and richard wolffe, executive editor of msnbc.com. robert reich, we asked rand paul's office exactly what study was he referring the to there, that taught him everything he thinks he needs to know about unemployment insurance and they do not know. they have not revealed to us what study he was referring to. what would you like rand paul to know about unemployment insurance? >> well, it's very simple, lawrence. we now have 4 million people who have been unemployed for more than six months. this is unprecedented in this country. it comes from the great recession. it is the residue of the great recession. if rand paul thinks they are doing it voluntarily. if rand paul thinks that all they need is to have less money, less help, and they will get jobs, he doesn't understand the labor market at all. there are three people looking for work today for every job opening that exists, and undoubtedly, people have been out for a long time, have a harder row to hoe, but that doesn't mean they want to be where they are. and this is one of the conser

about how to run a country more on that with professor richard wolffe in just a moment also just one day after n.s.a. chief keith alexander went on sixty minutes to defend his agency's spying programs federal judges ruled that the n.s.a.'s bulk metadata collection program is unconstitutional and the president himself is about to propose its own sort of announce a reform so could this be the beginning of the end for the surveillance state and if you really want to live the american dream and be happy yet to go to you to leave america go to finland tell you why but i still take. you know this chalet and this have rejected reaganomics and it's about time we followed their lead back in the early one nine hundred seventy s. chile was one of the most progressive countries in south america it's democratically elected. socialist president salvador allende nationalized big businesses and gave every chilean access to free healthcare and free higher education g.d.p. went up income inequality went down and for the first time ever working class chileans had a chance to live their version of the a

joining me now are richard wolffe and goldie taylor. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> richard, let me start with you. on a day when we're honoring a man like mandela, don't these attacks seem particularly small? >> well, reverend, they do seem totally small, but there's something worse than that. even if you don't want to respect the message of mandela and what he represents and how the president talked about him today, there's a fundamental misunderstanding i think for someone who is supposed to be serious like john mccain about national security. we shook hands, presidents, great presidents of this country shook hands with even more brutal dictators for the soviet union. fdr was a friend of joe stalin. we were useful when -- ronald reagan, john mccain's personal hero shook hands with dictators of the soviet union. so it's wrong on national security. it's wrong when it comes to mandela's legacy. >> well, you know, goldie, president obama today, he actually called out repressive leaders for not toler

joining me now are congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat of missouri, and richard wolffe executive editor of msnbc.com. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, reverend. >> good to be here, reverend. >> congressman, have we now turned a corner on health care? >> i think we have. we're headed in the right direction. we have problems at first. you know, republicans saw a glitch or a calamity in every glitch. you know, i've got a 1-year-old granddaughter, and even on thanksgiving day she had a number of little glitches. but we're not ready to throw her away because of a glitch here and there. most things in the beginning stages are going to be difficult to pull off. one of the things that's really sad, and i hope the american public is seeing this. when republicans are asked what is your replacement, what are you going to propose? we'll see is not a plan. it's not a bill. you can't file we'll see. you need a bill. it has to have content to it. and that's not going to happen. it's one of these deals where they just criticize and criticize and criticize. and that's it. and that is the plan.

me now are congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat of missouri, and msnbc.com executive editor richard wolffe. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, reverend. >> good to be here, reverend. >> congressman, that group called darrell issa's hearing a wichi witch hunt. what do you make of the hearings? >> you heard about all the hearings that have been held that really produced nothing. in spite of all of the charges, nobody's been indicted or been held in contempt of congress for perjury. and so here's the problem. you can go around the country. you can frighten people. most people are trying to live their lives particularly during this holiday season. and so they're not going to go out and read two or three sources to gather information. they're going to listen to the things being said by a member of congress that is frightening. they have no idea that while we had a bumpy start, the affordable care act now is moving and moving rather smoothly. and maybe that's what the theory is. >> i think that is what the problem is here, richard. is that his target is health care. he's just not a guy ju

