Immigrant children placed with sponsor families or foster homes. Meanwhile, President Trump is at camp david this weekend no doubt getting ready for his upcoming summit with kim jongun just a shorten days away. Nbcs correspondent Kelly Odonnell is joining me now. How much are preparations for the north korea summit occupying the president s schedule today . Well, alex, good afternoon. One can only assume this is a high priority for the president because the stakes are so great. He did tell reporters that he has foreign leader calls scheduled this weekend that will deal with the issue of the summit, handling north korea, and trade. And weve not seen any readout yet from the white house which would be a summary or description of what went on during the call. But one would think hes doing preparation before he has this highlevel negotiation. One of the things that was confusing to reporters when the president completed his meeting with the north korean official who came and spent part of friday here is that he was talking about the delivery. So, the purpose of kim yongchol coming to the white house was to present the president with a letter from joouk joou that was the centerpiece of it. And just a matter of minutes later when reports were asking for more information, acknowledged that he had not read it. So, heres how that played out friday afternoon. A letter was given to me by kim jongun. It was a very interesting letter. Did you send anything back . No, i didnt. I havent seen the letter yet. I purposely didnt open the letter in front of the director. He said, would you want me to open it . He said you can read it later. I may be in for a big surprise, folks. Reporter so that begs get how could it be a nice and interesting letter if he had not yet read it. Perhaps he was talking about the envelope in which he was presented. We just dont know. It was curious to say the least. Because obviously, the content of that letter is part of the buildup to the summit. Later we talked to officials and said after kim yongchol did leave the white house, the read did read the letter and it was that would change the course of the summit. The president and in those remarks said at the appropriate time he would likely make at least parts of the letter public. But it was a strange turn where the focus of the meeting was something the president was talking about. He gave two very distinctly different impressions in a span of just a couple of minutes talking to reporters. Alex. He sure did, Kelly Odonnell which were going to discuss Going Forward. Joining me now, katie rodgers, White House Correspondent for the new york times. Katie, welcome to you. You heard kellys report there. Did the white house provide an explanation to the president s response to that letter . And is there any new reporting according to kelly, she said there were no surprises in the letter so well, i think, with the president at camp david relaxing and also getting work done, we havent gotten a readout yet from the white house of what was specifically in that letter. I think part of what the president seemed to be signaling yesterday, though, was a relaxing intention. He was trying to signal in order to get this summit done were going to, you know, relent a little bit on the semit maantic maximum pressure and were going to do simpatico. And also just saying this might take a while. So, i think this letter in a large part, seems to be ceremony. You know, he didnt read it, during the meeting. You know, he said it was interesting and nice. But, i mean i think this visit largely seemed to symbolize, okay, this was the first step in what might be a really long process with an unpredictable negotiation partner. Lets bring in the White House Reporter for the Associated Press and msnbc political analyst. Jonathan, thank you for joining me. You heard the president say he believes north korea would agree to denuclearization. But it seems like both countries and this has been an issue from the start, the version of what that looks like could be different here. Does the white house offer any wiggle room on this . Publicly, theyre not. Mind closed doors there may be some. But i think youre right we may have two definitions of what denuclearization means and what a me a win would look like for both sides and to broker a deal for kim jongun to gain legitimacy with the president of the United States in less than two weeks now in significant ngapore. For the president , hes staked a lot on this summit. This is something that he wants to get down for his legacy of rewriting the history books. And hes always wanted to do something that none of his predecessors can do. The talk last summer about fire and fury, and yet he feels it moved kim jongun to the negotiating table. It was striking yesterday that sanctions would still be in force but he wanted to no longer use the phrase maximum pressure which is what he was saying that the United States and its allies were doing to kim jongun to bring them to the table. We should point out we dont know the size of the letter delivered to the white house yesterday. But it certainly seems theres a degree of understanding on their part this is a president who has drawn two big statements. And a large