there is a difference between the headlines, and the trendlines. typically, for perfectly understandable reasons, bad news makes better news than good news. but, sometimes the trendlines are much better. we might have occasion to revisit that. today want to talk about the purpose of public service. i wanted to talk about the politics of turning concern into real changes that fulfilled your purpose for it. for obvious reasons, i will not talk much about electoral politics. it is important to remember, as the secretary and congressman delaney can tell you, there is plenty of politics when the election is over. when you are trying to implement policy, and there is plenty of politics if you are not elected to office. if you are working in a private business or an ngo, that is the kind of politics i want to talk about. how do you have the skills to actually turn your ideas into actions. in every public service success, leadership requires the vision of a better future for the -- where the purpose of public service is made plain in the circumstances of t

it is not too soon to look at a trendline and we can pick out the top tier and then the not top.ou: and also announced. more to come. i get a kick out of switzer he is a terrific journalist and a writer and already talking about his jeb bush book? >> butted this march because he waited until the clintons got so far out over their skis they said he was anti-gay, the big hit, a scurrilous dog, a koch brothers send right over the huskies he said did i mention my riding a bush about jeb bush. it was perfectly deployed that blew up on the clintons lou: good to talk with you. chris stirewalt vote tonight do the clintons make the good argument for those that oppose political dynasties in america? lou dobbs.com. apologies to the families for any connection. clinton may change tracks and depending on what part of the country she addresses but obama is changing his effaces in here is jimmy fallon. >> obama this phase to the irish pub. [laughter] for the next is from a recent press conference this guy over here. [laughter] >> i will make canada an offer he cannot refuse. lou: he went on to

to put food on the table but the problem is that we don't get finite i am positive and with the trendlineof people with a sidekick has not changed. >> happens all over the world in india in the mid-90s it brought women out of poverty in some areas but coming back to this country, millenials all are told there may not be a savings for social security for of course, they have to go out. >> he takes the things he knows he can make money like sneakers and makes money. he has a very entrepreneurial mindset and millenials will look differently. they will see it in a much more seamless way because they will use technology. charles: we'll talk about other aspects but there is the big difference between a 15 drolled in a 35 rolled at the kitchen table to say what can we sell today? >> absolutely what sold depression-era movies. but what does that do to a family from a psychological point of view? >> it is frustrating. people do what they need to do. but it is hard. charles: any investments coming up? would you buy anything based on this? >> i think linkedin may be. >> business cards for your side

there is a difference between the headlines, and the trendlines. for perfectly understandable reasons, bad news makes better news than good news. sometimes the trendlines are much better. we might revisit that. today want to talk about the purpose of public service. i wanted to talk about the politics of turning concern into real changes that fulfilled your purpose for it. it is important to remember there is plenty of politics when the election is over. you are trying to implement policy, and there is plenty of politics if you are not elected to office. if you are working in a private business or an ngo, that is the kind of politics i want to talk about. how do you have the skills to actually turn your ideas into actions. in every public service success leadership requires the vision of a better future for the purpose a public service is made plain in the circumstances of the moment. a clear understandable plan to realize that vision, and the ability to limit changes, if it all possible by the conclusion of all stakeholders in the process. this is

you about the experience of the time was the premise of it was we will be there and hopefully, the trendline will be one of greater and greater openness. yet, we view the opposite. coinciding with our presence was a move towards more and more closed behavior and limited access and then finally, at the time when we decided to take the action that we did, actual targeting of activists and dissidents, the question was what is the benefit coming from our presence? it didn't seem like it was benefiting the people in mainland china and it did not seem like it was benefiting people outside either. it is a perfectly valid question. it was one that required years of deliberation on our part. that was a conclusion we can do and it is a similar conclusion we have come to at twitter. dean lyons: thank you for that. feel free to line up. >> one of the things with twitter that is interesting is you have seen a decline -- or not the growth people have wanted to see for monthly active users. one of the trends is around syndication, how is twitter being integrated into tv shows etc.. it is a greater measure

