some 40% of the socialist party of utah are lds, many of whom are active in faithful members of the lds. we like to tell the story that when i started doing our research that found people with names that are offered woodruff freckled 10 and joseph smith just a pearly prat washburn, good mormon names, we knew there was a mormon elements of the socialist party, a story that had never been told. we believed if we followed that story would help us not only understand socialism but understand the various tenant is that utah had exhibited in that period of time. the disparity between the two elements, mormon and non-mormon to place at both levels. it took place generally in the politics at the time, but it took place within the socialist movement itself. there were a number of socialist who did not believe one could be a mormon and really be a socialist. they believed in the final analysis that mormon commitment to capitalism into the business was evidenced in that. i'm a and a commitment he may have had to the communitarian heritage. there were other socialist to realize because mormons were

he says the proof of lds influence is in this letter. it states i believe the best solution to the challenge of out of wedlock pregnancies is as stated by mormon church leadership, children are entitled to be reared by a mother and father, who honor the more stall vows with complete fidelity. >> we with couldn't get kia's birth mother, or adopted parents to talk to us, but we did speak with an organization, arguing on their behalf. >> i think these mothered are doing great things. >> bill duncan is with the southerland institute, a powerful conservative lobbying growth in utah. what's your skin in the game? >> way are interesting in making sure owe laws reflect the realities of family life, and particularly that they protect the most vulnerable people in family, which is of course children. >> the southerland institute has filed briefs in some of the adoption disputes. defending utah's adoption laws. >> should some of these biological fathers get their kids back? >> well, it's going to depend -- >> some have had problems. >> sure, of cou

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if romi doesn't agree to the deal and it appears he won't it co-ld beheaded toward a mandatory binding arbitration. >> it has really dragged on. >> thanks, dan. >> a community is rallying behind a high schooler battling disease to help him go to prom. the school officials in north carolina told massey he couldn't go because he was home schooled for the last semester of the senior year. but he is battling kidney failure. his aunt started to make an eke exception and more than 700 people signed it and this morning the school reversed the decision. the prom is tomorrow night and he won't be going alone. he succeeded in finding a last-minute date a. >> let's focus on the weekend weather. >> what a is in store for the weekend and sandhya patel is here. >> reality check, dan and carolyn. we will be back to typical temperatures for the springtime. today's highs were down and we only had a couple of low 90s around brentwood and gilroy. all of the inland valleys in the 80s and the coast was dramatically cooler. live doppler 7hd is tracking the fog. we have high clouds up above. the temperatures

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if romi doesn't agree to the deal and it appears he won't it co-ld beheaded toward a mandatory binding arbitration. >> it has really dragged on. >> thanks, dan. >> a community is rallying behind a high schooler battling disease to help him go to prom. the school officials in north carolina told massey he couldn't go because he was home schooled for the last semester of the senior year. but he is battling kidney failure. his aunt started to make an eke exception and more than 700 people signed it and this morning the school reversed the decision. the prom is tomorrow night and he won't be going alone. he succeeded in finding a last-minute date a. >> let's focus on the weekend weather. >> what a is in store for the weekend and sandhya patel is here. >> reality check, dan and carolyn. we will be back to typical temperatures for the springtime. today's highs were down and we only had a couple of low 90s around brentwood and gilroy. all of the inland valleys in the 80s and the coast was dramatically cooler. live doppler 7hd is tracking the fog. we have high clouds up above. the temperatures

