postman said we have not in fact as a country and heard the age that orwell had predicted. we did not live with a big brother. we did not live under u authoritarian role. this was pre-nsa and wiretapping and all of that but he said we had come close to realizing the vision outlined by the brave ne. world that the real thing to worry about was that we would entertain ourselves into oblivion that all of the fun in the games and the narratives and the story lines would come to make a mockery to obscure the important public business of the country.direct l i think you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i would offer two words as evidence, donald trump trump. trump is a new reality television.levision trump is a television star.ty he's as liberty candidate with no experience in governance and no particular and just in governance in no particular agenda to offer. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness, antics and he's a provocateur. i have called them in my columns a couple of times now and emotional extremist. i believe

sounds like orwell. >> i don't remember any ire, but i do remember a lot of people who wanted to volunteer for the campaign. innovation doesn't work without it being accessible. >> but people were very uncomfortable. as a result, facebook decided to shut down this feature. >> sounds like ted cruz is doing something pretty close. >> the difference is this time they're telling you that they are going through your friend list and they ask for your permission and they tell you everything they collect. >> shouldn't we be nervous that our candidates are spying on us? >> some people feel it's a little manipulative. that campaigns are trying to shape behavior, trying to tell you what you want to hear. >> this is sleazy. it just lets you pander to certain people. give them what they want. >> i'm talking to you about common core. the only thing you care about is foreign policy, defeating isis, making sure the iran treaty is thrown out on the first day in office, then i've done a complete disservice to you as a voter because you don't know where ted cruz stands. >> despite running fewer commercials t

as long as you're reading orwell's essays while you're eating it, kid. >> i think somebody experimentedit's really uptown or downtown to say i want a chopped cheese. and they're, like, what? >> so this is a regional, indigenous specialty? >> and it's newer. it hasn't been around that long. >> i've been everywhere in the world, just about everywhere in the world that you can think of. as beautiful as many cities are you grew up here. you're living in paris. you'll want a chopped cheese sandwich and will be angry that you can't get one. >> so there it is, a slice of a deep and noble subject. ♪ the relentless >> sitting right there, relatively unexplored, a cross section of the tasty, original good stuff. a petri dish for talent. for culture. the great unknown. go look. >>> this is where i bought my first bag of heroin. it was 1980, i was 24 years old. but in a lot of ways, my whole life up to that point was leading to this address. western massachusetts, the unlikely new frontier of america's war on drugs where heroin has become an exploding problem that's begun to touch nearly every fami

disillusionment with communism, that's right up there with darkness at noon and some the stuff, george orwell and whittaker chambers witness. that was a great book, absolutely. it's in there. i think maybe in the introduction to the book it doesn't quote the god that failed but it quotes our review of the god that failed by isaac deutsch or. his essay is another sort of part of that. and then to the question, so h. david renzer wrote this big bow a break and i actually interviewed him on the panel at the texas book festival a few months ago. i think there's no question that when reagan married nancy troy kinsey a lot of really direct evidence that he felt under the sway of her father in his conservative but i think there's no question that his marrying nancy which is part of a larger process of the moving into the world, social world, those more conservative in orientation, in politics had an influence on you. and made the transition much easier. by the time it occurred to him that he was probably more of the conservative than a liberal, he did have to face the question of like am i going to

>> george orwell would be very, very proud of europe and our capacity for doublespeak in creating newms by which to hide the awful reality. when you see the word "hotspots" translated to concentration camps. it is or is simple. the greek government has been steadily pressurized by the effectively,n to in turn, the refugees. -- not treating them like human beings in need of support and food and medicine, and need of psychological assistance. they're going to be treated according to brussels as illegals, aliens that are going hotspotslosed in those , concentration camps. i have on good authority from the greek government that the pressure is tremendous. the greek government, which is, of course, fiscally, completely, and utterly -- is being told, the only way you're going to get moneis if you intern them. if you let them loose, you're not going toet anoth pen cap feed them. we have a mnificentrray of ngos and volunteers who are looking after the refugees. the greek state is in a state of disarray because it just cannot afford even to look after the greeks who are suffering along seven-y

