something more customized for their children's education outside of, again, the traditional school environment. my undergraduate degree is an economics, and then i went to graduate school, and with policy at harvard. really, that is where i became interested in educational choice, freedom, and alternatives to school. as well as educational entrepreneurship. entrepreneurs, coming up with new learning models, at the k-12 level, and new ways to meet the demand that parents have something different their case. carrie mcdonald, you say your children have been home schooled, but have they been unschooled? is there a difference? >> the difference is home schooling and unschooled, are both alternatives to school, outside of a conventional classroom. but, with unschooled, it is focused on self directed education. if we think about unschooled it's distancing education from schooling, including, school at home methods, and homeschooling. so, sort of a stereotypical version of home schooling, where you might have a parent sitting around the kitchen table, with textbooks, replicating school at home. i challenge, that a little bit, in this book, a

foundation for economic education content manager and host of the base podcast, it is hannah.come back to everybody including me. so glad to be here. thank you. daniel, what did you take away from what you've heard about some of the discoveries today? >> one of the interesting things the investigators said they found the remains of five other individuals in fact hopefully closure. kennedy: i was fascinated by that as well. >> you mentioned gabby's family get closure? there are five other families and multiple other families with no closure and i'm glad the case is getting attention for her psaki, her family's psaki but who are these. five people? from social media kits the drive fbi resources? kudos for gabby's family for bringing it to national attention and making it a national story but there are lots of missing people, men and women, young and old who don't get any of this coverage and i wonder how the fbi allocates resources depending upon fame or fortune. kennedy: they have enough money and power, maybe this can do a world of good. maybe even if there is some public inte

without fox news jupiter, the one and only gorgeous and foundation for economic education policy correspondente hussle, welcome, everyone. >> i knew it. kennedy: i didn't want you to have to find out otherwise. [laughter] it's a big deal. weight for the show to unfold, he will see. sometimes it's good to be the glomar. let's discuss this a little bit. i, are we done with masks officially now? >> no because the power is out day, it will force us to continue to wear them or forced children to continue to wear them in schools even if there's no scientific evidence backing that up. we seen so much hypocrisy over and over again, mayors imposing mandates even on the vaccinated, violating the mandates themselves here in d.c., san francisco, whatever their excuses are, it will keep going until the american people collectively say we are not doing it anymore but there are a lot of yurok people happy to keep doing it forever and ever amen no matter what the science shows and it's very frustrating to a lot of people. kennedy: is frustrating because buildings don't know what to do, people don't know how t

economics without the kids. i'm focused so thrilled hasn't struggle cost and benefits. i think we need to get educated economics. >> you went from being a marxist to attending freedom fest. although i would prefer to get rid of the silly word libertarian people believe that no one should be afraid to a master, to a state all other political philosophies. to treat people as sad or bad children. i think we should be treating each other as adults. becomes a crucial point of permission. he wanted to allow people to trade and go their way and live by themselves. not by themselves, who is a very socially oriented person. for become an electrician if they want too. >> from your book bettering human onyx you write it needs to be explained in the modern social science history is not the industrial revolutions but the great enrichment. one or two orders of magnitude larger than any change in human history, what was the great enrichment? >> 's what we continue to do with cameras and lights and containerization all kinds of things. but we continued to do after 1800, is that as a criticism it is to confine in time

aggressive progressive podcast it christopher hahn with her lovely shirt tie, pretty foundation for economic educationrespondent, brad palombo is back. welcome one and all. katie, these we result, i think the big surprise here is shifted drastically and reversed itself within a year, what you make of this? >> the first thing i would say i think it's clear americans are think we did everything we were told to do, work on from 15 days to slow for spread to turn in your employment card if you're not going to get the vaccine and that's a bridge too far so when there's a crisis more people usually gravitate toward more government especially with a government like during the pandemic shutting everything down and the only thing people had to rely on for income for access to medical care was the government but when they hold on to regulations after we learned more about the disease and we get through it with the economic the people getting back to their lives, and they get a vaccine allowing the economy to open up again as a result of fewer people dying people want to move on with our lives. the government wa