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. >> really question the >> whether they become an ld and or nurse practitioner, which are in many cases taking up positions when there aren't enough, doing a lot of things you think about traditionally a few years ago, nursing is just getting better than average. especially labor delivery, at i see you. we are seeing in different sectors. the average age of a norse -- a nurse is 48 years old. we need younger nurses entering the force. >> are these the jobs that are necessary in order to keep the economy growing? or are these the jobs that demonstrate we are getting older and they are taking jobs from somewhere else? >> these are generally good jobs. there are different areas of job growth. what we of the quality, look at is the wage rate. how much these individuals are getting paid. if they end up at an urgent care facility, they get paid less. structured up at a hospital environment they get paid more. the type of job they get paid is important for income, wages, how much growth we actually have. >> can you address the issue of temporary work versus full-time work? that is always an ar

they kill ld more than 30.stern ukraine, ukrainian forces are ramping up the defensive against pro-russian militant who is have seized government buildings. ukrainian government says russia is continuing to send money and militia across the border to support the fighters. president obama is drawing a new line in the sand. he threatened a new round of sanctions against russia if it interferes with the may 25th presidential election in ukraine. the goal is to give them an incentive to choose the better course. outside experts call that ridiculous, saying the country has every right to defend itself. as for a full-on russian invasion, experts add it probably won't happen. instead, vladimir putin will try to get what he wants by constantly interfering, causing chaos and disarray in ukraine. it's a situation unfolding by the hour. >>> a deadly virus in the middle east has turned up here in the united states. they are suffering from the drom. the people with mrsa have flu-like symptoms and it can be deadly. the patie

to cory's point you have a ld that isuable wor michael jackson and you don't want to mess it up.e interesting to watch the performance of the album. >> you have so many artists using debt to manage finances. if you look at a business like michael jackson's, it shows that those are some big numbers. >> since you are sitting here i'm going to ask, can you put a price on creativity? should creative people get paid more? >> absolutely. >> how much more? >> a lot more. >> is it a measure on a contribution to the team or everything? >> everything. creative people that get things done should get paid more. >> i should get paid more than cory. yua [laughter] l.a., corychman in johnson, thank you to everyone for watching this addition of "bloomberg west." get all the headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and all the time on bloomberg.com/technology. see you later. ♪ . >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line," the intersection of business and economics. with a main street perspective. for the latesth treasury secretary tim gei

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particularly the democrats don't participate, they need to run this and even if they lddo, nos a political, which is what they normally do, but as a fact-finding, uncover the facts, 1, 2, 3 and build the case of what we were not told and what really happened that night and what happened afterwards. if they do that, then the democrats don't participate, then the democrats will be hurt. if they don't and republicans put on a political show, people will say there you go. that's what we expect. it behooves them all to act like american leaders instead of a bunch of hacks. >>> secretary kerry has now been subpoenaed by the house oversight committee. the question now is he wasn't on duty at the time, so what can we tell? >> i don't know. i think he owes it to the american people, certainly to the committee -- >> to what? >> to tell everything he does know and everything that's state department might well have that has not yet been disclosed as pat and ed were suggesting. but i tend to agree with the kprems premise of your question, harris which is the bulk of the fact finding will come from the

ld welcome to democracy now!ginning where you began your piece. >> in 2012, there was some pretty remarkable news that came out of bob jones university, which for decades, has been the flagship school of fundamentalism in the country. in a lot of ways, bob jones is more than a school. it is the center of a nationwide network where affiliated churches, theaters schools -- they ran a curriculum business, a music publisher, it was really just a foundational institution in the most extreme conservative christianity that we have schools or in the country. in 2012, they announced they were hiring this organization, grace, to come in and do an assessment of how they have handled allegations of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment that have happened on their campus. it was surprising not just because bob jones has been such a remarkably insular institution with people being born at the hospital on campus and living their entire lives within this total institution, but because they were reaching out to billy graham's g

the fed is also watching financial markets and being wear waryof financial money may be ld to go a bubblethey're also very watchful of that. >> smart people ask they these days, are you worried about the stock market? do you think it's in a bubble? do you think it will go down. i'm sure they ask you that, too. what do you say? >> from my standpoint valuations are appropriate. we've got great corporate balance sheets and good earnings, certainly that's what janet yellen said the fed is seeing. equity valuations look to be in line with historical norms. that's a sign that as of yet they are not worried that the equity market is overvalued, that it's all this easy money that is pushing stocks higher and nothing fundamentally supporting it. we don't think so, and neither does the fed. >> there is talk that we'll look back at the first quarter of this year that weather froze so much that we had negative growth. i don't know if you share that view, but a lot of smart economists think we did not grow much in that first quarter. when that number comes out should we be worried? >> we do think that

