let's bring in our all-star panel, nomi prins, and any randazzo, former congressman dennis kucinich, x news contributor. dennis, first to you, does it matter to main street what happens to wall street? >> well it certainly does. we saw in the financial collapse of 2007, that main street had tremendous amount of its wealth sucked out of housing an investments because of a lack of oversight by, by the government of wall street. so wall street activity, is part of the engine driving an acceleration of wealth in america upwards. since 2008, approximately 95% of the income gains have gone to the top 1%. david: right. >> the middle class and upper middle class, he, listen i agree with you on that. anthony i would emphasize that distance has grown in the past six years, with policies where we give the government and fed even more power. >> that is exactly right. what is going on is, this is, attempt to try to regulate away a bunch of problems. it minds up being massive regressive policy we'll give a bunch of bailouts to wall street instead of tightly containing what happens. that means fur m

former democratic congressman dennis kucinich says low key launch is backfiring here. congressman always good to see you. what do you make of this and the backlash. when you have her poll numbers within the party, it's easy to look like you're unstoppable, and easy to depoke that. you say there is something more potentially going on? >> well first of all, i think we have to credit secretary clinton with a very good commercial in the launch. i watched it carefully, neil in that two minutes she spoke for 30 seconds, which makes it one of the briefest presidential announcements in u.s. history. neil: good point. >> and there are special effects music in the background and portrayed an america that is very pretty and an america we all want to see, and an america which doesn't exist en masse. and i think that if that's the america we're all looking forward to, everybody wants it. on the other hand very few people have access to it and the real issue is the disparities of wealth the fact that america is going to war all over the world and she's approved of it generally. and

at his best, he channeled dennis kucinich saying that the ration not be about sniping but about realssues. bernie sanders: i believe in a democracy what elections are about our serious debates with serious issues, not political gossip, not making campaigns into soapboxes. this is not the red sox versus the yankees. this is a debate over major issues facing the american people. mark: how will bernie's style play? should he really try to keep the media focused away from the clinton soap opera? al: yeah, i think he has to because that will happen a matter what he does. bernie does not do warm and fuzzy. we know that. and i think, given his message, i think the style he brings probably is an asset. i think people -- we talked about it several times in this segment, he is authentic. i think authenticity is his calling card. mark: we have had tons of candidate saying i do not want this campaign to be about style pair it i wanted to be about and issues. i think he demonstrated a good year about shaming the press and saying, you know what? this is about serious things. i think after today, h

. >> host: and no one like dennis kucinich tried to get her many years. >> guest: the congress deems it by not funding adequately. >> host: what about on the campuses and your involvement in opposing that? >> guest: they have rotc programs. adhere christ was a pacifist. how can that be? i'm waiting for the pope to see whether he ever comes out. you are in dc surrounded by the military contractors and bases and get you say things like you want to serve your country don't join the military and you're constantly in this you are constantly in this book advising your students not to join the military. >> guest: the reason i do that you hear that phrase thank you for serving the country i don't think that is true. no one in america is serving their country they are serving those that run the country. there's very little evidence that those that run the country care about you and the race to be a would have a long waiting list and we wouldn't have a high rate among the veterans of vietnam and iraq and afghanistan they don't care about you. or otherwise you wouldn't have declared them in the

. >> host: there is no light dennis kucinich tried for many years. >> guest: i had written about and congress demings it by not funding it adequately. >> host: what about the rotc campuses and your involvement in opposing that? >> guest: they have rotc programs. notre dame is the biggest in the country percentagewise. boston college, all of peace schools, and here christ was a pacifist. how can that be? i'm waiting for that hope to see whether he ever comes out and tells catholics you are forbidden to go into the military. there is nowhere near saying that. >> host: you live in dc. i could see if you had his views if you lived in ann arbor michigan or berkeley that you are in the nation's capital. you are surrounded by the contractors, surrounded by databases and yet you say things like you want to serve the country, don't join the military. and you're constantly in this book advising your students not to join the military. >> guest: the reason i do that, you hear this phrase thank you for serving the country. while no one in the military serving their country, they are serving those

for god, dennis kucinich. anyone.ou'll have to answer the question, joe, why are we stuck with someone like hillary clinton who is a proven record of betraying the progressive ideas? a michelle goldberg, do you want to get a word in here? we have to go to break in and come back to this discussion. you're watching, listening to -- and you can read them online at democracynow.org, robert scheer author and editor in chief at truthdig, are also joined in new york by joe conason, the author of "the hunting of the , president: the ten-year campaign to destroy bill and hillary clinton." michelle goldberg is senior contributing writer at the nation. and kshama sawant is a socialist city councilmember in seattle. she push for $15 minimum wage for all workers in seattle and won. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are joined by joe conason robert scheer, author of "they know everything about you: how data-collecting corporations and snooping