mr. miranda this.s and hillary clinton have both argued that payroll taxes on the middle class are going up. would you explain to me how that helps the economy or the middle class? >> well, what you are seeing with donald trump is his calls for people not to invest in the stock market are the kind of -- >> i just asked a different question. how does higher payroll taxes -- explain this to me. >> they don't have somebody running capable of handling the economy. >> how do higher taxes help the economy? >> what democrats are proposing is to lower taxes essentially on the lower income brackets. and have those at the top pay their fair share so we can make sure we are making the type of investments. >> larry is asking specifically about payroll taxes. i want to get your response to that. >> the candidates have slightly different plans. i will let the candidates speak for themselves. when you look at them, actually receiving tax credits in different ways to make sure we are investing in things like education

mr. miranda? ron: lin was born in new york, the westside. brian: and alexander hamilton? ron: he was born in the caribbean. he spent his adolescence on one of the virgin islands. around the age of 17, a hurricane hit the island. a letter was published by him in the newspaper describing the storm in shakespearean terms. he was a legitimate orphan at that point. the local merchant suddenly recognized they had his young genius in his midst and they took up a collection to send him to the north american colonies to be educated. with a few letters of introduction but he did not know a soul. hamilton is not only the original immigrant, but a completely self-made, self-invented figure. all of the other founding fathers were born in the original 13 colonies. hamilton was the outsider. he started life with as many disadvantages as the others had advantages. secondsere's about 20 of the music. alive." is "stay it shows his relationship with general eisenhower at the time. ron: you are talking about washington? [laughter] brian: yes. i'm getting down the road. ron: hamilton is 22 wh

mr. miranda was born where? ron chernow: lin was born in new york, i assume on the upper west side. brian lamb: and alexander hamilton was born where and where was he raised? ron chernow: hamilton was born on the island of nevis in the caribbean. he spent his adolescence on st. croix, one of the virgin islands and around the age of 17, a killer hurricane hit the island. he wrote this very brilliant letter that was published in the island newspaper describing in almost shakespearean terms this hurricane. he was an illegitimate, orphaned, impoverished clerk at that point. the local merchants suddenly recognized that they had this young genius in their midst and they took up a collection to send him to the north american colonies to be educated. he came armed with a fuel that is of introduction, but he did not know the soul. and so, hamilton is about all the original immigrant, but a completely self-made, really self invented figure. you know, all the other founding fathers, they were out of either virginia printers or boston lawyers. they were all born in the original 13 colonies. ham

mrs. ames who have a better understanding of what makes lin manuel miranda tick than ron chernow. lin got the inspiration of course for his musical after he started reading ron's outstanding biography of hamilton. he saw the story of an immigrant with an impoverished background who rose to become one of the greatest founding fathers and realized this story speaks volumes about the american experience and connects directly and powerfully to the lives of countless people today who struggle to find their piece of the american dream. lin asked ron chernow to serve as his historical adviser for the creation of "hamilton" and that story of the electric collaboration is what we'll hear tonight. ron, we are also grateful to you for your willingness to share this experience with us. and we are delighted that the person discussting with you is our own director of roosevelt house. harold joins us after a brilliant career in public life including being press secretary to one of hunter's own. he had a long life as head of marketing communications for the metropolitan museum of arts and, of cou

miranda brown, who has very powerful testimony and mr. yo, did i pronounce that correctly? thank you. and if you could just begin,, dr. brown and mr. yo.. if you would move on. we thank you both for being here and the strength of your testimony here today. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is miranda brown and i'm a former australian diplomat. i joined the u.n. office of high commission of human rights as the chief the eastern southern african section in december 2012 and occupied this position until december 2014. i have first-hand experience of monitoring and reporting human rights violations including sexual abuse in a peacekeeping environment. i'm going to give you an insider's perspective. from my experience in the field, and as the chief of the eastern southern africa section at ohchr i know sexual abuse in peacekeeping missions is vastly underreported with bottlenecks of reporting at various stages. there are multiple barriers toin reporting sexual abuse. victims, many of whom are minors, know there is high t likelihood the perp tritetores will go unpunished and

miranda brown who has very powerful testimony and mr. yeo, did i pronounce that correctly? yeah, thank you. and if you could just begin, dr. brown, and then mr. yeo if you'd move on. thank you both for being here and for the strength of your testimony here today. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is miranda brown, i'm a former australian diplomat. i joined the u.n.'s office of the high commissioner for human rights as the chief of the eastern southern africa section in 2012 and occupied this position until december 2014. i have firsthand experience of monitoring and reporting human rights violations including sexual abuse in a peacekeeping environment. i'm going to give you an insider's perspective. from my experience in the field, and as the chief of the eastern southern africa section i know that sexual abuse in peacekeeping missions is vastly underreported, with reporting at various stages. there are multiple barriers to reporting sexual abuse. victims many of whom are minors, know that there's a high likelihood the perpetrators will go unpunished and fear discrimina

all for being here and would like to recognize the three witnesses, doctor miranda brown, who is very powerful testimony, and mr. yeo, and i pronounce it correctly? thank you. and if you could just begin, dr. brown and and mr. yeo, if you belong. we thank you both for being here and for the strength of your testimony here today. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is miranda brown and a former australian diplomat. i joined the u.n.'s office of the high commission of human rights. as a chief for the east and southern africa section in december 2012 and occupy this position until december 2014. i have first and expensive monitoring and reporting human rights violations including sexual abuse in a peacekeeping environment. i'm going to give you an insider's perspective. from my experience in the field and as the chief of the eastern southern africa, i know the sexual abuse in peacekeeping missions is vastly underreport underreported. the our multiple barriers to reporting sexual abuse. victims, many of whom are miners, know that there's a high likelihood the perpetrators will go unpunished in fear discrimination