he is, of course, with the american prospect magazine and teaches at brandeis.ins us tonight from boston. robert kuttner, good to have you back on this program, sir. >> thanks so much for having me. thanks for doing what you do. >> thank you, sir. let me jump right in. are progressives about to get steam-rolled for the next four years? >> i don't think so. i think at this point their best ally is donald trump because trump is so impulsive and so crazy that he's making so many mistakes that he's making it easier for democrats. take for example the attack on john lewis. at that point, there were only five or six democrats who were going to boycott the inaugurati inauguration. that blossomed to several dozen. look what he did to undermine his allies, his supposed allies among the republicans in congress on repeal of the affordable care act. he announced that he's for universal coverage. he declared war on the drug companies. so the republicans in congress must be jumping out the nearest window. and because the guy is such a loose cannon, he creates openings for dem

you are and your doctorate from brandeis university. george on the republic line from california. caller: good morning. we are negotiating with north korea for how long? north korea is no threat to us. we see china. we see 70% of the world. we can put enough sanctions on china to print pressure on north korea. my main question is this. what do you think donald trump will do good for this world? you are professor georgetown. 90% of birth fosters our left wearing liberal. professors are left-wing liberal. that set of questions covered a fairmont territory. with this, whether north korea is truly a threat to the united states and our interest. i would say yes. north korea is a threat, a potential threat to the u.s. and to our allies in northeast asia. as i am sure the caller knows, we have many interests in asia, we have a vision of what the agent -- asia-pacific region should look like. about what role china might play as a responsible state older, engaging china in order to match the threat with north korea. this has been on the mind of presidents for some time. serviceas in govern

the warnock school in foster city and the brandeis school in san rafael >>> netflix stocks are on the rise. the company says it added more than 7 million subscribers to its service. they say it's the largest ever quarterly subscriber growth in history. its stock skyrocketed within the past month. at the closing bell stock was seen at nearly $144. the company plans to add at least 5 million more subscribers this quarter. >>> and google maps may soon help you find a parking spot. the website android police reports a new feature on a test version. google maps app gives users parking information near their destinations. it will classify it as easy, medium or limited but won't actually point out a parking spot for you. >>> soon after the inauguration, president-elect donald trump will have to share the spotlight. all eyes will be on his wife melania during the inaugural balls especially on her gown. as weijia jang reports, of the dress will play an important role in the first lady's legacy. >> reporter: melania trump has strutted on runways and graced magazine covers as a former model. but

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peter petri from brandeis university in boston, thank you very much. thank you.narrowly approved donald trump's pick for secretary of state, the former exxonmobil chief rex tillerson. members voted along party lines 11—10, clearing the way for his confirmation vote by the full senate. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher explained the challenges around his nomination. well, donald trump likes to appoint billionaire businessmen to his cabinet but the democratic members on this committee weren't convinced an oil executive was the best choice for the nations top diplomat. they said he was going to view the world through a corporate loans and he wasn't looking at american values that corporate lens. this kind of sharp partisan split is quite unusual when it comes to secretary of state nominee is. traditionally they're approved with overwhelming support from both parties. there we re support from both parties. there were a number of republicans who did also oppose mr tillotson and they expressed concerns about his nomination but eventually they backe

sunlight is the best disinfectant, judge brandeis said. >> megyn: can you imagine how awkward that would be? if they look over each other -- like allld the intel briefers there are kind of like, "oh." thank you, bill. >> thank you. >> megyn: breaking tonight, four people are under arrest after a truly ugly video surfaces in chicago. a young man tied up, his mouth taped shut. we've blurted and part here. he is kicked, beaten, and threatened with a knife by a group of people shouting [bleep] trump, [bleep] white people. what's worse is the police say the man being beaten is mentally disabled. we areav gathering more information right now, the police have just spoken out about this publicly. we will tell you what they said shortly. plus, president obama and leaders are in a new war y on obamacare. it was very interesting day on capitol hill. this one affects millions of patients. millions of taxpayers. and everyone who basically goes to the doctor. up next on what is happening here. being discussed for the u.s. supreme court, the people. judge andrew napolitano is up next to talk about the

