the mayor of detroit has been a democrat. so when you blame the economy, don't you have to look in the mirror? and my second point is because no one helped destroy michigan and detroit more so than the democratic party and unions that demanded too much. my second point is everybody keeps saying what obama inherited. people forget obama was in the u.s. senate for four years. he has supported policies like trying to -- now you're saying that the cars have to have 55 miles per gallon. what is that going to do to detroit? that's going to help destroy itr a profit. >> all right. let's get the congressman to respond. two issues there. he said democrats are responsible. >> over the last 10 years. that's the result of many factors. number one the housing crisis. because we didn't properly regulate the housing industry, we allowed homs to go under foreclosures. we allowed people to become victims of predatory loans. also, too, it was the state's misguided takeover of the detroit public school system that resulted in many good schools

we rescue detroit by leaving more money in detroit. what we've devised a plan that would dramatically lower taxes in detroit, bring the corporate income tax down to five percent, the personal income tax down to five percent, make the capital gains tax zero, take the payroll tax and bring it down for the employee and the employer. without bringing any new money to detroit, just leaving money in detroit is over a billion dollars that would stimulate detroit's economy. >> basically a flat tax but flat nonetheless. >> absolutely. flat and very low. we also look at regulations and try to get rid of the owner's regulations that's making it expensive for city government and for businesses to locate in detroit. we think if you combine all of this, that it would be the model for how you would rescue cities across the country but any impoverished area. we have impoverished areas in eastern kentucky. we think this same plan would rescue them and parts of louisville and other major cities. >> maybe the country while you're at it. we have had five

: the rule, is unwelcome to detroit city employees as their pension now hangs in the balance as detroit digs itself out from $18 billion in debt. >> this is a moral issue that we're dealing with. it is wrong for you to take somebody's pension that have given their lives, that have sacrificed 30 years. >> reporter: the trouble began with the exodus that followed automotive jobs. with the smaller tax base, city leaders did not reduce the budget. under pressure from labor unions, they never reduced things like health benefits or bonuses. when the budget was in the red the borrowed. judge steven rhodes wondered out loud why this hadn't happened sooner as he made the historic ruling that detroit is eligible for chapter 9 bankruptcy. now pension, for more than 23,000 firefighters, police and other municipal employees are facing the potential of dramatic reductions. >> we're trying to be very thoughtful, measured and humane about what we have to do. what i can tell them is that the reality is there's not enough money to address the situation no matter what we do >> reporter: the american feder

our first home was in detroit. our oldest children were born in detroit. have seen and lived and held its good and its bad, and there are lots of both. and you have no doubt heard lots about the bad, but you haven't heard, i'm sure of it the love story. there are lots of us who love detroit bruises and all, and today there's are signs of life green shoots rising up a phoenix rising from the ashes. joining me now from detroit is mark binelli, author of a terrific new book "detroit city is the place to be." mark, thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> thanks so much for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. i thoroughly enjoyed for those of you who aren't so familiar with detroit, let me start with the obvious, how has the auto industry's come back played a role in the city's rebirth? >> that's where the book started. it was originally a story for the rolling stone, which i went back to cover the auto industry in 2009 which as you know was a very dire time. the city had become sort of the poster child of the recession, and really for three day

happy labor day, detroit. and applause] >> it's great to be back in the motor city and especially with my good friend, president rich trumpka and all of our union leaders and my former congressional colleagues that are also here. give them all a round of applause, please. [applause] >> and of course it's so exciting to be here with you in detroit. the auto industry, as you know, is roaring back. and president obama is in the house! >> here, here. >> are you fired up? fired up? [cheers and applause] >> fired up? [cheers and applause] >> ready to go? [cheers and applause] >> i know i am. the president could have chosen any city in america to spend labor day, but he wanted to be here with you all. [cheers and applause] >> a city, a beautiful city that gave birth to america's middle class. a city that is full of talent, a city that never gives up. and has, as we say in my language -- [speaking a foreign language] >> that's the power to say yes we can. yes we can. detroit, you're proof that when america innovates a