envelope like that seemed to play well with the president. Maybe thats what he sent by saying it was a nice letter before he actually read it. Yeah, could be. Is there anything to be made, jonathan, of john boltons being missing from the meeting in the oval Office Yesterday . White house is not commenting. Theyre simply saying as plans changed, the chief of staff met john bolton outside and brought him in for a meeting with secretary of state pompeo. We were advised that john bolton was going to be in that meeting. But we know the North Koreans were very upset with his comments where he made the comparison between north korea and libya and how, of course, that led to the downfall of that regime, the gadhafi regime. And in the smouse, the president himself was flurustrated that bolton using that imagery. And there might have been a calculation made to keep bolton out of this meeting to make sure not to upset the North Koreans. Okay. Lets talk about the president s pardon of the filmmake dsouza this week. Hes freaked out more over my pardon than anybody other. I was something on cnn i think it was earlier today or yesterday, these things become a blur. But theyre saying how dangerous it is that i got this pardon. And i was thinking about that and it occurred to me i think i know what theyre getting at. Its dangerous to them. Its dangerous to their ideology. You know, katie, earlier in the day can dsouza suggested that the president issued a pardon for his voice to the public. What do you make of all of this . Well, really, President Trump has pardoned only a handful of people. But the people that hes pardoned are people who are perceived to be with him aligned with him politically. People that a celebrity, Sylvester Stallone has been in his ear about a pardon he did recently. I think theres kind of a mixed bag about the pardons hes issued but i think, you know, the president s advisers have publicly said, this is a signal to supporters if you hang in there, this can come your way, this pardon might happen for you. I think in some ways the president is in awe of his power to pardon. His absolute power. Its almost like figuring out a new trick or, you know, process that he can just circumvent everything with. And its too early to say how hes going to use this Going Forward but his supporters definitely seem to think this is a signal to people like michael cohen, that this might be, you know, a solution Going Forward. Yeah, to those in the russian probe, jonathan, is that what youre hearing as well . Is that how its all being interpreted, this particular pardon . Thats one piece for sure. I was with the president on air force one on thursday flying to texas when he sort of out of nowhere announced. He had tweeted the Dinesh Dsouza pardon and then he announced im considering a pardon to blagojevich and maybe martha stewart. To piggyback on katies lines, first of all, those who received pardons championed by conservatives or championed by celebrities or been on the apprentice in the case of blagojevich and martha stewart, its something that the president sees he can do, hes been so frustrated by some of the washington, the legislative process, capitol hill, members of his own staff. Shes tru hes frustrated that he cant just snap its fingers and get something done. Hes drawn to it. I think well see more and more of it. And the other thing that these pardons, rumored pardons have in common, theyre all perceived to be people victims of government overreach. Overzell otherwise prosecution. I think theres par parallels in the president s mind people around him have told us, that strikes a chord with him. And cant be lost in a president who was it that pardon martha stewart, james comey . That has an underlying fact into it as well. Katie, the president has provoked anger from canada. A close u. S. Ally. And trade and tariffs. Is this about fulfilling a Campaign Promise . The president said he was going to do something no matter what the consequences are or is there a larger strategy behind it . I dont know about a larger strategy, but the president , you know, as a candidate, really hammered home the message, were being taken advantage of. The United States has been providing for the rest of the world for a long time. Losing a lot of money for a long time and this ended with me. He was elected partially on that message, and thats a deliverance of a Campaign Promise with what were seeing with canada and mexico. I think the underlying core of this is were not going to be taken advantage of anymore. Were not going to be laughed at anymore. Thats a big thing with him, too. Then you have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of canada saying this is an insult, were allies. Its ridiculous for the president s allies to be saying this is a National Security issue. The problem is not with us. Go ahead. But i was just going to ask, jonathan, might a problem also be to turn and hit trump voters on their pocketbooks . Yes, it is going to have an impact. Some of these tariffs that may come back from china, mexico and canada also, its going to affect the trump voters. The republican base, particularly in the midwest, the rural states, and i think that is weighing on the president. You know, he