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king supported forms of affirmative-action although he was not a policy wonk. ofwas the moral imperative understanding the government has to rebalance society to be able to compensate for this weight of history on the backs of african-americans. gets thrownaction into this debate where people are throwing facts at each other and trying to say it is fair or unfair. experience, why i think it is such an important policy. -- from a personal expense, why i think it is such an important policy. i had a graduate student who wrote this amazing paper and i went into her file to see, is she getting a full scholarship, is she a teaching assistant and if not, why not? she was not. her graduate record exam's was low. yet, she was brilliant. on a basis of merit, you could say that this person did not deserve financial aid because she did not have the merit and do as well on those tests. that overlooked that individuality you are talking about, that genius she had that we were not able to find under .he traditional merits you look at college omissions. college admissions. if

iowans will get a taste of her being a policy wonk in the future. >> thank you both.st brain there's in d.c. on this sunday. thank you. enjoy the rest of your weekend. >> you, too. go eagles. >> there you go. >>> by the way, before we go, a new report came out on friday. record numbers of americans are expressing a desire to leave the united states, and not just for vacation paper co vacation. according to the new gallup poll, 40% of women younger than 30 want to move from the united states. in the trump era, 16% of americans say they would like to move out of the u.s. forever, per nenmanentl permanently. versus 11% under president trump, 10% under president barack obama. those wondering, canada, must be theite ice hockey, maybe. >>> we'll be right back. we'll b. with a level of protection in down markets. so you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. talk with your advisor about shield℠ annuities from brighthouse financial, established by metlife. from brighthouse financial, need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel sites - even our co

. >> such a policy wonk that he can often be aloof is what we've heard. >>atabsolutely. what i was going to say is the biggest change. i've noticed over the past couple years,he's gone out of his way to meet with many of my colleagues in the assembly and the senate and build those relationships. that is one of his raps in sanc frco, he didn't have a strong relationship with the board of supervisors. in sacramento it's different. he's really worked to build that relationship. we unveiled the budget blueprint and much of it was put into his proposal in january. you can see he's listening. >> what would you say are his greatest weaknesses? >> that's what i justne ment the critique was that he didn't have a great relationship with the board e ard of supervisors. >> anything else? >> i think that is the biggest issue. people said he didn't have the best relationships with folks. i think he's learned over the last eight years and tried to du tha better. >> he's working on that. meantime, you have a lot of work to geto on theudget because there will be hearings and the legislat

now i'm beginning to sound like the wonk i hate. but look, the point is, this is really important and it's within our power. it's within our power to stem this erosion. you know, you banded together to purchase more electric vehicles, to provide cleaner air, to reduce oil dependence. last year, the one millionth vehicle was sold in the united states. ten years ago when we rescued the automobile industry. today ford and gm are intent on being the leaders in electric vehicles. how many of you have taken action with charging station in your city where your parking meters are. 48 electric vehicle charging chargers in the highways barack and i before we left. when we opened gas stations in the 1920's, we need the cities and towns. mayor brown is getting it done in buffalo. who is going to step up next? we need leaders who understand this is the urgent priority facing our nation and judged by our children and grandchildren by what we do today. we deserve a strong federal partner. this nation cannot continue down this blind path. we cannot

warren: so, here is the deal in america, but let's really wonk out for a minute here. new construction america has moved to the high-end. for the rich, there are a lot of housing opportunities. but if you are middle class, working class, working poor, or poor poor, what's basically happened is there has not been much housing coming in. the government has backed out from what it was doing and the consequence is housing is deteriorating and at the same time, the price is going up because of the demand. what can we do about it? we can build 3.2 million new housing units across this country. urban, rural, we can do this. [applause] sen. warren: what would be the consequence of doing that? first is we would produce about 1.5 million jobs, that's a good part. second, we would bring down, according to moody's, the price of rent, instead of their continuing to go up, by about 10%. that's their estimates. think about it. you bring 3.2 million new housing units online. it affects prices overall, not just the new uses you bring in but because it affects the market. but that's not

i'm sure we will get into some of the terminology that the wonks in d.c. are using around these things such as last dollar. you take all of your student aid and apply it first to tuition. thehere's anything left state or the locality is going to make that up and set your tuition at zero. programs have gone into effect in states, who benefits the most from these free college plans? >> mainly because they are targeted at community college right now that's who's going to benefit. we have a pretty generous system of student aid in this country already. it's a little bit opaque. solves that you know how much you have to pay. but we have pell grant's from the federal government. there's money from the colleges themselves they kick in through discounts. income students are already paying pretty close to zero in terms of tuition. it's for the more middle class and upper middle class students that are actually going to see the biggest changes. host: what would be your concerns about the national federal system? >> now we have to have a one-size-fits-all. generally

