press, which really the press is, in the united states, as our leaders have recognized going back to the days of the early republic, the last bastian of truth that makes democracy function, yes, we make mistakes and we need to admit our mistakes. we aught not to be too provocative, which we are sometimes with a president who is putting a lot of bait out there. and sometimes we take the bait and get a little petty. i would like to see a lot less of criticizing on our air, the president, for playing golf. let him play all the golf that he wants. i don t think that is our job. we ve got a deadly serious inquiry in front of us. and reporting, by and large, by the mainstream press, by the new york times, the washington post, cnn, the wall street journal, has been some of the greatest reporting of the presidency that we have seen in the last 50, 60 years. amen, carl. that s right. but just real quickly, the tone
income inequality but did we give new power to the 99% and did we change democracy function in america. reporter: the crowd that fueled this helped ultimately lead to its demise. you had all these people saying streets, our streets, and yet they were getting in the way of people for people who also own the streets. protests is one of those things necessary for the progress of democracy but you can have protest without people getting upset and getting disrupted in that kind of stuff. occupy wall street involved in something else, i would say, it morphed into something else. reporter: michael went to the park nearly every day for two months, not as a protester but as a social scientist. now an adult professor at nyu he says the occupy movement energized a generation. i think it did change the conversation and change the political equation. it brought something into american politics that had been missing for a long time which i
impeached and newt gingrich said the hillary clinton presidency would be very much like 1998 when we impeached bill clinton. of course, newt was busy at that time. earlier today, president obama took those republicans to task. you ve got some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she hasn t even been elected yet. it doesn t matter what evidence. they ll find something. that s what they re saying already. how does our democracy function like that? chapel hill, the southern part of heaven. from bloomberg business week, and ann garrett, and clarence page. with the chicago tribune. you first, ann. what is trump up to when he s saying, she may win but if she wins it will be a disaster.
provision. you get some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she has not even been elected yet. and doesn t matter what evidence they will find. they will find something. that s what they are saying already. how does our democracy function like that? look, nobody likes gridlock. i want to be clear about something. gridlock is not a fog that kind of descends on washington. it s not like some apparition that shows up. it s not like a monster movie. that s not how it works.
you ve got some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she hasn t even been elected yet. and it doesn t matter what evidence they just they ll find something. that s what they are saying already. how can how does our democracy function like that? look, nobody likes gridlock but it s not some mysterious fog that descends on washington. it s not like something that shows up. it s not like a monster moving. gridlock s coming. that s not how it works. gridlock is not happening because both sides are being equally unreasonable. i know it s hard to spew me as objective but i m about to leave. i m just letting you know the truth.