we will recover. and the united states of america will emerge stronger than before. it s interesting to go back. some issues, a, never leave us. bill clinton talking. watch this. this is a new view, an opportunity to set the stage, set the terms of the debate. yes, the inaugural speech gets a lot of play but this is a big opportunity to talk more specifically. i guess back to the question, what s the biggest challenge? first of all, one thing that s been fascinating is republicans on capitol hill are desperate for specifics because they don t know where he stands. he says one thing. his vice president or cabinet says something slightly difference.
it s almost impossible for the real story to be the same as the story line. it s very hard for the american people to be well informed if the story lines swamp the real story. you just have to keep all that in mind as you try to be good citizens. and still show up. most important thing is showing up. we want some people to show up for the second class of scholars. we re launching the recruitment today. people can apply, those who are watching. for those who are pondering you have been listening live to george w. bush and bill clinton talking together. i joked at the beginning that they were close enough to hold hands. they did hold hands for a moment. ari is back with us. knows george w. bush better than anyone. i watched you live giving updates on the war like many americans.
here s bill clinton talking yesterday about the economics of populism. this inequality problem bedevils the entire country and from my work much of the world. but it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth and on giving people the security we need to tackle problems like climate change. we cannot go forward if we don t do it together. the politics of that has put a spotlight on raising the minimum wang. and for the democratic party it s one of the ideal issues that divides republicans. listen to this. according to a recent nbc/wall street journal poll, majority of americans favor raising to $10.10 an hour. a substantial increase from the current $7.25. republicans are split down the
white working class in the 2008 primaries. we spent a lot of time debates how much of that was racism. certainly there was some of that. but it wasn t exclusively that. she really was for part of that primary campaign, the populist candidate. so i think she can do that again. by 2016, the three of us don t know what we ll be sitting here talking about. but i can guarantee you there will continue to be a tale of two cities and tale of two nations. she is going to have to talk to independents about that. on the progressive movement, the near term action is focusing on income inequality. here s bill clinton talking yesterday about the economics of populism. this inequality problem bedevils the entire country and from my work much of the world. but it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth
don t think they re going to nominate somebody like christie. alex wagner s great show today, president clinton, she got bill clinton who was asked about christie s penchant for working with democrats like president obama. here s the political expert of the century here, bill clinton talking. in the culture of the northeast, if you re a republican and you want to get elected and get reelected by partisanship is imperative. in the sort of the way we ve separated out our cultures, in the deep south and some of the intermountain west, if you want to do that, you get creamed. you know, he s amazingly smart and makes it simple there. it s geography. that is true in the actually governing of the country. we re in a post governing phase of american history. the republican party is no longer coming to washington to govern. they ve come to serve this ideology they feel if it s not the majority should be and they