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detroit is a good place to be a teacher and they spend three times as much on students in detroit and only 10% of detroit students can read proficiency. i like this strike actually because it draws attention to the fact that the teachers are part of the problem and need to be part of the solution. >> how does walking out help the children. >> i think the teachers are rising the attention to the kborn governor. i don't think it's the best optics. i think they could have chosen a better way, but it calls attention to the fact it's not able to teach. it's the cost to the students that's the problem. >> not legally allowed to strike. detroit and flipt are in a serious problem. they need to do when obama's there. they're paying for water $1.5 million a month. there's no tax base in those cities. they still live outside of detroit and the only way to solve this is federal money, but they are in bad decline and you can't cut your way out as we learned with the flint water problem. >> this has nothing to do with the governor. this is an embarrassment to the education system in the united stat

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who moved to the city of detroit from germany in 1851.nd set up a farm on then the fringe of the built up city. >> arthur george a professor of urban studies at wayne state university here, has written extensively about detroit. the neighborhood where his family settled mirrors the cities history. >> this empty lot is where his father's home once stood. what goes through your mind now? >> i wish i didn't have to use my imagination, to see what life may have been like when he was a child in this neighborhood. neighborhoods like this, eerily shells. row can do online and find single family hopes for less than $20,000. even less than $500. >> tens of thousands of abandon homes are spread across 139 square miles. an area big enough to include san francisco, and the island of manhattan. a decent home at a good price, might be right next to a boarded up old billing or an empty lot. and that potential bargain may have plenty of expensive strings attached. >> detroit has a very highly developed illegal house stripping industry. we are talking abo

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donald trump was also in detroit friday. with 17 days remaining in the neck and neck race in the battleground states, trump changed his tune singing the praises of the city. >> detroit has such great potential but the democrats have been wreaking havoc on this place. this very, very -- in many respects, a sacred place. it has been treated so badly and they have been talking about comebacks for so long. we will bring it back better than it ever was many, many years ago. >> the political events calendar is jampacked. vp harris is joining lizzo this afternoon and later on, with usher in atlanta. former president trump will hold a rally in pennsylvania. of course, the race is neck and neck and both sides are leaving no stone unturned in the quest to rack up votes. >> there are over 100 surrogates out right now just og this weekend. we are all over the battlegrounds. i, myself, am in north carolina. i flew from a redeye from las vegas. we are working everywhere to earn every single vote. >> early voting started in nevada and mass

ourcity of detroit is where city begins. detroit was once the economic envy of the world. the people of detroit help to america for the position of global dominance in the 20th century. [crowd cheers] thank you. thank you very much. when we were governed by the detroitfirst policy, was absolutely booming. engineers, laborers, shippers and countless others went to work each day, provided for families and lived out, out the american dream. many living in this city that dream has long ago vanished. we abandon the policy of america first, we started countries other instead of our own. skyscrapers went up in beijing and many other cities around the world while factories and neighborhoods crumbled right here in detroit. roads and bridges fell into disrepair, yet we found the money to resettle millions of refugees at taxpayer expense today detroit has a per capita $15,000, about half of the national average. resident live in poverty. times -- over 2.5 times the national average. half of all detroit residents do work. detroit tops the list of the most dangerous cities in terms of

financially, about 10,000 active workers in the city of detroit.hat is half of the 80,000 that are now real'' -- retired and receiving a pension that brings us to the heart of the problem unfunded liabilities are estimated to be 3.$5 billion but don't just hold your nose. according to reseah study released earlier this year public pension plans across the couny are underfunded a underfunded by 1. $4 trillion. why is to try not likely to bailed out? because once that starts, there will be the unendi line of mars with there hands out. chicagos credit rating was downgraded because it has $90 billion of unfunded pension liabilities of its own and they ae in desperate trouble. los angeles faces $30 billion of liabilities in california is a big state and some municipalities have already gone bkrupt and so it goes. all over the country liabilities, the deficits, falling population , and a disaster born out of politicians you just wanted to get reelecd and they agreed to the union terms on just about everything for that support. but that deal is so over. >

