over a month ago shows no signs of slowing down back start to talk to author and social critic james costello about the phenomenon and what kind of impact it's going to make on the future of the united states that interview for you next. i. can't thing down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us and it's nice to be here and let's get started with the occupy wall street movement is seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really advocates teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hilarious that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you know you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on that we cannot construct a coherent story about what's happening to us

james in australia for us this morning. thank you. >> lester, thanks. >>> troubling revelations about the deadly commuter plane crash in buffalo nearly three years ago. the accident killed 50 people, and as nbc's tom costello report, it appears the airline had concerns about the pilot. >> reporter: within months of the crash of continental connection flight 3407, flown by colgan airline, investigators zeroed in on the captain and copilot. >> they went from complacency to catastrophe in 30 seconds. >> reporter: they failed to monitor the air speed of the dash q-400 turboprop. when the plane began to stall, captain renslow pulled the nose up, causing the plane to crash. just six months before the crash, colgan airlines i was was concerned about renslow and didn't think he was qualified to upgrade to go from saab turbo problem to the bigger q-400. one manager says you might want to check the training records. there is something in the back of my mind about renslow. you are correct. he had a problem upgrading. then the vice president of operations weighs in, saying anyone that does not meet the minimums and had problems training before is not ready to tackle the q. the chief pilot replies, he is already off th