. >> do you know robert reich? i. >> i do -- >> tonight former labor secret robert reich is here to respond. >>> and the player formerly known as ron artest is in trouble for in assault. should he be tossed from the league forever? >> i got emotional and excited, if was unfortunate that james got hit with an unintentional elbow. >>> good to have you with us tonight. the next big political battle between mitt romney and president obama is under way. the focus is on young voters. this weekend president obama picked a fight with republicans who want to let student loan interest president obama is facing an enthusiasm gap among young people. >> if congress doesn't act, on july 1st, interest rates on some student loans will double. that would be a tremendous blow, and it's completely preventable. >> president obama is on the side of young people on this issue, and it shows in the polls. in the latest poll, voters between the age of 18 and 34 favor president obama oefrg mitt romney, by 60 to 34%. but romney still has an

here is bill o'reilly. >> robert reich. he's a communist. >> communist slash socialist. >> he's a guy that is up there in cambridge. he says because the u.s. companies are multinational that the government now has to step in to make sure that our economy is good. roll the tape. >> now they are global. if we don't have a government that is investing in our people and education and job skills, in infrastructure, public transportation and all the things we need government to do, we can't expect the big corporations are going to do it. >> i'm joined by robert reich, former labor secretary under the clinton administration and author of the book "aftershock." i think the comment was secretly adores karl marx. have you ever been a member of the communist party? let's get to that first. >> no. it's like being back in the 1950s be. this communist witch hunt. there's not many communists left in the world today. there's not a communist threat. these conservatives, these right wingers have nothing else to say. they don't have arguments

let me get a response from robert reich on that. crazy new nlrb rules, bob reich.esn't make any sense in this kind of an economy. >> i don't think they're crazy rules. i mean, we've had about 30 years after the second world war when unions got up to about roughly 34% of the total workforce and everybody grew. and everybody did well. and we grew on average faster than we've grown since. i mean, one of the problems is consumers don't have money in their pockets. they don't have money in their pockets because day don't have bargaining leverage. they don't have bargaining leverage partly because they don't have unions or anybody else sticking up for them. so why assume that unions are zero sum game and bad for business. that's not been the history of america. you know that. >> i just have 15 seconds, i'm sorry. >> 15 seconds, let me tell you. bob reich, you're a great teacher of economics. the truth is, i've lived economics for the last 55 years and you're wrong in this area. sorry. >> i've got to leave it there. gentleman, thanks very much. that's it for tonight's sho

professor reich, former u.s. secretary, author of the new ebook, "beyond outrage" and joe williams white house reporter with politico great to have you on the show tonight. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. thank you. >> they said it. we'll show while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] dollar for dollar, nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate. arizona >> republicans are trying to convince us the war on women is fictional. >> ron paul or rick santorum? con, he is mitt romney. >> i have a missouri foxtrotter like a quarterhorse, just a much better gait. >> if you want the most bang for your buck, you have to shuffle off. >> why the hell is newt gingrich still in the race

professor reich, former u.s.or secretary, author of the new ebook, "beyond outrage" and joe williams white house reporter with politico great to have you on the show tonight. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. thank you. >> they said it. we'll show it. the viewfinder coming up next. look, i don't play 'bout my facial hair. but if i grow this out a little bit i look too much like an english country gent... naaah. a little this way and i feel like i'm from outer space. this and i feel like a viking... [ roars ] not my style, man. [ male announcer ] master your style... even trimming, a close shave and accurate edging... with the new gillette fusion proglide styler. every inch of hair needs to be on point. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now we don't care anymore? we just eat whatever tastes good? excuse me? [ man ] like these sweet honey clusters they're awesome so no way they're good for you. but i guess that's okay right? actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in e