it's -- as orwell said, it is so stupid, only an intellectual could believe it. >> host: you and bernie sanders, both jewish, both new yorkers. >> guest: yeah. that's about it. i would say even on the both jewish we don't even -- he is jewish ethnicically, i'm jewish religiously. and being jewish doesn't mean anything to him. and i don't hold that against him. you're not obligated, in my opinion, to affirm what you were born into. not at all. it's america, it's a free country. but i do affirm jude dayism -- judaism very deeply whereas for him it's a non-issue. and that's fine. that doesn't affect me one way or the other. i would say that his views disturb me tremendously. but not the fact that he is what a famous left-wing jewish historian called, he's a non-jewish jew. and that's not an insult. there is a book called the non-jewish jew by this man, and he's describing himself. it's not an insult, but that's what he is. i'm a jewish jew, he's a non-jewish jew with. so we don't have much in common. >> host: are you a conservative, and if so, are you a, are you a purist when it comes to b

a theory at the height of the television aid postman said we had not as a country entered the age orwell had predicted, we did not live with big brother, we did not live in authoritarian rule, this is pre-nsa and wiretapping but he says we had come close to realizing of vision in a brave new world, the real thing to worry about was that we would entertain ourselves into oblivion. all the fun and games and narratives and storylines would come to make a mockery, to obscure the important public business of the country. you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i offer two words as evidence, donald trump. trump is a reality television -- trump is a television star, he is a celebrity candidate with no experience in governing and no particular interest in governing, no agenda to offer. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness and antics, here's a provocateur. i called him in my columns and emotional extremist. this comes close to encapsulating his ideology. he manipulates the emotions of an audience intuitively and brilliantly. for the purp

. >> reporter: well, george orwell, author of the 1948 would be very proud, wouldn't he. while aclu says there are laws in new jersey about audio taping conversations, and there are concerns about how the government used it, and has access to it, and how long they keep it. plus, there is the practical question here with hundreds of seats, hundreds of riders, how do you listen to hundreds of conversations all at ones on one train over that ambient noise of the loud running train? well, that is what new jersey transit the is warning you on these signs saying notice, right here, video and audio systems in use, light rail, cars, nowe request independent with on board video and audio recording systems. lauren, trains start running after 6:00. we will talk to riders and see what they think. >> can't wait to see what they say, thanks very much. >>> take a look at today's daily news, front and back cover, it features the late ed snide shore lost his battle to cancer yesterday. with the simple caption, legendary. the back cover shows snider walking in to what looks like an empty h

what these people want to do, very much like orwell's 1984, impose a ruthless mind set. >> we got to all day. we'll be right back. hey! this is lloyd. to prove to you that the better choice for him is aleve. he's agreed to give it up. ok, but i have 30 acres to cover by sundown. we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. yeah, i was ok, but after lunch my knee started hurting again so... more pills. yep... another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? for my pain... i want my aleve. get all day minor arthritis pain relief with an easy open cap. harris: newt gingrich just told us he feels loved. we've done our job because we loved having you here today. have a great weekend. we'll see you back here on monday at noon eastern. "happening now" now. issued and we are covering all of that and more "happening now". >> the kremlin playing with fire letting its fighter jets buzz american war ships. the secretary of state said the u.s. would be justified shooting them out of the sky. and budget cuts taking a toll on our ability in a

it's -- as orwell said, it is so stupid, only an intellectual could believe it. >> host: you and bernie sanders, both jewish, both new yorkers. >> guest: yeah. that's about it. i would say even on the both jewish we don't even -- he is jewish ethnicically, i'm jewish religiously. and being jewish doesn't mean anything to him. and i don't hold that against him. you're not obligated, in my opinion, to affirm what you were born into. not at all. it's america, it's a free country. but i do affirm jude dayism -- judaism very deeply whereas for him it's a non-issue. and that's fine. that doesn't affect me one way or the other. i would say that his views disturb me tremendously. but not the fact that he is what a famous left-wing jewish historian called, he's a non-jewish jew. and that's not an insult. there is a book called the non-jewish jew by this man, and he's describing himself. it's not an insult, but that's what he is. i'm a jewish jew, he's a non-jewish jew with. so we don't have much in common. >> host: are you a conservative, and if so, are you a, are you a purist when it comes to b