and for the first time in the kennedy octagon, liberty activist and foundation for economic educatione. welcome, olivia. >> thank you so much for having me. kennedy: yes! gary, this is really stupid. there are all sorts of people who can miss things for all sorts of reasons, that doesn't mean we weashed cancel everythi. what is that called? [applause] [laughter] >> that's a good question. is there a name for that? i don't know what it's called -- kennedy: divisiveness, gary. >> oh, divisiveness, yes. not inclusiveness, is what you're getting at. kennedy: exactly. >> this is one of those weird situations where if a kid has hurt feelings, rather than sit the kid down, explain to them how to express their feelings or give them some tools mentally, physically to help deal with their feel, we just take away the roadblock. we just take away a roadblock that we think they might see -- the kids are not the ones complaining here, and we don't even know if any parents have complained about this pumpkin parade at the school because the administrators did this by themselves without input from the

. >> i don't eat kale but i'll tell you this my friend alexandria ocasio-cortez who is educated economicsnd public education is there a under economic advisor. these folks have never heard the gun go off you have a president that is not with it cognitively and were reaping the benefit of all of that and that's what's happening. until we ride this course and get control the economic condition in our country it will continue to go downhill and inflation is exactly right our inflation is at an all-time high and it will continue that way and will continue to devalue our dollar by the runaway spending. elizabeth: thank you for joining us, it is good to see you. still to come more subpoenas the latest probe in the russian investigation were looking into what the clinton campaign was a allegedly up to where this could had. texas attorney general ken paxton on the national security risk, both mexico and panama warning the white house stop the border crisis, criminal cartel control the border, new caravans of 60000 heading to the border former top border official told us last night panama caught 1

or the public sector, which more and more people are coming to rely on because of the economic collapse, education, health care, they're not meeting the needs of the people and the state, the electricity company has all but collapsed. so people are not shocked. one of the names, the veterans, central bank governor, the odd salome, he is already under investigation in france and in switzerland. there are alleging that he a master's personal fortune by abusing abusing his power. so yes, people are not shocked, but at the same time, the continued to demand accountability. but there is little accountability and transparency in a country like lebanon. or speaking of van in a given, the stature of the people who have been named in these papers is there actually like to be any further fall out from this? well, on the domestic level, there's really little people can do. they've taken to the streets. they've protested, they've clashed with security forces, but those in power, they control, they control the country, they control the judiciary, they control the executive branch of government, the legislative

as i opportunity areas , one whose characteristics have been shown by to support positive economic educational and health outcomes for those low incomefamilies particularly long-term outcomes for children which of course is something i care deeply about . i believe this legislation will actually assist in actualizing those goals and i'm actively working with mohcd and we're working to createhousing for people of all income levels in district 2 . i've been working on this and speaking about this and the one area i'm thinking about with real legislative aide, it's something i really don't want to let go of. we have this opportunity to gain the sea to focus on d2 or within 1.5 hopefully miles of the lucky penny project. so i will be asking you to spend the geographic area where the fee could be used from what is currently proposed to the .5 radius to 1.5. i know this includes the broader area adjusted to as i shared my office is committed to working closely with mohcd to find a location for it with 100 percent affordable project in my district. at this time i be happy to take any questions you ma

distribute growth and increase affordable housing choices in neighborhoods that support positive economic educationalnd health outcomes or families with low incomes. the housing element update could be the first policy document in san francisco to recognize the rightto housing , ensuring that extremely low and very low income households, on house populations andthose vulnerable communities have access to housing .this could mean reading a minimum number of supported housing and services , expanding mental assistance programs to match the and prioritizing residents of neighborhoods with high concentrations of low income people of color for placement andsupportive housing and shelter . the second policy shift would bring back those displaced from the city due to discriminatory programs such as the action of a redevelopment agency. the draft proposes strengthening cultural influences for displaced communities and investing in homeownershipopportunities for those people and dedicating land to american indian communities . major policy shifts for priority use would be more housing that is deeply affordabl