speaks privately, tremendous fondness of his base and this Agricultural Industry here, these are great patriots, he has said. He feels like theyll stick with him, this is for the Overall National good. Well have to see how that plays out but certainly, this is, the idea of tariffs, being tough on trade, for a president who is is not particularly ideologically consistent, this is something hes believed in predating his time to art of the deal. I want to speak to you what you wrote about Kim Kardashian west visiting the white house trying to release the clemency for johnson for the cocaine possession. There was skepticism of a celebrity engaging with the president on this. What did you find was it spectacle or more to it . I mean, its the biggest story of the week, right . No i think that the president is open to, you know, anybody of her stature who wants to come and speak with him. I think somebody like Kim Kardashian west in her own way has influence on par with the president , in some ways. And she was touched by the story of Alice Johnson and went to the president and said, this is the kind of person you should be pardoning. This is the kind of life you should be saving. Not somebody who has pled guilty to Campaign Finance law violation. You know, the kind of person kiKim Kardashian west is advocating for is somebody president obama might have looked at and pardoned and had say commence commuted for. So far, this president has stuck to big names, prettil political aligned people. I would say one of the advantages she has going for her is her celebrity influence. As jonathan says, he does like that. He sure does. Thank you so much. Pardon power. What congress can do to keep the president from going too far and how he grants clemency to celebrity felons. Advanced connectivity. And one more thing. The world comes with it. The new, reimagined 2019 jeep cherokee. P3 its meat, cheese and nuts. I keep my protein interesting. Oh yea, me too. I have cheese and uh these herbs. P3 snacks. The more interesting way to get your protein. Anna and a little nervous. Into retirement. But not so much about what market volatility may do to their retirement savings. Thats because they have a shield annuity from Brighthouse Financial, which allows them to take advantage of Growth Opportunities in up markets, while maintaining a level of protection in down markets. 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Thanks for joining me here on a saturday. Your reaction for what transpired with the meeting with the north korean official and then announcing, summits back on . Well, i think he sees the summit almost as the goal. Because the Korean Leader hands him a big envelope. He gets excited by that. He comes out and says that, you know, it was a very good statement. I dont think it makes much sense. And it just makes me wonder what will actually happen in the summit. I think the sad thing is, though, is that World Leaders know how to play President Trump. And im sure there will be a lot of pomp and circumstance. Maybe there will even be a big parade. And theres no telling what he will agree to. The idea that we would start negotiations with the summit, that really should be at the end. I dont know what were actually going to get out of this. His goal is the complete denuclearization of north korea. And i dont believe theres any indication from the north Korean Leaders all. Hmm. I guess the definition of what denuclearization means on both sides needing to be more clearly spelled out but the president told reporters human rights abuses were not involve in the oval office with the north korean official. How dbig a deal was that . But think about that the issue of human rights has already come up in other talking and that it probably would come up on june 12th . Well, i absolutely think it should come up on june 12th. But again, i think the problem is we dont really know what is happening here. Because its not clear at all that is a strategy to this process. The president on the one hand says its complete denuclearization. On the other hand, he says that this summit is just the beginning. So, i think from the Vantage Point of the north Korean Leader. Hes won already. He got a major victory by having the president agreeing to the summit. Who knows what will happen. Maybe there will be two. Maybe there will be three summits. I think it raises his profile and his stature in the world. And im referring to the north Korean Leader, not President Trump. Do you believe that the president is spending camp david this weekend solely focused or mostly focused on north korea and something that come from. That . I know what will you meant. It would be helpfulful thats what hes doing but we know that trump really doesnt put much into preparation at all. I hope hes there. I hope hes preparing for the summit. But who knows. All right. And interestingly, maam, as all of this is going on, we have the wall street journal reporting that the there are early talks for a trump putin summit. Right. In fairness, president s obama and bush, they met with putin in the First Six Months of their administration. The fact that this president would be following that precedent 17 or 18 months in his, would you allow him