what this decision means for other cities in financial peril i'm joined now by richard wolffe economist and professor emeritus at the university of massachusetts always amazing to have you on richard. thank you for inviting me so richard what do you think is this bankruptcy decision the best outcome for detroit. no it's not it's one of the worst outcomes and i think you're right to point to this issue of the pensioners it is a historic moment it is saying to the workers of that city and in fact to the workers of all this country that when you sign a contract with an employer and you give up wages and benefits now to get a pension in the future and the employer agrees with you to do that that if and when that employer gets into difficulty they can act as if they never made the commitment they can forget all that you for when through all that you did without to get a pension and take the pension away when you add that the crisis in detroit is because of large corporations general motors ford and chrysler decided it's more profitable to go elsewhere they could leave behind that disaster an

the top sixteen has made it to win the euro lee for the first time since two thousand and eight richard wolffe we don't see moscow. and meanwhile in the scramble to decide green day's third place plentiful like us these cost second place not to want to ban sixty three points to eighty two in class and tennis but says to pick a side seventeen points apiece and lead six in the face to score is to double figures the greek side in fuko five and four record one win less than their russian hosts the second third and fourth place set to be decided in the final round of games next week like any television already the group wins. body n.b.a. all time meeting like historic ib bryant who turned out to eight months out last week but couldn't stop his l.a. side losing one hundred six points to ninety four a time to toronto the thirty five year old to an achilles tendon in april but finally began his eighteenth and be a season by scoring nine points plus eight rebounds in twenty eight minutes how about to run. so always led with me a johnson sinking a korean high thirty two points as the raptors change thei

shed light on what this decision means for other cities and financial peril i'm joined now by richard wolffe economist and professor emeritus of the universe.

world cup finals in twelve years could just see the country make an impact on the global stage richard wolffe lead to r.t. moscow. and while fabio capello was happy with russia let's look at the rest of the draw and where the first group matches where we play. host brazil are in group a and open against croatia in sao paolo on june the twelfth with mexico taking on cameroon in it all the next day while in group b. the defending champion spain face a rematch of last year's final against the netherlands in salvador before chile play australia in. group c. is arguably the most open with colombia going up against greece in belo horizonte and ivory coast of facing japan in receive any late kick off and in the tricky group day a year ago i made costa rica in forth a laser on june the fourteenth before england face a tough battle against four time winners italy in the northern amazon city of my maps i think with italy coming into that group we've really got to number one seeds with you in italy and in costa rica we see maybe that we don't know quite so we're going claims mentos with a very good so i

world cup finals in twelve years could just see the country make an impact on the global stage richard wolffe lead r.t. moscow. and while fabio capello was happy with russia let's look at the rest of the draw and where the first group matches where we play. host brazil are in group a and open against croatia in sao paolo on june the twelfth with mexico taking on cameroon in it all the next day while in group b. the defending champion spain face a rematch of last year's final against the netherlands in salvador before chile play australia in. group c. is arguably the most open with colombia going up against greece in belo horizonte and ivory coast a facing japan in receive any late kick off and in the tricky group day a year ago i made costa rica in forth on june the fourteenth before england face a tough battle against four time winners italy in the northern amazon city of one us i think with italy coming into that group we've really got to number one series with you in italy and then in costa rica we see maybe that we don't know quads who are going claims returns with a very good so it's goi

shed light on what this decision means for other cities and financial peril i'm joined now by richard wolffe economist and professor emeritus at the university of massachusetts always amazing to have you on richard. thank you for inviting me so richard what do you think is this bankruptcy decision the best outcome for detroit. no it's not it's one of the worst outcomes and i think you're right to point to this issue of the pensioners it is a historic moment it is saying to the workers of that city and in fact to the workers of all this country that when you sign a contract with an employer and you give up wages and benefits now to get a pension in the future and the employer agrees with you to do that that if and when that employer gets into difficulty they can act as if they never made that commitment they can forget all the four went through all that you did without. out to get a pension and take the pension away when you add that the crisis in detroit is because large corporations general motors ford and chrysler decided it's more profitable to go elsewhere they could leave behind that di