my guest tonight, economist robert reich. we're going to talk about economic... (makes mother ising noisess)noise. (laughter) two days ago we were discussing an issue concerning the general services administration. basically the facilities manager of the united states government. their mission is exemplify efficiency and cost-cutting, a task they felt could best be expressed by a lavish $2822,000 three-day las vegas conference/epic (bleep) fest. (laughter and applause) since then scandal has broadened out from one ostentation not lost enough week end to apparently systemic issues of corruption and so the g.s.a. must now face one of the most feared groups in all of washington. the house... did it rear have or no? the house oversight committee (bleep). sounds better when you... the terrible collection of people who, but for the grace of god, would probably have ended up working for an organization like the g.s.a. all right. there was much for this committee to be cranky about. >> this is somebody who took a conversation with a budget of $250,000 and made it over $8

secretary reich, i wonder what you make of the buffett rule. america's middle class? >> well, certainly it's going to help in term of making sure that we have enough money both to pay down long-term deficit and mick sure we have enough money to invest in education and infrastructure, alex. the buffett rule is a minimum. i hope democrats don't get trapped into making -- that should be the maximum. no, it's a minimum with regard to the very healthy ought to be paying at 30% tax rate, but if we went back to before the 1981 tax cut of ronald reagan, for 30 years, the richest people in this country paid a minimum of 70%. even after all of the deductions and tax credits, the tax rate on highest income earners was 55%, 60%, much higher than what anybody is talking about right now and yet the economy grew faster in that 30-year period than it has grown since. so there's no tradeoff between fairness and growth. if anything, fairness, it seems to me, is a prerequisite to growth. >> i want to open this up to the panel a little bit and sort of the buffett

i got thug reich tattooed on my belly. we were thugs. the reich was the third nazi aspect. i combined the two and came up with that. it almost became a motto for a lot of guys. >> i don't even see the tattoos anymore. i'm used to them. because i got to know who he is. and like instead of like just being someone on the streets and seeing him and they judge him, i see him for who he is. >> blood and honor was an organization created by the late ian donaldson we've seen in screw driver. it was a skinhead organization in the late 70s, early 80s. in the 90s it split into two different fakdss, blood and honor international and blood and honor 118. i belonged to c 18. the 18 stands for one and 8 for the letter a and the letter h for adolf hitler. >> when i saw terson born, i saw god that day. that was one of the strangest, greatest feelings that i'll probably never feel again. it was the first time you ever hold a baby, that kind of love is just -- it's amazing. it's truly amazing. it's really hard to put it into words. he's every breath i take is for him. i just want to do everyt

where is reich going wrong? i'm assuming you disagee with him. >> well, first of all, he's mixing apples and oranges to quote herman cain. number one, he's talking about income taxes and what the tax that we're talking about here, the buffet tax. that is a disguise of the capital gains tax and the reason that john kennedy, not just ronald reagan but john kennedy asked for and got a reduction of the capital gains tax is it spurs economic expansion and increases the revenues that the treasury gets. it's a perverse effect and when candidate barack obama was asked about this in 2008 if raising the capital gains tax which is what he wants to do were to reduce the amount of money going into the treasury, would you do it nonetheless? and his answer was yes but for the sake of fairness. >> he said that to me. he said he raised it to 20. what reich is talking about is the top marginal tax rate that barack obama wants to raise back to the clinton levels by nearly 40%. but rice says flat out, no equivocation, when american

where is reich going wrong?ing you disagee with him. >> well, first of all, he's mixing apples and oranges to quote herman cain. number one, he's talking about income taxes and what the tax that we're talking about here, the buffet tax. that is a disguise of the capital gains tax and the reason that john kennedy, not just ronald reagan but john kennedy asked for and got a reduction of the capital gains tax is it spurs economic expansion and increases the revenues that the treasury gets. it's a perverse effect and when candidate barack obama was asked about this in 2008 if raising the capital gains tax which is what he wants to do were to reduce the amount of money going into the treasury, would you do it nonetheless? and his answer was yes but for the sake of fairness. >> he said that to me. he said he raised it to 20. what reich is talking about is the top marginal tax rate that barack obama wants to raise back to the clinton levels by nearly 40%. but rice says flat out, no equivocation, when americans, wealthy