for that . Well, i dont think theres really any comparison between the two. We know of all of the difficulties that the country has faced with the relationship with russia. And, so, to me, though, the concern i was raising about the north Korean Leader is similar with putin. The president , i believe, likes to have summits. He likes to have the pomp and the circumstance. What is the content . What is the strategy behind even having this at this point in time . All right. I want to ask you about, in addition to your work on the Foreign Affairs and judiciary committees i know youre also a member of the overcriminalization tank force. I want to get your reaction of Dinesh Dsouza this week. Lets listen. The president said, dinesh, youve been a great voice for premiu freedom. Ive got to tell you, mantoman, youve been screwed. He goes ive been looking at the case. I knew from the beginning that it was fishy. But he said upon reviewing it, he felt a great injustice had been done and using his power he was going to rectify it, sort of clear the slate. And he just wanted me to be out throb a bigger voice than ever defending the principles that i believe in. Go ahead. I just think its so sad. I think of all of the people who are languishing in prisons all around the country, people who are serving life sentences for nonviolent drug abuses. And thats who he chooses to pardon . He is using his power to pardon which none of us can question because its in the constitution, hes using it to serve his own individual purposes. And i think thats really sad. Does congress have any oversight at all to avoid what is perceived as abuse of this power . Well, you know it would take a change of constitution. I certainly introduced legislation many months ago to prohibit the president from pardoning members of his family. But really, it would take a constitutional change. And i think that this is a power that he could use in such a constructive way. And its so sad to see him using it just for his own individual purposes. Hes trying to send a message. Hes trying to send a message for all of the people under indictment or under investigation. Dont feel you have to cooperate. Whatever you say, dont worry, i will pardon you down the line. And i think that thats a despicable use of president ial power. I want to also get your reaction to the president using his weekly address to once again attack democrats for not funding his border wall. Here it is. They dont want Border Security for two reasons. Number one, they dont care about it. Number two, theyre afraid its going to make me and the republicans look good. And they dont want that. That comes before our country. Theyve blocked every effort to close deadly loopholes. To keep out vicious criminals and to stop the flow of Illegal Immigrants and drugs. Reaction to that, especially after the backlash the administration is facing for losing hundreds of undocumented children . Well, you know, i think again, he just uses issues of immigration and race to gin up his base. And the idea of separating parents from their children, you know, may was National Foster care month. The foster care system is supposed to protect children from abuse and neglect. We dont have enough foster homes for children who really need to be removed right now. And so to misuse this to punish parents i just think is egregious. And the other thing is is that science has proven that there is longterm damage to separating parents from children. And the idea that he would use the system that way i just really i think is egregious. So, you have all of the children that we dont know where 34 that are unaccompanied, minors, that i think is shameful. And then we need to go back and find those children. And then you have the policy of children who have come here with their parents to punish the parents, to separate them away. One of the things that scares me the most is that i think some of these parents might never find their children again. And what does that say to the world that this would take place in the United States of america . That is heartbreaking for sure. Democratic congresswoman karen bass. Thank you so much. Coming up next, the discourse in america and the dueling controversies over Roseanne Barr, any comparisons . Hes got legs of lumber and arms of steel he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal he holds your house in the palm of his hand hes your home and auto man big jim, hes got you covered great big jim, there aint no other so, this is covered, right . Yes, maam. Take care of it for you right now. Giddyup hi this is jamie. We need some help. Overwhelming air fresheners can send you running. So try febreze one. With no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. So you can spray and stay. Febreze one. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. 