is a friend and a colleague, assistant professor of political science at columbia university, dorian warrenilled to have you here to talk about this topic. >> thanks, melissa, it's sort of a depressing topic, unfortunately. >> it is depressing, but we had these conversations about what the american government could do that supported something like the greatest generation. now today the president said something about what he wants to see happen. let's listen for just one second to that. >> we need roads and bridges and schools all across the country that could be rebuilt, and interest rates are low, so we could finance right now the rebuilding of infrastructure all across america that drove not only unemployment in the construction industry down but drove unemployment down across the board. and traditionally, that hasn't been a democratic or republican issue, that's been an american issue. we've taken pride in rebuilding america. the only thing that's holding us back right now is our politics. >> so the president says it's just our politics holding us back, what do you think, do we have the

dorian warren, thank you so much for coming in and joining me tonight. >>> you can have the last word online at thelastword.com. you can follow my tweets @mharrisperry, and a quick plug, my new book is called "sister citizen," now, "the rachel maddow show" is up next. >> best thing about coming home from my vacation was seeing your book on my desk. it was a great present and it's a great read, so thank you for that. >>> and thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. we have breaking news out of the midwest. what appears to be an unexpected result fro