from orwell and beyond, scholars and writers predicted a pervasively surveilled society. yet, why did they fail to predict the racialized nature of that watching? frankly, what does it even mean to see race, anyways? all of this is going to be fascinating. but we would be remiss if we only talked about the black community in terms offing object of surveillance or state hpower. we have to talk about how people are organizing to level the scales and how technology can help that. so u eugene peryer, professor cook and professor anderson will tell united stat us about app thatets every day citizens track their interactions with law enforcement. we'll also discuss body cameras. vast majorities have come from smartphones of citizens. what happens when you take that camera out of your hand and on to the lapel of a law enforcement officer? is it more accountability or just more watching? so, harlin yu will explain the civil rights score bard for police one body cam aercameras. hath matthew mitchell will tell us about the apple versus encryption debate and what it carries tremendo

orwell energy for jeb bush. neil: they do in a weird way stake. >> i wouldn't want him to label me.his is what it does. it is work so far this election cycle. especially the low energy one. that's been particularly damaging to him. ted cruz started putting trust that in the banners in the background as part of this. with hillary clinton there is truth to the crooked hillary thing. if you look among the democratic contest, one third of voters listed trust as their top concern, their top issue in only 16% believe hillary clinton is. look at new hampshire out of voters, trustworthiness is a top issue. they went for bernie sanders 92% to 6%. this is a big issue hunting hillary clinton brought the process so far. neil: when i talk to people who might not be as into this stuff as i am because i am a nerd. >> so am i. neil: you are just a more savvy nerd. there is a lying ted or low-energy bush. i'm always thinking that high school thing that is fixed. >> it is sort of a schoolyard holy mentality. it has worked so far and he successfully labeled people. there's more to general election tha

to trenton, arrives and it three is two years i just did the math, past the real 1984, but george orwell's984, is alive, well and with us now in 2016. if you didn't read that book, that was the book with him predicting the feature and big brother as he called it was watching, listening to everything that you did and said and now big the brother is new jersey transit who may be eavesdropping. look at our video from our train ride and you will note ace a lot of signs both on the platforms and in the trains right now. that sign in paper, yellow, big signs up at the trains, stops, and stations telling you that both video and audio systems in use, light rails are equip with video and audio systems. not only are they watching you with surveillance cameras but they are listening to you. but we didn't find any microphones. still, some riders have a big problem with that. >> invasion of privacy. >> and, talking to your family and friend on your phone. >> yeah, that is why i do a lot of texting. >> reporter: it almost doesn't make any sense because so many people are on so many of these trains, and

neurological level it, does the opposite of what it is intended to do, so it is a pointless act, or as orwell would say, the only point of torture is torture. and then this brings us to the hague. the international court of justice has said that the international covenant on civilian political rights does not cease in times of war. if there has not been a derogation in the palestinian wall case that the court must take account of both international human rights law and international humanitarian and so, we apply a provision by provision approach. there are some human rights provisions which may be impracticable in time of war, for example, elections. but others like the right to be free of torture and cruel treatment are nonderogable and cannot be relaxed. charlie savage of "the new york times" in his new book "power wars," recounts a debates in which i was involved. i left behind when i left the state department on my last day as legal advisor a memo which said i do not believe it was legally available for policymakers to claim that the torture convention did not apply outside the united sta

the television age, the postman said we have not as a country entered the stage orwell predicted. we did not live with big brother, we did not live under authoritarian rule, his pre-nsa wiretapping and all that but he said we had come perilously close to realizing the vision outlined in a brave new world. the real thing to worry about was we would entertain ourselves into oblivion. all the fun and games at narratives and storylines would come to make a mockery, to obscure the important public business of the country. and you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i offer two words as evidence, donald trump. donald trump is a reality television star whatever one thinks of his politics, he is a television star, a celebrity candidate with no experience in governance, no interest in governance, no particular agenda. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness and antics, he is a provocateur. i have called him in my columns an emotional extremist. this comes close to encapsulating his ideology. he manipulates the emotions of an audience