she's the author of we the peoples of europe susan george of anti globalization advocacy group. thank you for being with us and thanks as well to me shadow present the former head of communications for the world economic forum is in paris today and i mean not in the post below here but more about what it's like that. to at davos and dog from brussels business consultant sunny kapoor were managing director of the defined thank you for joining us. the falls and gets a date because join the conversation on facebook and twitter are asked act s two for today. this would start the show in davos with balls and gets markers carlson. marcus is income inequality on the false live in a four sets of three years now and forever yet that's going on at the hearing more and more about this. the issue of inequality so so so it is set to be on the agenda whether a business because of a painting that said this to the problems. as the critics say i'm on i don't know it's difficult to to see behind this search field so to speak good idea though i didn't talk about that the talk about this it with th

republicans have -- what is interesting is that olympia snowe in maine, susan collins, maine, both moderate, mainstream republicans, or george rate image from ohio, leaving the senate, when they told the line, it was amazing, they often did not agree with the policies but they were convinced that they had to show party loyalty. the parties of their have become almost tribal in their differences and the chasm that divides them. it is very difficult to get legislation through. there are so many different wickets to get through. bob dole was talking about -- if he knows he can control the wicket, i am the majority leader in the senate, we can get business done. bob dole was a very pragmatic, very effective senate leader. host: baton rouge, louisiana, robert. caller: i had a question for mr. smith. how will government policy be changed with big money from both parties? will it take more supreme court appointments to overturn citizens united and the money to speech decisions? another quick comment, that's scary statistic that the top 400 people in the world have more than the bottom billion people, the american dream is linked to

susan delpersio. the new jersey lawmaker leading the investigation this morning discussed the probe further. let's listen to that. >> when you use the george washington bridge, for what the e-mail showed to be a political payback, that amounts to using public property for a private purpose or for a political purpose, and that's not legal. and so, that constitutes a crime. >> well, they don't have proof of this at this point. christie has knowledge or authorized the traffic jam so really they have to wait for whatever this investigation reveals. >> there's no question about it. i think rudy giuliani said earlier today that, you know, if chris christie knows a lot more about this it could endanger his political future but he may be able to get through it okay if he's telling the truth. i still think it does put substantial questions on the table about his management and whether or not he's adequately managing his team. for people to be inside kind of his cabinet and his inner circle and to have so much to do with this, it does seem kind of strange that he would not know about this whatsoever. an given the fact that he is a former prosecutor,

susan rice was even promoted to national security advisor. now, to governor christie. here is what he said last month about the traffic jam at the georgeidge. >> i worked the cones on that. unbeknownst to everybody. i i was the guy working the cones out there. you really are not serious with that question. >> but yesterday, after emails surfaced governor christie singing a very different tune. >> i didn't know about it but it's my responsibility because i'm the governor. i found this out at 8:50 yesterday morning. by 9:00 this morning, brigitte kelly was fired by 7:00 yesterday evening bill steppian was asked to leave my organization. that's pretty swift action for a day's work. and that's exactly the way i will continue to conduct myself if there is any other information surrounding this that comes up or anything different that comes up over the course of the next four years. >> now back to president obama and his first public statements after the irs targeting scandal broke. if, in fact, irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrage

susan del percio, thanks to our political power panel on a monday. former defense secretary robert gates, we'll get to that story in just a moment. >>> right now breaking news we're following, long term congressman george miller is going to retire, the california democrat announced that at the website. he'll be retiring at the end of the his term. miller who is 68, will have spent 21 terms in congress. he chaired three committees in the past four years. breaking news. we'll continue to follow that for you and update that story as we get new information. meanwhile, the former defense secretary robert gates responding to the fallout and curious timing of his new memoir taking the obama administration to task. we'll talk about that and a little bit more. what happens when your flight accidentally takes you to the wrong airport? adventures in flying next. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more busine