to discuss the numbers, i spoke with robert reich. he has a book called "aftershock."ore are going to primary school. the world seems to be getting richer. that is a good thing. >> absolutely. the question has to do with distribution of resources. what we are seeing, if you put china to one side -- that is a special case. we are seeing the rich in the world going in one direction and everybody else in the world is doing a little bit better. not all that better. >> how much of that is the fact that the top 1% keep taking a bigger slice of the wealth. or, is it that the bottom is not rising? it is not inequality that matters. it is the bottom of not being lifted up. >> both his right. there is a problem at the bottom is not being lifted up enough. we are seeing the median income stagnating. people at the bottom or having a hard time advancing because the middle classes are not growing. the middle classes are shrinking. that is a problem. it is related to the fact that more and more of the resources of a nation are going to the top 1%. productivity keeps growing. most of

. >> and robert reich, president obama is not having what they call fast-track authority is really disarmedit used to be a standard tool for all presidents to have this negotiating authority. there's nothing particularly fast about the track, it just allows for a reliable negotiation between countries. >> yes, and the trade promotion authority that the president is seeking here would allow this -- it's almost fast track and still allows the measure to go through without amendment. one thing that a lot of democrats are worried about is they don't know exactly what is in the bill. i've given you what has been leaked from the bill or from i should say the draft negotiation. nobody knows what is in it. it has been negotiated with big business and wall street lobbyists at the table. so a lot of people are nervous. it's not just democrats who are nervous, a lot of economic populists on the republican side, some people call them tea partiers, they are also nervous about big business having too much of a voice setting the terms of the transpacific trade agreement. >> go ahead, david. >> i was just

i'm looking at right now, business week wrote about this yesterday, a picture of a very angry robert reichheir story about this. the main complaint his chief complaint, too much secrecy in the trade deal. is it possible to close the trade ill without keeping secrets? >> this is what the administration has a problem with with the complaints. this is a powerful coalition working against them on this. it is labor, environment of groups of civil rights groups as well. the issue is, michael froman they are saying he has not kept them in the loop on the specifics of this deal. inc. about what his job is. he is to go shooting with 12 different trade representatives, 11 other trade representative's, on a number of issues. terrorists, automotive agriculture going back and forth. everything is very sensitive. kind of subject to any move one way or the other. he is been the best he can according to his top aides and trying to keep people in the loop. there's only so much he thinks he can do. on the democratic side, members of congress are saying look, we have to vote on this. you need to keep us in t