paul shapiro the vice president for farm animal protection of the humane society.ice to see you. >> hi, bill. >> bill: thanks for coming in. we're joined as a "friend of bill" by daniel stone from "newsweek" daily beast. what's this all about paul? what is the condition -- why the need for this amendment? what's the condition out there? >> well, thanks, bill. >> bill: for laying hens. >> unfortunately, the condition for the hundreds of millions of birds we use in the egg industry is pretty dire. the birds are locked inside of tiny wire cages so small they're unable even to spread their wings. you think about it, each bird has less space than a single sheet of paper on which to live for more than a year before she is slaughtered. >> bill: 8 by 10. >> 8 by 11 piece of paper. take 2/3 of the piece of paper that's how much space one bird has on which to live for more than a year before she is slaughtered. it is difficult to imagine a more miserable existence. a number of states including california have been passing laws to try to reform the egg industry. to try to req

we look more closely at all this with paul taylor of the pew research center. and rob shapiro, chair of sonecon, an economic advisory firm. he's a former undersecretary of commerce. rob, let's talk about the who. who was the most a ffected by this kind of loss of wealth? it's kind of a stunning number. >> the middle class. you know, high-income people have a much larger share of their net worth in financial assets. now the stock market fell 50%, but the stock market has come back. low-income people don't own their own homes. this was real he'll concentrated in the middle class whose main financial asset... whose main asset is not financial but the equity they have in their homes. >> ifill: but if you are poor, even if you didn't own your own home, you also took a hit. how did that work? >> everybody took a hit. this latest report is a reminder of just what a deep mess the american public is is in. it's three years ago allegedly that this recession ended. for most americans it doesn't feel like it's over. this is a reminder. 40, of... 40% of net wealth gone. median household in

jeff, kim fernandez, rick fern, jim shapiro, pam ruppright, sue grissom, rebecca evans, lynn benedict a.m. -- bexam, mary lynn shimik, paul kiske, andrea o'leary, terry roller. if i've called your name, you can come on up. >> well, i was the last one called, but no one else seems to be taking the space so i will go right head. my name is terry and i'm a resident ever the district. although i care for children and recognize their need to for a place to recreate, i'm opposed to this project. stadium lighting and artificial turf have no place in golden gate park. some day they will grow up and have children of their own and we have to ask ourselves, if we approve this project what kind of a park are we going to leave them? i truly believe that this project is going to permanently and dramatically change the western end of golden gate park. this is not the type of park i would want to leave my children and certainly not the park we have today, but there is an alternative that gives kids a place to play today but preserves the park for them and their children in the future. fix the beach chalet fields but keep the natural gras

paul ryan the recall the second most important election next to the presidential election. why is this so important? the wisconsin congressman next. wisconsin congressman, next. i'm robert shapirolion people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment nows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ >> greta: whicwisconsin congren paul ryan says courage is on ee>> paul ryan says courage is on the ballot in the wisconsin elt election. what else does he say about the tightly contested race? here is paul ryan. >> they have to spend something like 40 million in wisconsin between now and june 5th when the recall is. it will be a massive effort a big fight. i think scott is go