before the late 70s, the two parties had to deal with each other because they both had liberals and conservatives in both parties and there were people in the senate and in the house who had an idea of the national interest. it was higher than their party s interest or their own re-election. obviously they were also selfish and narrow in their outlook and we had segregation and we had the southern bloc. but creative legislation got passed. and for a jen ration now there s been almost none of that because the capitol itself is so dysfunctional and blocked and because the two parties i think mainly the republican party and the democrats by response have entrenched themselves in positions that make it impossible to reach a compromise. which is the sad state that we are at today. it is. george packard, thank you very much. good to be with you. nice to have you here. you re looking at live pictures from the george zimmerman trial. when proceedings in sanford, florida commenced this