middle class continues to struggle the as inequality grows and income erodes. the net worth of america's middle income families took a hit in the period between 2010 and 2013. way after the end of the recession. since the last recession middle class families in america suffered through housing dusts, debt lots and years of job losses, riding costs and stagnant wages. middle class woes didn't started in the recession. they go back decades, back to when manufacturing jobs become scarce and labour unions begin to lose their clout. in the intervening time the gap in incomes widened to levels never seen before in the country. by 2013, average incomes for america's richest 10% were 19 times the incomes of the bottom 10%. for comparison, this so-called income gap ratio, 19-1 was 11-1 in the 1980, back when the middle class fortunes turns. the united states is one of the most unequal countries on earth. numbers like these illustrate why the economic recovery feels hollow to people in the middle crass. class. for short far too many, pursuit of the american dream is bumping up against the reality

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>> because working america and middle america and unions and folks on the left have seen the damage that'sn done to the american economy. since 1980, free trade has cost us 40% of all our manufacturing jobs. we're running trade deficits now, 600 billion a year and 700 billion a year in goods and it's hallowing out the economy of america and inequality and failure of wages to go up. at least this is the belief of american workers. the only reason these trades go through is not because we love them it is the enormous power of the transnational corporations in america who need these deals to move their factories and plants to where they can produce more cheaply and get rid of the american workers and regulations. this is a battle that's going to go on and on and on. frankly it consumed us in the 19th century more than any issue. >> you're directing your remarks to nafta? >> take a look at what china's doing. running a $350 billion trade deficit >> billion? >> billion. which is twice their defense budget. >> i think pat makes the case for the american workers and american workers have lost a l

[applause] rick santorum: as middle america is hollowing out, we cannot sit idly by as they, governmentticians make it harder for our workers and then turn around and blame them for losing jobs overseas. working families do not need another president tied to big government or big money, and today is the day -- today is the day we are going to begin to fight back. [applause] rick santorum: i am proud to stand here among you and for you , the american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. [applause] rick santorum: i offer a bold vision for america, one that is clear and conservative, that has plans for reforms and has a proven track record that i had with my time in service. step one in taking back america. step one, let's scrap the corrupt federal tax code and the irs that goes with it. [applause] rick santorum: it is time to give america a simple, fair flat tax. [applause] rick santorum calling it would create millions of good paying jobs -- rick santorum: it would create millions of good paying jobs. powered by the shale r

so i think that, also the middle class of new jersey is not the middle class of middle america.o he is really out of touch. christie, what has he done? all been about budget control, budget expense, a budget. david: which is not a bad thing to be concerned with by our national leaders these days. >> yes. but i don't know how he successful he has been with tax reform in new jersey. david: he hasn't been. that is the truth. janet yellen still believes 2% inflation is actually good for the economy but she should look what even that low rate does to your savings. take the number 72, you divide it by the rate of inflation, and you end up with a number of years it takes to cut your savings in half. in other words a 2% inflation rate, would destroy half of your savings in just 36 years. so, hillary, why is janet a fan ever inflation, even 36%. >> pause janet yellen and entire fed is so afraid of deflation. david: what is to be afraid of with deflation? what's, i'm more afraid of losing my hard-earned savings than i am of deflation, of prices goings down. >> because you and i have been

bruce is basically saying -- right, will be shooting shots at him over the strait of middle america. bruce, you know, steve was saying essentially saudi arabia's now surrounded right. they have iran acting up in yemen. you have them acting up in their neck of the world and now the strait of hormuz. how do you see this playing out for what happens to it wasgas prices? >> well i think right now we're awash in oil. so it seems to me to be a good time to have diplomacy and, remember what this was all about, trying to prevent iran from getting a nuclear bomb. so a lot of people think the only reason we ever put military troops over there anyway is because of oil. so now that we are awash in oil, i think it's a good time for diplomacy to at least disarm them. >> do you think we should walk away? >> we definitely should walk away. what will happen when they seize another ship? what if they had a nuclear bomb? >> that's interesting. next up the "cashing in" gang ready to roll at the bottom of the hour. eric what do you got? >> some liberals blaming the media and cops for the blowup in baltim