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Watchdog groups are monitoring the number of White Nationalist candidates running for federal and state offices this year. At least eight candidates have been identified as running on platforms of hate. Nbcs morgan radfield caught up with a few. I consider myself a white racialist. I think most people want a white neighborhood. Do you think that black people are genetically inferior . The average i. Q. Of a black person is about 20 points lower than the average white person. Joining me now, roland, some of the candidates who spoke to morgan said they voted for President Trump. Is it fair to blame him for emboldening these candidates . Naturally, you sit down and lay out the language that donald trump uses and the language that george wall lace used in 1968, when you lay the language down that Richard Nixon uses. When you use phrases that you push the buttons when you look at donald trump and attacks on illegal immigration. In many ways it mirrors the language being used attacking civil rights. When you saw the whole white flight out of suburbs and trust me, trump knows exactly what hes doing. The whole birther language. And questioning the identity of the 41st president. Theres a direct correlation between the language that trump uses the button hes pushing that appeals to White Nationalists. Does the president s pardon of Dinesh Dsouza, does that add to the phenomenon and would that even happened in the absence of a Trump Presidency . What dsouza does, because hes a man of color, he basically gives it to them see, hes not one of its. The president of the United States has a right to pardon anybody. President barack obama issued a number of pardons. The difference with him, he has no process. You can do that but he has no process. Dinesh dsouza is a vile despicable individual. When you look at the comments hes made, what his exwife has said about him. He pushes the race buttons and wants to come up as, oh, no, im just a scholar. So, trump even in his own comments saying how he called him up and said i want to see you out there, thats what dsouza does. You have to ask the other question, what is it about the Republican Party with White Nationalists thats appealing to them . Youre not seeing the level of White Nationalists on the democratic side. But what is appealing to them on the gop side . Thats how we begin to go deeper and say, wait a minute, Something Else is here about their agenda. About the rhetoric, about the attacks of people of color, thats important. In all fairness, these republican parties have denounced these candidates. We just want to say theyve gone on record saying that. But the declining level of discourse alex, let me stop you right there. Okay. Heres what i really want your producers to do for a great segment next weekend. Go back and get the tapes of lee atwater, where he described how you use language. This is a guy who ran president george h. W. Bushs campaign. Later head of the Republican National committee he said, we cant say things we used to say. So there are audiotapes where he is describing how they use coded language to appeal to white voters, namely white men, trust me, it will be a fascinating segment. And hes considered the creme de la creme of political strategists. And its a way of using humor, that masks it or gives a level of cover to the lee atwater point and your point is taken there. But with regard to humor, what happened with Roseanne Barr and samantha bee. Theyre both comedians and condemned. Compare and contrast the two incidents. First and foremost, you have Roseanne Barr who trafficked in pizza gate and other conspiracy theories. Who trafficked in antisemitism in attacks. Calling her an ape wasnt the first time shed done that. And with susan collins. Samantha bee, first of all, with her talk on ivanka trump, shes used that word before on the show but there was not an outcry. Now you ask the question if shes used the same word before and it was bleeped, it wasnt outcry. Are we only mad that she was using it in reference to ivanka trump . Thats the real deal there. No, there are other ways you that can criticize somebody. Samantha bee is critical within the context of her show in terms of how its framed as a satirical comedian show. Whereas, Roseanne Barr with personal attacks on twitter. Huge difference. Is there a double standard for the consequences for the choice of words . Very simple, donald trump did you order people to be thrown out of your rallies that had shirts with the same wording of Hillary Clinton in your rallies . And there are females saying that donald trump called them of the exact same word. I dont care what donald trump tweets. You got kelly sadler sitting in the white house who made a vile comment about john mccain, told Meghan Mccain she was going to apologize, she has not done it. This president loves to demand apologies from other people she still hasnt apologized to other people about his racist eye berther attack on president obama. He hasnt paapologized for word hes done. And considering that he has not apologize for the vile things hes said about women and other folks as well. So, his tweet is actually irrelevant. Goal sit down, you should apologize, donald trump for things you have said that are despicable and not words that the president of the United States should be using. All right. Roland martin, telling it like it is. What are you doing, going to a Houston Astros game or something . I told cramer i was going to represent us and yankees fans, were going to beat yall again. Im going to be wearing an l. A. Dodgers shirt. You dont want to do that well beat yall, too. Roland, thanks so much. 