late last night the first interim report revealed or frankly confirm ld there were serious problems withthe v.a. treats our veterans when it comes to these wait times. republicans in the house and senate have been calling for shinseki's resignation for weeks. this new report has revealed the scope of the problems that are impacting thousands of veterans. the varchl.a. inspector generald there are 1,400 veterans on the list waiting to see a primary care doctor. and others are not on any o official wait list al all and it is not come beened to just the hospitals in the phoenix area. in fact, the inspector general thought that some vets are, quote, at risk of being forgotten or lost in this convoluted scheduling process. right after that report was released, more than 30 members of congress quickly called for secretary shinseki to resign. and a lot of them this time were democrats. it started with senator mark udall and then senator kay hayden denounced shinseki at 2:00. then you could add others to the chorus. five called for him to step down. and, by the way, the five up up for reelection

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we should be looking at a model that is use ld, for instance,inn canada where a psychiatrist goes withanything that could trigger a mental health evaluation or result in a that 5150, 72 hours of psychiatric evaluation. cops should not be in the position of judging mental health. >> pardon me for stopping you but just curious, what type of questions would you want to ask? >> first of all, i don't think the cops have any knowledge of his psychiatric history. do they know he's been seeing a psychologist since he was 8 years snoeld did they actually see the videos that the mother saw which triggered her phone call to the police? we don't even know if the cops saw those. >> which is what triggered the visit. >> yeah, but we don't even know if p the cops saw those videos. we just know they were dispatched to an address to ask the kid, are you thinking of harping yourself? no? there is nothing more we can do. the only question i have is did they ask to look around the apartment. he says in the manifesto if they had demanded it, they would have found it. question is did they ask and did he ref

they probably woul would have ld on the nfl and some some reason to push them out of the country, and off they would've when. so two of them also guys on the pentagon flight wouldn't have been there. to answer your question, i suspect al-qaeda then may have called the raid off. we don't know what these guys give up to the fbi, we don't know what else the americans know, they found these two guys, what if they are lying in wait. called mohammad atta, call the other guys, we are all. i suspect that would've happened but i can't guarantee. but wait, there's more. >> i want to bring in the other side, very brief. >> all right. if that would've happened we still would have not gotten credit for stopping a terrorist attack because we would not have known what we have done. thank you. [applause] >> glenn, sounds kind of convincing. >> i have lots to say but that although i'll try to make my remarks brief. i understand why general hayden wants to claim that he didn't have the capability to stop 9/11 because he was ahead of the nsa at the time the 9/11 attacks took place and wants to say i did

sea kazmir: 6 ip, 8 hits, 4 er final: 4-2 seattle oak: 19-13 sea: 15-15 bc-bba--athletics-red sox,1st ld-writethru red sox, 3-2 eds: athetics 3, red sox 2, 10 innings. sonny gray says he's not superstitious, nor is he intimidated by pitching in the major leagues. gray, who was named the american league pitcher of the month for april on monday, figures once play starts, it's all about the game. "it's about getting guys out and winning games," gray said before the oakland athletics opened a three- game series with the seattle mariners. "i have high expectations of myself, and every time i take the mound it's fun. i love my start day. i look forward to it the whole week." gray entered may 4-1 with a 1.76 era, one shutout and 37 strikeouts in 41 innings over six appearances. it's his first career pitcher of the month honor, and he's the first a's hurler to take the award since bartolo colon in june last season. gray struck out a career- high nine batters on april 12 against the mariners, at one point retiring 11 in a row. in his final start of the month, he shut out the rangers at globe life park, sca