economic engine. it's called the -- the package was called america's college promise. when we do things that have to do with the education and economic opportunities around families and we make those programs last, we will be transforming our economy and the futures for our children. >> appreciate you coming on and sharing your perspective and you are reinforcing the notion, i think we know where the focus of this bill is likely to be. thank you. >>> up next, we will dig into the remarks we heard from the president over the coronavirus pandemic as the fda meets to debate whether or not to approve more booster shots. okkeeping. having someone else do your books for you. i'm linda, your quickbooks live bookkeeper. let's do this linda! sounds good! a live expert bookkeeper who understands your business. felipe, i've categorized last month's hair gel expenses. steve, i just closed your books. great, how are we looking? profits are up! on to next month. on to next month, linda! get your books done for you by trusted experts. intuit quickbooks live bookkeeping. i just became eligible for medicare, and i'm already confused. i j

as i opportunity areas , one whose characteristics have been shown by to support positive economic educational and health outcomes for those low incomefamilies particularly long-term outcomes for children which of course is something i care deeply about . i believe this legislation will actually assist in actualizing those goals and i'm actively working with mohcd and we're working to createhousing for people of all income levels in district 2 . i've been working on this and speaking about this and the one area i'm thinking about with real legislative aide, it's something i really don't want to let go of. we have this opportunity to gain the sea to focus on d2 or within 1.5 hopefully miles of the lucky penny project. so i will be asking you to spend the geographic area where the fee could be used from what is currently proposed to the .5 radius to 1.5. i know this includes the broader area adjusted to as i shared my office is committed to working closely with mohcd to find a location for it with 100 percent affordable project in my district. at this time i be happy to take any questions you ma

so you know, it is also probably worth noting that the economics of education are extremely complicated. they have research funding, they have public funding, and so they're assembing and they're saying colleges raise all of the money they can. talk about what happened in the for-profit sector. >> because you have the vouchers where students could use them anywhere they wanted, the public school system was not really keeping up with the number of students. there was a lot of schools being built at this time to accommodate the fact that more and more people were entering college. but one thing happened that lead to the rise of for-profit colleges. schools were not growing quickly enough to absorb the students or they were but they wanted to become more selective in who they allowed in. so for profit schools, i'm sorry, were you going to say something? >> i just wanted to bring in some demographic pictures into this. the '70s and '80s you have more women trying to go to college, more racial minorities, job markets changing, and it was a retrench nmt public spending so the community colleg

initiative to provide public health and economic recovery as we passed through the pandemic it is my pleasure to introduce governor hutchinson to talk out computer science education help economic recovery to provide a job for every state and territory in the future let's give a warm welcome to governor hutchinson. [applause] >> thank you everybody for joining me today to go through some of the aspects of this initiative doing a great job as executive director we are accomplishing more than imaginable coming out of the pandemic. so my background as many of you know united states attorney during the reagan administration i served in the united states congress and was in the bush administration and head of the dea after 9/11 and ways undersecretary and with a bipartisan solution and then to accomplish good things for my constituents and for americans to accomplish our responsibilities. that is very important as governor and the role of the national governors association to see if we cannot find common solutions to agree upon and work together to accomplish and that's why i love the nga and i'm honored to be chairman through this year. the nga of course started after

today according to the world economic forum, we rank 13th in the world. we used to lead the world in educational achievement. now the organization for economic cooperation and development ranks america 35th out of the 37 major countries when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. we know how our children start impacts significantly on how they'll finish. we can't be competitive in the 21st century global economy if we continue this slide. that's why i have said all along, we need to build america from the bottom up and middle out. not from the top down. with the trickle-down economics that's always fade us. i can't think of a single time when the middle class has done well that the wealthy haven't done very well. again many times including now when the wealthy and super wealthy do very well, and the middle class don't do well. that's why i proposed the investments congress is now considering. in two critical pieces of legislation. positions i ran on as president, positions i announced when i laid out in a joint session of congress what my economic agenda was. these are not