i was born and raised in the city of detroit. and i still live here today. and i see a lot of positive change. i think that detroit is on the move, headed in a very favorable direction. >> yet the money coursing through the motor city bypasses vast neighborhoods where more than half of the city's population has vanished in the last half century, leaving massive pockets. >> there's a lot of poverty and a lot of transportation issues for people, and we have a gentleman who i believe is mentally distressed, harmless, lives in a tarp behind our building here. >> a decline in the decades could take decades to fix, and yet as some mission ut on detroit's fragile recovery, many see cracks in the fortunes. aljazeera, detroit. >> you're looking live right now. this is the scene at the white house. we're waiting for president obama and the first lady to speak. they're looking at forums to expand college opportunities here in the u.s. non-profit sector and big business for today's event. we'll bring that to you live. >>> having faith in hollywood. why movie makers are

"is this detroit?" because the act like this is downtown detroit. the know every word. whatever you expect as far as reserved, it is just like the sea. i am planning detroit or dc or anything you would think of other than the middle east. >tavis: that is the middle east. give me another place. >> england. it is karaoke night. no kidding. you have no idea. any part of britain, manchester, you name it. they now every word -- know everywhere. i do not have to sing. i say you pass outside my door, because the rest of the show is done by the audience. i'd turn the camera on the audience so they can have their chance to perform. tavis: let me pest -- pick the last spot. you got back from south africa. tell me about south africa. >> the first thing that got me was the opening line. welcome home. i have never been there. from the time i got off that stage, to the time i got on that plane, to come back, i had tears in my eyes. they know everything about me. they know everything about the commodores and know everything about my family. i am talking about kids from seven to 70. th

of detroit. the citizens of detroit deserve better than they're getting today, in addition to dealing with the crushing debt question. we went there all the other processes we could. there were no other viable options. once you go through every other option, then you should consider bankruptcy. we're at that point. i believe it's the right thing to do now, because the focus needs to deal with this debt question, but even more importantly, david, the citizens of detroit deserve better services. 58-minute response times on police calls is unacceptable. >> 50% of the parks closed since 2008, 40% of the street lights don't work. how have politicians let the motor city down? >> well, again, this is 60 years of decline. this has been kicking the can down the road for 60 years. my perspective on it is, enough is enough. there needs to be more accountability in government. let's stand up and deal with this tragic situation and take care of the citizens. that's what this is all about. this is drawing that

i wanted to reiterate the detroit thing. reality show with trump called "fix detroit." 16 people, maybe celebrities. >> then they can come in like kid rock and fix it? look, the problem is, i'm not surprised at anything they say because they can say one thing to my face and then say no, no, no, that's not what we said at all, and you could roll the tape back, and it's what they said. it doesn't matter because their own reality is what governs. that's what dictates. >> i think when he said he'd prefer not to see detroit go bankrupt, i think that's probably right, those people would. it goes into the courts and they'll work it out. there will be cuts in pensions. you know the only thing that's grown in detroit are muslims. >> oh, boy. >> we're going to leave it right there. >>> senator rand paul will be in detroit on friday and saturday. we'll have him on. he's got a very good plan. and maybe trump can help them out. >>> an uproar after a new mom flaunts her toned abs three days after giving birth. the post-baby body debate. i

how do you grow detroit?e staff, the union staff and the city government by 50% and using some of those savings to pay off the debt and start cutting tax rates. let's make detroit a tax-free zone. jimmy talked about that earlier. detroit should be the hong kong of the midwest. he's absolutely right. how about that? democrats have screwed everything up. >> just blame the bankers. this is what happens when bankers run roughshod over folks putting up the money. jim's idea is a good one. the idea of a tax-free zone, creating a hong kong environment of growth, is a great idea. asking people who make sacrifices what are counting on pensions, taking those things away from those folks is pretty unfair. >> they bankrupt the city. >> they didn't bankrupt the city. >> this is like wisconsin, indiana, like ohio. >> the workers -- >> the worker's paradise of detroit. unionized worker's paradise bankrupted the city. >> workers did nothing but trust union officials to negotiate deals. >> they sit around the same table, say

