin

and this is here it officer who shot him--gary b.--through gabriel giffords in tucson that killed six people and injured others. now outside of a texas brady travis was arrested here and singer was releasing a hours later--was released six hours later. >>jacqueline: in live look outside we have cloudy conditions as the rain approaches. we had rain in full swing overnight and about 1:00 a.m. we will have showers. the heavy rain will continue about 10 he asked tomorrow. to set us take in the debt storm tracker 4. >>jacqueline: take a look just after midnight in 2:02 a.m. we have heavy rain into north bay and the same for the coastline. our end and valleys and all the way down to the south bay and i think the and we will still see showers. we have heavy rain in the north bay and also over toward san francisco. into the afternoon the showers should taper off. as for rainfall totals, take a look. as we head into tomorrow morning about tinian it will go really fast i want to cause this actinium because that is one of the majority of the ra

gary radnich. he will be talking to the high school coach of the german land. if f safe b in >>gary: i thought about you in during the earthquake. >>pam: were you worried? >>gary: i am glad that he made it through. jeremy lin has done it again! this is a fantastic stuff. this is tonight for madison square garden against the sacramento kings. six-05 jeremy lin control and a point guard position. -- 6-0. look at this. assist after assist. 13 assists, five rebounds. the knicks are blowing up sacramento. jeremy lin cannot be stopped. vern glenn has a very interesting story about what everyone missed. >>vern: it is "lin-sanity", what has happened to this unlikely superstar at one time castoff from the warriors and the rockets. this was the media assembled in toronto before his game-winning heroics. no player in nba history has scored more points in his first five starts in jeremy lin. he is the first chinese- american nba player. no one saw "lin-sanity" coming, least of all the warriors. >> if you tell me i was stupid to let it go, we have to stand up to that. >>vern: gerry rei

b, "dallas," c, "dynasty" or d, "peyton's place"? >> "dallas." >> correct. wow, hoda. you are dominating. it was j.r. ewing's brother, garyestion. what 1985 brat pack movie classic featured a young demi moore, alley sheedy and rob lowe. >> elmo's fire? >> "st. elmo's fire." >> the little puppet guy. "st. elmo's fire." >> she got it right. >> she got it right. it also has emilio estevez, andrew mccarthy. it was a classic kind of -- great songs. >> time for one more. >> this is the tiebreaker. >> no, it isn't. >> let's make it a tiebreaker. >> what song was playing out of john cusack's boom box in the movie "say anything"? >> who cares? >> i don't remember the movie. >> you're confusing me with hoda. i don't know it. hoda, what is it? >> i don't know. i really don't know. >> that's not possible. >> it was "in your eyes" by peter gabriel. >> oh, yes. >> "say anything" was named the best modern movie romance. >> never saw it. how did i live? >> i didn't either. >> jack, we love you. >> today didn't work for me. >> well, i should have been wearing that jacket. >> up next, say it ain't so. >> you can have it! >> '80s -- she's g

b for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com, we'll bring you the results later in the show. >>> joining me now is congressman gary peters of michigan. good to have you with us tonight, appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure to be with you, ed. >> i want to take you back to what was written today, we know what was written by mitt romney in 2008 as we just showed it to you but he still is at it. he says today instead of the free market doing what it does best, we got a major taste of crony capitalism obama-style. what is your response to that? >> he doesn't know what he's talking about and for getting a lot of history about what was happening back in 2009, as chrysler and general motors were heading toward bankruptcy, there simply wasn't private capital available to get out of the bankruptcy. mitt romney says he should have gont to the private markets. wall street was frozen, we got through this debacle on wall street, greed went wild, markets collapsed, there wasn't money available, particularly in the billions of dollars necessary for both chrysler and general motors. in fact i sat in the board room when mr.

b for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later. i'm joined by bob king, the president of the united auto workers and also congressman gary peters of michigan where chrysler is in his district. gentlemen, great to have you both with us tonight i know you have been on the ground floor with this story all along. bob, i got to ask you when you saw the ad, what were your emotions? >> i felt great, fantastic ad. >> go ahead. >> it really honored our membership. it made a lot of sacrifices we worked with management, a great example of management, labor, community and government working together. >> here's clint eastwood's statement about the ad, i'm not politically affiliated with mr. obama, it was meant to be a message about job growth and the spirit of america. i think all politicians will agree with it. congressman i'm not sure about. that i respect clint eastwood, i remember the days there was people saying this wasn't going to work. what is it about conservatives and karl rove's message, what is your response to that? >> any response is that the ad is very simple, it just is a factual ad about what actually happens in detroit and wi

gary boulevard had always been a major thoroughfare. >> it used to have streetcars on it. they are thinking of bringing them back. the b line and the a line where there until the mid-1950's. we are taking the street cars away, but bart will come out here and everything will be fine. >> downtown, gary ave. >> when you get past it, it becomes gary boulevard. >> they wanted streets to be large, they should have vegetation and trees, they should be ornamental. gary strieker was the main road from the 1850's. -- gary street was the main road from the 18th of the's. >> it was planned as a major thoroughfare. >> it was a toll road originally. we make people pay to get on the road and we make them pay when they get to the clubhouse. it was a toll road. >> i think that does it for today. thank you for coming and sharing your information and great knowledge. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a cha