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Lets bring in columnist for daily beast and msnbc analyst. Welcome to you both. Jonathan, do you think theres any truth to this idea that the president could have gone too far with globalism when Many Americans may have wanted to fall back in their tribes . Yeah, i think he was having a lot of second thoughts after the election. I had a chance to speak to him i guess in december 2016. He sounded really deflated. Not remorseful but just analytical about what had happened. You know, hes a hes a rigorous thinker. And he believes as Martin Luther king said, and hes quoted Martin Luther king many times on this, that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. And i think what he was thinking is maybe on that arc which was long. He was maybe a little early on the arc and not thinking enough about how threatened people would be, not just by globalism, but the idea of him personally as president of the United States. Do you think tribalism was a factor in the election of President Trump . I think if you refer to tribalism as it pertains to the working man and working woman feeling they werent represented in the party anymore . Yes. And i think what obama did was take a seat back and hes very reflective. Hes having a moment where hes actually kind of hes analytical, hes looking at the race saying what happened. How did these always tried and true states from blue turn to red. What was the undercurrent of it . And i think the undercurrent was the feeling that the working man and woman, the middle class which a lot of times was the back bone of the Democratic Party felt like they werent represented. And i wonder if maybe a long time when the unions came about that a lot of the men and women that were working felt like the unions really had their back. And that was their voice to stand up for, you know, the big boss saying youre treating workers unfairly. And all of a sudden, the unions became about the unions and kind of forgot the working man and woman. And all of a sudden you have trump and trump kind of appealed to lets just say well call that sector a tribe. And that was the motivating factor that switched on for trump. And normally, this voting class goes democratic, and all of a sudden theyre like oh, my gosh, were energized that trump is going to bring some of their industries back. Really, i think thats where the momentum shifted. Yes, i think obama was right when he said i think maybe they want to go back in their tribes when hes looking at his presidency. The global how can i make the presidency more of a global act. And i think hes now reflecting and looking back saying maybe i should have done thing differently which i respect. Its very nice to hear a president going back and, you know, doing crazy rhetoric or anything but actually having a thoughtful conversation saying maybe i should have did this or that. It might have help. Jonathan, can i ask you about the president back on the National Stage this month. Hes head lining a dnc fundraisers and ddc both in california. What do democrats want him to play as a role in the midterms . Do you think hes going to be more vocal on the views of the Trump Administration . I think it will be more along the lines of trying to mobilize democratic voters. Im not sure hes going to kind of lace into trump because thats not really the root to a big democratic november. And but what he will do is hell go to a number of districts that he carried twice that then went for donald trump. And that are flipable for the democrats. So, hes going to have a very targeted approach. I believe theyve isolated about 70 races around the country, not just for the house of representatives. But in some cases for governor, or for senator. And even in some cases for the state legislature, because hes very committed to trying to regain some of those 750 state legislative seats that the democrats lost in 2010. And then more in 2014. He had disastrous midterm elections when he was president. And it hut him badly. And i think he wants to try to make some gains in the states, in advance of the 2020 census when theyre going to redraw all of those lines. Because theres been a tremendous amount of gerrymandering, hes very concerned about that. And just one more note on his overall take of things. Ben rhodes work will be interesting but what im really waiting for is president obamas memoirs. He sees himself as a writer as well as a politician. Hes a very reflective individual. I think theyll be very unusual memoirs and grapple with all of the things hes hinting with today. I want to talk about i vvank trump with you, noelle, facing the allegations, china has reported 13 trademarks in the last few months. Just a few days avenue the president decided to ease the sanctions for zte. The Washington Post said in an editorial that the timing of this trademark approval bolters the appearance that the Foreign Office seeks on the business favors on the president s daughter. Are they going to see this on the president s longtime repeated efforts to drain the swamp . Well, i mean, yes, depending on what angle if you do not like trump or trumps family, youre going to use