this breaks my heart about detroit. i love detroit and people of mesh mish are wonderful.nd now it is in tatters. you know, president obama, i want to play a clip because i think it is significant. this is what president obama said about detroit a year ago. >> we refuse to let detroit go bankrupt. i bet on american work sxers three years that bet is paying off in a big way. >> elle, he said i will not let it go bankrupt and these bets are paying off in a big way. >> there may be a big difference tone betting on american corporations and american people. corporations are not people and maybe we should bail out people and not the corporation. >> go a head. >> we are blaming capitalism for the down fall of detroit. no, how about the corruption and generational democratic rule in that city and the unions that held the public sector hostage as things were changing in the car industry there. they didn't adopt and the level of corruption and democratic rule. throw money and do what the unions say. that led to the down faul of detroit. >> this is a clip from jo- wattson put in per

he grew up a little ways from detroit buddy and bodies that same spirit that detroit is all about.heer grit and determination, he worked his way from the humblest beginnings. the south korea of his childhood was an extraordinarily poor country but he worked his way up and went to school while cleaning streets and eventually, went on to run a hyundai machinery plant so he knows a little bit about cars. , then the whole company, and was ultimately elected the president of the republic of korea. this is a country that has staged one of the world's greatest economic comebacks that we have ever seen. president lee knows what is like to go through tough times. knows what it is like when folks have counted you out and he knows what it is like to make a big comeback. with that, i want to welcome president lee to detroit to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you. [speaking korean] >> i am a little bit shorter than president obama so i will adjust the microphone. i hope you understand. [laughter] >> [speaking korean] >> first of all, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure visit to yo

. >> take him to detroit. >> no! not detroit! >> i love you, detroit. >> massive unions, massive pensions. >> yes, lavish pensions. on average $19,000 a year which detroit now says they will pay 10 cents on the dollar. >> when union membership goes down, so do middle class wages. >> then the unions came in. then the democratic machine came in. then the drugs came in. >> every politician who puts their hand on the bible and takes the oath of office has a duty to this city and to manufacturing in this country. >> it yields a cat like kid rock. it must have good stuff in it. but the dems ran it into the ground. >> they don't have a fiscal problem, steve. they have a cultural collapse. >> see all those people in those pictures? have you ever seen so many americans be a failure at so many things? here we go again. i will not let this story go. there is more evidence detroit is truly, truly a conservative utopia. yes, i'm not going to get off this story. and it is something this country needs to pay attention to. conservatives keep bla

last week detroit became the largest city in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy the city's appointed emergency manager kevyn orr formally sought federal bankruptcy court protection after deeming it a last resort to restore detroit's financial stability and the move came with full support of michigan governor rick snyder who defended the decision by citing the shocking statistics that have come to define the economically downtrodden city unemployment has nearly tripled since two thousand and is now more than double the national average public services are also severely under resourced to traders wait on average an hour for the police respond to a nine eleven call and forty percent of the city's street lights a bit out of commission since earlier this year but despite this looming reality filing for bankruptcy isn't a move welcomed by all doing so will put the pensions of thirty thousand detroit city workers in jeopardy and it's because of this that a michigan judge has put the filing on a hold asserting that bankruptcy would violate

make detroit a real economic free zone. could see major corporations not so dissimilar to what happens in singapore or bermuda, set up shop there. the abandoned properties belong to nobody. the best thing detroit could want for is for the villages to set up shop and bring thousands of people. >> detroit, there are a lot of other cities in the u.s. that could use some help. >> well, i think the idea they proposed specifically is not good. i think the one that jonathan is talking about is very good if you make it an economic free zone, but if you don't have a selfish reason to be this detro detroit, then none of it's going to work. it would have to be selfishly economic to be there. >> ten seconds. >> i think the rich are coming. you watch the japanese, they're buying property in new york, one final thought, michelle never has to pay for dinner at those steak houses. >> that's true. we're going to have to leave it there. thanks for joining us this week. coming up, bergdahl now back in the u.s. we know where he is, but what ab

