poverty. now only about three-quarters of american men are employed. the issue is big. it threatens not just a handful of communities across the country, it s much broader than that. we need programs, answers for people who live coast-to-coast. thank you so much. back to ohio. you were listening to the president. you were critical before he started speaking. did you change your opinion after he spoke? no, i didn t, gretchen. in my work at the family research council, i work with families all across this country. we were working with folks in appalachia when the president s administration went on the attack of the coal industry. we saw families lose jobs and incomes. we saw young kids put at a functional disadvantage because of the actions of his activist government. in d.c., washington, d.c., when we were standing on the side of low income minority students
know that she s changed my mind politically. but it certainly made you more understanding of other people that share her views. i remember willie geist saying he was raised in new york, he went down to vanderbilt and suddenly all of his friends that he played basketball with and loved were all george bush fans. and it took him a few days maybe he s not evil, maybe we just think differently. he said that was really important for him. we went through a long period as you do in any relationship why do you think the way you think? i understand he s a liberal. i understand the kind of liberal he is and it s the kind of liberal i admire. he s a civil rights liberal of the 60s from the south. that is a good motivation. and on the activist government and all this stuff, i can t hear you, i m not listening
lot of warning about potential problems with obamacare and the problems eck lipped the warnings. a lot of red flags were ignored. look, obamacare could still wind up helping millions. the surge in the last few weeks help that. but it was so badly botched, it not only badly damaged this president, no question about that, but it undermined faith, even some on the left, in the liberal idea of activist government programs that will make it harder for any future president to push anything approaching this scale. was this the pinnacle, charles, of the hanib us plorrenis for the president? yes. this is the signature achievement of liberalism. it is sold as something liberals had aspired to for 100 years and then when it rolled out it was a disaster. and i think what is important about that, is unlike the other social innovations that
forceful way, articulate the divergent views of the country who disagree, they are doing that. most members feel they are articulating the politics of their districts. very few republicans in the districts who voted for obama, very few from districts who voted against him. but if you believe the point of congress is that it is the place where we mediate our differences as a country where we meet in the middle. we find some way to acknowledge that none of us are going away, you would say this is a failure because they are particularly the house republicans kind of reject that vision of the role. even president obama, not nearly as engaged in that kind of vision as say president clinton was or even w at the early parts of his presidency. it was more of a victory for conservatives than liberals. liberals believe in an activist government. they want an aggressive legislative agenda. i think a lot of conservatives look back at this congress and say we stopped bad things from hap
6%. it was 30% last week. there is sense we re not stopping anything. as jim said there is bias perspective from towards activist government. there was report, that 113th congress was not very active congress. it was presented as horrible thing. nobody went so far to say why necessarily. not doing anything is regarded as a bad thing. jon: noah, jim, we ll have to least discussion there. thank you both. thank you. thank you. jenna: well the administration reportedly enlisting celebrities to promote obamacare including possible singer adam levine. people magazine calls him the sexiest man alive. can he get more young people to sign up for insurance. it s a staple for breakfast table, that is orange juice from florida. where we find our very own phil keithing. florida s iconic orange industry is being threatened and fearing for sustainability over the long term because of greening disease. this is actually an orange tree. these look like limes. these are infected with the