media,ld-style, old neutered and impotent and obsolete.comer,ian" is this this outsider, this mostly web-based publication that has more of an internet, new media culture. i went there because they have a history in the past of deviating from this sort of very conservative pro-government line and doing reporting that is in the public interest. i think that came through and how they stood behind the reporting and really supported it every step of the way. >> any talk about the website you are unveiling today that is the backup information and documents with "no place to hide"? >> one thing i insisted upon and they agreed to, whatever was reported in the book, i wanted to make sure they were available online for free as well because it is information about to be public. simultaneous with the release of the book today, we are publishing online dozens of new documents that are reported on in the book including some of the ones we discussed that i think shine a whole new light on the nsa and various programs. >> what is happening with the outle

we'll be seeking a roll call vote on this matter and i'll be ld to yield. >> you said that if the the justice department may not go after them if a whole set of policies result in discrimination. mr. fattah: what i said is what the gentleman offers to the house is an opportunity where no matter what the result, if whole classifications of people re left out, i.e., there's a disparty impact, that d.o. -- a disparate impact, that d.o.j. can't go after them. i hope we reject it. i reclaim my time, i appreciate you offering and we'll see what kind of america we'd like to have when we cast a vote on this. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: so i think what america wants is to only have -- be able to bring lawsuits for discrimination when there was in fact intentional discrimination. not just the end results from some statistics some may believe there was discrimination. if there was intentional discrimination, this amendment does not do anything that would prevent the justice department from proceeding. i would also l

like the publishing industry has been in flux enormously, the role of the agent has also shifted aloft ld we were the first filter, the first person another comes to, we have to determine the sale ability and marketability of the book, not only the first book but in my case because i don't look for projects, particular project, i look for clients with whom i can stay for the duration of a career. i look for someone who i feel has potential to grow so the first book might be wonderful and i fall in love with their book but i also know they have greater talent yet to come and because my job is to extricate that talent. because i was an editor for 15 years i spent a lot of time editing. let me back up from that. we have to make that determination in fiction and nonfiction, i look at not only the quality of the riding but i try to look at it through a publisher's lens and ask who is the audience for this and what is the hook, what are the selling points? how would i be able to convince an editor to go and fight for this book and ask their boss to put down $20,000 or $60,000 or $200,000 for th

from baidu hold, -- ld, it is working on new products in the next year.e depot executive as the executive vice president. intercontinental hotels group going to comment on the report -- declined to comment on the report. >> frontline noted that it will not pay a dividend this quarter. >> at number two, pfizer, the drugmaker ended at six months for astrazeneca. the deal could be revived in three months if astrazeneca invites talks. shireber one is hell branscum of the shares surged up to the meat reduce or -- producer jbs offered to buy the company. intoll dive deeper the proposed deal in a few moments. but first, to our exclusive story. the chinese government pushing serverso remove ibm and replace them with chinese brands. chinese retaliating over u.s. spying claims. >> this is a clear escalation on the part of the chinese days after the u.s. tested department and identify chinese military hacking for allegedly into the computers of u.s. companies and stealing secrets. according to four people familiar with the matter the chinese government is reviewing

[laughter] bell,ld reports after the and that is after the controversial "blackfish" movie. in fact, it has been a fabulous 18 months for blackstone. nothing unless she has more. -- cristina alesci has more. >> blackstone did an excellent job of taking advantage of the ipo window when it was wide open, and what that means for private investors is they got a lot of cashback, $11.8 billion in the first quarter. >> oh, my gosh. >> huge amounts of money, and they did that at huge valuations. we look at a company like helton, we thought it would be -- hilton, we thought it would be a terrible deal, but it has been performing pretty well. those are the sellers. >> tone was the seller. what about the by -- blackstone was the seller. what about the buyer? they are doing well. to 15%.s are up 12% the kinetic company like pinnacle, you're looking at a return of 50% from a public market perspective, and that does not factor in the deal than ellis with hill scheier, -- the deal they announced with hill scheier. >> what were some of the losers? i mentioned seaworld after the bell. how di

