. >> right and i guess when mr. berry when you mentioned that we tried to change this through legislation that is something that the district attorney will support. >> i think the solution lies in focusing our arrests and prosecution effort on identifying the high crime drivers i don't think that the perspective solution are going to do bear as much fruit as trying to identify the folks if are committing the most crimes this is where you'll see i saw the numbers that are low that makes the prosecution rate low in this area if we want to provide relief to the community and staffing the police department this will give them additional resources to bring those cases to us and both of the departments working on high-level investigations to focus on the crime drivers is the best to change this as we've seen other areas of california it face realignment are not seeing the same cases we need to look at our approaches to fighting those crimes and investigating and presenting rock solid cases that fund in court. >> so chief suhr i

mr. berry examines the 16th amendment and income tax laws in the united states. >> i want to talk to you a little bit tonight about the new book, and then i'm going to talk some questions. i don't talk very long i like questions, so ask whatever you'd like. i want to tell you a little story to start off to kind of get your imagination going. imagine it's 1913 and there's the united states congress, and it's in the control of the republicans. and they are sort of labeled the party of the rush. this is when it began, actually, this label of the party of the rich. and they decide that they're going to propose an amendment. they're going to say we are not the party of the rich, we actually are with the common folks. so we're going to propose an amendment to the constitution to make it easier to implement an income tax. now, prior to that time you could have income tax, but it was really hard to do. there was some impediments that make it almost impossible to implement it. that's why we didn't reall

mrs. obama's dessert plate. it's a healthy version of a silken tofu cheesecake american style with seasonal berries and petite pillows that are here with the pet foreplatter here. hand crafted sugar blown tea pot and surrounded with the cherry blossom pink blossom to celebrate cherry blossoms and the arrival of spring. the pettifores on the tray are a tea cup. we have strawberry tea squares and sweet tea cup and tea and lemon tea cake. so thank you very much. have a great day. >> doesn't seem fair to come up here after the chefs bear two beautiful gifts for you. our beverage service this evening is traditional american wines. but we have an unusual accent. when the president was in japan prime minister abe toasted him in conversations that followed, references were made that in the prime minister's prefecture there are excellent saki breweries there. the president thought he would bring saki in from one of the finest saki breweries in that home area, and we serve that as the toast for this evening. that's a personalized touch. the saki name comes from the fact that in saki brewing you take the rice and you refine the

berries in california. >> can i just finish for a second? >> sure. >> thank you, sir, but as to your point my very, very very smart friend mr. payne, you're exactly right. wedge issue, envy, envy, envy, envy, envy. the democratic party is the party of envy about everything envy of men of white people, well-to-do people, doesn't matter the democrats are getting most of the money from rich people, almost all large contributions, very large contributions not all but almost all come from democrats. the democrats will hammer away at the problem because they're the party of privilege anyway. >> a resident to the left a mcgovern-like move and they'll all go down in flames. surely they realize that, don't they? >> well if they were smart i think they would. people were saying -- >> you're saying the liberals are dumb? >> no, i didn't say that. >> yes, you did. no, go ahead. >> what i'm saying is i actually, i agree with the first part of what ben said, electorate, to answer the question are you better off than you were eight years ago. >> let him finish. >> charlie to your point, you know -- >> you're reflecting -- >> what good inve

texas republican congressman max thorn berry joining us from capitol hill the chairman of the house armed services committee. congressman, mr. chairman i should say, thanks very much for joining us. let's get right to what the white house says the nuclear talks, they say that's a separate issue because the critical need to keep nuclear arms out of iranian hands, do you agree with that compartmentalization? don't include these other issues as part of these nuclear related discussions? >> no. i think that's impossible to segregate these issues out. and a couple reasons, number one, is if the nuclear talks are perfectly successful and achieve our goal of delaying iran getting a nuclear weapon it will give them more money through the relief of sackions to be used for other activityies. it will fuel the sectarian wars around the middle east it will add to the instability, because they're going to have a lot more money to do it. secondly, though isn't it interesting, that in the midst of the delicate phase of the iranian nuclear negotiations iran would choose to dial up the pressure in yemen to the point of sending this convoy et

berry read in a new new york -- buried in a new "new york times" story she talks about how she is recasting herself as the populous candidate. in a meeting with economists mrs. clinton studied a chart that showed income iny qult in the states. -- inequality in the states. the economy required a toppling of the wealthiest 1%. cline son may have -- clinton had an uh-huh meeting. they make toys and furniture for kids. the washington freebie con put together this montage. >> shortened the video and edited it. the free bree con said she uttered uh-huh 88 times. did the uh-huh sound like the ominous movie from the jaws music to you? >> it is kind of dead, but it sounds better than maroon five and adam levine for sure. >> you would to the just compare those two. >> i am out for you. does topple now mean to climb on somebody and met for rickly hump them for their money? that's what they are doing. >> i like it. >> that's what i do the 1%. >> jim, you are a filthy rich without the rich part and is hillary on target? >> absolutely. nobody likes rich people who make $300,000 an hour. ule kidding aside folks, i like hillary. i think salt of the earth. good to see her o

mrs. obama's dessert plate. it's a healthier version of tofu and soy milk cheesecake more american-style with the seasonal berriesrrival of spring. we have also strawberries anti-squares and also sweet tea cups and tea and lemon tea cakes. so thank you very much. have a great day. >> doesn't seem to i could come up after that chefs with their beautiful gifts for you. ourour beverage service for saving its traditional american white house has been the custom at the white house repeat of time now but we have an unusual very personal accent when the president was in japan, prime minister abe toasted him with -- conversations that followed in the prime minister's, the are excellent sake brewery there. the president fought as a personal gift he would bring sake into one of the finest sake breweries in that area and we served it as a toast for this evening come and that is a very personal individualized touch. the name comes from the fact that in sake bring you take the rice and you refine the whole of the rice down to the center to bring out the starches which are the fermentable parts. and excellent sake would be 40%