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not just the -- i'm a hard-working middle america guy that's just -- you know came here and gave it myis season has been the most rewarding out of all the seasons that i've ever done. i took someone who had no dance experience no performing experience. we made it so far. we made it to week eight. >> this has been an incredible experience. >> reporter: we move on to the semifinals next week with the judges more involved. ♪ we're gonna dance until we drop ♪ >> oh yeah. >> reporter: each one with team up with one of the remaining couples. >> a 10, baby! >> a perfect night. >> reporter: to become the creative director for one of their dances. >> i like the passion, the drama, the full-on intensity. i know. you know. >> reporter: in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> rumer, riker, nastia and noah. >>> that's what's making news in merng this mork. >>> stay with us for "good morning america," everybody. have a great wednesday. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good

>> we're in the middle of america west coast is stagnant, horrible drought. east coast has problems. in middle america in our store in omaha and kansas city, des moines and dallas, we're doing terrific business. the housing markets are strong as can be, in my own neighborhood, selling in a matter of days because of where we are in the heartland. and we are going to come through this just fine. >> what's better? the renter's market or the housing market as you see it? >> well both of them. millennials don't want to buy houses like their parents did. they want to do their own thing but it's still a very solid market. people are moving to omaha. a good place to do business it's a good place to live with your family. >> you guys are opening a brand-new store in texas that will be bigger than any ikea on the planet, right? gigantic. >> several times the size of ikea. we have one right up the road from us. we do our own thing. we have furniture, flooring appliances, electronics, 568000 feet of retail. 1.3 million square feet in the warehouse in texas. >> near dalla

>> we're in the middle of america west coast is stagnant, horrible drought. east coast has problems. in middle america in our store in omaha and kansas city, des moines and dallas, we're doing terrific business. the housing markets are strong as can be, in my own neighborhood, selling in a matter of days because of where we are in the heartland. and we are going to come through this just fine. >> what's better? the renter's market or the housing market as you see it? >> well both of them. millennials don't want to buy houses like their parents did. they want to do their own thing but it's still a very solid market. people are moving to omaha. a good place to do business it's a good place to live with your family. >> you guys are opening a brand-new store in texas that will be bigger than any ikea on the planet, right? gigantic. >> several times the size of ikea. we have one right up the road from us. we do our own thing. we have furniture, flooring appliances, electronics, 568000 feet of retail. 1.3 million square feet in the warehouse in texas. >> near dalla

while wall street and washington are celebrating middle america.oms on the shelf for now. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange for the pulse of the floor. snivment the nicole: the

middle america a peak pressure time maybe raising a family, car loan mortgage job opportunities, anddeclining. in your 40's it is hard to scrape together extra cash to stick it away and you don't do it. >> 40-49 able to retire in comfort, yes or no? 10% say they will retire in comfort. >> that is a minuscule amount. >> those people are raising kids taking care of elderly parents, live busy lives and they wonder what they will have left. >> they are saying there is no way to get to 65 and quit working because we cannot afford it. we haven't got the money. the money will run out because we will live for maybe 15-20 years in so-called retirement. >> make one more point. outliving investments and savings was the top retirement concern for almost half. 44% of people who participated. a third of workers believe the standard of living will decline once they stop working. >> that is middle america pressured and actually loosing ground financelyialfinancially. it is not a pretty picture and changed the picture of retirement. >> that it has. see you later. >>> reports of al-qaeda branching out

you call it middle america. real america. they always talk about organic food and this that.e like mcdonald's. something i think wall street is missing about wall street and mcdonald's. >> what person does not remember about going to mcdonald's and being happy. even my children, believe it's their reward and treat. charles: you think they can turn it around? >> it's the environment you create. not going in there for a hamburger and fries. it's going in there for the experience. the happiness. reminds you of being a kid. >> i like what they did in their last ad campaign. they peeled the curtains back. you saw the factories. they show they have nothing to hide. they're exposing the products and the ingredients they're using. i thought it showed that they were opening up the curtains. good move. after the pink slime and all that stuff. >> i don't know specifically on mcdonald's. when there's this much negativity on mcdonald's, there's a lot of opportunity. there's a lot of criticism of it being unhealthy. unhealthy still does well. charles: does extraordinarily well. i think it