thank you, robert reich. good to see you. told david letterman he got fired from a job that he never should have taken. >> i screwed up. i screwed up really big on this. >> sounds humble, right? but he wasn't all apologetic. we'll hear what the combative cable host is saying about his latest breakup. you are watching "cbs this morning." cold feels nice on sore muscles, huh? you know you could just use bengay zero degrees. medicated pain relief you store in the freezer. brrr...see ya boys. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. i bet they can't wait to bite my chocolaty ears off. whoa. wait a minute where'd you guys come from? edible arrangements bouquets beautiful like flowers, but unforgettably delicious. pineapple bunnies? visit, call, or go to ediblearrangements.com [ man ] get the 20 piece mcnuggets. what? that lovely girl, caught your eye? 20 piece mcnuggets are only $4.99. you offer to share them. a conversation begins. that's pretty smart. i been around. [ male announcer ] 20 piece chicken mcnu

. >> bob reich my hero and chris matthews hero. what happened to the democratic party that talked about -- >> 91% to 78%. >> steve, i know what i'm talking about in this area, steve, i know more than you in this one area. when kennedy cut taxes in 63, guess who opposed him? the entire business community. >> right. >> and now the democrat are wrong. they have become anti-growth. they are following the advice of people like bob reich that talk about fairness but not as how do we get as jfk said -- >> we have to go to growth first. >> unless we invest in education and infrastructure and we aren't doing that under the ryan budget. >> this is the fiery speech of the economic fairness argument. let's listen to the president. >> here in america we don't give up. here in america we look out for each other. here in america we watch each other get ahead. here in america we have a sense of common preface. here in america we can meet any challenge. here in america we can seize any moment. we can make this century another great american century

also, we'll talk to the former secretary of labor robert reich. also, actor adrian glennier. bill ford. and conservationist dr. jane goodall will be here. she'll be fantastic. but first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> we have fantastic spring concerns once again. the drought is an issue from the southeast right up the eastern season. seaboard. but we have some improvement. it could alter your weekend plans. we have exceptional drought now from south carolina southward all the way down into north portions of florida, and severe drought conditions in southern new england. but as i mentioned, we have a big soaker up the east coast as we go through the weekend. it looks like the southeast side and sunday is the worst for you. up the mid-atlantic saturday and sunday. for new england, i think it will be sunday and monday. if you have plans in new england on saturday, i think you'll be ok. but sunday and monday, it could just be a washout. maybe inches of rain, as much as five inches of rain in the southeast. for today, some light rain for d.c. this is not the

steven reich, forensic psychologist. he takes us into the mind of the manatee mute later. >> they want to demonstrate to an inadamant object i have power. i much potent. i am big. i am strong. >> stephen: his chilling insights left us with a single question. were we dealing with a serial criminal? >> i couldn't and i wouldn't say that. >> stephen: but i could. i knew what i had to do. head to the archives and pull the cold case files. >> you want every request since when? >> stephen: i want them all. manatee lives are at stake. i didn't care how long it would take. i had to find a pattern. and finally, here it was. 2001, a case in fort myers, florida, with our sicko all over it. doris the manatee's skirt was pulled down. but that was just the beginning. the mute later was getting bolder, developing a taste for manatee mayhem. and sure enough, ten months later he struck here in peaceful crystal river, florida. >> this is mr. manatee. >> stephen: he is the one on the left. joanne is on the right. >> the manatee is part of

german ambassador hans luther was the first reich observer to arrive. he refused to comment on anything connected with the disaster. as soon as possible the injured moved are carried to ambulances transferred to new york 60 miles