i want to reiterate the detroit thing. reality show with trump called fix detroit. 16 people, maybe celebrities. >> very good. >> they can come in like kid rock and fix it the. the problem is i'm not surprised by anything they say. they can say one thing to my face and then say, no, no, no, no, that's not what we said at all, you can roll the tape back, it's what they said. it doesn't matter. their own reality governs. it dictates. >> i think he probably wouldn't like to see it. it goes to court. the only thing growing in detroit are muslims. >> oh, boy. >> we'll leave it there. >>> senator rand paul has a plan for detroit. he'll be there on saturday and sunday. we'll have him on. >>> coming up, a famous uproar after a new mom flaunts her toned abs in this selfie taken just days after giving birth. the woman is defending herself. the post baby body debate. i'll kill you for rye wriing that. check out our new website at foxnews.com/thefive. >>> very nice. >> at least one business is >>> very nice. >> at least one business is doing great these days. the hate crime hoa

bisi onile-ere with the latest out of detroit.gain, the breaking news, is the federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that detroit can continue and is eligible for file for bankruptcy. joining me now to talk about this decision is the president of the american college of bankruptcy. thanks for being with us. was this a forgone conclusion in >> in my view it was. and there were a lot of people in front of me who had the same view. >> what happens to these retirees and pensioners. you heard our reporter discuss how some of them really do depend on this chuck. >> well, time will tell. the plan that the city will propose and -- it is stated that it will propose by the end of the year should give pensioners come clue as to what the outcome will be. but what i suspect will happen is there will be further negotiations. the overarching legal issue is whether the court can impair pensioner's rights. their council will argue that state law prohibits a bankruptcy court from impairing their rights. that's what the negotiation will be about before

investing in a myriad of businesses and new vehicle technologies robert for cano who oversees detroit as wayne county executive has been to china seven times since two thousand and five he says the recent activity is sending a very powerful message they still see this is a strong economy i mean people i know get uptight about them buying or treasury bonds and things like that step back and say what does that mean that means they believe in your economy and that belief in the economy is echoed by detroiters we're starting to see their community change. one of those neighborhoods it's cast or door an area that seen unprecedented development with refurbished streets new restaurants and retail shops clear nelson both works and lives in the neighborhood what i'm seeing is. a lot of investment and creativity and innovation happening around retail cooler so this tax finally for the first time in a long time is why i want people experimenting with new ideas new ideas being brought to the city by new people with a younger generation not only working in detroit but living here to revitalizing t

i'm buying from detroit, i'm hiring from detroit. say i'm doing what i do well, i'm doing it in a place i love, and i am demonstrating that yet another person gives a [ mute ] about detroit and believes in it enough to be here. >> you're 100% right. i never really thought about it until you asked that question. to me it's just obvious. >> what will the detroit of the future look like? whatever you may think it should look like, it will probably taste like this. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. but it sure feels that way. because with power ports... and wi-fi... and in-seat entertainment, for everyone on board, now when you fly, time flies too. (flight attendant) sir, we're about to land. (vo) we're adding a brand new plane, with all this, every week. it's just one way we're building the new american.

the anchor-based reestablished in detroit for example.hers and firemen who live in the suburbs. so the industry from cheap labor markets, then take out the tax base, detroit has been picked apart. >> steven, stoleup on that? >> one of the things that is true is that we have caused a lot of our own problems here in detroit with bad decisions. bad decision making. but we have also add lot of help. the disinvestment at state level, disenvestment at national level, over 60 years, helped decelerate. the conservatives networks are loving this i think because what they want to say is this is the result of some sort of liberal policy. that true inside the city that has been run by dem krts for a very long time. but republicans at the state level and national level who disinvested in detroit and lot of other places over the last half century. >> and that goes to the the international factor as well. there are corruption standals that are democrats. i don't think anyone is seeking to pretend otherwise but the motion that because of nast why, a fail