i would like to thank the national press club and every member and supporter of lds for -- ldf for making this observance possible. the families of the courageous latest who made this landmark ,ecision possible, the lawyers and the wife of the late ourgood marshall, one of nations greatest civil rights pioneers, who helped found this organization nearly three quarters of a century ago. legal defensee fund has performed critical work to rally americans from all backgrounds to the unifying cause of justice, standing on the front lines of our fight to guarantee security, advance opportunity, and ensure equal treatment under law. your enduring legacy is written not only in the words of seminal thel opinions, but also in remarkable, once unimaginable progress that so many of us have witnessed come even within our own lifetimes. in anct that i serve administration led by another african american bears witness to that fact and that progress. [applause] your actions alongside those of countless citizens whose names may be unknown to us now, but his contributions and sacrifices endure have forever

i think it is a safe -- it shou ld be a safe bet that he gets a ticket to it. >> i don't think therel be tickets. there will be a vip list. jon, get on it. >> seattle is making a bid to increase its minimum wage to $15. she is here with us and has the story. hi, -- >> hi, erik. seattle and a big day for the fast food worker strike. seattle has a vote planned. they are considering a plan that would raise the sediment -- the city minimum wage up to $15 per hour to be phased in over seven years, at which point the wage would be inflation adjusted. the proposal is expected to pass almost unanimously. there isn't much mystery. in seattle, 102,000 workers, about 1/3 of the working population, makes $15 peor less. proponents of the increase say that the increase would put about half $1 billion extra into $500 millionbout extra into workers' pockets. it is something we will all be watching. plenty ofhere is momentum in this minimum wage fight. >> are there local, seattle-based businesses saying this could put us out of business? >> there are certainly naysayers. one thing that is unique abou

when you sit down with your board, are you looking for lds where activists could not on your door?the softbank investment. when you have an 80% shareholder it is difficult for an activist, you can never get the majority. it was an issue for us. we did focus on that issue. timet through one tough when i decided to carry the andne, our stock went down i took a lot of criticism for the activist community. short-term, we talked about subsidies earlier, you pay a lot of subsidy. back then, it was also supplies phones. -- it was also supplies -- it was also sub sidized. it would have a long-term impact, the brand was better and customers would stay. we had activist activity. >> is there any way activists could help hasten consolidation in the wireless business? >> i would not want to speculate on that. i think basically the speculation is you have a number, at&t and verizon that are going to control. you have other companies like sprint with an 80% shareholder. is unlikely to have an impact on consolidation in the u.s.. >> how much is softbank involved in your day-to-day business? >> we

much of the thinking that went into the earlier civil rights litigation were lds and so i like to thinkinterim team and the howard faculty for joining us today as well. [applause] it would be impossible to call the names of the many civil rights leaders who are here today. many of you know to do this work are truly does take a village of amazing, dedicated, activist lawyers, advocates, brilliant people who have committed their lives to making america better for everyone. i would ask that any of you here who are leading organizations stand, but i want to especially knowledge the person who leads the umbrella organization of which we all said and not dissuade henderson, the executive director of the leadership conference on civil rights. [applause] it is my pleasure and honor to introduce to you, attorney general eric holder, who was sworn in as the 82nd attorney general of the united states in 2009. we are so thrilled that he chose to join us today on this are important very. his bio is in the program and so i won't labor reading it. he's known to many of you. i did want to make a few im

as wes the role of lds see the challenges in the society to brown going forward? very briefly. i want to say something else at the very end. >> all of that. i do not think brown is not responsible for everything that has gone wrong. i do not think he was opposed to have solved everything that was wrong. we have been talking about piercing the membrane or having different ways of imagining our community and our country. is rest of us -- rest of it up to us. ldf took care of that message. trying cases, they would go into a community. the lawyers would form the protective squad. churches,ities, the all of them. thatob is to reengage efforts. they benefited from having done more. you cannot allow society and these people to believe someone else's going to do. >> i spoke to some of the young will of the central high school today. they were given an assignment to go back and talk to people who were there when they do segregated in that vicious way. girls the young black talked to her great aunt. said i never knew what a big -- she said i never knew what a big deal was until i talked