for -year-olds a 41000 actually get a pk education i have a real education plan "washington post" and other papers ridiculed the economicnd they have said just read it will cost education $10 billion here in fairfax county will lose 3000 teachers and more teachers not fewer spend money began the economic plan has nothing to do with my economic plan it's better than his and he picked up another one using that for all of those baseless comments with regard to our kids in schools we are called to love everyone and i agree with your conclusion we shall that local stool school districts make these decisions we must ask them to include concept of safety and privacy and respect and we must demand include parents in this dialogue what we've seen over the last 20 months the school system refusing to engage with parents in fairfax county we watch parents so upset because there was such sexually explicit material in the library to have never seen it was shocking in fact you vetoed the bill to inform parents they were there you believe school system should tell children what to do i believe parents should be in charge of their pare

true of the marxist economics when i was a kid i was overthrown by marxism because all you needed to know was the history and society is the history of class trouble and your education and all you need to know from economics is modern economics is cost and benefits. i think we need to get that to economics. >> he went from being a marxist to attending freedom festa libertarian convention today. >> certainly did although i would prefer to get wood of the word libertarian because back to the own word liberal which is what i am and most of these people are which i mean people believe that no one should be afraid of their husband, their master to the state and have this liberalism as all other political philosophies to treat people as sad or bad and i think we should be treating each other as adults for this time he was a gala tehran and anna gala tehran of outcome but income and egalitarian is a crucial point of permissions he wanted to allow people to trade and have a way of life not by themselves he was a social person, it is not social recommended is liberalism and on the poor but to become an electrician if they wanted to. [inaudible] >> from your book huguenot mik

economic forum, we ranked 13th in5b the world in terms of our infrastructure. roads, bridges, highways, the whole works. thirteen then the world. we used to lead the world and educationald economic cooperation and development in europe ranks america 35 out of 37 major companies and it comes to investing in early childhood education and talk about an ualizer in the world that has been studies you give a kid no matter the background from a broken home, or mom or dad didn't go to school, you put them i school and increase by 50, not daycare, increased by 56% the chance that they will completed 12 years of school and build confidence. what's education all av>bout, is confidence. it's about giving the tools■Ñ to do something. we can't be competitive in the economy to continue to slide the way that we have. that's why resolved that we have to once again build america from the bottom up, not the top down. and i am a capitalist. you can be a millionaire or billionaire, fine, just do your fair share. trickle-down economics has a de. it's not hyperbole. i mean, it from the bottom of my heart that's why i proposed the two critical pieces of legislation being debated in washington

educational achievement. now the organization for economic cooperation development ranks america 35 out of 37 countries when a comes to investing in early childhood education and care. 35 out of 37. we cannot be competitive in the 2 century global -- 21st century global continue and continue to slide. my wife who is a community college professor says any nation that outeducates us will outcompete us. say it again, any nation that out educates us will out compete us. that's fact. i resolve we have to once again build marker from the bottom up and middle out. i haven't seen the middle glass did well and the wealthy didn't do very well. i'm tired of triekle down. triek trickle down hasn't worked so much for the last 15 years for working class and middle class folks. that's why i proposed two critical pieces of legislation. being debated back in washington right now. these bills are not left versus right or moderate versus progressive or anything that pits one american against another. these bills are about competitiveness versus come place complacency. competitiveness versus come placency they are about expandin

the issues that are really impacting black people to this day, including lack of economic opportunity, lack of educational opportunities, being disproportionately exposed to the climate crisis, police violence. so, so many other education and wild gap, so many other things. and i'm the expect results friends. popular press is taking aim at one of its own half to claims the kremlin spies stole the formula for russia . sputnik vaccine from the u. k. the story and the some was widely picked up by other outlets, but now we're at least one rival newspaper has retracted its article and apologized to come to our attention that this was fulls of the information about the events of the sputnik v. vaccine gambling, national research sense of epidemiology and microbiology is publicly known. the article also contains false information. as an apology, we are happy to set the record straight and publish the following statement from the russian direct investment fund. with sun branded its report as an exclusive saying, an anonymous british government source had proof. the data for the russian cove and jap was pinched by