middle america, mainstream moderate. but if he does run he will pull votes. i know people will vote for sanders' academics. people will go out and not vote for hillary clinton so that makes me happy. >> there won't be anyone in ohio voting for bernie sanders. >> it doesn't matter. >> they will take votes from hillary, but not that many. >> you will be surprised. if elizabeth warren doesn't run there is a strong wing that want a leftist. they want a liberal. i want having conversations and they were rooting for warren. if they don't get warren they will look at sanders and say we don't love him and he is too extreme but hillary is considered right wing. they feel she will be no different than electing a republican. >> i actually think hillary put him up to running. >> isn't that the case? >> they are in cahoots. there is only one person who could make her seem young and in touch and it is him. >> the fact that she was challenged from the left and maybe from both of these people from bernie sanders and from elizabeth warren. it will make hillary feel like -- it

it was middle-income households middle america. everyday people figured it out. people out there that knows eating is not a function of ben, but disciplined you have to pay yourself first. they are going to be the next millionaires. >> if you figure that earlier if you put that away until your '40's or '50's you will try to stash away 50 percent. >> why is it only the business graduates no time the value of money? you can put a little tiny bit here and there. >> teach the kids. as parents you teach them about money. i have taught my incense five years old. teach them and this is what we do for our clients. is starts at the kitchen table. gerri: let's talk about social security and it all goes away very soon larry. now there are candidates who say if you make a lot of money you shouldn't get any at all. people paid into social security all their lives did not want to be told they will not get what they think they are owed. >> taipei into wooded is my money. but i do think we have created a society that has the expectation that the government will be there. but the

is really expensive, any of the new technology as cool as it is, it has to be affordable for middle america. melissa: i thought it was interesting that toyota tweeted. the sceptics think that the hydrogen car are bull -- then they put a star in there. they are getting edge we their campaign to you know hit back at tes lamp maybe not feeling modern enough. we'll keep an eye on that. and apple wants you to fork over $350 for its new watch, but it probably does not want you to know, it is a bargain to produce, they find apple watch sport lowest product cost of any apple product at $84. they did a tear down, it was about 84 bucks to build it and they want to change you 3 something for it, does that make you like them or like it more or less? >> it makes me like them more, because, you know 300 bucks for apple watch it does not matter if it costs dollars 10 that is a huge advantage, more than 350 in value. and when you calculate that, how much it cost to make to don't leave out billions of dollars in mind power and man hours. melissa: there is a lot more in that, but 24% of the sale price is wha

and to that, i say no longer. [ applause ] as middle america is hollowing out, we can't sit idly by as big government minutes ago make it harder for our workers and turn around and blame them for losing jobs overseas. working families don't need another president tied to big government, or big money. and today is the day we are going to begin to fight back. [ applause ] [ cheers ] i am proud to stand here among you, and for you the american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. [ applause ] [ cheers ] i offer/full vision for america. one that's clear and conservative. that has plans for reform and has a proven track record that i have in my time of service. step one in taking back america, step one, let's scrap the corrupt federal tax code and the irs that goes with it. [ cheers ] it will create millions of good paying jobs, it will rebuild our factories, and it will make more take home pay for workers in america. powder by the shale revolution, and the renewable revolution. powered by those two revolutions, we have regain

rick: as middle america is hallowing out we can't side idly by. as big government politicians make it harder for our workers and turn around and became them for losing jobs overseas -- blame them for losing jobs overseas. working families don't need another president to hide big government or big money. today is the day. today is the day we are going to begin to fight back. horace: there you have it. rick santorum throwing his hat in the ring for the republican nomination. again, already joining a crowded republican field. reporting live in the newsroom, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: as you said, santorum isn't the only candidate planning to enter the race. just this week, tomorrow, former new york governor george pataki is expected to launch a bid for the republican nomination at an event in new hampshire. saturday, former maryland governor martin o'malley is set to announce he is running for the demococraratiti tonight in the world's most popupu from soccer's governing body fifa were indicted on corruption and bribery charges. many others we

but we're trying to prove that we attract a lot of these high end middle america types that come here their kids and their family to spend a bunch of money. and we're trying to make our image look so not stereo typical and not rolling joints out front and playing music. i was hoping i could convince you to sit on a different bench so i could not have that fight with council that hey this guy was rolling a joint outside. i can't have anybody -- >> i would leave but i thought breck was different. i'll move my stuff. >> that's awesome. thank you. >> i hope you win it. >> i hope you enjoy the j. >> cool. all right. >> i love breckenridge. i intend to be here for the rest of my life and i would like it to be as perfect as it can be. he could install your ceiling fan.ce said he couldn't. and that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. yeah, it wasn't. so when ron said you'd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. now ron does too. introducing the e series. legendary john deere quality. unexpected low price. see your john deere dealer for great deere green tag savin