these cities, detroit is in sort of a borrow tax, spend cycle.s something a bailout won't get them out of, but bankruptcy will. allows debtors to shed liabilities difficult to shed in the normal process of doing things, especially when you have powerful unions and pensioners in the way. i think this is a painful but necessary process that detroit has to go through, and cautionary tale for many other cities. mayor bing is right, they're not the only one. >> the cautionary tale, a lot of them will use detroit to cram more austerity down the throats of the united states. every study that supposedly said cutting was a good idea has been disprove en. in england, can't even save the bath water with the baby. now they're going to use detroit as an excuse to do more of this. republicans unfortunately when the economy is good, they want to cut spending and taxes, when the economy is bad they want to cut spending and taxes, that's just their answer to everything. here is where we need spending to help. that's just the reality. >> but detroit is not really

president obama realising that detroit is the future of america. that if we cannot make detroit right, we can't make america right. >> i'm glad president obama took a chance. >> the deal may have fallen short. instead of selling fuel efficient cars, sales drove the industry's comeback. while business is booming for the big three, work is hard to come by in the city, for many detroiters, according to a workforce study, with a population of 680,000. the city of detroit has 258,000 jobs within its borders. simply put. there's not enough jobs in detroit. >> this will be president obama's 18th visit to michigan, the visit a short one. he'll arrive around noon and wrap up after five. >> bisi onile-ere in detroit. if it's time to change your online passwords, there's a few to avoid. a company called splash data released a list of the worst in 2015. among them, 123456. you need more than that and do not use password as your pass ward. there's qwerty on the football, football fans or star wars. >>> a study published said your bedroom, your house is likely f

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the least expensive is detroit. a four-bedroom, two-bath home in newport beach goes for $1.8 million, while the same house in detroit would cost you just $68,000. terrell that, is a big difference. >> very big difference. the mortgage crisis going on in detroit and the property values there falling nearly 80% is a really tough time for detroit right now. >> it is. >> ashley morrison in new york, thank you so much. >>> meanwhile president obama flies to new york this afternoon to attend a world summit at the united nations addressing the assembly tomorrow. protesters gathered yesterday. iran's president ahmadinejad spoke to the asemmy inside while it happened. >>> tonight, president obama will step away from the u.n. and appear at a major fund-raiser for democratic congressional candidates and he's not the only obama pitching in for the run-up quote, no political animal but to jump head on into the political fray. the white house is about to unleash one of its biggest stars onto the campaign trail. next next month, f

i am grateful for detroit and i would love to see detroit and minneapolis do well: >> you severed several terms in the state legislator but you said your faith wasn't an issue until congressional run. why do you think that was the case? >> it took me by surprise. when i am running for congress, my religion is an issue. i had my pray leader come to the state legislator to offer opening prayer as we do in congress every day from different denominations and faith. i had been fasting for rom dawn. everybody knew i was a muslim. it was in the paper. but i think the reason it got such an interest is because in congress there is a specific role in terms of foreign policy, national security, war and peace. so many areas of the world where the united states was addressing an environment that was unstable had to do with a majority of muslim countries. in congress, a plot to attack the united states was hatched in afghanistan. we were in the midst of war in eve iraq, which i opposed. so i think those made it different. someone said, keith it is like if a japanese person ran for congress a few years

you want to see detroit's problem, look at this graph. in 1950, there were almost 2 million people in detroit, 2 million. now that number is down to around the 700,000, which means, when your city is shrinking like that, you end up with an eroding tax base. incapable, completely unable to pay off the pension costs that were incurred. and also not just pensions, but city services, infrastructure, all of it. in comparison, over that same period of time, new york has seen its population grow by more than half a million people, it's not been detroit. and another thing, detroit's economy has been nothing short of catastrophic. according to the city's own bankruptcy court declaration, the city lost approximately 80% of its manufacturing base. new york's economy by contrast has been booming. booming under bloomberg for better or worse. the key industry finance remains atop the world. one factor is that the fact that the city remains utterly and unbelievably racially segregated. this is a map of detroit, with dots corresponding for neighborhoods.