annabelle, the director of education that economic affairs. good to see you both.ou for joining us. can he fix it? no he cancers the metro which reported the prime minister has dismissed fears over inflation and supply issues. the financial time focuses on boris johnson's battle with businesses saying he will tell the conservative party conference at some industries use immigration as an excuse not to invest in staff. the telegraph also leads on the tory conference saying the prime minister will pledge tomorrow to make britain a high wage economy. the mirror takes a less favourable views and borisjohnson has no heart and comparing the proposed universal credit cards to margaret thatcher policies. a new supply crisis is the focus of the mail which reports that french fishermen could blockade the channel and the latest row of a new supply crisis is the focus of the mail which reports that french fishermen could blockade the channel and the latest row over fishing licenses. the i is says that the health secretary saj of javid plans to make covid—i9 macro choose compul

to the world economic forum, the usa ranks 13th in the world. 13th on infrastructure -- roads, bridges, ports, etc. we were among first and the world to guarantee access to universal education at the turn of the 20th century. now, the organization of economic cooperation and development ranks america 35 out of 37 major economies when it comes to investing in early childhood education as a percent of gdp. 35 out of 37. all these investments to fuel a strong economy, we have taken our foot off the gas and the world has taken notice, including our adversaries. and now, they are closing the gap. it is essential that we have to regain momentum we lost. as my wife says all the time, any country that out-educates us is going to out-compete us. the work of our time is to prepare ourselves to be competitive to win in a fast-changing 21st century global economy. that is why proposed two critical pieces of legislation being debated right now. one, focused on investments we need to make in the physical infrastructure in america -- roads, bridges, ports, etc. the second focus, on investments we need to make in the american people to make us more competitive. this is my legislation and i

the issues that are really impacting black people to this day, including lack of economic opportunity, lack of educational opportunities, being disproportionately exposed to the climate crisis, police violence. so, so many other education and wealth gap, so many other things and they expect results vulcans in southeast europe where ethnic tensions have erupted into clashes in soviet breakaway region of kosovo. 10 protested, and 10 officers were injured off. the police fight got tear gas at a crowd of serbs protesting a series of rate. ah, with with ah, lee said to the radio targeted suspected smugglers in the north of constable, which is mostly populated by minority serbs who don't recognize the region south. pled independence from serbia. officials insist the operations were not directed to any particular nationality. the suspects are all kosovar, albanians of this operation was not against any nationality. this operation was against the criminals who smuggle the legal goods into kosovo territory. i've informed me that the prostate cancer of the case of serbia nationality as well as in the judge maturity

educational achievement. now, the organization for economic cooperation and development ranks america 35 out of 37 major countries when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. thirty-five out of thirty-seven. we cannot be competitive in the 21st century global economy if we continue to slide. my wife, who's a community college professor, says, "any nation that out-educates us will outcompete us." i'll say it again: "any nation that out-educates us will outcompete us." and that's a fact. that's why i resolved that we have to, once again, build america from the bottom up and the middle out. i've never seen a time in american history when the middle class did well and the wealthy didn't do very well. but i'm tired of trickle-down. trickle-down doesn't - hasn't worked so much for the last 15 years for working-class and middle-class folks. that's why i proposed two critical pieces of legislation being debated back in washington right now. these bills are not about left versus right, or moderate versus progressive, or anything that pits one american against one another. these bills are about compet

education. now, the organization of economic cooperation and development ranks america 35 out of 37 major economies when it comes to investing in early childhood education as a percent of gdp. 35 out of 37. of all these investments for a strong economy, we have taken our foot off the gas, and the world has taken notice, including our adversaries, and, now, they are closing the gap. look, it is essential that we have to regain what we have lost. as my wife says, any country that educates us will outcompete us. the work of our time is to compare ourselves to be competitive to win a fast-changing 21st century global economy. that is why i propose two critical pieces of legislation being debated right now in washington. one focused on the investments we need to make a physical infrastructure merger, roads, bridges, etc. the second focus on the investments we need to make in the american people to make us more competitive. i know this is my legislation, but i feel strongly about it. the people who have the most at stake by the american people, so we need to stay focused on what these bills will mean to

