he meets paul and they birth paul mitchell. >> wow. i read somewhere john paul where you say you hope that this documentary shows that america still works. >> that's right. >> let me start by asking whether or not you believe. that do you believe that america still works? >> beyond any question of a doubt. today i could have done the same thing a heck of a lot easier. back in '80 and '81, we had no computers. if you wanted something set, you went to a type setter. inflation was 12 1/2%. unemployment, 10.5%. we had to wait in line for gasoline. if you could get a loan, which we couldn't, minimum interest was 17%. you better believe it is easier now. and it's much easier to day than then. >> there are so many people struggling trying to make it in small business. trying to make it as an entrepreneur. so it worked for you. >> yes. >> i wonder whether or not you think seriously that it works for anybody who puts as much university as you put snornlg. >> definitely. i give them two good reasons why it does work. one, is i got this from selli

but no, in fact, with john paul mitchell systems, because we only started west side 700, every day forwo years, we should have gone bankrupt. it was tough. it was hand to mouth. and i -- and very difficult. it was like, why are we doing this? i can't pay the bills. i can't sleep at night. that happened many times. people are saying no, i can't get this from this person. a lot of times. but deep inside it was i know what we have is the greatest product for hair. i know if i keep on talking about it to enough people and they try it they'll be reordering it. and after two years, which is a big movement for us, after two years we were able to pay our bills on time. not off, but pay them on time. we made it and $2,000 each. since that time, were there ups and downs? of course there were. but what you have to do is when you have ups and downs is realize that don't take your mind off the goal. obstacles are things we'll always see, but you put your mind back on the goal and you go around those problems. because many times people pay attention to the -- to the trivia many. and then you learn a

with john paul mitchell systems because we started with $700, every day for two years we should have gone bankrupt. it was tough. it was hand to mouth. and very difficult. we were like why are we doing this? i better go to work for somebody. i can't pay the bills, sleep at night. that happened many times. but deep inside it was i know what we have is the greatest product for hair. i know if we keep on talking about it to enough people and they try it they'll reorder it. and after two years, which was a big movement for us, after two years we were able to pay our bills on time and we may have $2,000 each left. now since that time are there ups and downs, of course, there were. you have to realize during those times don't take your minds off the goal. you go like a river, you go around the problems. many times people pay attention to the trivia, and then you learn after a while, pay attention to the vital few, not the trivial many. >> do you think this is your personality, a go getter and optimist and you're ambitious or is there something you did in the middle of the night when you we

with your heath davis i am excited about the book and we could start with the biggest question of paul mitchell is why were you compelled to write this book ? that is titled does gender matter?. >> i am happy to be here but i was inspired to write this book by a strange policy that we have in the city of philadelphia the transportation authority said everybody has to have a gender marker on their passport male or female on the past this treatise lot of discrimination and in particular one transgendered bowman who was a friend of mine and an activist for rights in philadelphia brought a lawsuit against the of the company for gender identity discrimination because when she offered her past she was turned away and they said you cannot use this because in my opinion you are not a real woman so then she brought back the past with the sticker and the same thing happened you are not a real me and. -- me and. so in that case it is pretty clear there is no legitimate reason to have the sexual identity mark to have a pass to get on the bus and in the city of philadelphia this wusses grass-roots activism

joining me congressman paul mitchell who co-authored an op-ed with the freshman class in the house calling on the senate to get their act together on health care. congressman, welcome to the show, great to have you here. thank you for doing something all of america has been wanting to do for days now, and that's calling out the senate. they're about as popular as a glass of milk on prom night, if you know what i mean! this latest news, lindsey graham calling it a fraud, do you think this means nothing is going to happen tonight? >> if he could predict what's going to happen in the senate, he should go to las vegas where he can make money. op-ed that we put out speaks to what the people said to us as we ran fors on. 12 other freshman joined me in the letter, we did our job in the house. we worked hard as it, and as you know from watching, it wasn't easy, wasn't simple, we did thrashing around, but we got a bill out we thought accomplished a great deal. senate needs to do something rather than say we can't do anything unless the house assures us we give them a bill. gerri: that's what lindse

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paul trible and orrin hatch. defends his efforts to support and fund armed rebel groups opposing the nicaraguan government. funding was riveted. -- was prohibited. sen. inouye: the chair recognizes senator mitchell. sen. mitchell: good morning, colonel north. oliver l. north >> there are many of us on this panel that support ronald reagan and believe in the contra costa. -- the contra cause. there is no evidence on the wrong part of the doing of our president. i believe the essence the american experience is the pursuit of freedom and around the world. that is why we must oppose the marcus tierney in nicaragua. that is why we must help young nicaraguans's fight for their freedom as well. the last week, has not been an easy one for any of us. it has been a time of probing questions and honest answers on your part. you have done well. yes capture the imagination of the american people. you have done that because he told the truth, fully candidly. you are a man who is doing his duty. you are acting with the knowledge and authority of your superiors. you have demonstrated an amazing ability to get results. i know it has been a difficult time for your family. i believe these hearings are necessary. t

plus donald trump jr., paul manafort and jared kushner all facing questions on capitol hill in this next week. what can we expect? i'm going to ask my colleague, andrea mitchellabout that. >>> and the first meeting of the election integrity commission took place this week. i'll talk with a member about what happens next here on "msnbc live." >>> president trump is heading back to d.c. after visiting the norfolk naval station in virginia to commission the uss gerald r. ford. at one point during his remarks he turned up the pressure on the senate to pass its health care bill. >> we reached a deal to secure an additional $20 billion for defense this year and it's going up. and why i ask congress for another $54 billion for next year. so call that congressman and call that senator and make sure you the it. and boy the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> the embattled gop health care bill was among several topics the president tweeted about before he left for virginia. he also aired out his grievances on the scrutiny that his son, don junior, is under as part of the russia investigation. and then there's this new tweet about