ben stein says get ready for the jobs to take a hike. very few in the $15 neck of the wood but higher than the national average of $7.25. ben, you're worried. why? >> because it's a simple matter of arithmetic. if the jobs will be twice as expensive per hour there will be fewer jobs. that's the way it is. not apple manufacturing which makes $600,000 per employee but at burger king, taco bell or del taco there will be fewer employees. it's arithmetic. i would like for retail and salespeople to be paid more per hour. i would cough up to pay more but it won't happen. it will cost jobs. it has to. it's math. >> he may not happy to pay more. there is a limit on how many americans would. that's what leads to these company that is lay off people, right? i wonder what happens. >> if you raise prices people buy less of it. raise labor prices, people hire fewer people. 3% of folks out there make minimum wage. it's not a big deal. the thing we should focus on is median income, not minimum wage. >> what do you think? >> first of all, a hike in the mi

ben stein says get ready for the jobs to take a hike. very few in the $15 neck of the wood but higher than the national average of $7.25. ben, you're worried. why? >> because it's a simple matter of arithmetic. if the jobs will be twice as expensive per hour there will be fewer jobs. that's the way it is. not apple manufacturing which makes $600,000 per employee but at burger king, taco bell or del taco there will be fewer employees. it's arithmetic. i would like for retail and salespeople to be paid more per hour. i would cough up to pay more but it won't happen. it will cost jobs. it has to. it's math. >> he may not happy to pay more. there is a limit on how many americans would. that's what leads to these company that is lay off people, right? i wonder what happens. >> if you raise prices people buy less of it. raise labor prices, people hire fewer people. 3% of folks out there make minimum wage. it's not a big deal. the thing we should focus on is median income, not minimum wage. >> what do you think? >> first of all, a hike in the mi

we have ben stein and jerry willis and adam. dagan you just saw on bulls & bears. charlie is still hung over from partying. found out they spiked the fondue. charles? >> nationwide outrage. oh, you mean this other thing. >> right, right. >> music to my ears. >> good thing to say that. no doubt about it. we know there is risk. the world will fall apart. we know one thing. if the banks or any business knows it will be bailed out it takes away the natural buffer and risk and reward. there is no risk. so they can push the envelope, push the envelope. when you make money, they share it. they can buy helicopters and planes with it. when they don't we all pay a price for itment. >> that's my mojo. i asked what would happen. if we were really on the brink. would you let a bank go under. he said, i can't envision that. >> i can. we have been there before. how hard is it to figure out if it will happen again. >> that would have been a better follow up. >> i don't think americans are as much at risk as they were last time around. if you look at, for example, a list of the big

ben stein. all of you retweet adele. what's the deal?s. . >>> we're getting more info on these hillary clinton e-mails. what can you tell us? >> thank you. i broke this story along with my colleague, the senior executive pamela brown today. and we were able to confirm that some of the clinton e-mails are too damaging to national security to ever be released under any circumstance. we contacted the state department early this morning and they did not dispute our reporting. but they said they had no further comment. and then once we made that information public, they followed one a state to the associated press confirming that there were in fact 22 classified e-mails that would be withheld under the freedom of information act. the bottom line for listeners at home is that despite what the state department said today, there is no dispute, the intelligence community has determined that these top secret e-mails were top secret at the time they hit her server. each one of those is in essence a criminal violation, neil. >> so the white house ha

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also here this week we have ben stein, charlie is still hung over.rs up we'll have him back and welcome him back happily in a differ studio. so, peace and security in syria, done. >> let's celebrate.

>>reporter: overman says ben stein played a game here. but his time here with david bowie is still one of his favorite memories, in silver spring, wusa 9. >>> hard to imagine that conversation, hey, mom, hey, dad, can david bowie spend the night? >> they wouldn't have known back then, he wasn't a sensation here yet. >> okay. a strange dude. >> delayed reaction, he was here. >> wow, that was incredible. talking about literature, he was a smart man. >> 3 degree guarantee. >> how did we do? >> we did well, not a bulls eye, but we went 33. i was thinking of backing it down to 32. 32 was the actual number. 33 of the last 34, not bad. we're going to go 45 for tomorrow. a little bit above average tomorrow. a live look outside. down to 28. dew points are in the single digits, i thought about lowering low temperatures tonight, but i think with the winds now generally out of the east-southeast, they'll become southwesterly, i'll keep it in the upper teens to low 20s. a cold start, no matter what, but a chilly finish to thursday. the kids will need

ben stein and adam lashinsky on all this. ben, what do you make of it? no mat are how strict gun control laws, if somebody steal as gun on policeman and use it on another policeman couple years later i don't think any gun control laws will stop that when criminals want to get guns they always can. gun control laws only apply to the law-abiding. neil: what do you think? >> i completely, completely disagree. of course what ben says is true, someone steal as gun from a cop -- neil: why do you think you said you disagree? >> we should do everything we can to restrict guns from getting into hands of criminals. neil: that wouldn't do anything in this case? >> in this case. there will be many more cases where this is not the case. try our best to have prudent policy. neil: i'm guess, what i ask you whether you think this mayor, no cruel gun intended jumped gun statement and when he should have shut up? let him finish. i go to you, ben. >> i beg your pardon. >> this kind of violence is opportunity to discuss why we need more intelligence. neil: no it isn't. no i