the state nebraska, land locked state of nebraska, might puzzle some of why, or put it another enough,ld he be worthy this army sergeant, from to address the u.s. naval academy commencement group. and i would respond, aside from secretary of i am defense -- )laughter explaining to you that maybe that you don't know, nebraska does have a navy. much.sn't do a ceremonial navy that began about 100 years ago and admiral. i know the standards are low. ( laughter ) but nonetheless i am an admiral in the united states navy. and the nebraska navy. based on that authority, i hear buy grbt amnesty to all midshipmen who on restriction for minor conduct offenses. are. you [cheers and applause] some of you look more relieved than others. ( laughter ) as hellnts are sure relieved, i know. anyone objects, take it up to the secretary of defense. the class of 2014 and your onilies, congratulations this tremendous, tremendous achievement. of you.l very proud today the pinnacle of your naval comes at aerience change,historic transformation al change. reshaping,d is redefining, as a new world order built.g o

on a ld all be thinking grand scale. >> this growth should be with everyone. we need smart, savey regulations leagtory decision. nd a congress that's vigilant. so what should the f.c.c. do? i think from all the argses you read. there's a be bait. i think that we have to have a clear understanding of what . nt down of that is going at look like and there's more on top of all this. can anyone here piece together an at&t consumer these are massive decisions and massive he says that are moving my penis forward. plch, i understand you to conducted a hero. and to be debated and questions asked. so as i said earlier, every person in the country will be affected by the outcome of these desyses that are before us. a commission and before us. i look forward to questioning chairman wheeler today. two very important letters. whun sine by more than is00 venture rapt list. they support against and access fee. and the other signed by morgan. is 100 internet companies small and large that support a free nd open an internet. >> with that i'll yield back what i do don't have. >

them ld it happening to six months or a year from now? it could. i don't think it will, but it could. >> i completely agree with what clark just said. we can use tactics that we used during the cold war. it has been an essential part of the russian strategy that the government in kiev is illegitimate. they want to make sure they are able to continue claiming that the next government in kiev is illegitimate. i think when we see the efforts to control, and if not to control, to de-stabilize, efforts in ukraine are going to intensify. may 9th, a big holiday in europe on friday, is likely to a very nasty day that may make last friday look like -- well, i won't say a picnic, but it is going to be a very, very difficult day. when the elections are held, the goal is to have as few people vote in those prieges -- in those regions. then with the election results the claim can be made that the results of illegitimate. the voice of these regions have not been heard. their rights are being violated, and then the russians will declare the right to protect. they

ld. >> welcome to al jazeera america. let's get a look at videos from around the world. >> battling a blaze at the countries biggest zoo, this footage of crews dealing with the fire, no animals were hurt, but several rare palm trees and plants were destroyed. >> fire crews off japan on the high seas after an oil tanker exploded. the ship was a mile from port. seven members of the tanker had to be rescued. the captain is still missing. >> a life changing moment for several hundred african migrants, the would-be immigrants forcing their way over razor wire barriers into spain that neighbors the north coast of africa. those who made it celebrating in the city streets and greeted by migrants that also made it. >> the heavy burden that obesity is placing on the word population. >> first, temperatures across the nation today. nicole mitchell is back. i'm gladly i didn't take out the air conditioning yet. >> i've been play that go game trying not to use it, i try to hold off as long as i could. it panned out for those in the nor

but i knew from the time that i wanted to be ld i a public servant and i think it so.a huge privilege to do i hope that many others will view it that way. e need the best and the brightest women and men to want one rve their country in way or another. and there are many ways to do that. it doesn't mean only in government. i think public service nonprofit the sector, and it encompasses and in many respects t can be accomplished in the private sector if the work one is doing serves a larger goal group.ger so, i hope that folks will their passion. i love being in foreign policy. i think there is incredible incredible challenge. it is never boring. get to work with very smart, committed people and obviously n my case now for a president for whom i have enormous respect intellectually incredibly challenging to work with and for. but i do hope that all of you who are thinking of these sorts of careers will look incredibly challenging to caref i hope you would find it as rewarding as i have. >> even with the political polarization? >> it would be better if there weren't. for sure. you know w