you need to go into the middle america if you want the bargain hunters. expand. >> i get that.nk they're really well-managed. i think they want their top management here in new york to be able to kind of roll this out where they can see it. i think macy's is a terrifically well-run company. they're talking about massive new investment in digital. online shopping. >> right. that's why we're also seeing all these stores closing across-the-board at all the major retailers. because it is without digital. that's right. macy's had a restructuring and put $170 million into being digital. i think what we'll see is that what stores will represent, there will be a showroom. almost back to the old sears roebuck. it was a showroom. order from the catalog. in this case it's the showroom. it's the flagship. you have to have these stores. but then people order online. >> i'm going to throw you a curve. simon malls have had the stories about some of the malls in america aren't getting the traffic they were before. will this hurt the mall owners? matt: you have to differentiate the high-end mal

[ applause ] as middle america is hollowing out, we can't sit idly by as big government politicians maket harder for our workers and then turn around and blame them for losing jobs overseas. working families don't need another president tied to big government or big money. and today is the day -- today is the day we are going to begin to fight back! i am proud to stand here among you and for you. the american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'll offer a bold vision for america. one that's clear and conservative. that has plans for reform. and has a proven track record that i have in my time in service. step one in taking back america, step one, let's scrap the corrupt federal tax code and the irs that goes with it. it's time to give america a simple fair flat tax. it would create millions of god paying jobs. it would rebuild our factories. an increased take-home pay for workers in america. powdered by the shale revolution and the renewable revolution. powered by those two revolutions. we have

. >> what we're trying to prove is that we attract, you know, a lot of these high-end middle america here with their kids and family to spend a bunch of money. we're trying to make our image look so not stair typical marijuana. not rolling joints out front and playing music. i was hoping i could convince you to sit on a different bench so that i could not have that fight with council that, hey, this guy was rolling a joint outside. >> i'll definitely leave, but damn. i thought breckenridge was way cooler than that and something like, oh -- i'll move my stuff. >> that's awesome. thank you. >> i hope you win it. >> appreciate it. thank you so much. hope you enjoy the day. >> sure. >> cool. all right. >> i love breckenridge. i intend to be here for the rest of my life. and i'd like it to be as perfect as it can be. and i quit smoking iwith chantix. i told myself for so long that i needed to quit smoking. i would quit then i'd go right back to it. chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix helped red

a day of dangerous weather as tornados and severe weather tear through middle america >>> a lightening raid by u.s. special forces kills a top commander in syria >>> in the aftermath of tuesday's deadly amtrak crash, the government imposes new safety regulations in the north-east >>> and what are american teenagers taught in sex education classes and what is being left out. that's a subject of tonight's "a deeper look". >> we have funnel forming to the north >>> dramatic footage from storm chases as they capture a tornado forming, one of several forming throughout the nation for more on the weather let's go to kevin corriveau. how much longer before the folks are out of danger? >> there's another few hours tonight and a big problem tomorrow. this is the big picture we are looking at now. if we look across the mountain stakes, notice the area of circulation. ahead of that that is the area where we are looking at weather. i'll show you the storms anywhere from texas, oklahoma nebraska and minnesota. they saw one tornado. it has been down here across oklahoma, and texas, that we have seen

pew further finds that while middle-income families, who are the majority of america by far earned 62% of the nation's household incomes in 1970, and today they only earn 44% of the household income. so the sad fact is the middle class is getting smaller and this has enormous implications, not just economically but socially the size and strength of the middle class impacts the health of a community and a nation in many ways, and what are we here for in the united states senate if not to address consider and deal with these kind of issues? so we need to ask some tough questions about why the middle class is shrinking and why pay isn't rising. well, i have no doubt that bigger government, more regulations, more taxes our huge $18 trillion debt and the interest we pay on it and lately obamacare are important factors in weakening american economic growth and wages of americans. i truly believe those are significant factors. but is that all there is? i'm afraid there's more. it appears that there are two other factors of significance that are not being sufficiently recognized or seriously d

it would have a chokehold on everyone in the middle of america. there's no defensible border, he explains between illinois and the states below. the culture of corn the land of corn meets the land of cotton, there isn't some natural, defensible border and so he says we can't allow this to fall into the hands of a foreign power. why are americans free? well the founders understood this and lincoln understood it. because there's no standing army in peacetime for the first 150 years in american peacetime. now, you have a hostile regime over the southern part of the united states. and now you're going to have two armies, you know, facing each other, and can they're going to fight over who's going to get the west, because there's gold in them thar hills and lincoln says we can't allow it. you can leave. you can't take the land with you, you can't take the water with you. all americans spent their blood and treasure defending fort sumter and other places against the brits. those guns were meant to point out against our enemies, and you can't just let a

