really reasons why it hasn't been dealt with. because we never resulted in the housing market, and ultimately disrupted the labor market, until you deal with that food chain, you're screwed. that, he said, really threatens not only obama's reelection but will impair romney's election this fall. the u.s. economy looks less and less capable of generating the kind of prosperity that a president or a party of any kind would need to ensure a long run in power. we, of course, agree to a restructuring of our rules and a culture in our rule making. we will not, at least from the governor's perspective, be able to restructure these. people are doing so in schools, hospitals and all the rest to try and get the scope in size of harold's evaluation, he joins us with friend of the show, barry riddle. howard, what has you making the assertion that neither of these may have the answer and both of them may be going with the rate of change that's happening in this country. >> it's beyond the presidential candidates. it's just that i think our economy is so misshapen and so screwed up that it requires fundamental reforms beyond the he ease of capacities of the president. i think barack obama's policies move us closer in that direction than mitt romney's and it moves us backwards. we have wages in this country stagnating or falling. people aren't getting more education, that gets harder and harder. foreign competition drives down wages, but also more and more of company revenues are going to profits and not wages. in fact, wages are right now at the lowest percentage, both of gross domestic product, and of corporate products than they've been in 50 years. they have to bargaining power and that's a very difficult situation to turn around. >> i see you're nodding, and i don't have any disputes of harold's assumptions. fundamentally we all know that the investment apparatus to the tax code, the banking system, trade agreements, whatever it is, is not at this point incentivized to drive revenue into this country. the housing market had a ton of capital in it that was never resolved, trapped all this money, destroyed, which theoretically could have been -- we have a lot of money going to war, a lot of money going to health, a lot of money going to a lot of things that aren't going to resolve the problems harold is talking about. do you agree that neither presidential candidate resembles a mechanism to deal with this problem. >> you have to look at it at another angle. we're very used to looking at left versus right, republican versus democrat, and with all this, a lot of the things that have been in place have not only accelerated, but in the crisis and immediately afterwards, the individual was sort of left flailing and the corporations did their grab, and corporate america is the healthiest it's ever been. >> are you suggesting, then, whether it's the democratic leadership or the republican leadership, when it comes to bank policy, core fundamental housing policy, the differentiation is very small? >> if i could find a small differentiation, i would be excited about it. look, obama came in, basically pursued bush's economic agenda, bush's bailout agenda. more of the same. i don't see romney as a huge change from çthat. there are certainly differences on social issues which are relevant to the economy. there are differences on issues like obamacare, but talk about a joke. you mean the difference between romneycare and obamacare? obamacare is based on romneycare. you're really not seeing a huge dispute. >> and none of that doffs the original health insurance we're seeing, using driven health practices, harold, do you agree with what you've heard, and to the extent you do, what is the next political chapter for this country in the context of aversion of barry's characterization of the corporations people in the government. >> well, i think it's potentially a pretty dark chapter, and that can be somewhat upsetting. you'll note that it seems to be that no government in europe at this juncture seems to be able to hold onto power. left or right, they're either endangered or their gone, certainly because the european economy is so dysfunctional, nobody is going to reelect the guy in power. that's what i'm seeing there. what i'm saying is we may see that here. certainly one of the things going on is the republican war against the vestiges of america. there is a real attack on what institutional power ordinary people have still managed to cling to. there are obviously attempts to fight back, but progressives are going to have to go beyond that and come up with something more like occupy, you know, that really pushes the agenda forwarç and with more specificity than occupy as well. >> which i would advocate getting money out of politics, or at the very least, as everybody knows, amplifying our efforts around the anti-corruption movement in this country serving as low as super transparency and working up to debate as an extreme example. you're nodding agreement to that. why are you inclined to agree now not only with me but with everybody who is looking at this? and additionally, because you told our producers in the pre-interview, we can acknowledge there's a lot of disruption, a lot of screwed-up stuff. >> right. >> you, like me, are optimistic that this transition will be an incredible thing that will not happen in new york or washington. it's going to happen away in the actual country. it is happening. >> where it's already happening, and it is happening in new york, just not where