dr. ron paul says it's central manage, tinkering with the economy and the fed is the stuff their woeful fiddlingaul joins me now. i'm so glad to be talking about this. i talked with some of my co-workers about the fed's role and the sluggish economy and they kind of laugh at me. but what is the correlation between wall street doing well and many americans still hurting and the fed? >> well, the policy is designed to protect wall street. they believe if wall street does weller will be richer and they will once again be spending money. they miss the point of where the problems are and why we do not have a correction. since 1987 we brought about this plunge protection team to keep stock prices up. they do a pretty good job of keeping to be prices up, but middle class america suffers and the unemployment is bad, and one-half of the population is in recession or depression. but i believe they refuse to look at the real problem, and they will not deal with the fed and how the fed caused this mess. >> let's talk about interest rates. they are being kept artificially low. what is that doing to the econo

dr. ron paul about the election. i had an exclusive and emotional interview with eagles of death front man jesse hughes. let's get into the show on kennedy. with donald trump the presumptive republican nominee and hillary clinton the clear democratic frontrunner, it's time for would-be vice presidents to start kissing up and hope to become running-mates. there is no one better to talk to better than dana perino. she is a co-host on "the five" and former white house press secretary. >> if you want to be a good vp you have to be trustworthy and a good counselor. i actually think vice presidents, the best ones are ones who say i will be honest and trustworthy, i'll be you a countor and a guide and i will not ever tell you something that isn't true because it makes you feel better, sir or man. -- sir or ma'am. kennedy: so you also say be from an advantageous electoral state. >> when dick cheney became the vice presidential pick of 3, it wasn't because he was going to bring in the 3 electoral votes from which. from -- fro

dr. ron paul, thank you as always for being with us. >> thank you. good to be with you.ling: meanwhile mcdonald's hitting another record high. the fast-food giant continues to benefit from all-day breakfast and some newer menu items. it is the best performing dow stock over past year up 33% compared with a slight decline in the overall blue chip index. get this, you may remember, mcdonald's stock up 55% since ceo steve easterbrook took over year ago. >>> department of just is it in north carolina locked into a battle suing each other over the state's bathroom bill. next one of our legal eagles will weigh in on who will come out on top. >>> the case challenging the mental competency of sumner redstone thrown out. you can fly across welcome town in minutes16, or across the globe in under an hour. whole communities are living on mars and solar satellites provide earth with unlimited clean power. in less than a century, boeing took the world from seaplanes to space planes, across the universe and beyond. and if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. ♪ >> five days ago

dr. ron paul. do you agree with senator sasse's assessment? >> there should be more competition and more democracy. my beef is we are mike can the world safe for democracy. we have been doing it for years. we send our troops over there. i don't think we have democracy at home. the invisible shadow government has more control in the the two parties. so there is really no democracy. because we are in such a mess, people get confused. i'm delighted to hear sasse's suggestion. the attempts that have been made with the green part crane libertarian party, they are exclude. unless you are a billionaire or have celebrity status you can't get any attention. kennedy: it seems like the media is ignoring his suggestion. he said it's time for the libertarian party get together to make a serious argument and advance a rang of policies that's unite conservatives and libertarians? >> i think it's critical that we bring people together. it's something i tried to address for years. but instead of compromising and becoming radical moderate and middle of the road

dr. ron paul about the election.th front man jesse hughes. let's get into the show on kennedy.

dr. ron paul is with me now. dr. paul welcome back. we're glad you're here.is a strong statement to abolish these agencies. what would be in their place. >> oh, the people would get happy, all of a sudden, say, less government. part of the government hasn't been doing us any good. we certainly don't need the irs. we need -- deirdre: hang on, hang on, dr. paul. i have to ask you how would we collect taxes? how would, how would we function? >> well, we would function just like we did for 135 years before 1913. we did rather well. but you're right about challenging that because if you want the government we have do to run, to pay for runaway welfare system and believe that we're the policemen of the world, no, there won't be enough money. in fact the income tax hardly touches interest, so it is not enough. so that is why they run up debt, borrow money and print money. that is the where the problem is. if you want good tax system or get rid of income tax we have to have different opinion about the role of government. today the role of government is something tota

dr. ron paul about the election.d an exclusive and emotional interview with eagles of death front man jesse hughes. let's get into the show on kennedy.

dr. ron paul about the election.and emotional interview with eagles of death front man jesse hughes. let's get into the show on kennedy.

dr. paul. sandra: thank you for joining us, dr. ron paul, good to have you, sir. >> thank you.star panel after the break. honey, we do? we need to talk. i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay and could really save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now. with a medicare supplement plan, you'll be able to stay with your doctor. oh, you know, i love that guy. mm-hmm. [ male announcer ] these types of plans let you visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. and there are no networks. you do your push-ups today? prepare to be amazed. [ male announcer ] don't wait. call today to request your f

dr. ron paul. congressman, you want tucdonald trump to be more libertarian in his approach.are frustrated with socialism coming from the democrats and they're frustrated with trump, you know, they ought to vote for the libertarians. that would be a good idea, i think. but i don't know if trump is going to change his ways. i'll have difficulty supporting him, obviously. >> the -- just looking at your pre-interview notes, i didn't think there was even a chance that you would ever support donald trump. there are things he could say to bring you into the fold? >> well, sort of facetiously, yes. get rid of this notion -- and he confesses -- that putting on 35% tariffs is a crazy idea and that he just said it to gather up votes. i would like him to get away from the idea that the interest rates must stay very low to keep the economy going and allow the fed -- or get rid of the fed's ability to fix interest rates. if you ge tt the fed out of the interest rate fixing and get the notion that all our problems are from mexico and china and that we have to punish them -- i think those a

paul matafar. that's coming up on "this week." >>> a lot of news, let's go over to dr. ronlaiborne. >> good morning to you, good morning, everyone, we begin with new allegations, revelations really of russian olympic athletes using performance-enhancing drugs. russia's olympic committee says that eight of its athletes who competed in the london olympics in 2012 have failed doping retests which could lead to suspensions from this summer's rio games. last year's russia track and field team suspended from global competition after a commission found widespread state-sponsored doping. >>> and dangerous lightning strikes in france and germany injuring dozens, most of them children. in paris children at an outdoor birthday party were huddling under a tree when they were struck. eight children and three adults were injured there. one of the children is seriously hurt. >>> and in germany, 35 people were rushed to the hospital after lightning struck a children's soccer game. three of the adults with serious injuries. >>> and back here in the u.s., an atlanta police officer was shot a

dr. ben carson will be joining us. family research council tony perkins, new york republican congressman peter king will be here. former texas congressman and presidential candidate ron paul and former yahoo! executive dan was in sway. you do not want to miss. this is all happening this morning. a lot of solid reaction to last night's big news. turning back to politics. ted cruz suspended his bid for the presidency last night that the texas senator failing to pull off a win in the indiana primary listening to front runner in presumptive nominee, donald trump. trump winning 53% of the vote taking 51 of the state's 57 delegates so far. ted cruz coming in second with 37% and john kasich receiving less than 10% of indiana's republican voters support but still remains in the race for the nomination. on the other side of the aisle, bernie sanders coming up with the major upset over hillary clinton but is unlikely to content to clinton's large delegate lead that has her on track with the nomination. jet black is in indianapolis. -- jeff flock is in indianapolis. reporter: there it is. one word. indeed it was a decisive 83 last night. i didn't necessarily see it coming either unt