. >> the studies are clear, accepts the wonk prince.the time many of us pointed out this was preposterous, corporate america was swimming in capital with ultra low interest rates and no obstacles to investing more. far likelier was the extra trillion dollars would be plowed back into buybacks to reward shareholders. well, it's been a full year since the tax law went into effect and the results are in. drum roll, please. the $1.5 trillion tax cut had no major impact on business spending. according to a new survey by the national association for business economics. only 10%, i'm not misstating that, redirected hiring and investment to the u.s. because of the tax law. in other words, the critics were right and trump and republicans were wrong which doesn't matter for the wealthy people and corporations that cashed in and you would be forgiven for taken the cynical view no matter the terrible arguments. i would urge you to keep that in mind the next time the same people come around selling their latest round of tax cuts. >>> let's never for

you see in the international court of justice like the hague, in the united nations and these policy wonks in the positions of power in the cia and the justice as well as in the irs as well add a determination that conservatives were equivalent to white supremacists and were demeaned and not listened to because the future what this new world order which we would go to a globalism internationalism beyond the united states of america and the president obama was thinking beyond america, with the world beyond america? for conservatives who are patriots, one of the startling points of my book is the recognition that there's this division, that true patriots want to preserve the constitution. it isn't a racism. it isn't a zeno phobia. the united states don't hate islam. i marched 200 miles in 2005 with the muslims, the iranians who were wanting freedom in theircountry and almost everybody in that march was muslim . i've argued that it's a complete, as your book points out, fear on those of us who want to have a conservative position that duly recognizes as appropriate, because we are patriots an

. >> my point, alexis and jared, you're both policy wonks. the devil is in the details.eople that govern have to work out the detail the or you end up with a shutdown over a wall. >> we just made a huge investment this time last year, right? now there is a new generation saying instead of investing in millionaires and billionaires, let's invest the money to trillion dollar tax scram in a green deal. i'm as excited about jared about the new creativity. >> jared? >> look, it matter as great deal whether your abstractive is evil. the green new deal is a progressive environmentally progressive abstraction. >> see how they get colored in. thank you-all for being here. >>> tonight, the only american president with a background in tv has requested tv time tomorrow evening in the oval office. amid spreading fear on the right that the president is losing this fight over the shutdown. and as the shutdown hurts actual american families. >>> also here tonight, an update on the mueller investigation. we'll talk about the chance that the president will try to block some of mueller's w

. >> wonks family thinks whoever attacked her also broke into her home, but took nothing of value, there are multiple crime scenes so far investigators have not found any witnesses or surveillance video of the attack or burglary. >>> local police have arrested one of two suspects in a hit- and-run and seriously injured a 14-year-old boy. police arrested a 36-year-old who was a suspected passenger, there still looking for the male driver, the boy was on his bike on january 2 near the bart station when he was hit by a car and dragged for several blocks. >> we know there is one other person out there, so i'm going to plead with you right now, turn yourself in, call us or come down, because interested matter of time. >> a teen had just gotten the bike for christmas, we are told multiple broken bones, the ear reattached in part of his lung removed, he remains hospitalized this morning. >>> we are now getting a composite sketch of the man wanted for sexual assault in palo alto is described as a light -- white man in his late 20s or 30s, 5'11", with a skinny build, please say long straight hair

so, policy wonks are looking for a better way to measure a nation's success or failure.cd's better life index, which measures 11 indicators, including health, education, and work-life balance across countries. the economist joseph stiglis recently wrote that such an index could have a huge impact on redirecting public policy to outcomes that improve well-being and happiness, not just economic output. for example, had american policymakers been paying attention 20 years ago to the rising mortality of middle-aged, white, working-class americans, which is caused in part by the opioid epidemic, they might have acted on it sooner. that might not help gdp, but it would help human well-being. there's also the genuine progress indicator, a version of which is used in a number of u.s. states as well as japan and finland. it includes gdp but incorporates house work, volunteer work and national assets like wetlands. then it subtracts for a number of indicators like pollution, crime, and underemployment. this chart maps gdp and the general progress indicator for 17 countries, showin

so policy wonks are looking for a better way to measure a nation's success or failure.e the oecd's better life index, which measures 11 indicators, including health, education, and work/life balance across countries. the economists joseph stig list wrote in a recent op ed that it could have a huge impact on redirecting public policy to outcomes that improve well-being and happiness not just economic output. for example, had american policy makers been paying attention 20 years ago to the rising mortality of middle aged white working class americans who was caused in part by the opioid epidemic they might have acted on it sooner. it would not help gdp but it would help human well-being. there is also the genuine progress indicator used in a number of u.s. states as well as japan and finland. it includes gdp, incorporates housework and national processes like wedlands. subtracts for things like pollution, crime, and underemployment. this chart maps gdp and the genuine progress indicator for 17 countries showing that sometimes around 1980, well-being ceased to rise with ec