economic forum. we rank 13 in the world. we used to leave the world and educational achievement. now the organization for economic cooperation and development ranks america 35th out of the $37.00 major countries. when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. we know our children's star impacts significantly and how they'll finish. we can't be competitive the 21st century global economy. if we continue this slide, that's why i've said all along. we need to build america from the bottom up in the milan. not sure, the top down with the trickle down economics that's always failed us. i can't think of a single time in the middle class has done well that the wealthy haven't done very well. they get many times, including now in the wealthy, the super wealthy do very well in the middle class. don't do well. that's why i propose the investments congress is now considering in too critical piece of legislation. positions i ran on as president positions. i announce one i laid out in a joint session of congress. what my economic agenda was. these are not about left versus r

our economic structure has denied workers the same rewards as those with wealth. denied educational and economic opportunity. denied affordable health care to millions. and threatens to deny a livable planet to future generations. the american rescue plan has shown that we have the ability to restructure things to rescue our country from immediate crisis. as this emergency emerges gradually, we are facing a choice. will we surrender the progress that the american miscue plan has made and accept a return to an economic structure that has denied liberty and justice to far too many? or will we take this opportunity to restructure things to fit our shared vision of liberty and justice for all? it is our firm belief that we must build back better. and i work to say that today, and qualify this [inaudible] various parts of our history, i am not proud to be a part. [inaudible] what has been said, and given credit by many people, that america is great. because if people are good. and if the people of america seems to be good, america will cease to be great. it is now the demonstration of go

with democrat, democrats talking to biden how to to -- fundamentally change our economic system, and change the education children and change health care system forever. to impose huge taxes on you, small businesses. you are not permitted to participate. how many committee hearings have there been? what do you know what is going on. al we hear from news is two moderates negotiating with progressives it say game, it is process, what about substance? don't we get to participate? what do we have, a rogue president. we have a rogue attorney general. that is a rogue federal executive branch. we have a rogue congress. 50/50 in senate a 3 vote majority in house, they want to fundamentally change america. threatening courts, specifically the supreme court. you saw what they did to kavanaugh, i'm not a big kavanaugh fan, that is irrelevant. what they it to kavanaugh was disgraceful. they are sending a message. what do we have? we have a democrat party, that is tyrannical. they want to change our voting system to never lose, and nationalize red states. so they can't put in their own voting systems, think there eve

everything from economic to health to education to democracy and participation, to things like climatecience and technology. and of course to gender based violence which has been a core priority of both the president and vice president throughout their careers. >> i was happy to see immigration listed among those priorities. watching it come out and reading it, and watching what is happening on capitol hill. on one hand you have what you say is an aspirational document, a sense of where you want things to head. at the same time we are watching on capitol hill some of the very real policies that could deliver change, either dialed down in scope, some of these are not clear. but what are we seeing an actual appetite for on capitol hill? >> i think what you are seeing is a strong, strong commitment for the president and vice president to deliver on their promises, and that is exactly what is happening in these negotiations. i think it's absolutely important to notice, as you just did, what is happening on capitol hill, and the difficulty of the negotiations. but i also think it's importan

their health, about health, education, the economic security of their families.nt in which they could thrive and get the world peace in which they could succeed. >> house speaker nancy pelosi yesterday calling the reconciliation package a culmination of her service in congress as democrats work to pass the multi-trillion-dollar legislation. joining us now, the perfect person to discuss this. washington bureau chief, susan page. susan, we're so delighted you're here today. tell us what you make of yesterday, the speaker talking about how this would be the culmination of her career, but later having to delay the infrastructure vote. we heard all week she doesn't bring the vote to the floor unless she feels like she's got the numbers or she's on her way to doing so. at least for now, a setback for democrats. >> absolutely a setback for biden, also for nancy pelosi who has made her reputation at delivering legislative victories to what other people thought they couldn't possibly be made notably on the affordable care act. i was so struck by her comments at that news

vaccination provides an opportunity to the end of the pandemic of long-term ill health economic hardship loss of educationals mental health challenges and more. recent survey reveals thatt parents have a strong desire to attract school age children from covid-19 and to continue about the benefits of vaccination as trusted health providers working directly in communities to live learn play work and worship to provide culturally relevant factual education about the importance ofof vaccine uptake it is the position of the national association of school nurses that immunization inclusive of covid-19 vaccination is essential to primary prevention through adulthood. thank you. >> i am and muted. i have reviewed the fda analysis of the pfizer vaccine for persons five through 11 i was a polio pioneer in 1955 and making these comments in memory of my friend who had polio before the vaccine and later died much too young as a result of the aftereffects of that disease. the fda analysise. provides adequate analysis of the benefit and risk of overdose 10-microgram vaccination of young children with 90.seven efficacy. th

