communities all across this country don't know it but they're one decision away from being the next flint michigan. i think the cities in america that are willing to rebuild themselves and not simply pretend that we are the city that we used to be ironically are the cities that are going to be best positioned for growth in the future. now it's a city that is built for twice the number of people that we actually have so we think the kind of successful city that point can be is going to is going to require that it be calm cleaner smaller on a more sustainable. but then also not every you know ever again. become dependent on one company. we've got thousands of abandoned houses we've got more houses than we have people so rather than simply selling those properties off to speculators that's the whole idea is that we get the property into the hands of the land bank turn to turn to the neighborhood. is one was we had. this spring i'm going to go more to southern food because i went to the farmer's market this year and the first day the i had crowded black eyed peas purple holes and they sold out immedia

it happened during the great depression when workers rose up in my town of flint, michigan, where theodern day union movement began because people took over the gm factories. this is what happens when people have had it. this is just going to build and build. what i see here, i don't think your cameras can pick this up. you see a variety of americans here shall the mosaic of this country. you have young people here. you have senior citizens here. you have teachers here. you have nurses here. you have unemployed people here. you have young people who will be paying off student loans until their 40s. if they lived in any other western democracy, they wouldn't be in hock for half of their adult lives. >> you don't want to miss the lawrence o'donnell show "the last word" on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day. it airs weeknights at 8:00 p.m. only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> coming up, spills, chills, and th and thrills on the very last day of baseball's season. includes a dramatic two-out home run for the rays and even more drama to come. you are watching "

as a nation we've got to get serious about teaching our young people about how to eat i was in flint michigan a couple of years ago and the kids there were telling me that they eat hot cheetos and drink mountain dew for breakfast and that's what they're going to school on which is not good it's not going to work they're not going to get educated that way so it's communities we need to teach our children how to eat we need to make sure that communities have fresh fruits and vegetables that they have access to fresh fruits and vegetables safe places to exercise access to quality health care across the board it's. time to lose sleep thanks so much for the great work that you're doing and for being on the program tonight with us. thank you so much for having me it's an honor frankly it's an embarrassment for the richest country in the world to have so many symptoms of terrible poverty. it's time for the good the bad of the very very sick of locks so the goal the internet is that way. anyway good mark kidding the north carolina based advertising company created a new online video game to raise awa

it happened during the great depression when workers rose up in my town of flint, michigan, where the modern day union movement began because people just took over the gm factories. this is what happens when people have had it. and it's not -- it's not about policy wonkness and beltway bull shit -- nobody wants to, nobody cares about that anymore. they are just going to descend on whether it's new york, whether it's in d.c., whether it's in los angeles, san francisco, this is just going to build and build. and you're going to see what i see here -- i don't think your family probably can't pick this up. you see a variety of americans here. you see really the mosaic of this country. you have young people here. you have senior citizens here. you have teachers here. you have nurses here. you have unemployed people here. you have young people who will be paying off student loans until their 40s. and if they lived in any other western democracy, they wouldn't be in hawk for half of their adult lives. this is -- i thought somebody put it best the other day when they said, the main reason peo

. >> capitalism destroyed my town, flint michigan. >> i'm talking but personally. >> that's me personally. that's my town. those are my family. that's my friends. people have suffered as a result of the greed from corporations like. >> you have earned a lot through capitalism, right? >> i have actually done pretty decent because people come see my movies. >> michael moore hopes the day comes when he doesn't have to promote a new book or movie. >> i totally reject the system. >> that you have made a lot of money. >> you won't give back all that money. >> happy day for me is when i will be unemployed. >> bill: me too. joining us now from san francisco fox news anchor juliet huddy. you think moore is a little disingenuous here, juliet? >> i think he ask a hypocrite? yes. i do. dick brennan is the reporter there and cheers to him because he went after moore exactly the way he should have. michael moore makes films. documentaries, so he doesn't have a huge staff like most films do but he sends those films to theaters. people decide to go to the theater and pay the price he is charging them the

i live north of flint in northern michigan so my dad still lives down there. i am down there once or twice a month, spend a number of days there. he still drives and goes to mass mass every day, ghosted gym. clearly i did not obey him. but, no, i visit flint quite a bit and of course all of my friends are still there. >> a politically active family? >> i wouldn't say politically active? one of the first things i remember is my parents debating kennedy and nixon and my mom was for nixon and my dad was for kennedy. i can remember them out in the garage amid the boxes or whatever having this political debate in my dad being appalled because we are catholic and he would be our first catholic president. my mom's family, her dad was the head of the republican party in the area in the early part of the 20th century, and republicans back then, when they said conservative dave meant don't spend money you don't have. not a bad idea. conserve the air and conserve the water. the gifts that god gave us, this earth. and of course there was the party of lincoln. they were ve

national organization to support the same kind of policies that i've developed here in michigan and particularly in flint with mr kildee they and i always being so such a humanitarian very very socially conscious i would hope that the person in the crowd in his footsteps would have similar views sometimes it comes right down to either we always save money for property taxes and you know it's i just have to. hang on to my faith but you know i'm a christian so i hang on to my faith to the world and for that i would have got through. it. in february and. then when most of those. transitions for me it's so. intense. we have seen the rising just because. of what is known as the big three. general motors ford and chrysler. we have celebrated great days and endured dark hours over approximately one hundred years of all the mobility history. however we have never seen as midnight and now. as we faced see this coming. as our national lawmakers on capitol hill contemplate whether or not they will extend much needed financial assistance to these crucial american automobile manufacturers. but those of you who think

michigan boy. i grew up watching his work on flint, and this actually shows his life before he was a film maker. so i'm really looking forward to seeing these stories from his life. >> bob? >> i was going to say he is, we did a short interview with him in the paper, i think it was actually today which would be by the time you see this, last thursday, and he describes it as -- he says it's not a memoir, that's sort of an anti-memoir, just some stories including, um, i think he was 13 years old wandering around the capitol and got lost, and he ran into bobby kennedy. >> now, gentlemen, a book by michael moore, will that automatically be a large print run? >> i would say, yes. >> i'm sorry, jason, go ahead. >> oh, he has such a big following online already. if you go to his web site already, you can see all the people that are talking about this book. i think it's going to sell a lot of copies. >> well, two other well known authors who might generate automatic large print runs, and they're economic books. sylvia nasser and michael lewis. sylvia naser's coming out with grand pursuit: the story of ec

michigan boy. i grew up watching his work on flint. this actually shows his life before he was a filmmaker. i'm looking for a to seeing these stories from his life. >> we did a short interview with him in the paper today which would be by the time you see this last thursday and he describes it as not a memoir. it is sort of an anti mark, just some stories including i think he was 13 years of wandering around the capitol and got lost and ran into bobby kennedy. >> sentiment, a book by michael more. will that automatically be a large print run? >> i would say yes. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> he has such a big following online. go to his website and you can see all the people that are talking about this book. i think it will sell a lot of copies. >> well, two other well-known authors who might generate automatic large print runs, and economic books. sylvia nasser and michael lewis. grand pursued, the story of economic genius and boomerang, travels in the third world. what can you tell us about these two books, bob minzesheimer? >> well, probably best known for her last book which was a beautifu