adversity.conomic committed suicide after being a failed fire-and- brimstone reacher.hey remain invested in the american dream. has the american dream remain invested in them? is there a place in america for people like that? >> do you use the word exceptional? >> once. to come to a more modest appraisal of our self -- ourselves and our world role. is to create a better society here. we extended all this wealth and power abroad in iraq and afghanistan while hollowing out at home. our middle class, which is the basis of our democracy, is struggling. demons, wherere tammy lives, they say, there is no more middle class. that is not the america i want to live in. >> our guest has been george packer. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call to give us your comments about a.orgrogram, visit join -- >> president obama released a statement today on the verdict trial against george zimmerman. he was pronounced not guilt in -- guilty. a said, "the death was tragedy for america. this has elicited strong passions and in the wake of the verdict, i