labor secretary, robert reich. are you disappointed? he said in a tweet, it is not on the table and no change and then today, he came out and goes maybe it's on the table. >> you know, erin, i'm having a bit of a deja vu here because actually, i worked for reagan in the '80s and when we did the bipartisan tax reform, robert reich may remember that. one of the things that was on the table of discussion was to pull back on the iras in favor of lower tax rates. i think going after savings incentives is a bad idea. you know, 401(k)s, you put the number 5 trillion. i think it's closer to 7 trillion, erin, in terms of the amount of money americans have in these 401(k)s. i can't resist saying the last week that robert reich and i were on, the people were saying oh, it's only rich people with money in the stock market. no. when the stock market goes up, that $7 trillion, millions and millions of americans have money in the stock market when the stock market goes up, their 401(k) plan depose up, so we should probably keep those. >> so you think

fort funston is popular area but eroding cliffs are treachero ucw robert reich and key figures in berkeley'sree speech movement. examining how new media influences speech and role of violence in protests at uc berkeley. live at sproul plaza with details. >> reporter: symposium designed to look at how new media, social media, influences speech. also an effort to examine the past and remember lessons that could be applied today. >> despite the provocations, i think students should not rise to the bait. >> reporter: lynn hollander savio speaks from experience when it comes to free speech and what goes into a successful movement. widow of mario savio. one of the architects of berkeley's free speech movement in 1964. lynn savio calls some ofy's prdaoteststo counterproductive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it's valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> united will never be divided. >> reporter: free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, robert reich reflected on the movement and today, given influence of social m

. >>> uc berkeley today event drew robert reich and key figures in berkeley's free speech movement.mining how new media influences speech and role of violence in protests at uc berkeley. live at sproul plaza with details. >> reporter: symposium designed to look at how new media, social media, influences speech. also an effort to examine the past and remember lessons that could be applied today. >> despite the provocations, i think students should not rise to the bait. >> reporter: lynn hollander savio speaks from experience when it comes to free speech and what goes into a successful movement. widow of mario savio. one of the architects of berkeley's free speech movement in 1964. lynn savio calls some of today's protests counterproductive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it's valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> united will never be divided. >> reporter: free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, robert reich reflected on the movement and today, given influence of social media. >> my students he

. >>> and locking up your >>> an event today drew the likes of robert reich. it was meant to look at new media and the role in free speech. >> reporter: there was a free speech today here. no police no, protests no, barricades. just plenty of discussion about the legacy created here more than 50 years ago. with free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, the lessons for today. especially given the tremendous influence of social media. >> my students here at berkeley, the best way to learn is to talk to somebody who disagrees with you. >> but recent events had people doing more shouting than listening. in the case of a canceled speech by miles yiannopoul >> i don't know how many peoplo are into doing it because they want to have a rumble.rumble.ru. one of the major, a tents of the free speech movement in the 1960s. he thinks these are counter productive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it is very valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> one huge factor now, the internet. it is r

remember robert reich and others, like, tore apart the cabinet. i mean, you're talking about big issues. the other thing that was so striking from that press conference is they seem to be backing away from the notion that they would get tax reform done this year. >> yeah, mitch mcconnell was in realtime kind of treading backwards. >> he mentioned that obama hadn't gotten several items on his own agenda done until july. >> he was ready with those dates. >> very precise. as you know, when health care went down, everybody moved and supposedly the energy and momentum was moving to tax reform which is another incredibly complicated measure. >> kimberly, we can't remind people enough, small point you made at the start of your remarks, no budget, no tax reform. and a lot of these issues are like that. you've got debt ceiling and on and on and on. and i don't have on me the number of legislative days the house and/or senate are supposed to have between now and then, but are we talking six weeks of work time for them? >> not even. i mean, we're talking whe

some of the speakers include carol christ, public policy professor and former labor secretary robert reichliver the keynote address. the dean of the graduate school of journalism will also discuss free speech in the age of social media. the event starts at 9:30 and will run until 6:30 this evening. >>> president trump is dismissing reports of tensions within the west wing at a news conference secretary of state rex tillerson saying that he fully supports the president. he has never considered resigning from his administration. for his part, the president said he has total confidence in tillerson after reports claim that tillerson called the president a moron. this morning president trump said he never threatened to resign. this is fake news put out by nbc news. low news, no verification from me. >>> the house homeland security commission has given the go-ahead to a border bill that calls for $10 billion for a wall between the u.s. and mexico. yesterday's vote was 18-12 along party lines with republicans voting yes. it will next go to the full house of representatives for debate. >>> today