. >> she was somebody who paid her dues had come from middle america and she brought that to the bushshe had a lot of ambition. we were pretty sure she was going to do something whatever that was. >> i think dana brings a very important per spictive to "the five." >> you got to watch it. >> all the time. >> welcome everyone. to the last press briefing of the bush administration. i never got bor i never got bored with the press secretary job. it is hardimpossible. it is hard to believe this is my final and 125th final press briefing. there's a end date to the white house otherwise i would still be there. i loved the job and i loved working for president bush. one of the things i say in the book i was asked if i would ever do it again. absolutely, i would. i would. but i wouldn't do it for anybody else. i wouldn't do it for anybody but president bush. >> they were planning and taking on whatever comes. when an opportunity comes you use it. >> i think that's a good way to put it preparation and being willing to make a move or take a risk is good. i have not always been good at it. in fac

tear-jerking story because as you said they didn't go to other wealthy foundations, they went to middle america -- >> people who were donating 20 $30. >> correct. and they promised those people actually an unrealistic promise, 100% of what you give us is going directly to cancer patients. >> and they filed false financial papers to support that. i mean doesn't that constitute fraud, theft, and probably a dozen other statutes? >> absolutely. all of those and the feds really had no choice but to indict them. the federal government knows they will not be able to recover 1% of that money, and return it to these people. but they also know that in order to punish this behavior and deter others from doing likewise they must prosecute these people. again, there's some problem with the evidence that doesn't seem to be that. >> the son james reynolds the ii who was part of this allegedly, issued a statement blaming government scrutiny for the demise of the charities, seems preposterous but assuming there is some criminal prosecution of these guys what would their defense be? could they simply say hey, yo

while wall street and washington are celebrating middle america.e have to keep the pom-poms on the shelf for now. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange for the pulse of the floor. nicole: the pulse of the floor, the s&p also hit to all-time highs. you have the disconnect with the jobs report. regular americans don't have money in their pockets. this is why the fed can't raise rates so fast. the traders know it. let's talk about the movers quickly. ipo. bojangles. restaurant chain. this brings optimism. a big gain for their southern fried chicken and breakfast biscuits. i'm in. sign me up. also, apoll aol was a real winner. this was on sales. profit. and cha-ching, advertising revenue was a winner for aol. have a great weekend. happy mother's day to everyone as well. >> happy mother's day to you as well. let's meet our investment pros. making her first appearance, our fox business' laurie rothman. jim, the managing director. hilary kramer. a&g capital chief investment officer. and, by the way, hilary, we have to g

once you start seeing their products in every, you know, in middle america's households. >> next up yelp soaring following reports it's in touch with bankers about putting itself up for sale. yelp was the small cap pick. mark, good to have you with us. do you think yelp will sell? >> let's see here. we high liked as one of the three most likely take out candidates in the small cap names. there's a lot of strategic interest in it. maybe the dislocation of the stock has prompted the founder to consider selling. it's very hard to know. from the buyer's perspective this deal makes a ton of sense. >> yahoo! made a big move. could yahoo! buy yelp? >> there's four buckets that could make a move like this. advertising companies that want more penetration. that's google, facebook or yahoo!. then local reviews or travel sort of companies, trip adviser, expedia, priceline. commerce companies trying to build out local services, like amazon and e-bay. international companies are looking to build out a u.s. presence. given the size of the asset, have to pay some sort of premium. this could be bought b