he is headed to detroit, michigan. we are expecting the president to celebrate the american workforce while actually talking about the u.s. economy. all of this just days before that major speech on jobs and the economy. nbc's kristen welker joinings us live from the white house this afternoon. kristen? >> reporter: hi there, craig. that's right we expect the president to speak momentarily. white house officials tell me he'll be talking about the importance to have middle class in terms of strengthening the middle class as part of this recovery. we expect him to put pressure on democrats and republicans to get behind that big jobs plan that he's going to unveil on thursday. we don't know exactly what's going to be in that plan. i can tell you that some of the things have have been considered are investing in infrastructure, extending the payroll tax cuts as well as giving tax breaks to companies who hire new workers. as you mentioned he's going to be spooking before a crowd of thousands today. union workers this is of

blames detroit's roles nafta. we engage in a trade war with -- charles: well, china is major manufacturing. now that manufacturing has been going to -- >> nafta? detroit has been a hell hole, a liberal experiment hell hole of taxes and spending and predating nafta. way predating nafta. the other thing is if we go this route that he wants to go with china. trillions are not coming back here. that's absurd. so i think he would be better off sticking with realistic stuff and not the -- not demagoguing trade. i just think -- listen, we can get better trade deals. i get it. but it's not going to do what he says it's going to do. charles: governor jim gilmore, i think you might be pleased with the plan? >> i am pleased with the plan. i've been reallying talking about the necessity of economic growth for years now, both through the nonprofittary aggression regress foundation but also in my political campaigns that this is what donald trump must do. get on the right message for the people of the united states, explain the

what about detroit? >> detroit is the most extreme example. ago in the depths of this current crisis in 2008, 2000 9, 2010, the u.s. government bailed out general motors and chrysler. it bailed out the two big companies in detroit for but it never bailed detroit. you could not have --the worst of it, part of the deal that brought together the federal government bailout, the state and the city, was to get the agreement of the united auto workers, the union, for what is called a two-tiered wage system. the old workers already in position kept getting their old wage. but all the new workers to be hired would be hired at half the old wage. instead of $28 to $29 an hour, roughly $14 to $16 an hour, which meant if the car companies could come back, detroit couldn't because the return of workers to the automobile industries would be workers paid $14 or $15 an hour, and that could see below the poverty wage in the united states. so this is an abomination in which the big corporations are bailed out and the very cities that depend on them are told to f

i know folks in detroit remember it.nt eight years cleaning up the mess that the republicans left. y'all remember the auto industry in america was flat on its back. they didn't want to lift a finger to help, and we made the investments to reopen those factories and put people back to work. and by the time i left office, i handed over to donald trump 75 straight months of job growth. yeah, the economy was good, because we did the work! [cheers] and all he did was give a tax cut to people who didn't need one. drove up the deficit in the process. now he wants to do it again. do not fall for that. don't be bamboozled. so that is on the economy. when it comes to health care, donald trump's only answer is to end the affordable care act. now, do not move. now if you ask him, hold on, hold on, hold on. if you ask him, he doesn't really even know why he wants to end it except for the fact that , i did it. so, but the problem he's got, the problem vance has got is it's now popular, right? because 50 million people have gotten heal

what is the burst of music in the energy coming out of detroit at that time?ous answer is the founder of motown to develop the record industry to find talent with that happenstance of smokey robinson and aretha franklin the temptation from the supremes all of that doubling of the people of that great migration to the industrial cities of the north especially detroit with that oral tradition but there are two other things that surprised me. one was the presence of a very popular piano company and because of the geography with the affordability of the disposable income every musician and talks about the piano that they had the second surprise is should not have been that the impact of public schools i'm sure they had a great public school system and every musician to talk about the influence. >> literally a couple hundred comments on facebook , moved up one dash people move from detroit as a high-tech says sen terrible school system another says it is because of the democratic party of lot of the same comments. >> edits the traditional response because of the co