you think of. in order to be optimistic, u to look past the next valley -- >> or the risk. the risk you can't do anything about, anyway. this is the risk. >> the ugly changes that have taken place have been the lack of accountability of government, two individuals, the absolutely destroying of the taxpayer. the positive things going on out in the real world, which could have an effect on politics, it's already having an effect on the economy and technology -- >> and in communities where this is happening. >> is the next generation of entrepreneurs. i was just at a conference two weeks ago out in california, anç not just twitter blaz based, but there are all sorts of new technologies, and more importantly, platforms where in the '90s, you needed $5 million for a startup, and today it's literally two guys out of a dorm room doing these things. >> with 10 to $15,000 in operating capital. >> right, it's nothing. what keeps me optimistic is the old school, republican versus democrat, obama versus romney. they're the next ones coming. >> all the technology that basically is taking all the unharshhe issed resources -- unused houses, unused cars. you have a capacity in which you don't even need the government to deal with this. >> we have a very bifurcated economy, and if you're the guy who worked in a factory or worked in a mill, it's going to be very difficult to find a job. but if you're a young person, noir persor any person, you've got skills. they're just disrupting all kinds of energies. that's our hope for the future. >> and the thing that really sticks with am whether it's in texas or south florida or the carolinas, is that the culture is so much richer and honest and mission basedç as open to obje based. >> it's not about what our name is, it's good to be inspired. thanks for inspiring us. the nung people will tell me how it's spotted. we're going to get him all fired up for the. we can make something awesome happen, i think. thanks to both of you for the conversati conversation. breaking details on a critical day for bradley manning. we're waiting for a ruling on his destiny. the new numbers reveal the current price for campaigning for president. we'll talk to the megapanel about it. later, he was crying foul. you hear about taking candy from a baby.goin ♪ you really are a heel a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? 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wikileaker, including aiding the ene enemy. we are in contact with supporters inside the courtroom who will let us know the decision as soon as it happens, which could well be in the next few minutes. meanwhile, i did want to bring in david house, friend of mannings and co-founder of the network. we'll talk about the network in just a second. david, let's talk about the what is the best and worst outcome today and what is its relevancy to the bigger narrative. >> sure. so the judge today is going to rule on whether bradley manning should face the charge of aiding the enemy for allegedly leaking documents on wikileaks which were then posted on the internet. if the judge ultimately rules he can face this charge, manning would be subject to the death penalty if it gets to trial. if the judge says today, well, okay, he cannot actually face this charge, what this would do is undermine the government's case against manning. essentially it would say manning, when he leaked these documents, did so with the thoughts of the american people in mind and not of the enemy. what we're looking at here is a dire situation for soldiers in the future who may want to speak to reporters or post on blogs, because as the prosecution said, it does not matter the intent of someone who publishes that information or speaks out relating to the military. they can be held accountable for aiding the enemy. so there is a disturbing effect that could happen if manning actually faces aiding the enemy, because then any u.s. soldier who criticizes the u.s. military or speaks out, could face charges or the death penalty. >> take a listen. >> our embassies abroad continue to do a superb job of working with governments in societies where they are accredited in giving us a good, strong picture of what's going on. that doesn't change the fact that there was enormous turbulence in manyç of our bilateral relationships when this happened and that there have been impacts on individuals. >> it's almost as if they're saying that the revelation of this information, wherever it came from, was embarrassing and disruptive for powerful people who didn't want to be caught doing embarrassing things, and that things are still functional. and i guess what you're saying is that this ruling deposits the question or forces a judicial ruling on the question as to whether releasing embarrassing things about powerful people equates to evil intent. is that a fair interpretation? >> that is entirely correct. what we're essentially witnessing here is the two parties in power essentially saying, hey, we've had many political careers that have been scuttled as a result of the information that's been released, we have trouble now maintaining our image to the diplomats because of things that have happened under the previous administrations. so to actual rell lease this information does political damage and we think you should fats the death penalty because of this. if you look at the proceedings in the court on tuesday, mr. coombs made the argument that he's been trying to find the wikileaks impact assessment, which is a report internal