. >>> next, from the first bill of rights day book festival, yuval eleven discusses his book "the great debate: edmund burke, thomas paine and the birth of the right and left." [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen welcome to the second installment of our thrilling, first-ever national constitution center bill of rights book fair. for those of you who are joining us for the first time on c-span let me introduce this great event briefly one more time. i'm jeffrey rosen the president and ceo of the national constitution center which, as our audience knows, is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and this book festival is part of a daylong celebration today december 15th bill of rights day, which is the 225th anniversary of the proposal of the bill of rights. of the new exhibit opening at the constitution center which displays one of the 12 original copies of the bill of rights. and this was one of the copies that george washington sent to the states on october 2nd, 1789.

how do you define it yuval? >> i think mobility is ultimately the best way to think about it. what you are seeing both parties are coming around to rhetorically talk about mobilityable where for the democrats that is a move from inequality talks to mobility talk and for republicans i think it is a move from an abstract focus on growth to more possess a concrete focus on mobility. i do think for thousand, the move is largely still refor al and remains to see what that turns out in policy terms but i think it is a hell this i move and mobility is a good lens to look through our challenges to see what has happened in recent years and seems to me at least that inequality equality distorts more and clarifies and growth is not enough. it is a prerequisite but not the sum and substance of what the middle class is missing. >> anywhere i are your take. >> i think all of those challenges are a challenge i would talk with the mobility, it is a challenge in our economy but i also think we are suffering from really massive inequality a level of inequality we haven't seen in several generat

yuval levin is an advisor to paul ryan, marco rubio, and recently consulted with jeb bush. tanden is hillary clinton's recent advisor. a top aide in the obama white house. now running the center for american progress. she has been called the sugar ray robinson of policy mavens, as in pound for pound the best. we are pleased to welcome both of you. when we talk about the shrinking middle class, is it income inequality? how do you define it? >> mobility is the best way to think about it. both parties are coming around to rhetorically talk about mobility. for the democrats, that is a move from inequality to mobility. for republicans, from a abstract focus on growth. it remains largely to be seen how that will apply to policy. inequality is a good way to understand what is happening economically. it distorts more than it clarifies. growth is not enough. it is a prerequisite but not the sum and substance of what the middle class is missing. >> i think all those problems are a challenge. i'm good with the answer. social mobility, stagnant social mobility, is a challenge. i think

. -- yuval, jump in on that terrific >> both parties have been ignoring key realities of the 21st centuryfinding excuses to advance the agenda as they are used to. a lot of the economic debates have looked like that. the attempt -- they attempt to look at the america of the late 20th century and make that america work. one of the important things that has changed in the century, the last 15 or 20 years, the beginning of a change not just in the economy but also the culture and media. a change from large institutions running things together to smaller networks enabling people to succeed. it is a long-term trend in american life. when we have not grown accustomed to currently think of america in terms of large institutions. big government, big media, working together. success looks like navigating them successfully. that is not the america we live in now. when a young person comes out of college and thinks about a career trajectory, that person is not looking for a job that will start him at a company where he will retire from 40 years later. nobody thinks that way. and yet love the way we

. >> warner: israeli intelligence minister yuval steinitz maintains netanyahu's visit isdriven by thef-march deadline to reach a political framework in the iran talks, not by israel's election calendar. >> so this is the last opportunity for prime minister netanyahu to explain why israel is so disturbed, to convince congress, the united states of america, maybe other world powers, not to sign a bad deal with iran. this is not about neutralizing the iranian nuclear threat. it's just postponing, delaying restraining. this is really about the future of the world, but also about the existence of israel, the jewish state. >> warner: besides, he says, how could netayahu turn down an invitation from the speaker of the house? >> if the prime minister were invited by congress, i don't know of any world leader who would refuse such an invitation. >> i think what a world leader would have done, and i suspect most would have done, is gotten on the phone and said, "president obama, guess what? speaker boehner invited me. how do you feel about that?" >> warner: the u.s. and five other world powers