. >> peter kiernan believes the american dream isn't only found on wall street. i want to start with the minimum wage and interested to hear your thoughts on how parent of a step forward that is and a plan of ten steps to revitalize the middle class w. this congress we can't get all of them done. which is most central to restoring the middle class? >> sure. as far as the minimum wage it is a great idea that the other parts of the country taken the lead but there are about 145 million people who are working in the united states and of those about 3 million, a little over 3 million, are paid at or below the minimum wage. so it's a good step in the right direction. but it's just a shard and a mosaic and a bigger plan to do. good to do. good start. necessary. but nowhere near sufficient. >> right. >> i just want to pull up the poll that you mentioned. the 79%. because we do the job numbers every month on this show. >> yes. >> as we talk about it it's better and better but the mood of the country is not that. you look at the poll. 79% of americans throughout all ages