he is all around gracie mansion where i live. i don't know what goes on behind the walls, the guy believes he can become the president. >> no, he knows he can't. >> he knows he cannot be president. i think what he's -- neil: you think eugene mccarthy thought that in 1968 and surprised almost everyone. he was a senator from wisconsin and almost beat lyndon johnson. >> different times. neil: i agree but you wound the unassailable incumbent to the point that the incumbent looks staggered -- >> point in case point in case, we had somebody in illinois who was a united states senator for about a year, a nobody, and he became president of the united states. >> on the cover of news week magazine 20 times. neil: you don't think de blasio is on the cover? the big bird. neil: he's been on the cover. >> barack obama there was a sensation around him. i'm sure he's doing this to enhance his national profile. but he's not going to run now. >> wasn't he in iowa? wasn't he in iowa? he's in iowa. >> mitt romney was running. neil: well yeah, hillar

six weeks ago i convened a small group of progressive leaders at gracie mansion.a was to discuss the central challenge of our times income inequality, to bring progressives together to make a difference. we pledge to reach out to hundreds and hundreds of our fellow progressives and start a movement that would reach all the way here to washington d.c. and make an impact so we can finally address income inequality. we knew it would take a bold set of solutions, that no half measures would do. today we're signing the progressive agenda to combat income inequality. these 13 progressive ideas will make an enormous difference for families all over this country, for every day americans. they are bold steps. they are clear steps like increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. national paid sick leave and paid family leave laws. universal pre-k and after school and child care. and closing the tax loopholes that hold us back. closing the loopholes that allow ceos and hedge fund managers and billionaires to avoid paying their fair share in taxes. the only way to turn this c

six weeks ago i convened a small group of progressive leaders at gracie mansion. the idea was to discuss the central challenge of our times. income inequality. to find a way to bring progressives together to make an impact like never before. we pledged to reach out all over the country to hundreds and hundreds of our fellow progressives and start a movement that would reach all the way here to washington, d.c. and make an impact so we could finally address income inequality. we knew it would take a bold set of solutions that no half measures would do. so today we're announcing and we're signing the progressive agenda to combat income inequality. these 13 progressive ideas will make an enormous difference for families all over this country, for everyday americans. they are bold steps, they are clear steps. like increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. national paid sick leave and paid family leave laws. universal pre-k and after-school and child care. and closing the tax loopholes that hold us back. closing the loopholes that allow ceos and hedge fund managers a

one of the founders of this effort joined with us at gracie mansion. of the greatest living americans whose words inspire us . it's my honor to turn to someone who has shown us what it means to build progressive politics in this country. whose commitment to genuine grassroots action has transformed politics in this nation. the former dnc chairman and governor howard dean. howard dean: i am not really from inside -- i will stick to two minutes and i encourage everybody else to do the same. i want to thank mayor double osseeblasio for his extraordinary leadership. he understands ordinary working people and the people who built this country. i am fully signed on to this. this is about trying to move a candidate in a certain direction -- she has embraced a lot of this already. we have to deal with the fact that 80% of this country has not had a raise in the last 20 years. i'm not against rich people, but i am for america and america cannot work if 80% of the people don't participate in the benefits of eric stringer economic machine. we are asking you to ti

in fact the head of the police union said the fault laid at the steps of gracie mansion or at city hallfrom those very difficult times and the strain in that relationship between you and the cops? is it better today? >> i think the whole a better place today. two of our officers were assassinated in cold blood. i think everyone after that experience recognized we have to move forward, find some way towards each other. i think the tone has been much better. and in the end, we have all inherited a history. again, i refer to baltimore. it's abundantly clear, it's a deep, deep history. i think the serious work figuring out how we reform policing and the connection between police an community. it's also getting at the underlying qualities. it's one of the foundational problems. lack of stunt is stunning particularly for young men of color. if there aren't job opportunities or sufficient wages, people literally cannot see an economic future why is it surprising tensions rise? i think we would say it for any of us if we had no sense of economic possibility. if we didn't think we could feed or