about 200 children had to clear out of the brandeis day school on the center's campus. >> we had to evacuate the building. >> i had heard stuff from the east coast, this has been happening, i wasn't surprised really sad. >> there's also a threat to a jewish school in foster city, which turned out to be nothing. the threats were similar to threats made in 16 states. >>> governor brown's administration miscalculated costs for the medical program for $1.9 billion last year. the administration discovered the accounting mistake last fall but didn't tell lawmakers until adjustments were made last week. the state's department of finance says there's no other way to describe it other than an accounting error. making up for the shortfall would mean the state won't be able to spend money on other things like college scholarships or paying down pension liabilities. >>> take a look at these pictures tweeted by nancy bailey on highway 50 on echo pass. chains are required here, and nancy says there were several spinouts, chains are also required in the snowy and slick conditions on i-80, this is a live pi

classes were canceled at brandeis in san rafael and a school in foster city. >>> in politics the bay area bracing for protests ahead of friday's inauguration. both oakland and san francisco have activated their emergency operations centers. that's something reserved for large-scale events. one of the largest demonstrations will take place on a pedestrian sidewalk of the golden gate bridge. now, on the flip side, bay area trump supporters are celebrating. >> the nightmare is over! america has a new beginning. we're seeing so many wonderful people and in the same way americans have to unite. >> trump supporters we spoke with say they have taken a lot of heat here in the heavily democratic bay area. >>> and this note from washington. our political reporter melissa caen has just landed in washington, dc. she will lead our coverage of the inauguration. look for her live reports starting tomorrow. veronica, back to you. >> thank you. >>> educators from across the south bay announced a plan today declaring schools safe zones for undocumented muslim and lgbtq students. the creation of safe z

i think that justin brandeis was the first, but many years we began before it was a process, so let'sramers of the constitution had in mind for what the senate's role was. they have not had that for long time, especially after the outrage. >> what is interesting about this choice, whatever tends to be coming up, that is what the president said his bar for their determination is. he wants to top consideration n choosing someone with who is going to get a proved, so he wants to push it through relatively quickly, and you can understand. news flow is all about the travel ban, the 2 out of 15 cabinet members. >> it is being talked about and speculated that they are moving up the time frame of the announcement, get away from the news that is on now, that is being the travel ban. but knowing what this process has been like with him, ambassador, can you shed some light on how he made that decision? we have known for quite some time that he has pretty much known who this person is, what do you think the process was like? >> i don't profess to have any inside information, but what brought many

i always reference the laboratories of democracy and justice brandeis. that is there for you load tax low-level is there for you. we're always looking at the high tax low level service. [laughter] football is a fundamental tension we want a baseline level. but all of the elections and debates when really we should let people find out then we could come here to have the fight over which does a better off -- a better job. >> what i have seen is to address problems. they don't want to spend more money than they have to but flynn that medicaid funding stream is to address these opioid epidemic. for and using money for the health clinics. or education with class size reductions in that will get in the way to use those revenues streams. >> one last thing and then we will take questions. wary we see states innovating and if they need funds going to tobacco taxes. arguably i don't think marijuana is something to discourage to smoke that but they are there to raise money but to a fact public health. so there is the tension if it is too dependent on the taxes if y

. >> reporter: gonzalez helped with 826 and he earned a scholarship to brandeis university. is part of the desire to pay back what you've received? >> i feel like i paid my debt back and now i want to see us do more and serve more students. >> reporter: the employees are helped by a national network of approximately 5,000 volunteers who donate whatever time they have. >> so rather than saying you can only volunteer if you've got ten hours, right. we're like give us an hour, give us two hour as week every month. that's all we care about. give us two hours for the month. that's great. you know, we want more, but trying to make it easy enough for the volunteers so they keep coming back. >> how much fun is it when you get to go to these centers? >> oh, it's amazing. >> tatiana, can you please reveal the secret door? >> there's a secret door. you have to go through the se the kids know where the secret door is and the smile as they open the creeky door. there's nothing like watching that happen. >> reporter: on the day we visited, a class of fifth graders from ps 230 were writing