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ben stein chose to ignore him. now ben is opening upchuck e cheese's for speeches i'm kidding.from iowa. got new hampshire. ever wonder how it will all play out? we already know. let es tell you after this. ♪ ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. neil: might not be at the top of the polls but chris christie says he will win the fight of his life, betting nasty. take a look. looking at poll numbers in new hampshire. they vary all over the map. you are up from where you were. out of the blue comes john kasich, tells people my opponents are like satan. i'm the prince of light. >> i known john a long time. i heard colleagues called a lot of things. the prince of light and hope has never been one of them. neil: gop strategist evan siegfried on all of this. i think it will be battle, i don't mean to insult the governor or governor kasich i think is will be like candidates on college bowl. do you think strategy for other candidates explains their ad campaign

ben stein is insanely jealous. >> yea. neil: well-deserved. >> trapper is on to something.er oil at 75 buck as -- neil: trapper is on to something. wayne rogers to you, young man. what are you doing right now? >> i'm sitting on sidelines until i see the bottom form. neil: tell me the exact date, hour, time. >> oh, my goodness, if i could do that, i wouldn't be here talking to you. i would be out on some beach somewhere enjoying myself. neil: i thought the "m.a.s.h." residuals were pretty good. >> we're on same network now. i have got to be careful. feed the kitty. neil: wayne rogers, applause no doubt for you. thank you very much. wayne rogers of cashin fame on new york studios. .... neil: we were watching those great remembrances. also passed away last year. you think about what they brought to the table. not only a market expertise. a sense of humor about it. around christmas time. he would spend a tuneup popcorn. he always adds a reminder to me. for your kids, neil. as if he thought i was maybe slightly overweight. this is the same guy that would always lowball himself.

. >> sam stein said ben carson won the debate last night. [ laughter ] >> he had a few moments. >> former> something about putin being a one-horse country. it was sleepy. >> and former communications director for george w. bush, nicolle wallace. economic analyst steve rattner, abc news political commentator and npr senior analyst cokie roberts. pulitzer prize winning columnist in and associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. what a great group this morning. >> best panel ever. >> so we haven't heard from you and steve has chart, gene, what was your take away? >> i thought ted cruz had an awful night. is you know, everybody's been saying it was not a good night. i think it was just a patently awful night. his attempts at humor and irony fell flat. he always sounds like he's t trying to -- like i'm an old person and he's trying to sell me a reverse mortgage. >> oh, my -- >> it's that the tone he's got that's unfortunate. >> before you criticize them, i have three reverse mortgages right now. >> right, right. >> did fred sell them to you? >> and l

stein. the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed, ben smith. managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin, in washington, the president and ceo of the aspen institute, walter isaacson. and in des moines, iowa, political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst robert costa along with willie, joe, and me. so today, guys, we are one week away to the iowa caucuses and donald trump could firmly be in control of that state, it looks like, at this point. a new fox news poll in iowa shows trump at 34%, ted cruz at 23%, a 15-point swing in trump's favor from earlier in month when cruz was leading. marco rubio, the only other person in double digits at 12% but down three points. and the cbs news/yougov battleground tracker shows a 14% swing in the race eight points to 39%. cruise is at 34% falling six points. marco rubio again the only other candidate in double digits at 13%. joe? >> mark halperin, as we always say in politics, it's the trend lines you look at not necessarily the poll numbers. you don't know quite how accur

stein or traffic signal. the closer you get to the city, the less snow on it grass you're going to see. no problems at all here. on the ben franklin bridge. he said all matter of where you begin and end your trip. if you saw the snow squalls last night you're probably going to start out with your driveway partially snow covered. two septa bus routes having minor mores the 55 is not stopping at willow grove and 96 is not serving montgomery county community college. whether that means you don't have to go to school today or not is up to you. penndot yesterday. they told me they were going to wording eastbound; right? so i talk about it send out tweets, facebook it. they show up working westbound in the opposite direction. guess who got stuck in that traffic? i did. the eastbound was fe because i told everybody they would be working the but today they say they're coming back working route 1 and montgomery during the 9:00 to 3:00 period. otherwise good shape coming up over the bridges. >>> right now develop to go story over north korea i can't north and south korea reporting south korea fired warning shots after northern kroo