bright spots were trendlines, something like facebook increasing the number of people going out to vote. can can you talk about some of the social technology companies bringing in ways to close some of these scissor issues? >> well, maybe your more aware of those and i am actually. i know of course, but a lot of the ways in which social media are changing our lives the exploration of social websites and social media. by far the most often question i'm asked. so i thought a lot about how the internet does and does not. there are many ways it does. now i am focus not on the good or bad for building effective social relations but is in narrowing the gap. frankly, i do not know of any website or major at that is specifically devoted to narrowing the gap. the reason i think that is important is in the background, even facebook i have friends on facebook a few of whom i have actually i have actually never met but most of whom i know in real life. and so my relationship via facebook is a kind of a combined real face-to-face connection in the internet -based connections. these poor kids these p

there is a difference between the headlines, and the trendlines. typically, for perfectly , understandable reasons, bad news makes better news than good news. sometimes the trendlines are much better. we might revisit that. today i want to talk about the purpose of public service. driven by a concern for people, that is what i am advocating. i wanted to talk about the politics of turning concern into real changes that fulfill your purpose. i will not talk about electoral politics. [laughter] but it is important to remember there is plenty of politics when the election is over. you are trying to implement policy, and there is plenty of politics if you are not elected to office. if you are working in a private business or an ngo, that is the kind of politics i want to talk about. how do you have the skills to actually turn your ideas into actions. in every public service success, leadership requires the vision of a better future for the -- where the purpose of public service is made plain in the circumstances of the moment. a clear understandable pla

you about the experience of the time was the premise of it was we will be there and hopefully, the trendline will be one of greater and greater openness. yet, we view the opposite. coinciding with our presence was a move towards more and more closed behavior and limited access and then finally, at the time when we decided to take the action that we did, actual targeting of activists and dissidents, the question was what is the benefit coming from our presence? it didn't seem like it was benefiting the people in mainland china and it did not seem like it was benefiting people outside either. it is a perfectly valid question. it was one that required years of deliberation on our part. that was a conclusion we can do and it is a similar conclusion we have come to at twitter. dean lyons: thank you for that. feel free to line up. >> one of the things with twitter that is interesting is you have seen a decline -- or not the growth people have wanted to see for monthly active users. one of the trends is around syndication, how is twitter being integrated into tv shows etc.. it is a greater measure

but sometimes the trendlines are much better than the headlines. so and we may have occasion to revisit that. today i want to talk about the purpose of public service. driven by concern for people, manifest in policies one is advocating and about the politics of turning concern and good policy into real changes that fulfill your purpose. for obvious reasons i don't intend to talk much about electoral politics. but it is important to remember as the secretary vilsack and congressman delaney can tell you, there is plenty of politics when the election is over, in trying to implement policy, and there is plenty of politics if you're not in elected office. if you're working in a private business or you're working for an ngo. that is the kind of politics i want to talk about. how do you have the skills to actually turn your ideas in action. in every public service success leadership requires a vision of a better future where the purpose of public service is made plain in the circumstances of the moment. a clear understandable plan to realize that vision,

the annual report that you put these measurements and so that the public can see the trendlines. >> the vast majority have been made public. a 2012 strategy was published. we went out we went out and did a trilogy last year. if you if you have not seen it, it is our website. there is actually the 3rd part of the trilogy talks about metrics, and each one of these were better explaining go into more detail. each year i am continuing and the staff is continuing not just with members of the committees the different public engagements like this to explain what it is, and it is not just for us to say here are measures. the intent all along has been for us to show everything that we are collecting and have a broader discussion about what is valuable and what is less valuable. and we are learning as we go and undersecretary and undersecretary johnson's leadership department has taken a broader look. >> from your perspective what do you think you we will need to convince your colleagues on the hill? i mean, what is -- they share some of his perception gaps. but what do you think is most importan

but if we want the public to understand those trendlines, as you said, are we getting closer or fartheraway from a more secure border, how much of that, are you publishing? are you putting out? are you making public? is there an annual report you put the measurements and where we are, so the public sees trend line and have better understanding? >> the vast majority have been published. as a matter of fact, the 2012 strategy was published. we went out did a trilogy last year of the if you haven't seen it, it is on our website. this is on the dot-governor. -- dot-gov. they are better explained and go into more detail. each year i'm continuing. the staff is continuing, not just with members of the committees but different public engagements like this to explain what it is. it is not just for us to say, here is our measures, you need to agree with them. the intent all along is show everything we're collecting and have a broad discussion about what is valuable and what is less valuable and we're learning as we go throughout this process and undersecretary johnson's leadership the department