you said i talk a lot as a wonk, and you're right. i totally get it. but understand, this is about big structural change and it comes out of an understanding. my daddy ended up as a janitor, but his daughter got a chance to become a public schoolteacher, a college professor and a united states senator. because of investments that taxpayers made. i got to go to a college that cost $50 a semester because of the investments that taxpayers made. that's what created opportunity in this country. today, those opportunities are shrinking up. the road is getting rockier for hard working families and for people of color, the road is rockier than ever. that's not -- it's not right, and it's not sustainable, but here's the best part, in a democracy, we build a movement, we make the change. we're the ones who can make this government work again for the people. >> there's a lot of criticism of this coming from the right and coming from rupert murdoch's own "wall street journal." that's respectable and we're going to have plenty of time to discuss that. that's going

. >> my point, alexis and jared, you're both policy wonks. the devil is in the details.le that govern have to work out the detail the or you end up with a shutdown over a wall. >> we just made a huge investment this time last year, right? now there is a new generation saying instead of investing in millionaires and billionaires, let's invest the money to trillion dollar tax scram in a green deal. i'm as excited about jared about the new creativity. >> jared? >> look, it matter as great deal whether your abstractive is evil. the green new deal is a progressive environmentally progressive abstraction. >> see how they get colored in. thank you-all for being here. >>> all right. fun news tonight, i'll be on "late night" with seth myers. it's always a treat. we talked from the origin of trump's wall to what tactics democrats might deploy in 2020. fun discussion. stay up and check it out at 12:35 a.m. eastern on nbc. that's "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> thank you for joining us. for a few weeks the local headlines have described it a

. >> seth: so you're saying he's not a policy wonk. [ laughter ] >> that's well said. >> seth: that'sghter ] >> something in between might tt work a little . >> seth: something in between. i also want to ask about, you know, obviously we're talking about these workers and not just the ones that are furl, but as you mentioned, there is the domino effect that knocks down a lot of other workers, as well. it seems as though the democratic leadership position right now is you can't give in to the president on what he's asng for, because he will continue to do it if you cave and give him mey for this. >> we've got to figure something out. i mean, fundamentally, mc mitcnnell, the leader of the senate, has got to do his job. we passed something about 30 days ago -- 32 days ago. we passed a bill unanimously in the sete to keep the government open. after the sort of rush limbaugh types ca out against it, the president changed his mind after promising to sign it. and the government closed fundamentally. and the fear that we have -- a a lot of u is that the president -- if congress votes the $5 b

and just for the lawyers and policy wonks out there, this is kind of the language. the key terms are in armed hostilities or has been attacked by a foreign country. that's the triggering event. the consequences confiscation of any property of any foreign person, organization, or country, that could include the freezing of assets as well, and it also includes those not only who have engaged in the hostilities or have engaged in the attack but those who may be aiding, abetting, those individuals or those nations or those organizations, and that's where you get into the counterterrorism context, which i'll discuss in a minute. okay. so during peace time. so the president during peace time can deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat to national security, foreign policy, or the economy in which the source is in whole or substantial part outside the u.s. the substantial part outside the u.s. is where there's a lot of wiggle room and where you start to have the domestic implications. in theory, or in my law, under section 1703 of ieepa, as liza mentioned, the presid

neil: i don't want to wonk out on this but i think it bears attention that the federal reserve is sort of changing the tapering stance. might not do it as quickly or the pace it has been doing it. still carrying a large balance sheet. others welcome it. others say why aren't they doing that? what do you guys make of it? >> people are focused on rates. now we have the concept they will not change rates anytime soon. there was persistent draw down of the balance sheet. truth is no one knows impact of that is. we have never been in the position where the fed had almost 5 trillion-dollar balance sheet. now it is systematically changing it. neil: is there danger carrying that 4 trillion, 3 1/2 trillion? you never know? >> there is a danger. like liz is saying. we don't know. that is contributing to the volatility. what i really want to see as an investor the fed making rational decisions, long-term, focused decisions. neil: isn't it rationally decided it can't sell the stuff? it lets it mature? it might be pulling back because there are not a lot of buyers for it and doesn't want to get emb