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so the confidence correspond with secretary reich, that should trouble republicans, don't you think?so. especially someone like governor romney that wanted to turn his back on the region of the country he grew up in. you take michigan, ohio, through cleveland. these are major automotive manufacturing platforms for the world, as well as our country. and to say that we shouldn't have refinanced the automotive industry, that sounds un-american. the companies are hiring. the major suppliers are hiring engineering jobs. this region of the country is being lifted as we speak. i think crystler, fiat sales, ford, and gm sales are record highs compared to where we started in 2008. who ever thought we would see them recover. we have to stay on the cutting edge, and believe me those who work in auto manufacturing in this part of america are dedicated to that task. >> mitt romney built his whole campaign, or projected he would, around economic issues, and now it seems that he has the endorsement of the ryan plan. and the ryan plan is clearly bad for poor people. it could cut $3.3 trillion in low

i debate robert reich on your channel all the time.e's told me for years you need 150,000 a month just to keep pace with labor force growth. we fell short of that. i'm very worried. i think the most distressing statistics we've seen on jobs over the last two or three years is what we call the decline in labor force participation rate which means, ali, people dropped out. these discouraged workers are still out there. that means you don't get the out put in the economy you need. looks the unemployment rate today politically doesn't matter. what matters is what the unemployment rate is in september, october, november. politically i think you can read too much in this. if i were president obama's adviser, which i'm not, i would say maybe we should cancel the big tax increase that's scheduled for january 1, 2013, i think the economy is way too fragile to take that. i think we should have a much more aggressive energy policy. the one thing to think about, let me just add one other policy variable. we've had this kind of crack cocaine of eas

let's bring in robert reich. author of the book beyond outrage. i love the title.good to have you with us tonight. what do you make of these numbers? the numbers tell a story. private sector growth was 3.5% but overall was 2.5% because of the government spenting. >> the big news is that governmentç cut, that is cuts spending, budget cuts mostly at the state and local level but a slow down at the federal level, that is a drag on the economy. that should be no news. we know that's happened in the past. it's what's happening in europe. europe has embraced austerity economics and that has pushed the continent, europe is now moving into recession. britain is already in recession. spain is in recession. when you cut government spending as much as they're doing, when you cut it as much as going on in our state and local level, you are dragging the economy down because you're cutting total economic demand. when you have a recession or you're trying to get out of a big recessionary hold, when consumers can't make up the difference, when businesses can want make up the diff

we would reich to understand the wind loading on structures, such as you this scale mod onle ofav mobile home. our preliminary work shows you have part of the struck the that you are experience a positive force. in other words, they're trying to push the force in. as the tornado moves closer and closer, you have other forces wanting to pull it apart. and the other bad part is you have stuff falling down from your roof. >> structural engineers at texas tech are also looking at debris impact. trying to replicate the forces of the worst tornadoes, like the e.f.-5 that hit joplin. >> th >> brown: "deadliest tornadoes" airs tonight on "nova" on most pbs stations. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a special prosecutor in florida announced neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman is being charged with second-degree murder for the killing of trayvon martin. the teenager's mother welcomed the decision saying we feel much closer to justice. president obama and republican mitt romney opened their head- to-head battle in earnest. romney charged the president wants big gover

you know, i debate robert reich on your channel all the time, and he's told me for years, ali, that you need 150,000 jobs a month, just to keep pace with labor force growth. so we foal short of that. and i'm very worried, by the way, i'd love the others take on this. i think the most distressing statistic we've seen on jobs over the last three or four years is the decline of the labor force participation rate. which means that people have kind of dropped out. these discouraged workers are still out there. that means that you don't get the outpit and oomph in the economy that you need. look, the unemployment rate today politically doesn't matter. when matters is what the unemployment rate is in september, october, and november so politically, you can read too much into this. if i were president obama's adviser, which i'm not, i would say maybe we should cancel the big tax increase. i think the economy's way too fragile right now to take that. i think that we should have a much more aggressive energy policy. and the one thing to think about, let me add one other policy variable. we have h