the article is titled how america is putting itself back together by james fallows. it is in this months issue of "the atlantic". a three-year journey by a single renewallane, revealing and held the second gilded age might end. edward is in quincy, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. guest: good morning. go ahead with your comment or question. nobel: we found them laureate school is, when we laureate school visits, when we bring them to , itols all over the country inspires them. in life and achievement. thank you. to communicate and coordinate and being in touch with you. guest: i think the ways to get in touch with us are on the .ebsite for the atlantic we have seen things like that. not quite as impressive of nobel laureates, but greenville, south carolina, they are often in the news. is a manufacturing center, and right in the center of town in a historically underserved startedhood, they have something called the agent wittenberg elementary school for engineers. little gradeschool students who are learning engineering. of the very

what is it can make, richard -- james fallows, the editor of atlanta put a long story on this a few months ago, that politicians and the public tend to be too uncritical of the military because they put it up on this pedestal and they don't know enough about it. so they let it, they did it too much of a pass. the other extreme is not respecting the military and the hard work that does and so dismissing it as if you are somewhat superior, let them get their hands dirty and we will set back in our chairs and look down on them. i consider that just and antidemocratic attitude. >> host: politically, that disconnect as well, that could have an effect, get it transferred it can. there are fewer people in the military that are now serving its members of congress than any time in our history. a few of them come back, joni ernst ohio and a few others, but intel recent times representation by veterans in congress was at an all time low pretty much. that can lead to policies that are not wise. we don't have the military experience to put the policies and the right kind of context. >> host: what do yo

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the article is titled how america is putting itself back together by james fallows. in this months issue of "the atlantic". a three-year journey by a single renewallane, revealing and held the second gilded age might end. edward is in quincy, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. guest: good morning. go ahead with your comment or question. nobel: we found them laureate school is, when we laureate school visits, when we bring them to , itols all over the country inspires them. in life and achievement. thank you. to communicate and coordinate and being in touch with you. guest: i think the ways to get in touch with us are on the .ebsite for the atlantic we have seen things like that. not quite as impressive of nobel laureates, but greenville, south carolina, they are often in the news. is a manufacturing center, and right in the center of town in a historically underserved startedhood, they have something called the agent wittenberg elementary school for engineers. little gradeschool students who are learning engineering. of the very accomp

for the past three years, husband and wife journalists james and deborah fallows have been exploringarts of america sometimes referred to as" flyover country" places often ignored by the east and west coast news media. but instead of just flying over, the fallows have been landing- over and over again. >> when we touched down in some of these small communities, you'd think, how can all this be going on here, and we never knew about any of it. >> the country is full of people doing things. which you wouldn't necessarily assume from the tone of political discourse or news coverage. >> woodruff: in a search for places that have grappled with challenges-- economic or political-- the fallows have made extended visits to about 25 cities for the project, including greenville, south carolina; burlington, vermont; allentown, pennsylvania; duluth, minnesota; sioux falls, south dakota; redlands, california and so many more. you found that there were a number of things that these cities have in common that make things work. >> you see across the country, there's a surprising amount of the good b

james fallows the reporter for the olympic will join us to talk about his cover story how america is putting itself back together. c-span'so watch washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern. monday morning. republican presidential candidate ted cruz had a conference at the border to talk about border security. by local joined law-enforcement -- ted cruz is joined by local law-enforcement. -- this would run for .5 minutes. run for 25 minutes. i just want to say thank you to the glenn family. they are preaching awareness and educating senator cruz and governor harry on what is going on on our border. with that being said, i want to introduce governor quinn -- rick perry from texas and thank him for being here today. perry: thank you, is a great privilege to be here from southern arizona. they are reflective of the generations of americans that have made this country what it is. want toking souls that get out here in ranch and do what they love to do. unfortunately, over the last has beenving in peace getting harder and harder to accomplish. federal government has failed miserabl

this is written by james fallows. we're going to post it on our facebook page.s called how america is putting itself back together. most people in the united states believe their country is going to you know where. he says we are wrong. and he goes all across america and looks at mid sized cities. there's a lot of promise and there's good things happening. greenville south carolina and other places. i'm not going to take up all the time talking about it. if you live in one of those places, you're going to want to read this. >> very helpful, dana. >> during the shows. the judgment in the aaron andrews $75 million lawsuit came down. the jury came back, national jury came back and awarded her $55 million. $28 million, the responsibility by michael david barrett, the stalker, the judgment against him for 28 million. and $27 million for marriott at vanderbilt. >> that ought to teach the guys to do that. >> juan williams? >> i had a busy family weekend. i've been traveling so much with politics in new york. i start off by going to see my grandchildren, and here are pi

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