also spoke to bruce hamilton, the president of amalgamated transit union local 1700.tu is here to express the point of view there is an alternative point of view in the u.s. labor and the point of view that really supports a real [indiscernible] reduces emissions. >> what is your position on keystone xl? >> the a was the first uniontu to oppose the xl pipeline back in 2011. since then, some other unions have joined us, which is very good. the national nurses union, twu, some with the cwa, and a lot of locals another unions have come into the fight against further expansion of dirty oil. >> and why? >> the primary reason is to save humanity on the planet. we also believe labor has a responsibility to really lead the transition to a low carbon to know carbon economy -- no carbon economy. if we don't, some kind of transition is going be made by big business and it will be very detriment to working people. >> talk about the kinds of workers he represented. >> atu represents most of the transit workers across north america -- but strivers, train operators in transit, bus c

bruce bueno demesquita. (cheers and applause) hey, mr. bueno de mesquita. welcome. >> pleasure. >> stephen: are you a game theorist, a professor of politics and director of the alexander hamiltonk. >> i am. >> stephen: first of all, what is in a dictator's handbook. did you write a book for a dictator doesn't every page say great job, boss. don't kill me. >> not so much. what the book's pain point is, is that dictators and democrats aren't really very different from each other. they want to stay in power. they will do what it takes to stay in power. >> stephen: so you admit obama is a dictator. >> he would like to be. >> stephen: do you think obama would like to be a dictator. >> i have no doubt about t of course. it would be much easier to be president if you didn't have to have an election, be popular, get votes it would be much bet ferr you had 20 people decide how to run the country. >> stephen: as a game theorist you have applied game theory to political science. the cia's own study has shown that your predictions are twice as accurate as the cia's predictions as to what will happen geo politically. soviet union's demise you predicted. khmer rouge holding elections, iran