"winner-take-all politics" by two of the country's top political scientists, jacob hacker and paul pierson. they were drawn to a mystery every bit as puzzling as a crime drama "how washington made the rich richer and turned its back on the middle class." quote -- "we wanted to know how our economy stopped working to provide prosperity and security for the broad middle class." and that's what you saw. >> i think a lot of people know. the top one or two wrongs have shot up into the stratosphere while all of the other ones have stayed more or less in place. it's really astonishing how concentrated the games of economic growth have been. >> you know the startling statistic that we have in the book is that if you take all of the income gains from 1979 to 2007, so all the increased household income over that period around 40% of those gains went to the top 1%. and if you look at the bottom 90%, they had less than that combined. and it's not just a one or a two-year story. i mean, we've seen a terrible economy over the last few years. and the last decade is now being called "the lost decade" beca

the first is with "winner take all" authors jacob hacker and paul pierson. the second with david stockman and gretchen morgenson on "crony capitalism." in this edition, we'll look at a seminal moment when wall street and washington stacked the deck against the rest of us. remember, this is the political equivalent of a crime story, a mystery. how is it that our economy stopped working for the broad majority of americans? how did our political and financial class shift the benefits of the economy to the very top, while saddling us with greater debt and tearing new holes in the safety net? in other words, how did politics create a winner-take-all economy? well, it didn't happen by accident. this was an inside job, politically engineered by wall street and washington working hand-in-hand, sticky fingers with sticky fingers, to turn the legend of robin hood on its head -- giving to the rich and taking from everybody else. it's all on the record. the richest of the rich was citigroup, at one time the world's largest financial institution. when the 2008 meltdown h

and his successor paul hewitt now at george mason undefeated in caa play. pierson going bowling for georgia state. he misses. mike morrison for the put back. he had 15 points. 14 boards. patriots stand on late rally 61- 58. colgate at american. coach them up jeff jones. double j doing it. charles hinkle doing it well. he had 21 points. a.u. undefeated at home 82-54. speaking of a.u., the school announced today it is inducting gary williams into its hall of fame. known for his exploits at maryland but began his career at a.u. how about those old black and white photos right there. the induction ceremony takes place february 25th. >>> much has been made of the lack of firepower. mark turgeon has to work with. one leads the acc scoring. can the team go on the road and win. it will be answered tomorrow when the terps travel to raleigh. to win this game, these guys will have to grow up fast, he knows. >> shawn mosely is the only guy that's won at a high level on our team. we don't know as a group, they don't know as a group, what it takes to win at a high level. >> we w

paul hewitt and george mason hosting james madison. the patriots with an eight-game home winning streak vs. the dukes. ryan piersonis out to vertrell vaughn. watch this nifty reverse. he had 14. i didn't just like it but so did his teammates on the bench. less than 9 minutes to go, pierson at the top of the key going to knock down the 3. had a game-high 29 and mace over madison, 89-7:79. >>> and we have three months until the nfl draft. who will the 'skins take with the 6th pick in the first round. today mike shanahan and his staff in mobile, alabama, looking at prospects by coaching in the senior bowl. there is the head coach of the redskins just relaxing guiding the south in the would it unis checking out the talent. kyle shanahan working with oklahoma's brandon weeden. he's 28 years old. a former baseball player. in the third, the north's kirk cousins to derell robinson to the house. the north leads it 20-6. interesting that shanahan's offense hadn't found the end zone yet but i digress. >>> how about the third round of the hsbc championship -- there is tiger woods, you know what, he's playing pretty well over

pierson gets it. drives. his shot. no good. but mike morrison underneath. there on the cleanup, morrison finished with 14 points, 15 rebounds. george mason wins it, 61-58. coach paulthe patriots remain undefeated in the conference taking sole possession of first place. elsewhere, wake forest edges virginia tech, 58-55. george washington loses to st. louis, 78-56. and american university crushes colgate, 82-54. that's your morning sports. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> and there's still more news 4 after the dunkin' k-cup packs are here. get america's favorite coffee for america's favorite single-cup brewer. try all five delicious varieties, only at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin'. thanks, mom. who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. welcome to news 4 on this sunday, january 8th. if you like the weather, the hits just keep on coming. >> today's hit won't be quite as good. yesterday was the breakout smash sensation hit. today is an old standard. >> are we above average still? >> yeah. no co