educational achievement. now the organization of economic development ranks america 35 out of 37 countries. when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. 35 out of 37. we cannot be competitive in a 21st century global economy if we continue to slide. my wife is at said any nation that out educates us will outcompete us. any nation that out educates us will outcompete us and that's a fact. that's what we have to once again buildamerica from the bottom up . >> .. these bills are not about left versus right or moderate versus progressive or anything that pits one american against another, these bills are about competitiveness versus complacency. competitiveness versus complacency. expanding opportunity, opportunity denied. leading the world or continue to let the world pass us by. first, infrastructure bill is about rebuilding arteries of america portal bridge project is showing investments like this are so important. before the bridge was built, it's state-of-the-art. it really was 110 years ago, today it's been called something different. the chokepoint, a bottleneck achil

just a few years ago, it was assumed that the best way to an economic happiness life is through educationugh college but now i'm not so sure. what say you? >> well, there are new institutions that are being built and i'm a part of those new institutions and so if you could just hold on, there's a university in austin that's coming up and there are others in new jersey that are popping up, but it's obviously -- look, you would be better off staring at a wall than learning information that's false. that's really what it comes down to. we're teaching people things that are not only untethered to reality, they're not even remotely in the realm of reality or evidence. many professors and administrators view the university as an ideology building and it's to replicate or put forward the ideology. when that happens, i'm incredibly fearful not only for the country as a whole, but for the parents who are paying tuition, for the kids who actually are going to school to learn something and they think they're learning something and they're not learning things. todd: you mentioned tuition. if enough p

today according to the world economic forum we rank 13th in the world. we used to lead the world in educational. now the organization for economic cooperation and development ranks america 35th out of the 37 major countries when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. we know how our children start impacts significantly on how they'll finish. we can't be competitive in the 21st century if we continue to slide. why i've said all along we need to build america from the bottom up and middle out. not from the top down. the trickle down economics that's always failed us. i can't think of a single time when the middle class has done well that the wealthy haven't done very well. many times, including now when the wealthy and super wealthy do very well and the middle class don't do well. that's why i proposed the investments congress is now considering in two critical pieces of legislation. positions i ran on as president, positions i announced when i laid out in a joint session of congress what my eric i can agenda was. these are not about left versus right or moderate versus prog

virginia has long hovered at the bottom of states when it comes to health care, early childhood education, and economice state has also been impacted by climate change and while the state's dependence on the coal industry remains high, jobs in that industry have shifted away, in a decades-long decline. on the outside, it's easy to see how biden's agenda would help manchin's constituents. but how is manchin's role in washington, how is it playing back home? with me to try to answer that from charleston, west virginia, nbc news correspondent cal perry. cal, good to see you. i just asked the question, so answer it for me. how is it playing in west virginia? >> i'm surprised by the patience that people have shown in charleston. let's be clear, this is a county that joe manchin won handily. we came here because we wanted to talk to the people who voted for him and wanted to see if they still support him. the other number to keep in mind, donald trump won this state by 70%. it's an unbelievable margin. that is the fine line that joe manchin is walking. he's the head of the democratic party in a state that is

our economic structure has denied workers the same rewards as those with wealth. denied educational and economic opportunities to far too many. denied affordable health care to millions and threatens to deny a livable planet to future generations. the american rescue plan has shown that we have the ability to restructure things to rescue our country from the immediate crisis. as its emergency measures gradually come to an end, we're facing a choice. will we surrending the progress the american rescue plan has made and accept a return to an economic structure that denied liberty and justice to far too many or will we take this opportunity to restructure things, to fit our shared vision of liberty and justice for all? it is my firm belief that they must build a more perfect union. we must build back better. and i want to say today and qualify this by saying in my studies of various parts of our history, i have not found it to be a fact that alexis detocqueville actually said what he's being credited with having said by many people, that america is great. because its people are good. t