>> so, like, what we're trying to prove is that we attract, you know, a lot of these high-end middle americaeir kids and their family to spend a bunch of money. what wooe te're trying to do is our image not stereotypical marijuana, not rolling joints out front, not playing music. i was hoping i could convince you to sit on a different bench so that i could not have that fight with council that, like, hey, this guy was rolling a joint outside or i can't have anyone show up at council -- >> i'll definitely leave, but damn, i thought breckenridge was way cooler, you know what i'm saying? something like, oh, we're -- i'll move my stuff. >> okay. that's awesome. thank you. >> i hope you win it. >> i appreciate it. thank you so much. >> i hope you enjoy the -- >> sure. cool. all right. >> i love breckenridge. i intend to be here for the rest of my life, and i'd like it to be as perfect as it can be. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news this hour from garland, texas. there has been a shooting at a free speech event featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. two gunmen armed wi

would have a choke hold on everyone in the middle of america. there is no defensible border here between illinois and the states below for the culture of corn land of corn meets the land of cotton. there isn't some national defense and border and we can't allow this to fall into the hands of a foreign power. why are americans free? the founders understood this and lincoln understood it. there is no standing army in peacetime for the first time in 50 years. you have a hostile regime over the southern part of the united states and now you have two armies facing each other. they will fight over who will get the last because there's rules and lincoln says we can't allow it. you can leave but you can't take the land with you. all americans spend their blood and treasure defending fort sumter in other places. those guns were meant to point out against our enemies and you can't let a local population unilaterally swivel around to the rest of our bellies. i give you a little bit about geography but why would lincoln especially understand that? she's fro

california puts up with a lot of raps from people in middle america and east coast.ftentimes trends begin in california that 10 or 20 years later the rest of us say, sure, of course. if this were in new york, would you feel differently? >> no. i think it's a viable issue, meaning, i don't think the courts, i'll repeat it, again, have caught up to the science on this. i don't think you'll be able to contract your way around certain things like you're doing when it is something like this, which is an embryo or what the term is now is preembryo before it's been implanted. but i don't think necessarily a contract will bind them. there is going to be public policy considerations. >> nick loeb has blocked me from reading his twitter posts. he doesn't like what i've said about this on cnn so far. instead of twitter feed i'll go to "new york times." put on the screen part of what he wrote. in my view keeping them frozen forever is tantamount to killing them. mark on my radio program a guy called marcus from greenville down south and he said to me, let's take that statement t

wayne -- >> -- big history lesson here about how america has -- and the american middle class has grown as a result -- >> are you going to -- >> let's not do the history of unions in america dating back to the '30s. let me bring it to wayne. it has to pass the city council. how in the world did the city council let this pass especially noting that there was this exemption written into it? we know it was written into it before it actually passed. it wreaks of possible payiola maybe? >> you can count on it. nobody wants this except the union leaders. not the rank and file. it's the leaders who want this. it's power that they want. that's all this is about. it's about a power grab. and they know this is false. how can you go out and say, gee, i'm for $15 an hour then turn right around and say, oh i want my people to be exemption from that. >> just saying the reason the unions advocate for the higher minimum wage is even though a lot of union members don't make it their salaries are benchmarked to it. >> huge hugely important point there, jonathan. a lot of jobs -- all jobs are benchmarked

there is no assistance for middle-class america, for middle-class families.hen they are talking about, congress talking about taking away the benefits of owning a home, for instance. that is a scary prospect. host: that was karen. eamon javers. guest: you talk about the middle class, you talk about this woman from long island, a senior citizen talking about what has happened over the course of her lifetime and she is right. , the frustration is real. we went from a middle-class where you could support a family with one earner, and now we have a middle-class where it takes to wo earners. that is a real reduction in living standards for a lot of families. she voices that very well. the challenge for politicians and policymakers here in washington is to figure out what they can do about that when the reality is -- there is no magic dial in the oval office that turns the economy. we will hear in 2016, all of the candidates talking about how they will improve the economy. in reality, it is a very complicated thing. there are titanic forces at play, globalization,

american blues musicians, white musicians principally from chicago, who brought the blues to middle america the same thing. the master of this form is b.b. king. and people scratched their heads. who's this b.b. king? we have to hear this b.b. king. >> brown: the rolling stones included king on their 1969 american tour, bringing the blues musician to new audiences. he went on to collaborate and perform with a host of other stars, including the band, u2 and fellow electric guitar master, eric clapton. his influence was felt by myriad in an interview several years ago singer/songwriter bonnie raitt spoke of king's influence. >> his expressiveness, i think both as a vocalist but especially on his guitar, the way that he plays, the way that he bends notes and makes it cry and ache and the frustrations that he's expressing or the longing or aching or the sexual yearning, all of that comes across in this one block of beautiful wood through this incredible man. ♪ ♪ >> brown: king earned 15 grammy's over the course of his career, and was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1987. and dur