c.b.s. new york times poll that shows that forty percent three. that generally agrees with the movement's views not only twenty and only twenty seven percent say they didn't so joining me from our studio in los angeles to discuss it all is richard ask our senior fellow at the campaign for america's future richard i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and what do you think this congressional budget office report that shows just how that income inequality has become over the last you know or since one nine hundred seventy nine do you think that this is finally going to silence some critics that say it's not a serious problem here in america. will it silence the critics no i doubt it because their vested interest is to keep on criticizing and calling the the protesters hippies without jobs which i take offense at because i was a hippy without a job and i know what that's like and that's not who they are and what this report does is it confirms what we've known for a long time which is that there's a massive upward distribution of wealth

c.b.s. new york times poll that came out this week showed that eighty nine percent of americans don't trust their government now only nine percent approve of congress and forty three percent are now agreeing with the occupiers so we know that we're here but let's look at how we got here to figure out how we now can bring about some change joining me from our studio in los angeles to discuss it is lawrence lessig professor of law at harvard law school and author of his latest book where pub. lost how money corrupts congress and a plan to stop it lawrence i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and you know we will get into what's happening right now in terms of populist movements or people rising up but first let's just start with what we're seeing our government do you and our congress do or not to do you think that they that they forgotten that they're actually supposed to rule by consent of the government of the governed excuse me do you think that they really represent the needs or the interests of the people anymore when members of congress are spending thirty to seventy perc