to the government that, according to the press and copies leaked to the press, details that no actual harm came to any individuals as a result of the wikileaks releases. the government is actually trying to get mr. coombs to let them)have access to this information. this seems to be ongoing, stretching all the way from quantico where manning was tortured, essentially eight months, to today where the only question, really, is whether the government's incompetent is intentional or not. >> and a layered question in this conversation that i'm going to have run the clock, but in the event information that is true reveals humiliating information about individuals with power who are embarrassed by that information, is the appropriate response to that to seek the death of someone who may have been responsible for leading embarrassing. when reality would suggest that you're embarrassed by your behavior, that your best prepared invitation is to see in my jim so. swuns who would take responsibility for their actions and someone who would be pursuit of their own political career, but in pursuit of actually helping their country ask helping their nation. it seems the wo in d.c. and he will cat -- if the judge rules that manning actually can face the enemy charge,ly be a very sadç day in america. people who want to learn more about bradley manning and support local government. >> david, we appreciate your generosity with your time to give us a better understanding of his case. we appreciate the opportunity to draw attention to it as we consider it to be, as you do, suggestive of a very corroded and political justice culture in this country that we need to repair. nice to talk to you, david. >> thanks for your time. david will join us again as things develop. which he says officially launch. i guess that was policy. today, new numbers shedding light on the price of politicking, whatever it is. >> that's 5, 6 hours, so 180 million go,'s. i don't pay you 2 million for a round trip to the west tote. he couldn't face the possible criminal charges of 731,000 as a sitting duck. . the spending of the money, the cost for secret service will be disclosed, medical staff, all of it covered by you, me, the taxpayer, but this isn't the first president to do it, don't kid yourself. the candidates required many of those as well. as one expert put it, if one sitting president had to cool off the house. i'm almost sympathetic to the president on this one, just because it's been forever and now the scrutiny levels are going to be so high, he's really going to get beaten up on this. >> it has been forever. when i was involved in fundraising out in california, i was told, we neat to fix the time he went from the official visit, to the event and back. zu they pay for the visit, then they pay for the official visit, and the. . jimmy, back to the get money out conversation that really started on this set with the three of us last summer, if nothing else, i feel like the pornography and all the spend. another anti corruption movement that are sort of springing çup. . we've always talked about on this show the more transparency the better. now that we have it, you get the ugly little tael details, he is, et cetera. i have to be honest with you. i'm. a president goes to fly over a war-torn or a disaster-torn traert. and if you don't think it's politicking, but you get. everything the husband does is. it's not about barack obama, it's about maintaining the security. we talk about the secret service and how the office of the presidency could have been violated and endangered. well, what's the difference between that and him flag across the country. >> let me get karen in here. the unique risk for this particular president, karen, i think is that by no doing of his own, he happens to be the sitting president as a time when around the subject of things like trans%, the dim. how does this particular president navigate what will be an access of criticism for his spending, his campaigning when in reality, theç totality of h bha of every president who has ever sat in that office. >> it's not just, it's president. i think this president, if i'm not mistaken, i think the formulas in terms of what they reimbur reimburse, because i remember the same days susan does, although i think it also changed, and there is a pr report that came out that said not just obama or the obama administration will have scrutiny, they'll also be paying a higher cost. here's the bottom line. this is such a bs level of conversation in the midst of a campaign. both sides do it to the other. republicans hit democrats, democrats hit ps sides. i'm not that i go. if we're going to have the conversation, let's have the conversation on why we have those on the president's trip. as someone who has been standing next to a approximately, if somebody goes after the president. president. . they would probably be perfectly happy if none of them were with them. then let's talk about what the real issues are in terms of why it is we have arm orred car. >> i have to go, i'm sorry. i agree with everything you say and i'm not trying to be a bad guy.ç >> i do one thing thaet not a. there's money to be had for somebody sechlt. i think we all know what that is and who is getting it. panel stays as we take a quick break, a few questions to ponder. how about you could much stomp our specialist mankins us. actually, it's cruze e-co, not ec-o. just like e-ither. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. 