neil: i know you're not a stock wonk, you're too smart for that but all of those stocks have come backjust the latest, from the clubbing an drubbing they were getting in december. they're not back to the old highs by any means but they are back. i'm wondering whether that signals more to come this year? >> facebook is getting really close to where it was a the start of 2018, right? so we're seeing, and they took a huge hit, right? and apple's hit has nothing to do with any of this stuff. all has to do with the financials and looking forward, what kind of growth they're going to have, right? if you're looking just at financials, facebook looks pretty good right now, better than it has in a long time, because of the p-e ratio, because they are making so much money. nearly $7 billion in profit in three of months of year. biggest quarterly profit they have had in the middle of all the controversies. neil: it is amazing. thank you very much, jeremy. we were showing different dates for different stocks as he is speaking of the highs for each one of these tech issues. a little bit different f

mester coming up at 8:00 then we have kevin hassett later this afternoon at 2:00 here at the biggest wonkteve, not just saying data dependent. i think what the market is probably listening for is for powell to acknowledge that, yes, we see some signs of weakness out there and are paying attention. maybe to acknowledge the data coming in has been weaker. >> yeah. i expect him to do that. i expect him to say those things and i guess the question is is the market going to hear it. i don't think the fed is going to be one to hike in the face of obvious weakness or even going to ignore the market i especially think this fed in particular is one that is attuned to what the market is saying and they wanted to get done that fourth rate hike now i think they're going to go meeting to meeting and data point to data point overall where, look. the fed has been expecting a slowdown for a long time they seem to be on the slowdown idea for 2019 before the market was on the slowdown. they had pencilled in 2.5% growth from 3% and they're now down by the way to 2.3%. they lowered it at the last meeting. >>

money, and i think she points out paul ryan, who was considered and often hailed as a great policy wonk here in washington, just left as house speaker, often put forth budgets that really, really crunched and put pressure on social security, medicare, medicaid. at the same time while supporting tax cuts like we saw with the trump tax cuts that really give back a lot of money to the wealthy at a time when they're not hurting and there's no evidence that doing so, you know, fuels economic growth. in fact, they always say these tax cuts pay for themselves because they get spent and there's more economic activity, but tax revenues are down after those tax cuts and the deficit which paul ryan and other budget hawks always claimed to care about has gone up tremendously. but without, because we're paying for a wall or -- a war, i should say, we're not paying money for a war, we're not coming out of an economic crisis like obama inherited and the deficit went up a little bit because he spent money in stimulus to get people working again, or he spent money on the bailout that worked a lot, so th

i think she points out paul ryan was considered and often hailed as a great policy wonk in washington and just left as the house speaker an speaker and puh budgets but really conscious and put pressure on social security, medicare and medicaid at the same time while supporting tax cuts like we saw that give back a lot of money to the wealthy at a time they are hurting and there is no evidence that doing so fuels economic growth. in fact they always say tax cuts pay for themselves because they get to spend in economic activity that tax revenues go down after the tax cuts and the deficit which paul ryan and other budget hawks fight about have gone up tremendously. because we are paying for a wall or a war -- we are not coming out of an economic crisis like obama inherited and the deficit went up a little bit because he spent on stimulus to get people working again or he spent money on, you know, the auto bailout. so, there's reasons why and deficit spending can be positive. if you buy a house, take out a loan to syndicate to college you are taking on debt for good reason. but we see now

king supported forms of affirmative-action although he was not a policy wonk.as the moral imperative understanding the government has to rebalance society to be able to compensate for this weight of history on the backs of african-americans. gets thrownaction into this debate where people are throwing facts at each other and trying to say it is fair or unfair. experience, why i think it is such an important policy. -- from a personal expense, why i think it is such an important policy. i had a graduate student who wrote this amazing paper and i went into her file to see, is she getting a full scholarship, is she a teaching assistant and if not, why not? she was not. her graduate record exam's was low. yet, she was brilliant. on a basis of merit, you could say that this person did not deserve financial aid because she did not have the merit and do as well on those tests. that overlooked that individuality you are talking about, that genius she had that we were not able to find under .he traditional merits you look at college omissions. college admissions. if you

we will get into some of the terminology here that the wonks in d.c.sing like "last dollar," meeting you take all your student aid from various sources, applied to tuition. anything left the state or locality will make that up and set your tuition at zero. states are laboratories of democracy. what have you found benefits the most from these various free college plans? guest: mainly because they are talking to community college is right now. -- colleges right now. we have a pretty generous system of student aid in this country already. it is a little opaque. know how much you have to pay. but we have pell grant's, state grants, scholarships, money from the colleges themselves that they taken through discounts. theyower income students, are already paying pretty close to zero in terms of tuition. it is not a big change for them. it is for the more middle class and upper middle-class students that are not getting this need-based student aid that will see the biggest change. host: what would be your concerns about how the benefits are distributed? for the