the --ld be enclosing should be closing these loopholes. companies make money overseas, they pay overseas cash, it is really a low tax rate and they want to bring the money back. if they pay a decent tax rate overseas they ought to be able to float back to the united states tax rate. increase the competitiveness of u.s. corporations and prevent a lot of these inversion deals. maryland,crat from serves on the joint economic committee's. talking about some financial issues but all congressional issues are on the table. rick from tennessee on our democrat line. caller: it started with bush senior and maybe before that, nasa. and coming to fruition with clinton -- i lost my job and making mexico and was 1000 dollars per week. i went back to school and ended up in a job where i wasn't making anywhere near that. are companies all over america this has happened to. it kind of touches base with what you are saying, they're making more money out of the as ary but we are losing country. if you could touch on the -- the government is .asically an olig

the --ld be enclosing should be closing these loopholes.ompanies make money overseas, they pay overseas cash, it is really a low tax rate and they want to bring the money back. if they pay a decent tax rate overseas they ought to be able to float back to the united states tax rate. increase the competitiveness of u.s. corporations and prevent a lot of these inversion deals. maryland,crat from serves on the joint economic committee's. talking about some financial issues but all congressional issues are on the table. rick from tennessee on our democrat line. caller: it started with bush senior and maybe before that, nasa. and coming to fruition with clinton -- i lost my job and making mexico and was 1000 dollars per week. i went back to school and ended up in a job where i wasn't making anywhere near that. are companies all over america this has happened to. it kind of touches base with what you are saying, they're making more money out of the as ary but we are losing country. if you could touch on the -- the government is .asically an oligar

i think you assemble ld one in that respect. you have to look at inversion. save the jobs. i want to ask you about something. >> but not the country. >> he's not a politician. he's running a business. >> he's been serving the shareholders serving the country. it is. serving as shareholder is serving the country. >> let me go with politics. when it comes to -- >> you're using his equipment. >> when you see the construction projects, we use your equipment. from a political standpoint, if there ever got momentum to do an infrastructure project buildout, a huge, huge expense out of washington, how can it be done so the tax payers benefit, the people who use it benefit, and you and your companies benefit? how can that look the right way? >> it's going to take some courage. a lot of capital we know is offshore. it can come back to the united states with the right incentives and be put to work to help rebuild the country. we know it equals economic prosperity. but it's got to be targeted.vei the right way. people say to me i'm not a good corporate citizen, i get con

theigher education look at obama administration has proposed new rules that set out for-profit,ld vocationalgrams, many at for-profit colleges, more accountable. and to income ratios default rates for individual programs. host: college was worth it back when you could get a decent education. these days it is all job training. another tweed -- why has the price of college sword? how do colleges spend their budgets? guest: that is another controversial topic in higher education. a lot of people have criticized spending my colleges and universities as perhaps one of the factors that is driving up costs, whether that is administrative costs or facilities and the sort of advent and the past decade or more of more lavish living facilities, the climbing wall in the student union gym. so that is certainly an area many people have criticized colleges and universities for not doing enough to hold that down. today"his is from "usa is says that the prices going up for students because states have gradually been dis-investing from their public higher education systems. true. that is certainly what we hav

ck in the summer of 2011 i ld our leadership that the deficit was a major problem, of course, as all of our conference realizes as those on the other side of the aisle are used to talk about until they got into the majority and blew the lid off the deficit. but to raise the debt ceiling, set up a supercommittee, that i knew was going to fail, said it was going to fail because the senate democrats would never allow an agreement because they wanted to be able to blame republicans for not getting a deal in the mainstream media always buys whatever they said, even when they shut down the government, as harry reid did last september 30, by refusing to take up even the most extreme compromises that this house was willing to make. so they know it will get covered from the mainstream media, and even some amazing examples of complete abandonment of any type of journalistic integrity. they knew they would be protected, so they did refuse to allow an agreement even when senators, republican senators reached out, indications were they thought they could get a deal, but i knew they were not going