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>> well, thanks, dylan. it's true. these days there are very few things that money can't buy. markets and market thinking have reached into spheres of life traditionally governed by other values. so we try to improve academic performance by paying children in school to get good grades or to read books. as you mentioned, we now essentially allow wealthy foreigners to buy theç right t immigrate. if they employ 10,000 workers, they get a green card. we enforced private companies and there were more contracts than army troops. what i think we need to do is have a public debate on where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong. >> susan, do you agree that such a debate is in order, and where would you begin such a debate is it. >> it's funny, what i started to think about, michael, was the life of jerry mcguire where first class used to mean a better meal, now it means a better life. we used to think about let's all get along and live together and be happy together. do you think society snis now looking for a way to live separate, and people who can have better lives, that's what they do? >> yes, i do. the more money can buy in our society, the more affluent or the lack of it matters, and the danger is that the affluent can buy their way out of civic life, of public life, and there is less class mixing, whether at a baseball stadium, now the affluent ask ceos can be in sky boxes and never encounter the people in the bleachers. i call this the skybox communication of american life. this happened throughout our society. you mentioned going first class. to get through the airport security line, if you buy an expensive ticket or even if you pay extra, the airlines will sell you the right to jump to the head of the line, even for the security check. >> which çseems, karen, one of those things for one individual on an impulse is always attractive. a culture that is dictated by that would seem to be remarkably dangerous in its ability to actually solve problems in a way that's healthy for everybody in the community because if all you're worried about is your own pricing and your own access, you have no incentive to care about them, whoever them may be. >> i agree, but our politics is playing into that, and when you hear the president saying we're all in this together, and he gets attacked because the oil companies wants more subsidies. >> this is bigger than obama, with all due respect. this is an american cultural issue that is everywhere. >> i don't disagree with that, dylan, but i do think our politics and the ways covered and the way we think about it has added to the way people think about interaction. here's my question. one of the things i love about new york city is people still take the subway because it's still the best way to get from uptown to downtown. you see poor, you see kids, you name it, you got it. how do we create more opportunities for people to actually have to engage and deal with each other in a way you see every morning in the subway in new york city? >> where people are in the community together, effectively, for example. >> yes, i think the subway is a great example. there are fewer and fewer public services and public facilities that bring people together from different walks of life and different social backgrounds. take the public schools. the whole point of the public school movement, if you go back to its founding, was not only tç provide everyone with an education, it was to bring people together in a common space that would cultivate a shared, democratic citizenship. if we disinvest in the civic infrastructure of public life, we create a way for the affluent to leigh public life. those are not only unfair for those left with shoddy surfaces, it's also a -- and the 1% in this actually ends up feeling more alien ated. and you have a resentment for those who live in the skyboxes as opposed to a forced collaboration to actually acknowledge the shared humanity of whatever is going on. professor, wonderful book, wonderful conversation. jimmy, i apologize for the verbosity that has excluded you from that particular event, except i know you come back all the time, so i don't feel that bad about it. "what money can't buy" is the title. we'll see karen, susan and jimmy in the days shortly ahead. we take a break here to discuss not only ethics and values but our own culture around them. b biff ratigan on some foul ball behavior in baseball land from a crying kid. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events can occur, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. ask your rheumatologist how you can defend against and help stop further joint damage with humira. 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that's awful. >> look at that poor child reaching desperately for the single object of his very obsession: the ball! his eyes crying out, there they are, meanwhile posing with pictures, probably for their facebook page next door. the kid is inches away. luckily the report has a happy ending. as someone from the rangers franchise saw the child crying, came out and tossed him a new ball. see how easy it is. that's what it's all about, ladies and gentlemen. as outrageous as this was, mind you, and it was outrageous, it did stand a distant second to our famous foul ball incident. in aç game last summer, she denied snatching the ball out of the little girl's hands. and then watch this, oh, yes, high five, i just snagged the baseball from that silly little girl. we can do better. we are better. biff ratigan signing off. dylan will be back in just a moment with i don't know what. r, not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. free-credit-score-dot-com'sur boargonna direct you ♪ts ♪ ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped for cash ♪ ♪ patching your board with duct tape ♪ ♪ so hit free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ find out what credit's about ♪ ♪ or else you could be headed for a credit wipeout ♪ offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. oh, wow! that feels really good. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. to celebrate 25 years of better sleep-for both of you - sleep number introduces the silver edition bed set, at incredible savings of $1,000 for a limited time. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaids, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before you reduce or stop cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. forget the economy, forget the war, forget everything. looks make a difference in this presidential election, but we all know it's true. since the 1960s and people thought jfk looked better, while nixon was favored by some for his political beliefs, and if you think this is simply about politics and who can win the presidency, think again. this research goes to the very state of our being, the core of our relationships, our communities and with one another in every aspect of our lives. revolutionary new neuroscience is proving that the way that our brain perceives so-called facts in front of us dictates our emotional and overall experience in reality.ç theoretical physicist leonard roan is here to talk about "subliminal: how your unconscious mind rules your behavior." you might not be able to resist the cover in bookstores. it appeals to your taste. how can we think and understand what is being revealed in the nature of this research? >> how you experience the world, the way you judge other people, the way you make financial decisions or the way you relate to other people or even the way you view yourself is a product of destruction using whatever data that it has, which is usually limited, but also using your contacts, the situations, even your desires and prior beliefs so that the way you see the world isn't really the way the world is per se, but it's a mixture of the way the world is and all these other processes that are going on in your mind that you're not even aware of. >> but there are certain things that simply exist that are not through our perception? in other words, if i stub my toe, i've stubbed my toe. >> that's right, although there are experiments that people misinterpret pain and otherie moeotherie emotions. they intercepted people on a high bridge that was very scary and their adrenaline was going. they also intercepted people on a low bridge over a little creek. when they intercepted, they had an attractive woman do a survey to the youngç males. she flirted with them and gave her phone number. they looked to see how many called her afterwards. when they more attracted to her because of the adrenaline rush, were they misinterpreting the adrenaline rush as attraction? the answer is yes. more people called her back with the adrenaline rush. >> isn't that understandable? >> the point is -- let's take the vision, for instance. vision is a good example. the data the retina gets from the outside world is very pixelated, it has a big hole in it where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, yet you get a very clear image even though your eye is two-dimensional. that's because your eye is very good at getting a clear image. you take limited data and make interpretations out of it, and then you believe they're real as well as you believe your visual perception is out there. >> what is the greatest opportunity in terms of understanding it better and how do we seize that opportunity? >> the best opportunity is to learn about it and raise your consciousness so you're aware of your unconscious influences. the greatest risk, of course, is to be influenced by things that are irrelevant and be influenced by decisions based on them. this was a study that a political scientist did to see if looks interfered with elections. he took twoç people and showed them a democratic candidate and a republican candidate. except he put fake pictures in there, and half the subjects, he had the pictures doctored to look for attractive for the democrat, and the other half, they saw the republican to be more attractive and the democrat less attractive. this caused a vote swing of 15%. most viewers think this is just an elaborate experiment, a researcher at princeton decided to see if he could predict elections based on looks. >> what percentage was predictive? >> he found that by looks alone, by having people say who looks more competent, he can predict 70% of the elections correctly. >> my number is 94%. mine is whoever spends the most money is 94%. yours is whoever looks better is 74%. we'll do a study. professor leonard mhloden. it's called "subliminal." check it out. you have no choice. coming up "hardball." targeting romney is foreign policy. chris taking over in just a second. but next, if you are unsatisfied with your life, listen to the professor and just decide to be satisfied with your life. kick up your feet. cass and his couch. our are not therapist after this. if you're one of those folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! 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