anything you can. Theyre going to use this as bad optics and theyre going to go into that. But on the other part of it, theres a reason for these trademarks. I think ivanka was looking at she didnt want there to be fakes. Thats one thing when you have the trademarks to prohibit fakes or knockoffs using her name to gain profit. The flip side of that is to protect her and her brand. And she is a brand. A lot you have people would say she wouldnt be her brand without her father. I think hes proven shes been able to separate herself before the election. She was able to separate herself and she was very you know, a lot of people really liked her. And thought she was a great role model for women and today still is. But i think that this what this does is protect her brand. And it protects people from profiting off her brand that are not her. Jonathan, ive got ten seconds to weigh in. Well, you remember the line from hamlet, shakespeare, theres something rotten in denmark. They led off with zte, the sanctions they lifted them in the same people that decline did the president s daughter these favors. She just cant be in business and the government at the same time. Its a huge conflict of interest and it stinks. Good to see you both. My next guest is running for president as a democrat. And tox about jobs and the knick by the age of 16 for doing nothing. Signature toughness. And one more thing. The world comes with it. The new, reimagined 2019 jeep cherokee. 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Hes also a 2020 democratic president ial candidate with pretty big ideas on the future of business and labor here in the u. S. Andrew, a big welcome to you. Thank you for joining me here in the studio. Do you think the president s tariffs can save americans jobs . Quite the opposite. The labor force has shrunken by 5 million workers over the last 18 years. Those jobs we all know are the subject of automation and reduced job loss much more than anything that a tariff can do or undo. Looking at this book, i know you paint a scary picture. You say 68 million workers, i believe in five sectors, are going to begin to see their jobs disappearing right away. Where are the jobs going . Were actually in the middle of it. Were in the third and fourth inning of the greatest technological shift in human history. The reason why donald trump is our president today we automated away manufacturing jobs in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, essentially the states that he needed to win and my friends in sill done valley know were about to do the same for truck drivers, fast food workers which happen to be the largest jobs in the economy. And you call it the freedom dif densd. You want to give every single american between 18 and 641,000 bucks a month. Why do you think this is necessary . And 1,000 how far does that go . 1,000 goes a lot farther in other parts of the country than in new york where were sitting but the reality is the labor force is down to 62. 7 which is the same level of el salvador and the dominican republic. Its a low that for some reason our leaders are not acknowledging. The 1,000 a month according to Roosevelt Institute would create 4. 5 million jobs because people would have more money to spend. It would be a system loss of our regional economies and would help get places around the country much more on their feet and dynamic and mobile. Look, its a big concept, but when we even look at the longterm efficacy of social security, say, for instance, of staying alive, how would we afford this . Our economy has grown by 4 trillion in the last ten years alone. Our current mismanagement aside we actually have plenty of resources to do this. Were the most advanced in the history of the world. Universal base income of 1,000 per adult would cost 1. 5 trillion on top of spending. My plan to pay for that as president is to implement a valueadded tax which is something that every other country in the world has except for us. It would be harvested from a i and software and machines which is not captured by income taxes. The beneficiaries are these local tech companies. Can i ask you the relationship you have between this and improving the National Discourse . Yes. So, whats funny, if you sit someone who is conservative down, and you prime them by saying youre rich, invulnerable and nothing bad can happen to you. 60 of americans can not pay an extra 500 bill. The freedom dividend would reverse that. We have to restore a sense of abundance and opportunity for a majority of the company. Thats what the freedom dividend would help us to do to become more rational. Im an entrepreneur. Ive worked with hundreds to create thousands of jobs thats what we need to restore the dynamism to our economy. And our an author and president ial candidate for the Democratic Party. Thank you so much. In our next hour, playwright tony kushner joins us to show how say play harkens back to President Trumps past. Challenge you. Test you. Tomorrow will show up. So will you. The allnew ram 1500. The most capable ram 1500 ever. But as it grew bigger and bigger,ness. It took a whole lot more. Thats w itched to the spark cash card from capital one. 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